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Lou (she/her)🌈 Autism | Finding a place in a neurotypical world 🌎| 📧neurodivergent_lou@yahoo.com
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Sep 16 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Autistic Traits I struggle to describe to non-autistic people #Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability #ActuallyAutistic All slides have a blue background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Autistic Traits I struggle to describe to Non-Autistic People Slide 2: text reads- Autistic Spiky Skills Profile Lots of autistic people have a 'spiky skills set.' This means that we have more variation between our strengths and our weaknesses than for example, a non-autistic person. I’ve spoken in the House of Lords but I can’t answer the phone to the doctors. When I’m struggling people only see the struggles but when I’m thriving, people only see the joys.
Sep 14 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
As an autistic person, this is your permission to stop…
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability All slides have a pink background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - as an autistic person, this is your permission to stop… Holding yourself to neurotypical standards... As an autistic person, my life got significantly better when I stopped holding myself to neurotypical standards. For example, No longer holding onto the standard of always being productive and pursuing success. No longer holding onto the standard of eating a variety of food that is seen as 'grown up' or socially acceptable. No longer holding onto the standard of fitting in being the most important thing in life.
Sep 2 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
As an autistic person, the simple tasks feel impossible and the impossible tasks feel simple #Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability #ActuallyAutistic All slides have a pink background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Advice From Non-Autistic People Which Confuses me as an Autistic Person Slide 2: text reads- As an autistic person, I have often felt like the tasks which should be simple are often difficult and some of the tasks which other people find more difficult, are actually simple to me.
Aug 31 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
I thought I was depressed when in fact I was experiencing autistic burnout
#Autism #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability #ActuallyAutistic All slides have a light green background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - I thought I was depressed when in fact, I was experiencing autistic burnout... Slide 2: text reads- For so long, I passed off my autistic traits to other things. For example, I assumed that my communication differences was just social anxiety, my executive functioning difficulties were laziness and my autistic burnout was depression. Often, it seems like we pass off our autistic traits as 'bad parts of our personality.'
Aug 18 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
20 Ways Slow Processing Speed May Show Up

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Disabled #Disability #Autistic Image Image
Aug 16 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Ways I didn’t realise I was Stimming #Autism #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #Disability All slides have a pink background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Ways I didn’t realise I was stimming. Slide 2: text reads- Stimming stands for self stimulatory behaviour and is often a repetitive action or sound. Stimming is different for different people. Sometimes stimming is intentional and other times it is unintentional. Sometimes stims are very obvious and at other times, they are barely noticeable at all. There are different reasons why autistic people stim. For example, we might stim for enjoyment, to help us focus, to reduce sensory input in our environment, to express our emotions and more. Stimming isn’t just hand flapping.
Aug 13 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
Autism Book Recommendations #Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability #ActuallyAutistic All slides have a light background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Autism Book Recommendations Slide 2: text reads- But you don't look autistic at all We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation Odd Girl Out I Overcame my Autism and All I got was this Lousy Anxiety Disorder Unmasking autism Neurodiversity Studies
Aug 11 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Autism Diagnosis Criteria Explained: The Full Criteria in Easy to Understand and Neurodiversity Affirming Language
#Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability #ActuallyAutistic All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Autism Diagnosis Criteria Explained The Full Criteria in Easy to Understand and Neurodiversity Affirming Language. Slide 2: text reads- The DSM Criteria: Category A Deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts. 1.Deficits in social emotional reciprocity 2. Deficits in non verbal communication behaviours (e.g. gestures) used for social interaction 3. Deficits in the development, maintenance and comprehension of relationships
Aug 10 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
5 Reasons Why I Rely On Music as an Autistic Person
#Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability #ActuallyAutistic All slides have a blue background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - 5 Reasons Why I Rely On Music as an Autistic Person... Slide 2: text reads- To Create Predictability Music has structure and rhythm. It can feel very predictable and help an autistic person to feel in control, especially when we listen to the same song over and over again. It is comforting to know that the structure, lyrics and direction of the song will be the same each time we listen to it. It has a predictability that the world often doesn’t have. The world often can feel overwhelming when for example, we struggle to understand social cues or struggle with sensory input.
Aug 5 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Inside Out 2: Autistic Emotions
#Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability #ActuallyAutistic All slides have a light background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Inside Out 2: Autistic Emotions. (Image - emotions from Inside Out) Character joy from inside out. Special interest Connection with other autistic people Noticing the small details Stimming Resting with no expectation Routine Watching the same tv show over and over
Aug 4 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
5 Reasons Why I Rely On Music as an Autistic Person
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Disabled #Disability #Autistic All slides have a blue background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - 5 Reasons Why I rely on music as an autistic person? Slide 2: text reads - To Create Predictability Music has structure and rhythm. It can feel very predictable and help an autistic person to feel in control, especially when we listen to the same song over and over again. It is comforting to know that the structure, lyrics and direction of the song will be the same each time we listen to it. It has a predictability that the world often doesn’t have. The world often can feel overwhelming when for example, we struggle to understand social cues or struggle with sensory input.
Jul 31 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
All slides have a yellow background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Autistic Traits which are interpreted as Rude... Autistic people sometimes laugh at inappropriate times. This can be because we struggle to understand social cues so sometimes we might react in a way that is unexpected. Laughing can also be a way to respond to strong emotions. Sometimes for example, when I am anxious, I laugh as it is an automatic response to that feeling. It is not me laughing at anyone, it is just something that I do. We laugh at inappropriate times.
Jul 16 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Things I’ve learnt about the world since realising I’m autistic
#Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability #ActuallyAutistic All slides have a light purple background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - things I’ve learnt about the world since realising I’m autistic. I communicate differently to the majority of the world. The double empathy problem theory states that the communication struggles that autistic people face is a problem that goes both ways. This is thought to be due to the different ways (between autistic and non-autistic people) of communicating and experiencing the world. Non-autistic people have trouble figuring out what autistic people are thinking and feeling and vice versa. This has helped me to view my communication differences in a new way and feel less ‘broken’.
Jul 14 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Autism and Fawning #Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - autism and fawning. Slide 2: Fawning is a trauma response which involves suppressing our own needs, feelings and sense of self, to appease and take care of others. It is sometimes seen as part of the flight/fight or freeze response. Sometimes, for example, an autistic child, may be seen as ‘perfect’ or ‘absolutely fine’ at school, when in fact they are fawning in response to distress.
Jul 9 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
7 Autistic Things which are difficult for non-autistic people to understand #Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability #Disability All slides have a purple background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - 7 autistic things which are difficult for non-autistic people to understand. Slide 2: text reads- The complete loss of control during meltdowns For people who don’t experience meltdowns, I think there is still a perception that autistic meltdowns are a choice or are a tantrum. Yet, for me, autistic meltdowns are an indescribable overwhelm, loss of control and terror. When I am experiencing a meltdown, it can genuinely feel like the world is ending and as if, I have never or will never experience anything this awful again.
Jul 8 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
24 Ways I Struggle Physically as a Neurodivergent Person
#Autism #Neurodivergent #Disability All slides have an orange background. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - 24 Ways I struggle physically as a neurodivergent person. Slide 2: text reads- unexplained pain. difficulty physically carrying out more than one task at once. often spilling things. difficulty with driving due to co-ordination struggles.
Jul 3 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
All slides have an orange background with black text. Slide 1: text reads- Things I could talk about for hours: autism edition The topics which live in my brain rent free Autism and Caffeine. Lots of autistic people describe caffeine as making us feel more sleepy and tired. I know that some autistic people drink caffeine before bed in order to be able to go to sleep. This is obviously the opposite of the intended effect of caffeine. For other autistic people, it seems caffeine helps to increase energy as well as increasing motivation, confidence and alertness. Some autistic people describe this as being very intense and more intense than what we hear from the experiences of non-autistic people with caffeine. I’m so intrigued by the way autistic people exp...
Jun 26 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
The hidden costs of being an autistic adult

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Disability #Neurodivergent Image Slide 2: text reads- Autistic people often have additional costs that we have to face due to being autistic. Our autistic traits as well as living in a world that is not built for us, can make a lot of things more expensive. It does feel like a forgotten part of the autistic experience and when I see conversations around the 'hidden costs of autism' it often focuses on the hidden economical costs of autistic people on society, speaking as if we are a burden. It hurts. So anyway, this post is taking back that idea and looking at the hidden costs for autistic people.
Jun 24 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Autism and Sensitivity to Sunlight #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Disability All slides have a purple background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Autism and sensitivity to sunlight Slide 2: text reads- For a lot of autistic people, sunlight can be absolutely unbearable in terms of the brightness. Not only can temperature be difficult, the light from sunlight can also trigger sensory overload. For lots of autistic people, sensory input can feel amplified and the light can feel incredibly intense for autistic people.
Jun 21 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Autistic and Getting ‘Locked into Repetitive Thoughts… #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Disability All slides have a pink background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Autistic and Getting 'Locked' in Repetitive Thoughts... Slide 2: text reads- Autistic people sometimes struggle with getting stuck on repetitive thoughts and emotions. We may be completely unable to bring ourselves out of the experience of being 'locked in' to our repetitive thoughts. It may really impact our lives such as impacting our ability to sleep or to carry out the activities we enjoy.
Jun 14 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Autistic Traits Becoming More Disabling Over Time #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Disability #Neurodivergent All slides have a purple background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - autistic traits becoming more disabling over time. Slide 2: text reads- Sometimes autistic traits may become more disabling over time. It is often assumed that someone's capacity and support needs always stay the same over time, but for many (but not all!) autistic people, this changes over time. This can be due to, for example, autistic burnout or change in life context. Sometimes, there is no clear reason as to why an autistic person’s capacity or support needs change over time.