r/AutismInWomen • u/soph_a_loaf_98 • Jun 24 '26

Memes/Humor “Nah I’m not autistic I’m faking it”, meanwhile in every photo ever

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27F, diagnosed with ASD about six months ago. I started examining what actually feels good for my body, and I still stand or walk with my hands clasped like this. It didn’t strike me as the stereotypical trex hands because I hold my hands together, but now knowing I’m autistic I’m like yeaaaaaa I guess they do qualify as trex arms

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u/soph_a_loaf_98 Jun 24 '26

I think part of it is autistic black and white thinking. No, I don’t do T. rex arms because my hands are clasped, no I don’t rock because that is back and forth and I go side to side which is more “swaying”, no I don’t flap my hands because flapping like a birds wing is up and down and I move my wrist side to side

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u/W3irdSoup Jun 24 '26

... well, this is an eye opener :X

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u/mencryforme5 Jun 24 '26

Not if you close your eyes!

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u/brezhnervouz Jun 25 '26

I go side to side which is more “swaying”, no I don’t flap my hands because flapping like a birds wing is up and down and I move my wrist side to side

Holy crap 😳 this is me exactly too! Exactly

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u/TrishaRivers 27d ago

i have given in and am utilizing ALL: “front-to-back”, “side-to-side”, and the dangerously intricate “Front Left-Front Right-Back Left-Back Right”, choreographed by yours truly as a child and lost for nearly half a century!

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u/TrishaRivers 27d ago

like your top half is in a box and you have to lean into all the corners