I have discovered this list of basically how to deal with different kinds of over/understimulation with no underlying cause (which most professionals still do not seem to realize happens - but it seriously does. Trust me on this. I can be prone to overstimulation without something being 'wrong' and 'talking it out' isn't going to help ( Read more... )

Frankly, incredibly surprised I just passed that test, since I completely checked out for about ten minutes after having to answer the questions on autism ( Read more... )

( trigger warning: ableism )

A wonderful BBC video directed by an autistic girl, on autism. THE BEST WAY TO LEARN ABOUT THE SUBJECT

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This is fucking fantastic and she is so adorable ( Read more... )

Making gingerbread cookies tonight! Or rather, I already made the dough. It's refridgerating chilling now. I'm going to bake and decorate them tonight ( Read more... )

Bought a new binder over the weekend! The fact that I'm a 3-4XL in binder sizes was. Not a pleasant thing to be reminded of. But whatever.

I don't feel like making a proper post out of this but it is April 2 so I figured I would just throw this out here: Please don't 'light it up blue' as per Autism Speaks. They're a terrible organization and the ( Read more... )

So I was regaling ocelotofdoom with tales of my various soap/dry skin problems

And he pointed out that he's heard it's somewhat common for autistic people to in fact be allergic to the scents in bar soaps and so on

So I posited we are in fact all amphibians, or at least part amphibian

And he rewarded my mild cleverness by introducing me to Facts About ( Read more... )