"autism/neurodivergence Isn't An Excuse!" "I'm Autistic And I Act Normal!!!" And Phrases Like That Are

Trick-or-Treating Facts!

Trick-or-treating is a derived from the much older practices of guising, souling, and mumming

guising was a Scottish tradition of children wearing “disguises” to protect themselves from evil spirits, and going door-to-door to receive food or money. it dates back to at least the 16th century!

souling was a British/Irish practice of soulers (mainly children & the poor) going door-to-door and receiving soul cakes (’souls’) in exchange for song & prayer. this practices dates from the 15th century.

mumming was a similar British practice, though more commonly performed on Christmas and Easter. Amateur actors (mummers) would visit houses & pubs to perform folk plays in exchange for money. These often involved sword fights, and occasionally sword dances! 

Immigrants brought these practices to North America, where trick-or-treating itself developed in the 1920s. It’s gained popularity in a number of other countries since them, with different countries developing their own variations, but is still most commonplace in the U.S. and Canada.

Guising, souling, and mumming are still practiced today in certain parts of Britain (and elsewhere), though not on the scale that trick-or-treating has reached. Soul cakes look like this:

Ok, but my favorite Wednesday headcanon is autistic aroace Wednesday, and it has nothing to do with the fact that I myself am an autistic aroace person.

I do spells and shit for the elderly on weekends.

Like. Autism doesn't come with an automatic love of hearing anyone infodump about anything they love. In fact sometimes it comes with the opposite. Sometimes restricted interests are in fact restrictive enough to make anything else boring. Sometimes it's just hard to process that much speech. Doesn't mean we get to be unkind about it either but yeah. This fantasy people push of autistics having endless energy and appreciation for each other's special interests is just not realistic.

Autism Acceptance Month: Autistic Headcanons

↳ Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)

“Well, you wouldn’t have got a sock on the eye if you hadn’t said your family was better than our family!”

Sabrina the Teenage Witch – 4.06: Episode LXXXI The Phantom Menace

autistically mourning pangea think of all the train potential

how it feels to listen to an album in order

^ me & the artist sharing their beautiful vision for a cohesive work of art