Kamari

Bill art by @spoonyspine

That said, this website provides very simple instructions on how to do everyday tasks such as making your bed, using a washing machine, cooking different foods, washing dishes, taking a shower, etc. All you have to do is use the search bar to find the task you're struggling with, and it'll come up with what you need + other related how-to's:)

If you're having trouble navigating it, let me provide you with some examples:

How to clean dishes by hand

How to make your bed (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to fold clothes (with visual demonstrations of each step!)

How to take a shower & dry yourself off (also provides ways to shave beards, armpits, legs and genitals)

How to shave legs, armpits, beards, pubic areas, etc. (a more in-depth guide)

How to mop the floor

How to sweep the floor

How to swallow pills

How to make small talk

How to make eye contact in different situations (or how to avoid it while still looking natural)

This comic only mentions different hallucinations based on sensory modality (which sense it impacts) but there are other ways to categorise hallucinations such as the theme of the hallucination or the severity of the hallucination

I am not a child. No matter how much I may act like one, think like one, or have needs like one, I am not and never again will be a child. I have more life experiences than a child does and that is important.

Sometimes I may need to be treated similarly (pt: similarly) to a child but I never want to be treated like I AM a child.

I do not want you to talk to me in such a babying voice but I appreciate that you are trying to be considerate of me even if you're going about it wrong.

I do not want to be treated like I'm some "innocent little baby" because I am not. I can make and understand sexual jokes (sometimes because i have trouble processing jokes and sarcasm). I can engage in and enjoy sexual content. I can also take part in sexual activities/interactions (though I won't because I'm ace).

The only people I'm OK with treating me similarly to a child are my parents because they're not actually treating me like a child, they're treating me like the autistic teen that I am who happens to have needs similar to a child's.

The difference between being infantilised and how my parents treat me is that; my parents acknowledge my autism, they acknowledge (most of) my needs, they acknowledge my age, they acknowledge my life experiences, and they acknowledge that how I need to be treated changes; people who infantilise me don't acknowledge any of that and treat and think of me as though I am a child as if I'm "less-than".

Also, the fact that being treated like a child is like being treated as "less than" is horrible. Children are people too and deserve to be treated as such.

Someone may have a special interest in a show, but instead of that meaning that they will talk about that show often, it may mean they watch that show extremely frequently.