Published: 2025年4月10日
Word Count: 428

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Here's the second batch of responses to the 30-day Autism Acceptance prompts. Not nearly as in-depth this time, sorry. (Days 1-5)

April 6th: Talk about miscommunication. As autistic people communicating is something that is harder for us than neurotypical people, in what ways is communicating generally hard for you? Talk about how being autistic has led to an instance of miscommunication in the past. Talk about social blunders that you've made due to autism. Perhaps a situation where you misinterpreted something or where you said the wrong/insensitive thing.
No comment.

April 7th: Have you had people treat you differently after you told them you were autistic? In what ways? How did you feel about it and what did you do?
I generally try to avoid telling people that I'm autistic, so I don't really have an answer to this.

April 8th: Are you a creative person? What are the types of things you create? Do you think being autistic has any influence over the types of things you create or your creativity in general?
Depends on your definition of creativity. I would say that I'm not very good at coming up with original concepts, but once I latch onto an interest, I can take it and run absolutely wild. I love making fanart, fanfiction, and coming up with my own interpretations and analysis of a series. It's why I have a dedicated page for essays in my DSRK Shrine (although I haven't touched it lately... I promise I've just been super busy T-T).

April 9th: Do you struggle with mental health? Does being autistic affect your struggle with mental health? Do you have depression or anxiety and is it influenced by being autistic?
I used to have terrible anxiety as a kid, to the point of staying home from school for days at a time. I also experienced depression-like symptoms in middle and high school, though I generally ascribe that more to the hormonal throes of puberty than genuine mental illness. I'd say I'm doing pretty well these days, but I do experience seasonal depression during winter. Nothing too serious, but it can make me spiral under the wrong circumstances.

April 10th: Do you struggle with keeping up with physical health? Does being autistic affect it?
I used to be great at keeping up with self-care, but then COVID hit and completely destroyed my carefully constructed daily rituals thanks to quarantine. Currently I'm trying to trick myself into getting back into the habit of brushing my teeth twice a day. Not sure how it'll go just yet.