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Lou (she/her)🌈 Autism | Finding a place in a neurotypical world 🌎| 📧neurodivergent_lou@yahoo.com
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Feb 10 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
The Autistic Need to Stay Up at Night to Process, Not be Perceived

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability #Disabled #DEI 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 - The Autistic Need to stay up at night to process, not be perceived and experience quiet. Slide 2: text reads- Autistic people are often under high levels of stress during their daily lives, whether that be due to sensory issues or communication differences. Similarly, there may be lots of expectations on us, during the day, which are overwhelming and difficult to manage. Staying up at night, can be a way to wind down and to regulate. It can be a time where we can relax and often are not under the same level of stress that we are under during the day.
Feb 8 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
How Might Rejection Sensitivity Show Up?
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability #Disabled #DEI All slides have a light green ground with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - How Might Rejection Sensitivity Show Up. Slide 2: text reads - How Rejection Sensitivity Might Show Up? Interpreting the smallest change in someone's behaviour as rejection. Experiencing deep emotions or numbness in response to rejection/perceived rejection. Often feeling 'cringe' or 'easily embarassed.' Completely hyperfocusing on rejection or perceived rejection.
Feb 6 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Things you probably weren’t taught about autism at school…
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability #Disabled #DEI All slides have a green background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Things you probably weren’t taught about autism at school. Slide 2: text reads- Autism may not be a linear line. Autism may look more like the colour wheel than a linear line from less autistic to more autistic. Traits impact us differently and we may struggle with different autistic traits to a more or lesser degree. Some autistic people might have high support needs whereas other autistic people might have lower support needs.
Jan 20 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
27 Ways Hyposensitivity Might Show Up As an Autistic Person...
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability #Disabled #DEI 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 - 27 Ways Hyposensitivity Might Show Up As an Autistic Person... Slide 2: text reads- Unexplained injuries due to walking into objects Handwriting with heavy pressure High pain threshold
Jan 6 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic People at Work
#Autism #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #Disability All slides have a light blue background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic People at Work Slide 2: text reads- Reasonable Adjustments For Autistic People At Work Using Assistive Technology such as, speech to text software. Having support to organise calender/ tasks. Having regular breaks. Having uninterrupted work time. Being allowed to work flexible hours.
Jan 5 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Autistic people may get used to…
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability 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 - Autistic people may get used to… Slide 2: text reads- Being lonely in a room full of people. Too often, autistic people get used to feeling lonely, even in a room full of people. Being autistic in a room full of non-autistic people can give you a heightened sense of being different and we may feel like we don't fit in.
Dec 26, 2024 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Early Warning Signs of Autistic Shutdowns

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability #Disabled #DEI 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 - early warning of autistic shutdowns. Slide 2: text reads- Early Warning Signs of Autistic Shutdowns Urge to isolate self Difficulty regulating emotions Staring into space Less patience than usual
Dec 24, 2024 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
I went 15 years without knowing that I was autistic ⏪

Here are 7 less commonly know autistic traits I experienced…

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability #Disabled #DEI 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 - 7 lesser commonly known autistic experiences Hypersensitive of existence in social situations. In social situations, I am so aware of what I am doing and what I am not doing. As well as this, I queue what I feel that I am expected to say and do. For example, I know to quickly look in between someone's eyes so that I look like I am engaging with them, I am careful to ensure that I ask the other person enough questions and make sure I limit my monologues.
Dec 14, 2024 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
45 Apps for Autistics and ADHD’ers All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - 45 Apps for Autistics and ADHD’ers Tappy. This app has a fidget section, feelscapes and simple arcade games. Anti- Stress - Relaxation Tools. This app has a variety of different stim and fidget toys. Stellarium A planetarium app which is stimmy to watch. It shows what the stars look like above you. 3D Fidget Toys. It has so many different ways to stim including a fidget cube, sand and a toothpaste tube to squeeze. Heat Pad. This app simulates different heat-sensitive surfaces which react to touch. Fluid. This app simulates liquid, gas and water. It creates pretty patterns.
Dec 9, 2024 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Autistic Traits I assumed I didn’t experience (And How I Actually Did)

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Disability #Disabled All slides have a yellow background with black text. Slide 1: text reads - Autistic Traits I assumed I didn’t experience (And How I Actually Did) Why I assumed I didn’t experience this trait? Social Difficulties I can’t be autistic, I socialise and communicate in the same way as my (family member [who I now think is likely autistic]) How this trait showed up? Having to prepare scripts in my head, before socialising Always feeling like I never quite fitted in, like an alien who landed on another planet The absolute exhaustion from socialising, even if it was an event I loved Found navigating social hierarchies impossible For a time, had a special interest in human behaviour and body language, as a way to ‘make up’ for not understand...
Dec 8, 2024 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
Autism and ADHD Inner Conflict

Do you feel this?🤝

#Autism #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #Disability #AUDHD #ADHD All slides have an orange background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: text reads - autism and ADHD Inner Conflict (image two people in tug of war. Red circle round the person on the left hand side with red text reading autism. Blue circle round the person on the left hand corner with blue text reading ADHD. Blue circle round the person on the left hand side with blue text reading ADHD. Red circle round the person on the right hand corner with red text reading Autism. Autism. Relying on routine and structure to cope. ADHD Needing novelty and struggling to stick to structure.
Sep 16, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
20 Ways Slow Processing Speed May Show Up

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Disabled #Disability #Autistic Image Image
Aug 16, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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, 2024 • 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