Autistic Aeronaut

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Hi, im Autistic Aeronaut! Just trying to learn how to navigate life on the spectrum.
🏳️‍🌈 He/Him | Bi 🏳️‍🌈 21+ | DM's Open!

Posting about #Autism, the struggles of living life on the spectrum and anything else that pops into my mind.

Family thinks im rude and stuck up. But really...
- the tv is way to loud
- your all talking over each other and the way to loud tv
- theres way too many smells going on
- im tired of answering the same questions over and over again with each family member
- five of us dont fit on the couch and just because your related doesnt mean i want to sit this close
- my food was touching and dry foods touched wet food and made it soggy

Im not stuck up im just overwhelmed.

#autism #LifeOnTheSpectrum

@melsmarsh You come off as someone gatekeeping #autism because they dont fit into your view when its a spectrum and all of us act a little different then each other. I despise Musk but as a person but none of us know what his behavior is like outside of the narrow public view we see. You claim the entire industry does not believe he is but also provide no proof to back that up either. Also, autistic people can lie, sure its less then normal but having autism does not make someone unable to lie.

@QueerMatters Thats very relatable. Im so used to masking all day that sometimes i dont realize how overwhelmed i am until I get away for a moment.

I have other sensory issues that bother me as much or more then light but i also get very tired from all of it.

I judge my day and how overwhelming it was by how many hours i crash and sleep when i get home from work.

Bars are hit or miss for me. Once im drunk/stoned i can usually handle the overload a lot longer then normal.

@QueerMatters Yup thats me too! I keep everything on dark mode, replaced my light bulbs with smart led's so i can control the brightness and i usually keep the lighting pretty dim because its more relaxing. Bright lights burns my eyes and is anxiety inducing.
@adhdmarie Thats the one i was thinking about joining. Theres only a couple hundred people on it so i wasnt sure if it was just new or if there was another main one.
@forestfae Thats kind of what ive been doing.. I found out you can follow hashtags so i followed a bunch of autism related ones to see which servers have everyone.
Whats the best instance to be on for people on the spectrum? I get that they all interconnect but if theres one full of other #neurodivergent people then i wanta be there!
#Autism #Aspergers #autistic #ActuallyAutistic