(These aren’t diagnostic criteria for being autistic, just things that autistic people relate to more often than allistic people do)
• Making PowerPoints for fun (peak entertainment when I was 12 years old fr)
• I can’t eat my dinner, it’s too hot outside
• Someone has shown up to my house unexpectedly; I have to ignore them until I mentally adjust to the fact that they’re here
• Stop giving me light, tickly hugs—I need you to crush me
• *in a friend’s house* Ok I have no idea how formal or familiar I am supposed to be so I’m just going to not touch ANYTHING and wait to sit down until I’m invited to do so
• Getting yelled at for “not playing correctly” (??)
• “Who’s your celebrity crush” uhhh idk I only watch this one movie from 20 years ago so I don’t know any current celebrities
• Motion sickness. All the time.
• No one else follows the RulesTM correctly! I hate group projects!
• Having constant stomachaches and headaches from overstimulation, but the doctor says you don’t have a physical problem so obviously you’re faking to get out of school
• How does everyone else just know how to do that?
• Practicing “normal” conversation before going out in public
• Touching all the soft fabrics in the store until you find that one Bad Texture and now it’s burned into your skin and you are going to die
• I made a joke and everybody looked at me strangely and now I can’t figure out what I did wrong but I think they thought I was serious?
• On the opposite side: I said something totally sincere and now everyone is laughing so I guess I join in?
• Wearing the same shirt over and over and over and over