I said I’d do it, and I did. Still got my cold, sadly. I’m in bed with my laptop, my favorite Faith Erin Hicks comics, and some tea.
As I mentioned before, I’ll be closing the inbox if/when it reaches a point where there’s more than I can handle and will then reopen it when it’s cleared out. Hopefully that should make things easier.
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Promptly come down with a cold]
Ahahahaha, fml.
I’m still reopening the inbox tomorrow, but I may not be able to answer anything right away. It depends on how long this cold lasts. Honestly, with all the stress I’ve been under, it’s kind of amazing that my immune system didn’t cave sooner.
But yes, the inbox will reopen regardless. It just might take a couple days before I get to responses, because I don’t brain well when I’m sick. (Does anyone?)](http://36.media.tumblr.com/26e48313f4c248d72a3b1a621e8d58ee/tumblr_mst7gcloKo1rfhms3o1_400.jpg)
[Pledge to reopen Autistic Hedgehog
Promptly come down with a cold]
Ahahahaha, fml.
I’m still reopening the inbox tomorrow, but I may not be able to answer anything right away. It depends on how long this cold lasts. Honestly, with all the stress I’ve been under, it’s kind of amazing that my immune system didn’t cave sooner.
But yes, the inbox will reopen regardless. It just might take a couple days before I get to responses, because I don’t brain well when I’m sick. (Does anyone?)
He’s literally using the petition email system itself to defame, harass and threaten one of our own with sexual violence.
So please don’t spread that petition around anymore. Wait for a new one to be made that isn’t in the hands of a misogynist piece of shit who preys on more vulnerable members of the autistic community.
(Source: punlich)
I am, in fact, alive. And I’m finally, slowly, beginning to recover.
Back in April I was hit very suddenly by a depression, and a damn bad one, too. So bad that I found myself crawling back into bed and sleeping for hours on end. Medication helped, but slowly, and in the meantime I was going through a pretty stressful situation.
Just when I was getting on my feet again, I was hit with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. I’m still coming to terms with this and learning to deal with it, but in the grand scheme of things I’m feeling much better and I have more good days than bad now. My stress levels are still somewhat high, and I’ll be fairly busy at times, but things have cleared up enough for me to reopen AH.
Starting Monday, I’ll be opening the inbox again. However, instead of keeping it open constantly, I’ll close it once it builds up to a certain point to give myself time to answer without more coming in. I’ll also go back to posting submissions, so feel free to send any Hedgehogs you might have.
Guess you can’t keep a good hedgie down. :)
- Kaia
Kelli Stapleton attempted premediated murder of her Autistic Child by locking her child in a van with the windows up and lighting two charcoal grills inside the van. The police foiled the attempt however Issy likely suffered brain damage. We ask that the United States Department of Justice prosecute this under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 as the crime clearly targeted Issy due to her disability.
Sign this petition to get justice for Issy!
If you’re going to be a douchecanoe to the people you claim to be allies of, you’re not an ally. You’re a douchecanoe.
![[Made fun of by family for “strange” food habits
No one ever says a word about allistic sister eating cold ravioli for breakfast every day for years]
I hate being teased for me eating habits, and my family has done it to me for years. Yes, there’s a lot of things I can’t eat. Yes, I tend to eat the same thing over and over again. There’s numerous reasons for this, some of them seated in the way autistics are treated, some of them a direct trait of the autism.
A lot of it is to do with my texture issues. Thanksgiving was always like the worst thing ever: Mashed potatoes, all kinds of mashed up squashes, tons of things with wonky textures, and of course I got teased because all I would eat was turkey and cranberry sauce. I can’t help that I have so many texture issues. Believe me, I wish I didn’t.
I also get nervous about trying something different, for example, at a restaurant. I’m afraid I won’t like it (more because of texture than taste). Not only was my father always a stickler about not “wasting” food (I had to stay at the table until my plate was finished), but because other people didn’t have my texture problems, they didn’t believe me. I spent years convinced the problem was in my head.
But my sister, who doesn’t appear to have texture problems, would go through phases of eating the same thing. Ramen for breakfast (yes, breakfast) for years, cold ravioli, broccoli with dinner every night for months. When she did it, it was at most a bit quirky. Me? I was some sort of unnatural fucking weirdo.](http://36.media.tumblr.com/de605787d23a7509a4387c9b68c6c17e/tumblr_mnb6cvPy5x1rfhms3o1_400.jpg)
[Made fun of by family for “strange” food habits
No one ever says a word about allistic sister eating cold ravioli for breakfast every day for years]
I hate being teased for me eating habits, and my family has done it to me for years. Yes, there’s a lot of things I can’t eat. Yes, I tend to eat the same thing over and over again. There’s numerous reasons for this, some of them seated in the way autistics are treated, some of them a direct trait of the autism.
A lot of it is to do with my texture issues. Thanksgiving was always like the worst thing ever: Mashed potatoes, all kinds of mashed up squashes, tons of things with wonky textures, and of course I got teased because all I would eat was turkey and cranberry sauce. I can’t help that I have so many texture issues. Believe me, I wish I didn’t.
I also get nervous about trying something different, for example, at a restaurant. I’m afraid I won’t like it (more because of texture than taste). Not only was my father always a stickler about not “wasting” food (I had to stay at the table until my plate was finished), but because other people didn’t have my texture problems, they didn’t believe me. I spent years convinced the problem was in my head.
But my sister, who doesn’t appear to have texture problems, would go through phases of eating the same thing. Ramen for breakfast (yes, breakfast) for years, cold ravioli, broccoli with dinner every night for months. When she did it, it was at most a bit quirky. Me? I was some sort of unnatural fucking weirdo.
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