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Punishment for stimming is BAD.

I don't care if my blog's not popular, if this post reaches one person it'll be one more person helped. I just had a college class in abnormal psychology where the professor taught us that punishment is a workable and useful therapy to "treat" autistic symptoms such as head-banging, biting etc. What he neglected to tell the class is that those behaviors are forms of self-stimulation (aka stimming) which is necessary for most people with autism to regulate their sensory systems. Specifically the above destructive behaviors are forms of overload stimming, in which the person will turn to types of self-stimulation that blocks out whatever is causing them distress in their environment. For example, head-banging and biting cause pain and so the body is forced to process that instead of what's outside, temporarily interfering with their perception of the world to give them a reprieve. To clarify: this behavior isn't good, it's dangerous. The solution is to replace the overload stims with healthier ones, let them remove themself from the situation, and give them coping mechanisms and plans so that next time they don't have to get to overload levels of upset.

The solution is NOT to punish them for overload stimming. They are not exhibiting bad behavior, they are trying desperately to do what their body needs them to do. If you punish them and they stop overload stimming in response, it's not successful learning: it's abuse. They are not stopping because they 'see the error in their ways,' they are stopping because they are afraid of what you will do to them. All punishment works like that, but it is called for when the person does something wrong, not when they are working to do what their body needs because there is nothing wrong with that.

By the way, this is true for non-destructive types of stimming as well. Preventing any kind of stimming is abuse because it prevents people with autism's bodies from working as they should. Instead stimming needs to be accommodated and respected or, if it absolutely must be stopped, immediately replaced with an equally effective option.

To recap: punishment is designed to stop bad behavior. Stimming is not bad behavior because it is an action that people with autism need to do to regulate their sensory systems. It is abuse to punish someone without cause. Therefore it is abuse to punish someone for stimming. Instead find non-destructive stims and solutions that solve the problem without the damaging consequences.

*p.s. if someone is overload stimming they're already really upset. don't make it worse. it's common sense and so easy to do if you care about that person.*

I don't get why neurotypical people get so bent out of shape when autistic people want to talk about their special interests. I have to pretend to be interested in neurotypical stuff all day long, so why won't you even pretend to listen when I want to talk about sepsis or the Radium Girls?

This is exactly how it played out

I rewatched Black Panther and I'm so sad. Sadder than I've ever been from a movie, I'm crying again hours after it's over. I can't stop thinking about how at the end Wakanda swoops in and starts to make things better for African-Americans. It's implied that things are going to improve there but it's not real. Everything that Killmonger lived, proved and died for still exists in real life and no one can come in and fix it. It just hurts and will keep on hurting. The debts of suffering last forever and the deserved level of improvement will take so long. I can stop thinking about the movie to not be sad, but I can't turn off the injustice and pain Black America faces that the movie is really about. And honestly I'm glad that I can't stop being sad about it, because I don't think you can begin to really grasp an issue until you feel the emotions that it calls for about it. Knowing that I'm closer to better understanding helps me do better work, and I can't wait to be more helpful.

Moral of the story: fiction is a great medium to deliver truths and get people to care about them properly. And that white people like me have a lot of work to do to make things better and we have to get moving now.

YES YES yES

Why do I love cartoon Hawkeye more than MCU Hawkeye…

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Oh, right.  

Quick necessary update on my profile picture:

This picture is from the "knuckles sings" video from the YouTuber Gregzilla, which is where the meme originated from. I don't want to support the Ugandan Knuckles meme because from what I can tell it's racist -- the accent is bad enough, but I've also read that the clicking noises are actually making fun of click-based languages from Africa. I'm white and not an expert, but it seems off to me and I would much rather err on the side of being careful than let my picture sit and possibly hurt people.

However, I think the skin itself is fucking hilarious so if you, like me, want an offense-free way to enjoy this meme go watch the original video that's linked first. Stay safe and be good people everyone!

(p.s. If I find out that the image itself is too connected to racism then I'll take it down. It's just not worth it to hurt people guys.)

Oh yes. Good yes

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Taken from the Niflheim labs and raised as the heir to the throne under a strict hand, young Prompto spend the early years of his life confined to the palace reading about far off lands and interesting creatures across Eos. 

For the first time in his life, at the age of 20, Prince Prompto Aldercapt leaves Niflheim. With the company of his father the Emperor and Chancellor Izunia, they travel to Insomnia under the guise of a possible peace treaty with King Regis. Prompto believes his father and the Chancellor have other plans in mind. 

Niflheim Prince Prompto AU - Part 1/ Part 2/ Part 3/ Part 4

Hey soooooo in Beauty and the Beast the rose in the glass case represents a race against time so like is Rudy dying

Oh my

Wow

Oh, Rudy

Of course

Toby, dear Lord.

Guys, I am so in love with this ship now.