autistic

I could visually be upset or look like I’m in the best mood in the world sometimes, sometimes you can just know let me stay tf away from her 😂 sometimes I may look approachable 🥴 but you wouldn’t know by my smile or approachable spirit that I’m having a meltdown, probably caused by something small probably caused by nothing at all, it happens 😭 just like every single autistic person is different every single #Autistic persons #meltdowns are different 🫶🏽 don’t stare there’s nothing to see here ♾️ #Autistic #ASD #AutismSpectrum #AutismAcceptance

I THRIVE off routine! Routine keeps me going down to the foods I eat, I would starve before I change my eating patterns 😭😂 not purposely but change in basic routine combined with change in food routine can really send me over the edge 😂😂😂 green apples matter 🍏 😂 in my defense I did TRY to eat the red ones because I do always try but I just COULD NOT my dad was baffled 😂😂😂🥴 like their APPLES I told him it’s really not that simple it may look like something as small as it just being an apple but its way bigger then that my routine is important one change in routine if for just one moment can throw me off for days so yes something as simple as an apple can make me feel like my life is off track 😭 routine’s produce stability and comfort I don’t have to ‘guess’ what’s coming so my anxiety doesn’t get anxiety 😥 justice for green apples 🍏 Happy Wednesday ☺️ #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #autismlife #Autistic #autisticadults #blackandautistic #autisticandblack #blackwhileautistic #autismadvocate #autismadvocacy #autismadvocates #blackautisticwoman #blackautisticwomen #blackautismadvocate #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurospicy #autizzy #autisticcreator #autisticcreatives #blackcreatives #sensoryprocessingdisorder #sensoryoverload #ADHD #audhd

May is #MentalHealthAwareness month 🙏🏽 just so you know #Autism is NOT a mental illness it’s a neurological disorder! However many autism people LIVE with mental illnesses, remember I said live not suffer! I live with Anxiety, depression, PTSD & dissociative disorder, I’ve had several suicide attempts I may or may not have had these conditions if I wasn’t autistic or not! Suicide , anxiety , depression & many more mental health illnesses are very real! most ppl won’t ask for health in fear of being laughed at, judged, misunderstood and called crazy
Try being understanding
Try being a listening ear
Try kindness
You never know what a person has gone through & possibly still going through
Suicide is not funny
Anxiety is not funny
Depression is not funny
Mental health issues are not funny
Suicide should not be judged
Anxiety should not be judged
Depression should not be judged
Mental health issues should not be judged
If you are struggling you can call the National suicide prevention hotline at 988 🙏🏽
#youarenotalone #MentalHealthAwareness #meantalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalillness #Anxiety #deppresion #PTSD #cptsd #Autistic #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #wearthepeace #autizzy #neurospicy #blackandautistic #autisticandblack

Sweatshirt by @wearthepeacesupport

Sorry we do not go away with the month our struggles do not go away when April leaves
Our challenges do not go away when April leaves
The stigmas placed up autism do not go away when April leaves
The world is still overwhelming when April leaves
Tags in clothes still feel like a sledgehammer 😂😭 when April leaves
Eye contact can still cause us to faint when April leaves 🥴 I’m sure you get my point by now 😆
But know what stays year round? Our open mindedness, the unique way we see the world , our HUGE hearts & traits only neurodivergent minds posses 🥰🫶🏽 so while the world may put all their ‘we support autism signage’ back in the closet until next year, you can’t pack up the amazingness we posses YEAR ROUND 😆💜🫶🏽

🦋Non Speaking does not mean no communication🦋 👌🏽 I chose to write about non speaking episodes in my children’s book ‘I’m Autistic & I’m Phenomenal’ because there’s a misunderstanding that a person who is non speaking is non verbal, has no way to communicate when in reality there are many ways, drawing ✍🏽, writing things down ✍🏽, texting 💬, sign language 🤟🏽& there are many many AAC apps for adults and also kid friendly ones, AAC apps are augmentative/alternative communication programs that allow a person to communicate with those around them without speaking 🙏🏽 it’s important for these things to be normalized & not only familar to #Autistic children their families & other non speaking people ❤️❤️❤️

I wanted to see more #childrensbooks with little black #autisticgirls so I wrote (& #illustrated one) ☺️
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I’m Autistic & Im Phenomenal is a story that displays the challenges but more importantly the joys of autism through the eyes of a little autistic black girl, Experience her journey as she navigates both difficulties and the beauty of her unique perspective, shedding light on the power of acceptance and embracing differences 💜♾️

Available on Amazon #Autism #AutismSpectrumDisorder

So many things can cause an autistic person or child to become overstimulated, even non autistic people experience overstimulation, we all experience it differently and it can be triggered by different things it can be one thing a combination of different things or even just existing in our own bodies 😂 so YES I can be so overstimulated that cannot handle just stopping for a VERY SHORT amount time to even hold A VERY SHORT conversation if I’m overstimulated I’m just trying to not to faint 😂😂😂 I’m trying to avoid a meltdown or even a shutdown or even screaming in your face 🥴 its complicated we all need a little a grace 🙏🏽 but it doesn’t mean I’m acting ‘funny’ or I think I’m ’too good’ to speak I most likely want to but just cannot handle it 🫶🏽

As an autistic adult sometimes I don’t know if I’m being treated wrong but I understand how the way I’m being treated makes me feel all this to say as a child I had no idea of wrong & right I just knew I was treated different this brings me back to when the teacher choked me 🥴 I bring this up again for parents to suggest to instead of asking how was your day maybe ask how did people make you feel because not knowing if things are right or wrong you won’t know if someone is mistreating your child but if you ask them how people made them feel you may get a more accurate answer of how their day went if my friend didn’t tell my dad this teacher choked me my parents would have never known because i didn’t know it was wrong but I knew I didn’t like how it made me feel! Adults can be bullies too! #autismacceptancemonth #autismacceptance #bullyingawareness #bullying #differences #disabilityawareness #development #developmentaldisabilities #advocate #advocacy #autismadvocate #blackandautistic #autismwhileblack #blackautisticpride #blackautisticlivesmatter #educationmatters #educateyourself #autisticadult #Autism #Autistic #autizzy #autisticandblack #blackautisticwomen #blackcreatives

CRM? We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?
Ayanna- A lesson I had to unlearn was that I was unworthy and that my voice did not matter the backstory is really simple is very common for disabled people feel unseen and unheard and I was told by a professional authority figure when I was a teenager that I wouldn’t get very far or be much in life and I believed her and that stuck with me for a very long time it start to change until I received my autism diagnosis and my self love and worth journey began and I realized not only am I worthy I’m more than worthy

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‘Autism is NOT a TRAGEDY but IGNORANCE is ‘ & yet the ‘autism puzzle pieces’ meaning … let’s talk about it , It was created by Gerald Gasson, a board member for the National Autistic Society. He believed that #Autistic people suffered from a "puz-zling" condition, so they adopted a logo of a puzzle piece with a weeping child, displaying the notion that autism is a TRAGEDY that children suffer from 😒 let’s not forget those autistic children turn into autistic adults 😊
My heart is not a tragedy ❤️
My JOY is not a tragedy 🫶🏽
My Art is not a tragedy 🎨
My books I illustrated, not tragedy’s 😆
My dance is not a tragedy 💃🏽
My soul, spirit and the simple fact that I exist is no tragedy and there’s nothing puzzling about me im PERFECTLY made & so are YOU 🌻💐🌻🦋
Happy #autismacceptancemonth ♾️
#AutismAcceptance #Autistic #Autism #actuallyautistic #autismadvocate #autismadvocay #blackandautistic #blackautisticwomen #autisticwomen #autisticadult #neurodiverse #neurodiversity #neurospicy #autizzy #autismawareness #redinstead