Autism Acceptence Month - Tumblr Posts
Happy Autism Awareness Month! Thank you, I'll be sure to practice loving myself today!
your annual reminder:
don’t support autism speaks this month
don’t “light it up blue”
don’t use the puzzle piece symbol
however!
do support autistic content creators
do support “red instead” and the infinity symbol
remember to listen to the voices of marginalised autistic people!
happy autism awareness/acceptance month! go tell your local autistic pal that they’re awesome! if you’re autistic, remember to practice some self-love!
Yes.
Absolutely living for Laios’ English VA
Happee tism month from a fellow degenerate 😜
Happy autism acceptance month! One of my favorite autistic characters is Neddy Bubblegum from Adventure Time! He is Princess Bubblegum’s twin brother. He is a really good goopy guy and I wish we could have seen more of him in the series!
I’m gonna make more autism acceptance month posts because I have a lot of autistic characters that I love. Happy autism acceptance month! This is Link from the Legend of Zelda video game franchise. He is a very dedicated knight who has lived lots of lives protecting his kingdom. Here are some of his many incarnations! When I die, you will find my Link Is Autistic headcanon in my cold dead hands. Happy autism month with Link!
Another day, another autistic icon! Happy autism acceptance month with SpongeBob SquarePants! Did you know that sponges are animals? They belong to their own animal phylum called Porifera. They have no tissues or organs, only cells, and they have no digestive system either— their bodies are naturally shaped to funnel in microorganisms to eat. Real life sponges are sessile, which means that they don’t move around, so SpongeBob is definitely unique in that regard. But I guess he’s unique in many other regards too, he is definitely a one-of-a-kind sponge : )
Here are some more autistic pals! This is Pinkie and Maud Pie, two sisters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic! As you can see, they are as different as night and day, but they love each other dearly and they are each other’s biggest cheerleaders. Autism is a genetic condition, so it runs in families. Lots of autistic people also have a sibling with autism! But that doesn’t mean that their traits and symptoms will be the same— two autistic siblings may be on totally different areas of the autism spectrum, and like any other siblings, may have completely different personalities too!
May I present Mordecai Heller, the coolest cat in St. Louis! Most of the time. Whenever anyone looks past his frigid, ruthless reputation as St. Louis’s deadliest gunman, Mordecai does not know what to do with himself. Listen, he’s a master at being intimidating, and he is extremely professional and dedicated to the job. But he’s not good with people in any casual environment, and he is very particular about anything on his body and everything around him, and he will leave the room if someone is eating because he can hear them chewing and he can hear their teeth scraping against their fork and he can hear them swallowing and he is now going to claw his own face off. So… in that case… happy autism acceptance month. With Mordecai. Uh, good day.
quick selfie. felt cute, might delete later
Autism awareness month is over but that does NOT mean we stop spreading awareness and acceptance!
Language:
• Late Talker/Early Talker
• Good vocab, with difficulty saying wants/needs
• Delay/decreased use of gestures, pointing
• Echolalia .and scripting after age 2.5
• Uses words or phrases repeatedly/often
• High pitch, melodic, sing-song voice
• Uses another's hand/body as a tool to get help/gain access
Interests & Routines:
• Prefers sameness and routine, may struggle with changes and become anxious and dysregulated
• Has strong, focused interests, may be early interest in letters/reading
• Focuses on details and likes things to be "just right" (labeled OCD)
• Repeats play activities or scenes (dumping/crashing, creative play)
• Carries comfort items around
• Creates walking routines/patterns
Social:
• Eye contact: intense, avoidant, or inconsistent
• Inconsistent response to name
• May be "overly" friendly/ lack stranger danger
• May prefer to play alone or parallel play longer than others
• May be better at responding to others than initiating social contact
• Differences in joint attention
• May need to direct/control play
Sensory Processing:
• Selective (picky) eating habits
• Covers ears to loud sounds/ puts sounds up to ears, listens to sounds/songs on repeat
• Watches items up close to study spinning or how they work, may look at eye level or side of eyes
• Enjoys tight hugs, avoids hugs
• Seeks movement: jumping, pacing, rocking back and forth, crashing
• Sensitivity to grooming, washing,
Sensory Processing:
• Selective (picky) eating habits
• Covers ears to loud sounds/ puts sounds up to ears, listens to sounds/songs on repeat
• Watches items up close to study spinning or how they work, may look at eye level or side of eyes
• Enjoys tight hugs, avoids hugs
• Seeks movement: jumping, pacing, rocking back and forth, crashing
• Sensitivity to grooming, washing,
Mrs Speechie P
Hi hi! I'm back with more art. Oh boy. So this month is Autism appreciation month and as an annual thing I do, I like to draw art for it. I'm someone who is on the spectrum. I've never really felt comfortable talking about it on my social medias. Growing up was difficult. Even now it's hard. But. I've finally become comfortable with it enough to make a post. So yeah!!! I should post something soon. About a certain main for this blog. I won't change my name... maybe- but they are definitely changing! Hope you all have a great day!!!
HAPPY AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH TO MY FELLOW AUTISTICS!!!
Wanted to doodle my FS Link <3 also happy autism acceptance month!
Link uses any pronouns 👍
I hope everyone here is having a good Autism Acceptance Month.
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April is “Autism Awareness Month”, so here are a few reminders for you to keep in mind:
Autism Speaks is a hate group.
The reasoning behind “Light It Up Blue” (that there are more autistic boys than girls) stems from a tendency in doctors to base their autism diagnoses on stereotypes and sometimes refuse to diagnose girls.
Most autistic people don’t want a “cure” for autism and don’t support Autism Speaks.
Autism Speaks has given abusive/ableist parents legitimacy by portraying autism as a terrifying, life-ruining affliction and sympathising with parents who have contemplated killing their children, or actually killed them.
The views of autistic people are more important in this topic than the views of our allistic family members and peers.
Autism is not a disease.
Very little (about 4%) of Autism Speaks’ proceeds go toward supporting autistic people. More of it goes toward catering.
Autism is not a tragedy.
What autistic people need is acceptance, not awareness.
Okay, so now that April Fool's Day is over, here's what I typed yesterday. This is the exact same stuff, just in English instead of wingdings (and I left out the first bit since it was just a ramble about the whole wingdings gag).
A︎u︎t︎i︎s︎m︎ S︎p︎e︎a︎ks︎ i︎s︎ a︎ h︎o︎r︎r︎i︎b︎l︎e︎ o︎r︎g︎a︎n︎i︎z︎a︎t︎i︎o︎n︎.︎ T︎h︎e︎y︎ m︎a︎y︎ b︎e︎ t︎r︎y︎i︎n︎g︎ t︎o︎ d︎i︎s︎t︎a︎n︎c︎e︎ t︎h︎e︎m︎s︎e︎l︎v︎e︎s︎ f︎r︎o︎m︎ t︎h︎e︎i︎r︎ p︎a︎s︎t︎,︎ b︎u︎t︎ w︎e︎ c︎a︎n︎'︎t︎ l︎e︎t︎ p︎e︎o︎p︎l︎e︎ f︎a︎l︎l︎ f︎o︎r︎ i︎t︎.︎ T︎h︎e︎r︎e︎'︎s︎ n︎o︎ w︎a︎y︎ t︎o︎ e︎r︎a︎s︎e︎ o︎r︎ "︎t︎a︎ke︎ b︎a︎c︎k"︎ t︎h︎a︎t︎ w︎r︎e︎t︎c︎h︎e︎d︎ "︎I︎ A︎m︎ A︎u︎t︎i︎s︎m︎"︎ v︎i︎d︎e︎o︎.︎ T︎h︎e︎r︎e︎'︎s︎ n︎o︎ t︎a︎ki︎n︎g︎ b︎a︎c︎k t︎h︎a︎t︎ ki︎n︎d︎ o︎f︎ a︎b︎l︎e︎i︎s︎m︎.︎ I︎f︎ I︎ r︎e︎m︎e︎m︎b︎e︎r︎ c︎o︎r︎r︎e︎c︎t︎l︎y︎,︎ t︎h︎e︎r︎e︎ a︎r︎e︎n︎'︎t︎ e︎v︎e︎n︎ a︎n︎y︎ a︎u︎t︎i︎s︎t︎i︎c︎ p︎e︎o︎p︎l︎e︎ o︎n︎ t︎h︎e︎ e︎x︎e︎c︎u︎t︎i︎v︎e︎ b︎o︎a︎r︎d︎.︎ A︎u︎t︎i︎s︎m︎ l︎i︎t︎e︎r︎a︎l︎l︎y︎ d︎o︎e︎s︎ n︎o︎t︎ h︎a︎v︎e︎ a︎ v︎o︎i︎c︎e︎ a︎t︎ A︎u︎t︎i︎s︎m︎ S︎p︎e︎a︎ks︎.︎
Let's band together and take them down. Expose them on a wide scale for what they really are, and spread autism acceptance while we're at it.
Let the fiery pits of hell swallow them whole.
April is “Autism Awareness Month”, so here are a few reminders for you to keep in mind:
Autism Speaks is a hate group.
The reasoning behind “Light It Up Blue” (that there are more autistic boys than girls) stems from a tendency in doctors to base their autism diagnoses on stereotypes and sometimes refuse to diagnose girls.
Most autistic people don’t want a “cure” for autism and don’t support Autism Speaks.
Autism Speaks has given abusive/ableist parents legitimacy by portraying autism as a terrifying, life-ruining affliction and sympathising with parents who have contemplated killing their children, or actually killed them.
The views of autistic people are more important in this topic than the views of our allistic family members and peers.
Autism is not a disease.
Very little (about 4%) of Autism Speaks’ proceeds go toward supporting autistic people. More of it goes toward catering.
Autism is not a tragedy.
What autistic people need is acceptance, not awareness.
ok um. I wanted to do something for autism month (i might do something else other than this who knows) and my brain, instead of thinking of anything clever, went “AUTISTIC SWAG. THE GORLS WITH THE AUTISTIC SWAG” and before I had the chance to go “brain what the fuck does that even mean” I’d sketched a bunch of animated ladies I think are autistic wearing sunglasses with a color pallet I tried to make look like the autism flag. so. there. AUTISTIC SWAG.
as things start gearing up for Autism Acceptance Month I am going to make an effort to share stuff from nonverbal, high support needs, and other words for "severely" autistic people (especially from marginalized groups like autistic people of color) and I think others should too. I chose to do this because I am very deeply opposed to the way low support people have gone about destigmatizing autism.
me, I am the epitome of the white "geeky" autistic that I read about in books from specialists and historians: I had no speech delay, I'm capable of many self-maintenance tasks like hygiene and food, but I still am not independent and I struggle greatly with social situations, show repetitive behavior, and have sensory integration problems.
by making it seem like autism is just a label for quirky people that get really into tv shows, prefer small silverware, and fidget sometimes, you've come all the way back around to encouraging ignorance. you've started to push people with more disabling autistic traits into the background of your activism or even tried to pretend your activism doesn't apply to them.
obviously it's important to acknowledge and share the ways that autistic people who can speak and maintain independence still struggle immensely in a neurotypical world, because that is something the vast majority of people still don't understand. but we need to do better at emphasizing the ways people's autism affects their lives, and advocating for the rights of people with different needs than our own.
this might seem harsh to say but it really seems like some of you are ashamed to be associated with people from different parts of the autism spectrum than you. why claim the label then?
when you see someone talk about an experience you didn't have, always make an effort to learn something from it.
come together with people from all points on the autism spectrum. make friends with them and listen to their voice, whether it's spoken or not.
it is called neurodiversity for a reason. our brains are extremely diverse, and that's why it's important to make sure you are not your only source.
if you look at one person on the spectrum, even if that person is you, that is one autistic person, and you can't make claims about autism based on that person alone.
Actually both the Fire Siblings are autistic coded but Zuko is a representation of what happens when you are isolated for being unable to mask your symptoms while Azula represents someone who masks their symptoms very well but struggles with confusion and feeling isolated. In this essay I will…
