It's in my code 🎮

me: I’m autistic

[Image transcript: a tweet from Jonny Sims, writer of TMA, saying, “Similar to some of the autistic Archivist thoughts I've seen: I really love the idea, but it's not going to be canonically confirmed as it wasn't deliberate when I was writing earlier episodes, and I just haven't put the work in to be confident in it as a thoughtful portrayal.”]

watching your favorite movie or show over and over, going to the video rental place and picking out the same movie each time (if you’re old like me)

spinning around a pole, spinning around on a swing, spinning in general, swings in general

the toy or stuffed animal that had to go everywhere with you

sticking your hand out the window in the car and feeling the force of the air in your palm

incorporating your special interests into school assignments and activities whenever you could

creating elaborate fantasy universes and imaginary friends in your mind to daydream about for hours

staring at the screensaver or the weird music player animations on the computer

and even if they have no expectations and aren’t talking or being loud or asking you to do anything or paying attention to you at all… you still feel like you’re being Watched and can’t stim or like, exist fully for fear of doing it wrong and being judged or somehow accidentally causing harm or inconvenience 

not just the good parts, not the parts that are met with an “aw, that’s a good autistic trait, so it’s ok!”

no. fuck that. you’re autistic, and as long as you’re not hurting anyone (including yourself), do whatever the fuck you need to in order to have your needs met and feel comfortable. 

Yeah that’s literally what being autistic is like. Allistic people’s brains filter out a lot of the sensory “noise” (from all senses) around them but autistic people’s brains don’t or at least don’t do it as well.