I now have more book babies than human babies.

@actuallyautistic #Autistic

Society says that in order to be with people and do the things you want in life, you have to either sacrifice your dreams or your comfort. I say, you can try something different.

People recommend to me these AI resume rewrite sites but fail to understand I don't have the money to be spending on excess subscriptions right now.

Taking any and all free recommendations to aid me in what seems to be a fruitless endeavour of a job hunt for the past two months...
#lookingforwork #resume #depression #autistic #lgbtqia #getmastohired

Did I use my phone for stimming my autism? Yes, but no more. I bought this!

New research shows that autistic people experience intense joy connected to autistic traits.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/positively-different/202506/what-brings-autistic-people-joy

@thevenusbunch.bsky.social wrote a post the other day about how sometimes losing the capacity to verbalise extends to social media.

This was SUCH a light bulb moment for me!

It never occurred to me that social media still requires spoons, not as many as in person socialising, but nonetheless. It feels like it shouldn't, which is maybe why it's taken so long to realise this.

But, it's the same feeling I get when I desperately WANT to say something but can't, the same sense of being blocked.

I've wondered for years why sometimes I just simply CAN'T bring myself to comment or engage on socials, it feels like it should be easier, less tiring!

But, ultimately, it is still communication, communication challenges are often a huge part of autism.

I'm so grateful to have this better understanding of myself now. So grateful to the folk who are able to share their experiences.

I'd still be lost in the quagmire of self blame/hatred without that. Not understanding myself, disgusted with my inability to "be normal."

Now, I'm grateful to understand why I'll never be normal. And I'm starting to feel grateful for being a weirdo, normalcy is overrated anyway!

When you’re expecting a telephone appointment call (drs/vet etc) and you answer the call, they say ‘this is whoever, from wherever.’ What do you say?

I usually just say something along the lines of, oh yes, hello (ask how they are if they asked me.) But there tone always feels like I’ve done something wrong. or unexpected.

Autism be like!

Owls have tubular eyes so they actually can't move their eyes like human eyeballs can.

You may have been taught to ignore your needs for much of your life, or you might not have spent a lot of time trying to formulate that into words, but you have years of your actual lived experience doing things, and knowing what works and what doesn’t work for you.

Being gifted is similar to being rich. People assume you have a lot of something they have little or almost none of. Then the same thing will happen as if you're rich. Some will admire you, others will hate you, and the vast majority will hate you. "I don't believe in IQ," say those with low IQs or those who believe that with that idea they can belittle those with high IQs. It's simple: what IQ tests measure is your processing speed, your memory, and associative ability. The same professionals know that's not all there is to testing. It just means you have good hardware. Just as they'll hate you for having a quantum computer, they'll hate you for being smarter.
Do you want to know what it feels like to live like that? It feels nauseous, it feels like living in a shithole. Most "very high IQs" are considered crazy, even by their own families, until they see a diagnosis.
If you're autistic (I am), they'll turn down the music and show pity and consideration for you. But if you're a fucking genius (I am, unfortunately, too), they'll find a way to screw you over.
When, after long evaluations, they told me the results, I started crying because I couldn't believe it. How can I be so smart if I live so poorly? I've had several suicide attempts, thousands of problems in my life. Relationships, jobs, and studies. I must be crazy.
I assure you, being intelligent is infinitely more painful than just being autistic. And the combination of the two is completely disgusting.
But the problem, both for the gifted and the autistic, is the same: the outside world, the people, the world, relating to everything. So we all end up with the same solution for living peacefully... "Isolation."
I live with very little, just three changes of clothes, and I live in a wooden house (like the Unabomber) with my wife (who is also autistic and highly intelligent). Every year I turn down job opportunities because I know everything will end horribly if I accept. I work at home doing things that may seem very strange to you, but they give me the money for the frugal life we've both chosen. My close relationships are a handful of people, family members.
And the way I live is a choice that very few, if any, understand. But it's my choice because it provides me with the only thing I really need, which is "peace of mind."

The reason so many of us #autistic and #neurodivergent folk have to not only tolerate, but actively consume media such as Ky Dickens’ The Telepathy Tapes isn’t because we somehow perversely enjoy it—It’s because we need to stay abreast of how we’re being attacked, how the narrative and public perception is being changed by those peddling fictitious pseudoscience.

It’s an act of self defence. An early warning.

i will stop being political when people stop politicizing existence.

never gonna happen.

people think i shouldn’t exist because

• i’m agender
• i’m trans
• i’m deaf
• i’m blind
• i’m autistic
• i’m queer af
• i’m a little (or sometimes a middle)
• i’m Jewish (technically a conversion student, but they don’t care about the details)

fix your hearts or die.

BE KIND IN THIS HEAT

i have been thisclose to an #autistic meltdown because the A/C in my apartment is broken and i have had problems sleeping at night.

also, as many of y’all know, it has not been a year since my last #cancer treatment. my body is still coping with the after-effects of chemo, immunotherapy and radiation. my nuclear boob is still breaking out in a rash if it’s too hot or too sunny.

so just a reminder: the heat exacerbates many conditions.

be mindful. be kind. #fuckCancer

Yes, I'm #ActuallyAutistic!

Did you know that mutations in the SETD5 gene are associated with a rare neurodevelopmental disorder? This condition often includes features like intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and facial dysmorphism.

There are only about 250+ people worldwide with this specific genetic change, and I’m one of them! I’m here, I’m thriving, and proud to be part of this unique community.

Anarcho-syndicalist, bisexual, gender-fluid, and neurodivergent, these are all core parts of who I am. My experiences and perspectives are shaped by each of these aspects, and I bring them with me as I live and grow in Bergen, Norway.

Autism is real, I'm real, and I'm happy, autistic and proud!