She likes to groom my beard.

#catsofmastodon #AutisticJoy

Some people are saying that Autistic people on social media are "romanticizing Autism." To these I say: I spent most of my 60 years of life wanting to be like other people. If some people now want to be like me, I'm totally fine with that. #autism #autisticadult #AutisticArtists #autisticme #respect #AutisticJoy

we smile at each other and compare whiskers. #catsofmastodon #whiskers #AutisticJoy

I made another thing!
And despite the fact that I ofc know all the little imperfections, I am sooo proud of it! I spent about 35-45 hours on a new leather purse.

Materials all came from my stash except for the two metal bits to connect the strap, they were mostly inherited, gifted, thrifted. Zippers and buckle were directly recycled from old items.
All leather seams were done by hand.

#AutisticJoy #SpecialInterest #LeatherWork

@AutisticDoctorStruggles Yes! I found a drawer of meticulously arranged and labelled shells from one beach on an island in their tiny museum here in Orkney recently. It almost floored me! #AutisticJoy Lovely museums, tended by folk who really really love the things.

We went to an old belt/strap factory yesterday that's a museum now. It housed many weaving looms, twinning machines & tons of gigantic spools with yarn. In one little corner I walked into a stash that the owners had saved from an old weaving factory in the same city with tons of spools of synthetic silk in all the colors you can think. All neatly ordered by color & type. #AutisticJoy hit me so hard, I got totally teary eyed & probably would have cried, had I been alone there.
#ActuallyAutistic

YAY THE POWER IS OUT

#AutisticJoy lmao

Very happy to have discovered Silo on apple TV ✨ #SciFi #dystopia #NowStreaming #AmWatching #AutisticJoy

Why are we calling feudalism #neoliberalism?
There are no ethics in this economy and some fascist believers in whatever would like us to think otherwise. Under the disguise of crumbles' solidarity.
The best way for me to counter this is to become this other that I should be, unmasked.
#AutisticJoy

Hyperfocusing on my makeup application yields significantly better results with the help of the ADHD meds.

I simultaneously feel like I've been cheated by not having access to these meds for this long, but also like I'm somehow betraying my Autistic & ADHD brain chemistry by taking them.

Such a weird experience, but there's been so much more #AutisticJoy since the formal diagnosis, both with and without medication.

#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyAuDHD #ActuallyADHD #Diagnosed

Interesting! Never thought about the flip side of sensory overload is #sensoryJoy

Our wiring, which makes some stuff so painful, also sets us up to deeply appreciate more subtle experiences like #forestBathing

Happy sigh...

#autisticJoy #actuallyAutistic

Demystifying autism and overstimulation | Inside Our Autistic Minds

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-1aTVfKstrs&feature=share

I have a few things to do today. I have already put a wash on.

I may write a blog.

Maybe sit in the sunshine. Get that vitamin D.

What will you do today which makes you happy? #AutisticJoy #Autistic #Monday

My brain has gotten completely stuck on King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's "Magenta Mountain". Like many other songs before it, it's now going on an endless loop in great autistic joy fashion!

That high note in the beginning of the theme tickles my brain just right. 😌

https://youtu.be/qR5sUurIpCc

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticJoy #DelightfullyRepetitive #KingGizzardAndTheLizzardWizard #Ohrwurm

I've had a busy week so far but I just spent another few hours on finishing mending these socks! I just love the repetitiveness but possibility to be creative as well. It was fun to try to keep the original pattern in contrasting colors!
#AutisticJoy #DelightfullyRepetitive #Mending #VisibleMending

"I want you to come inside my world. Our autistic world. Understand it. Admire it. Respect it. [...]

Learn to know us. You will love us."

@johnnyprofane1
to the World in UN World Autism Day
(Autism in Art)

#Autism #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #AutisticJoy

https://autisticaf.me/2023/04/01/my-remarks-for-un-world-autism-awareness-day/

In other news, I have finished reinforcing my thinning socks with my grandma's old mending wool. I called it "satisfyingly repetitive" when I showed my partner the results. It's been giving me some profound #autisticJoy with added benefit of prolonging those socks's life.
#ActuallyAutistic #SpecialInterest #Mending #MendingNotBuying #MendingSocks #WoolSocks #sustainability #RepairingClothes #MendingClothes

My new mending project! I'm working on some worn out socks my grandma has knitted for me many years ago. I think I caught it at the right moment where the thread was thinned out but there weren't any holes ripped yet. It's very nice to simply retrace the stitched with the mending yarn! Very meditative! I picked the yarn (inherited from my other granny) slightly different from the original to be able to tell the stitches apart more easily. #MendingNotBuying #Mending #KnittedSocks #AutisticJoy

My frog is done!!!!!
It's sooo stinkin cute!!
I added some pipe cleaners in the legs so I can have it in different positions otherwise I tried to follow the pattern as best as I could! Now I kind of want to make it clothes!!!

#knitting #AutisticJoy #frog #KnittingFromStash

(Pattern by Claire Garland!)

Our little harps have been retuned ready for tomorrow’s co-creative session and they’re bringing me a lovely little slice of #AutisticJoy free-playing them in our camper. Living the dream! #orkney #islandlife 🫧

@johnnyprofane1 @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd

I love this! #AutisticJoy