Jenna DiBenardo

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@losfamgeles We all need to know if this worked!

[Dumber than a Bowl full of Mice #Fella 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @BowlOfMice]

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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[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@campbelIbain It’s actually the tub edge, but yes. And autistic.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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!

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@AutisticCoach_ Both. In large quantities. On a meal replacing scale.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@autismsupsoc I tend to walk on my toes as soon as I hit stairs, ramps, and hills. And then I have to forcibly stop myself once I hit flat ground.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@StimmingGal I just figured I did it because my dad’s side are all Italian. It’s just part of my culture.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.

[Jenna DiBenardo @jdstarlight]

@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.