Saw this while listening to a world revolving remix
i think if you don’t have sensory difficulties, it’s easier to diminish them as a matter of “preference.” but they are not.
when i, an autistic person, say “I cannot handle bell pepper,” I don’t mean “I would rather avoid it.” i mean actively, if all the food offered to me for six days straight contained bell peppers, i would starve. there is nothing on this entire planet that would make me eat them, because i can not handle them. and so by extension, when another autistic person only has four-or-five meals that they will eat, removing one of these meals will not allow for a substitute to occur. it’ll be one meal less they’re eating. and these same foods can be brand-specific. even if you, as a person without sensitivities, can’t tell a sensory difference, it is possible for people with these differences to be able to. there’s a whole disorder named after this. (avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.)
this isn’t a die-hard rule. some of us have extreme sensitivities and are brand specific. some of us do not. some of us can tolerate it. some of us cannot. but do not get upset at autistic people who point out something such as “it is very possible for us to only want to eat that one specific type of Kraft Mac and Cheese and abandoning that would starve us.”
(OK to reblog!)
height shame isn’t about how tall YOU are. it’s about whether your younger sibling is taller than you or not.
Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy turned 42 today, hot damn
opinion on people who just eat cereal dry with their hands like its popcorn. not asking for any reason
The crab war on buckets has begun
im trying to nap but i cant because i can overhear my mom being radicalized in the living room
This just in, walked out of the building to see a kid as dressed Waldo, dressed as the grim reaper.
Joy regained
Just about cried during a maths test because I completely blanked on the question about the one thing I spent an hour studying just so I could understand it.
Life is hell
If I’m driving and you come up tail-gating me to an absurd level in a pickup or a jeep, don’t be surprised to hear a very loud FUCK YEAAAAAA or YOU DRIVE WITH A COCK THAT BIG? because I use those tactics to confuse and halt idiots on the road
please help this world politics conversation has been going on for 7 hours
it might be 8 now I don’t know
if you could only wear earrings, necklaces, bracelets, or rings for the rest of your life, which would you pick???