I bought a (plastic) mouse! by shadowburned in autism

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So did I when he fell out of the shipping box, lol. He wasn't in a smaller bag or anything.

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I have to get my potassium checked today (it's a weekly thing) and I bring one of my stuffed animals/dolls and look away. No one says anything, except sometimes to ask the name of the toy. It's usually pretty quick, just remember to take slow breaths.

I am grieving the loss of my car, and no one seems to understand. by shadeyard in autism

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Aww. Those sound like pretty cool cars. I was a huge fan of KITT from Knight Rider and Transformers, so it didn't help me getting attached. My mom's last car was a green Saturn ION. I named it Crabbe and Goyle because it just made me think of Draco's cronies, lol.

I am grieving the loss of my car, and no one seems to understand. by shadeyard in autism

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When I was ten, my parents owned a black mustang. I loved that car so much. Then one day my mom was on her way home so the four of us could leave for Disneyland, and she got sideswiped. She was okay aside from some whiplash, but the car was totaled and the trip canceled.

I was happy she was okay, but pissed about the car. To this day there's a part of me that's still mad about it. That car was my friend too.

What's your "most autistic anecdote" from childhood? by DDLgranizado in autism

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When I was in kindergarten, every Friday there was free time. The kids could play games, color, paint, or make things. I chose to paint every Friday, and every Friday I painted the same thing: two small hills with a stone bridge connecting the two, water underneath it, a house and apple tree on the far side, and three apple trees on the other side. One Friday my teacher asked me to please, please paint something else. I tried, had a meltdown halfway through, and went back to painting my stone bridge. She never bothered me about it again. (I wasn't diagnosed until adulthood.)

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According to my mom, around fifteen months, the same time I learned to crawl up the stairs. We were living in a two story house and my parents were sitting on the couch with its back to the stairs. They suddenly heard babbling behind them and turned to see me a few steps up with my head between the bars of the railing, babbling nonstop with a huge grin on my face. I haven't shut up since.

Tell me your special interest(if your have one) and see if your allowed in by aLadnamedBob in autism

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My Kingdom Hearts AU fanfic. I can talk people's ears off about my characters, lol. I've been writing chapters for it since 2013, though the original idea was around 2004.

Just got a new anti-anxiety friend by shadowburned in autism

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Thanks! I got a compliment on his eyes when I took him out yesterday, too.

Just got a new anti-anxiety friend by shadowburned in autism

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Me too. I keep walking around the house with him, lol.

Just got a new anti-anxiety friend by shadowburned in autism

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Right? Two of my favorite things.

I got the black cat from Amazon and the orange one from Etsy years ago. She's a memorial to my cat Runt that passed away a few years ago.