I'm currently working on a collection of poetry centered on my experience getting a late diagnosis and how that has colored all of my memories, especially with regards to internalized PDA and Catholic upbringing. Maybe one day I'll let someone read it.

Now that I think about it maybe they should just let people submit receipts and pictures of their closets and use that in conjunction with the RAADS

Okay, that and the fact that one of my first bulk purchases was of one (1) specific style of mechanical pencil because I was worried they were getting discontinued. And that I bought six pairs of the same ballet flats in different colors. And the same pair of leggings. And the same t-shirts.

The scream I scrumpt when I saw the notification 😍 I've missed these goobers.

Do not EVER tell a trans kid to "ignore" being bullied.

A better world means challenging the bullies, not brushing them off. And that means for kids too. My child has every right to ask the grownups that are supposed to be safe to protect and support them. All kids do. That's the better world.

Asking people to "ignore" bullying or make it seem unimportant to address is victim-blaming and does nothing to challenge the culture of power and control that got us into a fucking oligarch coup in the first place.

Make the people who are wrong change.

I was so relieved when one of the self-report forms my assessor had me fill out was the CAT-Q.

it's not cool to assert others' neuroculture/neurotype is OR what their dx should be. not appropriate. We NEED to believe people regardless of outward appearances

AAAAND it doesn't! fucking! matter! whether or not he's Autistic.

Irrelevant to his Nazi signaling & abhorrent behavior. k?kthnxbye.