anthropologist on mars

She/her, pan, 27, autistic, ADHD, anxiety and fibromyalgia. it’s a tough world we live in. just here to be myself. anthropology and nature 🌻 #actuallyautistic

[anthropologist on mars @anotherautisti1]

@SNeurotypicals I’m an anthropology major and took a linguistic anthropology class and that was so fascinating how much goes into language. I wrote a paper on language and disability. It really depends what branch you go into. I also decided to take a humanities class which was insightful.

[anthropologist on mars @anotherautisti1]

@AutisticCallum_ You know a woman said that to me once that she believes people are faking being autistic for money gain

[Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan]

"Everyone is forgetful sometimes, that's not an ADHD thing!"

Really, Chad? Really?

You know that feeling when you walk into a room and forgot what you went in there for?

It’s happened to me ✨4 times✨ in the last 15 minutes.

Is that the same?
ARE WE THE SAME

[anthropologist on mars @anotherautisti1]

So it begins

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

Autistic masking is so much more than simply choosing the “right” words, body language, clothes and options. It’s: a) quickly processing huge amounts of complex data to deduce what those things are; b) monitoring how they change; and c) repeatedly and seamlessly adapting to them.

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

One reason why autistic people are often misunderstood no matter how clear, precise and straightforward they are is that neurotypical people tend to focus more on how a person’s body language reads (according to their neurotype’s customs) than a person’s literal wording.

[Honest Autistic @HonestAutistic]

A thread of self acceptance 🧵

I’m not there yet, but I’m determined to get there.

#ActuallyAutistic

[Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan]

the ADHD urge to whip out your phone and Google everything because unanswered questions make your brain itchy

[anthropologist on mars @anotherautisti1]

@jessejanderson So my bf and me both have ADHD. He is one who is always late! I’m for the most part either early or on time, rarely late. For me it was because I grew up in that environment. My mom was always early to everything

[Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan]

Shoutout to everyone with ADHD who sits in the front row and nods (because if you don’t stay engaged, you’ll space out) and takes obsessive notes (because if you don’t write everything down, you’ll forget it)

[Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan]

society: ✨🌸 be yourself! 🌸✨

me: cool, so i can ignore social norms i find stupid and pointless

society: wait no not like that

[ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse]

Conditional motivation for ADHD.

[Rach @AdultingADHD @AdultingADHD]

Sometimes I find it hard to articulate the many ways ADHD impacts my life, and I also feel like people never fully get it

[anthropologist on mars @anotherautisti1]

Oh also I’m happy to report I got my FMLA accepted at work!! I get 3 days a month up to 10 hrs each time to use if needed!

[anthropologist on mars @anotherautisti1]

@AnnMemmott I remember as a child that sometimes if me and my family were eating something I hated, such as lasagna, I can’t stand the texture of the cheese! My dad would make me sit at the table until I ate it. Forcing people to do this is not okay

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

No one has the right to tell disabled people: “you don’t need access to that.”
Disabled people need access to everything.

[Elora - Online 1 Room Schoolhouse @1Schoolhouse]

Me, an Autistic: *speaks to a child in a direct, blunt way*
Child: *responds likewise*
Parent: “Wow you’re so good with kids!!”