Its a disability not a "super power"!!!
Sure, some issues are caused and made worse by how our society is, but most things that make autism a disability would still be there even if society was perfect
(Tw for ableism, meltdowns, elopement, etc.)
Hi, I am currently in an argument with someone in a comment section because they are saying that autism is not a disability. So I decided that I want to make a post about it, and thoroughly talk about it.
If you do not know me, hello. I am an autistic primarily nonspeaking teenager with mid-high support needs. I'm disabled.
I am honestly very tired of low support needs autistics saying that autism isnt disabling, because it very much is for me and a lot of other people. Just because your experience isnt the same as ours, doesn't cancel out our experience.
I will never live alone. I am a teenager who can not make food, or blow dry his own hair. My ability to use oral speech varies a lot, and when I can use it, I usually end up having severe meltdowns from it. I am in special ed. It hurts when I brush my hair. I have put myself in danger by running into the street. My emotions are extremely strong, so I often seem rude when I'm not, I just can't control the fact that when I feel something it's so incredibly strong that it hurts. I have little to no internal sensation. I could not bathe myself until I was 9 or ten, and even now I will not just go and take a shower myself; I need someone to tell me to, and I need a visual schedule to help me do so. And many more things.
The person's response was to then say that is not because I am autistic, that is because of the way mankind is. That my autism is not disabling, society is. And whilst I do agree that society is horrible to disabled people, and it would be much much easier to exist as a disabled person in this world if society was different, that doesn't change the fact that my autism is disabling. Me being nonspeaking is not because of society. Me being unable to care for myself is not because of society. Most of the things on that list are not because of society!
Just because low support needs people exist, does absolutely not give them the right to speak over us, and tell us what our experiences are or are not.
My autism is disabling. Listen to me. Listen to me. My life has been severely impacted because I am disabled. You can not sit there and tell me that me being unable to care for myself, and unable to live alone ever, isn't disabling, and that it's because of society.
I am disabled. Stop speaking over high support needs autistics.
One of the key differences between c and cc Grian is the fact that cc Grian is good at organising and managing events whereas c Grian gets put in any position of power and immediately starts breaking out in hives. This cubito turns full malicious compliance instantly because if he is going to suffer having to be in charge everyone else is going to suffer with him
[Day 30]: TANUKI JOEL TANUKI JOEL TANUKI JOEL-
(Whenever i export animations, procreate sometimes messes up the colors a bit? It looks fine on my ipad, but the animation is desaturated on my phone, so here's what it should look like:)
Anyways, i thought it would be funny to draw Joel summoning Effo, inspired by Grian & Scar summoning mumbo during season 8. It turned out even sillier than i thought it would and i absolutely love it wkdhwjd
(explanation of the animation + sketch of the tail below!)
Also wanted to show off the sketch since it shows off the movement a lot better! I did end up changing a LOT (and even ended up adding some frames where i did lineart w/o a sketch inbetween... Oop-) but u can still kind of see the drag and offset?
So basically: since the tail isn't a stiff object like... A table or sth, it has multiple 'joints' (<-don't remember the proper term for it). Now, if u animated the tail just moving back and forth it would look v v stiff and wierd, since irl the tip of the tail would be "dragged along" with the bottom (<-aka the ACTUAL joint that the movement originates from). To create a more organic and realistic movement, you need to slightly delay the other parts of the tail. I usually use those lil circles to sketch this out at first, since its a lot easier to do without having to worry about shape and perspective and such.
(in theory i know wayyy too much about animation, but in practice im still struggling to do it bc i don't have much experience animating ekfhakdj- i do know the theory p well, which is why im hoping his lil explanation might help someone! Let me know if u guys want me to include some art theory lessons more often :D)
Wait i just realized, etho doesn't stream. Does anyone know how he's planning on participating in the whole companion thing (+all the other things that can be redeemed thro subs/channel points/donos/etc.) without streaming?
NEW VAULT HUNTERS SEASON LETS GOO!!!!
I fucking love vault hunters, i think ive been watching hbomb since.. Season 2? Maybe? Anyways, WHAT THE FUCK ETHO IS JOINING LETS GOOOO OMGGGGG!!!
I think imma post more vault hunters stuff on here too cause i fucking love that shit
“You shouldn’t self-ID as ADHD/autistic, you’re turning a very real mental condition into a trend” Ok then stop saying delulu. Stop speculating on which cluster C personality disorder the criminals you hear about on the news have. Stop saying “schizoposting” and “acoustic” and “is it restarted?” Stop using “psycopath” and “sociopath” as catch-all ways of calling someone a bad person. Stop saying “the intrusive thoughts won” when you bleach your hair and then turn your nose up at people who suffer from very real, very scary urges of physical/sexual violence. Stop saying “I’m so OCD” as a way of calling yourself neat. Stop treating BPD/ASPD/Bipolar as inherently abusive. Stop saying “OP I am living in your walls” without tagging for unreality. Stop diagnosing complete strangers you’ve never met on r/AITA with NPD.
You first. If you don’t want our disabilities to be treated like trends then stop belittling and minimising them. I’ll NEVER judge a person for trying find labels for their symptoms when an apathetic, racist, sexist, ableist healthcare system refuses to. But I will absolutely judge a hypocrite. Which a lot of you are
Chat, ya'll hungry?
They always are ;^;
MY FOOSH COSPLAY I FINALLY DONE!!!
Gsnail and Gemsnail are reading Karl Marx' communist manifesto. I wonder where they got it from...
Previously
Part 2 of @evil-xisapril ! ITS AUTISM DAY BABY!! YOU KNOW WHO ELSE HAS AUTISM??? TOTALLY NOT ME. /S
still cant believemy psychiatrist just. Looked at me one day and went „do you think you might have autism?“ like how did he know. Its totally not obvious at all. Right? Right?! (<–guy whos obsessively drawing a character that hasnt appeared in forever)
ANYWAYS i spent all day at school and an art gallery today, being autistic, so have this quick sketch. Imma post another autistic ex artwork soon tho!
how did you explain your two year long no call no show to your boss at the gas station?
“In the end, I didn’t really have to explain anything?”
[transcript below]
Anonymous Caller:
how did you explain your two year long no call no show to your boss at the gas station?
Wilbur Soot:
[editorial note: its a flashback; artist rendition. Wilbur has just returned to Utah]
Yes! Finally!
[Wilbur calls his boss]
Hey, It’s Wilbur. [unintelligible] Wilbur Soot. [unintelligible] Yes- Yeah, the British sounding one. Listen, I was wondering-
[unintelligible] My two week notice didn’t get processed? Are you kidding? [unintelligible] Oh... [unintelligible] Ok... Ok That makes sense. [unintelligible] Sure. [unintelligible] Alright, see you Monday.