Leonard Weisgard (American,1916-2000)  

Yippee is looking kinda...strange?

Hey my alien is looking a little off, does anyone have any guesses what happened to him?

He keeps missing social cues I'm getting worried-

i am sad it’s time to remember my unrestricted internet access childhood

The way most autism literature describes "literal interpretation" is often not at all similar to how I experience it. Teenage me even thought I couldn't be autistic because I've always been able to learn metaphors easily.

In fact, I love wordplay of all kinds. Teenage me was fascinated to learn all the types of figurative language there are in poetry and literature.

But paperwork and questionnaires are hard, because there's so much they don't state clearly. Or they don't leave room for enough nuance.

"List all the jobs you've had, with start and end dates." What if I don't remember the exact day or month? Is the year enough?

"Have you been suffering from blurred vision?" Well, if I take off my glasses the whole world is blurred, but I'm fairly sure that's not what the intake form at the optometrist is asking.

Or the infamous (and infuriatingly stereotypical) "Would you rather go to a library or a party?" What sort of party? Where? Who's there? I work at a library. Am I currently at the library for work or pleasure? Does it have a good collection?

It's not common figures of speech that confound me. It's ambiguity, in situations that aren't supposed to be ambiguous.

gnarpup for anon

1, 2, 3, 4, art by rashieen on ig, 6, 7, 8, 9

can you please do "two headed calf" by laura gilpin?

Tomorrow when the farm boys find this freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum.

But tonight he is alive and in the north field with his mother. It is a perfect summer evening: the moon rising over the orchard, the wind in the grass. And as he stares into the sky, there are twice as many stars as usual.

String identified: T t a t a at, t a a a ca t t .

t tgt a a t t t t. t a ct g: t g t ca, t t ga. A a ta t t , t a tc a a ta a a.

Closest match: Clivina fossor genome assembly, chromosome: 7 Common name: Ground beetle

self care checkpoint!

hi friend! here's a little reminder to:

drink water <3

eat a snack or your next meal!

lay down if you need to

get up and stretch if you need to

take a break or go to sleep if you're tired!

be kind to yourself if you can't do anything these things right now. it's not your fault. you're not failing.

you matter, and i'm glad that you're here. i believe in you, no matter what. <3

Posting this one on its own cuz I just really love this image. gently hold your teenage self and tell them it’s gonna get better one day.

Look how far we’ve come.