Ari
@witchyfennec.bsky.social
Queer | #AuDHD | artist | fennec狐 🦊| geek | 29yo | pagan witch | it/its, they/them (https://en.pronouns.page/@Ari-san)
Main art program: #ibisPaint
I use ibisPaint’s disturbance tool bc I don’t consent to my #art being used to train 🅰️ℹ️.
Main art program: #ibisPaint
I use ibisPaint’s disturbance tool bc I don’t consent to my #art being used to train 🅰️ℹ️.
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Ari
@witchyfennec.bsky.social
· Dec 2
My sense of humour is to giggle at the way my brain works.🫶🏻
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"With greater awareness & much-reduced stigma, older ppl with subtler traits are now diagnosed. […] It’s amazing how many ppl will consider the possibility of having autism when the label no longer implies a lack of humanity." @mosaicofminds.bsky.social:
mosaicofmindss.substack.com/p/autism-its...
mosaicofmindss.substack.com/p/autism-its...
Autism Itself Has Changed Since 2009, Not Just the Way we View It
The definition of autism has changed and broadened in the past 15 years
mosaicofmindss.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"With greater awareness & much-reduced stigma, older ppl with subtler traits are now diagnosed. […] It’s amazing how many ppl will consider the possibility of having autism when the label no longer implies a lack of humanity." @mosaicofminds.bsky.social:
mosaicofmindss.substack.com/p/autism-its...
mosaicofmindss.substack.com/p/autism-its...
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I've been a little slack about it but did you know I'm a Kinder World Ambassador? 💜 The KickStarter for Kinder World: Mother Tree is live and it is SO GOOD. The game is designed to be a little breather, a pocket of fresh air when you're stressed and working hard. You check out a free demo on the KS!
Kinder World: Mother Tree - Cozy Desktop Companion Game
Kinder World: Mother Tree is a cozy desktop companion, helping you take regular breaks to give your body and mind what it needs.
www.kickstarter.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I've been a little slack about it but did you know I'm a Kinder World Ambassador? 💜 The KickStarter for Kinder World: Mother Tree is live and it is SO GOOD. The game is designed to be a little breather, a pocket of fresh air when you're stressed and working hard. You check out a free demo on the KS!
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cool. folks are going to have a new business model where they can sell age-verified accounts to kids.
Hey, everyone who is calling Mastercard and Visa about the age verification BS. I think you should start aiming at YouTube as well.
July 30, 2025 at 5:51 AM
cool. folks are going to have a new business model where they can sell age-verified accounts to kids.
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Autistic Lexicon
Babyface
Autistic babyface appears to be a combination of multiple factors including:
- less frequent emoting over an entire lifetime
- environmental factors
- psychological
- Autism co-occurring with EDS (which can cause people’s skin to look younger *or* older)
Babyface
Autistic babyface appears to be a combination of multiple factors including:
- less frequent emoting over an entire lifetime
- environmental factors
- psychological
- Autism co-occurring with EDS (which can cause people’s skin to look younger *or* older)
July 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Autistic Lexicon
Babyface
Autistic babyface appears to be a combination of multiple factors including:
- less frequent emoting over an entire lifetime
- environmental factors
- psychological
- Autism co-occurring with EDS (which can cause people’s skin to look younger *or* older)
Babyface
Autistic babyface appears to be a combination of multiple factors including:
- less frequent emoting over an entire lifetime
- environmental factors
- psychological
- Autism co-occurring with EDS (which can cause people’s skin to look younger *or* older)
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For many autistic people, “picky eating” is a legitimate hard-wired sensory aversion. This means that forcing autistic people to eat aversive foods is… the wrong approach, and can make food issues even more traumatic.
www.rdsforneurodiversity.com/blog/arfid-c...
www.rdsforneurodiversity.com/blog/arfid-c...
www.rdsforneurodiversity.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
For many autistic people, “picky eating” is a legitimate hard-wired sensory aversion. This means that forcing autistic people to eat aversive foods is… the wrong approach, and can make food issues even more traumatic.
www.rdsforneurodiversity.com/blog/arfid-c...
www.rdsforneurodiversity.com/blog/arfid-c...
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AnuMaat Kahina Jones is a single mother, full-time caregiver, and advocate for her beautiful daughter, Kherisheta Nefer Kahina, who was recently diagnosed with Autism.
Please consider donating if you are able, so we can get this family a car and improve their daily life.
gofund.me/c9b5f5a1
Please consider donating if you are able, so we can get this family a car and improve their daily life.
gofund.me/c9b5f5a1
Donate to Help a Mom Get a Car for Her Daughter with Autism Level 3., organized by Anumaat Kahina
My name is AnuMaat Kahina Jones. I am a single mother, full-t… Anumaat Kahina needs your support for Help a Mom Get a Car for Her Daughter with Autism Level 3.
gofund.me
July 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
AnuMaat Kahina Jones is a single mother, full-time caregiver, and advocate for her beautiful daughter, Kherisheta Nefer Kahina, who was recently diagnosed with Autism.
Please consider donating if you are able, so we can get this family a car and improve their daily life.
gofund.me/c9b5f5a1
Please consider donating if you are able, so we can get this family a car and improve their daily life.
gofund.me/c9b5f5a1
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💡 What is Stimpunks? Meet an organisation and movement rooted in authenticity, interdependence, and neurodivergent-led design.
#StimpunksSays: “Authenticity is our purest freedom.”
Discover more: stimpunks.org
#StimpunksSays: “Authenticity is our purest freedom.”
Discover more: stimpunks.org
🌈 Authenticity Is Our Purest Freedom
Authenticity is our purest freedom. Stimpunks combines “stimming” + “punks” to evoke open and proud stimming, resistance to normalization, and the DIY culture of punk, disabled, and neurodivergent com...
stimpunks.org
July 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
💡 What is Stimpunks? Meet an organisation and movement rooted in authenticity, interdependence, and neurodivergent-led design.
#StimpunksSays: “Authenticity is our purest freedom.”
Discover more: stimpunks.org
#StimpunksSays: “Authenticity is our purest freedom.”
Discover more: stimpunks.org
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When you/your autistic person are sick: "Now is a time for rest & relaxation. Put off whatever you can until another day. Those emails will still be there when you’re well. So will school projects & deadlines. Take care of you because you are so so important."
autisticallyalex.com/2019/02/19/s...
autisticallyalex.com/2019/02/19/s...
26: Sick While Autistic
Ah, cold and flu season. Never fun for anyone, but doubly less so for many Autistic people. I’m currently experiencing a particularly nasty virus and it’s been an interesting time refle…
autisticallyalex.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
When you/your autistic person are sick: "Now is a time for rest & relaxation. Put off whatever you can until another day. Those emails will still be there when you’re well. So will school projects & deadlines. Take care of you because you are so so important."
autisticallyalex.com/2019/02/19/s...
autisticallyalex.com/2019/02/19/s...
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Even if you're not into your autistic person's passions, you can follow along with them, and make them feel seen: "I wouldn’t be interested in those topics but then I know it's something that makes her happy […] you want to make your kids feel heard and happy."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“There is Nowhere Else That I’d Rather be Than with Them”: Parents’ Positive Experiences Parenting Autistic Children - Melanie Heyworth, Catherine McMahon, Diana Weiting Tan, Elizabeth Pellicano, 2025
Background and Aims A significant body of research focuses on the negative outcomes of parenting Autistic children, particularly when parents identify as non-Au...
journals.sagepub.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Even if you're not into your autistic person's passions, you can follow along with them, and make them feel seen: "I wouldn’t be interested in those topics but then I know it's something that makes her happy […] you want to make your kids feel heard and happy."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Euphemisms are not necessary when talking about Disabled people.
We can't do some things and generally that's not as bad to deal with as abled people's discomfort with the fact that we can't do some things.
We can't do some things and generally that's not as bad to deal with as abled people's discomfort with the fact that we can't do some things.
July 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Euphemisms are not necessary when talking about Disabled people.
We can't do some things and generally that's not as bad to deal with as abled people's discomfort with the fact that we can't do some things.
We can't do some things and generally that's not as bad to deal with as abled people's discomfort with the fact that we can't do some things.
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We've all heard "If you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person."
However, the more autistic people you meet, the more you learn about autism. Not only how autistic people are different, but how often autistic experiences are shared—even by autistic people who SEEM very unalike.
However, the more autistic people you meet, the more you learn about autism. Not only how autistic people are different, but how often autistic experiences are shared—even by autistic people who SEEM very unalike.
July 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We've all heard "If you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person."
However, the more autistic people you meet, the more you learn about autism. Not only how autistic people are different, but how often autistic experiences are shared—even by autistic people who SEEM very unalike.
However, the more autistic people you meet, the more you learn about autism. Not only how autistic people are different, but how often autistic experiences are shared—even by autistic people who SEEM very unalike.
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“We ran a series of tests involving touching foods, eye contact and trains. We even put a big disco light on and started blaring music to see if he’d have a meltdown, but he just started dancing.”
Scientists discover first nephew without autism
The world’s first nephew who doesn’t have autism has been discovered by scientists, it has been reported. Seven-year-old Finley Rice has not exhibited a single symptom of ASD - despite having two aun...
thedailytism.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“We ran a series of tests involving touching foods, eye contact and trains. We even put a big disco light on and started blaring music to see if he’d have a meltdown, but he just started dancing.”
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Image description: promo image for Light of Motiram. It features a young woman holding a bow with a quadrupedal robot by her side. She stands atop a cliff overlooking a forested land split by a blue river. Giant mechanical deer tower over the trees. It's a blatant ripoff of Horizon Zero Dawn imagery
"Sony sues Tencent for allegedly ripping off 'Horizon' video games"
Well alright but surely it can't be that blata— lmao
Well alright but surely it can't be that blata— lmao
July 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Image description: promo image for Light of Motiram. It features a young woman holding a bow with a quadrupedal robot by her side. She stands atop a cliff overlooking a forested land split by a blue river. Giant mechanical deer tower over the trees. It's a blatant ripoff of Horizon Zero Dawn imagery
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Like, one community shocks y’all?? How about a whole state with laws written into its founding constitution for the sole purpose of keeping it white as possible?
www.opb.org/news/article...
www.opb.org/news/article...
July 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Like, one community shocks y’all?? How about a whole state with laws written into its founding constitution for the sole purpose of keeping it white as possible?
www.opb.org/news/article...
www.opb.org/news/article...
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no donations in over a week. i have to pay rent again in a few days. no luck finding another job, i don’t speak the language, i’m still trying to correct the mess with the phone company, i have one week of meds left 🙃
V @permanentalien
C $permanentalien
PP @AlyssumBorges
gofund.me/982b699b
V @permanentalien
C $permanentalien
PP @AlyssumBorges
gofund.me/982b699b
July 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
no donations in over a week. i have to pay rent again in a few days. no luck finding another job, i don’t speak the language, i’m still trying to correct the mess with the phone company, i have one week of meds left 🙃
V @permanentalien
C $permanentalien
PP @AlyssumBorges
gofund.me/982b699b
V @permanentalien
C $permanentalien
PP @AlyssumBorges
gofund.me/982b699b
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Especially when you start gaslighting yourself.
Shame grows in the silence - when you don’t “look” dysregulated enough to be believed.
When you collapse alone, and no one sees the crash.
We don’t owe anyone proof.
We don’t need to scream for it to "count".
Internalized doesn’t mean imaginary.
Shame grows in the silence - when you don’t “look” dysregulated enough to be believed.
When you collapse alone, and no one sees the crash.
We don’t owe anyone proof.
We don’t need to scream for it to "count".
Internalized doesn’t mean imaginary.
July 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Especially when you start gaslighting yourself.
Shame grows in the silence - when you don’t “look” dysregulated enough to be believed.
When you collapse alone, and no one sees the crash.
We don’t owe anyone proof.
We don’t need to scream for it to "count".
Internalized doesn’t mean imaginary.
Shame grows in the silence - when you don’t “look” dysregulated enough to be believed.
When you collapse alone, and no one sees the crash.
We don’t owe anyone proof.
We don’t need to scream for it to "count".
Internalized doesn’t mean imaginary.
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When a meltdown is internal - quiet, hidden, invisible - people don’t see distress.
So they deny it ever happened.
They say you’re overreacting.
Too sensitive.
Too much.
But internalized meltdowns are real.
And the gaslighting that follows is its own trauma.
So they deny it ever happened.
They say you’re overreacting.
Too sensitive.
Too much.
But internalized meltdowns are real.
And the gaslighting that follows is its own trauma.
July 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
When a meltdown is internal - quiet, hidden, invisible - people don’t see distress.
So they deny it ever happened.
They say you’re overreacting.
Too sensitive.
Too much.
But internalized meltdowns are real.
And the gaslighting that follows is its own trauma.
So they deny it ever happened.
They say you’re overreacting.
Too sensitive.
Too much.
But internalized meltdowns are real.
And the gaslighting that follows is its own trauma.
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I am Disabled and rely on $847.40 income from SSI and SSDI—plus help from social safety net programs—to survive.
I'm going to transfer a thread about these programs, but:
If you can help, please:
1. Go to ugiftable.com.
2. Enter the Ugift code: B1M-J0R
3. Send money from your US bank account.
I'm going to transfer a thread about these programs, but:
If you can help, please:
1. Go to ugiftable.com.
2. Enter the Ugift code: B1M-J0R
3. Send money from your US bank account.
August 14, 2023 at 1:02 AM
I am Disabled and rely on $847.40 income from SSI and SSDI—plus help from social safety net programs—to survive.
I'm going to transfer a thread about these programs, but:
If you can help, please:
1. Go to ugiftable.com.
2. Enter the Ugift code: B1M-J0R
3. Send money from your US bank account.
I'm going to transfer a thread about these programs, but:
If you can help, please:
1. Go to ugiftable.com.
2. Enter the Ugift code: B1M-J0R
3. Send money from your US bank account.
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If you're unfamiliar with how the programs work, I put together some threads explaining the basics and differences of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income.
A lot of people don't know about US SSI and SSDI, the difference between the two, how people qualify for them, how much help they provide or what limitations they come with.
This thread will give a helpful overview on these things. I won't cover all topics because it's a huge mess.
This thread will give a helpful overview on these things. I won't cover all topics because it's a huge mess.
June 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If you're unfamiliar with how the programs work, I put together some threads explaining the basics and differences of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income.
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18. Disabled is not a slur. Feel free to use it (depending on the disabled person you are talking to and their preferences).
July 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
18. Disabled is not a slur. Feel free to use it (depending on the disabled person you are talking to and their preferences).
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==🔊🎦 Oh! Were these yours? 🍪==
Oh er....how silly of me...umm....BYE!
(another random little silly animation i made to try out some things 😊)
🎨 #furryart #furry #clown #jester #animation #furryanimation #silly #furryjester #furryclown
Oh er....how silly of me...umm....BYE!
(another random little silly animation i made to try out some things 😊)
🎨 #furryart #furry #clown #jester #animation #furryanimation #silly #furryjester #furryclown
July 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
==🔊🎦 Oh! Were these yours? 🍪==
Oh er....how silly of me...umm....BYE!
(another random little silly animation i made to try out some things 😊)
🎨 #furryart #furry #clown #jester #animation #furryanimation #silly #furryjester #furryclown
Oh er....how silly of me...umm....BYE!
(another random little silly animation i made to try out some things 😊)
🎨 #furryart #furry #clown #jester #animation #furryanimation #silly #furryjester #furryclown
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Japanese tea cups or “yunomi” are designed with no handles with the intent that people won’t burn themselves by drinking tea that’s too hot. The idea is that when it’s safe to pick up it’s good to drink.
July 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Japanese tea cups or “yunomi” are designed with no handles with the intent that people won’t burn themselves by drinking tea that’s too hot. The idea is that when it’s safe to pick up it’s good to drink.
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I don't know how many people know this:
If you ever see a story coming out of the USA, about people getting in trouble with the law for feeding the homeless, many of those laws were in direct retaliation to the Black Panthers setting up food banks and community centers for children and the poor.
If you ever see a story coming out of the USA, about people getting in trouble with the law for feeding the homeless, many of those laws were in direct retaliation to the Black Panthers setting up food banks and community centers for children and the poor.
July 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I don't know how many people know this:
If you ever see a story coming out of the USA, about people getting in trouble with the law for feeding the homeless, many of those laws were in direct retaliation to the Black Panthers setting up food banks and community centers for children and the poor.
If you ever see a story coming out of the USA, about people getting in trouble with the law for feeding the homeless, many of those laws were in direct retaliation to the Black Panthers setting up food banks and community centers for children and the poor.