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An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, leaving you with no excuse whatsoever to keep wearing that Hufflepuff scarf, sources have reported.

Jack Harrington, 38, grew up reading the popular children’s stories, and soon developed an intense fascination with the world of the books, including knowing all about the suspiciously depicted money-hungry goblins, and that one time it was revealed that slavery is commonplace and accepted in the wizarding world.

In spite of this, however, Harrington has recently worked to redirect his interest towards media created by someone less troublingly focused on his friends’ genitalia.

“It was hard to do,” Harrington said. “I really love collecting things, and there’s so much merchandise to collect! But once I realised that it’s possible to collect things in a way that doesn’t make it harder for my mates to go for a piss when out and about, it really was a no-brainer.”

- saying no

- saying no when asked to do something you could you could technically do but at a great cost to yourself

- wanting things

- allowing yourself to want things

- doing something that you want because you want it

- getting something that you want because you want it

- asking for the things you want

- eating a food you enjoy

- changing something in your space that will make you happy (get a furniture you like, or a decoration, or put up a cool piece of art, or move something you use often to a more accessible spot)

- changing something about your body that will make you happy (like getting a haircut, hair dye, tattoo, piercing, hrt, nail polish - do not try to force your body into a vastly different shape than what it is. do something within reach)

- wearing something that will make you feel cool, or cute, or pretty, or badass, or comfy. something that will make you happier

- admitting a situation is miserable and that you want it to be different

- wanting to change a situation to be less miserable

- not punishing yourself for wanting to be less miserable

- finding what can possibly be done to make a situation less miserable

- changing something about a situation that makes you miserable

- asking for help

- accepting help

- accepting kind words and compliments

- starting small

- accepting failure and imperfection

Also everyone: When there's a hurricane you should never drive through water more than six inches deep, water that's a high as your ankle is enough to sweep you away.

"Don't you people have storm drains?"

Yes.