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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 7h

That is the best insult I've read today, thank you.

Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 7h

You know, that's a really excellent point. People can be autistic without "obviously appearing autistic" and then make little autistic humans because their genes did what genes do.

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 7h

I definitely have trouble getting words out at times. I start speaking and I just can't find the next word. I can picture it or see adjacent to it but not the exact word I want. This is especially frustrating because I really value being accurate and precise.

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 8h

"...and the process of decision-making was reported to be exhausting, overwhelming, and anxiety-provoking."

Yeah, this is super relatable.

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 8h

"The results indicated that compared w/their neurotypical peers, the participants w/ASD more frequently reported difficulties in decision making. Decisions that needed to be made quickly, or involved a change of routine, or talking to others, were experienced as particularly difficult, ..."

Decision-Making Problems in Adults with ASD - Living Autism

Several autobiographical accounts suggest making decisions can present significant problems for autistic individuals.

livingautism.com

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 10h

And MY CAT
🥰

Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 11h

I got mine too!

Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 12h

How do you explain people who've never been vaccinated who are autistic?

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Heather Cook 🦓🖖Autistic Life Coach @autismchrysalis.bsky.social · 20h

A reasonable boundary is always something that you can do. It’s about what I will and will not do.

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity

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Marcia Eckerd, Ph.D. @doctormarcia.bsky.social · 13h

Autistic people usually can’t guess what others are thinking or feeling. It helps to say what you want, think or feel directly.
“If they cared, they’d know” is a myth. Caring isn’t mind-reading. Say what you mean. #autism #autistic #autismquotes #autismquoteoftheday #marciaeckerd #marciaeckerdphd

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 13h

#autistic #tips
If you sometimes can't bear the sensory transition from non-showering to showering and back again, you still deserve to be clean, if you want to. Keep an inexpensive bottle of witch hazel around and swipe your armpits with it; put on fresh deodorant. Voila, you are not stinky.

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 18h

Boss, we’ve got a problem. Users don’t want this stuff! They keep wanting to turn it off, even when we keep turning it back on!

Boss: I have an idea

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 19h

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 14h

"Testing performed in production"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 14h

Answer:

IS IT DNS?

The ultimate DNS troubleshooting tool. Think it might be DNS? It probably is! It's always DNS.

www.isitdns.com

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 14h

I feel that pain in my bones

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 15h

I didn't think I had any special interests but I'm now aware of at least two:
Sleep Token (the band)
and
Language

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

Autistic people need downtime in order to process, reintegrate, stim, watch favorite videos—however they best decompress.

LET AUTISTIC PEOPLE HAVE THEIR SPACE!

thinkingautismguide.com/2017/04/elev...

#autism #autistic #neurodiversity

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 17h

That's awful. I didn't know that was a requirement in the UK.

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 1d

(Sorry for the paraphrasing, attempting to squeeze the whole thing in)

Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 1d

"I'd love to see sex ed for Autistic people that helps them to correctly identify that people who abuse them are responsible for their actions...consent [>] social expectations. That their needs and boundaries are not things that should be adjusted simply to maintain the comfort of others."

Oof.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

What Should Sex Ed for Autistic people look like? Not only in teaching consent & red flags, not just recognizing the sexuality of people with I/DD, but also how we can uplift & normalize the pleasure & autonomy of Autistic people. By Morrigan; CN: Rape/abuse:

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/10/what...

What Should Sex Ed for Autistic People Look Like? — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

Sex ed for Autistic people usually emphasizes compliance with neurotypical expectations, not self-advocacy—which pains me, as a survivor.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 1d

I learned I had #ADHD and that wasn't the whole picture. I learned I was #autistic and that answered a lot more questions. I think understanding that #AuDHD is kind of a third thing is a more complete understanding of my brain than knowing either of the other two.

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 1d

I just wrote about this last night!

Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 2d

Since learning I'm #ActuallyAutistic I've started to pay a lot more attention to my sensory needs and differences.
White noise SUCKS. A loud sports game feels like a personal attack. My cat purring on my chest is blissful. Delicious food is so comforting.
It really helps to know myself enough to..

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Autistic and also Happy @happyautist.bsky.social · 2d

Every day I question why the world would rather hide us, "cure" us, or get rid of us - than accommodate us.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 4d

"If you removed our autism you would remove us. Everything you love &hate about us would be gone. We'd fundamentally be completely different ppl. So if you love an autistic person, their autism is part of what you love about them." By @autiebiographical.bsky.social:

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Autie-biographical Comics

You can't love someone but hate their autism. It's a part of who we are. Yes, you can dislike parts of our autism, like I'm sure there are parts of other people you don't like. However, the parts of.....

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Semi-Verbal Autistic 🌈 @autisticventing.bsky.social · 3d

I was an Autistic teenage girl who didn't know why she was struggling with basic teenage milestones because nobody made the effort to inform her she's Autistic.

#LostAutisticGirls

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