What LOOKS like ‘stubbornness’ in an autistic is really ‘an innate need to understand the request and its reason’ before unnecessarily expending precious mental resources, wasting time and possibly subjecting ourselves to emotional and sensory overload.
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What LOOKS like ‘low functioning’ is when an autistic individual’s needs are harder to accommodate within typical society. This is a failure on society’s part, not the autistic who needs room to move or could communicate better with alternate methods.
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What autistics *look* like has little to do with the lived experience of those who are
#ActuallyAutistic.#AllAutistics are wonderful individuals who should be seen through a lens of compassion and respect, rather than by the standards of abled and productive society.Pokaż ten wątek -
Treat autistics as individuals, not as a data point on a scale of supposed normalcy.
link to comic that has alt-text imbedded: https://twitter.com/steve_asbell/status/1223428157434449921?s=21 …pic.twitter.com/nOo0lsJFpV
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I know I need to make new Stimmy Kitty comics ASAP, but in the meantime, you can find them here: https://www.steveasbell.com/comics I hope they help! https://twitter.com/steve_asbell/status/1187724913282564100?s=21 …https://twitter.com/steve_asbell/status/1187724913282564100 …
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this thread making me reconsider if i am for like the 5th time... lmao
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Yep. I've spent my life trying to be what others want of me. And now I'm slowly sinking into be less "high functioning" to pursue my own happiness.
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Wydaje się, że ładowanie zajmuje dużo czasu.
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