Oh It's Not My Favorite Color

i think that… approximately 100% of the time, parents, teachers, etc… have this misconception that neurodivergent kids & teens don’t know anything about how to handle their neurodivergence.

for years, i suffered through people making suggestions of things that were things i had done, and either weren’t worth the effort or they actually made things worse. i told them this, and if i was still having any issues with the same problem they’d say something about “well if you’re not gonna listen to any suggestions…” when I did. they’re the one who didn’t listen when i told them that doesn’t work for me. They assume that because I didn’t try it in front of them (which is often impossible), I never tried it. I tried doing my homework as soon as I got home. I tried doing my homework at the table, I tried working where I was comfortable. I tried listening to music, I tried working in silence. I tried using a planner, I tried setting reminders on my phone, I tried. I tell people that I have executive functioning issues and they say that I have to work on it like I haven’t been doing that as long as I’ve had to do things and it’s so much better than it was before. I’m as able as I am now because I’ve spent 18 years working on it.

One of my friends has ADHD, and at one point when her grades dropped her parents took her phone, despite her telling them that the only way she can focus on her homework is to listen to music, for which she needs her phone.

I was in a study hall with another friend, who also has ADHD. Sometimes, they would be able to focus and do their work. Others, they would end up being entirely unable to and would do other stuff. The “instructional support” person would start bothering them about it, insist that they try. As if they hadn’t already done so.

I am tired of watching people assume that neurodivergent people aren’t trying, or we haven’t tried. We’re always trying.

I should note I don't think he knows I'm the stage manager and I honestly doubts he knows what that is

but oh, he will learn

so we're preparing for auditions for our first show in my theatre class rn (everyone has to audition for the grade, whether you want to be in it or not)

anyway, we're split into groups to practice our monologues with/to and cuz the teacher trusts me (this is my 4th year doing it after all) I'm with 3 newbies

well one of them likes to sass back when I tell him what to do, I mean he'll do it but I think he doesn't think I should be bossing him around

I am the stage manager

he's gonna need to learn to listen and to respect me real quick

MS, checking her watch: "oh, I think my cat's dying"

I trust this person with my children

The Walmart cashier watching me devour an entire lego set in front of them

aros you're marrying for tax benefits i just want to know the general consensus on whether this is okay or no cause i heard some people at work talking about it like it was a cardinal sin

As a rule of thumb, don't reblog donation posts or people asking for donations unless they've been vetted and reblogged by Palestinian bloggers. We usually go to lengths to verify this shit because we know scammers have been faking to get people to send them money, using the urgency of our genocide as bait.

It's disgusting this is what we're dealing with, but people are losing money because of some truly evil people out there.

Accounts don't just randomly spring up on tumblr without gofundmes while asking for someone to help them create a campaign. Fuck out of here with that shit.

Okay, here’s an interesting question. What hobbies do you guys have that wouldn’t be apparent from your online presence? Like something you spend a lot of time doing or thinking about beyond whatever you post on your blog.

honored to represent our queen Inej

the Crows as things my friends have said:

kaz: "what are we doing? I wasn't paying attention, I was too busy scheming."

inej: "he was terrified of me because he thought I tried to murder him and I wasn't gonna stop him from believing that."

jesper: "my summer aesthetic is otter pop."

wylan: "I was gonna fact check it, and then I forgot, and now it's been two months, so--"

nina: "I just need more food because I'm a gluttonous little beast."

matthias: "You disgust and amaze me at the same time."

this is true

hey guys remember that time when the entire tech/stage crew of the Music Man was sick right after the show last year cuz we worked ourselves to the bone in close quarters but refused to admit any of us were sick until the show was over

theatre kid problems

normal person: dang it! I'm sick, I guess I have to call into work to tell them I won't be there

theatre kids: IAMNOTSICK IAMNOTSICK IAMNOTSICK