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Autism Itself Has Changed Since 2009, Not Just the Way we View It The definition of autism has changed and broadened in the past 15 years

"With greater awareness & much-reduced stigma, older ppl with subtler traits are now diagnosed. […] It’s amazing how many ppl will consider the possibility of having autism when the label no longer implies a lack of humanity." @mosaicofminds.bsky.social:

mosaicofmindss.substack.com/p/autism-its...

Kinder World: Mother Tree - Cozy Desktop Companion Game Kinder World: Mother Tree is a cozy desktop companion, helping you take regular breaks to give your body and mind what it needs.

I've been a little slack about it but did you know I'm a Kinder World Ambassador? 💜 The KickStarter for Kinder World: Mother Tree is live and it is SO GOOD. The game is designed to be a little breather, a pocket of fresh air when you're stressed and working hard. You check out a free demo on the KS!

cool. folks are going to have a new business model where they can sell age-verified accounts to kids.

I am a piece of proof that enjoying dark romance is not the problem. What’s next? Horror games are somehow how we got our current elect?🙄

Autistic people tend to look much younger than they are. This starts around age 12. They may appear 5-30 years younger than they are

Autistic Lexicon

Babyface

Autistic babyface appears to be a combination of multiple factors including:

- less frequent emoting over an entire lifetime

- environmental factors

- psychological

- Autism co-occurring with EDS (which can cause people’s skin to look younger *or* older)

I can imagine the absolute disappointment in some random child as they open the wrapper to find the string cheese itself doesn’t have so much as a carving of the Disney princess on it. Or even an adult who loves Disney princesses.

For many autistic people, “picky eating” is a legitimate hard-wired sensory aversion. This means that forcing autistic people to eat aversive foods is… the wrong approach, and can make food issues even more traumatic.

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Donate to Help a Mom Get a Car for Her Daughter with Autism Level 3., organized by Anumaat Kahina My name is AnuMaat Kahina Jones. I am a single mother, full-t… Anumaat Kahina needs your support for Help a Mom Get a Car for Her Daughter with Autism Level 3.

AnuMaat Kahina Jones is a single mother, full-time caregiver, and advocate for her beautiful daughter, Kherisheta Nefer Kahina, who was recently diagnosed with Autism.

Please consider donating if you are able, so we can get this family a car and improve their daily life.

gofund.me/c9b5f5a1

🌈 Authenticity Is Our Purest Freedom Authenticity is our purest freedom. Stimpunks combines “stimming” + “punks” to evoke open and proud stimming, resistance to normalization, and the DIY culture of punk, disabled, and neurodivergent com...

💡 What is Stimpunks? Meet an organisation and movement rooted in authenticity, interdependence, and neurodivergent-led design.

#StimpunksSays: “Authenticity is our purest freedom.”

Discover more: stimpunks.org

26: Sick While Autistic Ah, cold and flu season. Never fun for anyone, but doubly less so for many Autistic people. I’m currently experiencing a particularly nasty virus and it’s been an interesting time refle…

When you/your autistic person are sick: "Now is a time for rest & relaxation. Put off whatever you can until another day. Those emails will still be there when you’re well. So will school projects & deadlines. Take care of you because you are so so important."

autisticallyalex.com/2019/02/19/s...

“There is Nowhere Else That I’d Rather be Than with Them”: Parents’ Positive Experiences Parenting Autistic Children - Melanie Heyworth, Catherine McMahon, Diana Weiting Tan, Elizabeth Pellicano, 2025 Background and Aims A significant body of research focuses on the negative outcomes of parenting Autistic children, particularly when parents identify as non-Au...

Even if you're not into your autistic person's passions, you can follow along with them, and make them feel seen: "I wouldn’t be interested in those topics but then I know it's something that makes her happy […] you want to make your kids feel heard and happy."

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That’s an ew.

Euphemisms are not necessary when talking about Disabled people.

We can't do some things and generally that's not as bad to deal with as abled people's discomfort with the fact that we can't do some things.

We've all heard "If you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person."

However, the more autistic people you meet, the more you learn about autism. Not only how autistic people are different, but how often autistic experiences are shared—even by autistic people who SEEM very unalike.

Scientists discover first nephew without autism The world’s first nephew who doesn’t have autism has been discovered by scientists, it has been reported.  Seven-year-old Finley Rice has not exhibited a single symptom of ASD - despite having two aun...

“We ran a series of tests involving touching foods, eye contact and trains. We even put a big disco light on and started blaring music to see if he’d have a meltdown, but he just started dancing.”

Image description: promo image for Light of Motiram. It features a young woman holding a bow with a quadrupedal robot by her side. She stands atop a cliff overlooking a forested land split by a blue river. Giant mechanical deer tower over the trees. It's a blatant ripoff of Horizon Zero Dawn imagery

Like, one community shocks y’all?? How about a whole state with laws written into its founding constitution for the sole purpose of keeping it white as possible?

www.opb.org/news/article...

no donations in over a week. i have to pay rent again in a few days. no luck finding another job, i don’t speak the language, i’m still trying to correct the mess with the phone company, i have one week of meds left 🙃

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PP @AlyssumBorges

gofund.me/982b699b

Especially when you start gaslighting yourself.

Shame grows in the silence - when you don’t “look” dysregulated enough to be believed.

When you collapse alone, and no one sees the crash.

We don’t owe anyone proof.

We don’t need to scream for it to "count".

Internalized doesn’t mean imaginary.

When a meltdown is internal - quiet, hidden, invisible - people don’t see distress.

So they deny it ever happened.

They say you’re overreacting.

Too sensitive.

Too much.

But internalized meltdowns are real.

And the gaslighting that follows is its own trauma.

I am Disabled and rely on $847.40 income from SSI and SSDI—plus help from social safety net programs—to survive.

I'm going to transfer a thread about these programs, but:

If you can help, please:
1. Go to ugiftable.com.
2. Enter the Ugift code: B1M-J0R
3. Send money from your US bank account.

If you're unfamiliar with how the programs work, I put together some threads explaining the basics and differences of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income.

Yikes. Hope you can get SNAP back.

crying all morning / whatever song you like (fuck ableism) Playlist · rebelwheelsnyc (michele) · 18 items

Music for the evening... (An older playlist)

open.spotify.com/playlist/5H5...

18. Disabled is not a slur. Feel free to use it (depending on the disabled person you are talking to and their preferences).

==🔊🎦 Oh! Were these yours? 🍪==

Oh er....how silly of me...umm....BYE!

(another random little silly animation i made to try out some things 😊)

🎨 #furryart #furry #clown #jester #animation #furryanimation #silly #furryjester #furryclown

Despite the lack of handles, they’re also easier to hold, ime.

Japanese tea cups or “yunomi” are designed with no handles with the intent that people won’t burn themselves by drinking tea that’s too hot. The idea is that when it’s safe to pick up it’s good to drink.

Mood.