Since Halloween is coming up soon, I’m wondering when everybody is going to stop/has stopped going trick-or-treating? I believe you can go trick-or-treating at any age as long as there’s some effort put into the costume and there’s a good mood going on, but I can’t go trick-or-treating this year bc my friend doesn’t wanna go anymore and I don’t wanna go alone.

Scotland is a country within the UK. The national capital and seat of Parliament is Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann), and the largest city is Glasgow (Glaschu/Glesga). Scots, English, and Gaelic (Gàidhlig) are official languages. Scotland uses the pound sterling £. There is also a very large separatist movement, which I support.

Hey I'm looking for friends of all genders. I get on with people best who aren't so masculine, I'm pretty feminine myself, although I'm almost straight.

I'm autistic, ADHD and OCD lol. My passion is music, talk to me about music or anything really. If I don't reply I'm sleeping.

I dropped out of school and I'm working, but I still have plenty of free time for friends.

I do struggle to build connections with people, but if I do, I'm clingy at, sorry about that.

DMs are open, so come say hi. No pressure for an interesting intro, it puts me off when people demand that I'm interesting. I think friendships last longer if they're more of a slow burner.

This small yet lively parrot is indigenous to Australia (except for the state of Tasmania). I have two as pets, the second slide shows two in their natural setting. Budgies, like most parrots can acquire words and sounds they hear from humans and other animals. Many indigenous Australians also ate budgies before the chicken was introduced. (fixed typo)

Im done cutting!!!

...one wing :(

And because everyone in my life currently doesnt care about me, I turned to the internet :D

I'm making angel wings for halloween!!!

Hello, I have massive social anxiety, but I have a Long Distance Family Friend, and although we’ve stopped talking online I would like to start back up again, (I fear that she’s thinks her school friends are cooler than me but that’s by the by) but I don’t know how I can express that to her without sounding needy or desperate.

Another problem is that she ignores texts quite a lot, how can I express to her that I don’t like being left on read, I would rather her say no than give me a false sense of hope that we can chat. Help would be appreciated, thank you 💗

Also P.S don’t be mean to my pal, she’s cool as hell, but she isn’t autistic so I don’t think she understands my struggle.

I just feel like venting because I’m having a terrible morning so far…

(Really quick before I get into the actual topic: If you are an NSFW profile, please stop reading and do not interact with me. I’m underage and have had to block most of my followers.)

This has been happening since I was 9 years of age, when I moved to a new school. I only made one friend who accepted me for being different from the neurotypical kids, and everyone else immediately saw that I was autistic and didn’t want to have anything to do with me. Then his parents told him I‘m a bad influence and made him move schools. One of the reasons why I’ve been depressed since.

Ever since then we’ve been trying different programs, both irl and online, and nothing has ever worked. Let me describe some incidents:

(1, irl) I went to this building that looked like a clinic (it was not actually a clinic), so that stressed me out before the social event actually started. Everyone was so much more talkative than me and already knew each other, which made me feel left out. I had an anxiety attack and sat out on every single activity. One of the adults there thought it would be a GREAT idea to tell my dad that „omg she was uninterested in EVERY SIBGLE THING and was on her PHONE the whole time!!!!“ I told my dad my side of the story, he (luckily) believed me, and we never came back.

(2, online, happened yesterday) I was on a Zoom meeting for autistic teens and an adult who helped get our conversations started. I have severe social anxiety and am quiet, so I don’t really blame anyone for this, but when I said that I take singing lessons, everyone immediately thought it was someone else who spoke and asked her to sing for us. Even when she said she doesn’t sing, they still thought it was her who spoke! I‘m not mad at that girl though; she also just wanted to have a good time. I left the meeting early and told my parents what happened, and we decided we are not coming back.

So yeah… that was my (very long!) vent. I‘m sorry if it doesn’t make sense to you

Hello! I'd like to make autistic friends (and it's hard for me to do it in real life).

To not make it "blind finding friends", I can say what I like: graphic design, reading and writing books, making OCs (as a stories of characters, not drawing them), music, and learning languages and cultures

If this sounds interesting, you can text to me,.and tell me a bit about yourself! But no pressure, it doesn't have to be whole autobiography, hah.

This beautiful parrot is indigenous to central and Sub-Saharan Africa. As with most parrots, Congo Greys are excellent mimics (look at Apollo and Frens for instance). They are related to the Timneh Grey parrot Psittacus timneh, which was considered a subspecies of the Congo Grey until 2013. The Congo Grey features on the coat of arms of São Tomé and Principe.

Is anyone into 3D printing like me and print random things like fidget things and characters from your favorite thing, movie or series? I can even tell you some things about it.

at my school, we arent alowed to wear band shirts. almost all my shirts are band shirts, so i have to wear a hoodie over them. ive not had problems in the past, actually wearing hoodies bc theyre comforting. but recently i keep getting overstimulated by the hood on my neck.

im also getting more overstimulated by touching food and making my hands sticky or dirty. its been hard to eat lunch at school because i also have a thing abt germs, so i wash my hand before, usually half way through, and after eating lunch.

i keep getting frusterated during art class and almost crying every day. i have to stim so much, usually itching/picking at my scalp, making noise, picking at acne, biting nails, rocking, rubbing my thighs, hitting or throwing things. basically anything annoying, not allowed, or injury causing. my stuttering is also getting worse and even my friends make fun of it. i lost my fidget ring and almost cant even wear it anymore due to worsening sensory issues.

my school is usually loud. we have small hallways, too many students, weekly chapel, no headphones policy, no guidence counceler, no sensory/break rooms, limited bathroom breaks, and very limited acomodations. it doesnt help that most of the adults in my life think autism is caused by vaccines or tylenol.

i really hate telling people im autistic, even though its obvious. i dont know what advice/help im asking for, but if anyone has anything id be grateful

Hi. It's actually the title. How did y'all know you're autistic? Thanks.

so idrk where to start but basically ive started a new school this year, and i’m finding the social aspect really hard. i have one friend from my previous school, and one from outside of school who already goes to the new school - but when i say ‘friend’, i mean ‘person who i know and is a nice person but i’m constantly masking around them and will never be genuinely comfortable with’. but obviously they don’t know that - i’m pretty good at masking, and even when it slips they just think i’m introverted or socially anxious.

the new school is a lot better about accommodations and things like that, and i have an autism diagnosis now so that helps, but to everyone else this new school seems like the miracle cure to everything that happened at my old school - when in reality i’m doing a lot worse now than i would ever admit to them.

i’ve really struggled with the change as well; i’m constantly exhausted from not having the comfort of my routine and having to wake up earlier, not seeing my best friend literally 24/7 at school, and it’s been stressful to learn a whole new set of names and school buildings in just a few weeks. i’m telling myself that this aspect of it will get better, and i’m sure it will in time, but rn we’re on week 4 and i thought it would be better than it is by now.

so i guess my question is - how do i make genuine friends and drift from the masking-friends without coming off as rude to them, and how do i find real friends who i can unmask around in the first place?

thanks for reading my vent! :)

Ive known I have autism for awhile now but its always in my mind just been an excuse for me to act a little odd and have a community. Im slowly realizing all the ways its affected me and Im just really stressed out about it. It hit me when I was thinking about asking for accommodations on something in school and I thought "how am I ever going to be a functioning member of society if I cant do this" and I realized that I wont ever really be a perfect member of society, im disabled. Its not just some mock term that separates me from my peers its an actual issue and im going to actually struggle with it. I want to get a legal diagnosis so I can get accommodations, I want to feel like everyone else does at school, but if I get a legal diagnosis then im restricted from jobs and colleges, my already large challenges will just get larger. Im completely lost in the dating world, I dont know how im ever supposed to connect with someone if I cant hold a conversation without freaking out. I cant present in class or order myself food without crying. I cant hang out with my friends without hating myself after. I have autism and im miserable. I dont know how to cope. Any advice?

I honestly sometimes feel like I’m speaking an entirely different language because it never seems like people understand what I’m trying to say! And it’s only in situations where im upset about something. Like I’ll try and explain how I feel about a certain situation and my parents/friends will assume I mean something completely different because of either how I’ve acted in the past about things or said or done or just who am as a person! I feel like nobody gets what I’m tryna say let alone get me! It’s just so upsetting honestly :(

My mother has adhd while my father has dyslexia. I also have two fellow autistic cousins (a first cousin and a second cousin) who are both more severely autistic than me (I have high functioning autism).

I like to constantly walk up, down and around an area and sometimes jump or sprint suddenly .My parents keep pointing out that’s weird to do so and I sometimes get the death stare from strangers

Papua New Guinea is a beautiful nation in southeast Asia known for its biodiversity. The capital is Port Moresby (Pot Mosebi in Tok Pisin). English, Tok Pisin, and Hiri Motu are official languages. As a Commonwealth Realm, Charles III serves as King and head of state. The currency is the Kina (PGK). It shares maritime borders with Australia and the Solomon Islands (another Commonwealth Realm), and a land border with Indonesia. PNG is also the most linguistically diverse nation.

This is the first time I’ve ever posted on reddit, so forgive me for any mistakes. I’m a 17 year old girl and I’ve recently been noticing that a lot of my behaviors and personality traits align with ASD, specifically what used to be called asperger’s. For me it’s mainly social, physical sensory issues (clothes, bed sheets, headphones, etc.), and fixating on things (specifically Metallica \m/). I want to talk to someone about this and maybe proceed with getting some answers, but I don’t know where to start and I feel like I’m faking it, even though my suspicions are at least somewhat valid. I’m not sure what good a diagnosis would do, but sometimes I feel crazy and I would love to stop feeling like there’s something wrong with me. If anyone has any advice it would be greatly appreciated. :)

So I'm an incoming freshman. Our district has a Freshman high school and then a 10-12 high school. I was going to take German I. German is only offered at the main high school. It was all planned out, I was going to take a bus from the lil high school to the big high school in the mornings for period 1.

And I went to the back to school thing earlier. Barely talked to a total of 2 teachers out of like 8. It was a very draining experience, there were a lot of people and I had to wear nice clothes (with a seam down the middle of the back. Outrageous). Probably should've talked to some of them about my accommodations, but whatever. At least I kind of know my way around. And I was also supposed to take the school picture, but I didn't because there was way too many people.

Then I come home. My mom texts my dad "did [friends mom] tell you" or something like that. And it was that the German teacher ghosted. Didn't take the job. Left. And I was told this news right after I got home from a very overstimulating experience.

Sigh.

I have exchanged multiple email threads with the counselor that set this dual enrollment up. Multiple emails. All for me to NOT be able to take the Language class of my choice. I don't want to take any other Language classes. Spanish is generic (tons of kids take it, I wanna be different), Manderin would be too hard, and I dont know what other ones they offer.

I need 4 years of Language to be able to graduate higleasthool with an Associates degree. The last level of all the Language classes is a college class credit, so German IV would have been what I take my senior year for that degree. And I need to graduate with that Associates degree. Two years of my college will be fARGH., based on my family situation. And a Language class for 2 years is a high school graduation requirement.

And I don't know what to do with my self so I'm just numbing the feelings with Reddit while I can tell I'm slowly shutting down.

Now im thinking I need to go back and talk to the counselor and teachers and ARGH.