Mastodawn

The #ActuallyAutistic hashtag has really opened my mind to a lot of things. It has enlightened me to so many behaviours and traits that I either share directly, or can relate to in some way. All of these things in my personal life, that I personally considered to be odd, different, strange. And sadly, way more than too often, just a negative vibe that I felt/got to/from my doing certain things. I have come to learn that I really am not alone.
However, this all comes with one huge downside.
I don't #ActuallyAutisticallyQualify. Why not? Because I don't have a paper from a doctor saying so.
So I am appealing to the community.
While I lod the goals of the hashtag and community around it, and certain things really do need to be upheld, the conotation that one must be diagnosed is a huge barrier to entry, and can come off seeming a bit discriminating. But it needs to be like that, you have to qualify something, or else, the slop and trolls... So I get it for sure. So, I propose a solution.
Can we all create a new hashtag, that should operate independent of this one, without a perceived stigma of requiring some sort of qualified determination of a condition? I propose
#ProbablyAutistic
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_tronics Nov 2

Uff, gerade alte Congress Badges gefunden... Nach 18 Jahren ohne physische Anwesenheit muss ich endlich doch mal versuchen an ein Ticket zu kommen und den Orga-Foo zu bewältigen um hin zu kommen. Ich vermisse die Kreativität und Community.
Aber waaaah, so viele Menschen...
Außerdem: aaaaah
#ProbablyAutistic #39c3

Kochava 🪬Apr 20, 2025

I'm in love with Loops earplugs. I bought some near the start of the semester to just wear when eating in the cafeteria, and they were great. Now I wear them in grocery stores (when I remember) and I even got to use them at a concert two weeks ago! So I decided to upgrade to the Switch version, since I found myself popping the mute into the Engage model I had pretty often. I didn't particularly like the fully plugged-ear sensation I got with the mutes in though, so I hope the Switch doesn't have that sensation.

#loops-earplugs #loopsearplugs #sensoryIssues #probablyAutistic

Dr Alice Violett Mar 29, 2025

Just trying to find a basic long-sleeved stripey top to replace the old one I've got too big for (a lot has happened in eight years), but nothing online looks enough like it, and now my eyes feel funny from looking through pages of inferior stripey tops, argh #ProbablyAutistic

Just a Mr Bill Oct 23, 2024

@lukito A girlfriend once asked me, “What gets you out of bed in the morning?” I had no idea she was expecting to hear about my dreams and passions. No, I thought about the question carefully and literally, and in all seriousness replied “Breakfast.” She was not impressed.

But it’s the right answer, and it’s still true many years later. Also, that relationship didn’t last long after that!

#ProbablyAutistic

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Phil Grimley Jul 17, 2024

@wokstation somewhere off to the side.... #ProbablyAutistic

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SämiⒶ🇵🇸Apr 5, 2024

@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice I don't like coaches.
#probablyautistic

zSchön

Nov 11, 2023

Ich hatte schon länger die Vermutung im autistischen Spektrum

zu liegen aufgrund von einigen Verhaltensmerkmalen, die mir aufgefallen sind, und sensorischen Overloads bei denen ich mich komplett passiv und wie ein Roboter fühle.
Gestern habe ich den Autismus-Quotient-Test gemacht, wonach ich mit 37 Punkten wahrscheinlich im Spektrum liege. #ProbablyAutistic