This is hard. x_x

[autisticalice]

 I want to fit in the sounds that an autistic person makes. Some of them tend to make odd noises. I make them at home in my room when I get excited. I want to be able to explain them in a way that the makes the reader able to understand. The problem is that most of these noises are really complicated and harder to understand. 

I don't know, I may not. I mean, right now i need to figure out the plot for the fanfiction project I told you guys about. I haven't really had much progress since I met a new friend and plus, other things.So yeah... so many constant distractions. Honestly, I hate having ADHD and autism at the same time. I've gotten so used to taking my concerta that i don't want to do anything with it. I guess I could get a higher dose but... my insurance sucks... they mess things up and... ugh.

I think half the problem is that I get distracted by routine and emotional reasons. It's not that I'm distracted for the sake of ADHD. That's the trouble with having both. =.= But yeah... it's time I worked on my project.

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[sugar_cookie]

What do you mean by noises that an autistic makes?

[autisticalice]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQOTz-V5PFc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxH-Vubdzus

just examples. XD i do this a lot, though I'm not non-verbal. I still make squealing noises.

[sugar_cookie]

Oh yeah. I've heard those.

What makes you do them? Do you have control over it?

[autisticalice]

I do but sometimes I don't know i do them. Like, if i get over excited, I'll squeal and flap my arms a bit. It's usually harder to control the random bouts of excitement so, the squealing and flapping helps release it.

[sugar_cookie]

It's usually harder to control the random bouts of excitement

Like when you see Justin Bieber? XP





joke

[autisticalice]

ahahaha... I'd probably scream. =.=

But yeah. Most of the time it can be used as a form of autistic communication.

Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc The first part is her humming in a special language that non-verbal autistics have. then she talks about what she was saying after all this.

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>I want to fit in the sounds that an autistic person makes. Some of them tend to make odd noises.<<

I would love this! I am a hobby-linguist, so I'm really into sounds that people or other living creatures make.

>> The problem is that most of these noises are really complicated and harder to understand. <<

Okay, there are resources for describing sounds. How-to articles on onamatopoeia for writers can be good but it's hard to find the best ones.

A decent book on basic linguistics -- or you might have something like this from your speech therapy -- will describe all the human phonemes along with how the lips and tongue move to make sounds. This is really handy if you are dealing with sounds outside the English language.

Another excellent resource is zoology guidebooks for birds or animals that describe their calls. You can really see how to write out unusual sounds with English letters. I recommend the Cornell birding website:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189
It has awesome descriptions of birds, their sounds, and sound files so you can hear them. That's not a random example; I can whistle well enough to get a cardinal to answer me, and I've written bird calls into my fiction where necessary.

>>I think half the problem is that I get distracted by routine and emotional reasons. It's not that I'm distracted for the sake of ADHD.<<

Not much to do about that but practice getting things done. Sometimes it helps to set a reward for finishing a project. But everyone has some part of a project they suck at -- it's just starting for some people, and finishing for others, and so forth. There actually is an advantage to starting more things than you finish: anything that holds your interest to the end is far more likely to keep a reader or an editor hooked too.

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[autisticalice]

Well, if anything, she'd probably make a few odd squealing noises and flap her arms when she gets excited or when she's upset she'll rock herself and hum monotonously because some autistics enjoy the vibrations it makes. It has a calming affect. I used to hum along with my fan and found it was very soothing. XD

The squealing noises I make are more like an "eeeeeeeee" or something. They tend to be pretty high-pitched at times. I just want people to see the lighter side of autism and that all these things we do are normal for us. Some people think it's bad because we act this way. But like music, reading or even knitting (etc) calms other people, stimming is our way of coping.

Some autistics do use it for communicating since if they are non-verbal, it's like a special language that only we can understand. Hold on, let me find an example of a girl named Amanda. She's a good example.

Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc Sometimes it can be whole different language we use when we can't speak. Most people don't know this. (The video is 8 minutes of her humming in what is to be considered as her special language. Somewhere through the video, she uses her communication device to tell you what she was saying.)

However, I am very verbal so I don't have to worry about stimming a lot. For me, since I have ADHD too, I can fidget or move my feet around or rock and it would calm me.

I might try using some animal noises, since I do this too. Since she likes animals, it would make sense for her to make their sounds. Such as maybe making sounds a cat would make or a dog. But she's able to communicate so if anything, these sounds would be more comforting and calming to her than used in actual communication.

also, I'm actually working on a special christmas project with my favorite pairing from KH2/358/2 days. :3 They are so adorable. It's a boy x boy couple but it will be sort of fluffy and cute. XD I've been writing down EVERY idea I get on this but haven't really put much thought into my plot since I need help with more ideas. I will post what ideas I have later though.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>>The squealing noises I make are more like an "eeeeeeeee" or something.<<

I strongly suspect that's the origin of "squee" that has entered common usage in recent years.

>>They tend to be pretty high-pitched at times. I just want people to see the lighter side of autism and that all these things we do are normal for us.<<

That's a great idea.

>>Sometimes it can be whole different language we use when we can't speak.<<

Fascinating! I have a much wider concept of "language" than most humans do.

>>Since she likes animals, it would make sense for her to make their sounds.<<

Good idea.

>>But she's able to communicate so if anything, these sounds would be more comforting and calming to her than used in actual communication.<<

Or when the best way to say something is not in English. My ordinary vocabulary contains a fair sprinkling of words from foreign languages, words from invented languages, useful linguistic noises, animal sounds, etc. It's one thing to speak a foreign language when you're with somebody for whom it's native -- I'm able to carry on a conversation with dogs or wolves, for instance -- and another to drop foreign words into your own language, but most people who speak multiple languages will codeswitch between them at least occasionally. Works the same if they're not all human languages.

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[autisticalice]

Well, i want her to show some learning delays where she has trouble with remembering things or something kind of minor. So learning languages or something could be difficult for her.

I haven't really been working much on this story since I have a project deadline to finish for my fanfiction project. x_x