I present to you: the floating ao3 comment box!

From what I've seen, a big problem for many people is that once you reach the comments at the bottom of a fic, your memory of it miraculously disappears. Anything you wanted to say is stuck ten paragraphs ago, and you barely remember what you thought while reading. This fixes that!

I'll give a little explanation on the features and how it works, but if you want to skip all that, here's the link.

Edit: Yes, this also works on mobile!

The extension is visible as a small blue box in the upper left corner.

(Side note: The green colouring is not from the extension, that's me.)

If you click on it, you open a comment box window at the bottom of your screen but not at the bottom of the fic. I opened my own fic for demonstrative purposes.

The website also gives explanations on how exactly it functions, but I'll summarize regardless.

insert selection -> if you highlight a sentence in the fic it will be added in italics to the comment box

add to comment box -> once you're done writing your comment, you click this button and the entire thing will automatically copied to the ao3 comment box

delete -> self explanatory

on mulitchapter fics, you will be given the option to either add the comment to just the current chapter or the entire fic

The best part? You can simply close the window the same way you opened it and your progress will automatically be saved. So you can open it, comment on a paragraph, and then close it and keep reading without having the box in your face.

Been practising my BG skills lately! process pics under the cut

(via Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #15) by Yao Xiao

Implementing this has improved how I feel about myself, and HOW I SEE OTHER PEOPLE!!

I’m not a burden to put up with. I’m a person who deserves respect, but does have some idiosyncrasies.

Other people aren’t barely tolerating me, they’re being patient and considerate and working hard to be polite.

One popular form of no tech AAC are called communication cards. communication cards cost money though, and you can diy them if you have the right materials, and i bit of help if you need it. (my grandma helped when i made mine) anyways, there are lots of ways you could make communication cards, but for now im just going to post a little of phrases that are good to start with on your communications cards, and you can add more as needed.

here’s the list of phrases i thought were good to include, becuase when u started making mine, my brains sort of froze and couldn’t think of anything. it’s taken me awhile to refine this whole list, and took lots of trial and error to find out phrases that i might need in the moment, so having a starting point might help, and i love to help people out!

I’m

in pain

dizzy

hot

cold

thirsty

hungry

on my period

overstimulated

unable to talk right now 

not ready

I feel

sick

okay

happy

overwhelmed

upset

confused

sad

uncomfortable

scared

I need

a break

space

help

to rest

something to keep my hands busy

new pants

time

I want

to go home

to be left alone

my headphones

my blanket

Can I

have Tylenol

have a hug

have a pad or tampon

go to the bathroom

Can you

please lower your voice

please talk for me

explain

repeat that

rephrase that

Please

stop

stay with me

I have

a headache

cramps

It’s too…

loud

bright

much

What…

are we doing next?

is that?

should I do?

Where…

is the bathroom?

are we going?

can I sit?

When…

are we leaving?

will it start?

can I go?

will you be done?

How…

do I do this?

does that work?

are you feeling?

Why…

is that happening?

can’t I go?

are we doing this?

not?

Standalone phrases

yes

no

maybe

I agree

I disagree

I don’t know

please

thank you

you’re welcome

hi

bye

I love you

soon

later

btw, you probably noticed at some point that there is a few afab specific phrases relating to period needs, so if you don’t get a period then your obviously more then welcome to not add that into your list .

i really hope that i can help people benefit from this!! 🖤🖤🫶

Sleep 9 hours most nights

Do yoga at least twice a week

Get to 24 books read this year

Under 90 mins phone screen time per day

Start + consistently take whatever vitamins my GP recommends

Spend time in the sunshine

I was sleeping 9 hours for the time that I needed to be, and lately it has been changing (explained later)

I decided to take a break from yoga

I got to over 24 books read before the end of March and I’m now on 33 read this year. I have been RAVENOUS for fiction, which I’m faster with than non-fiction

I was about 50:50 on my screen time goal, mostly because I had a period of being at home a lot. I’ve been working on getting it back to NORMAL and every day last week except Sunday, I succeeded

I started the vitamins my GP recommended (based on bloods) and it has been helping sososo much. So much. My sleep needs have reduced and I’m less tired. I’ll need to figure out my new needs and new routine when things have settled in a bit more

Sunshine time achieved \o/

Progress on [redacted] adulting task achieved 👍