#sensoryissues — Public Fediverse posts

Happy Summer Solstice!

Otherwise known as the day the sun reaches the height of obstinacy before it gradually gets beaten down until we return to comfy darkness.

#GothForLife
#Heliophobic
#SensoryIssues

Happy Summer Solstice!

Otherwise known as the day the sun reaches the height of obstinacy before it gradually gets beaten down until we return to comfy darkness.

#GothForLife
#Heliophobic
#SensoryIssues

Happy Summer Solstice!

Otherwise known as the day the sun reaches the height of obstinacy before it gradually gets beaten down until we return to comfy darkness.

#GothForLife
#Heliophobic
#SensoryIssues

Happy Summer Solstice!

Otherwise known as the day the sun reaches the height of obstinacy before it gradually gets beaten down until we return to comfy darkness.

#GothForLife
#Heliophobic
#SensoryIssues

No one is going to give me a fucking serious answer because I'm a weak minded piece of shit according to the majority of the internet…

But do any other autistic people have this relationship with spice where it's like… I'm not a super champ but I do REALLY REALLY enjoy certain foods like tonight I got a street truck paneer dosa and I'm SO hungry and my mouth thinks it wants more?? But also a few bites is enough and I don't feel capable of eating more even though I'm HUNGRY and it TASTES REALLY GOOD? But I just… can't… eat… more…

Like my "flavor" intake is maxed out EVEN THOUGH IT'S DELICIOUS I just can't tolerate a lot AND EVEN THOUGH I'm still ravenous…

No one is going to give me a fucking serious answer because I'm a weak minded piece of shit according to the majority of the internet…

But do any other autistic people have this relationship with spice where it's like… I'm not a super champ but I do REALLY REALLY enjoy certain foods like tonight I got a street truck paneer dosa and I'm SO hungry and my mouth thinks it wants more?? But also a few bites is enough and I don't feel capable of eating more even though I'm HUNGRY and it TASTES REALLY GOOD? But I just… can't… eat… more…

Like my "flavor" intake is maxed out EVEN THOUGH IT'S DELICIOUS I just can't tolerate a lot AND EVEN THOUGH I'm still ravenous…

No one is going to give me a fucking serious answer because I'm a weak minded piece of shit according to the majority of the internet…

But do any other autistic people have this relationship with spice where it's like… I'm not a super champ but I do REALLY REALLY enjoy certain foods like tonight I got a street truck paneer dosa and I'm SO hungry and my mouth thinks it wants more?? But also a few bites is enough and I don't feel capable of eating more even though I'm HUNGRY and it TASTES REALLY GOOD? But I just… can't… eat… more…

Like my "flavor" intake is maxed out EVEN THOUGH IT'S DELICIOUS I just can't tolerate a lot AND EVEN THOUGH I'm still ravenous…

No one is going to give me a fucking serious answer because I'm a weak minded piece of shit according to the majority of the internet…

But do any other autistic people have this relationship with spice where it's like… I'm not a super champ but I do REALLY REALLY enjoy certain foods like tonight I got a street truck paneer dosa and I'm SO hungry and my mouth thinks it wants more?? But also a few bites is enough and I don't feel capable of eating more even though I'm HUNGRY and it TASTES REALLY GOOD? But I just… can't… eat… more…

Like my "flavor" intake is maxed out EVEN THOUGH IT'S DELICIOUS I just can't tolerate a lot AND EVEN THOUGH I'm still ravenous…

No one is going to give me a fucking serious answer because I'm a weak minded piece of shit according to the majority of the internet…

But do any other autistic people have this relationship with spice where it's like… I'm not a super champ but I do REALLY REALLY enjoy certain foods like tonight I got a street truck paneer dosa and I'm SO hungry and my mouth thinks it wants more?? But also a few bites is enough and I don't feel capable of eating more even though I'm HUNGRY and it TASTES REALLY GOOD? But I just… can't… eat… more…

Like my "flavor" intake is maxed out EVEN THOUGH IT'S DELICIOUS I just can't tolerate a lot AND EVEN THOUGH I'm still ravenous…

Hello, Lovely Peeps! I saw this last night & thought it was brilliant - am posting in case it can help anyone! 😃

During the last year of Najma Omar’s doctoral program in occupational therapy, her prof asked them to think about tools that hadn’t yet been invented to help people — but should exist.

She thought about her sister, who struggled with finding a hijab that could help with her noise sensitivity without adding a lot of weight or increasing pressure around her ears, which headphones or earmuffs did, and developed the 'SereniHijab' (Serenity Hijab), made of lightweight fabric, and padding inserted into the hijab covers the ears just enough that loud sounds aren’t as overwhelming.

'For Najma, the SereniHijab isn’t just a business. It’s a mission.

“Islam teaches ease, compassion, accommodation and meeting people where they are at. Designing a hijab that considers sensory needs is an extension of that. It’s honoring faith while also honoring someone’s sensory needs and neurology,” she said.

“It’s making sure that all women like my sister don’t have to choose between their comfort and then their identity.” '

Expected to launch in May, the first drop ... 'will have 100 pieces, including 50 pull-on hijabs & 50 headcap and scarf sets. After that, the Sereni team will offer pre-order availability.'

https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/sensory-friendly-sereni-hijab/

#ActuallyAutistic #Muslim #Sensory #SensoryFriendly #SensoryIssues #Hijab #SereniHijab #NoiseSensitivity

Hello, Lovely Peeps! I saw this last night & thought it was brilliant - am posting in case it can help anyone! 😃

During the last year of Najma Omar’s doctoral program in occupational therapy, her prof asked them to think about tools that hadn’t yet been invented to help people — but should exist.

She thought about her sister, who struggled with finding a hijab that could help with her noise sensitivity without adding a lot of weight or increasing pressure around her ears, which headphones or earmuffs did, and developed the 'SereniHijab' (Serenity Hijab), made of lightweight fabric, and padding inserted into the hijab covers the ears just enough that loud sounds aren’t as overwhelming.

'For Najma, the SereniHijab isn’t just a business. It’s a mission.

“Islam teaches ease, compassion, accommodation and meeting people where they are at. Designing a hijab that considers sensory needs is an extension of that. It’s honoring faith while also honoring someone’s sensory needs and neurology,” she said.

“It’s making sure that all women like my sister don’t have to choose between their comfort and then their identity.” '

Expected to launch in May, the first drop ... 'will have 100 pieces, including 50 pull-on hijabs & 50 headcap and scarf sets. After that, the Sereni team will offer pre-order availability.'

https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/sensory-friendly-sereni-hijab/

#ActuallyAutistic #Muslim #Sensory #SensoryFriendly #SensoryIssues #Hijab #SereniHijab #NoiseSensitivity

Hello, Lovely Peeps! I saw this last night & thought it was brilliant - am posting in case it can help anyone! 😃

During the last year of Najma Omar’s doctoral program in occupational therapy, her prof asked them to think about tools that hadn’t yet been invented to help people — but should exist.

She thought about her sister, who struggled with finding a hijab that could help with her noise sensitivity without adding a lot of weight or increasing pressure around her ears, which headphones or earmuffs did, and developed the 'SereniHijab' (Serenity Hijab), made of lightweight fabric, and padding inserted into the hijab covers the ears just enough that loud sounds aren’t as overwhelming.

'For Najma, the SereniHijab isn’t just a business. It’s a mission.

“Islam teaches ease, compassion, accommodation and meeting people where they are at. Designing a hijab that considers sensory needs is an extension of that. It’s honoring faith while also honoring someone’s sensory needs and neurology,” she said.

“It’s making sure that all women like my sister don’t have to choose between their comfort and then their identity.” '

Expected to launch in May, the first drop ... 'will have 100 pieces, including 50 pull-on hijabs & 50 headcap and scarf sets. After that, the Sereni team will offer pre-order availability.'

https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/sensory-friendly-sereni-hijab/

#ActuallyAutistic #Muslim #Sensory #SensoryFriendly #SensoryIssues #Hijab #SereniHijab #NoiseSensitivity

Hello, Lovely Peeps! I saw this last night & thought it was brilliant - am posting in case it can help anyone! 😃

During the last year of Najma Omar’s doctoral program in occupational therapy, her prof asked them to think about tools that hadn’t yet been invented to help people — but should exist.

She thought about her sister, who struggled with finding a hijab that could help with her noise sensitivity without adding a lot of weight or increasing pressure around her ears, which headphones or earmuffs did, and developed the 'SereniHijab' (Serenity Hijab), made of lightweight fabric, and padding inserted into the hijab covers the ears just enough that loud sounds aren’t as overwhelming.

'For Najma, the SereniHijab isn’t just a business. It’s a mission.

“Islam teaches ease, compassion, accommodation and meeting people where they are at. Designing a hijab that considers sensory needs is an extension of that. It’s honoring faith while also honoring someone’s sensory needs and neurology,” she said.

“It’s making sure that all women like my sister don’t have to choose between their comfort and then their identity.” '

Expected to launch in May, the first drop ... 'will have 100 pieces, including 50 pull-on hijabs & 50 headcap and scarf sets. After that, the Sereni team will offer pre-order availability.'

https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/sensory-friendly-sereni-hijab/

#ActuallyAutistic #Muslim #Sensory #SensoryFriendly #SensoryIssues #Hijab #SereniHijab #NoiseSensitivity

Hello, Lovely Peeps! I saw this last night & thought it was brilliant - am posting in case it can help anyone! 😃

During the last year of Najma Omar’s doctoral program in occupational therapy, her prof asked them to think about tools that hadn’t yet been invented to help people — but should exist.

She thought about her sister, who struggled with finding a hijab that could help with her noise sensitivity without adding a lot of weight or increasing pressure around her ears, which headphones or earmuffs did, and developed the 'SereniHijab' (Serenity Hijab), made of lightweight fabric, and padding inserted into the hijab covers the ears just enough that loud sounds aren’t as overwhelming.

'For Najma, the SereniHijab isn’t just a business. It’s a mission.

“Islam teaches ease, compassion, accommodation and meeting people where they are at. Designing a hijab that considers sensory needs is an extension of that. It’s honoring faith while also honoring someone’s sensory needs and neurology,” she said.

“It’s making sure that all women like my sister don’t have to choose between their comfort and then their identity.” '

Expected to launch in May, the first drop ... 'will have 100 pieces, including 50 pull-on hijabs & 50 headcap and scarf sets. After that, the Sereni team will offer pre-order availability.'

https://sahanjournal.com/business-work/sensory-friendly-sereni-hijab/

#ActuallyAutistic #Muslim #Sensory #SensoryFriendly #SensoryIssues #Hijab #SereniHijab #NoiseSensitivity

Hey fellow autistics (& Co) - general curiosity / discussion question:
Do you have a sensory (or "experiential") sensitivity that might be considered generally innocuous or at least tolerable up to a certain point, but ANYTHING above absolute zero has your hackles up? Just nope, shut it down, I cannot be around / experience that because it shuts my brain down.

Mine is whistling. Tuneless whistling is torture, but honestly even someone "good" at it, whistling a recognizable tune, has me like a cat with its fur stroked the wrong way. Instant tension and irritation flooding through my body, physically in fight mode and mentally in freeze / shutdown. It's a disruption / jamming signal on all my internal frequencies.

I think it's because I've always been able to hear higher frequencies and pitches - the vague electronic / electric squealing or whining in the office that no one else can hear but is drilling into my brain and giving me a headache. And while whistling might not be quite as piercingly high-pitched, it's approaching it AND it's a lot LOUDER than those "white noises" you feel more than hear, so somehow it's even WORSE and it really physically hurts me but I can't be the jerk who says, "hey can you knock off being cheerful and whistling a tune? it's causing me pain and mental distress" so I suffer in agitated, disregulated silence.

Hey fellow autistics (& Co) - general curiosity / discussion question:
Do you have a sensory (or "experiential") sensitivity that might be considered generally innocuous or at least tolerable up to a certain point, but ANYTHING above absolute zero has your hackles up? Just nope, shut it down, I cannot be around / experience that because it shuts my brain down.

Mine is whistling. Tuneless whistling is torture, but honestly even someone "good" at it, whistling a recognizable tune, has me like a cat with its fur stroked the wrong way. Instant tension and irritation flooding through my body, physically in fight mode and mentally in freeze / shutdown. It's a disruption / jamming signal on all my internal frequencies.

I think it's because I've always been able to hear higher frequencies and pitches - the vague electronic / electric squealing or whining in the office that no one else can hear but is drilling into my brain and giving me a headache. And while whistling might not be quite as piercingly high-pitched, it's approaching it AND it's a lot LOUDER than those "white noises" you feel more than hear, so somehow it's even WORSE and it really physically hurts me but I can't be the jerk who says, "hey can you knock off being cheerful and whistling a tune? it's causing me pain and mental distress" so I suffer in agitated, disregulated silence.

Hey fellow autistics (& Co) - general curiosity / discussion question:
Do you have a sensory (or "experiential") sensitivity that might be considered generally innocuous or at least tolerable up to a certain point, but ANYTHING above absolute zero has your hackles up? Just nope, shut it down, I cannot be around / experience that because it shuts my brain down.

Mine is whistling. Tuneless whistling is torture, but honestly even someone "good" at it, whistling a recognizable tune, has me like a cat with its fur stroked the wrong way. Instant tension and irritation flooding through my body, physically in fight mode and mentally in freeze / shutdown. It's a disruption / jamming signal on all my internal frequencies.

I think it's because I've always been able to hear higher frequencies and pitches - the vague electronic / electric squealing or whining in the office that no one else can hear but is drilling into my brain and giving me a headache. And while whistling might not be quite as piercingly high-pitched, it's approaching it AND it's a lot LOUDER than those "white noises" you feel more than hear, so somehow it's even WORSE and it really physically hurts me but I can't be the jerk who says, "hey can you knock off being cheerful and whistling a tune? it's causing me pain and mental distress" so I suffer in agitated, disregulated silence.

Hey fellow autistics (& Co) - general curiosity / discussion question:
Do you have a sensory (or "experiential") sensitivity that might be considered generally innocuous or at least tolerable up to a certain point, but ANYTHING above absolute zero has your hackles up? Just nope, shut it down, I cannot be around / experience that because it shuts my brain down.

Mine is whistling. Tuneless whistling is torture, but honestly even someone "good" at it, whistling a recognizable tune, has me like a cat with its fur stroked the wrong way. Instant tension and irritation flooding through my body, physically in fight mode and mentally in freeze / shutdown. It's a disruption / jamming signal on all my internal frequencies.

I think it's because I've always been able to hear higher frequencies and pitches - the vague electronic / electric squealing or whining in the office that no one else can hear but is drilling into my brain and giving me a headache. And while whistling might not be quite as piercingly high-pitched, it's approaching it AND it's a lot LOUDER than those "white noises" you feel more than hear, so somehow it's even WORSE and it really physically hurts me but I can't be the jerk who says, "hey can you knock off being cheerful and whistling a tune? it's causing me pain and mental distress" so I suffer in agitated, disregulated silence.

Hey fellow autistics (& Co) - general curiosity / discussion question:
Do you have a sensory (or "experiential") sensitivity that might be considered generally innocuous or at least tolerable up to a certain point, but ANYTHING above absolute zero has your hackles up? Just nope, shut it down, I cannot be around / experience that because it shuts my brain down.

Mine is whistling. Tuneless whistling is torture, but honestly even someone "good" at it, whistling a recognizable tune, has me like a cat with it's fur stroked the wrong way. Instant tension and irritation flooding through my body, physically in fight mode and mentally in freeze / shutdown. It's a disruption / jamming signal on all my internal frequencies.

I think it's because I've always been able to hear higher frequencies and pitches - the vague electronic / electric squealing or whining in the office that no one else can hear but is drilling into my brain and giving me a headache. And while whistling might not be quite as piercingly high-pitched, it's approaching it AND it's a lot LOUDER than those "white noises" you feel more than hear, so somehow it's even WORSE and it really physically hurts me but I can't be the jerk who says, "hey can you knock off being cheerful and whistling a tune? it's causing me pain and mental distress" so I suffer in agitated, disregulated silence.

Has anyone here had experience automating an #IKEA KNÖCKLA for automatic opening? And more generally: how do you deal with trash bags constantly leaking? Asking for myself, since I make coffee with a French press and therefore end up with liquid residue in my trash bags.
#diy #automation #sensoryissues

Has anyone here had experience automating an #IKEA KNÖCKLA for automatic opening? And more generally: how do you deal with trash bags constantly leaking? Asking for myself, since I make coffee with a French press and therefore end up with liquid residue in my trash bags.
#diy #automation #sensoryissues

Finished a #hat for my daughter. We went full circle with her: I personally hate beanies because they either ride up, or get into the eyes, and painfully press on the ears. You may call it #neurodivergentTroubles , but I'm convinced everyone just tolerates them because they don't know any better.
I discovered that German sewing patterns for hats would often have ear flaps, and also visors, and was excited. I made several German hats for my children when they were little, and one was exactly like this but in beige corduroy instead.
Two things happened: she finally outgrew it, and conformed to wanting a black beanie... that was worn for a while happily, then avoided for a year, then she admitted it had all the faults listed above, and wanted a hat 'like that one I had before, that you'd made'.
The pattern only goes to 54cm head, and she's now 55cm. And instructions suggest that for corduroy and fluffy lining, I should size up... and I never perfected grading up or down before. I guess now I have a working method :)
I went two sizes up, but the pattern is too cautious really, and one is enough. I ended up removing 2cm from the circumference by resewing the final seam with larger seam allowance.
The first version was big enough for my head, and it definitely got me thinking ;) Need to make longer ear flaps and a bigger visor for myself though.
The pattern is free Supermuzz by Lila wie Liebe: https://www.lila-wie-liebe.de/supermuezz-wintermuetze-fuer-kinder-unsere-neue/
#sewing #corduroy #sensoryIssues

Finished a #hat for my daughter. We went full circle with her: I personally hate beanies because they either ride up, or get into the eyes, and painfully press on the ears. You may call it #neurodivergentTroubles , but I'm convinced everyone just tolerates them because they don't know any better.
I discovered that German sewing patterns for hats would often have ear flaps, and also visors, and was excited. I made several German hats for my children when they were little, and one was exactly like this but in beige corduroy instead.
Two things happened: she finally outgrew it, and conformed to wanting a black beanie... that was worn for a while happily, then avoided for a year, then she admitted it had all the faults listed above, and wanted a hat 'like that one I had before, that you'd made'.
The pattern only goes to 54cm head, and she's now 55cm. And instructions suggest that for corduroy and fluffy lining, I should size up... and I never perfected grading up or down before. I guess now I have a working method :)
I went two sizes up, but the pattern is too cautious really, and one is enough. I ended up removing 2cm from the circumference by resewing the final seam with larger seam allowance.
The first version was big enough for my head, and it definitely got me thinking ;) Need to make longer ear flaps and a bigger visor for myself though.
The pattern is free Supermuzz by Lila wie Liebe: https://www.lila-wie-liebe.de/supermuezz-wintermuetze-fuer-kinder-unsere-neue/
#sewing #corduroy #sensoryIssues

Finished a #hat for my daughter. We went full circle with her: I personally hate beanies because they either ride up, or get into the eyes, and painfully press on the ears. You may call it #neurodivergentTroubles , but I'm convinced everyone just tolerates them because they don't know any better.
I discovered that German sewing patterns for hats would often have ear flaps, and also visors, and was excited. I made several German hats for my children when they were little, and one was exactly like this but in beige corduroy instead.
Two things happened: she finally outgrew it, and conformed to wanting a black beanie... that was worn for a while happily, then avoided for a year, then she admitted it had all the faults listed above, and wanted a hat 'like that one I had before, that you'd made'.
The pattern only goes to 54cm head, and she's now 55cm. And instructions suggest that for corduroy and fluffy lining, I should size up... and I never perfected grading up or down before. I guess now I have a working method :)
I went two sizes up, but the pattern is too cautious really, and one is enough. I ended up removing 2cm from the circumference by resewing the final seam with larger seam allowance.
The first version was big enough for my head, and it definitely got me thinking ;) Need to make longer ear flaps and a bigger visor for myself though.
The pattern is free Supermuzz by Lila wie Liebe: https://www.lila-wie-liebe.de/supermuezz-wintermuetze-fuer-kinder-unsere-neue/
#sewing #corduroy #sensoryIssues

Finished a #hat for my daughter. We went full circle with her: I personally hate beanies because they either ride up, or get into the eyes, and painfully press on the ears. You may call it #neurodivergentTroubles , but I'm convinced everyone just tolerates them because they don't know any better.
I discovered that German sewing patterns for hats would often have ear flaps, and also visors, and was excited. I made several German hats for my children when they were little, and one was exactly like this but in beige corduroy instead.
Two things happened: she finally outgrew it, and conformed to wanting a black beanie... that was worn for a while happily, then avoided for a year, then she admitted it had all the faults listed above, and wanted a hat 'like that one I had before, that you'd made'.
The pattern only goes to 54cm head, and she's now 55cm. And instructions suggest that for corduroy and fluffy lining, I should size up... and I never perfected grading up or down before. I guess now I have a working method :)
I went two sizes up, but the pattern is too cautious really, and one is enough. I ended up removing 2cm from the circumference by resewing the final seam with larger seam allowance.
The first version was big enough for my head, and it definitely got me thinking ;) Need to make longer ear flaps and a bigger visor for myself though.
The pattern is free Supermuzz by Lila wie Liebe: https://www.lila-wie-liebe.de/supermuezz-wintermuetze-fuer-kinder-unsere-neue/
#sewing #corduroy #sensoryIssues

Finished a #hat for my daughter. We went full circle with her: I personally hate beanies because they either ride up, or get into the eyes, and painfully press on the ears. You may call it #neurodivergentTroubles , but I'm convinced everyone just tolerates them because they don't know any better.
I discovered that German sewing patterns for hats would often have ear flaps, and also visors, and was excited. I made several German hats for my children when they were little, and one was exactly like this but in beige corduroy instead.
Two things happened: she finally outgrew it, and conformed to wanting a black beanie... that was worn for a while happily, then avoided for a year, then she admitted it had all the faults listed above, and wanted a hat 'like that one I had before, that you'd made'.
The pattern only goes to 54cm head, and she's now 55cm. And instructions suggest that for corduroy and fluffy lining, I should size up... and I never perfected grading up or down before. I guess now I have a working method :)
I went two sizes up, but the pattern is too cautious really, and one is enough. I ended up removing 2cm from the circumference by resewing the final seam with larger seam allowance.
The first version was big enough for my head, and it definitely got me thinking ;) Need to make longer ear flaps and a bigger visor for myself though.
The pattern is free Supermuzz by Lila wie Liebe: https://www.lila-wie-liebe.de/supermuezz-wintermuetze-fuer-kinder-unsere-neue/
#sewing #corduroy #sensoryIssues

anyone else experiences sensory overwhelm specifically on their hands? it makes it so hard to do anything but especially typing on a keyboard, it's like every touch is painful

#autism #sensoryissues

anyone else experiences sensory overwhelm specifically on their hands? it makes it so hard to do anything but especially typing on a keyboard, it's like every touch is painful

#autism #sensoryissues

Ripping cardboard is to me what nails on a chalkboard are to others.
#sensoryissues

Ripping cardboard is to me what nails on a chalkboard are to others.
#sensoryissues

The #tremor has been my fave symptom cuz; Kate Hepburn is classy, all the best songs (Shake It Up, Shake it Up Baby, OOOoooOhh Shake) at times feels like riding a train to experience not unpleasant, and its something people can see unlike a jacked nervous system or #LightSensitivity #SensoryIssues #functionalNeurologicDisorder #FND #neurodivergent #disability

The #tremor has been my fave symptom cuz; Kate Hepburn is classy, all the best songs (Shake It Up, Shake it Up Baby, OOOoooOhh Shake) at times feels like riding a train to experience not unpleasant, and its something people can see unlike a jacked nervous system or #LightSensitivity #SensoryIssues #functionalNeurologicDisorder #FND #neurodivergent #disability

If you have sensitivity to bright lights, it's definitely worth investing in dimmable lightbulbs for your place. I usually have my lights on no higher than 50% brightness, enough to see by but not to induce a headache, and only turn them up for working on detailed art/crafts. Dimmable lights are a game changer. #ActuallyAutistic #SensoryIssues #LightSensitivity

If you have sensitivity to bright lights, it's definitely worth investing in dimmable lightbulbs for your place. I usually have my lights on no higher than 50% brightness, enough to see by but not to induce a headache, and only turn them up for working on detailed art/crafts. Dimmable lights are a game changer. #ActuallyAutistic #SensoryIssues #LightSensitivity

If you have sensitivity to bright lights, it's definitely worth investing in dimmable lightbulbs for your place. I usually have my lights on no higher than 50% brightness, enough to see by but not to induce a headache, and only turn them up for working on detailed art/crafts. Dimmable lights are a game changer. #ActuallyAutistic #SensoryIssues #LightSensitivity

straight up cried - still very upset when I found out incandescent light bulbs are illegal and now contraband and I have none. What the ableist classist tax the poor fuckity fuck america? Already disabled folks are shamed about using straws now we can sit in the dark too or pony up $20 for what feels like a blue interior floodlight #DrinkingStraws #lightbulbs #migraine #SensoryIssues #LightSensitivity #WhyICriedYesterday #ShakesFistAtSky

straight up cried - still very upset when I found out incandescent light bulbs are illegal and now contraband and I have none. What the ableist classist tax the poor fuckity fuck america? Already disabled folks are shamed about using straws now we can sit in the dark too or pony up $20 for what feels like a blue interior floodlight #DrinkingStraws #lightbulbs #migraine #SensoryIssues #LightSensitivity #WhyICriedYesterday #ShakesFistAtSky

I just tried to push up my sleaves. I'm already wearing a short sleeve shirt. 🤦

#Habit #ActuallyAutistic #SensoryIssues #IYKYK

I just tried to push up my sleaves. I'm already wearing a short sleeve shirt. 🤦

#Habit #ActuallyAutistic #SensoryIssues #IYKYK

So it turns out when I don't mask as much or repress my feelings I have a LOT of sensory issues I didn't know about even as a kid. Like, I hate when my hands are wet, I hate touching cold and wet things. I work at a grocery store. I have to touch frozen packages all day. I might invest in some "arthritis" gloves.

So it turns out when I don't mask as much or repress my feelings I have a LOT of sensory issues I didn't know about even as a kid. Like, I hate when my hands are wet, I hate touching cold and wet things. I work at a grocery store. I have to touch frozen packages all day. I might invest in some "arthritis" gloves.

The squeaky wheel may get the grease, but my AvPD makes it so very hard to squeak and my sensory issues makes me hate the feeling of grease

#AvoidantPersonalityDisorder #sensoryIssues #undiagnosed

1am is the best time of the day #braininjury #sensoryIssues

#AskingAutistics

Do you think you've suffered any trauma simply due to being autistic?

(trauma being pain that stays with you)

If so, what are the experiences you've suffered most trauma from? Are they sensory ones? Social ones? Or something else?

More info truly welcome - comment below :NeonHearts:

I've put my own response in the first post below ⬇️

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Trauma #Bullying #Neurodiversity #SensoryIssues