nice things about being autistic

where-i-reign:

molokomoko:

innocent-but-kinky:

molokomoko:

plucky-pomegranate:

thehatbadger:

pinkpeccary:

homjom:

-hearing tiny beautiful sounds like water droplets and leaves crunching
-knowing lots of fun trivia from special interests over the years
-brightly colored things that make ur eyes happy
-that feeling when someone asks you to tell them about sth you know a lot about and it’s infodump time !!!!!!
-the Good Foods™
-when ur logical and rational thinking helps you solve a problem or think of something other people wouldn’t
-nice textures are So Nice: cats, very soft blankets, smooth and cold stones, the inside of a brand new sweatshirt

(we could all use some autism positivity. pls reblog and add ur own! it’s ok if they contradict each other or if u don’t relate to all of them; we’re all different)

-happy stimming: when you feel so good it overflows into your whole body so all of you is just!!!!!
-making connections that no one else sees bc while looking for the words to describe something it just clicks into place with something completely different
-crunchy foods
-being so in touch with your identity bc you overanalyze everything, including yourself
-music that you can’t sit still to
-really tight hugs
-petting dogs and holding them and hugging them and playing and they never get bored of you!!
-the sheer joy of learning something new in your SIs
-memorizing things and repeating them over and over in a super SI/echolalia combo
-when you find those people who you don’t have to pretend with and can just be yourself without having to worry
-seeing yourself in fictional characters who are universally adored

-being so happy that you bounce up on your toes

-rocking and getting into a rhythm

-when a room has a Good Smell

-swivel chairs

-touching soft things like nice scarves to your face

-when you find a really good mouth noise and repeat it over and over

-spinning in circles

-sweaters with long sleeves so you can play with the cuffs

-when you don’t have to emote like a neurotypical^TM but instead use the body language that comes naturally

-the shimmy joy of paint mixing videos

– listening to your favorite songs over and over and never getting bored of them

– that feeling of community and relief when you find out something you do is an Autistic ThingTM

– surrounding yourself with your SIs

– when you notice details about stuff that nobody else did and get to point them out or answer questions

– being great at jigsaw puzzles because of aforementioned tiny detail noticing

– finding stimmy apps that you can play with anywhere

– being able to switch between tiny details and Big Picture like a touch screen zoom in/out feature in your head

– feeling water and air press against your body when you spin around or go really fast

– having a more intimate connection with the world around you and being able to appreciate that fact through stimming

A vast majority of these little autistic things™ are actually experienced by regular people that do not have developmental disorders such as autism (can we also stop calling people ‘neurotypicals’ as though we are different from them, thereby creating even more of a divide). This post really glorifies having such a condition when it is actually a hinderance. I’m all for positivity and optimism around those with this disability, but it’s misguided romanticism such as this which ends creating a false image of what having autism is actually like.

This feels pretty insulting to those that actually do suffer from having autism such as myself (diagnosed at 8 yrs), because it ends paiting an even more infantile image of us which we already have to deal with from our peers that treat us like a joke throughout our life.

It would honestly really be nice for people to actually see us as normal everyday people rather than infantile and mentally stunted adult-children or these ethereal beings that tumblr keeps making us out to be. We are not magical unicorns. We are people.

Ok u are so ugly the op is autistic. People adding on are autistic. Like.

Did you honestly just decide to browse my blog to find this post from like a month or so ago? Talk about petty and childish… Kind of ugly of you, yourself.

Also, kiddo — I’m autistic too (with a speech & language impairment) and it’s been a struggle to have and my point was that it’s exhausting how lightly and amazing people are treating it, because I feel that if people aren’t careful, it’ll paint a very infantile picture of people struggling with autism — It stinks. Just because I disagree with OP’s outlook and yours doesn’t mean that autistic people that agree with my outlook shouldn’t be listened to or that the opinion is not valid. My point is also that there’s difference between romanticism and glorification (which just happened to be the impression I got from OPs post up until my response) VS. positivity and optimism.

Either way, we’re all strangers on the internet, it doesn’t really matter all too much what everyone here thinks (especially since it was made like a month+ ago — old news). Calm down.

Honestly youre the one who needs to calm down.

Yeah being Autistic totally sucks a lot of the time and thats why sometimes people need to not feel so shitty. Like its not necessary to bring your personal hangups into this space.

If you wanna make a Stuff About Autism That Fuckin Sucks post, then by all means please do so.

Let people try to not be miserable for five seconds of their lives for once.