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There is none.

Some people are noticeably autistic, some are not, some sometimes are but can hide it.

Statistics may give you an idea of what seems to occur with high frequency, but autism is a full mix and match.

If you know one Autistic, you know ONE Autistic.

Because I’ll yell something like “shut up!” at those things when I’m hyperfocused on something that requires my full concentration and attention. I yell because I’m pissed at the interruption and then I’m in pain because some of those noises hurt my ears.

I looked at my dad and said, “Yeah, that’s what happens, and it’s worse if I can’t tell the person to stop the noise. It happens in your room if you have the TV too loud when we’re trying to talk, and it’s why I talk so loud in your room. I need to hear myself speak or the words other people say on TV get caught up in my echolalia.” (Yes, he knows what echolalia is.)

Because if there’s a commercial for makeup blasting, for example, I might say to my dad “Hey, dad, mom wants to know if you want full skin coverage because easy, breezy, beautiful Covergirl.”

He gets confused and thinks I’m being silly with him, and we end up getting in a yelling fight over a simple little thing.

I can get the words out if I yell over the TV, “DAD, MOM WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU WANT ANYTHING SPECIFIC BECAUSE WE’RE GOING GROCERY SHOPPING!” 

He gets mad at me for yelling so loud, and we end up getting in a yelling fight over that, too.

I have NEVER been able to explain that to him, but The Good Doctor did.

Dad said he’ll try to work on turning his TV down when I come in his room. I doubt he’ll stick to it for more than a couple days, but it’s a start and I’ll keep reminding him.

h ey tumblr??

Well the bloody Prime Minister of Australia personally blocked me on twitter so you know… there’s that.

wade: vanessa used to call me that :(

the chaotic reader: reads four books at once, regularly forgets characters’ names, crazy reading habits, reads mostly late at night or for unhealthy stretches of time, eats snacks or bites nails while reading, had an intense reading phase around the year 2014 and feels very nostalgic about that, passionate and outspoken

the summer reader: reads outside, wears sunglasses and sits directly on the ground to read, plays with sand or grass while reading, gets bored if the story is stalling or running in circles but otherwise gets easily lost in a book, likes a sweet drink or a nice cup of tea, unapologetically reads bad chick lits, plot over prose, tropes are friends