@KaCi I'm happily married, but often wish for sometime alone over Chtistmas, especially when we have a houseful on Boxing Day.
Luckily, all the family accept that I'll spend most of the day locked away in my office, surfacing only to get some food or to say goodbye, but still, all the noise of my wife's large family means I can't fully relax.

#AutisticLife

Normally, my 14 year old can't decide if she is going to be a puppy or a kitten at any given time.
Today, she has decided to be...
a velociraptor.
Which is cute and everything, but I'm trying to cook, and she is insisting on stalking her prey (me) and leaping out at them at all sorts of innoportune times.
Like when I have a sharp knife or a hot pan in my hands.
Yeah, love you, Boo, but could you maybe NOT be a dangerous predator when I'm already clumsy and putting my life in danger by cooking!

#DadLife #AutisticLife

My 4 Craziest Childhood Habits as an Autistic Boy #AutisticLife #GrowingUpAutistic… https://ift.tt/HpTN1FV

Mindory is like:
“What if your planner didn’t make you feel bad?”
#MindoryApp #ProductivityWithoutShame #AutisticLife

I had a fairly quiet day today. Still recovering from this sinus infection, so I mostly rested. Managed a little study, which felt good. Spent some time pondering things I won’t go into here. Ended the day listening to The Mushroom Case daily podcast.

#SinusInfection #AutisticLife #RestDay #PodcastTime #StudyWhileSick #SlowDays #MushroomCase

Today I went to my tutorial after spending some time outdoors. Still sick — blocked nose, low-level headache. This thing has dragged on since Easter, on and off. I’m getting my meds tomorrow and will ask the doctor to check me out properly. Yesterday was the FCA and I’m still recovering from that too. Had chicken and veg for dinner. Quiet night.

#AutisticLife #NDIS #ChronicIllness #FCA #DisabilitySupport #NeurodivergentLife #BlindAndAutistic #EverydayLife

About to leave for work this morning, I went to say goodbye to my youngest daughter (13) and granddaughter (4), both tucked up in my bed watching cartoons on the tv (and both simultaneously hyper intelligent and social, and autistic AF).
"I'm off to work now, Boo, do I get a squidge?" I asked my daughter, to which she raised her arms for a hug.
"Love you" i said, kissing the side of her head.
"Love you too!" she replied.
I went round to the other side of the bed - "And do i get a squidge off you, puddin?" I asked, to which my granddaughter extended her arms for a hug, which is rare for her.
So I gave her a hug, and kissed that mop of curls on her head, and whispered "i love you!"
And back came the loving response...

"I can't see the telly!"

I love that girl!❤️🫶
I love both of them, but Boo has developed a bit of a filter so as not you offend people too much, whereas Pud hasn't yet.

#AutisticLife #GrandKids #Kids

Ugh. I have just gone through my follow list and discovered Exactly how long it's been since I did that. To everyone who followed me at the dawn of time, and just today got followed back, my entire bad. Object Permanence is for those who don't have Better things to remember. *sigh* #AA #AutisticLife also #ADHD and #PTSD and #Dissociative Life.

My autism’s got me scripting life like it’s Python, but I keep hitting syntax errors when small talk pops up! Small talk must be in Perl.😅 Anyone else debug their social skills daily? #AutisticLife

So, tonight is going to be fun...
My wife is being kidnapped around 3PM - My eldest daughter is picking her up, and they are going into Manchester, booking into a hotel, then going to see a musical at the theatre.
Meanwhile, I have a 13 year old Autistic daughter with massive separation anxiety who is due home from school around 3.30PM.
And I'm working till 4, which means I won't be home much before 5...
I don't know who will be a bigger mess by the time I get home - Boo, or me...
#AutisticLife

So, my wife called me downstairs to do something.
"Who is that?" She asked, gesturing vaguely at the tv. "He looks familiar, and i can't place him."
I looked at the screen, where she is watching an episode of The Resident, her latest binge-watching addiction, and the tall, stocky, heavily bearded African-American man with a gently booming baritone voice.
I blinked a couple of times, doing my Bizarre Pattern Recognition Thing¹, then said "Jamal Michael Warner."
"The name is familiar, but I still can't place him" she said.
"Theo Huxtable." I replied.
"How do you do that?" She asked, gawping at me.
And I really don't know, it's just one of my Autistic super-powers.

#AutisticLife #Autism

¹Yes, BPRT is an actual thing, look, it's mentioned in this post right here!

I've been doing my usual post-Christmas thing of stressing over a present I bought for my wife - a label printer (think an old-school Dymo gun on steroids)
(My 13 year old decided she wanted to give this to her mum, rather than the nice notebook, desk diary, and pens she bought!).
I always worry that she is just being nice when she starts gushing over my gifts, so imagine my surprise when I arrived home from work last night to find her showing off the travel case and 12 (12!!) coloured tapes she went out to buy, and power lead that was coming!
I think I (and, by extension, our daughter!) did good with this pressie!
I'm expecting to get home tonight to find every box and storage space in the house has been labeled.
#FamilyLife #Christmas #AutisticLife

My sister-in-law normally takes my daughter to school, but she's hone away with her husband for a few days, so here I am on my day off, waiting for a bus at the same bus stop the school bus uses, but not standing anywhere near my daughter, because it's embarrassing having your parental unit walk you to the stop.
I've just sneaked a look at her, and she's terrified.
Her autism and general anxiety make her life really difficult.
And I'm so proud of her. ❤️
#AutisticLife #ActuallyAutistic #Family

Neurodivergents: Shall We Live... Apart?
Actually Autistics in Free, Supportive Neurodiverse Groups?

A poll. 10 questions. 10 Clicks. A few minutes.

A ton of information for future articles and podcasts about real, raw, authentic #AutisticLife.

#AutismAppreciation #AutismAcceptance #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic

https://johnnyprofaneknapp.substack.com/p/neurodivergents-shall-we-live-apart?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

@actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd
@actuallyaudhd

New Year. New You. New Me. New Relationship...

Still #ActuallyAutistic. In my 70s. Shooting for Guinness "Oldest Autistic Male"...

Just not yet. Or any time soon...

#ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance #Neurodiversity #AutisticLife #AutisticAdults #ADHD #AuDHD

I'll follow anyone who is nice to me on here since I spent my whole life thinking anyone who was nice to me was my friend even though actual reality etc. #autisticlife

Doing yellow stickers at work this evening, and finding myself darkly amused at the NT's who think ND's can't read social cues, yet are completely oblivious to them themselves.
One person even remarked that I can't hide anything on my face, even behind the mask, I look as if I just want everyone to go away and leave me alone, before spending the next 45 minutes leaningbover me, closely watching everything I did, while a constant stream of utter drivel came out of her mouth.
#AutisticLife