-hearing tiny beautiful sounds like water droplets and leaves crunching
-knowing lots of fun trivia from special interests over the years
-brightly colored things that make ur eyes happy
-that feeling when someone asks you to tell them about sth you know a lot about and it’s infodump time !!!!!!
-the Good Foods™
-when ur logical and rational thinking helps you solve a problem or think of something other people wouldn’t
-nice textures are So Nice: cats, very soft blankets, smooth and cold stones, the inside of a brand new sweatshirt(we could all use some autism positivity. pls reblog and add ur own! it’s ok if they contradict each other or if u don’t relate to all of them; we’re all different)
-finding out you share echolalia with someone, and echoing it back and forth!
-when someone shares something because it’s related to a special interest of yours!
-when someone shares that your special interest thing consistently and specifically reminds them of you!!!
-helping other people explore their autistic experiences, and inevitably learning something about your autism from them too!
-friend is stimming, I stim too, echo stims ad infinitum~
-hey, that stim toy you just got looks cool, wanna switch stim toys for a bit? Cool? Yeah, awesome – oh, this is really good! Okay, let’s switch back now.
-seeing other people stimming, especially in public!!! what a joy!!
-sharing info about a special interest with someone, and seeing them get interested too – esp. when they get long term or really deeply into it!!
-getting excited pictures from friends of their new stim toys, or precious objects
-long distance autie connections – “I wish you could have been here, it was sooooo soft!!!”
– how vibrantly happy you can get!
– realizing something you do is an Autistic Thing and suddenly it’s not weird and there are other people who do the same!
– relating to animals!
– scented candle stores!
– unique happy stim dances!
– having plushie collections ❤ ❤
– that moment when you find out someone shares a special interest and it’s Special Interest Collision Supernova!
– epic reference retention capacity!
– the sheer amount of love and positivity in our community!
nice things about being autistic
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