Autistic people get a lot of shit for being different. Even at an early age, weâre told that how we live is wrong. When we try to learn how to live like NTs, we fuck up and get shit for that.Â
I think itâs pretty safe to say that a huge majority of autistic people have incredibly low self-esteem, partially because they were always told what they were doing wrong, rather than what they were doing right.
News outlets, Autism Mom Groups, scientists, etc,. whenever they talk about autism, 95% of the time, they show it in a negative light, making us autistics look bad and adding to our self-esteem issues.Â
Please donât constantly tell your autistic child/teen/young adult/friend/coworker what theyâre doing wrong. Look at what theyâre doing first. Maybe what theyâre doing is just their way of doing what you want them to do.Â
[Black and white GIF of an animated boy looking angry. The caption at the bottom reads âJust because you canât understand something, it doesât mean itâs wrong.â]
If itâs something like self-injurious stimming, help them find alternatives that arenât harmful to them. But donât tell them that itâs wrong to stim.Â
If itâs something like they wonât eat a certain food because it gives them sensory overload, help them find alternatives that wonât give them sensory overload. But donât tell them that theyâre bad for not eating it.
If they have trouble making eye contact, help them find ways to feel comfortable with it or other alternatives. But donât tell them theyâre bad for not making eye contact.
If they donât like being touched and are aggressive when touched, help them feel comfortable or teach them how to respond less aggressively when someone touches them and they donât want to be touched. But donât tell them theyâre wrong for not wanting to be touched.Â
The Neurotypical Way isnât a one-size-fits-all way. Us autistics canât always adapt to that way, so we create our own ways, ways that make sense to us. They may not always make sense to NTs and allistics, but itâs our way. The ways only need to make sense to us.Â
Donât berate autistic people for not doing things your way.
The gĂźiĂąa gets its name from the Mapuche word âwiĂąa,â meaning âthief.â eMinte / Flickr
Excerpt:
The smallest wild cat species in the Americas faces big problems as its habitat dwindles and itâs targeted as a farm pest. But a new study shows it may be able to persist in a human-dominated worldâif farmers and policymakers give it a hand.
The gĂźiĂąa (Leopardus guigna), also known as kodkod, weighs 2 to 2.5 kilograms (4.4 to 5.5 pounds), eats birds and rodents, and is only found in the temperate rainforests of Chile and western Argentina. Itâs listed as âvulnerableâ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with habitat loss and illegal killing considered the major causes of its decline.
Habitat destruction is one of the key drivers of biodiversity loss globally. Converting forests and grassland for agricultural use usually results in widespread population declines. Indeed, scientists consider land conversion to be the main cause of the precipitous decline of many large carnivore species around the world.
Smaller, more omnivorous species like foxes and coyotes appear to be less susceptible to the negative effects of habitat loss as they are more adaptable and can adjust their diets relatively easily. But what about those that eat only meat, like cat species? Part of a group called obligate carnivores, cats canât shift their diets to non-meat sources.
This piece was inspired by an encounter with the fox that lives in our neighbourhood. She comes out at night, and wanders in and out of the gardens.. some evenings weâre lucky enough to see her.
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Is there a word for when youâre lying on your back and you sneeze directly upward and pretty much your whole entire sneeze falls back down on your face? Asking for a friend.
there are numerous words:
fuckkk, eww, gross, ah dammit, jesus,
I vote that it hereafter be referred to as âsnarg,â an unholy mashup of snot, fog, and argh.
Prickly dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis). Look at this idiot.
Prickly dogfish are actually sharks, and we actually know very little about this species. Like, for instance, why their skin is so rough as to look furry. We do know these guys are one of the few sharks that give live birth! Theyâve been found gestating up to seven pups at a time.Â
They live, somewhat appropriately, in the âTwilight Zoneâ (Mesopelagic Zone, 200-1000 meters below the surface) off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.Â
but donât let the name fool you, like all sharks the prickly dogfish is smooth as hell
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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