All Your Faves Are Autistic

Anyone else feel like when they’re in a neurotypical group it quickly becomes a “haha look at the neuroatypical” situation? Like every time I try to make connections with neurotypical people it just devolves into a situation where I feel like I’m constantly being teased for my neuroatypical mannerisms. And I like I consider myself a decent masker but there are times where I still slip up and it feels like every atypical behavior is suddenly something to make fun of. Like god forbid I have raptor hands for a moment, or want to leave a room with blaring lights and music blasting at full volume for a moment. It just feels like every little autistic behavior is something to be mocked or made a joke of and it honestly makes me not want to even try to make neurotypical friends anymore.

There really should be like an accessibility review of tech items. Like getting Bluetooth headphones thinking they’ll be good cause they have five star reviews only to find out said headphones flash a light constantly and play a glaring amber alert like alarm when the battery is low truly is the worst.

tell me why as a PS4 gamer tell me why is Xbox and pc exclusive in 2020.

does anyone know if an autism focused crisis line exists? I’m not asking because I’m in in need, just curious if one exists at all. Tried googling a bit and couldn’t find any.

it might be me going crazy during quarantine but the whole trend of making fun of Disney adults seems a little ableist. like what is their crime? being “too into” something, odd mannerisms? Awkward? Hmmm..sounds a little like neuroatypical people??? 😬

imagine thinking that autism, a commonly mocked disorder is trendy. imagine thinking people want to pretend to be autistic when one of the most well-funded nonprofits supposedly for us literally used to compare us to monster-like people who destroyed families. imagine thinking that a disorder that was literally a widely popular insult in 2016-2018 and still is in some circles is now something people want to identify with. imagine thinking that one of the most stigmatized disorders, is now something people want to fake. imo, fuck off.

I feel like part of the reason autistic adults struggle so much is that we are expected to grow out of our autism. Like we are just supposed to wake up one day and not have sensory overloads or meltdowns anymore. Even as a kid I thought I’d grow up, go to college, and suddenly not have any special interests. Because you can’t have a degree and/or a job and still watch children’s cartoons and stim. I feel like the older we get, the less acceptable being autistic gets. This is especially true for those among us who have “useless” or “weird” special interests. Even among socially liberal circles, there is still a lot of mockery surrounding people who exhibit autistic traits or are considered too excited about something. If we want to see less autistic adults with confidence issues, and more autistic adults who live past 36, we need to start treating autism as a lifelong thing and not something that magically goes away after childhood.

i wanna see more dumbass couples in stories. couples where both people are stupid. no more power couples or relationships where only one person is an idiot and the other is smart. no, just two people who are equally ridiculous and stupid together creating chaos. that’s my kind of couple.

the amount of undergraduate psychology students I’ve seen on here, acting like they are already certified psychology experts and giving out “real” psych advice/facts is seriously disturbing. like imagine if pre-med people acted like they were already doctors.

some of ya’ll need to realize that characters(especially ones with trauma) being flawed and making mistakes doesn’t make them “problematic” or “toxic”. like calling katara or similar characters “problematic” for being rude or lashing out due to trauma is honestly a big yikes. katara isn’t “problematic” she is a realistic and well written example of what trauma can do to people. same with zuko.stop calling every character who is flawed and realistically written toxic.