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Autism Often Looks Different in GirlsāBut Not Always
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Anyway normalize stutters, stilted speech, flat affect, monotone speech, volume control issues, nonverbal communication devices, voice modulators, speech impediments, lisps, oral deformities.
Normalize "abnormal" speech patterns. Normalize lack of eye contact, normalize ticking, normalize emphasis on different syllables. Normalize "Inappropriate" emoting, especially when it's a stress response.
Normalize verbally processing thoughts, external system communication, non- aggressive interaction with hallucinations or delusions.
Normalize Echolalia, "TV Talking", vocal stimming, parroting, "Baby talk" as a way to self soothe.
Exercise for reflecting on the meaning Autism brings into your life from Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, PhD
Thanks to Autistic hyperfocus, I've developed these skills:
Thanks to my special interests, I've learned a lot about these subjects:
If I wasn't Autistic, I never would have gotten to know these people who are important to me:
If I wasn't Autistic, I never would have had these experiences:
If I wasn't Autistic, I wouldn't have these awesome personality traits:
Being Autistic is hard, but it has made me resilient in these ways:
Thanks to Autistic hyperfocus, I've developed these skills:
Good at certain video games, reading hiragana/katakana, knowledge about Japan's history, myths, and culture (including being able to navigate and plan a trip to Japan for my honeymoon), knowledge on child development, tutoring, and skills that revolve around understanding and communicating with children of many different age groups as an educator, decent writing skills for this day and age, reading comprehension, media analysis, live TV production, documentary production, video editing, more tech knowledge than the average bloke (still lots of room for me to improve here!), knowledge on history of various places and times that I'm interested in, knowledge of Greek myths (current hyperfocus, learning lots), maybe I should just say lots of "trivia", hahah.
Thanks to my special interests, I've learned a lot about these subjects: Oh gosh, continuing from above: video game history and trivia, specific production details of LotR and many video games I love, like the Silent Hill series, Star Trek lore (another current hyperfixation I still have a lot to learn about), Japanese food, Pokemon, psychology, true crime (trying to cut back because it's kinda bad for my mental state and I do have some moral/ethical concerns about it), and other nerdy stuff like lore for my favorite video games, movies, tv shows, etc.
If I wasn't Autistic, I never would have gotten to know these people who are important to me: My husband! <3 My friend I often see plays or shows with and share several of the same interests with. My weekly TTRPG group. Actually, all of the people I play TTRPGs with. Kids I've worked with and seen grow and sometimes think of, hoping they're all doing well wherever they end up out there.
If I wasn't Autistic, I never would have had these experiences: Most likely going to Japan and having the trip be exactly the way I had always dreamed. I refused to go when I had several "chances" to before because I didn't want to compromise in my approach to going. I planned and saved for ten years and when I went, I was able to indulge in anything and everything while I was there, without concern for finances or needing to be concerned about friends or other people in a tour group. I had a meaningful socializing experience due to staying with a host family for part of the trip, something I would have likely compromised on if I wasn't neurodivergent because it was expensive and took a lot of research and communication and planning to make happen. Every little thing we did, it was due to my intense planning and research, and I'm proud and grateful for that.
If I wasn't Autistic, I wouldn't have these awesome personality traits: My passion for the things I love, my empathy toward other people, my work ethic, and my mask that does allow me to be very patient with "difficult" people when I have to, allowing me to function as a peacekeeper when necessary, my vulnerability.
Being Autistic is hard, but it has made me resilient in these ways:
I've learned how to armor myself when out in the world, even if it's hard.
After all this time, I can see now so clearly I was indeed stimming my whole life, and I just never realized it. Learning more about it through books, YouTube, and resources online, I was taught that humming, singing, and vocalizing in general can be a kind of stim. My whole life singing has been therapeutic for me. When I felt utterly overwhelmed, getting into the shower and singing my heart out with no concern about how good I sounded would be a release valve on my anxiety or despair. When I'm anxious, I tend to hum quietly if I'm not alone or sing to myself in private. I've also been obsessed with quoting my favorite lines, repeating commercials, and copying sounds my spouse says, even if it's a reference I don't understand. My spouse even teases me for being "consumerist" because I can't help but mimic catchy commercials when they come on. I've also had other stims, like pushing my cuticles, shoving my nails into my skin to make crescent moons, playing with my hair when it was longer, and so on. Things I had convinced myself were ordinary or quirky and, most importantly, didn't really call attention to myself from anyone else. I know a few times I was caught singing or getting way too into a song and being teased for it, so I started to suppress humming or singing in public, but I allowed myself to follow the urge to hum while grocery shopping and it helped me feel so much more relaxed and comfortable despite the anxiety of being in bright lights while surrounded by people and needing to look at so many products and figure out what I need.
Long story short, I suppose I'm excited to follow this knowledge in my journey of unmasking. I've already seen great outcomes in my social life by practicing unmasking with my TTRPG group, and I'm feeling really positive right now because of it.

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Questions to Help Understand Which Relationships to Prioritize 1. Who do I feel comfortable expressing disagreement to? 2. Who helps me think about my opinions and choices in a nonjudgmental way? 3. Who tells me honestly when I've hurt them, and gives me a real opportunity to do better? 4. Who treats me with respect no matter what? 5. Who elaves me feeling rejuvenated or inspired? 6. Who brings out the wild, playful side of me? 7. Is there anyone I want to try being more open and unfiltered with? Questions to Help Understand Which Relationships May Not be Worth Prioritizing
Who do I force myself to spend time with, out of a sense of obligation or guilt?
Who do I feel I have to earn the approval of?
Who makes me feel insecure and not good enough?
Who do I find exhausting to be around?
Who do I edit or censor myself around?
Taken from Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, PhD
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Exercise for reflecting on the meaning Autism brings into your life from Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, PhD
Thanks to Autistic hyperfocus, I've developed these skills:
Thanks to my special interests, I've learned a lot about these subjects:
If I wasn't Autistic, I never would have gotten to know these people who are important to me:
If I wasn't Autistic, I never would have had these experiences:
If I wasn't Autistic, I wouldn't have these awesome personality traits:
Being Autistic is hard, but it has made me resilient in these ways:
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Unmasking Autism, Devon Price, PhD
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"There was no autism diagnosed before 1930."
"Pluto wasn't discovered until 1930, but I'm pretty sure it was there the whole fucking time"
Extended ebook content for Unmasking Autism: Reflecting on the Need to Mask
When I was in elementary school, I recall playing with my hair while listening to the teacher talk. This was during the start of being in a new class, and as I was twirling my hair in my hands and then using a hair that fell out to stim. A girl across from me started glaring at me. I didn't notice at first, but eventually she whispered at me to stop. I didn't stop, and I instead ignored her, trying to focus on the teacher. My fingers kept twirling my hair around a finger, undoing it, and doing it again. Finally, she raised her hand and told the teacher I was doing it purposefully to bother her. Shocked and ashamed, I couldn't figure out how to explain myself, and I was scolded and told to stop being disruptive.
2. Now I feel injustice in the way it was handled. It brings back memories of how that year I began to mask my stims and other things about myself I realized were deemed unacceptable to my classmates and teachers. I feel bad for the child version of myself. I want to have someone that could advocate for all the times I was misunderstood. When I was drawing on my homework it was seen as an insult to the teacher, the confusion I had in math class meant I wasn't paying attention, and when I did my homework wrong or misunderstood the directions, I was being obstinate. Being put in advanced classes for English meant that I couldn't need help in subjects like Math - it simply meant I needed to apply myself. If only I had someone that cared to explore what was going on with me, maybe I wouldn't have had to create a whole new version of myself to be when I wasn't alone. 3. Awkward. Childish. Self-absorbed. Disgusting. Embarrassing. Clueless. Stupid.
4. Being thought of as "disgusting." 5. Being seen as so "other" that I'm repulsive. Not having neat hair. Not being fashionable. Not putting on make-up. Not performing "femininity." Not being calm, still, and polite. 6. Independent, Generous, Mature, Helpful, Happy, Confident, Caring, Smart, Worthy. 7. am weird.