@groupnebula563@mastodon.social2025-10-04 05:05:12
autistics must infodump to stay alive
#actuallyautistic
@groupnebula563@mastodon.social2025-10-04 05:05:12
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2025-08-27 03:48:16
A morning thought: claiming that someone is "bothered" by the intensive smell of perfume is an unfair simplification.
It's not that I "don't like" intensive smells. It's an actual physiological reaction. I recall that a long time ago, I accidentally sat behind a classmate who used a lot of perfume. Took me a while to realize why I was getting dizzy wherever I leaned down to note something (at first I thought that leaning was the problem, not entering the cloud of perfume). Using perfumes is a choice, not getting dizzy over smells.
Same goes for noise. It's not that I "don't like" noise. It's that noise kills my nervous system. It's not that I have a choice.
#ActuallyAutistic
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza2025-09-23 18:48:25
Why Autistic Masking Works For Your Benefit
#Autism
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2025-10-18 10:09:34
(Dramatized)
Neurotypical folk: "You seem like an interesting person. Let's hang out and see where this takes us."
Neuroatypical me: "You seem like an interesting person. Here's a list of things I can't stand. If you somehow happen to think likewise (or at least you can adjust without me having remorse about you having to give stuff up because of me), let's be a couple for the rest of our lives."
#ActuallyAutistic