I've Been Autistic All Along?
@autisticallalong.bsky.social
Empowering late identified autistic adults through peer support and education.
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Autistic. ADHD. CPtsd. OCD. Endo.
Autism Peer Support Worker. Parent. Advocate. Weirdo.
Memes too!!!
Autistic. ADHD. CPtsd. OCD. Endo.
Autism Peer Support Worker. Parent. Advocate. Weirdo.
I write a to-do list.
I lose the to-do list.
I write another to-do list.
I do something else completely.
I lose the to-do list.
I write another to-do list.
I do something else completely.
July 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I write a to-do list.
I lose the to-do list.
I write another to-do list.
I do something else completely.
I lose the to-do list.
I write another to-do list.
I do something else completely.
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
Now I’ve dug up the parts of me I buried.
Uncovered the bits of me that I masked.
Embraced the aspects of me that I was shamed for.
I’m not reinventing myself, I am getting reacquainted with myself.
Now I’ve dug up the parts of me I buried.
Uncovered the bits of me that I masked.
Embraced the aspects of me that I was shamed for.
I’m not reinventing myself, I am getting reacquainted with myself.
July 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
Now I’ve dug up the parts of me I buried.
Uncovered the bits of me that I masked.
Embraced the aspects of me that I was shamed for.
I’m not reinventing myself, I am getting reacquainted with myself.
Now I’ve dug up the parts of me I buried.
Uncovered the bits of me that I masked.
Embraced the aspects of me that I was shamed for.
I’m not reinventing myself, I am getting reacquainted with myself.
There is actually nothing wrong with who I am.
What is wrong is the way people repeatedly made me feel about who I am.
What is wrong is the way people repeatedly made me feel about who I am.
July 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There is actually nothing wrong with who I am.
What is wrong is the way people repeatedly made me feel about who I am.
What is wrong is the way people repeatedly made me feel about who I am.
Before my autism diagnosis my whole identity used to be shaped by fear and anxiety. Be quiet, be compliant, don’t disagree, don’t be too much, just trying to survive. If you think I’ve changed then I probably have, those things don’t control me anymore so of course I’m different.
July 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Before my autism diagnosis my whole identity used to be shaped by fear and anxiety. Be quiet, be compliant, don’t disagree, don’t be too much, just trying to survive. If you think I’ve changed then I probably have, those things don’t control me anymore so of course I’m different.
Autism isn’t a label.
Autism isn’t a neat box that I fit into.
For me it’s created self awareness, self-kindness, self compassion and given me language that explains my life.
Autism isn’t a neat box that I fit into.
For me it’s created self awareness, self-kindness, self compassion and given me language that explains my life.
July 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Autism isn’t a label.
Autism isn’t a neat box that I fit into.
For me it’s created self awareness, self-kindness, self compassion and given me language that explains my life.
Autism isn’t a neat box that I fit into.
For me it’s created self awareness, self-kindness, self compassion and given me language that explains my life.
My life story used to be written in other people’s handwriting. Following scripts that suited others, playing roles that I didn’t like, shrinking myself down to fit into a story that made others comfortable.
Now I’m writing my own story, and this story feels like mine!
Now I’m writing my own story, and this story feels like mine!
July 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My life story used to be written in other people’s handwriting. Following scripts that suited others, playing roles that I didn’t like, shrinking myself down to fit into a story that made others comfortable.
Now I’m writing my own story, and this story feels like mine!
Now I’m writing my own story, and this story feels like mine!
Often when we discover we’re autistic, we may have to learn to believe our own experience again. We’ve spent a long time being told what we feel isn’t real or right, being punished for expressing how we feel or simply ignoring how we feel to survive.
July 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Often when we discover we’re autistic, we may have to learn to believe our own experience again. We’ve spent a long time being told what we feel isn’t real or right, being punished for expressing how we feel or simply ignoring how we feel to survive.
It’s so lovely when you’re overloaded and stressed from the day and you sit with your person, both doing your own thing, existing alongside each other, co-regulating.
July 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s so lovely when you’re overloaded and stressed from the day and you sit with your person, both doing your own thing, existing alongside each other, co-regulating.
Powerful.
June 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Powerful.
If they didn't work last year they won't work now!
June 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If they didn't work last year they won't work now!
So disappointing!
June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So disappointing!
Anyone else hate phone calls? 🙈
May 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Anyone else hate phone calls? 🙈
And forget it by 2.30
May 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
And forget it by 2.30
So frustrating!
May 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
So frustrating!
Now we know where we need to work folks!
May 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Now we know where we need to work folks!
I like loud noise if it's my loud noise! 😆
May 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I like loud noise if it's my loud noise! 😆
I hated pizza and no one could figure out why! I was an autistic kiddo with a very limited amount of foods I could tolerate!
May 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I hated pizza and no one could figure out why! I was an autistic kiddo with a very limited amount of foods I could tolerate!