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Vengefulgayunicorns

1y ago

Is Sitting on the Floor During Therapy an Autistic Thing?

I've been told by people that sitting on the floor is an autistic thing? like during my therapy appointments, I prefer to sit on her carpeted floors and talk than in a chair or somethjng and roommate said it might be an autism thing. Is it that true? could it be? cause I've never heard that before?

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TheRiddler26

1y ago

Haven't heard of this before, but I LOVE sitting on the floor, and actually even more than that, like laying on the floor flat on my back.

nochlessmonster

1y ago

WHAT THE HELL I HAD NO IDEA WOAH

Vengefulgayunicorns

1y ago

Tbh, neither did I

SnowEli

1y ago

My environmental science teacher noticed that and mentioned it. It does cause less pain though so might be that too

Vengefulgayunicorns

1y ago

Huh that's so interesting

Atheris

1y ago

I prefer the floor but I think it has more to do with my spine. Chairs are just uncomfortable

Vengefulgayunicorns

1y ago

I also prefer floor

serendi

1y ago

A lot of neurodiverse people sit “weirdly” or prefer to be on the floor, but there are some who don’t, just like some NT people like to sit differently/be on the floor. I have definitely seen it joked about amongst the ND community, though, because of how many of us highly prefer that.

Vengefulgayunicorns

1y ago

I haven't seen it joked about but that's funny lol

JustSmegs

1y ago

i’ve noticed that most of my meltdowns happen on the floor and idk if it’s bc i want to be near my service animal or bc floor comfy

Vengefulgayunicorns

1y ago

Comfy Floor > Normal chair lol

goronkiss

1y ago

I think it's a neurodiverse thing to not be comfortable sitting normally. I heavily prefer to sit with one or both legs crossed/folded on my seat or couch.

Vengefulgayunicorns

1y ago

I can never sit comfortably in chairs or anything "normally," My roommate and I joke about how its because im LGBTQ+ LOL

TrueZelda

1y ago

I can agree with this. There seems to be an ND issue with sitting "appropriately," whether it's moving around due to ADHD, not getting comfortable in a position, the texture of what you're sitting on, etc. I always sit on the arms and back of couches for no real reason other than it feels right. (Side note: suspected but not diagnosed autistic, but I do have ADHD and other disorders)

Igglepiggle

1y ago

It can be something autistic people do but it’s not at all a reason to diagnose autism, neurotypical people can do it if they like too you can’t look at singular things you do or feel and put it down to a disability or illness, autism takes a lot of traits for a long time before it’s autism

Vengefulgayunicorns

1y ago

I understand and I definitely wasn't using it to diagnose or anything. I just thought that if it was true, it was interesting

lightningstorm

1y ago

Yes it can be however Just because u like sitting on the floor don't make u autistic, take me for example I'm autistic and I don't like sitting on the floor at all

Vengefulgayunicorns

1y ago

I know that, but i was just wondering if what my roommate said was actually true or not

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