Yep! It Changes Person To Person. I Can't Explain How It Affects Other People Because, Well, I'm Not

Yep! It changes person to person. I can't explain how it affects other people because, well, I'm not in their brain! I can explain how my senses and abilities are changed, though:

Sight - my eyes are very sensitive to light. Bright lights such as a car's headlights at night or fireworks can hurt my eyes and/or give me a headache. Ironically, I can't see well in the dark AT ALL.

Hearing - I often need people to repeat things several times even though my hearing is perfectly okay because I can't focus on two sounds at once! If music is playing, I can have trouble telling what people are saying. Also, electricity. I can hear electricity. I tune it out most of the time, but it's like a high-pitched ringing noise that never really stops.

Smell - I have a pretty good sense of smell, which means that perfumes, scented candles, scented soap, and especially incense are EVIL. The smell is so strong that I can feel queasy walking into a candle store.

Taste - my taste seems completely average.

Touch - this is The Big One. I can't wear clothes that are certain textures because they make me want to rip my skin off. I can't eat food that are certain textures because they make me want to rip my tongue out. Showers are HELL because they can actually physically sting! Taking a shower with the water pressure too high hurts! All of this is a massive issue and impacts my daily life.

Social issues are even more complicated. I can't really read body language, tone of voice, or facial expressions at all. Everyone is like a blank slate most of the time. This also has the unfortunate side effect of not being able to tell if someone is glaring at me or just looking normally! Not being able to "read between the lines" via tone or body language means I make mistakes. A lot. This is part of why relationships are difficult. Neurotypical people (people who aren't neurodivergent) tend to speak in riddles, so it's easy to annoy them without meaning to.

i rmemeber asking my friend at least 5 times to explain autism to me in simple terms and it did not help and i feel like i shouldask again despite their english being as bad as mine

Omg?? Thank you! ^-^

reminder to self: tomorrow, sunday. read the awesome 0909 2 chapters 60k word ao3 and ive been waiting to read.

just realized i couldnt read the 0909 fic. man.

its okay…. school laptop hasn’t banned ao3 right.. perfect

THIS.

Fun fact: I can only doggy paddle, BUT, I did it so often that now I can actually swim at a decent speed with it

ok guys im curious um

GUYS READ ALL OF THIS PLEASE PLEASE PL–

rawing people on couches is so hard yet most of my ideas involve that