Autistic Eagle

Hey everyone!

So Autistic Eagle will be getting a new theme in the near future.  (Sorry for the delay.)  I’m providing a link to the Sandbox page I’ve been using to get everything set up so people can begin to get used to it as well as provide suggestions/improvements regarding bugs/errors, features, overall appearance, and accessibility.  Please use the ask box and submit box on that blog for any suggestions you wish to provide.

I have tentatively set the release date for the new theme at August 15, 2015 (one month from now), but that date may be pushed back depending on feedback and major changes made to the preview.

I will be posting updates every time a major change is made and I will also try to be posting reminders weekly until the change goes into effect.

I will be posting reminders a week before the new theme takes effect as well as the day before the new theme takes effect.

Just your weekly reminder about the theme change coming up.  The date’s still set for August 15th and as it stands right now, the theme seems pretty solid and ready.  Still, feel free to send in suggestions and concerns for it; we still have another 3 weeks before release.

Hey everyone!

So Autistic Eagle will be getting a new theme in the near future.  (Sorry for the delay.)  I’m providing a link to the Sandbox page I’ve been using to get everything set up so people can begin to get used to it as well as provide suggestions/improvements regarding bugs/errors, features, overall appearance, and accessibility.  Please use the ask box and submit box on that blog for any suggestions you wish to provide.

I have tentatively set the release date for the new theme at August 15, 2015 (one month from now), but that date may be pushed back depending on feedback and major changes made to the preview.

I will be posting updates every time a major change is made and I will also try to be posting reminders weekly until the change goes into effect.

I will be posting reminders a week before the new theme takes effect as well as the day before the new theme takes effect.

Just your weekly reminder about the theme change coming up.  The date’s still set for August 15th and as it stands right now, the theme seems pretty solid and ready.  Still, feel free to send in suggestions and concerns for it; we still have another 3 weeks before release.

I have shifted the sidebar from the left side of the screen to the right.  This will prevent it from overlapping posts when zooming in.  Hopefully the change will be effective in mobile theme accessibility.

I’m not able to test the theme on a mobile device since I don’t have a smart phone.  Are you or anyone willing to give that a look for me and let me know what the result is?  In the meantime, I’ll mess with text size.

Caption: “Maikruz: ‘You have not feeling hunger as an autistic thing. What about feeling…’”

To makiruz, an especially majestic eagle,

As you can see, our inbox is still not cooperating so that screenshot is all I can see of your message. Could you reblog this with the rest? I’d love to answer your question.

You have not feeling hunger as an autistic thing. What about feeling hungry but ignoring it because you are doing this thing and you can't stop until you're finished?

Here is the ask in entirety.

I have only recently (since 1 / 2 years) gotten my diagnosis and have been told all my life that I needed to stop being lazy, that I needed to be normal, that I shouldn’t be making excuses and that “I just can’t do it”  was no valid reason not to do something. We did not know I was autistic, though we suspected, and therefor I was forced to act as allistic as I could manage to be and keep my complaints to myself and just suck it up.

I hate that I have been conditioned to believe this. I hate that I feel incredibly guilty whenever I do refer to my autism when I truly can not handle something or can’t go trough with something. My autism is not an excuse yet I can not seem to convince myself that this is the truth of it and continue to fear I am using it as some sort of excuse when it’s not.

For books, I’d reccomend “The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome” by Tony Attwood. This is where I started and it’s a very comprehensive, readable, and friendly guide to understanding and living with autism. It mainly gives advice to people with autism, but it also has information for parents which I actually found to be just as helpful.

For some lighter reading, I’d recommend following some relatable autistic blogs. I particularly like the animal-themed ones that use image macros:

autistickitten

autistic-alligator

aspie-fawn

autisticeagle

For more in-depth interaction and personal accounts, check out wrongplanet.net. It’s primarily a message board, but they also post articles.

Good luck and happy travels on the road of self-discovery!

Caption: “Realizes that ‘pat yourself on the back’ is just an expression/Doesn’t care, continues to pat shoulder as a reward for good behavior”

I don’t get touched very often because it can be stressful and even physically painful at times. I find that associating physical touch with good things is very helpful, even if it’s just me patting my own limbs.

Dictionary.com lists it as an idiom meaning “to praise, congratulate, or encourage.”

Caption: “Someone asked ‘is not knowing you’re getting hungry until you’re starving an autism…’”

To the anon with hunger issues,

Forgetting to eat and not feeling hunger is quite common with anyone easily obsessed with projects, namely ones that don’t require physical exercise. I can, for example, eat one small meal a day when absorbed in a coding project, and I usually don’t feel hunger at all. My advice in this sort of situation is to plan ahead and set out healthy, non-perishable fingerfood like mixed nuts and water. That way you can eat periodically without having to break your concentration.

If, however, you mean that you never have any lead-up before you experience hunger pains, then you might just not have an appetite. An appetite is the urge to eat food and, as far as I can tell, it’s different than actual hunger pangs, which are stomach contractions. Again, my advice is light, healthy snacking throughout the day along with regular meals. You could even take note of how long it takes you to digest and put yourself on a snack schedule.

So, in answer to your question, I don’t think it’s an autism thing but it’s often associated with autism due to our special interests.