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8 Things Autistic People Do That You’re Misreading as a Neurotypical - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
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this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2023
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Wtf is this website? It disables highlighting and right click.
So it's not just me who couldn't long press any of the links to open them in background tabs
Try print preview!
Or... hear me out... I can just close the page and they can fuck right off for making it harder to read.
Yeah, I found that pretty frustrating when I found out because I couldn't copy the article to quote it in the post.
Signing! I do this so often, I don't know if it get's misinterpreted or not. But it's definitely away for me to regulate emotions
There's an autism YouTuber that starts most of her videos with awkward singing. I just saw it as her cute quirk, but maybe she's using it to regulate her emotions as well.
Video: https://youtu.be/6TwaoB1AQro?si=704CkV3u3c534NdE&t=11
Wow! That's quite interesting
Great article, saved