The interruption... I tried to figure out what was happening, why I felt so so bad all of the sudden, SO was reacting to the tension & asked to drop it bc it was so minor. I snapped a little saying I am trying to process these feelings... Now I am teary in the bedroom under my weighted blanket bc I feel so bad & needed space. Feeling weird for being set off by something so small...

#ActuallyAustic #AutisticStruggles

@ReimanSaara very much this. It's not only possible, but I think frequently, #actuallyaustic partnerships work out better. We tend to be more aware of needs, boundaries, oddities, and extra effort to fit in. What does that mean? Well, at least for me and my partner, we actually have better communication because we're both aware of how bad we are at it. We end up trying harder, by default. We've had multiple NT couples comment on how well we communicate with each other...and really, all it's been is 20yrs of trying harder (and why are you mad/yelling at me 😅). It's a lot of direct asking what's going on with someone instead of assuming or intuiting.

Hey, #ActuallyAustic peeps, question for you. I'm autistic, my wife is not. I'm sensitive to scents, but my wife wants our house to smell nice. Candles and diffusers make me feel sick. Any advice?

On Twitter I sometimes just tweeted news story after news story because I wanted to be on Twitter but couldn't cope with interacting with people. The interactions were just too difficult to deal with. So far on here I've not had that. I still post some news stories but not for that reason. #ActuallyAustic #Twitter #Mastodon

#ActuallyAustic folk with poor facial recognition, how to you deal with people taking it personally when you don't recognise them straight away?

I feel like I am constantly having to apologise to people at the moment and explain that it's not that I don't remember them or our conversations, I just do not always recognise faces very well and sometimes don't know who they are if they randomly approach me. I have tried politely asking people to confirm their name but then they get offended, but if I wing it and guess wrong they also get offended. It is infuriating to be honest.

I #survived the #office #xmas #party yesterday, mich to my own surprise 🤣 I’m still #sober, still #vegetarian and if my exhaustion today is any indication, still #ActuallyAustic 🤣

Planning a quiet day with the husband - maybe it’s the day we put up the tree??

So, I am going through an info sheet I got along with my invitation to the interview & I cannot believe I just read this (will paraphrase): "Please pay attention to your body language - it is important to make eye contact! ...."

WTAF!!?? This needs to change!
This makes me feel angry & frustrated! They want to be so inclusive & diverse & then this??!!! 🤬🤬🤬
Great, so more highly masking people... 😑

#ActuallyAustic #AutisticStruggles #Ableism

Why is it usv #ActuallyAustic who get worst writing punishments

Vroeger zou ongediagnosticeerde ik gewoon keihard over mijn grenzen zijn heengegaan, dat deed ik eigenlijk altijd. Not anymore. #ActuallyAustic

My sleep schedule tends to cycle around, sometimes “normal,” sometimes cycled around to opposite. Right now I’m in opposite-“normal” sleep schedule, and it’s been enough days of it to bother my spouse/make them sad because they miss me while I’m sleeping during the day. (This always happens.) I feel a bit guilty about it but it’s just the way I am. They don’t want me to feel bad about it either. It just is. #ActuallyAustic

I've found that I've managed to connect with several autistic users on Mastadon so far, entirely by accident, but a happy one.
My son, aged 5, is going through the process of getting a diagnosis but there is no doubt in anyone's mind that he is #ActuallyAustic
One of my brothers was also diagnosed as a child, which has made it a little easier to help my son navigate the world.