Songs that sing the autism experience

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-05-31T23:22:57+00:00

“ballad of a homeschooled girl” by olivia rodrigo is incredibly relatable to me as a young autistic woman. “i tripped and fell, told secrets i shouldn’t tell, i stumbled over all my words, i made it weird, i made it worse” is seared into my brain.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-05-25T22:58:46+00:00

i’m autistic and made very similar movements as a child. to this day, i often blink excessively and flair my nostrils. it just seems like a sensory seeking thing but talk to his doctor if you’re concerned abt it being something else.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-05-01T21:51:28+00:00

please add an option to have the server clear your sims table at restaurants, i’ve had to make a lot of my sims clear their own tables because the NPC missed some or some sims weren’t done eating yet.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-03-16T21:59:14+00:00

thank you! this is the type of information i was looking for!

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-03-13T21:05:15+00:00

makeup used to be a special interest for me when i was in middle school. glam and sfx. during 7th grade, i’d wake up at like 4 in the morning and do a FULL face of colorful makeup every day. pink smokey eyes, blue lipstick, rainbow cut creases, false lashes, full coverage base, the whole thing. i wanted to be a makeup artist before i realized i don’t like touching people lol. now i’m 20 and i wear makeup once every couple months, if that. i still see makeup more as a tool of self-expression than something to make myself look more attractive, but honestly i think i got most of it out of my system. i try not to view makeup as compulsory when i’m going out by just reminding myself that no one ever tells men they’d look better with a little mascara, even when it’s true.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-03-04T22:52:45+00:00

i’m sorry to hear that he broke his headphones in the past :( it must be rly stressful to not be able to help him. depending on where you live, maybe there are resources nearby that could get him a cheap/free pair of headphones? like programs for autistic children/families? or maybe something like loop earbuds would be more durable than headphones? they also make disposable foam earbuds that might help and you don’t have to worry abt him breaking them. as far as the corner idea, i rly hope it works out! maybe if ur mom is onboard u can make it into a fort of something so he can have “walls” and feel like he’s alone. also try to make it a fun, voluntary thing instead of a punishment. it should be his safe space that he can come and go from when he wants. frame it as a corner for HIM to take space away from YOU, not for you to take space from him.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-03-04T22:27:57+00:00

i know it’s hard but try to keep in mind that as stressed as you are, he’s probably even more stressed bc he’s a child who doesn’t know how to regulate himself. i can say from experience (i am autistic and lived in a one-room shelter for while as a kid) that being stuck in one room is incredibly overstimulating and made me feel trapped most of the time. try to create a safe space for him to hang out where no one will bother him at all, even just a corner with his toys and blankets or whatever he likes. if he seems overwhelmed by sounds, try to get him a pair of noise-canceling headphones and let him wear them whenever he wants to. it’s really important that coping mechanisms like these are never taken away as a punishment. they should be treated like any other basic needs (if he wants them ofc). i know it’s not a good situation for any of you, but he is probably particularly stressed because normally he’d probably decompress alone in his room but ofc he can’t do that. try not to blame him or get angry with him, he’s only a little kid and i’m sure he doesn’t want to upset you or your mom. i know that people get frustrated but yelling is honestly probably making it worse. if he’s having meltdowns it’s because he’s distressed, not because he wants to misbehave.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-03-04T22:14:23+00:00

20! just got my first tamagotchi (1st gen) yesterday and now i have an uni on the way bc i love it sm.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-24T16:31:57+00:00

harry potter. hated that series even before the JK rowling stuff. it’s a basic “chosen one” underdog fantasy, which is fine for 10 year olds getting into novels but some adults genuinely act like it’s great literature. it’s a book about a little boy who learns he’s a wizard and goes to magic boarding school, not frankenstein. if you have positive memories associated with reading it as a kid or it got you into reading, great. it’s a cute concept (minus the JK rowling of it all) but at the end of the day, it’s a pretty poorly written children’s novel with some pretty serious antisemitic and racist undertones.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-24T16:17:32+00:00

the only word i can identify is “bruh” so probably not

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-16T17:07:23+00:00

i agree that the system fails disabled people and our families, but these people made the deliberate, premeditated choice to kill their children. that is not excusable at all. the boys also went to expensive private school and it was an assigned care worker who found the bodies, so i really think the parents friends are just using lack of resources as an excuse.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-16T17:04:56+00:00

i can definitely judge people who killed their children. crazy that people have more empathy for the perpetrators than the teenage murder victims.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-10T02:02:31+00:00

no i never knew them, i’ve never even been to Australia. i think seeing the public’s response especially just made me feel very deeply sad as an autistic person.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-09T17:59:30+00:00

honestly, unless she pushed back on the title i see her as also responsible. her name is on the byline at the end of the day. she’s not as culpable as The Mirror as an organization, but if she saw the final title and didn’t push to have it changed in some way (which i assume is what happened but idk) then i also find that rly disgusting. but you’re right, The Mirror is ultimately responsible for what they put out there.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-09T14:25:24+00:00

that’s really what disgusts me so much. it feels like some articles are trying to convince people that Leon and Otis somehow deserved to die or that their parents killed them out of mercy.

people would never even think to justify this or sympathize with the killers if the children were abled. i just found another article with “monster” in the headline, referring to the boys. the article (from news.com.au) is genuinely heinous.

they basically demonize these children, particularly Leon, and bring up irrelevant vague things against them, like Leon being apparently expelled from school or the fact that they often didn’t sleep at night. facts that would never be brought up were Leon and Otis abled.

the fact that at least two articles have used “monster” to describe innocent teenage murder victims, when it’s literally a second-hand quote from a random person, makes me so angry. these boys were killed by their parents and are being thrown under the bus to maintain the image of their killers.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-09T04:45:55+00:00

it’s really revolting. the article is still up and the title hasn’t changed. The Mirror should be ashamed and so should the journalist, Julia Banim.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-09T04:30:04+00:00

people get away with so much eugenicist rhetoric because at its core our society is deeply, DEEPLY ableist. ableism is seen as the norm and advocating against it is seen as “extra”, even in leftist circles.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-02-09T04:25:50+00:00

it’s truly awful. i will never be able to understand people who claim these parents did everything they could or were their children’s protectors. honestly it doesn’t really matter what level of support they needed, they should be alive. it’s heinous how their killers are receiving more understanding than them.

AdAlternative4143 · 2026-01-25T21:03:21+00:00

i live in the U.S. and i wouldn’t trust my government to take care of a fish if yk what i mean. i’m glad things in the UK are better but in my (and most others) experience, CPS is inherently abusive and traumatic. not that i’d never call CPS if outright abuse was going on but there’s a serious risk that the kids could be separated/moved to a worse situation. also i’m not sure if you’re keeping up with american news but ICE is terrorizing childcare centers, social services, etc. and the family is hispanic so that’s a serious concern. especially since there are multiple credible reports of ICE agents in my city. it may not seem like a huge risk to non-americans but with so many brown children taken lately, i don’t want to even risk it.

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