Bit of a long 🧵 but I promise, it is actually going somewhere, not just a rant on Trump's cabinet picks.
But the rant part first:
Marco Rubio (Sec of State)
- More or less qualified, but has become a whipped dog, begging for his master's love, since 2016
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@mightbeautistic I use a combination of dry shampoo on my scalp and curl refresher for my ends. Not sure how curl refresher would affect non-curly hair.
@ashleyann_atx I can’t currently go to a doctor about since I have no insurance. But I have been keeping a log of my symptoms. So far my main triggers are warm weather/environment and my period. Sleep also seems to be a factor.
@ashleyann_atx I’ve think I have POTs too. Went to my pediatrician about my it, but it was the 90’s and was told “sometimes girls have fainting episodes and we don’t know why. You’ll grow out of it.” Symptoms diminished. But then came raging back when I got covid in 2020.
@autistic_dutske It’s perfectly okay. I have been grieving my dad for years. He’s still very alive. But he slowly losing function and will die in probably the next 5 years.
@ashleyann_atx Still trying to figure this out. I look at lips since I read them due to hearing deficit. The eyes are within my line of sight because of that. But I am not having a conversation with someone, I will stare at the ground before looking at them at all.
@autismsupsoc I have to be in a really big mood for them. Then it’s all bananas for about a month or two. And then the next 6-7 months I can’t stand them because of the texture.
@ThinkingAtheist I just finished reading the book. There were so many moments where I could feel the parallels in my own life with my parents, particularly my dad.
@autismsupsoc 34. While I have started telling people I self-ID as autistic, I still get the “maybe I am not” feelings. And then something comes along like this and I remember why I am. Lol!
@AnnMemmott @autismsupsoc I hate self service checkout. What if something doesn’t want to scan? Why do I feel like I am getting stared at? Why does the bagging area never realize that I put the item in the bag and why won’t it stop yelling at me? Regular checkout is less stress.
@autismsupsoc My pic is of Buddy, the old family dog. We grew up together and I always considered him a little brother. He’s been gone for 11 years now. Not my special interest, but definitely very important.
@AutisticCoach_ I’m very much a snacker. For textures and flavors. To the point where I end up not very hungry and skip actual meals a few times a week.
@autismsupsoc I see multiple meanings to everything. I also notice all the metaphors, as well as when people are joking around. But I still answer very literally to those things quite often. It isn’t something I have any real control over when in a normal paced convo.
@autismsupsoc Depends on the day. I’m now at the point where I go weeks with full knowledge and certainty that I am autistic. And then I will hit a week or two where I doubt every bit of it. Even though I self-ID as autistic.
@hi_its_annaleah 1,000% me! I used to pack and repack my backpack to get the most optimized arrangement of my initial school supply lug every year. And I was often found in my closet rearranging my books when I was little.