Hi, I am an autistic student and I am conducting a survey into stimming and stim toys, as part of my ongoing Extended Project Qualification to design an original stim toy.
It would really really help me out if you could fill this in, or at least reblog it to boost it. You don’t have to be autistic to take part, and any self-diagnosis is valid. Anyone’s responses help!
Thank you so much <3
Since I liked the spinoff tv show pretty well, I decided to watch the movie.
It was visually noxious with a wandering plot and an unsympathetic, undeveloped main character and unnecessary gore. As a straight-up male power fantasy, it did fine: once the MC was on NZT, he could do anything. He decided to change the world, but what that meant to him we never learned. The ultimate resolution of the thin intrigue plot was forced at best. Not a single notable character of color played a role, though no discriminatory slurs, mocking, etc of any marginalized identity were ever used.
Would not recommend, unless you’re looking for an emotionally numb action masquerading as sci-fi.
I’ve had the inkling to write up some trigger warnings for films/tv shows before, and haven’t seen this one done yet, so here it is.
Hello, everyone!
We are holding an art contest for neurodiverse digital artists of all skill levels! This is a long post, so bear with me!
We have been hard at work getting things set up to bring original video content to the Autism Asks blog. As part of this process, Sabrina and I have been discussing what to do with our YouTube banner image and profile icon. We have decided to turn it over to our followers, fans, and the broader autistic and neurodiversity communities.
All submissions will be featured on the Autism Asks blog with select submissions appearing on the YouTube channel, under a Creative Commons license.
Art Contest Rules:
Artists should be neurodiverse in some manner and will be creating two items as a matching pair. Be sure to consult the image included with this post for an idea of the channel layout. NOTE: The TV background image is not required.
First item: 100 x 100 pixel profile icon
Some things to think about - The profile picture placement ranges from the top left of the Text and Logo Safe Area to the top left of the Desktop Computer Max area and should not obscure visually critical elements. You may use or incorporate the Autism Asks blog’s current profile picture, which is available below.
Second Item: 2560 x 423 pixel banner
Some things to think about - While the banner size itself is large, the primary usable area is in the Text and Logo Safe Area. Primary visual and text elements should be within this area to appear correctly across all devices. Areas outside of this space may include added text or visual elements, however they will not display on all devices. If you wish to include your signature we suggest doing it in the Text and Logo Safe Area.
Additional Notes:
Submission Requirements:
Files may be submitted in the following formats:
Submissions must be made via email to autismasks dot gmail dot com as either an attachment or an external link (such as Google Drive). Please note that services like Tumblr will resize images and compress them in a way that makes them unlikely to work for the YouTube channel.
If you would like your name or a credit included when we display your submission, please be sure to explicitly state this in your email and provide the appropriate information. You may also include a link to your personal or professional portfolio, or your tip jar, patreon, etc. This will displayed on our blog with your submission and in our YouTube channel description.
Creative Commons License:
All submissions will be shared on our blog. Select submissions will be featured on our YouTube channel for a period of one week to one month (depending on the number of submissions).
All submissions will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Contest Deadline:
All submissions should be sent in by the end of day, Thursday, August 31st, 2017 (don’t worry about timezone - if it is before September 1st somewhere in the world when you submit, we will accept your submission).
Final Word:
Autistic artists are an important aspect of our community, especially because creativity in autism and other neurodiversities often defies the negative stereotypes society has about us.
This contest is meant as a fun way to engage with the broader autistic and neurodiversity communities, and to encourage neurodiverse artists of all skill levels to share their work when they might otherwise choose not to.
While we encourage freelance or professional neurodiverse artists to join in if they are interested and inclined to do so, please understand and while we are happy to link to your professional site when sharing your submission, comissioned branding is not the purpose of this contest, and is not an offer of paid work. Thank you for understanding.
Most of all… MS Paint is your friend! Have fun with this!
- Sam
“Your art isn’t valued by the number of notes you get” okay but. If you spent 6 hours baking a cake for a party, but no one at the party eats your cake, it’s still disappointing.
This articulates something about the different between value and validation that I didn’t previously register on a conscious level.
There are some days when I prefer not to share my art at all for this very reason.
Remember that movie in which Jack Black was a teacher and building a rock band and when a little black chubby girl asked to be a singer he only said “sure! let me hear you” and the moment she started using her beautiful voice his lit up like all of his dreams came true, PLUS the same little girl was scared that people would make fun of her because she was fat and he started listing awesome singers with some weight on and included himself and told her that people wouldn’t laugh because she is awesome at what she does and that is all that matters PLUS that it’s ok to enjoy food?
Also, when a little boy asked to be the band’s stylist he just said “sure, go ahead fancy pants” like, there wasn’t a single second of questioning it, he went into “ok, that will be your position then” right away
That fucking movie is an hour and a half of Jack Black teaching kids to love themselves disregarding all of the stereotypes
And don’t forget the Asian guy said he shouldn’t be in the band because he thought he wasn’t “cool enough”. Jack Black didn’t miss a beat by making up a secret handshake between he and the kid.and telling him he’s amazing at what he does playing the piano. After that the Asian kid even stood up for himself against a bully.
And he put the violent kid with anger issues on drums and let him constructively work out his aggression.
School of Rock is fab basically
Two kinds of people:
People who took the news of feathered dinosaurs like this:
And those who took it like this:
I hate it when people say “science ruined dinosaurs” as though dinosaurs are just some pop culture monster invention and not real things that existed and that we are continuing to make new discoveries about
Amen
Listen I don’t care if you think feathers on a dinosaur look stupid if a 9 ton apex predator is coming at you at 25 mph, you’re not going to laugh at its feathers. YOU’RE GOING TO HAUL ASS
(Run. Just run.)
Okay so I was going to reblog this on my main blog but then I scrolled up to switch the blog and when I saw it was on my Cthulhu blog I started thinking about cool feathery dinos chillin with Cthulhu and that’s a really nice image in my head so enjoy
Bird dinosaurs were actually Cthulhu’s ancient servants.
This gives me yet another fantastic idea…
Feathered dragons.
ajdlgkhdfsgjadshljkdhsdgjkfsk hello i am Here for this
also that dinosaur is wearing Pan Pride colors so I’m pretty sure feathered dinosaurs belong to pansexuals/panromantics now. sorry i don’t make the rules.
DINOSAURS BELONG TO PANSEXUALS AND PANROMANTICS!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
haha i knew at least one of my pan followers would enjoy this 😁✨❤
Are you a carpet or hardwood or tile autistic? Are you a silk or corduroy autistic? Are you a messy or neat autistic? Are you a hugging or touch aversive autistic? Are you a cat or dog autistic?
moma
#ArtSpeaks: Nectar Knuckles on Charles White
“That’s a really unique ability…to look at a work of art and feel it seeing you. And in this room, I feel seen.” –Nectar Knuckles, a curatorial fellow in our Department of Drawings & Prints, shares how it feels to enter the #CharlesWhite galleries at the Museum. Watch her full gallery talk on “Spiritual” (1941).
