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The Pot's Everything
The seed sown in a pot, Nourished with its care in ways untaught. The pot's everything was the plant. The reason for its existence was the plant. One day, The plant outgrew the pot. And was now held by the other. The pot, abandoned because of its care, Swore to never love anything in its life, Due to the hidden fear. But the other seed sowed in its heart, Germinated and opened it once again, Knowing, that it wouldn't sustain. But still grew just to keep the pot's soul alive, To keep it filled with warmth, For bringing the another to life.
~ark
“You choose your toppings that fit you. “
..No, you don’t. That’s not how this works.
More specifically, while different autistic people can have different autistic traits, that doesn’t mean that you get to choose what traits you have. This metaphor implies that autism is a choice, that autism is just a bunch of autistic traits mixed together (in reality, like any neurotype, it is much more complicated than that), and that showing a couple of signs of autism makes you autistic (it doesn’t).
Saying that you get to choose which traits of autism you have is incredibly harmful to the autism community. That’s the same sort of argument used by ABA therapists to try to force people out of stimming. It’s also the sort of thing that makes neurotypicals think autistic people are just special snowflakes who are faking for attention.
In addition, many of the items in this sundae bar have little or nothing to do with autism, and in fact the sundae bar includes many unrelated neurotypes. While some of these may be correlated with autism, they are still different neurological differences. For instance, autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, and dyslexia are entirely separate things, and some of them are conflated often enough that this kind of misinformation is very counterproductive.
Fundamentally, you don’t get to choose in what ways you are autistic. Yes, different people will have different “toppings,” but that doesn’t make it a choice. I didn’t choose to be hypersensitive to loud noises any more than I chose to be good at math, or I chose to have green eyes.
tl;dr: Autism is not a sundae bar, and autistic people don’t choose which signs of autism we exhibit.
We need to stop seeing autism as some sort of one-dimensional sliding scale. Autism is not a thermometer. It’s not a rating that is “more” or “less”. High-functioning and Low-functioning do not exist in the real world.
Autism is a collection of symptoms and behaviours. Like a sundae bar. You choose your toppings that fit you.
Are you a bipolar extravert that loves socialising, is good at math and bad at remembering time? That’s ONE way to be autistic!
Are you a socially anxious autistic who has meltdowns when your clothes don’t feel right but a genius knowledge of music theory and is great at scheduling? That’s another way to be autistic!
Notice how both of those examples has strengths and weaknesses? Is one more “employable” or “high-functioning” than the other?
There is no one-size-fits-all category or rating for autism.
Walk softly, the forest feels shy today
Hidden in plain sight
hot girls who dream have two sides either your dreams are filled with random dumb shit, or you go on week tangents of dreaming about your friends to the point where you can't look at them anymore.
“Bro, the bridge isn’t just burned out. While it was burning, the firemen tried to put it out with water, but they only damaged the wooden bridge even more, making it unstable to walk across. Then, winter came and infiltrated all the tiny places where the water had still affected it, because water expands when it gets cold, which broke the bridge even further. When spring finally came, the bridge was rotting away, and by the time summer arrived, the bridge was no longer to be seen.”
What does a women want ?!
Women are always known or praised for beauty. For example, your hair is so beautiful, you have a mesmerizing body, your smile is pretty, you fingers are so slim, and what not. However we women are never praised for our intelligence, confidence, observation, patience, organizing ability. We never hear these compliments from anyone.
We women want respect and such mesmerizing praises from everyone even from the one we love. The world has unrealistic expectations from women. I will not mention the list of expectations because this is known to everyone.
To all the men and boys out here, respect the girl or women you love. I know you do but still praise her when she succeeds and support her even at her worst because being physical is the not the true sign of love, staying beside her when she needs you the most, wishing her the best and being happy in her success is the true sign of love and that love stays forever. Just don't keep her as "show off parody".
I’m leaving
i photoshopped this photo so that the sign on rog’s forehead is blank, so do with that what you will (please reblog with your creations)
“The most common explanation for this video is that the video was a metaphor for sex and forbidden knowledge, and how either can be perceived as damaging to a young mind.” -http://fantheories.wikia.com/wiki/DyE_Fantasy Another explanation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TwV2Z0NvzY
The Grass Blade
The grass
Uniform and green
Yet each blade is unique
This one is the color of sage
That one is the color of evergreens
This one looks weird
Drastically different
Odd color and misshapen
Sharp and round
When the spring comes
Warm and sunny
The grass greenest
This freakish blade blooms
Up and out
Fresh and clean
As red as blood gorgeous as the sunset
Above and better than the green grass
Appears the beautiful rose
Kind and protected
A metaphorical
Gun to my head
Threaten a fate
I would rather
Instead
A moment too soon
Or not soon enough
Maybe this metaphor
Is more real
Than I thought