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Good morning ☀️
#Bloomscrolling #Nature #AutisticJoy

#SilentSunday #nature #AutisticJoy

@daisy I’m not a #gunzel but I’m loving this thread and am :1000: % here for #AutisticJoy ✨💕✨ 🚆

During the early morning Lumi and I can take our walk through the graveyard in solitude. The light before sunrise made it look like a fairytale garden again today.
#nature #AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic

It is that deep.

Reality is complex and feelings can be intense and should not be suppressed. Allowing yourself to feel deeply and acknowledging problems is rational and necessary for personal growth.

It’s your decision if you want to stay on the surface, be boring asf and mourn your inner emptiness to be perceived as cool or if you take a deep dive into the ocean and allow yourself to have intense moments of joy, pain and deep connections with your inner and outer world.

I know it’s an individual thing and unmasking neurodivergence can be a question of safety, but for me personally the latter is an important part of being AuDHD.

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #neurodivergent #AutisticJoy
@autistics

This morning the pink flowers caught my attention. 🌸
#Bloomscrolling #AutisticJoy

I took this picture before sunrise this morning. The colours were so intense that they already caught my attention from afar.
#Bloomscrolling #AutisticJoy

You think you know the story, but have you heard the truth? 💡

This month, let’s debunk the myths and celebrate the reality of the autistic experience. No filters, no stereotypes—just the truth. ♾️

#TheTruthAboutAutism #AutisticJoy #AcceptanceInAction #UnionStrong #LosAngelesCounty #AutismAwarenessDay #WorldAutismAwarenessDay

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Gestern war ich in der #yayoikusama Ausstellung im Museum Ludwig in Köln.
Kusamas Kunst ist für mich visuelles Stimming der schönsten Art.
Das Ticket konnte ich vorab online kaufen.
Für mich war es ein rundum gelungener Nachmittag 😍
Das Ticket konnte ich vorab online mit einem Schwerbehinderungsrabatt kaufen.
@autistics

#visualstimming #kunstundkultur #autisticjoy #autistischefreude

ooh, got to join in with this 'Autism is a spectrum' #Neurodivergence #Neuridiversity #Neurodiverse #autismacceptancemonth #actuallyautistic #autisticJoy #Autism #Autistic

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hxnuzpppyxaxc7wjzm7ltuwk/post/3mijvo53mac24

My routines not only help me functioning in everyday life and carry me through difficult times, they also make me experience the best day of my life every day. 🤗

#AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #neurodivergent @autistics

✨Happy World Autism Acceptance Month✨ #autismacceptancemonth #actuallyautistic #autisticJoy #Autism #Autistic

@zigi_now9
I just did. I love my cordless vacuum cleaner so much. 🥰 It turned a household task that was difficult for me, because of executive dysfunction and sensory issues (noise, dust, warm smelly air) into autistic joy (dancing with a cute little machine 🤗).

#AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic

I still think that Dylan Thomas' "Fern Hill" is a perfect poem... So I'm sharing it here, if you need a poem today. Maybe read it out loud, it's got such a lovely music to it.

https://poets.org/poem/fern-hill

#poetry #mastopoets #wales #autisticJoy #literature

Just a casual work day… :chickArtist:

… making fidgets :) This is a ‘galaxy’ Zorble! It features both a galaxy black and sparkling blue/purple elixir filament to create a really pretty visual effect. ✨

Perfectly pocketable. Perfectly squishable.

https://brittbuilds3d.etsy.com

I offer 20% off my entire store to all Mastodon users —> Use code MASTO20 as checkout.

#BrittBuilds3D #SmallBusiness #ADHD #AutisticJoy

*For orders outside the U.S. or Canada, please DM me. 🫶🏻

Another anecdote of autistic joy.

This one takes place after the first Addams Family movie came out. Two neurodivergent friends and I (one was autistic, one ADHD, with me audhd; funny how we tend to form these trios) would go to the same dollar theater several times a week to go watch this movie. The employees there came to recognize us. We'd fill the time before the movie singing the lyrics to the TV show's theme song (with appropriate finger snapping of course). I even started bringing printouts of the lyrics in case anyone else wanted to join in. No one ever did though. In fact, there was seldom more than a few people in the theater with us. Maybe for the best? :blob_cat_giggle:

And since the three of us were also playing the Vampire ttrpg at the time, our GM decided--after us having watched the movie one afternoon--to play a game right afterwards where our characters were invited to an Addams party. What a blast that was!

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticJoy @autistics

Does anyone like to hear anecdotes of autistic joy?

I just read a post talking about autistic people's love of trains, and while I don't share that particular one exactly, I do have one or two other loves when it comes to infrastructure.

When I was in elementary school, we had a vending machine for milk, but it was always out of order. This made me sad because there was just something about getting nourishment from a machine that captured me. It wasn't until the last day of school that, on my way out with my mother, I noticed that the machine was now working. I insisted that she buy me some milk from it, which I'm sure seemed weird, but even by then I was used to being unusual.

The apex of this particular love came when my older brother took me to the college he was going to (I was still pre-teen at that point). I don't remember why we went there, but he took me to the lunchroom (or whatever it was called) to get something to eat. All along one wall was a bank of vending machines of every kind. And along another wall were floor to ceiling windows overlooking the airport (we were a few stories up).

The high I felt, eating my favorite soup* from a can both from and pre-heated by a machine while watching planes come and go was indescribable. I desperately wanted to go back but alas, never got to.

* Actually I'm not sure if it was my favorite soup at the time, or if that's when it became my favorite soup. 🤷

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticJoy @autistics

On a separate but kind of related note to my most recent post, Entrapta from SPOP has been genuinely good for me.

Thinking of "What Would Entrapta Do" has literally helped me move past moments I'd normally ruminate on to a self-destructive level. Her ability to simply be herself, do her own thing, and find joy in it so frequently, is something that (after a lot of work) I've been able to start emulating more. Joy over shame.

Even if only a bit for now.

I'm getting there. :blobfoxheart:

#entrapta #spop #actuallyautistic #autisticJoy

the light was good on yesterday's walk so here is some handsome lichen on tree bark.

#lichenSubscribe #lichen #naturephotography #autisticjoy

Dear Autscape attendees and allies,

We at Autscape are very happy to announce that registration for #OnlineAutscape2026 “Evolving Autistic Space Online” is now open!

The event will run from 6th to 8th February. We will be using Zoom webinars for the presentations and a dedicated Discord server for our social space.

https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/

### Tickets ###

To book your ticket, please visit:

https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/registration

### Programme ###

We're very proud of our incredible line-up of presenters! Please have a look:

https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/presenters

We are particularly grateful to stand-up poet, spoken word artist, broadcaster and neurodivergent advocate Kate Fox (known from BBC Radio 4 and the Glastonbury Festival, among others), who graciously volunteered time in her busy schedule to give a creative writing workshop entitled “Radical self-acceptance through creative writing and reading”.

The main programme schedule is now ready as well:

https://www.autscape.org/2026/online/schedule

Not listed there are informal discussions and activities; these may be announced later, or even organised on the spot at the event.

### Spread the word! ###

If you have the time, please help us spread the word by boosting this post and forwarding it anyone you think might be interested. It can also be very effective to forward it to organisations and professionals who work with autistic people, so they can show it to their clients (and attend themselves if they wish, of course: Autscape is autistic space, but everyone is welcome).

We hope to see many of you there!

On behalf of the Online Autscape organising team and the Autscape board,

Martijn Dekker
Acting chair, The Autscape Organisation

#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #autism #AutisticSpace #AutisticJoy #autistic #conference

Three Good Things:

1) learned now to fix a mistake in my knitting
2) starting on season 3 rewatching Eureka
3) fresh oranges

#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings #autisticJoy

Some neurotypical person may have to explain to me why the socially acceptable thing to do when someone calls you pretentious is to checks notes say thank you and lick their boot.

I'm autistic, so as we all know, I struggle to understand "common sense" things like that and am eager to learn so that I can be included in this delusionally toxic society of ours.

Some of that was likely sarcasm.

Things to keep in mind:

• If you're a woman, and someone calls you manipulative, they're afraid of the only power they've allowed you to keep.
• If you're an autist, and someone calls you pretentious, they are forcing you to do emotional labor to protect them, your attacker, from their own insecurity.

Never accept as feedback what is intended as abuse.

#SocialEngineering #BoundarySetting #EmotionalLabor #Sociology #Ontology #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticJoy #DoubleEmpathyProblem #Masking #IntersectionalFeminism #PowerDynamics #Assertiveness #InternalizedMisogyny

Some neurotypical person may have to explain to me why the socially acceptable thing to do when someone calls you pretentious is to checks notes say thank you and lick their boot.

I'm autistic, so as we all know, I struggle to understand "common sense" things like that and am eager to learn so that I can be included in this delusionally toxic society of ours.

Some of that was likely sarcasm.

Things to keep in mind:

• If you're a woman, and someone calls you manipulative, they're afraid of the only power they've allowed you to keep.
• If you're an autist, and someone calls you pretentious, they are forcing you to do emotional labor to protect them, your attacker, from their own insecurity.

Never accept as feedback what is intended as abuse.

#SocialEngineering #BoundarySetting #EmotionalLabor #Sociology #Ontology #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticJoy #DoubleEmpathyProblem #Masking #IntersectionalFeminism #PowerDynamics #Assertiveness #InternalizedMisogyny

Some neurotypical person may have to explain to me why the socially acceptable thing to do when someone calls you pretentious is to checks notes say thank you and lick their boot.

I'm autistic, so as we all know, I struggle to understand "common sense" things like that and am eager to learn so that I can be included in this delusionally toxic society of ours.

Some of that was likely sarcasm.

Things to keep in mind:

• If you're a woman, and someone calls you manipulative, they're afraid of the only power they've allowed you to keep.
• If you're an autist, and someone calls you pretentious, they are forcing you to do emotional labor to protect them, your attacker, from their own insecurity.

Never accept as feedback what is intended as abuse.

#SocialEngineering #BoundarySetting #EmotionalLabor #Sociology #Ontology #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticJoy #DoubleEmpathyProblem #Masking #IntersectionalFeminism #PowerDynamics #Assertiveness #InternalizedMisogyny

Some neurotypical person may have to explain to me why the socially acceptable thing to do when someone calls you pretentious is to checks notes say thank you and lick their boot.

I'm autistic, so as we all know, I struggle to understand "common sense" things like that and am eager to learn so that I can be included in this delusionally toxic society of ours.

Some of that was likely sarcasm.

Things to keep in mind:

• If you're a woman, and someone calls you manipulative, they're afraid of the only power they've allowed you to keep.
• If you're an autist, and someone calls you pretentious, they are forcing you to do emotional labor to protect them, your attacker, from their own insecurity.

Never accept as feedback what is intended as abuse.

#SocialEngineering #BoundarySetting #EmotionalLabor #Sociology #Ontology #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticJoy #DoubleEmpathyProblem #Masking #IntersectionalFeminism #PowerDynamics #Assertiveness #InternalizedMisogyny

Some neurotypical person may have to explain to me why the socially acceptable thing to do when someone calls you pretentious is to checks notes say thank you and lick their boot.

I'm autistic, so as we all know, I struggle to understand "common sense" things like that and am eager to learn so that I can be included in this delusionally toxic society of ours.

Some of that was likely sarcasm.

Things to keep in mind:

• If you're a woman, and someone calls you manipulative, they're afraid of the only power they've allowed you to keep.
• If you're an autist, and someone calls you pretentious, they are forcing you to do emotional labor to protect them, your attacker, from their own insecurity.

Never accept as feedback what is intended as abuse.

#SocialEngineering #BoundarySetting #EmotionalLabor #Sociology #Ontology #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticJoy #DoubleEmpathyProblem #Masking #IntersectionalFeminism #PowerDynamics #Assertiveness #InternalizedMisogyny

#Neurodivergent #AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic

The five neurodivergent love languages 😊💖

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticJoy #Neurodivergent

So, I finished reading Our Tragic Universe, by Scarlett Thomas. I really enjoyed this book - I found the narrator very likeable, and I enjoyed the many rabbit holes the book took me down. I'm tempted to just start from the beginning again, and that doesn't normally happen to me.

Wondering if Thomas' other books are as good as this...

#amreading #bookstodon #autisticJoy

Via Neuropride Ireland:

✨ What Are Glimmers? ✨
Glimmers are small, powerful moments of Autistic joy that emerge when we’re deeply immersed in what matters to us.
🌱 Discover how monotropism & flow create space for joy in an often overwhelming world. 💫

Find out more: https://autisticrealms.com/glimmers-autistic-joy-and-monotropism/
#AutisticJoy #Glimmers @actuallyautistic

✨ What Are Glimmers? ✨
Glimmers are small, powerful moments of Autistic joy that emerge when we’re deeply immersed in what matters to us. 🌱 Discover how monotropism & flow create space for joy in an overwhelming world. 💫 #AutisticJoy #monotropism #Glimmers #ADHD #AuDHD

https://autisticrealms.com/glimmers-autistic-joy-and-monotropism/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#AutisticCommunication #AutisticJoy #Autistic

kiss.

#catsofmastodon #caturday #shouldercat #AutisticJoy #catlove #catlife #cats

Now up on YouTube, an #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” presentation: “Sensory joy to the rescue: emotional containers and portable safe spaces” by Alicja Nocon.

Watch: https://youtu.be/1ArUdA_ZJio

Worksheet: https://www.autscape.org/2025/programme/handouts/sensory-joy-worksheet.pdf

“It's well-known that having a more sensitive nervous system means that autistic people experience more sensory triggers and are more easily dysregulated. But what if we could use our sensory sensitivity to our advantage to bring a sense of peace and joy to helps us get through difficult experiences? In this presentation, I will share a number of practical ways using sensory joy to help contain overwhelming emotions and prepare for unfamiliar of predictably stressful situations, based on my own experience and the experiences of my clients.”

#Autscape #AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic #autistic #autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #sensory #SensoryIssues

looking for bandits to swipe.

#catsofmastodon #caturday #shouldercat #AutisticJoy #catlove #catlife #cats #rascal

elbow cat.

#catsofmastodon #caturday #shouldercat #AutisticJoy #cats #rascal #catlife #catlove #elbowcat

adventure calls.

#catsofmastodon #caturday #shouldercat #cats #AutisticJoy #catlove #catlife #rascal

Omzumda kedi.

The Turkish word for cat is "kedi". Cat on my shoulder is "omzumda kedi".

I'm teaching myself some Turkish as it's my dream to (one day soon) visit the street cats of Istanbul.

#catsofmastodon #caturday #Turkish #shouldercat #cats #AutisticJoy #catlove #catlife #cats #rascal

She knows when I'm getting ready to leave and does this to stop me. It's very effective.

#catsofmastodon #caturday #shouldercat #AutisticJoy #catlove #catlife #cats #rascal

my head is a launch pad.

#caturday #CatsOfMastondon #shouldercat #catlife #catlove #AutisticJoy #cats

we love life.

#caturday #CatsOfMastondon #shouldercat #AutisticJoy #cats #catlife #catlove

My cat says hi.

#catsofmastodon #caturday #shouldercat #cats #AutisticJoy #catlove #catlife #furrytrousers #catpantaloons

my daemon.

#catsofmastodon #caturday #shouldercat #AutisticJoy #catlove #catlife #cats

She's a rascal and I am covered in scratches but look at her wee furry trousers. 😻

#catsofmastodon #caturday #shouldercat #cats #rascal #catlife #AutisticJoy

we seek higher things.

#catsofmastodon #shouldercat #cats #rascal #catlife #AutisticJoy

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🌟 This Week on Artfully Autistic: #Medium readers! 🌟

1️⃣ "You're Autistic, So Can You Answer My Questions?" Natalie Forrest

🤔 Ever been asked bizarre questions about being autistic? Natalie explores this.

👉 Read https://medium.com/artfullyautistic/youre-autistic-so-can-you-answer-my-questions-a89bf3dc5ad6
📚 Sub for more! #AutismAcceptance

@actuallyautistic
@actuallyautistics @actuallyadhd
2️⃣ "30 Sensory Icks" by Shamiha Said

🏷️ A checklist for sensory triggers you didn't know you had!

👉 Learn More https://medium.com/artfullyautistic/30-sensory-icks-a-complete-checklist-for-neurodiverse-people-a2d64db3f4d4

🌈 Become a #Medium member! #SensoryAwareness #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticAdults

3️⃣ "Homeless & Autistic? Theo Taught Me Actually Autistic Joy in School" by johnnyprofane1

🏫 Finding joy and education through an unlikely friendship.

👉 Discover https://medium.com/artfullyautistic/homeless-autistic-theo-taught-me-actually-autistic-joy-in-school-90937ace8374

👏 Support our #Medium writers! #AutisticJoy #SEND #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticEducation

4️⃣ "13 Travel Tips For Autism/ADHD" by Shamiha Said
✈️ Essential travel hacks for neurodiversity.
👉 Check it Out https://medium.com/artfullyautistic/13-really-helpful-travel-tips-for-people-with-autism-adhd-63dc97efe9bc
💡 Unlock #Medium premium content! #TravelTips #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Neurodivergent #AutisticAdults #AuDHD

5️⃣ "Labels and Liberation: The Impact of Adult Autism and ADHD Diagnoses
" by Laura Vegh
🆓 How diagnosis can be a path to personal freedom.
👉 Read Now https://medium.com/artfullyautistic/labels-and-liberation-the-impact-of-adult-autism-and-adhd-diagnoses-eb9ca0b769d1
🔒 Subscribe for full access! #AdultDiagnosis #LateDiagnosis #ActuallyAutistic

6️⃣ "It's Exhausting" by Shamiha Said
🏢 The unspoken challenges of being autistic at work.
👉 Explore https://medium.com/artfullyautistic/its-exhausting-the-hidden-struggles-of-working-autistic-people-b5275338255
💰 Support quality writing on #Medium! #WorkStruggles

#ArtfullyAutistic, the largest #Medium pub for New Voices in Neurodivergence.

Autistic? Love one, care for, educate, or employ some... wonder if you ARE one?

👇 Share, comment, let us know what resonated with you! 🗨️💬
#Neurodiversity #AutismCommunity
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I was so in #InTheZone today, out making #PuddleOfTheDay photos in the rain, I didn't notice my body had gotten quite cold and wet. #AutisticJoy #hyperfocus
#berlin #MastoArt #spring2023