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April 4th is Auditory Processing Disorder awareness day!

Here's to me, and the rest of the people with auditory sensitivities, misophonia, etc. who feel like Eddie Brock and Venom in real life 👽

(Yes, my post is late, too bad. I've been very sick this weekend)

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The people who love to spout the "autism isn't a disability, it's your superpower!" logic fail to realize the reality for so many autistic people. Adding medium support needs into that equation makes the whole dilemma more frustrating.

Especially for late or undiagnosed autistic people. And POC.

I have had doors slammed in my face three times (metaphorically) while attempting to find a steady job, just for being neurodivergent.

But to everybody who doesn't know me well, my neurodivergence is invisible due to most of it not being on paper. (My only official diagnosis is Auditory Processing Disorder, and most people have no idea what that is and start treating me like I can't hear at all).

Also, many people still think of a stereotypically autistic white boy with high-support needs when they imagine autism. They don't see it in me, when I am being obviously neurodivergent right in front of them.

I have had multiple managers and coworkers think that I'm "slow" or "stupid", because my brain cannot multitask at neurotypical speed. While also somehow seeing me as "high-functioning"??? Make it make sense.

On a related note.

PSA: If you are autistic, or are neurodivergent in general, DO NOT work at Starbucks. I beg. Shit will kill your soul, I know from experience. Everything about their policies and expectations of how baristas should behave are extremely ableist. They deserve all the profit loss that has been happening due to the boycotts 😀🔪

Welp.

Only took me several years of seeing Tumblr memes through osmosis to *finally* get on here lmaooooooo here I am though

you don't "hate kids," you hate being forced into a caretaking role.

you don't "hate kids," you hate censorship passed off as family values.

you don't "hate kids," you hate the constrictiveness of the nuclear family.

you don't "hate kids," you're just not used to occupying fully age diverse spaces so you're not used to the noise or the many different kinds of needs.

you don't "hate kids," most public spaces just aren't built for kids, and so the few kids you see are always uncomfortable and distressed.

you don't "hate kids," you hate the intense social rules assigned to kids and anyone who interacts with kids.

You don't "hate kids," you hate how society reproduces its most restrictive elements and how kids are powerless to resist it.

Me at work (grocery stores are sensory hell)

Ok so I got to thinking and here's my pitch for an APD (auditory processing disorder) creature. Introducing.... the 'Huh?'

Idk just a thought

Being a "that movie looks cool, but I need to read the book first" type of person has caused me to be severely behind on pop culture.

Comparing the adaptation to the source material is cool and all, but alas. Lack of time and mental energy (read: Neurodivergent Adulthood)

There is one (1) exception to this rule, and that is me becoming hyper-fixated on the series.

Exhibit A: me re-watching the entirety of Avatar the Last Airbender. AND starting Legend of Korra. AND starting the ATLA comics.

At roughly the same time

This goes for punks, too btw

The biggest pet peeve of mine are "goths" who excuse their shein amazon aliexpress hot topic hauls with "my thrifts only have granny clothes" as an excuse to why they can't thrift. 100% of the time, it's people who go to thrift shops and expect to find hot topic and killstar and overlook the 80s black clothing that looks shapeless or outdated when unstyled. All you have to do is add a belt, some pins, and maybe a chain, maybe distress it, and it will look 100 times better than the ugly ass shein clothing you are already buying. The visual parts of goth are built on those common 80s basics that you can find literally everywhere styled in unconventional ways. Granny thrift stores are the actual goldmines for dirt cheap goth clothing . You are just uncreative and lazy and refuse to put effort into your looks