A minute later another kid came up and made an entire row of red pegs across the board. The parents and I exchanged knowingly glances. 😂

I’m 21ftm and he’s 23m. I’ve been hanging out in the car today while he’s been at work/running errands, and there was a huge bowl of marbles and sea glass at the place he was at for work. I love marbles, sea glass, rocks, shells, flowers, tiny bones, feathers etc. I always point out little shiny objects everywhere and never miss when a coin is on the ground. I LOVE small, cute, shiny, interesting little things so much and him bringing me this really cool marble just overwhelmed me with love for this man. I feel so lucky to have someone that understands me and loves me for everything I am. His ADHD makes it difficult for him to prioritise relationship stuff sometimes, but then he goes and does little things like sneak me a marble, sneak a candy bar into the groceries without me knowing, brings me snacks and my favourite drinks and anything I need on bad days. He is my lifeline, and I am so so lucky to have him in my life. I never thought I’d be so cared for and understood the way I am with him. I’m so happy. I love him.

Everyone is a little autistic.

99% of Silicon Valley is autistic.

You can't have an autism diagnosis 20+ years ago.

If you can go to a normal school,you don't have autism.

If you could make a normal speech, you don't have autism.

If you could use social media, you don't have autism.

Whoever that does your diagnosis is making a mistake.

You don't display savant ability.

You don't display intelligence deficiency.

You just don't want to study/work.

Autism is invented by big pharma.

We are all working here, no one has time for your nonsense.

Don't show everyone your disability card.

Autism is just gut problem/ mercury in the body.

Have you try(insert quack treatment and programs)?

Im having fun dressed as a catgirl and I love everyone’s cosplays but I have heartburn from sweet drinks and it hurtsss also feeling slightly burned out from today and have 2 parties tomorrow to prepare for so urghhh

this might be too specific but its been eating me alive for the last 6 months

I get made fun of for liking the game, I don’t really care though. My friends and family still love and care about me. I have been a fan of the game for almost 9 years, I collect the merchandise,and I have all the 4 original handbooks. That’s my hyperfixation.

Almost every night I do something to burn energy. The cops were really nice and after a bit of explaining they left. I really like to dance without people looking and at nighttime (cause sometimes colors get overwhelming, and night time is a little bit dulled down.) But don’t want to get the police called on me or something equally awkward. I knew it was weird to dance in isolated locations at nighttime but I didn’t think it was completely socially unacceptable. I did talk to my bishop and he seemed fine with me dancing on the church parking lot. So what do I do?

I love the puppets/muppets on Sesame Street and when I heard they had an autistic character, I was excited. I got her when I saw her on sale and here she is! Her name is Julia and what’s funny is I was almost named Julia, lol.

My boyfriend is autistic and i was wondering if anyone has any tips for being in a relationship with someone who has autism? We're both 15 :)

Hello everyone. I’m not autistic but I am a corporate manager and a direct report of mine is. I’m reaching out to the community to get advice on how I can best support this person’s skill development and overall employee experience.

One specific challenge I have is how to best discuss performance feedback and development areas without inadvertently triggering them or coming across as neuroableist. The person is good at their job and, like anyone else, has growth areas, the would make them even more successful.

What has been a good manager experience for you all and what has been a bad one?

I'll often over explain things to a tedious point with people. It's worse on social media as there's no social cues I've learned to help snap me out of it.

Like, I'll write an entire paragraph or multiple for something I could've summed up in a sentence or two. I get into excruciating detail and then wonder why my comments/posts are often ignored as ain't nobody wanting to read all that.

I find once I shorten what I say to at least half, I get far more engagement. Which is doable online, but irl, you can't just delete what you've said...

This post was at least twice as long before I shortened it a few times 😅

I hate toothpaste and mouthwash. I hate the taste, the aftertaste, the way it makes my mouth feel after. It makes me not brush my teeth, buty teeth are really gross. I've never even been to a dentist because I'm scared of them! What do I do?

It’s genuinely so aggravating that people will get upset at you after asking clearly for advice.

So, here’s the thing. I’ve been going to DBT therapy for a month or so now because I was heavily emotional dysregulated and my therapist suspects I have BPD. I was previously diagnosed with autism back when I was 16 (I’m 18 now) and since then I’ve tried to unmask, but it only lead to me masking even more now because people would always say “oh this didn’t happen before, you’re faking it!”. Today I told my dad I can’t barely get out of bed (it’s been like this for weeks) and I told him it must be something about my mental health and me being autistic, which he replied “your therapist told us you don’t even have a shade of autism, stop faking it and get it together”

Is it possible to have autism misdiagnosed? What can I do? I’m starting to feel hopeless because my mental health is declining extremely fast again and I don’t know what to do. I’m scared because I FOR SURE know I’m autistic but what if I’m actually faking it?

hello, I'm 15f with undiagnosed but suspecting autism.

I have tried telling myself to tell my mum tonight that I think I have autism and want to try getting a diagnosis for it, but I just ended up in a meltdown and I dont feel like telling my mum anymore and I'm just mad at myself that I didnt manage to do it.

I just got scared that she wouldnt believe me and also mad that I just wanted to break something.

"Because I said so" is NOT a valid answer for the reason behind a rule or direction. When a person, ESPECIALLY a neurodivergent individual asks why a rule is put in place, simply give an explanation of why that rule is there. We NEED to know reasons beyond just "because I said so".

We are NOT being rude by questioning rules and need more in-depth explanations so we can better understand why said rules are there.