This Sums Up How I Feel About J.K. Rowling

Reblogging this super late but oh well. Point still stands

happy autism awareness day to all the girls who had “ friends” growing up who were actually bullying them . to the girls who always sat alone in the grass and wondered why nobody wanted to talk . to the girls who spoke to animals like they were listening . to the girls who created a little world in their room . to the girls who always felt ashamed for how deeply they love things and how passionately they enjoyed media . to the girls who covered their ears when they were overwhelmed by everything . to the girls who carrying a special thing around to feel safe . to the girls who never understood what they did wrong to feel so lonely . to the girls who were diagnosed later in life because they weren’t little boys who liked trains. you are so special and beautiful and you’re not worse for it, you love deeply and that is so wonderful please never try to push that down . I LOVE YOU !!!!!

Me at work (grocery stores are sensory hell)

Looking at certain sellout "punk" bands who shamelessly used AI for their most recent album cover art *cough* The Offspring *cough*

~ Art credit: hecreative ~

They can come after us all they want but it's not like they can ever stop us from existing. That's just stupid. 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🏳️‍⚧️

We all making grandpa cry btw

Please be patient with those of us with auditory processing disorder. We just need more time for the gears to turn in our heads.

As an APD-haver who also enjoys hip-hop and grew up listening to the greats, I concur.

Don't lump it all in with the gangsta rap (that genre is usually the rap equivalent of pop music and is not to be treated as an example)

Do those people who say “I don’t like rap because of my auditory processing issues” know that they can look up lyrics? Do they know that they can enjoy the beat and the mixing and the cadence of the artist even if they can’t parse out what the words are quite yet? Like I know that it’s a way to try and absolve themselves of racism by playing the disability card, but like, as someone who also has auditory processing issues, you don’t need to understand every word on first listening to appreciate the musicality. And then there are very easy ways to learn the lyrics afterwards.