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I don't have to. I don't need to.
Not even with my worst of my meltdowns.
All I need to go by with that is at least a single emergency contact.
Anything else is either irrelevant or that there isn't any specific info to speak of.
The worst thing anyone would be worried about me is me wandering around. 
And I can afford to wander alone and without a guide.
31 Jul 2021, 2:23 am
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Joe90 wrote:
No way. Why would I need an autism emergency card?
In my case, ASD identification would be helpful in the event that I have a public meltdown or I go mute in a crisis. It's not like I would hurt anyone, but my meltdowns can be quite intense. People stare at me like I'm a freak. At least I'd be able to justify my behaviour, if I upset the wrong person.
Yes, autism cards are good for some, but not for me. Other than expressing a bit of impatience in my body language or facial expressions whenever I'm stressed in public, I have never actually had a meltdown. I've had a panic attack before in public but I managed to mask well until I got home, and then I sat and cried.
If I was injured, like getting knocked down by a car or something, my Asperger's wouldn't affect my ability to speak how I'm feeling (if I was unconscious it still wouldn't be because of Asperger's, so the paramedics wouldn't need to know). I can contain my Asperger's very well. In fact my Asperger's is very internal. My ADHD is external.
You're fortunate that you don't melt down in public. I'm having more and more difficulty leaving the house or interacting with "the real world", every day. It's at a point where I can't deal with any sensory overload (misophonia and photophobia in particular), and I flip out very easily from anxiety when I have to interact with people or self-advocate. It's not all from my ASD. It's also my stroke which makes me impatient, and my PTSD. My threshold is very low for emotional flashbacks related to trauma, and I'm hyper-vigilant about personal protection or being manipulated. I can go from 0 - 50 very fast when I'm triggered. It usually results in unfavourable behaviour like swearing or walking out on people. It's terrifying because the more I fear it, the more it happens. I'm afraid to do anything lately, even phone calls or having workers at my house.
I'm sorry you have to suffer a lot.
*Hugs*
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31 Jul 2021, 12:42 pm
Joe90 wrote:
I'm sorry you have to suffer a lot.
*Hugs*
*Hugs*
Thanks love. I likely just made myself sound like a lunatic. ^^^ I don't go out much anyway, so it's not like this happens all the time. The swearing episodes are under my breath for the most part, and people don't always see or know when I'm triggered. I might walk away or seem rude because of tense body language but for the most part I'm so rigidly self-controlled that I hope people don't know. The biggest problem is my fear of making a bigger spectacle or having someone call police out of compassion, trying to help me if I seem distressed or disoriented. I have scopophobia and mutism so I wish I could just be invisible. I spend most of my time at home so it's OK, but I would want proof of my disabilities and my strokes, trauma, ADHD etc if I ever needed it in a crisis.
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