Hey y’all, got a fun food one for you. One of my biggest sensory problems is eating, and I’ve always tried to maintain the idea that consuming something is better than nothing, so I use protein shakes. I normally drink the premier protein shake cartons (the 325 ml) but just got a case of similar 325
Just curious if you guys have a physical type or not? For most people, visual appearance is the first indicator of attraction, which can then wane if their personality is incompatible.
I absolutely have a personality I find more attractive or compatible in romantic partners, but as an autistic pers
I would say I’m quite fortunate to have been born a person of color who did not get their disability “beat out of them”, or worse.
There’s a saying in Latino culture, “ponte las pilas”, and it means “put batteries in your brain”, literally. It really just means “lock in”. With this, there’s many ne
hi all. deeply embarrassing question here, does anyone know if it's normal for autistic adults to struggle with knowing when they need to use the bathroom? i consistently have an issue (in my own home only somehow?) where i don't realize how badly i have to pee or poop until i'm running to the bathr
For the majority of my life when I made a mistake, I don’t just get down on myself. I experience full on self-hatred. I feel stupid, ashamed, horrible in comparison to more “normal people” who wouldn’t make the dumb mistakes I make. I’ve been trying to get better at not succumbing to those feelings.
I was diagnosed a year ago at 25 with autism adhd ocd and a few others after a lifetime of internal suffering and not knowing why. My diagnoses put me in the "mild" category which is funny because my burnout and mental health is anything but mild. I was always an A student and quick with a near phot
How can you tell that someome is being mean to you? Ive had (NT) family members see me interact with like professors and say they were really mean to me but I didnt notice that they were being mean? I don’t get how to tell if someone is being mean. I can tell that one of my coworkers is being mean t
So every now and again I see posts about music that feels relatable as an autistic person but finding them after a few weeks is always difficult for me.
So in the spirit of Autism Acceptance Month, I thought I should make a Spotify playlist for our thread that we can all add to to keep it all in on
Looking for brands that have quality comfortable basics that I can return to over and over.
I already do this with socks. Years ago I decided on only buying Puma socks. They fit me well, are comfortable, and the exact same socks are always available somewhere. I wear them until the fabric starts s
I tried searching tips online but I could not find them, help me plz.
For as long as I remember myself I had trouble dealing with environments where rules keep changing and tasks with tight deadlines appear every second. Right now I study at a college with dysfunctional administration and I'm no s
I find when I post on Reddit unmasked it really offends allistic people. I am always cordial, but I prefer accuracy and clarity. It causes people to be downright vicious to me. Because of that my karma always takes a hit. For that reason I have two profiles. A masked one where I enable their bad beh
I will go off like k always do. I am so upset and distraught at witnessing videos and hearing stories of autistic individuals being brutally beaten up, bullied, mistreated, abused, neglected, made fun of, rights being removed, humiliated, etc. I am fed up with America and its slithering lies that sh
This isn't my first time going inpatient, but my last hospitalization was traumatic if I am being honest with myself. I am trying to prepare, and my therapist suggested I write down some of what I want to say ahead of time. I guess I don't know what I want to say. Does anyone have advice?
Seen some posts similiar to this, but it only clicked with me recently, is this an issue with transitions? Like mental transitions, or states of mind.
Just finished one of my favourite series of all times and it physically pains me to think about my real life and the chores and whatever else I nee
I feel chills and a 'warm' sensation (that invades momentarily my body) when I hug of a book, smell it, read it out loud or even just think about it). I just love this sensation
Hi all. I’m curious as to whether people with autism struggle to show empathy or have an extreme delayed reaction to feelings, which I, for example, who doesn’t have autism would feel straight away.
I have read a lot regarding autism to attempt to understand it better. For clarity, my ex, has autis
I'm 56 years old. Always felt different. If I couldn't fit in, I did whatever I had to do to fit in. It was excruciating. The big question was "what the hell is wrong with me?" (I could curse now lol). Now, after all those years and with no help from my family, I'm able to breathe better. I see w
Hey there today being World Autism Day I would like to share this guide with anyone.
Happy to help
My (19) NIL (11) has a developmental disability (according to the research we’ve done, we believe he might be on the autism spectrum w lvl 2 needs of support, BUT non of us are psychologist. 😅 ) We don’t know what exactly bc we haven’t been able to get him tested for insurance reasons. We don’t hav
I wasn't sure which flair to use but this one seemed like the closest one.
So my nephew is autistic and has almost 0 motivation to do his chore that I have set for him each night which is cleaning the kitchen. He doesn't do a good job alot of the time and often misses things. A few months ago I imp
Hello everyone! I am a student at the University of California, San Diego, and we have an online study opportunity for children with ASD ages 4-8! In this study, your child will see two faces on the screen. The top parts of the faces will either be the same or different. Your child will be asked to
Just so you know, I'm not diagnosed yet but I'm currently getting diagnosed and my psychiatrist thinks I likely am autistic.
I (16F) was on a school trip and I had planned to go to the museum, but I have no friends so nobody wanted to go with me and my teachers didn't allow me to go there alone. I
Okay, so I've known that I've been mentally ill for over a decade. Realizing I had autism was pretty recent. It's something that I don't expect any medical professional to be able to help with because I'm already on stable medication and know how to live my life in a way that works for me. I'm no mo
It doesn’t make sense to me that there would be a being outside of the earth that would control the outcomes of life yet doesn’t contribute or make itself known. It feels like people who believe in religion are just looking for someone else to blame or to make others follow what they want.
It does
I know this is an autism group but I want to know if anyone else has struggled receiving help for their children? My toddler will be three in a few months and I fought hard for her to receive any kind of help in my area. She will be getting a referral for autism in a few months but the path I went d
mean this in both the Platonic and Romatic contexts. I'm a bit older than most of my peers at this point in my life (21 from the UK) and in my final year of college. this means that the people i'm meeting could be anywhere between 17 to 19. basically, people I think could be older end up being young
What the title says. this is a bit of a rant, im open for advice
for context i love radiohead, i dont really care about anything else i like even if i try.
i see everyone else like multiple different things, easily move on from interests and they arent obsessed.
What do i do about this? i dont
I'm so excited
my almost 3 year old girl is getting diagnosed with autism and adhd (auhd). she's almost at the final stages of diagnoses. she's non-verbal (was at 10 months, but stopped at 18). I can see things being worked out in her head, but I can't seem to communicate with her beyond play time, and even that's
So I have someone that lately has been making me feel like a 5th or 6th option for everything. For context until this year we were really close.
For the last 6 months I have to initiate every conversation. When I send a text I rarely get a response. If a text has multiple parts I might get an an
I’m an autistic woman. Not a single woman believes that I’m autistic, but men seem to notice right away. It’s weird because I thought it would be the other way around? Curious on why I’m experiencing this
I feel like when I got officially diagnosed I lost the ability to have like a deep guy voice and lost all regional accent for like a weird autism accent it seems? Is this normal because others in family have noticed it.
Hola, hace tiempo que pienso en preguntar esto a la comunidad.
Puedo pasar un dia entero con un solo vaso de agua, se que no es bueno para mi, pero se me olvido que necesito beber agua y tampoco tengo la sensación de sed.
He probado con botellas de aluminio, comprar una botella cada dia, beber de
the funny thing is i work as a RBT, and you’d think these others RBTs would be accepting but BY FAR my experience has been the polar opposite. i have experienced more ableism in this career than i have in fast food and retail. but the consistent thing every place is always having people hate me for
I never thought the problem would be autism, of course not just directly, but looking back now, not having many contacts has hindered my social skills. I even communicate better by text now; until recently I did, but it was always just friendly conversation, friendzone, I couldn't get a girlfriend.
-just a warning this is a bit of a rant
-tw for ableism i guess
-im open for advice.
i really hate standing out, especially in ways like this. everyone around me gets to experience the normal way of having interests, and yes some of those people are autistic.
take music for an example; they
simply put it’s 00:24 (12:24 AM) at the time of me starting to write this I cannot sleep does anyone have any tips cuz yk i should sleep so yeah does anyone have any tips for how to sleep as I struggle to sleep in general
Ive been told for most of my life I speak in an autistic/"special" way what does this even mean? Does anyone else relate/understand what the heck this means?
I feel WAY related to the Romani or gypsy for who doesn’t know (from this point on I will only refer to them as Roma or Romani since the word “gypsy” is considered a slur for the Romani, as it’s originated from when they were thought to come from Egypt and not from India).
Both autistic are and ha
So here’s my history. Diagnosed at young age as adhd but medication has never really helped me. It just hid the hyperactive part for parents. I’ve tried stimulants and no. Stimulants. I also have a love of symptoms that seem to correlate with autism. I’ naturally loud, i walk on my toes a lot, i hav
I (30M) volunteered at the SPCA in my town and I got made fun of for talking to the kitties by the staff. This was my plan to get out and maybe make friends and give back to the world and now I feel ashamed to go back.
Edit: I asked for help as I didnt know what to do and she said "Just go back in
I’m in college (23 F), in a medical technical program and I get treated like crap due to my autism. I don’t talk about it much, if not at all to my classmates who are older than me. But an older woman (mother of an autistic son), keeps trying to baby me and outs me without my consent whenever she br
For my speaking exam I'm doing a presentation on autism to spread awareness (I am autistic myself) and I'm looking at the DSM5 and the NHS but I want some stuff from actual autistic people. If you have any personal experiences, any myths that aren't true, or just something you want people to underst
I got diagnosed last year. I’m 25 now. I feel like in the past year I’ve realised I don’t really like my friends and right now I kind of have none. None that I see regularly anyway. I’ve never had a partner because dating has always been a language I didn’t know how to speak. I’m currently trying to
Okay. in the grand scheme of things this isn’t that big of an issue. But I HATE how often people assume Im mad at them and demand reassurance when I’m not bouncing off the walls because I’m happy. When I’m TRULY happy, and TRULY interested I am putting all of my focus into whatever it is and taking
Hey all,
The title may not fully capture what I am feeling, but I don't have a better way to put it. Recently, I've been thinking about my personality, things I like, things I do, etc., after a colleague of mine recently got an ASD diagnosis. I would think about those things occasionally, but neve
I just got back from a concert, and met up with some friends that I haven’t seen in about 6 months.
I was feeling anxious due to the gap between our last meeting, and while I was excited to see them again, I did feel pressured to mask since I wanted to make a good impression on them after such a l
19M and pretty much I have struggled to find friends everywhere I go. I seem to always get picked on by people because of my lack of self respect.
Is there things I can actually make a significant change on and what would they be? I’m not rlly that open to doing new hobbies because I just haven’t
Does it depend on your age? I.e if you are a toddler (1-3yrs), children / teen, or adult, did it differ in effectiveness in changing your habits?
I'm not sure if I'm using the right tag for this. But whatever it is, is this something I should try to figure out or let it be? I don't know what triggers it. I have a fairly calm and sensory friendly life for the most part. I mostly end up crying when I spend too much time with my friends or when
