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Saw this on Reddit today. Things just keep getting worse.

People using subtle hints instead of being direct makes things very hard for autistic people.

In some cases, it's understandable to do that. If you have trauma from being punished for being direct, then you have no moral obligation to sacrifice your own feeling of safety. This often happens when a woman is uncomfortable with a man and has had experiences in which being direct has made a man violent. Autistic people could even be afraid to be direct, because they've likely been bullied and abused for it constantly.

But if you're an authority figure, you have no excuse to use subtle hints. If you expect something to be done a specific way and failing to meet the expectations will cause you to punish them, then you damn well better be clear about what you're expecting and why you're expecting it.

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Mermay 1-10 by Christophe Young

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bonus:

I've seen "I don't know how to play with toys anymore" a few times lately and just wanted to point out-

Playing with toys looks different for everyone, even actual children!

Playing with toys can look like: 🧸🪁🚂

Taking pictures of your toys and writing captions for them

Brushing or grooming soft toys or toys with rooted hair

Ordering or sorting your toys by colour/species etc

Making up stories, poems or comics about your toys

Dressing or accessorising your toys

Imagining your toys talking to you or each other, forming opinions of their own, etc

Drawing your toys

Taking your toys for a walk outside, even in a backpack or pocket if you don't want to carry them openly

Making lists of the toys you have and where you got them etc

Feel free to add your own ideas

Hello! I'm back with another au idea for you all on this fine day! I hope you enjoy! :D

In this au, Arthur learns of the prophecy of Emrys and the Once and Future King before he learns about Merlin's magic. Because of this, he thinks that the golden age of Albion will result in Merlin becoming Emrys and thus losing his soul to magic. So, to ensure that Merlin is never taken from him by magic, Arthur resolves to make sure that there is no peace in Albion, so the golden age can never come to pass.

While this premise might seem angsty, I personally would see it more as a crackfic where everything Arthur does to try to prevent peace and prosperity winds up making everything more peaceful and prosperous instead!

Arthur would try to plunge Albion into chaos and war in a variety of ways, but all of them backfire on him. As a method of last resort, Arthur repeals the magic ban because he thinks that it'll ruin Camelot forever, only for that to be the last thing that finally brings lasting peace to the kingdom.

At one point during this, Arthur would try to reach out to Morgana on ways to ruin all the peace in the land (since, in his opinion, she's the expert on that), but Morgana realizes that Arthur is trying to burn down Uther's legacy and is going to repeal the magic and takes it to mean that Arthur is finally seeing things her way and decides to be friends with Arthur again, since they're now united in their goals of spreading chaos and ruining everything Uther built. Which would, inevitably, lead to more peace and unity in Camelot, against Arthur's best efforts.

I think that the funniest (or most heartbreaking) part of this entire idea is that Arthur is fully willing to deliberately ruin his kingdom and plunge the land into war if it means keeping Merlin by his side. This is because, in Arthur's mind, nothing Arthur can do to ruin his own kingdom can be as devastating to him as the consequences of Merlin being taken from him.

When you tell them you have ADHD and autism and they say that's fine but then they find out it's not cutesy collecting hello Kitty and bouncy stimming autism and oopsie I can't pay attention ADHD,

its I can't go in the grocery store I can't vacuum I can't do dishes because of the sensory overload

it's we can go eat at a restaurant but as soon as I start getting overwhelmed I'm going to shut down completely and dissociate but tell you I'm fine

It's please snuggle me but I have to keep my headphones on because hearing is too much right now

It's thank you this new shirtjacketbraceletnecklace you bought me is amazing and I love it but I can't wear it because it feels weird

It's I love you but sometimes your voice is too much noise and I can't look into your eyes

It's I need you near me but please don't touch me or talk or breathe too loud or cough because my brain feels like it's about to explode

It's I'm sorry I forgot you asked me to do the dishes but I know when your entire family's birthdays are and will never forget them

It's I meant to cook dinner four hours ago but I got lost in my brain and I just found my way back out and realized it's already 10pm