I’ve been working on this piece off and on for like a year now and with the finale finally happening I figured it was as good a time as any to polish this off. the imagery in the crystal kingdom arc is my favorite thing ever
This is a checklist to help one understand Autism Spectrum Disorder. One may use it to self-diagnose or as a worksheet to present to a doctor or therapist and better communicate symptoms they are experiencing. All information is taken from the DSM-5, and I have received help from people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in order to create this checklist.
Section I Must check ALL of the following:
I have trouble communicating with others.
I feel I have odd social habits, such as an inability to participate in normal back-and-forth conversation, reduced sharing of interests and emotions, and/or a failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.
I’m bad at picking up on nonverbal forms of communication, such as body language, gestures, and facial expressions.
I have difficulty developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships.
I have experienced these symptoms since I was a minor.
My symptoms have caused distress for me in social, occupational, and/or other areas of functioning.
My symptoms are not better explained by another mental disorder, substance use, or a medical condition.
Section II Must check TWO or more of the following:
I use repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech when communicating with others.
I prefer sameness, and I rely on routines. Small changes can cause me a lot of stress.
When I become interested in something, I experience it intensely and can become very attached and focused.
I am hypersensitive to the world around me.
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Section III Common Symptoms and Behaviors (not required for diagnosis):
I have difficulty picking up on sarcasm.
I often use overly literal language.
I have difficulty opening up to others and sharing my emotions.
I feel anxiety in social situations.
I am uncomfortable with making eye contact with others.
I am clumsy.
I self-harm.
Sometimes I shut down and just don’t want to speak at all.
I have trouble with perspective and understanding others’ viewpoints.
I have difficulty self-analyzing and therefore have difficulty letting people know how I’m feeling and expressing my needs.
I often find myself at a loss for words.
I am easily overwhelmed when there are too many people.
I participate in self-stimulation (or “stimming”), flapping hands/arms, spinning, or needing to apply pressure to certain parts of my body.
I come off as harsh sometimes because I have difficulty understanding others.
If someone upsets my routine, it triggers my anxiety.
This is why Mr. Fry will always have a seat at my table.
Amen.
I was having a conversation about religion with this guy and he asked me what I would do if I got into heaven and had to sit next to God. I told him I wouldn’t take the seat.
If you ever think history impressive or grand, here’s a story for you:
Right after ww2, Jews were freed, but basically had no citizenship to speak of, and the allied forces weren’t that!helpful. So a group called the TTG was formed to help emigrate (read: smuggle) Jews from Central Europe, to Mediterranean ports, where they would take boats to Israel.
The TTG did this by piling the Jewish refugees into trucks bearing British insignia, their operatives dressing up as British soldiers, and just openly driving to port cities.
If they were ever stopped by actual military forces, they would say they were a part of a covert supply missing, under special orders from Major Tuches. They would stress that the contents of the trucks was super secret and to not be disturbed under any circumstances. They saved over 300,000 Jews like this.
If that sounds reasonable to you, here’s the thing: TTG stands for Tilhas Teezee Gesheften, and the operatives named one Major Tuches as their commanding officer whenever they needed to.
Or, to translate that into English, the event that saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees was called Operation Kiss My Ass led by Major Asshole.
Like, I want to be made into a beautiful glass thing. I want to be something treasured for a long time and rarely talked about. I want to live in the home of someone who loved me, and touched now and then in silent memory.
I want people to forget that I’m in there, I want the memory of what I am to pass out of the family’s knowledge. I want to be given away, and put out in a thriftstore somewhere.
I want someone to buy my ashes for $4.99 and put me in a window and love the colors. I want to cast beautiful, fractious and curving sunlight across the wall, sparkling and glowing and shimmering, depending on the time of day. I want someone to take a picture of me with the moon behind me, luminous and mysterious.
I want a witch to buy me and put me in her work room. I want an artist to leave me on their worktable. I want to inspire people and make them smile. I want to be warm from sunlight or chilly from the cool air. I want to be packed in newspaper carefully when they move. I want to be given as a holiday or graduation present to someone’s kid, I want to be given as a housewarming gift as a reminder of home.
And god, then, hopefully some day, I want to roll off the table, I want that globe to crack.
And then I want to haunt the living shit out of the future.
Holy shit, the comment made this sixty times more awesome and now I want this to be done to me too.
my great-grandchild: this is grandma orb, I don’t like calling her that she just put in her will that if she wasn’t addressed as “the orb” or something similar then she’d be pissed
the little boy who created the Flaming Raging Poisoning Sword of Doom was at the live show tonight, and when the McElroys asked where he was, they couldn’t see him, so his dad lifted him up Circle of Life-style and people shone their phone flashlights and SURPRISE, HE WAS THE TINIEST CUTEST ANGUS MCDONALD
I cant believe angus mcdonald created the raging flaming poisoning sword of doom!
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I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
