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Things to know before April comes

autistic-sariel:

dogslover300:

#1: Autism is not a dangerous disease that needs to be cured!

#2: Autism speaks is a bad organisation that doesn’t listen to autistic people and portrays autism as a horrible disease.

#3: Most autistic people don’t want a cure.

#4: Vaccines don’t cause autism!

#5 Based on how autism works, ‘curing’ it in a live person is virtually impossible

#6 most “cures” for autism revolve around eugenics, i.e. Making sure we’re never born in the first place

#7 avoid using “functioning labels.” High-functioning is used to deny us support, low-functioning is used to deny us agency. This also goes for “mild” and “severe” autism.

#8 Forcing autistic people to behave in a way acceptable to neurotypicals that’s unnatural and often painful for us and punishing us when we don’t (often physically) is abusive. Let us be autistic in peace.

#9 if you’re looking for a good Autism-based organization to support, try Autistic Self Advocacy Network instead!

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A small list of random ass sites I’ve found useful when writing:

  • Fragrantica: perfume enthusiast site that has a long list of scents. v helpful when you’re writing your guilty pleasure abo fics
  • Just One Cookbook: recipe site that centers on Japanese cuisine. Lots of different recipes to browse, plenty of inspiration so you’re not just “ramen and sushi” 
  • This comparing heights page: gives you a visual on height differences between characters
  • A page on the colors of bruises+healing stages: well just that. there you go. describe your bruises properly
  • McCormick Science Institute: yes this is a real thing. the site shows off research on spices and gives the history on them. be historically accurate or just indulge in mindless fascination. boost your restaurant au with it
  • A Glossary of Astronomy Terms: to pepper in that sweet terminology for your astrophysics major college au needs

Adding to this since I’m working on a shifter au one-shot:

More:

  • Cocktail Flow: a site with a variety of cocktails that’s pretty easy to navigate and offers photos of the drinks. You can sort by themes, strengths, type and base. My only real annoyance with this site is that the drinks are sometimes sorted into ~masculine~ and ~feminine~ but ehhhh. It’s great otherwise.
  • Tie-A-Tie: a site centered around ties, obviously. I stumbled upon it while researching tie fabrics but there’s a lot more to look at. It offers insight into dress code for events, tells you how to tie your ties, and has a section on the often forgotten about tie accessories

Even more:

WRITING REFERENCES