fandom-gremlin (Posts tagged autistic)

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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Shout-out to the autistics who crave hugs. Shout-out to the autistics whose love language is touch.

And shout-out to the autistics who were denied a timely diagnosis because a misinformed professional thought you were "too affectionate" to be autistic.

You aren't any less autistic because of how you show affection. And you aren't nearly as rare as pop culture and outdated research would imply.

verifiedbyai

Idk it seems like a weird case of the symptom helping cause the cause? Like once you've been rebuffed for wanting touch enough it can kind of become more painful to try because of the possible blowback. At that point you just become completely against touch because you're worried it won't be appreciated & you'll embarrass yourself? Idk maybe this is just me lol someone brought it up recently and I'm still embarrassed about it.

fandom-gremlin

oh my gosh

ME TOO!!!

i was incredibly affectionate as a young child but some time during elementary i got so subconscious of touch, about the same time classmates were telling me that touch couldn’t be platonic

lucky i’m been getting better about it

any other autistic aros out there??

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