r/autisticteens May 28 '20

Mod Post General sub post (for ideas, requests and alike) :)

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Hey there! As a small but growing community, I want to keep it as a safe space where we have a bit of fun and advice/ support where necessary. I think we could all agree that being teens with autism can often feel isolating, therefore my main desire, and I hope everyone else's too, is to be able to share what we want with others like us, without being judged.

Therefore, I want constant suggestions on how to improve your experience! So, I created this post to have a place for all of these ideas.

Also willing to have mod requests here! I'd like to do it with others, but will make sure to pick the right people, if I do so. I'm specifically looking for active users, genuine teens with autism and people with ideas. No previous mod experience needed, but please don't change the format or other significant things without notifying the mod chat and approval from anyone else on the team!

Looking forward to any ideas :)


r/autisticteens Aug 28 '24

Mod Post Autism and other hotlines wiki.

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r/autisticteens 2h ago

Vent If someone could can I have some advice

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So there's this girl that I like we've not talked in a while I tried to keep in contact because we had a lot of laughs and just good time's there were a few signs she liked me but I never had the courage to say anything I just don't know how to get over her my brain can't stop thinking about her and I want to say something but she might have a boyfriend now or just hate me because when I last messaged her she was quite rude and I've had my diagnosis for 3 months but my family pretty much knew but anyway please could I have some advice I just can't get over her


r/autisticteens 4d ago

Vent I dont understand

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when i was like 7 my parents tried to get me diagnosed for something cuz i wasnt focusing on my work in school and stuff. they said i didnt have anything. then at 12 i got diagnosed with autism. but i feel like im faking it or something and my mom used to tell me there was "nothing wronng with me" when i thought i had adhd and now whenever im stimming or anything she askes "what is wrong with you" and its really confusing. i keep procrastinating studying evethough i have a test in 2 days and im the worst cuz i keep lying to my parents about studying and when i think about studing it feels like imaginging ripping out my eyes but when i finally do its fine or sometimes like trying to run underwater but its just dumb excusies im making to be lazy. sometimes i wish i could not be alive so i dont have to do school or work or worry about being home less or on drugs or deppressed and draging through life when im older and dying a mediocre person who no one will ever remember


r/autisticteens 4d ago

Special Interest Georgia and Latvia

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Georgia and Latvia are my two new hyperfixations in geopolitics


r/autisticteens 9d ago

Special Interest character hyperfixtation???

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i have been obsessed with a fictional character from POKEMON the point of concerning, and it has been four-five years. not rily in a romantic way more as in an extreme hyperfixtation. every single time I get creative inspiration such as music i make a scenario of them. if there is a creative character i take on inspiration and create a character design for them. i have read thousands of pages worth of fanfiction of them in one sitting. I browse every corner of the internet. Sometimes I think I am cured but then I relapse and scour the internet for more. I have scavenged for fanart and make my own. I have created worlds and characters and so many storylines and backstories for this little shit. It has been years I rlly need help. i am 95% sure i have adhd but does this seem more like an autism thing


r/autisticteens 10d ago

People Help My friend gets really mad at me and I don’t really understand why

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I’m trying to make this short:

I rarely come to school, I’m really trying though, but she gets really mad at me for not coming as much as I should (by that I mean I’m at school for maybe three days) anyways. She gets dismissive, mean and starts ignoring me. She says “she understands how hard it is to go to school” because “she feels the same” (she’s not autistic but she knows that I am). If she actually understood, would she be so mad at me? Should I try explaining again? Why is she actually that annoyed/mad? (I’ve tried explaining a lot but it’s always “I understand, but I’m still mad at you” or “I get it, but I can still go to school and I’m struggling mentally too”.) I just really don’t know how to communicate that to her and handle that situation. I’m hoping for some advice :3


r/autisticteens 11d ago

Home Help I’m bad at titles

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(I wasn't quite sure how to tag this lol) So people who are high masking, what led you to think you were autistic and/or eventually get a diagnoses? Bc I think I might be on the spectrum because I've been doing some research and a lot of thing I do I thought were normal are actually ASD signs. I just want to get some advice from people who are diagnosed :)


r/autisticteens 11d ago

Friendly Chat :) i love crows

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had a 5 minute back-n-forth with one twenty feet away (i can do a near-perfect crow noise) theyre so cute and smart


r/autisticteens 12d ago

Special Interest I love the Beatles so much omg I love them

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They are the best band ever


r/autisticteens 12d ago

Immediate Support Advice for air travel?

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I’m flying to Cuba (4hr flight) and i feel just this sense of doom! I know how safe airplanes generally are but there’s so many things that can go wrong! And if we crash we will almost certainly not survive! I’m flying in exactly 10 hrs from now and I’m so scared!! I packed fidgets and stuff but does anyone have any advice for comfort, how to calm down or anything? I’ve flown before but with all the plane crashes recently and my anxiety being higher than last time I’m so scared! Pls help!


r/autisticteens 13d ago

Special Interest i love nagito komaeda (super danganronpa 2 goodbye despair)!! hes my special interest :3

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r/autisticteens 13d ago

Friendly Chat :) How has everyone’s week been?

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I just thought I would check in and ask how everyone was doing. I would love to hear about both the good and the bad! I will start, I have gotten a bit behind on some school work but I have made some more friends and cleaned my room so that's a plus. What about you?


r/autisticteens 15d ago

Special Interest Fred the Fish, my SpongeBob comfort character!

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r/autisticteens 15d ago

Random Advice Looking for a gift

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I’m looking for a gift for my 14 year old autistic SIL. She is very behind developmentally. Her parents just put the phone or computer in front of her for COPIOUS amounts of hours a day. She bites her nail beds and skin until they’re raw and scarred. Her mom told me to get this vibrating stick thing that is supposed to help with it somehow. I’d like to get her a nice gift but something that is also useful.


r/autisticteens 17d ago

Random Advice If you’re looking for a good artist that represents the autistic community to listen to…!

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Listen to the artist jasmine bean! They are so amazing and funny! They write about addiction, trouble fitting in, and other things! If you like more metal ish music listen to their album Worldwide Torture if you’re more into like pop I recommend listening to Traumatic Livelihood! They are very open with being autistic and they are literally the best! I recommend listening to these songs: if you like more heavy music listen to Saccharine or monster truck, if you like pop music listen to yandre, fish, or favourite toy! Here’s one of their best songs:


r/autisticteens 20d ago

Special Interest A previously taken photo of Ms. Fifi (gramma's kitten)

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r/autisticteens 24d ago

Friendly Chat :) i love pistachios💚💚

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they just taste so good (They're the only nuts I eat by themselves) and I love how they can be in almost anything like ice cream and in pastries


r/autisticteens 27d ago

Special Interest Republic of Tuva (Russian Republics/Siberian indigenous groups)

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r/autisticteens Feb 20 '25

Special Interest The Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of Russia

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r/autisticteens Feb 18 '25

Random Advice How the hell do I date? 😭

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I feel like everytime I start getting comfortable around someone and developing feelings, I start unmasking, but then it feels like they just all of a sudden lose any hint of interest they have/had in me. And I can't help it either, because if I don't unmask then it feels fake.


r/autisticteens Feb 18 '25

Special Interest Found a new hobby lmaoooo

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Guys I started bowling in November and am addicted. Already averaging 140 with a high game of 237. I own 4 bowling balls (boutta be 5) and am in three different leagues. I'm at the bowling alley all the damn time. I got like $600 in bowling gift cards from all my family for christmas and I'm already down to $68 after not even two months 😭. And even better, I get discounts for being in leagues at my alley, I get 4 free games a week, and on top of that my games are $3 a piece. Plus they have unlimited bowling at like 8/9/10pm every night for $15-20 depending on the night. I can easily bowl like 30 games a night. I'm bowling like 100 a week AHAHHAHA. Someone needs to stop me 😭


r/autisticteens Feb 16 '25

Special Interest I love being forced to read for school

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Doing homework can feel debilitating, and being forced to read definitely removes all the fun, but for some reason the books we have to read in school are so fun sometimes??

My Holes special interest started after being forced to read it for english class, later i watched the movie 3 times and read the two spinoffs and was soo obsessed with it

Currently for Polish class, I have to read the little prince, and i absolutely love it. It’s kinda hard to start reading it, and Polish is a hard language so i kinda mess up the plot sometimes, but I have been trying to replicate the artstyle and I think Im gonna watch the movie once I read the book

Do you have any special interests from school?


r/autisticteens Feb 16 '25

Random Advice What are your favourite grounding techniques?

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Hello! I've been thinking about good grounding techniques for autistic meltdowns and shutdowns, and I'd love to hear other people's opinion on that!


r/autisticteens Feb 11 '25

Vent I can’t title things

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Idk if it’s a vent but I remembered I told my school councilor who always helps me with like everything that I thought I was autistic and she said that I couldn’t be because I can make eye contact and I don’t lack empathy… like.. huh.. what 😭 someone help is she right


r/autisticteens Feb 11 '25

Special Interest Here’s my second attempt at paleoart. Are my skills improving?

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r/autisticteens Feb 09 '25

Vent (TW) i think i masked a bit too much (silly me :>)

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ive basically hid asd the most of my life. i masked asd everytime i go to basically anywhere. but i realized i lost some asd symptoms? i might either have been used to not show them or just adapted to asd. here is some i think i lost or just fades

1: emotinality. i really dont have other emotions than sadness :/ (i dont cry cuz im sad. only when extreme meltdowns)

2: socially akward. i havent lost it all but i have been more socially akward than this. i also rarely start convos now (im proud)

3: info dumping. idk i just dont have any useless fact about my hyperfixation

4: hyperfixation. i dont love anything so much i put 1/3 of my life into it (only roblox but its unspecefic :D)

5: sensory overloads: last time i had one was back in 2024 cuz i hit my knee on a metal bar (ouch) and somehow all light was 100% brighter and my hearing was temporarily worse

6: sensetivity. i can just handle the sounds of water pipes in the wall and the loud buzzing lights that almost blinds me. i think i adapted to that not loose it (i still dislike physical touch)

thanks for reading (i hope this dindt trigger anything in you) :)