#autism tips

starting your own cookbook.

My cooking proficiency got so much better since I switched to "take a recipe, do test run, analyze the result, annotate until it has all the notes I need it to have" method. It doesn't matter that no one else needs these details specificied, I do, if only to take care of Future Bad Brain Me.

A recipe's excerpt that’s crystal clear to neurotypical people:

Scrub thoroughly the oranges and lemon with a brush and slice them, peel and all, into thin slices.

My AuDHD ass cookbook:

Scrub thoroughly¹ the oranges and lemon with a brush and slice² them, peel and all, into thin³ slices.

¹ “Scrub thoroughly” = “under hot water, the entire surface, quickly; don’t aim to remove the protective wax, just the dirt that settled on the wax during transport/sale; a few dozen seconds per fruit max”

² They will release juice while slicing: drain it regularly.

Pros:

-always crispy

-does NOT get soggy and gross

-cool

-unique

Cons:

-people will look at you weird

Thank you, with a protracted vowel sound around the 'an', and the same, heightened protracted vowel sound on the 'o' in you, and a quick cut off around the 'u' sound so it doesn't sound sarcastic

Then, often, you pay them a compliment in return, often to the same degree/significance as yours to them

Such as,

'Hey, I like your jumper'

'Thank you! I like yours, too'

Add a 'too' if it is about the same concept, item, inversed onto their person

Or,

'I like that little flop in your hair'

'Thank you. like how you styled yours. The curls are pretty'

Or,

'Hey, I love your artstyle'

Here, we come to a conundrum, as, unless we are in an art class, we may not know (or visibly see, often important) their art, so this is what we say

'Thank you-,'

And then, something about it to clarify, often WHY they might like certain thing

Say,

'I've been working on it. Glad you like it'

Or,

'I've been practicing colour matching'

Or,

'Interesting that you like (*this style here*). It's one that really fascinates me'

Guaranteed to help smooth conversations, improve your image in other people's perspective, and potentially, gain freinds

From years of research

Bonus tip:

If you want to make eye contact and you are struggling, look into the corner of one of their eyes, or pick an eyebrow to look at. Mimics eye contact very well without actually making it. Do not forget to look away briefly, to say, a cheek or the tip of their ear, on average, every thirty seconds, for a duration of less than half a second, before looking back, if you really want to sell it

I'm the 'vocal processor' type of autistic and can I say voice diaries are where it's at. I've got a big scary feeling I don't wanna deal with and am procrastinating processing just open that baby up and talk yourself through it.

Some may say that it sounds crazy to talk to yourself but this shit works so welll for me. As a vocal processor i have to literally talk things through in order process them so big emotions that i dont wanna tell others abt would cause me to just get anxious and feel alone. But I've realized I can just voice diary and talk to myself abt it.

I've even went back and watched one and it was abt like my relationship with the ides of being a taylor swift fan

(Resolution: was I love Taylor Swift but recognize her faults she's just a person not a god)

This one was about having a crush on a man older than me and not knowing if dating is a good idea cause I'm moving away in a year