clatterbane:

alexafaie-asd:

This is literally my entire life!

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Example of Task Inertia:

  • I need to vacuum and I need to shower.
  • I don’t want to shower until after I vacuum because I will get hot & sweaty.
  • I need to get lunch… but I can’t leave the house unless I shower.
  • But I can’t shower until I vacuum.
  • I’m too hungry to vacuum.
  • I’ll just sit here for a while longer and build myself up to vacuum.
  • It’s going to be loud and I need to move stuff around.
  • I’m not in the mood for the sensory assault, but I need to vacuum.
  • I just want to shower. (sad face emoji)

    • ~ Kate Ross (cherry blossom emoji)
    Cherry Blossom Tree
    My Autism Experience

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    PSA to all now that is is Pumpkin Spice Season

    renstability:

    From someone who worked at starbucks. If you have a milk/dairy allergy AT ALL. DO NOT. I repeat. DO NOT. Drink Pumpkin Spice.

    It contains dairy IN the syrup that is used to make the drink. Even if you get it made with soy, you will still be getting doses of dairy in there. 

    Depending on the severity and intolerance it can and will cause reactions. I found that as a barista I was constantly warning people about the dairy in the product. No one ever seemed to tell them that there was dairy in the mix. More times than I can count I heard people realize that’s why they kept having reactions, or that’s why it made them sick.

    People legitimately do not know that pumpkin spice no matter what you do will always contain some amount of dairy.

    Wait, what is a vog mask? Please please tell me it’s a mask that filters out fragrances, and then inform this asthmatic, synthetic fragrance-allergic-child where to purchase one. Also, any suggestions on what do do about defoliants? I have the misfortune of living next to a cotton field, and thus spend a good couple months each year horribly ill.

    matt-the-blind-cinnamon-roll:

    out-there-on-the-maroon:

    thebibliosphere:

    manicpixiesdreamdragon:

    thebibliosphere:

    Fam I am about to change your life:

    https://www.vogmask.com/

    They also have some on amazon I think, but I always buy from their site because I like to make sure my money is going into their charitable works too.

    From their website:

    VOGMASK is used for protection from airborne particles such as PM 0.3,
    PM 2.5, PM 10, dust, allergens, post combustion particles, germs,
    shavings, biologics, odors, scents, mold, mold spores, particles in
    wildfire smoke, volcanic particulate pollution, and other airborne
    contaminants. The benefits of particulate respirators are confirmed by
    leading health providers worldwide.  Highly efficient filtering masks
    help protect the mask wearer from particles as small as .254 microns.  

    I can’t get through allergy season (so, the whole year round apart from the dead of winter for me) without mine, and it also helps to filter our scents and other stuff. I’ll even wear mine if I have to walk down the laundry aisle at the grocery store cause the scent of all that stuff in one place makes me wheeze and feel like my throat is closing.

    You can also choose if you want one or two filers. They are sadly, not replaceable, but they do last a good few years. I’ve had mine for coming on four years no and it’s only just not starting to need replaced. I can tell because the ragweed hit my lungs like a tongue of bricks this year. But I do know it’s still working cause on the days when I don’t wear it it’s substantially worse.

    Anyway, hope this is helpful!

    How easy are they to breath with on? These sound like they might be useful for me but I can’t even feel like I’m breathing proper with a scarf over my face.

    I don’t find them all that hard to breathe with on, though there’s a definite adjustment period of getting used to it being on your face.

    Cause it definitely feels like there is something over your face, but I have found that sizing up helps with that. Also the two filter ones don’t cling us much cause the one filter one you’re sucking all your air in from one side and that can sometimes feel a little close for comfort for me. So yea. Two filters are easier to breathe through, I feel.

    And for everyone asking me about perfumes and strong scents:

    I use mine to filter out perfumes all the time. It doesn’t get rid of it 100% for me, but it reduces it from “like being kicked in the chest repeatedly” to a mild trace scent.

    I actually used it at a candle making workshop not long ago where we were using a LOT of peppermint oils (fml) in an enclosed space (fmlx2) and once I had it on I was fine, no migraines, no wheezing or residual ill feelingness afterwards.

    So. Yea.

    I rarely recommend products lightly, but I’ll stan behind vogmask. Wearing it can mean the difference between being able to go outside and be social some days, and pair boning with my air purifier because the air hurts to breathe.

    Got one when the fires got real bad out here and the smoke in the air was horrific. Surprisingly comfortable, took some adjusting but not bad at all. Also comes in many fun colors. 

    Yup! Spoonie with terrible allergies here and man this thing is a lifesaver when I clean!