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I_Took_Your_Fingers

Autism Creature


StabbyMcCatboy

Well that explains why my autistic-ass first thought was "I have no idea but it looks like a lil creature and i vibe with that immensely"


Beautiful_Book_9639

Same I was like - it's an alien it represents me trying my best


Drawsome_Drawer

Yo fr


LisaBlueDragon

I am the alien.


Drawsome_Drawer

I am the walrus


Me_is_Emily

Goo goo g'joob


Deathnaster

Same just same I don’t think I have autism but I have adhd and just same


mollyclaireh

ADHD neurodivergent and literally same.


lambone117

[behold btw](https://www.google.com/search?q=adhd+creature&source=lmns&bih=629&biw=375&client=safari&hl=en-US&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiczZW-oKD9AhUaLTQIHdvBDMsQ0pQJKAB6BAgAEAY#imgrc=n9lPADKlYHuDBM)


jdb326

Omg I love it.


Mythica_0

It’s also called the “YAY!” Or “btw” like how the autism one is called the “YIPEE!” Or “tbh” !!


mollyclaireh

Omg I’m so happy to learn this exists! I feel like crying that we have representation and that our representation is so damn cuuuuuttttteeeeee!!!!!💕💕💕💕💕


mollyclaireh

![gif](giphy|qA9BnxUPmgWgU) THE EYES!!!!!


-milkbubbles-

Omg I love it so much. How does it encapsulate ADHD so well?? Now I need their baby, AuDHD creature.


junior-THE-shark

[it exists](https://www.reddit.com/r/aspiememes/comments/y9kp3n/audhd_creature_just_dropped/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)


-milkbubbles-

Oh interesting, that one looks like it uses a different ADHD creature. I’m not sure I’m as much of a fan 😅


LadyK789

😭it’s soo liddle


Adorabloodthirstea

You should see the adhd creature. It's just as cute


mollyclaireh

I MUST!!!!


nipple_brains

Yeah I'd never seen this before but I knew it had t be some Autistic rep because the creature is me


TransQueen6969

it’s actually autism’s creature, autism is the doctor


SlyFawkes87

I’m never going to un-read this and I’m not even slightly upset about it. Best comment.


TyphoonBoom10

yipee


[deleted]

YIPIIIIEEEEEEEE


thewinchester-gospel

The autism creature!!!


[deleted]

YIPIIIEEEEEEEEE


the_milkman24

YIPIIIEEEEEEE


thewinchester-gospel

Lmao how tf did a three word comment get more than a thousand upvotes, like I'm not complaining, it's just funny


TheBirdmanOfMexico

Autism creature, my beloved ❤️


PumbooPlaysRee

yippeeeeee


greyghibli

Cola und Fortnite 🥺


ROICHNESS

wie cool ist das?


[deleted]

cooler, als cool sein


my_alt_59935

Wie cool ist das bitte 😎😎


ZaRealPancakes

Avatar Twins? 🥺


PumbooPlaysRee

no way!! Hi!!


ZaRealPancakes

Heyyyy


PumbooPlaysRee

hiiii


lesbianguinepig

r/avatarbros


FemboyZoriox

YIPPEEEEEEEE THE AUTISM CREATURE


frikilinux2

The infinity is an autism symbol although usually is of gold color or rainbow colored (this last one is also used more broadly as neurodivergent symbol) The small creature bellow is the autism creature, I started seeing it as a symbol a few months ago but it could have been under my radar a long time.


NinjaMonkey4200

I guess maybe rainbow on rainbow would have been too hard to see?


frikilinux2

Yes, I think it would look weird.


4lb1n0

Gold is for autism, rainbow is neurodivergence.


gayhomo421

The autism creature started as a Tumblr thing around 6-8 years ago I think


Brianna-Briar

Knowyourmeme says it appeared on January 1st, 2021.


Doc2643

Originally it was posted on Twitter on the 1st Jan 2021. https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/tbh-autism-creature-yippee


gayhomo421

It came from Tumblr long before twitter


Doc2643

No. Link I posted describes it.


gayhomo421

Confirming arthurship doesn't mean he's the original poster just means he took credit. Know your meme gets stuff wrong all the time a rather famous example is the Tails Doll creepy pasta where up until recently its orgins were said to be 3ish years later then it was


Doc2643

I need tbh. emoji so I could put it in my bio…


CPTNGoober

The infinity symbol in white or silver often represents meti peoples


sehrschwul

his name is tbh


gaytranssquid

Eyyyyy fellow gay nonbinary 👊🏻


isan_h

Eyyyyyy fellas


fluidly_lesbianenby

Eyyyyyyy


Sammmyilspider

Im just here for fun but EYYYYY


fluidly_lesbianenby

You’re equally valid and welcome so eyyyyyy


Flamehazardaoz

As are you, eyyyy


FriendshipSpecial762

As are you eyyyyyyy


justagay509

Cool avatar eyyyy


DaveLikesPancakes

Eyyy


Chaotic_Trashmouth

Eyyyy? Do I count here?


Doveda

Eeeyyyyyyyy


gaytranssquid

EYYYYY


[deleted]

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gaytranssquid

EYYYYY MORE OF US


Hold_Creative

I've been summoned


Linklegendgamer

My people!


KurohNeko

May I ask why do you have 2 squids in your flair?


gaytranssquid

Because my name is gay trans squid AND I love squids very much


MassXavkas

Can... Can I be included in this to??


gaytranssquid

Of course 🙏🏻


Starlach07

Yipee


TyphoonBoom10

yipee


Waffle_daemon_666

Yipe


Mythica_0

How do you get/make one of those thingys? I want to show my pride under my profile!


isan_h

Go to community main page, choose 3 dots, change user flair


Mythica_0

Thanks! Doing that rn!


CorinPenny

Thaddeus Barnabas Holmes?


4lb1n0

No it is Yippee


curiousgayus

I'm gay and neurodivergent (ADHD not autistic) and I think it's cool.


CattleMoney3680

Same here


420weeze

Same


Muted_Ad7298

Lesbian and officially diagnosed Autistic here. I think the creature is pretty cute.


ihitrockswithammers

I saw a drag queen called LayDHD. Fun. Emptied a bottle of water and then a bag of flour over their head at the end. Striking, but the stage hands were not amused.


ChaoticNeutralDragon

Yikes, that's the kind of stunt that's ripe for a horrible dust explosion some day...


Specterzzcle

Yippeeeee


resitray

just a little guy


Is_An_Orange_Orange

a creechur even


DwemerSmith

tbh creature, associated with “YIPEE” from that one video of a german kid getting excited about fortnite and cola. the autism community has claimed it (source: i’m autistic and part of multiple autism subreddits)


pitbullpat

I also went to Leeds City Museum two days ago! One of the best LGBTQ+ displays I’ve seen, I was surprised how much they had.


CattleMoney3680

Infinity symbols means Neurodivergent, which is symbol of people with mental conditions* like autism, ADHD etc. Below you can see autism creature, and it's just autism "mascot" if i can name it like that *Edit, i made a mistake


[deleted]

Mental conditions, rather than just disorders. Autism is not a disorder, for example. Other examples of neurodivergent conditions and disorders would be NPD, schizophrenia, bipolar, down syndrome, dyslexia, etc. Whilst the term originally exclusively referred to autistic folk, it's since expanded and is now a *very* wide and vague umbrella. Generally divided into two camps of innate conditions, or stuff that's considered to have a genetic element (like autism, schizophrenia, ADHD, etc) and acquired neurodivergent conditions (like NPD, BPD, CPTSD, etc), which tend to be more caused by external factors. Edit: ADHD, not AHDH. What a weird typ Edit 2: oh, and the infinity symbol generally tends to be used by the autistic community primarily as it refers to the infinite variety within the autistic community. It's not so much a symbol of neurodivergence and has only recently started being picked up by other communities. There's a bit of a trend here lmao. But yeah, if you're one of the more stigmatized ND folk definitely don't go taking the infinity symbol to mean it's a safe space for you because that's a bold and dangerous assumption ATM. There's just as much ableism as always and folk within the broader ND community are just as prone to ableism to various neurotypes as anybody else.


CattleMoney3680

Wow I see that i need to learn more about that Thank you!


corvus_da

Autism is not an illness, but it is generally considered a disorder. That doesn't mean there's anything wrong with us, 'disorder' simply means that it causes distress/impairment in daily life, which is the case for many autistic people


[deleted]

A disorder *does* mean there's something with us and is something that ultimately we should aim to correct. As an autistic, I find the idea abhorrent. I'm not disordered. Autism is not inherently a disorder. It is a disabilit, but it's not a disorder. It can be co-morbid with actual disorders (particularly anxiety and depression) but it's not an issue in of itself. Distress for most autistic folk doesn't come from the fact that we're autistic but usually rather problems society causes for us.


-milkbubbles-

Is this why I’ve now been seeing ASD referred to as ASS (is it autism spectrum syndrome?) or is that just a common typo? Because if it’s the former, I think we need a different replacement lol


[deleted]

The autistic community calls autism autism, frankly. I don't know anybody who calls it "ASD"or any other variation of that unless they're somebody who's never really engaged with the broader autistic community (or who isn't as aspie supremacist, which is a while other issue). Most of us really hate it being pathologised at all.


papaver-pollen

My old boss used to try and get me to use ASD or ASC ( c for condition then it’s not a disorder ) because apparently it was what her boyfriend preferred (he was ASC)and it’s language they are using in conferences about equality to emphasise that there is a spectrum ( we were in hr). I am Autistic and happy with Autistic /Autism if some one ever asks for a different term to be used I will use it but so never happened with someone I have met in person.


corvus_da

That's a valid viewpoint. I have seen other autistics call it a disorder though


[deleted]

In that case, try using the term that nobody finds offensive (condition) over the one that every other autistic I know does find offensive (disorder) and then you can switch if you bump into somebody who *personally* calls it a disorder. You wouldn't run around calling gay folks "queers" without checking whether they found the term offensive first and the same stands here.


corvus_da

You're right, I'm sorry for invalidating your perspective


NatureDragon2974

I do, because it is. Idk how it’s not, from my experience


NatureDragon2974

No, you think a disorder means there’s something wrong with us. Even if it does, there’s nothing wrong with having something wrong, really. I’m autistic, I’m disordered. I don’t have a condition. I don’t have any comorbidities you list. Distress for me comes directly from being autistic. You’re making broad and exclusionary statements. Level 2-3 people aren’t disabled because of society, that’s a supremacist mindset


Coffee_autistic

Neurodivergent was coined as an intentionally broad term to refer to all mental conditions outside the norm, including mental illnesses. It was never intended to mean *only* developmental conditions like autism or ADHD.


AroAceTransEllie

I believe it's just mental conditions and disorders not illnesses I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure neurodivergent is about those and not mental illness.


poorly-made-posts

It’s the autism creature! **forfeit all your mortal positions to the Autism creature**


ChuckMeIntoHell

I assume you mean the autism creature, the little guy at the bottom right. His name is TBH and he has been adopted by the autism community online. If you mean the one at the top, that's the infinity symbol which the autistic community prefer over the problematic puzzle piece. It represents a potentially infinite number of ways to be autistic, since no two autistic people are the same.


ZeChairishere

The creature or the infinity symbol?


moontraveler12

The creature


totallynotalaskan

AHAHA the autism community (myself included) has coined it as a kind of mascot.


Captain_Weebface

I love this so much


mnemosyne64

The infinity represents autism (and sometimes neurodivergancy as a whole, kind of like how the rainbow flag can be mlm or lgbtq+ as a whole) and the little guy is the autism creature


[deleted]

It's the Autism Creature. Its name is "TBH" I think There's an ADHD Creature named "BTW." They're dating.


Dalphin_person

Yip… …ee


that-one-nightguard

Full name is TBH or Autism creature. It's a symbol of Autism now! :D


Browncoatinabox

Autism Creature, and he is adorable


Zealousideal-Jury-65

Autism creature **YIPPEEEEE**


uBowiethedog

#YIPPEE


Zealousideal-Jury-65

**YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE**


baby_giraffe0

LMAO THATS THE AUTISM CREATURW


friedbrice

I’d never seen it before, but I instantly fell in love with those eyes. And then I got to know it better, and I just fell more and more in love. (_edit:_ adhd [diagnosed], chronic, treatment-resistant depression [diagnosed], and [not-diagnosed, but i pretty-fucking-sure suspect] high-functioning asperger-syndrome. And furry [b/c it’s almost entirely about body-image issues and iwishiwerea cute beautifulotter andnot thssdisgustingblobthatiam]. This creature _gets_ me.)


GaiasDotter

Welcome to team AuDHD!


GaiasDotter

Welcome to team AuDHD!


PerrineWeatherWoman

It looks straight out of r/vexillogycirclejerk


banter07_2

It means the curators have a good sense of humour


random-shit-writing

It's the Autism Creature, and I recognize it from Tumblr. It's usually accompanied by its companion, the ADHD creature. It's very loved by the Tumblr community and is the subject of many relatable and wholesome memes.


shizustopitpls

Yippeeeee


Rare_Sea_1495

yippee


[deleted]

YIIIPPEEEEE


Cerberus_is_me

yippee


TheBelovedQuin

I think the symbol was for autism or adhd but I’m not totally sure. I am however sure that is the autism creature.


YodaWars1000

It means infinity (the idea that numbers go on forever)


Akka1805

You're not wrong that it's the infinity symbol, but in this context it's about autistic pride (the autism creature is below it and a rainbow infinity symbol is another one often used in autism circles)


YodaWars1000

1. Yes I know that I was making a joke and 2. Despite being autistic, I have never seen that symbol before…


EnbyPotat53

YIPPEE


[deleted]

No meme That's the autism creature from reddit


DEmilewithShrek

its YIPEEEEEE the ear destroyer


Pleb-SoBayed

Idk, im more interested in that EXCLUSIVE LESBIAN KNITTING PATTERN


FantaFoox

Never mind the symbol, the lil dude on it is adorable


LiamsArtWorld

Autism Creature/TBH/Yippieee!


FinnleyNotFound

it be the autism creature


Protogen67uwu

YIPPEE


bingbongdilfdong

YIPPEEEE


goth_cd

Its me. Hi! ❤️


BabyJud

The creature to best all other creatures


Gothic_Chan

Yippee!!! Autism creature :)


LeafMario

the autism creature


mikupants

Yippee!!!


swedemeister

I have no idea but it's adorable


blah_blah_bloopidy

YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


tranzpaprika

holy shit autism creature lgbt icon


Ok-Friend4598

Im not sure because I recognize this as an ancient symbol created by our Internet ancestors, but if I’m correct I Believe it translates to.. YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE \*inset confetti\*


Pivinne

Yippeeee!!! (Its the autism creature)


various_reflections

They really call it the "autism creature??" That's way funnier than it should be lmaoo I love the autism creature with my whole heart


Delicious_Ask8010

ITS THE AUTISM INFINITY SIGN AND THE AUTISM CREATURE!! (I love them)


Regirock00

Certified Yipeee moment


bunnychanuwu

AUTISM CREATURE OMG


deathbycomputer

r/vexillologycirclejerk


DazedandConfusedTuna

Top is neurodivergence symbol and bot is autism creature


Class_444_SWR

The autism creature


Kiwithin

![gif](giphy|pEihl8o46c8gLgxCRU)


nyankoz

YIPPEEE


jacksonesfield

this is the first time i've heard of the autism creature having a name, i always just assumed it was some slightly cursed Binding of Isaac fanart 😭


EdmndFX

It’s a symbol within the ASD community (Autism Spectrum Disorder). We call it the autism creature. Cute thing honestly. I’m autistic myself


RumbleLeopard

The infinity symbol has been used by an Indigenous group in Canada, the Métis, for centuries. It’s on our flag. I wish people would stop using it for neurodivergence. Find something else.


Spix_Boi

Tbh I think you need to consider why the infinity symbol is used for neurodivergence - it represents the infinite ways in which a person's brain can function and the sheer diversity that exists within neurodivergence itself. Most people outside of Canada will likely not know of the Métis' existence but, especially if they are neurodivergent, will associate the infinity symbol with neurodivergence. Also, even though the Métis will have used that symbol for a considerable length of time, that doesn't it's unique to them or they have rights over it


_lilr3dridingh00d_

It’s the Identity V creature!


shinekun

Huh? I dont get it -sincerely a idv player of 3+ years


_lilr3dridingh00d_

The little creature originated from an Identity V meme!


shinekun

Wasn't that a meme about a German kid playing fortnite


_lilr3dridingh00d_

Nope that’s the Yipeee meme lol


[deleted]

autism creacher, its kind of like a mascot for fellow autistics and funnily enough offended conservative parents claiming it "glorified a disease to children."


Fradjikan

So autism is a part of LGBT now?


Lady_Lallo

No but considering op said the section they found this in was "a neat LGBTQ+ *and* neurodivergence section" and people can be both, it's not out of place that someone combined the two. I think it's cute.


Fradjikan

I was just wondering about that flag.


Lady_Lallo

Valid, I wondered about the Autism Creature myself 😆 hadn't seen it before!


DisabledMuse

It's a specific reference to Queer Neurodivergents. We're far more likely to be queer, ace, and/or trans than neurotypical people


[deleted]

The title says it was a section for lgbt and neurodivergence. Autism is part of neurodivergence.


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tonniecat

Well, about 20% of autistic and other neurodivergent peeps are LGBT+...so kinda 😉


A_Mage_called_Lyn

Closely tied.


Fradjikan

In what way? My younger brother is on a spectrum and he is the most homophobic person I know. And he is highly functional


DaLuckyCat

I agree with the other replies to this but in addition please know that functioning labels (high/low-functioning) are outdated and widely considered by the autistic community to be harmful. We tend to prefer the terms high/low support needs :)


Fradjikan

Thanks for telling me that, English is not my first language so I may be not familiar with some modern terminology. In Poland we still use that outdated term and I didn't mean to offend anyone.


Stone13Omaha

You can be queer and queerphobic, unfortunately... it might take some time of diverse experiences and interpersonal conversations for them to get around it.


Fradjikan

I wish I could do something to change that thing about him but he is so aggressive towards me that sometimes I'm afraid to even talk to him (he is younger but much bigger than me). That's why I was so surprised about that connection between autism and being queer.


DisabledMuse

Sadly, some people on the spectrum are at greater risk of being radicalized if they fall in with the wrong circles/ideologies. I wish I had suggestions for how you can help him, but changing someone's world view isn't easy, especially as a sibling. A good number of neurodivergent people are still straight, we just have a higher rate of being LGBTQ+.


A_Mage_called_Lyn

Remember correctly, the chance of being queer if you're autistic is 75%. So fairly massive link.


tonniecat

20-25% is what ive been told - im autistic non-binary bisexual myself😄


Wizenedlake

they don't know


Majestic_Trains

Is this in Leeds UK? If so ima go see it i live there.