Autistic love languages can look different than NT ones. We like to share experiences, may unmask around people we are comfortable with, do penguin pebbling, share a special interest, stim, or infodump.
@autism101@actuallyautistic I am hyposensitive to touch (sensory seeker) so touch is a love language for me. Sharing special interests is another one of mine (I won't infodump without acquiring permission, but if we're interacting offline and I infodump, it means I enjoy your company). I would also love to see more pictoral representation of autistic adults when informing allistic people about us, due to the bad stereotype that autism only affects kids.
@LilyoftheRally@autism101@actuallyautistic
That's an excellent point. Often, when I search for information about autism, it's specifically about children; adults are an afterthought, if they're mentioned at all. Perhaps that'll improve as time goes by, once serious study of autism has been going on long enough.
@kanrei@nddev@autism101@actuallyautistic
A gift is more formalized and embedded in social context. Like a trade. Pebbling is smaller and without big fuzz about it. More like micro-transactions.
Like: Here thats for you.
@PurpleStephyr@autism101@actuallyautistic It's like bringing your geologist collegue, you have crush on, stones from different passes in the alps you visited in your holidays.
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