AutisticAnonymous

Autistic people can be loved

Autistic people can have steady partners

Auti$m $peak$ does not speak for me! I am not a burden! I do not need a cure! I am not a tragedy! I am not broken so I do not want to be “fixed”! I am not a “missing puzzle piece”! I do not need awareness!

brushing my teeth

putting something back in its drawer

actually untying my shoes to take them off/put them back on (I just stuff hold the back of my shoe so it doesn’t get crushed then shove my foot in)

recycling instead of tossing something in the trash

taking out the trash

standing up from my desk chair to do something else

stapling a paper

refilling my water bottle

ordering at a fast food restaurant

laundry in general

sharpening pencils instead of switching to a different one

getting up from bed to use the bathroom in the middle of the night

returning library books vs continually renewing them

me: *feels happy*

Me, an autistic gifting an adhd person in Valentine’s day:

this is my dashboard on desktop (they have a really convenient, easy to use app, too!)

What habitica does is it turns your daily tasks, your habits that you want to form, and your to do list into an rpg game. You level up, gain experience, and play the game just by marking things as done on your to do list. You can put literally anything in there, too. whenever i have a big project i’ve gotta do, I put every step, down to the letter, in habitica (which is a fucking superb way to xp farm while still staying organized).

The game is super fun because if you’re like me, and you work best with a rewards-based system, you’re literally in heaven. Everything you do gets you points, and bonus stuff, and helps you unlock parts of the game.

Any kind of blanket,pillow, etc: *has a nice texture to it*

be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here. —desiderata

so easy to forget how far you’ve come.

That feel when you procrastinate for so long and then you’re suddenly hit by motivation. I tend to hyper focus so hard on my work, I forget to eat, or drink water, or sleep, or stretch, or like, do any basic care or maintenance required for life.