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autism

  1. Jenisautistic

    My temporary room in my respite place for developmental disabilities

    Hi everyone, I thought I’d a tour of my room in this temporary respite place for people who are developmentally disabled
  2. D

    Do I have autism and bipolar disorder?

    I was diagnosed with mild Intellectual disability with IQ of 76 and autism spectrum disorder. Could I be bipolar 2 as well? My phycyatrist refused to diagnose me with it because my depression doesnt last more then 2 weeks. My depression lasts 5 days then I think I am hypomanic again when I am...
  3. TouhouFan28

    what are interesting ways to display your interests?

    If you couldn't tell, I love touhou a lot. Yet, my room is barren of anything related to it. I could just have shelves of figures, posters on the wall, but honestly: it's UNORIGINAL! I love theming stuff and compartmentalizing my room. So on that topic, how would *you* do it if you had an...
  4. TouhouFan28

    Anyone else relate to 'Thing' by Steampianist?

    Heres the original song: Thing - Steampianist (A long but personal analysis) What really resonates with me is the sort of desire for subconscious-instinctual human reactions. In the chorus, " I want hair like yours I want hands like yours I want fingers that curl in the cold like yours I want...
  5. TouhouFan28

    I feel like I don't love my parents

    I'll mostly just talk about my parents. -Treated me well -Never abused me -Grew up with a lot of privilege and blessings Yet, -*I don't feel love.* I feel like I don't love my parents. I only just feel gravitational attachment. As a child, I was quite clingy. I would be very anxious when my...
  6. TouhouFan28

    Struggles with emotional people

    I've always noticed that I have this weird disconnect of empathy. When someone is distressed I feel obligation. I pride myself on how effective I am at comforting yet I don't necessarily care. I remember telling my friend (who's in an emotional state) "It pains me to see you so emotional when...
  7. BefuddledClarity

    Intro - Late Diagnosis, Interests, etc.

    ⩩※☀ Introduction ☀※⩩ 🌈♾️Autism Diagnosis♾️🌈 Hello, I'm Befuddled Clarity. I am currently awaiting an appointment to receive a diagnosis for autism soon. I screened high on the unofficial CAT-Q & GQ-ASC and have many traits of ASD. I have 4 relatives officially diagnosed with autism (cousins and...
  8. D

    How can I deal with being bullied because of my disability?

    A while back there was a group on Facebook talking about me saying he would never date me because of my disability even if he’s paid to and one guy said he finally figured out I had a disability when I wanted to meet up to hook up and he said something doesn’t seem right about me and seemed...
    • dancerxoxo123
    • Thread
    • autism autism acceptance autistic cyber bullying dating develpmental disabillty disability high functioning autism intellectual disability relationship
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Love, Relationships and Dating
  9. Jenisautistic

    Starting my autistic story and trauma part one

    Hi, hopefully this is the last time I start from the beginning in the story. I have a lot of voice memos of the story I’ve been gathering over the last few weeks or so writing down as much as I can remember. I’m not sure how far I’m into it at the moment but this is how I started. This is going...
  10. Jenisautistic

    remembering my grandmother

    Please note the first clip was recorded on the day of her death
  11. Jenisautistic

    Have you ever got stuck writing your story?

    Hey everyone, I have been writing this for fiction for a while. I would like to know what others think but I would also like to know if any of you had a story that was achingto be written but for some reason, you could not get yourself to finish the process or even continue This story is...
  12. Jenisautistic

    My job struggles

  13. Jenisautistic

    I feel blank

    I feel Blank I have no words to speak or type my mind is a strange kind of empty. Bursting with energy and wanting to say something anything even to think but it is no use I don’t know how this happened or how it could be resolved. I can’t cosentrate on anything either. I can’t read...
  14. D

    Why does society view autistic people as mentally incompetent?

    Society thinks they can’t make decisions for themselves and they think that they are mentally incompetent. Why is that? And this affects them dating and having sexual relationships. What else does society view autistic people when it comes to dating and sex? Like me for example they think of...
  15. cooljethro

    First autistic Barbie doll launched with sensory-sensitive features

    I think moves like this towards inclusivity for the autistic community, can only be a good thing. https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/autistic-barbie-doll-mattel-video-b2898705.html
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    My boyfriend is threatening to dump me because of me getting medical guardianship. Is that reasonable?

    My parents are in the process of getting medical guardianship over me because of my autism and my borderline iq. I have no choice to be under it. I don’t want to be under medical guardianship but I have to. My boyfriend is going to leave me if I go through the guardianship because he “can’t...
  17. marrowbuster

    How I Was Treated Like Absolute Trash for Being an Autistic Person

    Hi. This is a post I've been wanting to get off of my chest for a while now, as it concerns my life up to this point, how I feel it flat out sucked at times, and where do I go from here; how will I heal from all that's been forced upon me growing up and be able to be a functioning member of...
    • marrowbuster
    • Thread
    • abuse adult survivors of abuse autism burnout computer family invalidation recovery special interest trauma
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: General Autism Discussion
  18. marrowbuster

    Hello.

    The name's rupert. Am a 24 year old computer engineer that is just trying to keep busy the best he can whilst the job market and economy go thru their woes. Was diagnosed autistic at the age of 2 and from there a lot of extreme ableism and abuse was suffered at the hands of my folks. Despite...
  19. Jenisautistic

    Happy new year

  20. Jenisautistic

    My story in mini videos also, the reason I'm doing this again

    Hi everybody, this is going to be me explaining in videos about the whole major story broken down into parts Originally, I was going to add these videos to my social media too , but I feel like I have too many people who I want to keep from seeing that stuff at least for right now, although I...
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