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12:43pm April 13, 2013

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Are there any other autistics who use handflapping to convey being scared/anxious instead of happy?

I get that most of the time it’s pretty much Generic Autism Symbol, but when used in an ‘expressing emotions’ context, it tends to be used…

That isn’t the case with me. Both can mean both. I’ve seen autistic ppl flap both directions. When I posted a video where I was happily flapping side to side I got accused of being fake just because in that moment I wasn’t flapping up and down and you know real autistic people only ever flap up and down. Mind you I do both. But this is how low my stalkers will stoop in order to bully me. They act like its fine for any other autistic person to do something but if I do it that way then it’s because I’m not really autistic. They ignore dozens to hundreds of other people they see doing exactly what I’m doing and focus entirely on me, and never ever answer when asked why by me or other people similar to me.

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  1. hawtistic reblogged this from fuckyeahstimming and added:
    Lately I flap when I’m happy and I run my hands over my face when I’m anxious—this has shifted somewhat since it used to...
  2. untilthelastpiecefits reblogged this from teppeny
  3. witchyautisticweirdo reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    ^Pretty much this. I flap for various reasons. I have a certain hand movement for happiness and a certain hand and...
  4. twocentsormore reblogged this from codeman38 and added:
    As a kid, I definitely remember flapping for both excited and scared, although I don’t remember having distinctly...
  5. inconstancyisaconstant reblogged this from codeman38 and added:
    I’m not diagnosed autistic, but I handflap, and I think it ends up being either direction for either emotion - I flap...
  6. soilrockslove reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I flap for both reasons… For me and people I know, I’ve noticed that there are different kinds of rocking and flapping...
  7. satyrheartbeat reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    Flapping for me vocays excitement or anxiousness. Depending on the situation and what other stimming follows it. If I am...
  8. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from codeman38 and added:
    That isn’t the case with me. Both can mean both. I’ve seen autistic ppl flap both directions. When I posted a video...
  9. auti-stim reblogged this from codeman38 and added:
    this makes me happy to read
  10. codeman38 reblogged this from auti-stim and added:
    Yep, similar thing for me. It’s two entirely different flapping motions, in two different positions. Edited to add: I...
  11. autistic-mom reblogged this from auti-stim and added:
    It can be a private thinking mode for me. I’m not necessarily happy, but I say I am when asked because I typically don’t...
  12. 349230492304043 said: sometimes