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79 Spot-On And Relatable Memes For Autistic People Who Are Tired Of Feeling Misunderstood
Around 1% of the world’s population is estimated to be autistic, while roughly 15% to 20% is thought to be neurodivergent. With billions of people on the planet, that adds up to a significant community. Yet because neurodivergent folks remain in the minority, they are often misunderstood by their neurotypical peers.
That is what makes finding people who truly get you feel so meaningful. There is a special kind of comfort in connecting with others who see things in a similar way and just know how your brain works.
So, we’ve rounded up some funny memes from the Autism Minds Instagram page that capture what it’s really like. Scroll down for a laugh and, hopefully, a reminder that you are not alone.
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Sam Trudeau 3 hours ago
For me, I get a lot of moments where "ActLikePeople.exe has stopped responding/needs to update"
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Sarcastic ferret (she/they) 10 hours ago
How dare his teacher! This is a violation of our right to sarcasm!
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Oerff On Tour 9 hours ago
Especially the help you get after being diagnosed. Adult? Figure it out
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Anyone-for-tea? 8 hours ago
I do this, always good to save an extra tasty bit for last, and I’m not autistic. Sometimes not every behaviour is down to autism or adhd, my bf has both, so I see a lot of it first hand, and a lot of the time it’s just completely different ways of thinking about something., it’s hard to describe.
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CloPotato 10 hours ago
My dad spent the first 15 years of my life listening to the same audio story on repeat at every moment where he wasn't watching tv (aka in the car, when reading, gardening etc) until my mom snapped, and he plays sudoku for 6 hours a day. Whole family thinks I'm the weird one for suggesting he might not be neurotypical.
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Oerff On Tour 9 hours ago
The book on the right is still twice the size of "The Comprehensive Book Of German Humor"!
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Midoribird Aoi 6 hours ago
This. Former retired nurses taking a PT job after retirement have told me that after a while they suspected I was very mildly on the spectrum, even if I never told them t was.
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Bartlet for world domination 8 hours ago
I can do peer review. If I get along instantly with your child, wife, or coworker - they're autistic.
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That’s all what I yam 7 hours ago (edited)
I taught at a high school for at-risk kids. One day the school secretary came into my classroom with an autistic student to help her carry a heavy box to the front office. The student was carrying the box toward the closed classroom door, and the secretary asked if he needed a hand. The student gave one of the clearest answers I’ve ever heard. He said, “I have two hands, I need someone to open the door.” Nailed it!
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Sam Trudeau 3 hours ago
Yeah. And when you actually participate in a play, your character becomes permanently part of your personality
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Remi (He/Him) 5 hours ago
Ever walked by a cop and had a weird thought like "what if they think I'm drunk or something" and then suddenly forget how to walk without tripping on air? Asking for a friend
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CloPotato 10 hours ago
That's why I never say it irl. I wait for people to notice and tiptoe around asking, saves me a lot of useless trouble. For the ones who don't get it, it's just "yeah that's clopotato, she's just like that" and that's fine too. The ones who try to "bully" me into fitting their expectations just can f**k right off: I have enough friends already, I'm efficient at work, and as an adult I'm done jumping through hoops. Ngl adult life>>>childhood in this regard.
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James016 10 hours ago
A lot of it comes down to how you talk. For years when I asked my son what he did in school, it was always "Dunno". Now in his last year of primary school I tried something else, I asking to tell me 3 things that he did in school that day. That worked, then we talked about those things. It only took 7 years to figure out. It's not easy for him as he has speech and language delays but he's getting there.
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Rattytooey 4 hours ago
I fall into the "must wear socks At All Times" category of autistic, however, should that sock become even remotely damp or feel somewhat uncomfortable to me, then it must be immediately disposed of o_O without exception
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Gunvor Johansen 5 hours ago
Adhd’ers also loves routines, but also not. Two things Can be real…
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K- THULU 5 hours ago
Yeah, I'm 58 and was diagnosed as autistic at 50, so by then I just went from being a weirdo to being a weirdo with autism... so, unfortunately, this whole list was a bit close to the bone.... more of a case of a wry smile and a " yep" than a " ha,ha..I relate to that".... but on the plus side, I embraced being a freak early on, so I've dealt with it pretty well!! I have a pretty decent life, just me, my cat and my girlfriend, who lives on other side of the planet, who loves me despite all my autistic bullshît. I've realised that its the rest of society that are the fücking weirdos, not us neurodiverse people.
K- THULU 5 hours ago
Yeah, I'm 58 and was diagnosed as autistic at 50, so by then I just went from being a weirdo to being a weirdo with autism... so, unfortunately, this whole list was a bit close to the bone.... more of a case of a wry smile and a " yep" than a " ha,ha..I relate to that".... but on the plus side, I embraced being a freak early on, so I've dealt with it pretty well!! I have a pretty decent life, just me, my cat and my girlfriend, who lives on other side of the planet, who loves me despite all my autistic bullshît. I've realised that its the rest of society that are the fücking weirdos, not us neurodiverse people.
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