Autism Acceptance Month 2k20: Autistic Headcanons

I went to the library to borrow some DVDs we're planning to watch, but when I handed the librarian my card, it took me a solid 15 seconds to register that I handed her my fucking weed card.

Me, fumbling to swap it out: "OH MY GOD, I AM SO SORRY, I was on total autopilot!!"

The librarian: "It's all good, I just assumed it was a flex."

Derry Girls • ‘The Affair’

Hey, that’s enough of that now. Stop it!

the way that abed will just randomly drop the most real and true fucking lines about the experience of being neurodivergent that actual shows that are purposefully trying to represent neurodivergent people can’t even get close to matching

like.

“everybody wants to help me. but usually when they realize they can’t, they get frustrated and stop talking to me.”

WTF?? literally yeah??? this line just makes me feel so fucking seen every time i hear it aufuhdhfjfg

DERRY GIRLS season one, episode one

Both!!

curiosity for science

reblog for more answers!

Things that make me (autistic and goth) a vampire:

Sun? No, thank you. Instant kill.

Counting everything. Please don't throw rice at me.

Invite me directly. "You're always invited". No, I have to stand at your door and you have to say "Come in", else I can't physically enter.

Did someone eat garlic like 5 days ago? I can tell.

You don't want to be informed for three hours about the different sounds bats make?

Black cloths. Everything else is too overstimulating.

Very formal and rigid way of speaking and behaving, almost like a dark lord in 1894.

"I've recently started this hobby... wait, this was a decade ago?"

I’ve noticed some common misassumptions about autistic people and verbality, so I thought I’d share some of my experiences!

If you meet me at a social occasion, I will be talkative and you will probably be surprised to know that some days I struggle with being verbal. Here’s what I might look like on a nonverbal/less verbal day

I can force myself to talk to people, but it will be draining. It may drain my energy, heighten my sensory issues, raise my stress levels, and in general lessen my wellbeing.

After a long conversation, I might need to rest/lie down.

I think of my nonverbal days as a battery recharging itself. You can still use the device, but that will just make it drain more quickly.

Not all conversations are created equal!!!!

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This reddit comment is too fucking real