Waiting for assessment, but Curious on average how long would you say your hyper-fixations last? I’ve got some that persist and have done for years, but there seems to be other ones I’ll fix on them for a few weeks or months before moving on to something else I find interesting, I’ve noticed I seem
Does anyone else who is able to work find themselves still being bullied? Not even in a different way really, like the same as when you were in school. It’s like, the worst people you know DID still make it off better than you and now they’re your boss. I requested accommodations after working there
I’m going to a birthday for my parter’s friend. We are all in our late 20s. I’ve been trying to unmask lately and have been successful. I have not gone to a party since I started unmasking. I really don’t know how to navigate this. I won’t really know half of the people too well. I need advice/encou
hello, Im 16f (autistic) and I have an older sister 19f. She still lives with us, she is never tested for autism.
I don't like loud noises
She often blasts music through the house and its are always the same songs.
Whenever she gets ready in the bathroom, sometimes during breakfast/dinner and o
I need to go to the pool at least once a week and sometimes to the gym. If the gym is no problem, I put on headphones, but the pool is very difficult. The children are screaming too much, especially today. I thought I was going crazy. At some point, I just sat down and covered my ears with my hands,
My daughter was recently diagnosed with ASD, and I wanted to write about her. I thought some people on here might find it interesting / useful.
My dads girlfriend thinks im obnoxious because I don’t follow society customs. I’m not going to lower my self because of her. She should be happy i don’t be a murderer. The things she gets pissed about are useless at the end of the day. I think she wound too tight. Like I’ll take a shower late at ni
Hello!
I am currently a senior college student. For my senior thesis, I am completing a capstone project focused on autistic communication and social interaction. As someone who is also neurodivergent, I care deeply about representing autistic perspectives accurately and respectfully. The goal of m
What do you guys do here?
So guys, i dont know the exact english terms, excuse me, im hungarian (central / eastern europe), so yeah.
I’m 19/M
I always had struggles communicating, i always shut down and isolate myself from social situtations. My class went to a holiday stuff because its easter soon, and i skipped it becaus
Mostly funny but also cringe story. In kindergarden, I had a teaching assistant to help me be in class and help me participate in it. At this point, I still had struggles with processing verbal communication, so we were using picture cards to communicate.
One of my struggles at the time was learni
Why I don't fit in society,
I used to think that if I just watched enough, cared enough, tried hard enough.
Then I would fit in somewhere. Friends I have had, seem hollow and vacant, If I try to emulate there ways. I fumble, and fall flat. Usually this is when a room, car, or store will go dead
TLDR: Your awareness is worthless because your willingness to make the world more accessible and inclusive of Autistic adults is dependent on whether your desire to look like a good person outweighs your discomfort around their disability.
Longer Version: The reality is that more and more evidence
I don’t care what people say, having autism is a prison sentence for a crime you didn’t commit with no trial. I takes a minute for me to speak a coherent sentence sometimes. Especially if people need to know something. It’s very overstimulating when people have to speak down to me like I just commit
I really love singing. Like SPIRITUAL DEPTH level. But that's not the only thing. I just wonder, because I notice it so often, do any of you guys use singing as stimming?
Personally, I have a relatively large range, which means I love songs that include that so I can play around with my high notes
i feel like i’ve finally found something i actually want to do, like properly want to do, and it requires a lot of interviews. and i just can’t!!!
i genuinely cannot communicate confidently in any way that makes me seem like a normal functioning person lol
i hate any kind of unprompted test situa
I always draw myself as a Kirlia for my artistic persona. Whenever I feel happy, stressed, depressed, etc I draw my favorite Pokemon to self-sooth.
Does anybody else use their comfort character as their artistic persona?
I’m Completely verbal, but I rarely ever talk if I’m not with my friends, Family or anyone I feel comfortable around. I’m a senior in high school and In my 4th hour (Physics) and I don’t have any friends in class so I sit alone and do my own thing. There 2 kids who seem to have a problem with me. Ev
my first post here yipee :D i actually dont own all of my favourite albums yet but im working on it...
To be honest it’s not all poor me poor me, I would be quite unfiltered and annoying in group chats especially if I’d been drinking. When people didn’t like what I’d say I’d triple down almost and say hot takes I don’t even agree with which is really stupid and I don’t know why I often go to the most
I did when I was younger
I'm so soo happy how it turned out. And that little one is my oc by the way. Her name is Nina. And that bigger one is teacher and her name is Calypso. Watch Bluey and you will know who Calypso is. But for me I would LOVE to have her as my teacher. She would understand my needs and disabilities well
(No meme flair sadly)
My mental health has been consistently deteriorating for the last few months. I have tried therapy (CBT) 6 times (6 different therapists) in the course of 4 years and it has failed every single time (inexistent progress after 8-10 appointments). It makes me feel profoundly misunderstood, unsupported
This is a long post. (I think)
This probably is more suited on another subreddit, but I refuse to go on there as people don’t understand autism and will say whatever they want despite it. the last time I made a post like this, some coward insulted me and quickly deleted it, which (also for my priva
I am an autistic guy and i have always felt that i am happy being single but on the other hand, it would be nice to have an intimate partner/ significant other. The thing is, i sometimes go through phases where the thought of being touched is absolutely awful. The struggle between wanting to be sin
Pretty clear question.
Hi all! I’m a level 1 Autistic person, and I’ve struggled a lot with social cues recently. For reference, I have trouble keeping friends and it takes me months to make them. When someone in my family lay down next to me and started making a noise that sounded like soft snores, I whispered, “Are you
Not exactly newly diagnosed as my flair suggests but I’ve been diagnosed quite late, in my early-30s (which was about 5 years ago), and I wonder how doctors took so long to spot it on me if neurotypicals seem to notice it instantly when I’m in a 3 way or more conversation. 2 minutes into the convers
Hello everyone, back when I was a kid people on the phone would sometimes think I was a child or even a woman. So, I ended up seeing a voice therapist and now I'm over 20 years old. I feel like my voice still sounds a bit forced despite continued training. Does my voice sound masculine or feminine?
Hello Everyone,
My husband is experiencing autistic burnout and I'm trying to learn more about autism and the perspectives, challenges, and needs of autistic people. A lot of what he's dealing with we both had attributed to CPTSD, but in reading about autistic burnout, it really seems like that's
To be honest, I see a lot of posts about masking being tiring. I understand, of course, so I was curious on seeing if people actually like their "masked" self.
I have developed so much over-time. As a kid I was so non-verbal and shy, I would stare and just point at things. The only place I wasn't
So I got this lego 2 days ago, barley managed to not open it and fi wished it in a day, one sitting, my fingers hurt my my head hurts but LEGO!
I would like to be one but i'm afraid it will be too much for my sensory overload tendencies, is there anyone jere who's taken that path? any tips?
I just put this under university research only, because I couldn't really find any other flair that seemed really relevant to this.
Now I have no problem with anyone expressing interests in a safe environment, I think that's completely fine and no one should be forced out of their box, including no
I get to work with my special interests (planets, space, rocketry) and I wouldn’t change it for the world, but does anybody have advice? It’s weird being *extremely* good at research but absolutely terrible at the social side of it. Theres so much out there on: “Autistics are so good at STEM” but
Okay i am going to be blunt, I am autistic and might have made a business idea that could make me million or billions. I am in the process of getting things setup now, but i am overwhelmed, i already have people like badgering me to invest, and I am like omg give me space.
In real life though, I am
Hi everyone, this is my first post! :)
Autism runs on both sides of my family, and I suspect that I have it as well. I had my first autistic meltdown at 14. I am now almost 24, and I've noticed that as I get older, I get overstimulated easier, especially in the mornings. My wife has noticed this,
I have been properly diagnosed as autistic a year ago and I finally accepted who I am. But then my aunt who's a medical expert in autism told me I'm not autistic just by looking at me. She didn't even mention that autistic people can mask and everything she said was stereotypical. Her reason of sayi
I'm pretty touch-starved (not completely, as I have two cats), and I'm wondering if wearing clothing that sits tight against my skin would help me relax at home. Ideally it would be a bit stretchy.
What kind of fabrics should I be looking into?
My biggest weak point is my inability to form connections with others that are past surface level. Or I’m at least satisfied with. I feel like I’ve tried everything. I ask people about themselves (bc people like talking about themselves), I show genuine interest in others, I’ve learned to listen mor
After I've seen a post here where someone described not being able to get addicted to stuff, I've wanted to start a discussion in the other way.
Like for myself addictions is a topic I've struggled with for the last years.
For context I got diagnosed at 19 with level 1 autism which explained a lot
Happy Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month Everyone 🙏
And yes, I get that people can occasionally be assholes but it seems like that has become wayyyyy too common now. Almost every time I respond to someone politely, it’s met with condescension or outright insults like I’ve somehow offended them just by speaking.
A recent example: I made a post venti
sometimes I like to be aware of what's going on around me and so i use my bone-conducting headphones (or bonephones as i call them lol), but sometimes using ANC headphones can be really soothing? I just find it strange that i have two headphones that are, like, mirrror images of each other lol
I'm 28 years old (male) and I've never had a girlfriend after a heartbreak (that's what my psychologist said). I know it's not simply a matter of "getting one" and it's beyond our control; particularly, this must be the most difficult thing for us, besides the particularities of each person with ASD
I'm starting to think that maybe not only autistic people but 2 weeks ago I started to smile involuntarily whenever I watch stuff with my celebrity crushes. It all started when I watched the only 2 episodes of New Girl where Alexandra Daddario (the actress I consider the most beautiful in the world)
So I’m only 16f and I’ve only had 1 job it was at a dog daycare and let me tell you it was HELL. I like animals and they were the only place that hired 15-year-olds It was sensory hell. Dogs barking 24/7 and I have severe nose sensitivity and the daycare I worked at was very “laidback” meaning they
Hey there! I m a 25 year old french man diagnosed with level one autism, gifted and I need to do ADHD test too. And I would like to talk to you about relationships. I am seeing a therapist however with what has been happening in my life recently, I know I won’t be able to see him for at least anothe
