Arches National Park, Utah Photo: Elliot McGucken

"The Autistic Girl Experience is where you have great social skills and socially acceptable special interests and are never annoying or cringe or rude uwu" your experiences are not universal

I've been itching to draw Coco in one of her special outfits for so long 🤧 something about the fashion in this manga I swear....

This is like so cute 😍

go ahead and let a criminal babysit your toddler. why the hell not

APT Lumity old sketches ⚡️💟

please stop immediately giving disabled people suggestions when they talk about their pain, it's not a free pass to assume we haven't tried the most basic things ever before :/

(it's like assuming we haven't thought to drink water if we're thirsty)

Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it's a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.

Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can't. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it's okay to not be strong.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they're capable.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.

Some children are constantly reminded "you're the child, I'm the adult" in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.

Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person's experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.

what kind of dumbass binges the crowded room in one afternoon/evening?

It's Fibromyalgia Day!