I'm so sorry I'm late to this but I love it when my sona is drawn. I love seeing people's interpretations of characters in general, my sona being no exception :)
Autism is a disability.
It’s not quirky or cute (though there are things I love about myself that come from my Autism as well)- it’s, by definition, something that impedes my functioning on a daily basis.
Don’t believe me?
Here’s my top ten “unpalatable autism traits”
1. I can’t maintain friendships. I want friends and I crave connection, but I do not have the skills to keep friends without outside structure (school, work, mutual friends) keeping us together. I’m lonely a lot and I envy people who have multiple good friends- or even one best friend.
2. My meltdowns are humiliating and damaging. Sometimes I hurt myself. Sometimes I break things- things I like, and wanted to keep. Sometimes I have suicidal ideations. I experience intense shame after I have a meltdown.
3. My sensory sensitivity to lights is debilitating- I get migraines, panic attacks, nausea and dizziness from brief exposure to box lights (like the ones in Walmart or Home Depot). Until I started wearing rose-tinted glasses, I just accepted that going grocery shopping was going to make me feel sick the rest of the day.
The strange thing about celebrating the 250th anniversary of Independence Day is that we live under a more tyrannical government now than the one that the founders fought for independence from.
seeing everyone come together to stop kosa is giving my genuine hope, don’t stop fighting and keep using your voices, schedule local protest, we will not stand for this
Autism: I go to bed at the same time every night. Consistency matters.
ADHD: My brain does not care what time it is.
AuDHD: I set the same bedtime and negotiate with myself for “just ten more minutes” until 1am.
You can’t fight fascism without disability justice. Fascism creates more disability, which then sees us as replaceable and our deaths as excusable. You can’t fight for humanity without fighting for disabled people.
To young to vote at 18.
Too young to drink at 21.
Too young to sign a lease at 25.
But somehow fully capable of consenting to childbirth at 12?
The law doesn't protect children. it protects patriarchy.
you didnt do shit you just bought companies that were already doing those things themselves all you do is buy a already established venture and then pretend you are the one who did it