*at the ADHD wizard meeting* sometimes i just find it difficult to hocus-focus

Simple/Low Energy Witchcraft

Look, I'm disabled so I know how frustrating it can be when your body is just not up to the ritual you spent a lot of time planning and tweaking. Or perhaps you are simply a busy person who needs quick, easy workings you can fit into your day.

Here are some suggestions:

To the neurotypicals who don’t understand autistic sensory issues:

Imagine you have an eyelash in your eye. You are stopped in your tracks until you remove the eyelash because it’s unbearable.

Now imagine everyone yells at you that it’s not that bad.

Let’s clear some things up!

This is the rainbow infinity symbol. It’s the symbol for autism, and autism alone, as it was created for AUTISTIC Pride Day!

This is the rainbow butterfly! It’s intended to be an ADHD symbol. It was made by an allistic ADHDer, purely out of spite for autistic people who stated the rainbow infinity symbol was theirs. It’s not just that the creator is anti-autistic; it’s that the design was purposefully created to be similar to the rainbow infinity symbol, making it so that the anti-autistic bias is a key part of its design.

This is the black butterfly! It is also an ADHD symbol. Except this one wasn’t made solely to spite autistic people.

The black butterfly is still somewhat similar to the autistic symbol, but that’s a-okay! ADHD and autism are similar! It makes sense that the symbols would be similar, within reason. The difference lies in if it was made similar from a place of negativity, or a place of desired solidarity. And the black butterfly is free from any negative intentions towards autistic people and their symbols.

Please take this information into consideration while using these symbols!

— an autistic ADHDer 🩷

Lil Penguin Studios/Autism Happy Place

Please reblog if you are autistic

The Wave by Guillaume Seignac (Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century)

Life in an Autism World

it’s autism acceptance week!! some information and reminders for our non autistic allies:

- autism speaks is horrendously harmful to the autistic community. I won’t go into it here but research it if you’re curious!! don’t support them or donate to them.

- “light it up blue” and the puzzle piece symbol are both disliked by the majority of autistic people, as they were both coined by autism speaks as well as the ironic fact that blue lights can be extremely unpleasant and painful to autistic people with sensory issues. The puzzle piece implies that we are a puzzle to be solved, which removes agency from autistic people and is generally hurtful and disheartening.

-autism acceptance week > autism awareness week!! this one doesn’t need too much explanation, acceptance is always better than just awareness (:

- better symbols to show your support include the rainbow infinity symbol!! this symbol was coined by neurodivergent people and is a much more appropriate and appreciated choice than the puzzle piece.

- asperger’s is a term a lot of autistic people are trying to phase out of language used for ourselves, as it was coined by a man who was extremely involved with nazis and has roots in eugenics. It's origin is complicated, but overall it's a label most autistic people dislike for many reasons.

- high functioning and low functioning are also labels we are trying to get rid of as they remove agency from autistic people with high needs and diminish the chance of accommodations for low need autistics. (low needs is the new high functioning and high needs is the new low functioning!!) these new labels address the needs of autistic people without referencing functioning abilities, which are often arbitrary as our needs are more important than our ability to process things (:

- autistic people are sexy and awesome and deserve your patience, respect, and support!! want to show your support in the little ways? ask your autistic friend questions about their special interest(s) or hyperfixations!! try to up your use of tone tags, as they’re necessary to many autistic people. and just be normal about us!! dont act like we’re special or more worthy of attention than others, and don’t ignore us or throw us under the bus. happy autism acceptance week!!

please reblog to share this so it reaches more people (:

Thank you @neurodivergent_lou

Having a chronic illness is like a full time job - but one where you don’t get paid, it can’t sack you and you can’t leave.

something you may need to hear today:

if you’re young and you have a chronic illness, you are most likely in a different stage of life than your friends. Not a better or worse one, just a different one, and that is okay.

my body’s check engine light is on

may your next ibuprofen take effect swiftly and noticeably

Start again, in the middle of winter. Start again with your leaves making mulch upon the earth. Prop yourself up with iced-bearded branches and claw your way into the frozen ground. The soil may be softer in the spring, but there’s so much sky to grow into and only so much time caught in the fishing-nets of your roots. You are strong enough now– start again.

People hacking their lungs out around you and then being like ‘don’t worry it’s not covid’ like girl I don’t want whatever the fuck else it is you’ve got either!!

Meirl