It’s a mix of general autistic things, and things I personally do as a cis-autistic. Autism presents very broadly so you’ll have to navigate what works for you! Feel free to suggest more in the comments.

  • Develop a special interest and learn a lot about it! Tell everyone about it!
  • Use obscurer words in your every day vocab. Examples; greetings, mayhaps, overmorrow, variegate, betwixt, whence.
  • Stim! Examples; echolalia, repetitive movements, stim toys, music.
  • Interpret things literally, especially when it’s coming from a stranger.
  • Plan everything!
  • Develop a more monotonous voice and/or flat/blunted affect.
  • Accentuate your quirks!

Other common traits of autism are sensory/processing issues, meltdowns, and social clashing.

  • unicorns@rqd2.netEnglish
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    8 months ago

    My recommendations:

    • is there a piece of media you really like? rewatch/reread/relisten to that shit
    • special interests are a widely talked about thing but autistic people don’t always have them. some autistic people don’t have the words to describe their special interest(s). I don’t have the words to describe some of the special interests I have because they are based more on aesthetics than information recall and dump and/or they overlap or mix with other interests in difficult to describe ways and/or they are seemingly disparate fascinations anchored to a concept that is intuitive to me but not to others
    • stims I like: walking/pacing, rocking, jumping, hand flapping
    • taking something at face value can be fun as it can start a conversation that otherwise would not have happened!
    • planning can sometimes take a lot of energy that you may not have as an autistic person so if planning is too much that’s ok! that doesn’t make you less autistic. also, routines and habits are not necessarily plans. I have things I generally do without have explicit plans to do them. autistic/ADHD fixation often gets in the way of plans too
    • autistics can sound monotonous though we can can sound loud and excitable too
    • having your own way of thinking regardless of society can be nice
    • taking care of yourself and trying to do as little as possible during autistic burnout can be nice
    • life can be hard for us to you should try making yours easier even if it flies in the face of what you were taught
    • one thing that was great was I went through my closet and ranked my clothes from most to least comfortable and got rid of the uncomfortable stuff I was wearing just because I had it. now I want to get more of the most comfortable stuff
    • try not to feel obligated to keep gifts that don’t particularly interest you
    • try sleeping with weighted blanket
    • call yourself autistic and be proud of it!