When someone says they want to be normal, what I think they really want is to fit in, to be accepted by the group, to belong.
It’s the belonging that we’re really after, not being the same.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic
How to Help Your Autistic Co-Workers Feel Safe and Comfortable at Work
www.thearticulateautistic.com/how-to-help-...
#Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #Employment #Career #Corporate #Neurodivergent
British actor AJ Donnelly stands on a street, in front of a wall on which a bike and a bouquet of flowers is painted
A photo of a building in a small art village in Beijing, on which a huge white cat has been painted
A photo of a beautiful Chinese cup, holding a hot latte
British actor AJ Donnelly sitting at a table in a coffee shop, drinking a hot latte while someone outside the frame holds the lid of the cup over his head
Why I love living in an art village, reason #1052
There’s always a new place to grab coffee! 🤩
Oh, and apparently our village has some new artwork on the walls as well. Who knew?! 🧑🏽🎨
PS. Wife knew. In fact… everyone knew. Except me. 🤷♂️🌻
#art #coffee #actorslife #actuallyautistic #streetphotography
The Celestia Quixs Digital Legacy: 28 years of music, authorship, & advocacy. Use the "Gift" link to fund hosting & preserve this site beyond 2026.
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#CelestiaQuixs #DigitalLegacy #ActuallyAutistic #NeurodivergentArtist #SupportIndieArtists
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#WordPress #TechFail #WebHosting #DigitalLegacy #ActuallyAutistic #TerminallyIll #LegacyArchive #UnpaidQA #SystemicIncompetence #AccessibilityFailure
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Autistic SFF (+ a lil romance & more) itch.io bundle.
34 works of fiction by autistic authors, many with autistic main characters & autistic side characters. Other rep includes some queer main characters. There's fantasy, sci-fi, horror, romance, and more. Novels, a few novellas, and short stories.
April 1st - April 14th
https://itch.io/b/3598/autistic-sff-a-lil-romance-more
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Book cover. (Mostly) white text on dark blue background. “The Last Lady of Lună” with “Lună” in red overlaying the image of a crescent moon. “Jess Mahler” at the bottom. Image is framed on two sides by decorative scrollwork.
My novella, The Last Lady of Lună, is part of a the Autistic SFF (+ a 'lil romance & more) Bundle
Now available on Itchio
34 books by autistic authors, with autistic characters, for $30
itch.io/b/3598/autis...
Okay Bluesky, we know how important it is to name and #shame intolerant and toxic people. We need a word for people intolerant of those on the #Autism spectrum. It needs to end in the suffix “-phobe.” Give me some ideas. #autistic #help #ableism #actuallyautistic #intolerance #autismawareness
We don't talk about grief, and yet the #neurodivergent community feels is acutely. This #nonfiction anthology explores grief in all its forms. #OwnVoices include authors who are #AuDHD and #ActuallyAutistic.
books2read.com/grief
💙📚♾️♿
#SpoonieAuthor
#AutChat for #ActuallyAutistic and similar is on BlueSky in 1 hour, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 20:00 UTC / 9pm BST. Topic: self-harm.
If you want to read the questions ahead of time:
autchat.com/self-harm/
For some people, asking “how was your day?” is a low stress way to start a conversation. I found that often what the other person wants is connection, not information about your day, though they’re using that as a starting point to get a connection. 1/2
#ActuallyAutistic
Personally I prefer 'awareness', as I feel 'acceptance' means to accept the status quo.
But, potatoes/potAToes. If it helps people learn, understand and embrace it's good in my book. ✊🏽🌻
#actuallyautistic #autismawareness #autismacceptance
#autism
www.autismparentingmagazine.com/autism-accep...
Our very first community journal piece looking atthe harmful nature of functioning labels.
Written by @autisticrealms.bsky.social
news.neurohubcommunity.org/p/words-that...
#FunctioningLabels #ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #AutismAcceptanceMonth
Graphic with text that announces April as Autism Acceptance Month with a colorful puzzle piece logo and a supportive mother and son embracing on a blue background.
This month marks #AutismAcceptanceMonth — a time to build communities where different ways of thinking and experiencing the world are respected.
Join #LACountyAD in increasing #AutismAwareness and standing with autistic people.
#ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance
A digital illustration in a high-fantasy art style featuring the character Skeletor from Masters of the Universe. He stands centrally, portrayed with a muscular, metallic-grey body and his iconic yellow skull face hooded in dark fabric. He wears ornate black armor with a red gem at the center of his chest. His right hand holds a tall staff, while his left hand is clawed and outstretched. The background is a chaotic, volcanic landscape with flowing lava, jagged floating rocks, and a hazy, smoke-filled sky. Across the top and bottom of the image, bold white sans-serif text in an "Impact" font reads: "THERE'S SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ABOUT REALIZING YOU SURVIVED WHAT ONCE FELT IMPOSSIBLE."
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic no notes
https://mas.to/@skeletor/116352595648072759
There’s a lot of cultural messaging that says part time work isn’t good enough. And a lot of it really comes down to a narrow focus on productivity as the only measure for personal worth. 1/3
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity
New (revised from 2013) blog post. This is about the double standards autistic people are held to and how they're microscopically analyzed for social missteps while their neurotypical counterparts can get away with damn near anything.
open.substack.com/pub/julieesr...
#autism #actuallyautistic
For me, autism looks like doodling during class and/or staring out the window at a beautiful tree to better absorb the teacher's words. #actuallyautistic #AutismAwarenessMonth
For #WorldAutismDay, I posted about some of my favourite #ActuallyAutistic reads!
sifaelizabethreads.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/m...
Many of you don't realize that a neurodivergent person works along side you. That person you consider to be quiet, different, weird, odd or a rule follower is just trying to get through a days work by all their means. Joy of Autism
Who knew?
#ActuallyAutistic #NotGermanThough
Nordic Pearl - Go Nordic Copenhagen to Oslo video out now. youtu.be/aq5ybMKM_oA #gonordic #copenhagentoosloferry #commodoredeluxe #ferrycabin #buffetdinner #actuallyautistic
ooh, got to join in with this 'Autism is a spectrum'
#Neurodivergence
#Neuridiversity
#Neurodiverse
#autismacceptancemonth
#actuallyautistic
#autisticJoy
#Autism
#Autistic
At the seaside and on the boardwalk (wooden floor next to the beach), Mrs. Eddant sits down cross-legged (left leg over the right leg) on a turquoise bench (with a decal of one big bunny and three smaller bunnies on it), happily winking with her right eye. She wears blue shorts, a red shirt with a rainbow infinity printed on it, dark red shoes and bunny ears on her head. It's daytime, with clouds seen in the sky. A bunny can be faintly seen in one of the clouds. A text box on the upper-right corner says "Happy Easter!"
Happy Easter from Mrs. Eddant! #autism #autistic #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #autismacceptancemonth #mrseddant #bunnyears #red #redinstead #oc #originalcharacter #seaside #easter #rainbowinfinity
Self portrait in side profile view, muted monotone orange-brown palette, with a large rainbow dragonfly over the ear giving off an iridescent glow. Dragonfly is one of the symbols used to represent AuDHD, combined Autism & ADHD
Happy Autism Awareness month! <3 #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
I was recently asked if Autism Speaks has reformed to the point of being a good organization.
I'm still seeing some iffy stuff, like claims that ABA is all better now and elevating problematic voices. But does anyone have any good sources or information? #AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
Below I am including something written by Gemini, to bring together a co-authored response to a co-authored article written by @jamesgerman.bsky.social and Claude AI (his typist/assistant).
r.flora.ca/p/letter-to-...
#ActuallyAutistic
A vertical meme featuring a grainy, black-and-white sketch of the Mothman—a famous cryptid from West Virginia folklore—with large feathered wings and glowing red eyes—positioned in the center. The background is a blurry, multicolored "tie-dye" pattern of red, blue, green, and yellow. Bold white text with black outlines at the top and bottom reads: " "It’s Autism Awareness Month Yall about to become very aware of me." At the top of the image Instagram handle, cuddlycryptids, is shown.
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic chef’s kiss…
https://www.instagram.com/p/DWtqdLMEUEq/
