Autism

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I wish I knew, for my entire life, why people will choose to sit in any other seat before they choose to sit near me on transit. Do I exude autism?

See title....

Telling other people Im autistic be like ( lemmy.world )

This thing I found and thought was funny ( lemmy.world )

Eye Contact, this is what it feels like. ( lemmy.world )

Do you struggle with Interoception? How does it manifest in your life? ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )

Me when the hyper awareness kicks in at the wrong moment ( lemmy.world )

I feel like many autistic people fall into these two extremes ( lemmy.world )

Take care of that safe space ( lemmy.world )

Apparently it’s “common sense” or whatever ( lemmy.world )

WOOOPS! ( i.redd.it )

https://www.reddit.com/r/aspiememes/comments/146v36c/every_fucking_day/

Just wondering if anyone else experiences this. Things like my hair laying on the side of my head or bracelets cause a medium-intense aching pain on my head or arm. Some days, I'll have a pretty bad headache just from wearing a shirt, and I'll occasionally just have to take it off. It sounds like a milder form of allodynia,...

What limits your behavior?

I read that autism comes with repetitive behavior...

The Antinatalism subreddit basically promoting eugenics against autistic people ( lemmy.world )

On Self-Diagnosis ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )

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