King Klown Fucker

me:

1.  i named a cat Potato.

i don’t see a reason to explain why i named him that.

2. i named my three-footed kitten Yardstick

3. i named this kitten Kickstand.  His leg was permanently stuck in that position, like a bike’s kickstand.  i mean, it was until it got amputated.

4. I named a kitten with many toes Terry Toetopolis.  also featuring Kickstand again.

5. i called a kitten ‘bastard’ so many times that it was the only one he’d respond to.  in my defense, he was 100% bastard.

6. a coworker and i had a game going to see how many kittens and cats we could name after harry potter characters before we were caught. (7.  the answer is 7.  ‘Hedwig’ is the name that got us caught)

It’s ok if you’re embarrassed to stim in public

It’s ok if you need to try out a whole bunch of different stims to figure out what works for you

It’s ok if you’re self-conscious about your stimming

The more you stim, the more comfortable you will become

One day you will find yourself stimming in public and not caring

One day you will find that your stims flow naturally

One day you will be able to appreciate the beauty of your stimming

And it’s ok if that day isn’t today. 

Despite what those feelings might try to tell you, you are not a faliure.

…is it a crush?

…is it love?

…is it friendship?

Stimming asks!!!

👋-Record you doing your favorite body stim! (Flapping, rocking, etc)

🗣-Record you doing your favorite vocal stim! (Humming, singing, etc)

👁-What’s your favorite visual stim?

👅-What do you like to chew on, if anything?

✍️-Favorite object(s) to fidget with?

🥰-Record you stimming with a comfort object!

🎮-What’s your ‘idle animation’?

😖-How do you stim when anxious?

😕-Do you have a ‘bad habit’ stim? What is it? (Self harm, biting nails, etc)

🧩-Record you happy stimming to say “fuck you!” To Autism Speaks!!

“You don’t seem autistic”

(after relearning/learning how to stim) “What are you doing?  Stop that”

Internally: “Oh shit that wasn’t a temper tantrum, that was a meltdown because my comfort object was literally taken from my hands”

Obsessed with That One Thing that you can’t shut up about

Being deeply and personally offended by Sheldon Cooper

Asking your friends to tell you to shut up when they get bored because you Can’t Tell

I could wear these pants yesterday, but today they feel like they’re made of Sandpaper, so I Can’t

*cuts every tag off of every piece of clothing ever*

*sees self in every autistic coded character* weird

Watches stim videos for 4 hours like ????? why good

*chews on something* why

Literally eats the same thing for lunch for 11 years without getting bored of it

I Can’t find the Thing I Need so I’m Panicking Now

“Look at me when I’m talking to you!”

Bounce leg bounce leg tap pencil click pen bounce leg

*gets tested for ADHD*  *inconclusive results*

*rolls toy truck over face* nice

Feel free to add your own, also this got so much longer than I thought it would be

meltdowns can be misinterpreted as tantrums

sensitivity to food, light, sound, etc can be misinterpreted as whining or being picky

not knowing how to interact with people can be misinterpreted as shyness

one tiny, once-in-a-blue-moon success at something can make people believe that the problem never existed

autistic people often hide their traits to prevent being judged, and may eventually become good at hiding those traits

doctors have literally refused to diagnose people based on stereotypes (girls can’t be autistic, you have friends so you can’t be autistic, etc.)

packing herbs together is a big mouth stim and alderheart always asks if he can do it when that chore comes around

similarly sorting herbs into their different nooks and crannies is a Good Task and he sits sorting and resorting for hours

as a kit and apprentice, sparkpelt would lay on alderheart. Originally this was supposed to annoy him, but the pressure stim was nice for him, so that’s how they ended up always cuddling

as they got older, sparkpelt would lay on alderheart occasionally to comfort him (i.e. when he was chased by the dog)

because he’s so big, he likes standing on rocks that are balanced and rocking them back and forth with his big paws. a good stim

jayfeather is also on the spectrum and that’s part of why he’s always so distant with other cats; he doesn’t quite know why but he knows that communication between him and others is limited by something