“Autistic fashion” isn’t just big cute cosy sweaters with sleeves so long and loose they swing along when we flap
Autistic fashion is a dozen unworn shirts in our wardrobe – you liked the colour, the pattern, the cut, but they itch and hurt and scratch; yet you keep them because you hope that one day maybe you’ll be able to wear them
Autistic fashion is stretchy worn-out jeans ripping at the leg seams after you’ve been wearing them since high school and the thought of throwing them away makes you choke back tears
Autistic fashion is taking blunt scissors and impulsively trying to cut off every single tag from your clothes, and accidentally unravelling something because you happened to cut open a seam
Autistic fashion is crying over socks on some days
Autistic fashion is a drawer full of old worn-out underwear because they’re stretched out and comfy
Autistic fashion is changing clothes twice a day in summer because sweaty fabric is sensory hell
Autistic fashion is wearing wristwatches all day or for half an hour, bracelets stacked halfway up your forearm or bare skin only ever covered by t-shirt sleeves
Autistic fashion is necklaces hidden under your shirt, because they’re for chewing or fidgeting but you don’t want anyone to see
Autistic fashion is wearing what makes you feel comfortable and still feeling scared that people are gonna judge you
I want an assassin’s creed inspired God Tier Roxy!! o:
May or may not be because I want to cosplay her next Närcon..
I’m sosorry for extremely shaky and uneven lineeeees, My hands can’t stop shakinng first real thing i’’ve drawn in like 2 months? Dunno, i gotta step up my game before everyone gives up on me
If you want some idea of how much autistic people struggle to understand allistic people when they don’t say exactly what they mean, take a cooking recipe and replace all units of measure with “enough but not too much”. For example:
enough but not too much white sugar
enough but not too much butter
enough but not too many eggs
enough but not too much vanilla extract
enough but not too much flour
enough but not too much baking powder
enough but not too much milk
preheat oven to hot enough but not too hot
bake for long enough but not too long
Even someone who’s experienced with cooking would probably struggle to follow that recipe. Now imagine if they had no experience cooking and had no idea what these ingredients are.
Clowns are creatures that need to clown. They were not meant to be
domesticated and profited from as pets. They are highly active creatures
that will self harm from stress in such confined spaces. Circus Clowns are
delightful to keep in groups, though they are fine on their own, but
every 1 clown adds 30 square feet to the space needed. They need multiple props and performance areas in order to replicate their natural environment. These are examples of proper Circus Clown or other basic clown enclosures.
Candee Fluff is a horrible brand of cotton candy, I used to feed it to my
clowns and they would just throw it back up. The sugar is all unprocessed, when clowns need highly refined white sugar, just because
it’s cheaper. Which is something they don’t list on the packaging to fool clown owners. Ideally you should only feed your clown freshly whipped cotton candy. Large mixers may be expensive but a simple childrens make-your-own candy floss machine will suffice if your budget is tight.
Clowns shouldn’t be confined to a car. (Especially a childrens
car..?) Clowns are curious creatures that need to jump, tumble, honk and
play to be healthy. Keeping them locked in a car 24/7 as a toy for your
kids will stress them out in much the same way as a hamster in a ball. Clowns do enjoy having access to a clown car, especially in groups, but their car should provide 1 square foot per clown and their enjoyment comes primarily from exiting the vehicle in large numbers. Keeping them locked inside can reduce their lifespan by up to 10 years. A small human-sized compact car may be suitable for larger groups of clowns.
I’m cringing at that rainbow collection of “my mommy got me a cute clown” balloon sticks. These are creatures that need to run around with helium balloons.They need to bounce and float away when released.Air-filled balloons on sticks are not a suitable replacement.This is the proper set up for a clown or more modern jesters.
Clownsget stressed from any foot confinement under size 16. Clown shoes are the worst item for being sold to kids as “accessories” in human foot sizes. When kept like that the clown will die a horribly stressed
life within a year when they can live for 60 or more. They need colourful shoes or boots with plenty of toe-space and loud squeakers. Clowns are so intelligent that they
actually play with you, and they need podiatric stimulation to live
healthy. These are proper clown shoes.
Never change the natural markings of a clown. This should go without saying, but I see people buying halloween store ‘clown makeup’ and attempting to alter their clown’s faces. Clowns use their facial markings to identify one another, and altering it may cause stress, and even endager the clown if you keep several in the same tent.
Who the fuck would even feed an omnivorous clown pellet food…?
Do they want a sick clown? If clown stores even bothered to care about the
keeping of clowns, they would know that shit is bad for them. If
you can’t feed fresh peanuts and hot dogs then you shouldn’t own a clown in the first place. Pellet food isn’t even real food, it’s
chemically made with preservatives.
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