Autistic Kitten

May 14

[Skype.]

I don’t know about anyone else, but the “You’ve got IM” sound that Skype makes is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING. It didn’t used to bother me so much until I joined a Skype group of a bunch of roleplayers I got to know individually for some time before (and this is no fault of their own! I chose to be there!) and now it just goes off every few seconds to few minutes. It’s driving me up the wall (it was bad before, worse now). And the worst part is I can’t turn it off, because I have separate roleplays and such going in different IM windows, and I tend to not notice if they’ve responded when I do turn it off.

I wish it had a different, less “I want to gouge out my ears” sound.

Submitted by: shadow-word-death

[“You’re being graded on class participation.” | NO.]

This was the worst part of being in school for me. Talking in front of groups? Being forced to read in front of the class? Being “randomly picked” if you’re too quiet?

No.

Fuck off.

“It terrifies the shit out of me and I talk weird and people make fun of me” SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH OF A REASON.

Submitted by: shadow-word-death

[Only sleeps in one particular position | EVER.]

And it’s always the weirdest position. One arm under the pillow, other arm clutching Mr. Porpington de Cottontail (it’s a really old stuffed rabbit, I was a weird kid), one leg pulled up almost to chest level, other leg hanging off bed.

I have got bedtime comfort down to an ART FORM.

Submitted by: shadow-word-death

flitterheart asked: My sensory issues are really bad right now. I grew my hair out to my shoulders but now it feels like it's itching the back of my neck so I'm going to have to get it cut off again. I'm just feeling bummed out about this and I wanted to know if I was alone in this or not. (I have aspergers, but I have touch and sight sensory problems that come and go.)

oh no no you’re definitely not alone there. I have the exact same problem

stephani-d asked: My brother's on the spectrum and when he was first diagnosed (He was 8, I was 10) and he'd do something not socially acceptable (cutting in line or something) I'd ask my mom "Is that him, or is that the aspergers?" ... I just wanted to apologize, thanks to blogs like this I've realized it's impossible to separate the two, and rude to try...

vbfdoee asked: do you have any advice on how to notice when you're infodumping or are just generally intruding on the conversation

I’ve noticed if other people look around uncomfortably or give no kind of feedback, nodding, interjections, etc., that that’s when it’s happening.

If anyone has any other advice, feel free to reply to this ask or tell vbfdoee!

splicerthedicer asked: Thing I hate most about going to any doctor/psychiatrist with my mother: Talking about anything and having the doctor completely ignore me, turn to my mother and say "That's the Autism."

UUUUUGH I HATE THAT TOO

sproodles asked: Do you know any ways to make yourself STOP obsessing about something? I mean, it's fun and all, but I have things I need to get done and my brain won't let me :/

The only way I’ve found is by distracting myself with something else equally interesting and by positive reinforcement. Tiny, personal rewards when you catch yourself doing something not related to the obsession or when you notice things are changing with it

plant-enzymes asked: Do you most of the time never feel like talking, and when you do have something to say, can never really articulate it into any words unless you have time to write it out (like this)?

Yes

acceptablegatsby asked: I'm really tired of being treated as more of diagnosis of autism than an actual person who has it.

I think we all are.

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