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☀️ about velo ☀️

🌟 it / its + 25 y/o 🌟

🌈 white + swedish 🌈

🧸 level 2 autism + MSN 🧸

🌙 visibly autistic & disabled 🌙

🎨 low / no masking 🎨

💫 demiverbal with regular verbal shutdown 💫

🌧️ part time AAC user 🌧️

🪐 physically disabled 🪐

⚡️ full time rollator user ⚡️

⛅️ queer + trans ⛅️

☀️ velos interests ☀️

🌟 supernatural 🌟

🌈 plushies 🌈

🧸 medicine & healthcare 🧸

☀️ velos opinions ☀️

🌟 autism levels & support need labels are useful and very important, and often necessary for especially higher support needs autistics 🌟

🌈 uplifting level 2-3 & MSN-HSN autistics is good and important, and does not inherently put down level 1 LSN autistics 🌈

🧸 the r-slur cannot be reclaimed, this has been told by people with intellectual disability over and over again, listen to them, do not use word 🧸

🌙 nonverbal, semiverbal and nonspeaking are long lasting / permanent things, not episodic; use verbal shutdown or other more appropriate labels if have episodes of not being able to speak 🌙

🎨 i support educated self diagnosis 🎨

☀️ information about velo ☀️

🌟 have a hard time understanding more complex topics, like politics and religion, please be mindful of this as can’t engage in these topics or easily learn about them 🌟

🌈 sometimes can write “properly”, sometimes not. please do not comment on the way i type as am already frustrated about losing language 🌈

🧸 if have said something wrong or offensive, please let me know so can learn to do better & get better understanding because not always guaranteed understand issue, others experience or what was upsetting 🧸

🌙 have autism and two personality disorders that all make me struggle with understanding empathy and showing sympathy. am not ‘un-caring’ on purpose, can’t control it. always try to be mindful though, so if come off as mean or rude, please let me know because it’s not guaranteed noticed or understood was mean or rude. please assume am acting in good faith, and am always open to being told that have done something wrong 🌙

☀️ velos DNI ☀️

🌟 transID / radqueer 🌟

🌈 syscourse / shipcourse / discourse blogs 🌈

🧸 pro eating disorder / pro self harm blogs 🧸

🌙 explicit nsfw only blogs 🌙

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“actually autistic people can work can pay taxes” is not good argument back because not true for most autistic people and dismisses higher level higher support needs autistic people.

autistic people not need be able work pay taxes be productive “contribute to society” to be valuable important person who deserve rights. not need earn it, just have to exist.

#actually autistic#level 2 autistic#level 2 autism#moderate autism#msn autism#msn autistic#moderate support needs#mid support needs#medium support needs#higher needs autism#higher support needs
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April 26th: Do you find it easier to communicate online than in person? For what reasons?

online is better . more time to think of what want to say , can use tone tags , no pressure use facial expression or right tone of voice which struggle with because flat effect .

online come with other struggles of course but personally find it easier .

#30daysofautismacceptance#actually autistic#level 2 autistic#level 2 autism#moderate autism#moderate autistic#msn autism#msn autistic#moderate support needs#mid support needs#medium support needs#higher needs autism#higher support needs#autism awareness month#autism acceptence month
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Reblogged disabled-dyke
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....and tell me how an autism diagnosis is a privilege again?

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people with childhood diagnoses for the past forever: we were diagnosed because we are obviously autistic. a majority of us are medium or high support needs and a majority of us are low or no masking. our diagnosis can be used to deny us rights and target us. our diagnoses were not a choice and put us in danger. we were not treated better for having a diagnosis. many of us have already been subject to abuse and violence specifically because we are autistic both inside and outside of the medical field. we are in danger. we are in danger. we are in danger. we are in danger. we are in danger.

you guys, your heads in the sand: well :( I want one :(

now do you guys fucking see what we were talking about?

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Reblogged aromanticsky
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“Of course autistic people can go to the bathroom by themselves and have jobs!!” Some can’t. They’re not burdens or an “epidemic” either. Please don’t get pulled into an argument about usefulness, because that feeds into their baseline eugenic idea that you have to “contribute to society” to justify your existence. Nobody’s worth is tied to what they can do for the state.

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Good morning.

I'm autistic and just texted my overnight carer that I couldn't sleep anymore and would like to get up. I was led into the bathroom by her and she helped me there. I was then led into the kitchen, she made me tea and now, while I'm drinking from my dysphagia cup, she watches every sip in case I choke. I can't drink unsupervised.

After that she'll help me go to the bathroom again and help me shower, brush my teeth, etc.

I needed help with this all my life and what I can and can't do is really good and a lot of progress, actually. There was a time when I couldn't hold the shower head and needed someone to fully shower me, for example. Now I at least can wash myself in the shower with prompts.

We're not "some", we're many. Many of us simply aren't online and therefore people don't notice us.

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velo get new plushie today. hate wait but package not arrive yet. but will arrive today.

#yay
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if velo made server for higher level higher support needs autistic people, would it be mean to not allow in depth talk about religion and politics?

velo understand important topic to many but velo don’t understand those topic and can’t moderate them, not personal, velo not dislike religion/religious people or people into politics, just about not be able understand topic.

have done server layout done but working on rules and it hard, because don’t want people feel bad.

also not sure will publish server because worried not be able moderate server good way.

#higher needs autism#higher support needs#level 2 autistic#level 2 autism
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Reblogged disabled-dyke
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i dont know who RFK is. i dont care. i know lots of level 3 and severe autism families have different opinions on what he said. i dont know my opinion because i didnt listen to the whole thing and topics like this are really hard for me.

but one thing all these people agree on is that he was talking about level 3 people. he was. and whats making me really upset is instead of standing up for level 3 autistics, people are using level 1 autistics as examples why RFK was wrong

so again they are completely pretending me and people more severe than me dont exist. again again again

people are using the fact that they can work, that theyre smart, that they have all these fancy jobs to argue against him. instead of saying why did he point out taxes first? why is he immediately thinking of how useful level 3 autistics are?

instead they just once again want to prove how good they are and how better they are than people more severe than them. and doing that they ignore us again

do better

I AM INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED. DO NOT REBLOG THIS POST WITH BIG AMOUNTS OF COMPLEX TEXT. THIS POST IS INTENDED TO BE ACCESSIBLE. MAKE YOUR REBLOGS EASY TO READ. DO NOT MAKE MY OWN POST INACCESSIBLE TO ME.

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“autistic people’s interests not ‘restrictive’ that be pathologizing language!!!” n then cue example of low support needs level 1 autistic with PhD n it’s like

so right now be in extreme fixation stage of something that stick around long enough be call special interest

extreme enough that it overrode my main special interest for 4+ years. just like that.

here what “extreme” mean:

  • am active do that special interest moment am wake to moment go sleep. constant. as non stop as possible.
  • sleep about 2-4 hours a day, n sleep at all because human body need sleep. this be 3rd or 4th night in row where do not go sleep until 6am, 8am, wake up at 10 AM, 12PM. AM NOT TIRED. just want do Thing (ppl who know me irl follow this account so shouldn’t admit this or else get concerned spam but brain even too occupy abt that right now. shh.)
  • btw this lack of sleep probably reason trigger my GI issues. n it really bad. it look like dysmotility, stomach, intestine, maybe, who tf knows. eat 2 bites for “breakfast” before feel like too full will throw up from be stuffed, but even by dinner time maybe stomach growling but not hungry n can’t eat more than another 2 bite. which then cause severe constipation. etc etc etc whatever. know my lack of sleep definitely contribute to it n idk if go catch up w sleep will fix it or if that be trigger worsen episode that gonna stay for while. even with these consequences, no, can’t go sleep. Can’t.
  • also my eyes blurry from constant use (bc need for do Thing) n lack sleep. will am be able go sleep? no.
  • basic activities of daily living (ones that can do) too boring to do. spend time eating chewing, that be time away from Thing. minute or two of go bathroom take too much time away from Thing n am almost rushing back so can do Thing. push off get help shower because that take precious time away from Thing. n upset about interruptions. can’t handle interruptions. can’t handle anything be pull out from my lil world of Thing. do those bADLs not pull me out my internal world of Thing. zero attention elsewhere. most ppl even level 1 & maybe even some of 2 autistics not understand what mean by “too bored by bADL to do them” n they think it just spoiled not want do it but no
  • this be busiest time of semester (online school). have 3 finals this week n already behind (haven’t studied for 2). it not matter. nothing got done. try listen to audio n 20 minutes later realize been zone out somehow thinking abt Thing again. try open up something link really just few clicks n spend 30 minutes because “oh website loading let me just go look at Thing real quick” n 30 minutes pass bc cant stop. my brain occupied. any information need memorize for school for other things simply not fit no space bc whole entire mode on Thing.
  • write this post fucking painful bc just NEED get back to think about this thing bc write this post be interruption n in fleeing moments (minutes) of can think about other things been thinking abt write this post. if post sound extra confusing or frantic that because am frantic get back. again reminder this blog (disability) be part of MAIN SPECIAL INTEREST FOR FOUR PLUS YEARS it just get kicked off like that. use to check tumblr multiple times day n now go DAYS without check tumblr. n coincidentally this be time be one of post escape containment so get constant notif one point to 2k before cleared it. now again probably another 2k
  • hope this post fucking make sense bc brain too occupy to think abt write anything that unrelate
  • haha fuck! me!

okay to reblog this incoherent post in fact please do bc autistic interest can be EXTREMELY restrictive. it can be this level of restrictive AND MORE. can make you genuinely not able do ADLs n cause health issues from things you not doing n you suffer from it but it not change anything

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tired of people lower level autism lower support needs than me comment on what i can & can not do.

am level 2 MSN. there are a lot of things can not do, a lot of things will never be able do. no matter how much explain some things to me, will never understand never be able do still.

when say “can not do”, mean it literally. do not argue about it, just accept.

- abigail

#level 2 autistic#level 2 autism#moderate autism#msn autism#msn autistic#moderate support needs#medium support needs#mid support needs#higher needs autism#higher support needs
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