Growing Up Autie

Even The Odd One Out When I'm Alone In The Room

IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL, A WORLD WHERE AUTISTIC ADULTS ARE REVERED AS AUTISM EXPERTS, A STARK DEPARTURE FROM OUR CURRECT REALITY. TO A WORLD WHERE LIVED EXPERIENCE OUTWEIGH OUTDATED IDEAS AND STEREOTYPES. COME WITH US AS WE STEP INTO...THE AUTISM ZONE.

For those stuck in the Uncanny Valley and appearing menacingly like myself, hopefully this shirt helps some.

Based on my wife's amazing quote.

A meaningful quote with a surprise ending.

Tired of random people asking if you're supposed to/allowed to be where you are? Kindly remind them you do have permission to be where you are with this handy t-shirt with just the right amount of snark.

You gotta say it out loud.

Zero Days Without Human Nonsense

If you're sick of the lights, sounds, vibrations, pressure changes, and all of the rest of it, let people know not to add to it by wearing this fantastic shirt design. (Or get a sticker or two)

Them: Get over it. Me: Own up to it.

The logo for my new short film, and a statement about your placements as an Autistic person in the Uncanny Valley.

Fresh off the presses for your family dinner, (or elsewhere) this shirt asks a very important question about energy usage. Specifically asking why people are draining your energy,

I'm not an online gamer. I prefer my PCs with the N.

I don't suffer from Autism. I suffer from Ableism.

I was born tired. But all of this has made it much worse. *Motions at the world*

When you're not sure what to make of those Neurotypical social norms.

Back by popular demand for our LGBTQ Autistic family.

You will not be getting my DNA to study Autism "cures" or prenatal tests. You'll have to pry my Autism from my cold dead strands.

"Get a Ladder" A someone who grew up bullied by almost everyone for a big portion of my life, I learned that it doesn't matter what I say or do as an Autistic, there will always be someone there who thinks they deserve to "put me in my place" or "take me down a peg." And as someone who recognized the futility of painstakingly modifying everything about me to avoid being bullied only to get bullied anyway, I can honestly say...Do you want to take me down a peg? You can try, but you're going to need a ladder. I don't know you, human. Move along.

Don't forget to practice your acceptance speech!

Tired of your kindness being mistaken for flirtation? Let them know they shouldn't be flattering themselves by wearing this awesome tee!

Yeah, prepare to get all the stories involved with this story while I tell you the story I'm telling you. *puts arm around shoulder* Let me tell you a tale...

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Let'em know we are out there. Plotting with our special interests and whatnot.

Autism Doesn't Speak Autistics Do, and it's time to start listening.

Autistic with S.P.D. Response Loading

Oh I'm in my own little world? Maybe that's because yours sucks.

Identity first language is key.

Someone angrily commented recently asking if we were "The fashionable hashtag actually autistic groovers." Well, we are now.

Just say no to expending energy to emote 24 hours a day. Take some time off for you. You wonderfully Autistic person you.

No. This is just how I look when I'm not wasting energy placating the need for me to emote for the people around me.

anachronism; a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists. Autistic people often feel like we were meant for a different time. Some of us the future, some of us the past. This one is for my Autistic time travelers. The Anachronistic Autistics.

There are very few things that are certain in this world. One of them is humans will inevitably human, and the other is that this shirt looks great in every color! Get yours now to show off your comedically misanthropic point of view.

Are you Autistic? Are you proud? Then get on it!

Are you Autistic? Are you proud? Then get it.