Riko
rikoryuki.bsky.social
Riko
@rikoryuki.bsky.social
Autistic/PDA, writer, aro ace agender (they/them). I love cats, books, chocolate and cacti.
If you mean them sitting on you so you can't move, then yeah.
Also they like to sit or stand in the way, worse is them lying all over the stairs so I nearly trip lol
January 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The book highlights the ways PDA kids can struggle, and how best to support them by meeting their needs and not trying to change them.
It's a good read, it difficult, especially for parents of PDAers.
Also I've met Jane, she's lovely.
January 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There's not a lot of like nowadays about parents showing their child's struggles and personal details without their child's consent.
This book came out in 2015.
A lot has changed in 10 years.
It's still a good read simply because there's so little information out there on PDA
January 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I have tourettic OCD too, where I feel a premonitary urge to do a tic that won't stop until I do the action.
It's similar to OCD in that it's an obsessive feeling that won't stop until I do the tic, but different to normal tics in the way it feels
January 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My stims often serve a purpose, such as meeting a sensory need or helping me concentrate.
My tics feel like a build up of energy in that area where I can't not perform the action.
January 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Some of my tics include, blinking, shaking my head, sniffing, making a fish face, and tensing my muscles
January 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Some of my stims include, bouncing my leg, rubbing my fingers over objects, tapping my nails on objects, bashing my teeth together, rocking side to side, and running my tongue over my teeth
January 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
For example, all humans stim, and all humans have sensory systems. Many non-autistic people may stim similarly to autistic people, and many might struggle with similar sensory issues, but they may not be autistic.
They may just have similar reactions to different things
January 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Relating to autistic people doesn't mean 'we're all on the spectrum somewhere', it means we are all human, so we may act similarly, but the underlying reasons for our actions may be different
January 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Autism is a complex neurotype that many struggle to understand.
When someone relates to the way an autistic person acts, it could be because they're autistic themselves, or because we are all human and there are only so many ways a human person can act.
January 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
When someone is autistic, they can have any variety of abilities.
Just like green can have any shade.
There's a lot of overlap in traits. For example, someone might stim a lot, but some of that may be due to being hypersensitive in a certain area.
January 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM