Wandering Adventure Party

@KatyElphinstone when I was in labor with my second child, the midwife reassured me in the most autistic friendly way. My first labor started about 10 hours after my water broke, and ended with an emergency c-section. So when my water broke well into the second birth, and I was scared, she calmly informed me of several important ways this time was different, and that definitely helped.

@KatyElphinstone I love this whole list, and feel very seen just reading it. Number 5 is an often overlooked fact, and I run into it sometimes. Empty assurances bug me, especially from a stranger or a meme. I feel like people deploy those when they're uncomfortable with another's suffering and don't know what else to say. So they crank out a platitude and get their dopamine rush, feeling like a good person, but don't actually help in any way.

edit - I meant 4, not 5.

So my normally sweet and gentle cat just leapt onto my bed and LAUNCHED herself off my face. She only missed my eye by an inch. Oddly, this is not the first time a cat has done this. I'm fine, just a little amped up. #cat #catsofmastodon #owie #surprise #justchatting