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accidentally ended up finishing this piece today, if only to distract myself from the earlier crisis.

Anyways! I wanted to do a study of a screenshot from ds9 with Garak and Bashir and this has to be a classic scene of theirs, so! Each time I do a study like this I get more and more comfortable with painting and choosing colors, and I'm pretty proud of all the variety of colors I used especially with Garak.

Maybe I'll do some more studies of screenshots from ds9, inshAllah

Art of the turtle tots and Carol for my Chosen Family AU!

my friend was testing perfumes out at the store and she sniffed a bottle and anounced "ngl this bitch kind of sucks" The girl at the counter suddenly looked really sad, and my friend was like "I'm sorry, I wasn't talking about you." And the girl looked up and said "No don't worry, I didn't think that, but I just crushed a ladybug with my shoe" We both took a peak over the counter. she'd stepped on a red m&m

When school is torture…

A comic about autism and “school avoidance”.

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Title: ‘It’s Not School Avoidance – Trauma, Burnout and PTSD in the Education System’. The first panel shows a woman, her face veiled in shadow and surrounded by a thicket of thorns. She looks alien, with pointed ears and cat-like eyes. The second panel shows her drowning, her hand grasping at the air. The next panel shows ghost-like arms twisting around her. The speech bubbles read: When I was a kid, school was the stuff of nightmares. An intense and overwhelming environment, overstimulating and demanding, and entirely unforgiving. It’s where I learned to mask and how to lie about all manner of things. I faked so many illnesses just so I could have the break I couldn’t ask for. All so that I could somehow stay afloat in a system that did not recognise my needs. Neurotypicals don’t understand just how much school is not designed for people who are not like them. Nor do they understand what it’s like when you have to return to the place that is hurting you, day after day after day.

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The woman lies with her head on a pillow, staring wide-eyed at the reader. Thorns creep around the edges of the frame. The text reads: It’s nearly twenty years later, and I still have the nightmares. Not the same vague dreams about not doing my homework everyone gets, but vivid night terrors that revolve around school and the things it made me feel. I’ve been told it’s a symptom of CPTSD. The second panel shows a dagger with thorns wrapped around it as it is slowly dragged into their midst. The text reads: Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder develops over a series of prolonged traumatic events. A disturbingly high number of autistic adults go on to develop it and can trace the root of their trauma back to the torturous experiences of their school years. So, I guess it’s safe to say I’m not alone. But what’s worse: It’s still happening today.

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A girl is at the centre of the page, tears streaming down her face as scissors cut through her wings. Blood drips down the page. Thorns creep towards her. Another panel shows the woman’s back with the shredded remnants of her own cut wings. The text reads:  Autistic children are being dragged through a grim education system that does not get their needs, quietly suffering. Parents are denied support if their child makes good grades or is quiet in class, because all is well. But the school doesn’t see the tears and fights getting to the gates in the morning. Or the meltdowns/shutdowns as soon as the child gets home. It doesn’t matter what’s happening to their mental health. That a bubbly, happy child who loved to learn has turned into a despondent, empty shell of their former self. Above all else, school emphasises attendance rates. As long as that child is still showing up every day, it’s seen as a success, no matter the cost—and the cost, sadly, is often steep for people like us.

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The girl and the woman are wrapped in a towering mass of thorns. Swords jut from the wounded woman’s chest while she looks down at the girl who reaches for a hand trying to rescue her from her plight. The text reads: “Your child just needs to develop more resilience.” An infamous line that keeps rearing its ugly head. It comes from a place of ignorance, from people who have no idea how resilient these young people already are from living in a world not designed for their neurotype. But what can parents do? They’re witnessing the damage forced classroom time is doing to their children, seeing it destroy them, but feel powerless to help. Keeping them home for recovery results in fines, warnings, and intimidation tactics. Seeing no other way out, some parents are forced to take their child out of school for good, opting for home schooling instead. They report needing years to repair the damage done to their child’s mental health.

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The woman is seen healing the girl’s back. Tiny wings sprout where hers were cut. The text reads: Homeschooling can allow parents to slowly build their children back up, coaxing them back to their former selves. But not everybody has the means to homeschool, and while it should always be a choice, it should never be one forced by desperation. The next panel shows the woman’s own shredded wings. The final one shows her defending her child. Text: This whole thing is excruciating for autistic parents who experienced it all themselves while growing up and know exactly the damage that is being done, yet find themselves unable to protect their child from suffering the same fate. I want to be a parent one day, but the thought of school already fills me with dread. I want my child to benefit from a well-rounded education without paying the steep mental health price I had to pay. It shouldn’t be too much to ask! And yet, I’ve fully prepared myself for the battles I’ll have to fight.

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The page shows the woman twirling the girl around while she holds her hands and the girl flies with her new, full-grown wings. The woman’s wings are still shredded, but she smiles knowing that she was able to help her daughter. The text reads: I want to raise the next generation of autistic people unburdened by school trauma or CPTSD. We need more autistic-friendly options, and lockdown and the pandemic showed that it’s possible!  We need flexible schooling, less classroom time, more opportunities to do schoolwork from home, and low intensity classrooms for children who don’t have parents who can support learning from home. Allow for recovery time and stop penalising low attendance rates! We want the education system to recognise the damage it’s doing to young people and believe parents when they plead for support. There is more than one way to achieve learning outcomes, and we deserve a system that works for us.

Oh the joys of being autistic but still able to handle hair appointments...

Only to have to hide in the fucking bathroom while my hair processes because 4-5 people are snapping their gum

Sorry

Nominate TMNT please!

✨️The Ultimate Anthro Poll!!✨️

Pretty self explanatory, a poll for anthro furry/scalie/whatever the term is for bugs characters.

Inspired by polls like @cool-hat-bracket, @thegreatbigdetectivepolll, @latinotiktok's latinosexyman tournament, @who-do-i-know-this-man, @mostannoyingfandom-poll, @doomed-bythe-narrative, @least-sexy-man-competition, and @worstcharacterpoll.

What counts as "Anthro"?

For a character to be elligible for submission they must:

Have a humanoid body, but animal facial features. What this means is that they have to walk around on two legs but their face must be the face of an animal. I don't want to see any humans who just happen to have cat ears in the submissions, they gotta look like someone sewed an animal head onto a human torso. The body can be anything from fully humanized to something like a literal rat that walks on two legs.

Be based on a real life animal. I'm not gonna add fictional species for this poll, because they fall in a bit of a gray area between anthro and just a separate species altogether. Remember to specify what animal your submission is supposed to be.

Be relatively well known. You can submit obscure characters (in fact, PLEASE submit obscure characters) but no ocs. If google shows no results for them they cannot be submitted.

Not be from a dating sim because there are way, way too many of them. This rule is only here so I don't end up googling 50 different R18 furry dating sims. Spare me please, I beg of thee.

Not be from any sort of real life religion because that's disrespectful as shit.

finally, NICK WILDE HAS A GUARANTEED SPOT BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE AN ANTHRO TOURNAMENT WITHOUT HIM. JUAN CARLOS BODOQUE HAS A GUARANTEED SPOT BECAUSE I LIKE HIM. PLEASE SUBMIT BEASTARS OR LACKADAISY CHARACTERS BECAUSE I WILL EXPLODE IF THOSE SERIES DON'T GET NOMINATED.

The poll will prioritize multiple sources. What that means is that if two characters from the same show are submitted, ONLY the one with the most amount of submissions will be put on the bracket. If both characters have the same amount of submissions a preliminary voting round will be held to decide who goes on the bracket.

Submissions will close on May 8th, 10:00PM CLT at the earliest. However the form will remain open longer if we can't reach our minimum of 32 submissions.

Finally, here is the submission form. Have fun, and don't be afraid to submit anyone you can think of!! <3

#they’re the same thing

My new favorite t-shirt

All the money is going directly to the staff at a LGBTQIA+ bar in my hometown that experienced a mass shooting recently.

Real life cultural exchange is my favorite crossover

Meiji period fashion was some of the best in the world, speaking purely from an aesthetic standpoint you can really see the collision of European and Japanese standards of beauty and how their broad agreement even in particulars (the similarity between Japanese and Gibson girl bouffants, the obi vs the corset, the obi knot vs the bustle, the mutual covetousness for exotic textiles, the feverish swapping of both art styles and subjects) combined and produced some of the most interesting cultural exchange we have this level of documentation for. Europeans were wearing kimono or adapting them into tea gowns, japanese were pairing lacy Edwardian blouses with skirt hakama and little button up boots. haori jackets with bowler hats and European style lapels. if steampunk was any good as an aesthetic it would steal wholesale from the copious records we have in both graphic arts and photography of how people were dressing in this milieu.

It's flat fuck friday

It's flat fuck friday

It's flat fuck friday

You

You made me do this

Can someone draw me garak in under 15 seconds. It’s for my heart ok

good future leo and donnie anyoneee

My good future Leo design. He takes over the old dojo in New York and continues the hamato clan legacy by becoming a teacher, teaching those who want to learn the way of his father's moves all they need to know, while of course, being the leader of the mad dawgz.

no hes not evil. he just acts like the comedic evil villain and does hero stuff cause hes the theater kid. you cant tell me this old fart wouldn't pretend to be a spy in his own movie just to go to his lab and its always at 4 or 7pm.

I’ve been super tired lately so here’s some turtle bois

Unseen Threats

(I have played with transparency again; if you're on light mode... click for a surprise)

Mmmmf hokay

GANONDORF!!! TEARS OF THE KINGDOM!! AAARFGGHHHHHHH

A dapper gentleman 🤓

Here’s a small, pretty personal comic, about how growing up with undiagnosed autism has led to me struggling to share negative emotions with other people. (I think unfortunately many can relate to this)

Oh Tumblr UNDERSTANDS the ship dynamic I've always wanted to see

Various Kira and Odo draws

cant believe i havent seen any of these for the turtles smh im so disappointed in you all i have to do all the fucking work around here

Due to convoluted Star Trek reasoning, her name loosely means "she who screams" in Vulcan. She had a healthy set of lungs on her as a baby, let's put it that way.

Captain T'Shei, Starfleet Special Forces

Hello everyone,

I found an interesting article about integration and autism. Here’s some excerpts from the article:

“Sensory integration is an essential part of your development — it helps define everything from the way you see and hear things in the world, to the way that your body exists in space and more. Yet, researchTrusted Source suggests that anywhere from 5% to 16.5% of people experience sensory processing challenges, especially in those with conditions like autism spectrum disorder.”

“Sensory integration, also known as sensory processing, is the process by which the brain recognizes and responds to information our senses provide. So, this means how we process or integrate things that we see, taste, smell, touch, or hear — as well as the way that our body exists in space.”

The entirety of this article will be below for this who would like to read through it. I hope you find this interesting and informative.

Healthline

What Is Sensory Integration?

Sensory integration or sensory processing is how the brain recognizes and responds to information provided by your senses.

Autism

Integration

There is no body

Hemlock gave Hunter the gogles, so they must have find where the cart crash

Hemlock will try to use Tech in order to manipulate Omega and Crosshair

He. Is. Not. Dead.

Just let me live in denial for a while

These two are a riot

Screenshot redraw with the RBRB boys :)

Happy #AutismAcceptanceMonth to all my fellow beings navigating the different wavelenghs.

Tech (TBB) Fic Recs

I Think I Might Be In Love With You by @kaminocasey

Tech's Tattoos by @kaminocasey

Jealous? It's Obvious by @nahoney22

You Look Absolutely Irresistible by @nahoney22

Racing Ahead by @nahoney22

The Beginning of Something by @nahoney22

A Soft Touch by @nahoney22

Lighting Your Heart by @nahoney22

Companionable Silence by @thenonsensebatch

Guess I Waited To Long 2 by @originalcollectionartistry

Communication by @myoongiverse16

Making Eyes by @crosshairs-wife

Private Lesson by @moodymisty

Handling by @moodymisty

Jealousy by @hunnythebee

Terrible Liars by @photogirl894

Isn't It Obvious by @photogirl894

Secrets Out by @photogirl894

Over Drinks by @photogirl894

Glasses by @rainydaydream-gal18

Check Up by @rainydaydream-gal18

Over Doing It by @hunterssecretrecipe

Point Counterpoint 2 by @sporadicthingcollection

Star-crossed Lovers by @seriowan

Keep Me Close by @the-marshals-wife

The Three Kisses by @moonlight-sonata99

To Be Loved By Him by @starryevermore

Transparency by @pizza-writes

Tech Support by @techtalksfics

Talk Too Much by @writing-positivelyexisting

When He's Injured by @cl9neclubh9use

Seeing Double by @ghostofskywalker

Alone Together by @jedipoodoo

Alone Together by @eyecandyeoz

Domestic Tech by @wild-karrde