You Can't Be "bitches" By Yourself, The Word Is Plural... But Since I'm In The Same Boat, It Makes Sense.🤣

Source ~ @/autisticamente_marcela

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The pathological medical model defines #Autistic play as inappropriate, restricted, and repetitive with DEFICITS in imagination, imitation, symbolism and joint attention.

A paradigm that focuses on deficits rather than strengths.

In this context, playing "appropriately" means playing with toys exactly as a typical child would play with toys.

When an autistic child plays in an unusual way, it is considered "inappropriate play." In other words, "it's different, therefore it's bad."

It's not that autistic children don't know how to play. There is no correct way to play. Play is play.

Autistic children's exploration and interaction with the world is outside of society's understanding, and just because society doesn't understand the value of doing things a certain way, it doesn't mean it's wrong.

There is nothing wrong with lining up toys. 🦒🐖🧸

There is nothing wrong with spinning the wheels of a car. 🚙

There is nothing wrong with playing with nature. 🌱

There is nothing wrong with playing with a cardboard box. 📦

Autistic play is appropriate play.

Autistic children are not broken versions of neurotypical children. Same thing goes for autistic adults (we exist by the way 😉✌️). #Autism is a natural part of the spectrum of human diversity... and diversity is beautiful.

We learn, interact and play AUTISTICALLY.

-Autísticamente Marcela 🚙 🦖 ⚽🚂

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[Image description: an illustration of a child smiling and sitting on the floor while holding a stick with a leaf. The child is surrounded by a display of toys and other household items that have been lined up in a curved row (a piano, a cardboard box, a bucket & pale, a stuffed bunny, a wooden train, two plastic cups, four colored markers, a broom, a toy dinosaur, a hat, two Christmas tree ornaments, a vase with flowers, a toy bus, a potato head, a pop it, a spinner, a book, a boat, a panda bear, a rattle, a number block, a beach ball, a stacking toy and a Peppa Pig). A thinking bubble above the child has a smiley face.]

I betting Mic did their hair; originally only gonna do Eri's, but then Eri wanted Aizawa to look pretty, too.

can I interest you in some dadzawa :’)

You know he jumped on this the moment he heard his opening.🤣 Fives had to be laughing from beyond the grave.

Is there an Echo in here?

S01x06: Decommissioned

YES! TIMES A MILLION!!! Crosshair's definitely a caring guy, he just has a resting bitch face and is only able to speak in Basic, Shade, and Fighting Words (and that's if you get him to talk).

Just 2 Crosshair things I noticed during my TCW arc rewatch (I’m not a gifer and Disney+ figured out screenshots so you’ll have to go back and watch to witness)

First, the Crosshair sibling energy. Listen, as 1 of 5 kids, I LIVE for the sibling energy the bad batch give. It’s everywhere. First and most evident between Crosshair and Wrecker in TCW arc with the “topping” each other. Now we’re all aware of the badass hallway scene in ep 4, but may I turn your attention to after the intro of ep 3. Wrecker shoots some droids, and then Crosshair takes a turn and after some impressive shots turns to wrecker and does the cocky shoulder shrug, aka the sibling “whatcha gonna do about it??” Obsessed.

Next. Crosshair’s gentleness towards Echo. I know I know, Crosshair HATES regs. He’s grumpy, he’s rude, etc etc. Exhibit A and B that Echo’s the “exception” (and secretly Crosshair is just extremely protective of his brothers). 1. Ep 3, after Echo exerts a lot of energy shooting down a flying droid, Crosshair immediately goes over and pats him on the shoulder in a “job well done, you ok?” gesture. Next, it’s fabled there’s only 1 Crosshair smiling scene found in ep 1 of season 7 TCW. I GIVE YOU ANOTHER! At the end of ep 4 of TCW season 7, after Hunter says “come find us”, Crosshair is full. On. Smiling. At. Echo. And not just “yeah that’d be nice I think we’re cool” but “heck yeah you’d fit right in our squad is so cool you’d be a great addition”.

Listen, I’ll die on the “Crosshair is a good man he’s just the grumpy goth sibling going through puberty and will die for his family but god forbid they know it ” rock and seeing these interactions towards Echo has closed the coffin for me

I'm afraid this mystery may never truly be solved... but I imagine this is likely true, and I wouldn't be surprised if he occasionally teased them about it, too.😆

Okay but wait

If you and someone from the Bad Batch (excluding Hunter) were having sex in the middle of the night, would Hunter be able to sense it in his sleep and would he wake up?

Or like does he always know when everyone is horny?

Does he know when not to go into the bunk area because someone is busy in there?

yall. i see a lot about masking, and i just wanted to ask that, well personally, i dont mask. and i feel like thats weird because i keep hearing how, it feels like everybody else is in some form masking?

i dont even know what masking entails, what it is, i only know some very few information that it is like, well one is wanting to touch stuff but dont? idk, i just, if i wanna touch something, i touch it. but im not obsessively touching stuff. i dont like, stim either, in the autistic way, im sorry if that came across as rude i just wanna say i dont do it because of autism, i do it because of my severe anxiety. i only do stuff, crossing arms, twisting foot, idk how to explain it, if im stood still, i will like, bend my foot so it looks like it might break but it wont lol...etcetc, are those even stims? they dont sound like it now that i wrote some down haha, because i have severe anxiety and i feel like im gonna pass out and vomit when im out of the house. i have a whole ass YEAR left until i begin my cbt therapy. i dont even know if thats gonna help, i tried it before years ago but pretty much gave up because i felt it didnt do anything and im depressed af and have zero motivation. because im never gonna get better anyways. i had a nurse telling me that too ages ago and i still remember it because he was all like "so im not supposed to tell you this because its private information about me, but you'll never get better from this. this is a lifelong issue you'll have to deal with for the rest of your life, because i have it too" real comforting when you just told that person you wanna kill yourself because you suffer so bad. i feel like he wants me to kill myself so they'll rid a troubling annoying person. but anyways!

oh yea! another one is forced eye contact, i dont do that either haha, i look up people in the eye, or in the middle, and then if i dont wanna, i dont. so im sure i dont mask and is that normal? is there anybody else out here that dont either?

yall, a list of various ways of masking would be appreciated so i know whether i am or not, even though im preeeeeetty sure that i do not.

thank you. and i hope you have a good week.

I'll answer this in parts.

1 - Autistic masking is the conscious and unconscious act of pretending to be neurotypical.

Conscious versions of this are things like practicing conversations, practicing facial expressions in a mirror, watching others communicate so that you can mimic them. However, unlike neurotypicals or allistics (non-autistics), at no point do we feel comfortable or confident in doing these performances. It's exhausting and we're very aware of our actions and other's actions.

Unconcious versions of masking are those that are drilled in to us either by society, family (on purpose or not), bullying etc. These include forcing facial expressions, forcing eye contact, forcing vocal tone, holding back or permanently repressing stimming, ignoring special interests due to mocking or bullying, enduring adverse sensory experiences etc. These are often enforced from infancy and we may not even be aware we're doing it. But we are aware we're exhausted from tasks others are not.

Unconcious and conscious masking mix and match. They're fluid, and not everyone experiences the same versions.

2 - Not every autistic masks. Higher needs may not mask, intellectual disabilities may prohibit it, and supportive families may never enforce it. Some autistics grow up and refuse to mask any longer. And many different versions of this, too.

3 - Everyone stims. Stimming is any repetitive behaviour that is used to modify external or internal input via a soothing behaviour. Autistics and many other NDs simply do it a lot more and have more variety. So, yes. If what you described is done in order to add input or block out input, it's stimming.

4 - Not all Autistics struggle with eye contact. Whilst clinicians use it as this big indicator, it's really not.

5 - Lastly, that nurse who spoke to you in that moment of need was a complete ass. Anxiety is difficult, but it's not the end of the road. If CBT therapy didn't help, it may be that you need a modified version, or try something different all together. There are many different therapies and avenues. There is hope, you just need to figure out what road is yours.

Okay, I just looked to confirm that Clone Captain Howzer looks like that clone toy named Ballast that was seen not that long ago, so likely the same person... but that got me thinking; is it possible that the clone we're seeing is Ballast, and the real Captain Howzer is dead? Maybe Howzer noticed something off with Ballast and accused him of treason, tried to kill him, only to flip the tables and take his place so he could hide in plain sight..... 🤔

Attack of the Lula! Had anyone else tried this on Crosshair, he definitely would've decked them.

#BIG SIBLING ENERGY

Everyone else seems to have their soapbox lately when it comes to Star Wars and representation, so here's mine.

On Autism representation.

I can't think of many examples, but the two that spring to my mind are Thrawn and Tech from TBB. In my opinion, I think they are both done well.

I haven't seen much complaining about Thrawn, but the Tech posts have been rampant. Saying he's tone-deaf, unfeeling, robotic, and misses the point frequently. People have said that this is bad representation. The thing is, that is how Autism can present itself, especially in someone that has been more socially isolated. Something that Tech experiences. His social life is limited to the rest of TBB (which all have various aspects of neurodivergency themselves) , Kaminoans (who are an entirely different species and culture that are also isolated), and the other Clones (who have been shown to treat TBB badly).

I see so many traits in him that I see in myself, my family, and a friend of mine. All of these people fall somewhere on the Autism spectrum. Because that's what Autism is, a spectrum. Everyone experiences it differently.

-leg bouncing when he's anxious

-info-dumping

-meticulously collecting information about topics that he's interested in

-not understanding "it's a feeling" in relation to flying

-frustration when things aren't going according to plan and when the things they are supposed to do are interrupted

-seemingly tone-deaf direct comments on what he sees

-focusing on what's important to him and ignoring other things around him

Everytime he does one of these things, I smile to myself, because I feel seen. The reactions of others around him are so accurate as well. Hunter rolling his eyes/shaking his head. Wrecker saying "yeah yeah we know". I've experienced those reactions my whole life.

Before you criticize representation, and automatically assume that it's bad because it might not be perfect, consider the opinions of those represented. Not their family members, not health professionals, not what you think it is.

Also that ableism term you all like to throw around? Dismissing the experiences of those with the conditions you're critiquing because they don't fit into your narrative is far more ableist than the thing you think is bad.