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theautisticcoach, 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

Do my #ActuallyAutistic comrades have a good relationship with their families of origin?

#AskingAutistics @actuallyautistic

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic Nope. sigh

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

#RandomThoughts

I was well into adulthood when I finally figured out why no bath towel ever seems absorbent enough.

1. I'm #ActuallyAutistic; so, any moisturev at all on my skin greatly bothers me.

2. Skin soaks up water like a sponge. Even if you remove all the surface moisture, some water absorbed by the skin still makes its way back out to the surface.

3. Most bath towels truly are awful regardless.

@actuallyautistic
#SensoryIssues

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@VoxofGod @actuallyautistic I don't know why they don't just make them out of modern hydroscopic sponge-like foam materials instead of fabric at all.

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@foo @actuallyautistic That sounds great.

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

A thing I don't get about #SmallTalk (one of many things)

Why does everyone talk about the weather shortly after greeting each other?

"Um? Yes, I too went outside. That's how we both got here."

Did they think you didn't notice on the way over? 🤔

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

Also, why do cars have consoles with weather reports? You're outside already. You already know it's too cold, too hot, or comfortable

"It's raining." The car has windows. You can probably see that for yourself. If not, maybe you shouldn't be driving.

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@MishaVanMollusq @actuallyautistic 😆

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JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@kristenhg @actuallyautistic Nice! That I actually understand. I'm always up for science talk—even when I'm just listening with not much to contribute.

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@joshsusser @actuallyautistic I literally never want to fight. I have to convince random people that too? Yikes!

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@VoxofGod @actuallyautistic I need to learn how to vibe effectively.

poloniousmonk, 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

@actuallyautistic

"Science just discovered a tailless person!"

Turns out there's a name for the inability to form mental images, aphantasia, and it seems to correlate with autism. I certainly have this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@poloniousmonk @actuallyautistic It's weird because the opposite of aphantasia, called hyperphantasia, also seems to be more common with autism. I think I have hyperphantasia. I can form very vivid, very detailed 3-dimensional holographic mental images.

I think there are other instances where opposite conditions are both more common with autism. I wonder why.

theautisticcoach, 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

it isn't that we lack empathy as people LOVE to claim

it's that we don't empathize with a lack of empathy and NT norms of expression.

because they're bs

@actuallyautistic

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@JamesPadraicR @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic

💯 💯 💯

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

I wonder…

If I could type on a keyboard all the time, would I ever physically speak?

I think I'd prefer a real, full size keyboard to a mobile phone touch keyboard though.

#ActuallyAutistc @actuallyautistic #TalkingIsOverRated
#MomentaryMood

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@SingingNala @actuallyautistic Yes. I feel that way sometimes too. It seems to vary day to day, but trends more common the older I get.

ScottSoCal, 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

@actuallyautistic

Wondering if this is an autism thing, or a me thing:

When they cast an actor in a movie, in a speaking part, but then have someone else sing and the actor just lipsyncs it. It's jarring, it throws me out of the movie and all I can think is "that's not his/her voice, how am I supposed to go along with this?"
We're watching a musical. And an actor is lipsyncing to someone else singing.

JeremyMallin, 6 months ago

@ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic Yeah.
Dubbed voices are tough on me too. I think I have an auditory processing issue that has led me to rely a lot on lipreading, and this interferes with that.

18+ JeremyMallin, 7 months ago to actuallyautistic

Some of my triggers/tortures:

• very low pitch sound
• very high pitch sound
• very loud sound
• sock toe seams
• shirt wrist cuffs
• wrist watches
• in ear buds & plugs
• over ear head phones (but not as bad)
• wool clothing
• my whiskers
• my ear hair
• my nose hair
• background noise when I'm trying to hear
• very bright light
• very dim light
• artificial light
• rapidly blinking light
• repetitive sounds

What are yours?

#SensoryIssues
#ActuallyAutistc
@actuallyautistic

18+ JeremyMallin, 7 months ago

@HaelusNovak @actuallyautistic
Fragrances! I forgot about that. I can't really smell many things, but strong fragrances is a real trigger even for me.

18+ JeremyMallin, 7 months ago

@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic
Oh yes! Fabric softener is the worst!

theautisticcoach, 7 months ago to actuallyautistic

How did my #ActuallyAutistic comrades come to know that they’re autistic?

#AskingAutistics @actuallyautistic

JeremyMallin, 7 months ago

@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic
Phase 0: (47-48 years)
Vague sense of struggling and being different. No idea why. Some incorrect guesses.

Phase 1: (a year or so)
Listening to Autistics on social media and thinking "That can't be autism because I do that too."

Phase 2: (a month or so)
Listening to Autistics describe my life exactly, except they were talking about themselves.

Phase 3: (about a week)
Self assessments (RBQ, RAADS-R, AQ)

Phase 4: (a few days)
Maybe I am.

Phase 5:
I am.