ok so i had an acquaintance , she was my high school mate and she had autism now it wasn't severe I'd say she was emotionally autistic (I don't know if thats a clinical term) so she grew fond of me and thought me as her friend but I couldn't I pushed her away in a very heartless way I said things th
"Hi! I have trouble understanding social cues and sarcasm so if I said something that sounded passive aggressive or mean or like I am making a sarcastic dig please know I did not mean it that way"
I'm really just curious. Everywhere I see people talking about debunking typical autism stereotypes and how "if you've met one person on the spectrum, you've met one person on the spectrum" which I do agree with to an extent but I'm also curious how many people DO fit the general "autism" stereotype
Hello, I have never been employed before, and I'm not entirely sure what jobs I should look into, preferably no customer service because I am hard of hearing, but if it interests me enough then I'd be willing.
Any suggestions welcome, also to be noted I am have some physical limitations so manual l
I'm sure this question has been asked here many times before but I'm curious.
for me the cricket feet thing and hair twirling were big aha moments after I got diagnosed.
during my diagnosis I told a story about how at dinner gatherings as a child I'd finish eating and then immediately start tear
At 19, I did a serious suicide attempt and lived
Afterwards, I wanted to make an after school program that taught kids common stress relief skills to prevent suicide
I was really good at school, but struggled with classmates and even bullying….it got really bad after we graduated
I went throug
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i don’t always have audio playing either. i just have them on constantly because sound is always overstimulating. i have earplugs and headphones on when i sleep too. i have headphones on when i talk to people a lot too. is it possible to hurt myself by doing this?
So, my best friend is autistic, and she seems to struggle a lot with regulating her emotions. At home, she has a canvas that she basically just destroys, and I guess that works for her, but at school and otherwise in public she can't exactly do that. She ends up breaking pencils or paint brushes, or
I applied for my son’s SSI September 10, 2024 . He is 4 years old now and we have not heard anything. I called February 2026 asking what was his status and was informed that his case worker denied a medical review . I thought it was over until I received a call March 2026 asking if I received the pa
Anyone else live in the northern new jersey suburbs and suffer from the awful noise produced by gas-powered leaf blowers? Anyone interested in getting together and forming an activist group to get towns governments and the state to ban them? There is already activism on this issue and indeed some to
I was having panic attack over changing my password because I'm afraid I'll lock myself out. I thought I did and I started to panic and spiral.
1 to 4 years: Knows without a device, but keeps crying with words
5 to 10 years: Constantly persistent in leaning a lot of languages like Filipino and Indonesian. Knows how to draw anime characters
11 to 12 years: gets anxiety over high school, but know to talk to nonverbal teenagers and kids
13
I (25 transguy) am really struggling being in a relationship and I know whats happening a lot of the time is my PDA is flaring up heaps. My partner (non binary 29) is aware and works pretty hard to manage around me but they are human and have needs too.
For example suprisingly as someone with auti
[small vent]. I'm trying to find help with work-related communication issues.
Therapist asks if I've always had issues with this in the past.
Trying to be helpful by being vague, I answer a simple no. This is because I've only been employed for a couple of years, and before then my communicatio
Let’s talk about video games. I know a lot of autistic’s that get pulled towards games. For me it’s a way to shit my brain down and dive into a world that doesn’t demand anything from me besides what I’m willing to let get demanded.
It itches a certain tick in my head, I love all sort of games, fro
Hi, I am struggling in a relationship in a relationship. with a women, who I believe has undiagnosed autism. the relationship has had conflict as a result of miscommunication and lack of understanding, notably frustration fr on me towards my partner at what appears to be not getting on with life.
Hi all! I’ve been suspecting I have autism for a while. I’ve delved into the DSM-5, autistic traits, and how autism can present differently in different people. Autism would explain my sensitivity to loud sounds, lights, clothing textures, and food textures. It would explain why I can spend hours an
Hey uhm so im 15 and today i was in speech language pathology my therapist she was telling me to read out words to improve my pronouncing issues and i did them and she called me a good boy im wondering is this an infantilisation of me i know people who have autism often get treated like children is
Im in my mid 30s, and everytime I start to get close to someone they want to do things obviously. Like go to lunch or go out of town for a day or two. But everytime i make plans that mess with my routine it gets me anxious. Like If i have plans for next friday, im thinking about it all day trying to
I’m autistic and have ADHD, and so does my friend. They’re currently in burnout, and I’m struggling with anxiety around it.
Since mid-February, they haven’t opened my WhatsApp messages,(idk if they have turn off read receipts 😭)I’ve sent a few spaced-out check-ins, trying not to overwhelm them, bu
I am undiagnosed but in recent years I’ve come to realize that it is very likely I am on the spectrum.
Recently, I noticed that sometimes if I’m talking/singing aloud what I’m doing, I get locked in “rhyme” mode and every sentence rhymes.
Is this a stim thing or something different?
Ok so… I don’t know if it’s directly related to autism but I sleep with one or both of my hands kind of curled in towards me. I always wake up with numbness in my hands, I literally cannot fall asleep without doing it though. It feels uncomfortable if I don’t have my hands that way. But I’m genuinel
So, I've been wondering if anyone else struggled with their periods as much as I do? The pain is bad and my mental health is even worse than usual when I'm on my period but something that really bothers me is the sensory aspect of it all.
I can basically only use pads for various reasons but the f
I have a hard time staying employed for more than 2-3 months. Partially because of people. It's either having to stand that someone will recognise me and ask personal questions while I'm working or it's a shitty call center job where I have to tolerate people berating me on the phone, but I can at l
I am curious to know which place would be the worst for an autistic adult to live in. Places like cities, states, rural areas, or even regions like the south, the southwest, the midwest, the northeast, the pacific northwest, etc.
What places should autistic adults avoid moving to?
So much of my heartbreak and desire for a partner stems from wanting to go places with someone. I have friends but even my closest ones i would struggle to do things with at all. For me relationships are hard in the middle strangers i can get by okay with learning how to small talk and lovers too. B
I’m actually drawing ALL of my autistic characters for autism awareness month, but so far I’ve just done Dorian here. I won’t be posting all of them here, because I think that’d be a bit much, but I’ll be posting them elsewhere!
Dorian was the first autistic character I wrote, and due to him, I sta
So, yes, like many of you, eye contact makes me want to scream "Why? Why do you freaks do this?! And you call us weird!" I hope you at least mildly find my recent musings relatively entertaining. :-)
-- Muahahahah... I fool them all! --
Apparently, I've become a bit adept at passing
Does anyone else have dreams about trying to communicate with people but being physically unable to? I often have dreams where I’m stuck and keep trying to scream for help but no sound comes out. Everyone else just keeps going about their normal lives as if everything’s totally fine, and if they not
Me and my mom have been wanting to get an autism awareness shirt because my little sibling has autism. Sadly, most of the ones we find online are, weird, or ableist, so we just decided to finally use my mom’s cricket and make one ourselves. Are there any shirt ideas that are, well actually good.
Recently, my friend asked me to go to a new park in a part of town I had never been to before. I really wanted to go, but I felt overwhelmed by not knowing what to expect. I didn’t know how crowded it would be, how loud it might be, or whether I would feel comfortable there, and that uncertainty mad
Hello everyone. I am a self-diagnosed autistic person. I started learning/performing improv in October 2023 in NYC. Since then, I have also done some acting and taken some acting classes While a novice in terms of years, I progressed very quickly and my abilities are advanced. I enjoy improv and act
It is funny ( Despair Inducing ) how weirdthe things my mind choose to remenber are .
One would expect the memories we hold on to would be the most important ones on our personal list... but that is not the case.
I remember random facts about people and places completely irrelevant to my life
Hi. My 5yo has several autistic traits that have been picked up by her teacher. That's not what my question is about.
We are currently watching the Sneetches. It's about two groups of Sneetches who are prejudiced against each other. They have rules that prevent social interaction. Pretty obviou
Uhhmm so... that's what my school did for autism awareness/ acceptance day. Full of puzzle pieces,all blue, with some cringy phrases like "wear blue,be superhero for a child with autism" and "spreading awareness about the problem of autism". And people wearing blue. Mixed feelings about it. I just w
World autism awareness day, howd yal define autism?
#autism #autistic #autismawareness #adhd #adhdawareness
I'm so excited ♾️♾️
I spend all day alone. I go to class alone, I walk back alone, I eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner alone. There is nobody who sees me and waves. There is nobody who notices when I'm not there. There is nobody who texts me and asks me how my day was. I try so hard to be normal. To make myself like the
All too often, I see users make claims like "NTs are constantly being mean", "The NT-population is built on rules of manipulation/conflict/whatever", "autists are calm" and I'm getting tired of these people making these claims without them being scrutinized. I believe that making these sweeping stat
I am an elder millennial and I lived most of my life not knowing why I struggled so much with certain things. I had always been an exceptional reader, and did well in school until my teens. I didn’t have too many behavioral problems and just made my way the best I could.
I have had so many differen
Happy World Autism Awareness Day! I’ve got a small question (if you’re comfortable answering) for you guys.
Question: What makes you the most special person in existence and why?
💙🧢♾️
I would like to say that i am only looking to diagnose and that i have yet to be professionaly checked up for autism.
Am I the only one who finds texting intensly exhausting? It’s even harder to read the person’s tone. I already struggle with knowing when to speak,listen,start or end the conversati
context: I just got a new job and this was my 3rd ever training shift, it's fast food so of course it's fast and stressful. I'm a 26 year old man and was diagnosed at 18
I always forget to mention it when I get a job, and it always ends badly. I'm thinking of just asking to talk privately with my s
Thoughts on the effects of alcohol and marijuana on an autistic person. Pros and cons?
Happy World Autism Awareness Day! World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) is a day dedicated to promoting acceptance, appreciation, and inclusion of autistic individuals, recognizing the strengths and contributions that autistic people make in their communities. Today, April 2^(nd), marks the 18^(th) annu
Hi! My special interest is, how ironically, autism itself, so I want to know your weirdest, most socially unacceptable and cringe way to stim!
My personal favourites is whine, bark and howl like a dog and imitate the toad croaking(I'm really into vocal stimming that I can't use when I'm not alone s
I have issues with the feeling of brushes on my teeth. bristle type/hardness doesnt seem to change thime issues. the feeling of a bunch of tiny bristles moving across them, the sound in my ear, I hate it. ive had dental issues all my life as a result. Electric tooth brushes help the original issue b
