Autistic Alignment

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#ActuallyAutistic #AnxiouslyAutistic #NotAGenius

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

Aspergers used to be what we called people with ‘high functioning’ autism. We now just use the term autism and we are slowly moving away functioning labels because our levels of functioning increases and decreases at different points a cross the life span. #ActuallyAutistic

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

If no one has said this today:
Your reactions make sense.

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

You’re not dramatic.
Your nervous system just notices more. #actuallyautistic

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

When you say “I’m overwhelmed,” it’s not a metaphor.
It’s a full-body experience.

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

Being told you’re “too sensitive” didn’t make you tougher.
It made you quieter.

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

What belief did you have to unlearn before your life began to feel more like your own?

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

I was devastated when I found out I was autistic.
Not because of autism itself — but because I truly believed it meant something was wrong with me. #askingautistics

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

Autism didn’t become the problem.
The belief that I was broken did.

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

How do you learn or work best? #askingautistics

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

Not sure who needs to hear this, but learning how to learn for your specific neurotype can be incredibly hard. #actuallyautistic

[Autistic Alignment @autisticalign]

One thing that really helps me work is scrapbooking.
It’s visual.
It slows me down.
It lets me collect thoughts, ideas, and moments and put them all in one place.

It doesn’t look productive in a traditional way—but it works for me.