Autism, Actually 🌈🦓

#Autistic academic. Undiagnosed as a child & only now understanding who I am as an #ActuallyAutistic woman. #Queer. Disabled by #EhlersDanlos/#hEDS ♿ | she/her

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

#ActuallyAutistic folk - has anyone found an approach to meditation that actually works for you? I know how useful meditation/mindfulness is meant to be but I struggle to find something that feels authentic (& inauthenticity makes me feel like my brain's wearing an itchy jumper!)

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

I am currently re-watching Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which I cannot have seen for at least 20yrs. Astounded to realise that a LOT of the phrases I still say to this day are from that show 😅 #ActuallyAutistic

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

I actually had to say to one boss "I need you to either tell me what about at the time, or just stop saying "can we have a word in a bit" otherwise I'm going to die of anxiety for the next 90 minutes, thx"

[Christina @chtaylor__]

@wolfnsunflowers The most anxiety inducing phrase that can ever be uttered in a workplace is ‘can we have a chat?’

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

Autistic people are surprisingly easy to understand when you treat them like human beings, not complex puzzles to solve.

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

@AlexSpectrum128 @doodlebeth Hmm I don't remember that. I know I nearly passed out afterwards so perhaps I am not the best representative of tattooed persons 😅🙈

[Afroamericanarriqueña 🇵🇷🇿🇦🇵🇬 @AfroChingona]

Idk who needs to hear this but disabled people asking for accommodations to do things ≠ entitlement, it’s literally called functionality and if you have an issue with disabled people simply functioning you need to stop and ask yourself why that is

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

Chatting with friends tonight & realising that possibly not every child who watched the game show 'The Crystal Maze' panicked when contestants got "locked in" rooms for not completing the task in time. I thought they were stuck there forever 🤣🤦‍♀️ #ActuallyAutistic

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

@Mom2AutTot @notcapuletblog @leminpledge Oh my word I've never met you but you may have just saved my sanity 🙏

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

@rachelosaurus @AcademicAutism I hate being able to see my face 😫😬

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

Oh my god I thought it was just me 🤣🙈 See also: bottom sheet coming off so you're left with the nasty waffly mattress texture 😬😱
#ActuallyAutistic

[J u j u 🖤 @notcapuletblog]

Does anyone else get really mad about the duvet slipping down inside the duvet cover so you're left with a lot of floppy sheet material up near your face or do I just have sensory issues

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

@mrmills1972 Absolutely all of this 🧡

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

Just had important PhD meeting which appeared to go well but now I'm going to spend the next 3-5 working days obsessing about how I came across & whether they really think I'm awful 🙃 Please send sandwiches and tea.
#ActuallyAutistic

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

@JoannaNoBanana Well he sounds like he needs to get in the bin.

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

A reminder for when I question whether I should be out at work...

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

@Pinkaspergirl That would be heaven!

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

I am in desperate need of a hair cut but I just **cannot** with the current hairdresser we have. So much of the talking at me 😬 I need an #ActuallyAutistic hairdresser who is happy for us to just coexist in silence for 45 minutes 🤣

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

@Pinkaspergirl Oh gosh yes absolutely 🙈🙉 We have been having someone come to the house and the last person was amazing but then she left and recommended someone else and oh my god they're annoying 🤣

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

@QueerCantHear

[Autism, Actually 🌈🦓 @autism_actually]

@sunlightbutch This feeling is so familiar 🧡