just keep going

fizzling

neurotypicals will really say that ‘most communication is nonverbal’ and then go ahead and get mad at you for being semi/nonverbal

y’all wildin

Sketch Request Saturday!

Hello everyone!

First off, I really want to thank everyone who’s been helping me so far, from reblogging to actually become a patron on my Patreon. I deeply appreciate it, we’re almost at my actual goal and I can’t believe how amazing all this is ! Thank you SO much.

Saturday my friends and I decided to organize a special event in hope to reach my goal ! @alainaprana​, @jakei95​ and I will be taking Sketch Request every time someone pledge on my Patreon that day! It’s a way to thank you guys for being so amazing.

We’ll be waiting for you Saturday !

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!

Hello everybody, as you may be aware of, I have a second job that is stressing me out and draining a lot of my time… I know this might sound like I’m whining or complaining again but bear with me. 

This job has been draining most of my energy since the past year and as you might know my drawings are less frequent then usual. Things I usually loved are getting me depressed as I have to rush through my project to get it done. It’s not a chore, but it is pressuring me quite a lot with the situation I’m in at the moment. I WANT to keep the quality of my content and I want to bring smiles and emotional reaction to those who read my work.

Paper Crane’s comic have been a project I’ve loved since day one and I’ve been looking forward to do a weekly update and produce more content… but with my second job, it’s been harder and harder to even produce a page in time.

I do not want it to feel like a chore when it’s something I used to love a lot… My time interacting with you guys or anyone else that matters has drastically decreased as well… and it breaks my heart to not be able to emotionally be attached or want to spend more time with the people I care about. I’ve been working to move out of my situation, but I’m being forced to work a job I hate because my living situation has been an over-complicated mess for far too long, and now I have two options - keep working the way I am and be miserable, or do what I like and be kicked out of my house, where I won’t be able to save for my move like I’ve planned. 

I’m super thankful to all the Patrons who have stuck with me so far, though it’s far from sustainable. I wouldn’t mind to do 2/3 commissions a month to compensate from the lack of money, but it wouldn’t be enough even then, because of how things are right now. I know I’ve talked about it a little bit here and there, but I really prefer to not burden everyone with the details.

So… I hate to ask for this… but I need your help… I love drawing, it’s been my life since I was little, and I would hate it if it turned into something that I cannot enjoy anymore because my second job drains the life out of me. I would be more than grateful if you could help me enjoy working on my things again and remove that pressure my family had imposed me for the past year…

I would highly appreciate it if you could share this, I don’t think I ask much but for you to share the words that I need help, that I have a Patreon available with private contents.

If my goal is reached, I’ll do a weekly update of my comic, if it’s reached, I’ll do some commission on the side… please consider my PATREON.

realizing that i heavily project onto my ocs and accidentally wrote their characters as very heavily autistic-coded: today’s autistic headcanon of the day: all of my ocs

Taking A Break

A few things have been happening both here and irl and I just need some time to myself. While I will be on, I will no longer be posting as often as I used to. No queue, just random posts. When I feel like I can handle this again I plan on starting a project I’ve been working on for a while. I hope to see you all then!

Still on break but wanted to say things are going a lot better. Just still needing some time to myself. I'm not sure on but I'm hoping to be back on in anywhere from one to two months. Hope to see you all soon!

it makes me so sad when ppl apologize for talking so much about their hyperfixations. like no keep going i love you

if you don’t shut up about your own ocs. if you don’t shut up about obscure characters that no one else appreciates as much as you. if you get into deep lore of a series no one else around you likes. I Love You So Fucking Much

and most importantly if you make fun of ppls interests i will absolutely destroy you. make no mistake

A few videos from Amythest Schaber’s series Ask An Autistic. Please take time to explore their other videos to find answers to other questions you may have about autism.

Thank you for sharing <3

We honestly need to be more aware of how we use language that demonizes and stigmatizes psychotic people in our day-to-day language. I can say as someone who has struggled with psychosis that I have felt demonized in social justice spaces due to ill thought-out word choice.

honestly if what you mean is uncaring, manipulative, evil, harmful, or violent, then SAY THAT WORD. if you aren’t talking about someone who is prone to experience distorted reality then you don’t mean psychotic. conflating psychotic with evil does so much harm to a vulnerable group. 

That sad feeling when

You get a new special interest and there is literally no merchandise made for it. 😭

How to Infodump Politely

So there’s an issue I keep coming across both in the autism community and in academic community, where often the act of an autistic person infodumping about a subject the other person happens to be more educated in comes across as mansplaining.

Now, there’s not a good way for the non-autistic person in question to keep in mind that the other person might be autistic because allistic people mansplain (or whitesplain or customersplain or laymansplain, etc) all the time, and it’s often very difficult to tell the difference between a genuine attempt at sharing in a mutual interest and patronizing assumption that the non-educated person knows better.

So the solution, I think, needs to come from autistic people keeping this phenomenon in mind and implementing small ways to respect the other person’s knowledge.

First, if the person you are speaking to has more knowledge and experience than you, and you know this when speaking to them, acknowledge this while infodumping. This can be as simple as peppering in phrases such as “correct me if I’m wrong” or “I love how” while infodumping, which actively invite the other person to share their knowledge with you. This way the other person feels like their experience is being taken into account and it feels more like a conversation than a lecture.

If you don’t know the other person’s level of knowledge or experience and they start using the words “I know” frequently while you are infodumping, this is a sign that they are feeling aggravated and lectured to. Take a moment to say something along the lines of “sorry, I don’t mean to come across as patronizing. I just really love this subject and I want to share the information I have!” This acknowledges the other person’s feelings and communicates that you are not assuming that they have no information, and that you are trying to share rather than teach.

In general, even if you do not know the other person’s level of knowledge and do not know whether they will feel aggravated, you can still preempt the conversation with something along the lines of “oh I love this topic! Can I share some information I have about it?” Not only does this indicate that what you are doing is in fact infodumping, it also allows the other person to consent to being infodumped to as well as inviting them into the conversation.

Again, none of this is meant to insinuate that autistic people must always alter their behavior to make allistics more comfortable. However, there are some behaviors that can imitate incredibly rude or dismissive behaviors, and it only benefits us to have a way to indicate the difference. In this particular example, it’s not fair to expect educated women (other other victims of -splaining) to allow that disrespect on the off chance that the -splainer is autistic. Therefore, we should do our best to show respect to the knowledge and experience other people have when we want to share our own knowledge.

Infodumping is a beautiful thing. Let’s do our best to make sure everyone gets to enjoy it.

These are really great (and respectful) ideas! Definitely something to keep in mind.

today I dreamed about kingfishers, except they were the size of turkeys and allowed themselves to be picked up, so I had to draw myself holding a nice huge chonky friend

Autistic culture is Not Being Able to reblog a post because it overgeneralizes and There Are Exceptions.

Text reads: Just because you are not as skilled as some other artists doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t create art.

i want you all to know that there is an artist (carmen papalia) who, after he started using a white cane, assembled a 12 foot long white cane and began using it in downtown vancouver. the length of the cane made it functionally useless as a device and the only purpose it served was making him an obstacle for sighted people. dare i say… 2019 goals

therapist to sighted patient: long cane isnt real and it cant hurt you

carmen papalia:

[id: a dimly lit photo of carmen papalia using his 12 foot “long cane” piece. he walks casually behind it. the cane takes up the majority of both the photograph and the sidewalk.]

Okay I went to a conference where this guy was a keynote and he’s so fucking cool. He’s done a ton of art around disability rights. The twelve-foot cane is really cool, but here are some of my other favourites:

From the series on replacing his cane, this is one where he replaced his cane with a megaphone and would stand at intersections repeating “I can’t see” until somebody would stop and help him cross the street

Another cane replacement, this time replacing it with a high school marching band who would change the music depending on if there was something in the way or not.

A museum intervention where he got people at the MET to go through the museum with their eyes closed and experiencing touching things he’d gotten permission to touch (the floor in this image) and just exploring a visual art museum blind.

The Blind Field Shuffle, in which he has dozens of people form a conga line behind him with their eyes closed and leads them on a blind tour of the city - literally the blind leading the blind.

Wish I could find a better photo, but this is a museum gallery he curated where the works are almost at floor height, making them accessible to children, little people, and people in wheelchairs, but requiring abled people to bend down or sit on the floor in order to see them properly.

In short, this man is amazing and I love his work.