Autistic Kitten

You've inspired me to contribute to the autism tag on Tumblr with positive things about my autistic child(ren) and why I as a parent to autistic child(ren) actually do not hate autism or want my kids to be "cured". Based on the feedback I've gotten thus far from my once-daily contributions, I'd like to thank you for that. Just saying. <3

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:01:40 -0400

<333 I’m so glad!

Also do you ever have a hard time not shushing people if you already get the gist of what their saying? like okay, enough, I get the point so no more speaky is needed.

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:01:59 -0400

Yes

Does anyone else not like when someone is playing their music so loud that you can hear it through their earbuds from several feet away? Particularly if there's something else you want to focus on? I got that in one of my classes today and ended up picking a different place to sit. (The best one seemed to be next to the printer. Thankfully it was only used once while I was sitting there.)

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:01:20 -0400

Yes

Is this something others experience too? When I find something, I sometimes smell it or rub it agaisnt my lips when I like the texture. My parents always gripe at me for putting things in/near my mouth. It just helps me study it better.

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:01:44 -0400

Yes

Could you make a little kitten meme for me? I’d really appreciate it. Um alright so...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:33:00 -0400

Could you make a little kitten meme for me? I’d really appreciate it.

Um alright so basically:

“Gets a song rec while listening to music”

“Suddenly extremely stressed out”

I dunno maybe it’s not an autism thing but I get really stressed and freaked out when this happens. Especially when there’s a lot of song recs at the same time. Like, I have a system of song listening please don’t mess it up.

Submitted by: oliveoilandsprinkles

AHH! I just noticed something. I said "mental disorder" but I meant stuff like schizophrenia, paranoid people, etc. Please, don't hate me!

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:29:00 -0400

First of all: Hi :D Second: I need help for a musical I'm writing, if they could be gentle enough to send me descriptions of what scares them the most and why, other disorders that people should gain consciousness of, and music. A lot of music. I will not publish anything that they send me if they don't want to :) Thank you for taking the time to read this. Greetings from a mexican kitten :D

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:29:00 -0400

I find it odd that having hair bothered me so much I cut it all off, but I love hats. SO DOES ANYBODY LOVE HATS

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:25:00 -0400

Anybody out there have advice on how to self-motivate? I'm really having trouble and I don't want to fail everything and make people mad at me. DX

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:01:49 -0400

It’s kinda hard. I make certain promises to myself like, if I can get myself to do this thing today, I can play this game for x amount of hours and all.

Hi, I'm not exactly autistic but I have nonverbal learning disorder and I'm wondering if it's normal for someone who is autistic or similar to despise human made noises, like grunts and stuff. I can't sleep a lot at night because my sister is constantly making noises and it drives me up the wall! I hate hearing my own as well, and I catch myself stopping chewing because I can't stand it.

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:01:34 -0400

YES YES YES!!!

[Skype.] I don’t know about anyone else, but the...

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:01:23 -0400

[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.”...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:02:02 -0400

[“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...

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:34:09 -0400

[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

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.)

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400

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

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...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:47:00 -0400

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

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:44:00 -0400

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!

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."

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:35:00 -0400

UUUUUGH I HATE THAT TOO

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 :/

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:33:00 -0400

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

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)?

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:31:00 -0400

Yes

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

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:30:00 -0400

I think we all are.