Idk why I hold it so close to the point. I’ve just always done it

6 sweaters, same size, model ect, just different colours. I don’t wear one on Saturday, cause I wear my hoodie.

I took these cool pictures today, and I'd love to see your cloud pictures. (Because they're freaking cool!)

If I get one more weird squishy in my otherwise firm soup, I'm gonna boycott Campbell's

Like omg look at them!

Hey all. I’m an autistic adult, out and proud, and I wanted to share a bit about my experience because I know there are others out there like me — navigating a life that from the outside might look “put together,” but with a very different internal experience.

I’m a parent. I’m married to a neurotypical partner. I’ve got a professional career, great friends (mostly NT), and I’m really mindful about taking care of my mental and physical health. These days I’m open about being autistic in both my personal and professional life. It’s honestly only benefited me — the more I embrace it, the more capacity I have for authenticity, connection, and advocacy.

But it wasn't easy getting here.

Like a lot of us, I masked hard for years. I burned out more than once. My support needs vary a lot — sometimes they're pretty light, sometimes they’re heavy. And just because I’m "doing well" doesn’t mean it’s always easy. I still have intense sensory days. I still need recovery time after social situations. I still hyperfixate. But now I know what it is, and I’ve built a life around supporting myself instead of shaming myself.

I’m also very aware that I have a lot of privilege — being in a position of power in my career, having a stable family system, being believed and respected. That’s why I’m fiercely committed to using that position to advocate for other autistic folks who aren't given the same grace or accommodations.

If you're someone who relates to this experience — navigating “mainstream” spaces while still needing a different rulebook — say hi. I see you.

And if you’re curious about what it looks like to live like this, AMA. Happy to talk about anything: burnout, parenting while autistic, relationships, disclosure at work, managing meltdowns in a professional setting, whatever.

Let’s normalize more versions of what being autistic looks like. ✌️

I though some of you would appreciatte this vintage spoon I bought in my last trip to London. Love her.

I(23M) really can't stand them. They're boring as hell to be around. They never understand "NO" for anything the first time like if I want to eat anything.

Nothing about them is at all engaging to me. I hate being asked about myself by them, having to give the same stupid responses every time.

I only tell people I'm close with and trust. A lot of the people I've told said they never would've guessed that I had autism. The reason I don't tell most people is that it goes undetected easily, there's a possible stigma that comes with that being well-known information, and there's no reason people need to know. An ex-friend used to tell strangers I was autistic and I hated that. I often wonder if many people would view me differently if they knew.

THIS WAS ALL TO BUILD MOTIVATION TO GO FISHING RAHHHHHHHH

My all time safety food sandwich is a vegan cheese and cucumber sandwich with vegan mayo. I recently started having it again for my lunches and they make me so happy! I honestly look forward to lunch so much because of this sandwich!

do you guys easily form crushes and find strangers attractive? it’s very rare that i look at someone and feel attracted to them or think they’re hot. i really don’t have celebrity crushes either, i have 2 or 3 celebrities i think are hot but other than that i can’t think of any. i do have a partner and find her incredibly attractive so it’s not like i’m incapable, it’s just rare. maybe i just have a super specific type lol

just something i was thinking about. i don’t know if it’s an autism thing or just me a me thing, but i’m curious if any of you guys experience this too

It can be something very common to very small.

I'm a high-functioning autistic woman that would be considered conventionally attractive. I want to be seen as a confident, strong and resilient person but the only people who really see me that way are my family. Other people seem to see me as a slightly quirky "cute" girl which I don't care for. I don't try to be quirky intentionally... it mostly comes from a mix of autistic traits and other traits/things about me that just happen to be there. "Cute" feels somewhat infantilizing even if it isn't meant to be. I'm also pretty short, which doesn't help. Also, if my appearance was different, I bet those same traits would be referred to as "cringe" or annoying. I try to stay optimistic about it in the sense that nothing about how people see me is inherently negative, but it feels more like how you would characterize a child.

I keep saying "it's peam" to myself. "peam" is a misspelling of "peak" and has become a meme, usually accompanied by a gif of a man shaking his head. the internet has given me lots of vocal stims. same with the infamous r/BatmanArkham with "is he stupid?" "is there a lore reason" "jonkler" "officer balls" and "aslume"

I quit my last job (software developer) due to stress and anxiety and have been working as a postal worker for close to a year now. There were many factors contributing to my quitting my last job, but one involved extreme confusion over a company Christmas meal where I felt I was being called out for a mistake I made - underestimating when a project would be finished, leading to the company having to pull a more senior developer onto the project to get it over the line. The tech director made a comment about how bad that was but sarcastically commenting “oh, but it’s best endeavors, so that’s fine”.

It was slightly unprofessional of him to say this, but I only realized recently after talking over it with someone + with an LLM, over two years later, that I basically misinterpreted the situation completely. I thought “best endeavors” meant something about specifically my conduct, whereas I realize now that it is something the company applies to itself in a difficult situation to explain what it’s doing to bring a project to completion. This resulted in almost a total 180 for me, I realize I massively misunderstood the situation and I needn’t have ruminated over it so much. Almost to the point where I want to contact the company again to ask for my old job back lol. (Though there were other factors leading me to leave)

Is this relatable? I realize it’s not something that would happen exclusively to autistics, but having difficult with language/literal meaning/social implications is something I often struggle with so it was a factor in this misunderstanding.

Honestly, it feels great to validation from a medical professional

My whole life I've taken my time to understand human emotions and although struggle to understand what people are feeling in the exact moment I can sort of predict how they are going to react next.

But raw Hatred and Malice for another individual is something I never understood. How can a person dislike another to the point where they want to create problems for themselves?

What do you guys think?

I can't help but envy them, especially if they feel connected to their local community and/or they go on trips to beautiful places with their friends or partner