hold me in your arms & sway me like a sea

fully verbal autistic ✅️ valid

verbal autsitic with verbal loss ✅️ valid

semiverbal autistic ✅️ valid

Me yesterday after cleaning my room

Life in an Autism World

Life in an Autism World

…told you so.

Life in an Autism World

Autism

….sigh 😐

My edit 💙

What NOT to say to autistic people

You can’t be autistic, there’s nothing wrong with you.

It’s hard for everyone.

Get over it, it’s not that bad!

It’s not that loud/bright!

You just want attention.

It’s not autism, just an excuse.

Just try, it’s so easy!

Why can’t you just relax?

You just need to grow up.

Why can’t you act like your age?

But your don’t look autistic.

You’re fine, you don’t need labels.

Everyone is a little bit autistic.

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Telling us to grow out of our autism

"No one else is reacting like this"

Assuming two autistic people are the same

Making fun of us if we don’t understand a joke & saying we have no sense of humor

“Stop taking everything so seriously”

Telling us that we don’t fit neurotypical expectations that are set for us

“Stop being lazy & making conclusions”

“You are such an attention seeker”

Blaming us if we don’t understand something

Denying us support & telling us to “try harder”

“Everyone’s a little bit autistic”

Having our thoughts/feelings judged based on our nonverbal language. Being told we are “emotionless”

Telling us our stims are rude or embarrassing

Judging our struggles based on how well we “function”

Invalidating one’s feelings and concerns

Telling us that our interests are stupid, a waste of time, or inappropriate

Saying that it is all in your head and that you should get over it

“It’s no big deal”

“Stop being so dramatic”

“You don’t look autistic”

“Just calm down”

Making out that avoiding eye contact is rude

Only measuring empathy in neurotypical ways

“You can’t expect everyone to change just for you”