• AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    There is an issue in autistic individuals with textures. And it’s an issue you can’t really understand if you don’t suffer it. Yeah, I dress by texture rather than fashion. And those tags are hellish to me and many other autistic people in ways that only them understand.

    It’s kinda concerning and pretty annoying when some people start with the “this is a normal reaction, not an autistic thing”.

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      1 month ago

      Infuriating since annoyances are equated with real suffering. I always try to explain that yes, there are things which NT can experience but they have a scale from 0 to 100 and ND scale can be wildly off like > 4000% which can cause a whole range of psychological as well as physical issues.