@itsphoenixrae: There’s no separating me being autistic with ADHD, it’s how my brain function. I have been told before that I don’t have to bring up being neurodivergent but that’s literally how I am. This is how my brain is programmed. I think this is why I started going back to making neurodivergent content bc I tried to separate it but can’t bc it’s me. #autistic #adhd #audhd #neurodivergent

neonik kozmik :

they actually found it's further than that. it's a neurological GENETIC disability.

ashleigh :

not even a disability. diff ability more like it. fucking magic.

autistic.not.alien :

I'm autistic, I'm not disordered.

Wivi :

In short: We're built different.

Tabby Abby :

I will say it CAN cause mental illness like anxiety or depression but Autism by itself is not a mental illness

Actual Autistic Dude :

Although it does happen to be co-morbid with a lot of mental illnesses unfortunately

Roryboredyalice :

I'm always met with resistance when I tell people I have autism. Because i'm a woman. I literally never have any resistance when I tell people I have mental illness. I don't even have to specify which mental illness, or how many, I have. They just automatically believe me. Because I'm a woman. So I let them believe whatever they want because at least if they believe I have mental illness, they cut me a little bit of a break.

helsch1888 :

I am proud to be a Linux in an ocean of Windowsesssss

˚‧｡♥｡‧˚Dragonwings :

And that is why AuDHD is my ENTIRE personality.

metamondo.gg :

also everyone has a different brain and all brains can have this happen so we don't need to go around labeling it and telling everyone about it and thinking about brains all the time

ookyspooky666 :

When I got assessed and diagnosed with autism the doctor even said “unfortunately now that we know part of why you are the way you are there’s no medication treatment for it”. She guided me towards some sources for therapy and online communities where I can talk with others that have also been diagnosed. The good thing though is that my meds for ADHD and OCD help with some of the autistic symptoms so I’m not as rigid in my routines and more of a social butterfly now.

user1587129062699 :

but it kind of sounds like a disease, like oh you have autism, you got the tism, oh you got diagnosed with high functioning cold etc.

goodcat :

by differently its mostly vastly more connections and pathways

Secretive Chernobyl :

“Not everything you do is about your autism.” Yes. Yes, it literally is. The autism is my brain.

AutisticGamer🐸 :

i call it neuro-developmental Enhancement. to call it a disorder is out of whack.

carebear :

Definitely! I don’t want to be this way it just the way it is. You can’t shut it off like switching off a light

Laya (Lay-uh) :

the fact that they called it child schizophrenia for a long ass time should tell us something. more and more information is coming out which means not everyone is going to fully get it.

TangyTreat12 :

Ian my Mom understood this. When I brought up I was autistic (after an argument) she told me she wished she never got me tested ‘because I use it as a clutch’. Like no ma’am, my brain is literally different from yours.

Aika Shinzaku :

the cable management in my brain has been "updated"... they just layer the cables in a weird way no one can decifer

ricerus :

K Zum :

THANK YOU, now can someone explain this to my mother, I am ADHD, ive been diagnosed for 2 years almost now, well....closer to 1.5 but time, and i have tried to explain to her, oh yeah, I think I might have a touch of thr tism to, they just didnt find it with the initial ADHD, point is she cant underatand it, and I think she has ADD, and still thinks im just lazy, ok im done ranting now, my apologies

Toorichforoux :

Different hardware.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Livilla 🇵🇸 :

Now ex boss told me “I know you’re autistic or whatever but can you leave those ‘issues’ at home?” 😅 No…I kindof do have to take my brain with me…

Dogsrlife :

My dad doesn’t believe he’s autistic. I literally act like him [Tears of joy][Tears of joy][Tears of joy]

Taryn L :

Its basically just Mac vs PC operating systems ✨✨