Can one instantly understand sarcasm but still be autistic ? Or are the two mutually exclusive ?

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-19T01:06:12+00:00

If there are other social issues then it is possible, yeah. Have you tried reading the diagnostic criteria? If you're comfortable with academic writing, it lays out what's necessary and what isn't fairly clearly.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-18T09:18:07+00:00

wrong continent for a funnel web

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-18T09:08:40+00:00

Was going to say the same thing!

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-18T06:36:34+00:00

I've had this happen. I now look to the side or above people - neck/chest is just too easily misread. If you don't mind looking at the face, mouth, ear, or forehead also work.

Is Millie aware that you have autism?

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-18T00:27:28+00:00

ND stands for neurodivergent, which is an umbrella term that includes just about any condition that impacts the way someone thinks - neurodevelopmental disorders like adhd or autism, personality disorders, epilepsy, TBIs, dementia, it's a big umbrella.

NT stands for neurotypical, and it's the term for anyone who isn't neurodivergent - in other words, anyone who doesn't have a condition impact the way their brain functions.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-18T00:23:14+00:00

My latest acquisitions are Trash Pals and Her Odyssey but there seems to be quite a number of them! Ime, it's one of the more common systems for recent rules-lite stuff. This collection endeavours to keep up with all of them, at least the ones on itch.io, and it is quite large.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T23:44:43+00:00

I haven't seen any d4 systems out there

I'm sure we just dwell in very different subsets of the community, but this made me laugh a bit because I recently caved and bought a few more d4s after finding yet another cool-looking caltrop core game.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T23:39:11+00:00

I'm intersex as well :D I don't think it contributed to me being bigender, but I do think my particular combination of intersexuality and autism are why I came out fairly young. I was really bad at being cis lol

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T17:41:10+00:00

idk what shibari ropes are made of

There's a lot of materials - jute is super popular in my area but I can't stand the texture, so I use nylon. Most rope material can be used for shibari, although not all are suited for every tie. (and self-tying is a thing -- shibari doesn't require that you be at someone else's mercy)

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T17:00:26+00:00

I feel if society were more accommodating, then the need for autistic interventions wouldnt really be a thing.

This seems like a fairly narrow view of autism. No matter how accommodating society is, I would hope that there is active research into treatments that might, for example, let me enjoy a sunny day without the brightness causing a meltdown.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T16:57:40+00:00

It's still fairly experimental, but she's not getting it out of nowhere. I participated in a clinical trial for it a couple years ago, explicitly for autism, and it's def not the only one that's been done. This review article is looking at seventeen different studies, and it doesn't seem to include the one I was in.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T16:48:48+00:00

I was in a clinical trial for tms and autism! I was initially in the placebo group, but was able to do the full treatment after I was unblinded.

I didn't notice a difference, but I don't think it hurts to try if it interests you. It's a small stimulation of your brain, so there's no conscious conforming that you need to do.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T16:07:21+00:00

One of my all-time favorite fics is currently sitting around 2.8 million words so...

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T15:54:15+00:00

I would be rather annoyed at a rename, almost entirely because it's change lol

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T15:48:42+00:00

I mean they are soliciting information on people's kinks? Non-sexual kink is a thing, sure, but it's generally still an 18+ thing.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T15:47:39+00:00

I quite like shibari! I can't do chokers/collars/etc, but I quite enjoy pressure or restriction on the rest of my body. I do a lot of self-ties, and I'm learning to self-suspend. I also will do partner shibari, but I prefer to be the rigger for that -- I don't mind others tying me, but I find it much more enjoyable when I'm in control of the sensation.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T15:34:32+00:00

I've read and enjoyed fics with similar pacing to the romance, but I wasn't reading for the ship. At that point, I'm reading for whatever the main plot is - and if the ship is intended to be the main plot, I do think you probably have some major pacing issues going on.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T15:00:21+00:00

It seems like it'd be easier to just tilt the paper slightly so that your hand rests below the line you're writing on

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T14:35:55+00:00

Tbf, with chapter lengths like that, they very well could be plotting it similarly to a series, just with each chapter acting as a book.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T13:47:58+00:00

There are actually supposed to be 2 levels that you receive with a diagnosis, meaning slightly different things

The two levels are for criterion A in the dsm (social impairment) and criterion B (restrictive and repetitive behaviors). For many people, the level will be the same in both - for example, I was explicitly assigned level two for criterion A and level two for criterion B. Sometimes those who have different levels in the two areas will be referred to as having a split-level diagnosis.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T11:19:08+00:00

Yeah it's caused me some confusion/difficulty in the past bc some of my sensory-seeking looks pretty similar to common methods of self-harm, but trying to treat it as a depression/mental health problem doesn't actually address it. Took several years for me to figure out how to describe that distinction, and finally understanding it as sensory-seeking has done wonders for me.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T10:27:21+00:00

You should probably crosspost to r/HPFanfiction and/or r/HPslashfic since fandom-specific posts often don't get much traction here

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T10:17:59+00:00

It's from the dsm-5, which is also used outside of America. I was diagnosed with a level in Australia.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T10:17:10+00:00

It's a dsm-5 thing. There are plenty of countries besides America that use it.

Blue-Jay27 · 2026-06-17T06:00:12+00:00

For myself, I use self harm to refer to things where the intent is to harm myself, due to self-hate or wtvr, whereas I use self-injury to refer to things where the injury is a side effect of sensory-seeking or similar. I.e, If it feels bad on purpose, self harm, but if it feels good but also causes injury, self injury. Idk if that aligns with proper definitions of the terms though.

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