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Let autistic people use the comfort items we want to without assuming we are & #39;childish& #39; or & #39;immature& #39; or have a younger & #39;mental age& #39;.
Self-soothing is a skill EVERY adult person needs to get a hold of to regulate their emotions.
Our comfort items might be things
Self-soothing is a skill EVERY adult person needs to get a hold of to regulate their emotions.
Our comfort items might be things
more commonly associated with childhood - e.g. stuffed animals, teddies, blankets, even dummies/pacifiers - but that doesn& #39;t mean we& #39;re become younger every time we choose to self-soothe.
A lot of it is based in sensory comforts - fabrics, and textures, and repetitive movements.
A lot of it is based in sensory comforts - fabrics, and textures, and repetitive movements.
That doesn& #39;t mean you should treat us like children, or worse, with scorn.
Using these items in adulthood is arguably a more healthy outlet for ND folk who could, in full adult conscience, choose to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol.
Not that that is automatically bad, but
Using these items in adulthood is arguably a more healthy outlet for ND folk who could, in full adult conscience, choose to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol.
Not that that is automatically bad, but
that we live in a society that tells us burying our emotions in these things is somehow a more "adult" choice than using non-harmful ways to soothe ourselves.
It& #39;s absurd. & exactly the reason we have a culture of teenagers thinking they need to dissociate themselves from their
It& #39;s absurd. & exactly the reason we have a culture of teenagers thinking they need to dissociate themselves from their
childhood comforts to seem grown and mature, so they drop the things that help with self-regulation for more & #39;adult& #39; risk-taking behaviours.
A culture of infantilising adults, whether disabled and/or autistic, because of the way they use their personal agency, harms everyone.
A culture of infantilising adults, whether disabled and/or autistic, because of the way they use their personal agency, harms everyone.
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