Is "Allistic" synonymous with neurotypical? And IF so, do you hate these people? I understand that you have probably faced many hardships that I could not. You have probably also been subjected to moronic ridicule/lack of understanding from these people, so I would absolutely understand if that was the case. I mean no offense, just some of the posts kinda give off that impression. Wondering if I should kinda gtfo cause I'm not autistic...
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Allistic simply means not autistic.
I don’t hate allistic people. Or more specifically, I don’t hate all allistic people, but I certainly have low patience for the ones mentioned here, who behave in these ways. A lot of times we (that is, autistic people) are told we’re supposed to be nice, to appreciate our so-called allies even when they treat us like crap and say horrible things about us, and those are the allistics we tend to have issues with. (Or the ones who are straight up asshats.)
Anyone is welcome to follow AH, whether they’re autistic or not. However, in the end, this is a place for autistic people to vent their frustrations, and this often means that we’re going to be frustrated with allistic people. If you can understand that and are okay with it, you’re more than welcome to stay. All I ask is that you don’t try to tell us how we’re supposed to feel or act.
Hello! I'm a new meme blog dedicated to those suffering from PTSD. Would you please let your followers know? I'm sure some of them would truly benefit. Thank you for your time!
NaNoWriMo is over, I’ve recovered, and I’m back to answer mails and post hedgehogs if Memegenerator totally wasn’t down right now I mean.
Still have the rest of my manuscript to finish *cough* but now that that first 50k is good and put away, I’m going to try to be a more diligent hedgehog.
I'm a depressive autistic, and I'm curious about the interaction of those - not to be too medical model-ey, but my symptoms seem to be pretty correlated. The more depressed I am, the more stereotypically autistic I get...flat affect, trouble with social cues, sensory integration dysfunction (weird electric feeling from light touch), desiring solitude or simple pleasures. Is this common?
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I don’t really know for sure, but it wouldn’t surprise me. I have some similar issues. The biggest problem I have is that if my mood is already bad or if I’m not feeling well in some other way, I get terrified to be out on my own. But also, when I’m depressed, it’s easier for me to miss certain social cues and I can be more sensitive to other issues as well.
Anyone else experience something like this?
Is it possible to become...flappier? Could that just mean...happier?
I have no idea, but probably. Well, unless one flaps for reasons other than happiness. I tend to flap out of some form of anxiety. I think. I don’t fully recognize the emotion that causes me to flap.
But I suppose if it is your happy stim, then it makes perfect sense that doing it more means you’re happy more often.
I read that screenshot of Hatilda that you posted, and... sigh. I remember her. But in regards to the last sentence of hers in the screenshot, all I can say is this: if the parent of the autistic gets on their child's level and they both work their way up rather than the parent persistently trying to drag the autistic child up to their neurotypical peers', it's a lot more rewarding for both parties.
I sway left and right when I'm relaxed, does that count? Cx
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Yep, that is it exactly. When I’m happy and content and feeling really relaxed, I sway. I have a tendency to sway as if there is music. Even if there isn’t. Even if there is. But I never sway to the music, ever.
I love this. I love all of this. Thank you.
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You’re welcome! :)
Hello I was just wondering if any has brought this topic up with you. Do you think that people who are autistic and have something like aspergers should be put together with someone who is behavioral and generally loud together for a long period of time? Thank you.
Oh boy. I’m not entirely sure I, personally, should be answering this question. My relationship with school was uh, rocky, to say the least. Usually when people bring up education, especially education for people like me, my communication skills go all kind of…camel-like.
What I think is that the way schools divide children up into “good kids” and “behavioral problems” is majorly problematic and fucked up, and that right there makes the question a bit tough. However, basing it on the system as it currently stands: I think it’s a horrible idea to put autistic children with rowdy, loud children for long periods of time. I was always, always in with the wrong group of kids in one way or another and now I can’t go into a school building without having panic attacks.
Mind you, there are a lot of reasons kids are loud and troublesome, and just saying they have behavioral problems and handling them all that way is in itself a very bad idea. But autistic people especially have an extra issue when it comes to all our sensory problems. No autistic person should have to be in a loud, chaotic situation they did not choose to put themselves into. Ever.
So yes. My e-mails. Right. Uh, I’ll be taking a look at that.
Sorry I’ve been so quiet. I’ve been doing NaNoWriMo, as I mentioned before, which takes up a lot of time and brain power. Also I didn’t sleep for a couple days this week because my medication dosage needs to be upped and my psychiatrist is being ridonkulous about the whole thing. So I got nothing done for two days this week. Thanks to her.
Anyhoo. Those e-mails. I’m on it.
I am also perhaps just a teensy weensy bit overwhelmed by all the response I’ve gotten to AH which makes it harder to cope with anything, even positive stuff. ‘Cause you know, autism. We couldn’t have just had the upsides, heaven forefend.
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