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RFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kennedy-rfk-antidepressants-ssri-school-shootings/
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr has been planted by Trump in the role of Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
He wants to slash scientifically-established medication, hospital treatment, financial benefits, and government programs for people with these conditions:
- Chronic illness.
- Autism.
- ADHD, and medication including Adderall and Ritalin.
- Asthma.
- Obesity.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Psoriasis.
- Mental illness such as depression and anxiety, and SSRI medication including Prozac and Zoloft.
RFK Jr says wants people who live with chronic illness such as those listed above — who often require daily preventative medication, a professional carer/assistant, or an assistive device for their daily functioning and to maintain their quality of life and sense of dignity and autonomy — to be stripped of their treatment and put into in "Wellness Farms" for "three or four years if they need it".
This is the sort of inhumane mistreatment of people requiring medical care that happened in the USSR and still goes on today in North Korea. It should not happen in the USA.
This move by RFK Jr is going to destroy childhoods, ruin families, cause people financial ruin, and for some people it will cost them their life.
#USPol #RFKJr #Trump #ChronicIllness #ChronicDisease #Autism #ADHD #Adderall #Ritalin #Asthma #Obesity #MultipleSclerosis #Psoriasis #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #Depression #Anxiety #SSRIs #Prozac #Zoloft
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kennedy-rfk-antidepressants-ssri-school-shootings/
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr has been planted by Trump in the role of Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
He wants to slash scientifically-established medication, hospital treatment, financial benefits, and government programs for people with these conditions:
- Chronic illness.
- Autism.
- ADHD, and medication including Adderall and Ritalin.
- Asthma.
- Obesity.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Psoriasis.
- Mental illness such as depression and anxiety, and SSRI medication including Prozac and Zoloft.
RFK Jr says wants people who live with chronic illness such as those listed above — who often require daily preventative medication, a professional carer/assistant, or an assistive device for their daily functioning and to maintain their quality of life and sense of dignity and autonomy — to be stripped of their treatment and put into in "Wellness Farms" for "three or four years if they need it".
This is the sort of inhumane mistreatment of people requiring medical care that happened in the USSR and still goes on today in North Korea. It should not happen in the USA.
This move by RFK Jr is going to destroy childhoods, ruin families, cause people financial ruin, and for some people it will cost them their life.
#USPol #RFKJr #Trump #ChronicIllness #ChronicDisease #Autism #ADHD #Adderall #Ritalin #Asthma #Obesity #MultipleSclerosis #Psoriasis #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #Depression #Anxiety #SSRIs #Prozac #Zoloft
RFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressants
The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.Mother Jones
Went and saw my son’s new #pediatrition and while he has been in every meeting since 10 he was surprised he has #autism. He interrupts the conversation with: is it curable..without a pause i said no and continued the conversation. He was quiet after but not stressed. I found this on #youtube and showed him ….he is ok. https://youtube.com/shorts/zAr_0oCDDts?si=MXAMl0yOHqk284Xb
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I think this is an #autism, #actuallyautistic or #actuallyadhd question but does anyone feel alienated because no one is as invested in their interests as you are? For an example, I’m a huge #swiftie and know lots about Taylor Swift and her music. It makes me excited.
Does anyone feel as though the level and intensity that they invest in their interests alienates them.
I’m feeling very alienated have no friends. Hope I get some feedback soon.
#disability
#disabled
#specialinterests
Does anyone feel as though the level and intensity that they invest in their interests alienates them.
I’m feeling very alienated have no friends. Hope I get some feedback soon.
#disability
#disabled
#specialinterests
Frage an die #Auti Bubble!
Wie geht ihr im Berufsleben mit gewissen Verhaltensweisen um, die euer Handeln beeinflussen?
Bspw. habe ich immer wieder in Schüben einen übersteigerten Gerechtigkeitssinn. Treffe ich in so einer Phase auf etwas, das ungerecht ist habe ich den Drang etwas dagegen zu tun.
Ich versuche es so gut es geht zu unterdrücken, aber das gelingt mir einfach mal mehr und mal weniger gut.
Welche Strategien habt ihr so, mit so etwas umzugehen?
#autism #autismus
Wie geht ihr im Berufsleben mit gewissen Verhaltensweisen um, die euer Handeln beeinflussen?
Bspw. habe ich immer wieder in Schüben einen übersteigerten Gerechtigkeitssinn. Treffe ich in so einer Phase auf etwas, das ungerecht ist habe ich den Drang etwas dagegen zu tun.
Ich versuche es so gut es geht zu unterdrücken, aber das gelingt mir einfach mal mehr und mal weniger gut.
Welche Strategien habt ihr so, mit so etwas umzugehen?
#autism #autismus
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What I find fascinating as an autistic person is how often I envision an anarcho-syndicalist society. Every day, I imagine a world built on freedom, solidarity, and mutual aid, a society where people are empowered to live with dignity and autonomy.
Yet, when I look around me, I see the overwhelming reality of the system I’ve been suppressed by for nearly 25 years. It’s a system that feels broken, unjust, and dehumanizing, a constant reminder of the garbage we’re forced to endure.
#Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSyndicalism #Autism #Autistic #Freedom #Solidarity #DirectAction #MutualAid #WorkersRights #Unions #Decentralization #Liberty #Dehumanizing
What I find fascinating as an autistic person is how often I envision an anarcho-syndicalist society. Every day, I imagine a world built on freedom, solidarity, and mutual aid, a society where people are empowered to live with dignity and autonomy.
Yet, when I look around me, I see the overwhelming reality of the system I’ve been suppressed by for nearly 25 years. It’s a system that feels broken, unjust, and dehumanizing, a constant reminder of the garbage we’re forced to endure.
#Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSyndicalism #Autism #Autistic #Freedom #Solidarity #DirectAction #MutualAid #WorkersRights #Unions #Decentralization #Liberty #Dehumanizing
Since this is my main social media channel, i'm sharing the invitation to my qualitative study about friendships between autistic adults that i'm conducting for my master's thesis. I'm looking for Polish speaking people. Please share if you can!
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Dzień dobry, nazywam się Emil Gałaman i jestem studentem Psychologii na Uniwersytecie Łódzkim.
Jeśli jest Panx dorosłą osobą autystyczną i ma Panx znajomych lub przyjaciół w spektrum autyzmu, serdecznie zapraszam do udziału w badaniu, które przeprowadzam w ramach mojej pracy magisterskiej. Badanie ma na celu poszerzenie wiedzy o przyjaźniach między dorosłymi autystami i będzie polegało na rozmowie, podczas której zadam różne pytania dotyczące Państwa przyjaźni z innymi osobami autystycznymi. Pomysł na to badanie wziął się z mojego własnego doświadczenia, ponieważ sam jestem autystyczny i znam wielu innych autystów. O doświadczeniach tej grupy mówi się od niedawna, a badań na ten konkretny temat właściwie nie ma, więc biorąc udział w moim badaniu mogą Państwo przyczynić się do lepszego poznania doświadczeń autystów z ich własnej perspektywy.
Zachęcam do zapisywania się na rozmowę w trybie stacjonarnym w Instytucie Psychologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego przy al. Rodziny Scheiblerów 2 lub w innej uzgodnionej lokalizacji na terenie Łodzi. Możliwe jest także przeprowadzenie rozmowy online przez platformy Skype, Discord lub Signal, zależnie od możliwości logistycznych i osobistego komfortu. W sprawie badania proszę pisać na adres mailowy emil.galaman@protonmail.com, dodać mnie na Discordzie (nazwa użytkownika neurohound), Skype (identyfikator live:.cid.b666e59e0114e1ed) lub Signalu (nazwa użytkownika emil_g.37). Wszystkie inne szczegóły są do uzgodnienia.
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #autistic #study #autyzm #pleaseboost
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Dzień dobry, nazywam się Emil Gałaman i jestem studentem Psychologii na Uniwersytecie Łódzkim.
Jeśli jest Panx dorosłą osobą autystyczną i ma Panx znajomych lub przyjaciół w spektrum autyzmu, serdecznie zapraszam do udziału w badaniu, które przeprowadzam w ramach mojej pracy magisterskiej. Badanie ma na celu poszerzenie wiedzy o przyjaźniach między dorosłymi autystami i będzie polegało na rozmowie, podczas której zadam różne pytania dotyczące Państwa przyjaźni z innymi osobami autystycznymi. Pomysł na to badanie wziął się z mojego własnego doświadczenia, ponieważ sam jestem autystyczny i znam wielu innych autystów. O doświadczeniach tej grupy mówi się od niedawna, a badań na ten konkretny temat właściwie nie ma, więc biorąc udział w moim badaniu mogą Państwo przyczynić się do lepszego poznania doświadczeń autystów z ich własnej perspektywy.
Zachęcam do zapisywania się na rozmowę w trybie stacjonarnym w Instytucie Psychologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego przy al. Rodziny Scheiblerów 2 lub w innej uzgodnionej lokalizacji na terenie Łodzi. Możliwe jest także przeprowadzenie rozmowy online przez platformy Skype, Discord lub Signal, zależnie od możliwości logistycznych i osobistego komfortu. W sprawie badania proszę pisać na adres mailowy emil.galaman@protonmail.com, dodać mnie na Discordzie (nazwa użytkownika neurohound), Skype (identyfikator live:.cid.b666e59e0114e1ed) lub Signalu (nazwa użytkownika emil_g.37). Wszystkie inne szczegóły są do uzgodnienia.
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #autistic #study #autyzm #pleaseboost
I was just imagining in a near dream state 'bed tents', a fabric cover held up by poles curved over the bed so you are more private and less perceived in bed.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
As an Autistic person, I want to say: Autism does not cause antisemitism. Autism doesn't make you an asshole. Autism doesn't make you a Nazi. Autism doesn't make you superior, or inferior, to anyone else. Most (but not all, we're a diverse group) Autistic people I know have a strong sense of justice and believe strongly in the equality of all, rejecting the social heirarchy. Please don't listen to people when they blame the 'tism. #Autism #ActuallyAutistic https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/top-stories-01r3k2ttz/-/a-tMB93xvEQGOOg22uLbpBQA%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
Kanye West suggests autism explains his 'episodes.' Advocates say that's harmful — and false
WARNING: This story contains antisemitic language. If you assume it doesn't need to be said outright that autism does not cause antisemitic …CBC News - Natalie Stechyson
#AskingAutistics got any cooking hacks you want to share?
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #AuDHD #ADHD #neurodiversity #neurodivergent
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #AuDHD #ADHD #neurodiversity #neurodivergent
@actuallyautistic
One of the things that I love about the autistic community here and which I found very surprising when I first joined, is that so many of us here are older and very much late in realising or being diagnosed as autistic. It makes for a very diverse range of experiences and in many cases opinions. However, it does mean that we tend to share two things in common.
One. We've spent most of our lives knowing only that we didn't belong. More often than not, without knowing why, or even how sometimes. Because, we certainly tried to. My god, did we try to. Often in ways that we shouldn't have and with people that we certainly shouldn't have. Which often led to no small amount of failures and disasters, rejection and betrayal, pain and suffering, trauma and in many cases, PTSD.
Two. That we learnt early to hide, in one way or another. Either literally, in the isolated nooks and crannies that we soon learnt the uncanny art of finding everywhere we had to be. Or, behind the masks we grew to try and fit in, or, at the very least, not to stand out. Because standing out, being actually seen, was always dangerous. It was, perhaps, the earliest lesson that many of us would have learnt. That in the world outside, no matter who you were with, or where you were, you were only a mis-step away from being abused, or criticised. That we were frightfully, truly alone and being you, was to be attacked. So, is it any wonder that we tend to have more than our fair share of anxiety and stress issues, depression and barely, if not even close to being, healed scars.
Now, I'm not saying that we are alone in this, or that it doesn't equally apply to many groups, or other autistics who have been diagnosed earlier. Unfortunately, for so many, far from it. I'm just saying that we just tend to have a rather long and unique history with it. Does it always show up in what we post? No, in fact many of us try very hard to not dwell upon it. We have finally found a place where we belong and a community that we can be ourselves in and why dwell on the dark. It's not as if it is really going anywhere.
But, it does make us very vulnerable to what is going on at the moment. Either because we are directly involved, or because of all the news coming out of America and how we can see people are being affected, especially our friends. It's hard not to feel, not to be overwhelmed by it, especially when you consider how sensitive and emphatic we can be and the nature of our histories. There is just so much.
Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to it. We can work on filtering our timelines, as much as it can work anyway. We can step away, for a time or for as long is it takes, there's certainly no shame in that. Some of us will want to get involved and some will want to keep on posting as normal. Not because we don't care, or feel anything, but because it's the only way we know how to fight the darkness, of our own history and of the world outside. We will all have to find out what will work for us, because, this isn't ending any time soon, and allow others to do the same.
But to the rest of the Fediverse, if you come to read this. Please remember that there are those of us who are already hurt, who have always been hurting. Who have known nothing but being marginalised and isolated and a target for all the hate that is out there. So, don't be surprised if we ask you to CW your posts, or spell names and hashtags correctly, so that our filters can work. Don't begrudge us posting as normal, our pictures of cats and dogs, our silly humour and tales of normality. It doesn't mean that we don't care, in fact far from it.
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
One of the things that I love about the autistic community here and which I found very surprising when I first joined, is that so many of us here are older and very much late in realising or being diagnosed as autistic. It makes for a very diverse range of experiences and in many cases opinions. However, it does mean that we tend to share two things in common.
One. We've spent most of our lives knowing only that we didn't belong. More often than not, without knowing why, or even how sometimes. Because, we certainly tried to. My god, did we try to. Often in ways that we shouldn't have and with people that we certainly shouldn't have. Which often led to no small amount of failures and disasters, rejection and betrayal, pain and suffering, trauma and in many cases, PTSD.
Two. That we learnt early to hide, in one way or another. Either literally, in the isolated nooks and crannies that we soon learnt the uncanny art of finding everywhere we had to be. Or, behind the masks we grew to try and fit in, or, at the very least, not to stand out. Because standing out, being actually seen, was always dangerous. It was, perhaps, the earliest lesson that many of us would have learnt. That in the world outside, no matter who you were with, or where you were, you were only a mis-step away from being abused, or criticised. That we were frightfully, truly alone and being you, was to be attacked. So, is it any wonder that we tend to have more than our fair share of anxiety and stress issues, depression and barely, if not even close to being, healed scars.
Now, I'm not saying that we are alone in this, or that it doesn't equally apply to many groups, or other autistics who have been diagnosed earlier. Unfortunately, for so many, far from it. I'm just saying that we just tend to have a rather long and unique history with it. Does it always show up in what we post? No, in fact many of us try very hard to not dwell upon it. We have finally found a place where we belong and a community that we can be ourselves in and why dwell on the dark. It's not as if it is really going anywhere.
But, it does make us very vulnerable to what is going on at the moment. Either because we are directly involved, or because of all the news coming out of America and how we can see people are being affected, especially our friends. It's hard not to feel, not to be overwhelmed by it, especially when you consider how sensitive and emphatic we can be and the nature of our histories. There is just so much.
Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to it. We can work on filtering our timelines, as much as it can work anyway. We can step away, for a time or for as long is it takes, there's certainly no shame in that. Some of us will want to get involved and some will want to keep on posting as normal. Not because we don't care, or feel anything, but because it's the only way we know how to fight the darkness, of our own history and of the world outside. We will all have to find out what will work for us, because, this isn't ending any time soon, and allow others to do the same.
But to the rest of the Fediverse, if you come to read this. Please remember that there are those of us who are already hurt, who have always been hurting. Who have known nothing but being marginalised and isolated and a target for all the hate that is out there. So, don't be surprised if we ask you to CW your posts, or spell names and hashtags correctly, so that our filters can work. Don't begrudge us posting as normal, our pictures of cats and dogs, our silly humour and tales of normality. It doesn't mean that we don't care, in fact far from it.
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
Queen Maggie Hassan. Wow! Not only did she speak so movingly about her son, but man, did she tear apart #RFK. He knows squat about Medicare and Medicaid. You love to see it and only hope and pray that it makes a difference. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1/30/2300232/-Watch-this-Democrat-obliterate-RFK-Jr-during-Senate-hearing?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#MaggieHassan
#uspol
#Autism
#Vaccines
#MaggieHassan
#uspol
#Autism
#Vaccines
Watch this Democrat obliterate RFK Jr. during Senate hearing
Sen. Maggie Hassan, Democrat of New Hampshire, delivered a devastating blow to President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services during Thursday’s confirmation ...Daily Kos
An interesting potential tool for #Autism diagnosis.
#neurodiversity
https://newatlas.com/adhd-autism/autism-motion-detection-diagnosis/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e5049fa037-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_01_30_11_53&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-e5049fa037-90167033
#neurodiversity
https://newatlas.com/adhd-autism/autism-motion-detection-diagnosis/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e5049fa037-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_01_30_11_53&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-e5049fa037-90167033
1-minute video game distinguishes autistic from neurotypical kids
After recording kids copying the dance moves of an on-screen avatar for just a minute, an innovative tool can accurately distinguish neurotypical children from those with autism. It can even tell autism from ADHD, conditions that commonly overlap.New Atlas
Association of Amygdala Development With Different Forms of Anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorder - PMC
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9116934/
#Anxiety
#Autism
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9116934/
#Anxiety
#Autism
Someone plays music in the background during a meeting. They ask if it's bothering people. Neurotypical folks on the call quickly speak up and say it's fine.
The autistic person on the call (me):
1. has extreme difficulty participating in or even following the meeting due to the inability to separate foreground from background noise
2. experiences distress from sensory overload
3. spends the whole meeting stressing over how to bring it up in a side channel without taking the wrong tone and offending the person due to social communication difficulties
4. questions whether it should even be brought up, or if they're just being "too sensitive" due to a lifetime of conditioning to treat their own needs as invalid just because they're aren't "typical"
Meanwhile, no one on the call even realizes something is wrong or that the autistic person just got screwed over, completely by accident.
#Disability
#Accessibility
#AccessibilityMatters
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic
The autistic person on the call (me):
1. has extreme difficulty participating in or even following the meeting due to the inability to separate foreground from background noise
2. experiences distress from sensory overload
3. spends the whole meeting stressing over how to bring it up in a side channel without taking the wrong tone and offending the person due to social communication difficulties
4. questions whether it should even be brought up, or if they're just being "too sensitive" due to a lifetime of conditioning to treat their own needs as invalid just because they're aren't "typical"
Meanwhile, no one on the call even realizes something is wrong or that the autistic person just got screwed over, completely by accident.
#Disability
#Accessibility
#AccessibilityMatters
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic
In case anyone thinks that autism is only what they see on social media, activists and adults with late diagnosis who can live and adapt without too much difficulty...
In November 2024, in Mendoza, my hometown in Argentina, an 82-year-old woman shot her 52-year-old son. The man died 15 days later in the hospital.
The reason? The man was autistic and had great difficulties living and was totally dependent on his mother for almost everything.
The woman, who was already very elderly, told police that she could no longer care for him and that she did not want to die before leaving him alone.
There are many people who care for disabled children who become old. It is very hard to accept that you will die sooner and that no one will take care of your child.
Although my life was never easy, at least I had a high intellectual capacity that allowed me to work, earn money and survive on my own. I never earned much, just enough for my basic needs, but I didn't depend on others. Currently my wife is afraid of dying before and leaving me alone. I think that unfortunately she will leave before and it's hard to think about that because I don't want to leave early and leave her alone either.
Adults with autism, even if they have been able to adapt and live a life, have enormous difficulties when they grow older. One is running out of strength to mask and deal with things like when one was young. You know that life will get harder and more difficult as you get older.
My wife and I are twice-exceptional autistics, we can still minimally sustain our lives and we have family who will take care of us when we can no longer do it alone.
The greatest ghost is that of loneliness, which comes hand in hand with old age and brings with it the sword of illness.
#actuallyautistic #autism #oldage #loneliness #disability
In November 2024, in Mendoza, my hometown in Argentina, an 82-year-old woman shot her 52-year-old son. The man died 15 days later in the hospital.
The reason? The man was autistic and had great difficulties living and was totally dependent on his mother for almost everything.
The woman, who was already very elderly, told police that she could no longer care for him and that she did not want to die before leaving him alone.
There are many people who care for disabled children who become old. It is very hard to accept that you will die sooner and that no one will take care of your child.
Although my life was never easy, at least I had a high intellectual capacity that allowed me to work, earn money and survive on my own. I never earned much, just enough for my basic needs, but I didn't depend on others. Currently my wife is afraid of dying before and leaving me alone. I think that unfortunately she will leave before and it's hard to think about that because I don't want to leave early and leave her alone either.
Adults with autism, even if they have been able to adapt and live a life, have enormous difficulties when they grow older. One is running out of strength to mask and deal with things like when one was young. You know that life will get harder and more difficult as you get older.
My wife and I are twice-exceptional autistics, we can still minimally sustain our lives and we have family who will take care of us when we can no longer do it alone.
The greatest ghost is that of loneliness, which comes hand in hand with old age and brings with it the sword of illness.
#actuallyautistic #autism #oldage #loneliness #disability
My experience of being a sensory- seeking autistic. Sensory seekers, are you out there?
https://medium.com/@buzzingbumblebee2024/a-minority-within-a-minority-any-sensory-seeking-autistics-out-there-180dc70f789d
#actuallyautistic #autism @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
https://medium.com/@buzzingbumblebee2024/a-minority-within-a-minority-any-sensory-seeking-autistics-out-there-180dc70f789d
#actuallyautistic #autism @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
Am still trying to work out my whole neurodiversity thing, but just wondered if anyone who is autistic and/or has ADHD feels like during times of tiredness/stress/overwhelm that certain parts of your brain feel like they've shut down, but others are still working? Like you can't hold a conversation, but you could still drive a car or you can't write an email, but you could cook a meal (just a couple of random examples).
#Autism #ADHD #Neurodiversity
#Autism #ADHD #Neurodiversity
I'm looking for good book suggestions on Autism for #actuallyautistic . What's your favorite book, and what would you recommend?
Thank you!
#books #autism @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
Thank you!
#books #autism @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
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I'm a #disabled #native #nonbinary #transfem with #audhd and #ptsd living in southern #virginia
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hey, I'm Sky (ae/aer pronouns)!
I'm a #disabled #native #nonbinary #transfem with #audhd and #ptsd living in southern #virginia
I support my two disabled partners and my autistic little boy
I've been having heart problems lately and missed work
I'm behind on my water bill and I need help with my heating bill
I need $1000 for the water and $800 for the heating
it's urgent, and anything you can spare helps
boost for visibility
thanks so much, love y'all fedi
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The sensible folks here already know this but because he's Autistic it needs to be repeated because some folks with preconceived biases and/or ignorance would assume otherwise:
Autism does not make a person perform a Nazi salute.
Autism does not excuse someone using a Nazi salute.
Autism and Nazis are oil and water. Nazis killed us during WWII eugenics programs. Fascism as a whole always ends up with varying degrees of ableism and discrimination against neuro-minorities.
We do not advocate for Elon's behavior and do not approve of the symbolism he has used.
Elon Musk has, despite being Autistic himself, spouted plenty of ableist rhetoric throughout the years. He has caused great harm to our image and community both up to this incident and with it.
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #ElonMusk #Nazi #Fascism
Autism does not make a person perform a Nazi salute.
Autism does not excuse someone using a Nazi salute.
Autism and Nazis are oil and water. Nazis killed us during WWII eugenics programs. Fascism as a whole always ends up with varying degrees of ableism and discrimination against neuro-minorities.
We do not advocate for Elon's behavior and do not approve of the symbolism he has used.
Elon Musk has, despite being Autistic himself, spouted plenty of ableist rhetoric throughout the years. He has caused great harm to our image and community both up to this incident and with it.
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #ElonMusk #Nazi #Fascism
Meine Ressourcensammlung rund um die Themen #ADHS #AuDHS #AuDHD #autismus #ADHD #Autism #adhsmedien Kernfragen hier beschäftigen sich mit: Was ist eigentlich das autistische Spektrum? Was sollte man über ADHS wissen? Und wie wirkt es sich aus, wenn beides in einem Gehirn zusammenkommt?
Speziell im LAAMKA Projekt sehe ich mittel- bis langfristig meine persönliche Mission. Daher empfinde ich es umso wichtiger auch mein social Media auftritt entsprechend darauf auszurichten:
https://adhs-deutschland.de/
https://www.autismus.de/
https://www.laamka.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E7WqWHGsko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPSsINhphvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFSeamEJbA
https://www.quarks.de/gesellschaft/psychologie/das-solltest-du-ueber-adhs-wissen/
Speziell im LAAMKA Projekt sehe ich mittel- bis langfristig meine persönliche Mission. Daher empfinde ich es umso wichtiger auch mein social Media auftritt entsprechend darauf auszurichten:
https://adhs-deutschland.de/
https://www.autismus.de/
https://www.laamka.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E7WqWHGsko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPSsINhphvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlFSeamEJbA
https://www.quarks.de/gesellschaft/psychologie/das-solltest-du-ueber-adhs-wissen/
Das solltest du über ADHS wissen - quarks.de
“Reiß dich doch einfach mal zusammen und konzentrier dich!” So einfach ist das leider nicht. Im Gegenteil: ADHS ist ziemlich komplex.Rebecca Deus (Quarks)
@actuallyautistic
How do you explain the depth of joy and enchantment that you can feel, from seeing a single wildflower growing out of the rubble of an abandoned lot. Or how you can feel the flight of birds swooping and darting through the sky. The wind in the trees making you sway and laugh to the rhythm of their song. Or communing with a blade of grass, glistening and shimmering with the sunlight caught in its dew. How all these single moments can stretch into an eternity and depth that is hard to escape from. Or how the puzzles you can see in them can spread and interact. The pieces coming to you from all the connections of that single moment.
How do you explain how you feel and see and understand so much. How it affects you and how you can interact with it. The depth of your feelings, of the rawness of your emotions. How your soul can dance to a tune played over and over again. How your body moves to the rhythms of the world it's immersed in. All the joy, the sadness, the contentment and frustration spilling out into a dance of its own. A communication of your own part in all of this, the song you're adding to the whole. In the sounds and movements, the gestures and repetitions.
How do you explain any of this to a world that doesn't see it, or understand it. To a world that only sees what it wants to and to understand only what's true for it. Who will misunderstand and blame, who will censure and try to erase all that we are saying and all that we are expressing. Who will spend all their energy trying to convert us into them. How can we learn to trust ourselves. To let our song grow and mature and learn to see it's worth and the path we should always have been on, How can we do this when all we can see is that we are alone and that they are many and always singing the same song, in the various ways of love and hate and so all we can do is to learn to mask early. To deny and ignore our very selves in self-defence. To eventually learn to see only our wrongness and their rightness and then carry that always through our life, the final barrier between us and who we could have become.
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
How do you explain the depth of joy and enchantment that you can feel, from seeing a single wildflower growing out of the rubble of an abandoned lot. Or how you can feel the flight of birds swooping and darting through the sky. The wind in the trees making you sway and laugh to the rhythm of their song. Or communing with a blade of grass, glistening and shimmering with the sunlight caught in its dew. How all these single moments can stretch into an eternity and depth that is hard to escape from. Or how the puzzles you can see in them can spread and interact. The pieces coming to you from all the connections of that single moment.
How do you explain how you feel and see and understand so much. How it affects you and how you can interact with it. The depth of your feelings, of the rawness of your emotions. How your soul can dance to a tune played over and over again. How your body moves to the rhythms of the world it's immersed in. All the joy, the sadness, the contentment and frustration spilling out into a dance of its own. A communication of your own part in all of this, the song you're adding to the whole. In the sounds and movements, the gestures and repetitions.
How do you explain any of this to a world that doesn't see it, or understand it. To a world that only sees what it wants to and to understand only what's true for it. Who will misunderstand and blame, who will censure and try to erase all that we are saying and all that we are expressing. Who will spend all their energy trying to convert us into them. How can we learn to trust ourselves. To let our song grow and mature and learn to see it's worth and the path we should always have been on, How can we do this when all we can see is that we are alone and that they are many and always singing the same song, in the various ways of love and hate and so all we can do is to learn to mask early. To deny and ignore our very selves in self-defence. To eventually learn to see only our wrongness and their rightness and then carry that always through our life, the final barrier between us and who we could have become.
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
I just ate this for dinner, and I know chicken nuggets are a big fav in the autistic community. The vegan versions are now *fucking delicious*. I can only recommend.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
an #VeganFood
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
an #VeganFood
This morning I attended a workshop on mentoring students with autism. I really appreciate the fact that TU Delft is organizing these, and the people presenting - while being neurotypical - clearly had a lot of experience with mentoring autistic students themselves.
We covered a lot of topics such as differences in information processing, social interaction, sensory processing, camouflaging, executive function. We also got some tips on how to reduce sensory overload, communicate more clearly, and how to create structure. Overall, pretty good stuff.
I also think there were some pretty glaring omissions or oversights:
#Autism @actuallyautistic
We covered a lot of topics such as differences in information processing, social interaction, sensory processing, camouflaging, executive function. We also got some tips on how to reduce sensory overload, communicate more clearly, and how to create structure. Overall, pretty good stuff.
I also think there were some pretty glaring omissions or oversights:
- Lots of overly general statements, e.g. “autistic people are detail-oriented” or “autistic people lack imagination”, despite the acknowledgement it’s all on a spectrum.
- Every autistic trait got framed as either a “problem” or an “extraordinary quality”, no in-between.
- Talking about “mild” and “severe” cases of autism: the fact that it’s a spectrum doesn’t mean it’s one-dimensional!
- No mention whatsoever of the double empathy problem or the social model of disability.
- Consistent use of person-first language (“person with autism”) without acknowledging that many autistic people prefer identity-first language.
- Talking about “us” teachers interacting with “them” autistic students, ignoring the fact that some of “us” might be autistic too!
#Autism @actuallyautistic
Autism is not an excuse for disgraceful behaviour. I was always taught Fascist salutes are disgraceful behaviour.
#autism #antifa #antifascism #neuodivergence
#autism #antifa #antifascism #neuodivergence
#introduction
Hi, I am Anouk, a german queer nonbinary lesbian (100% millennial 😁) that loves to connect with people from all over the world - say 'Hi' if we got some interests in common 👋🏼😊
#adhd
#cats
#autism
#poetry
#music
#Letterboxd
#storygraph
#noafd
#creativity
#art
#writing
#soloparenting
#mutualaid
#lbgtqia
#nonbinary
#netflix
#tidal
Hi, I am Anouk, a german queer nonbinary lesbian (100% millennial 😁) that loves to connect with people from all over the world - say 'Hi' if we got some interests in common 👋🏼😊
#adhd
#cats
#autism
#poetry
#music
#Letterboxd
#storygraph
#noafd
#creativity
#art
#writing
#soloparenting
#mutualaid
#lbgtqia
#nonbinary
#netflix
#tidal
If you want to know what it's like to be at Autscape, here's a video to watch!
Autscape participant Jen “The Rainbow” Hart from the Netherlands has made a great half-hour video relating her experience attending Autscape in person for the first time.
Content warning: brief discussion of suicidal thoughts from 3:50 to 4:46.
Watch at: https://youtu.be/8MmxsJtAziU
Note: this video was entirely unsolicited and we had no hand in its making. In fact we only just found out about it, two months after it went live.
Please do give Jen's channel a subscribe for us, though.
#Autscape #autism #autistic #ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #neurodiversity
Autscape participant Jen “The Rainbow” Hart from the Netherlands has made a great half-hour video relating her experience attending Autscape in person for the first time.
Content warning: brief discussion of suicidal thoughts from 3:50 to 4:46.
Watch at: https://youtu.be/8MmxsJtAziU
Note: this video was entirely unsolicited and we had no hand in its making. In fact we only just found out about it, two months after it went live.
Please do give Jen's channel a subscribe for us, though.
#Autscape #autism #autistic #ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #neurodiversity
Why is wanting to know why and how things work societally pathologized in individuals with autism?
Like, why wouldn't you want to know? How else are you supposed to make a good decision?
Why is a default of replication without further reflection considered normal?
#Autism #AuDHD #neurodivergent
Like, why wouldn't you want to know? How else are you supposed to make a good decision?
Why is a default of replication without further reflection considered normal?
#Autism #AuDHD #neurodivergent
I think we'd all be a lot happier if people stopped considering #Autism and #ADHD etc as "disorders" and instead as valid neurotypes.
I'm not a broken Neurotypical. I'm a perfectly well formed #Autisic male. I have my strengths and my weaknesses.
Superman isn't a broken Kryptonian because he's weak to Kryptonite. Just as my personal Kryptonite is loud noises, bright lights and crowds.
I may not have laser vision but I do have laser focus! When I'm engaged in a subject no force in the 'verse can sway me.
I may not have super strength but My math game is STRONK. I can analyse data and debug code faster than a speeding bullet. I can jump over complex equations in a single bound :)
Likewise, I was never formally diagnosed as Aro/Ace. I didn't even realise I was Aro/Ace until much later on in life.
I even doubted I WAS Aro/Ace initially because i didn't realise it was a spectrum.I tend more to the DemiAce/GreyAro side.
I had people tell me I couldn't be aro/ace because I was married.
See the parallel here?
The only difference between my Aro/Ace and my Autistic/ADHD identities is that people seem to insist one is diagnosed and the other is "personal self awareness"
I'm no less Aro/Ace because some professional hasn't sat down with loads of questionnaires and questions and told me I was. It's just how I'm wired. It's my config in my operating system.
My #Autism is just how I'm wired. It too is a config in my operating system.
I'm not broken. I'm just built differently.
I'm not a broken Neurotypical. I'm a perfectly well formed #Autisic male. I have my strengths and my weaknesses.
Superman isn't a broken Kryptonian because he's weak to Kryptonite. Just as my personal Kryptonite is loud noises, bright lights and crowds.
I may not have laser vision but I do have laser focus! When I'm engaged in a subject no force in the 'verse can sway me.
I may not have super strength but My math game is STRONK. I can analyse data and debug code faster than a speeding bullet. I can jump over complex equations in a single bound :)
Likewise, I was never formally diagnosed as Aro/Ace. I didn't even realise I was Aro/Ace until much later on in life.
I even doubted I WAS Aro/Ace initially because i didn't realise it was a spectrum.I tend more to the DemiAce/GreyAro side.
I had people tell me I couldn't be aro/ace because I was married.
See the parallel here?
The only difference between my Aro/Ace and my Autistic/ADHD identities is that people seem to insist one is diagnosed and the other is "personal self awareness"
I'm no less Aro/Ace because some professional hasn't sat down with loads of questionnaires and questions and told me I was. It's just how I'm wired. It's my config in my operating system.
My #Autism is just how I'm wired. It too is a config in my operating system.
I'm not broken. I'm just built differently.
@actuallyautistic
As those of us who have been on here for a while know, this place is highly supportive of self-diagnosis. Generally it's because many of us, although certainly not all, are older, self-diagnosed ourselves, or have gone through the process of doing so before being officially diagnosed. We also tend to be acutely aware, often the hard way, that being officially diagnosed later in life brings with it very few actual benefits. There are few to no resources available to those who come to this as adults, especially adults who aren't also learning disabled in some way. Work place accommodations are difficult, if not again impossible to achieve. Even in countries where they are legally required. Or simply aren't something we need. Either because of the way we work, or because other diagnoses have already given us them. Many of us are also retired, or self-employed, in which case it's all somewhat moot. Add to this that we also tend to be well versed in all the arguments in favour of self-diagnosis and the validity of it. As well as all the reasons why it is so often the only way to go and it's no wonder that we accept it so readily.
But, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have a problem. There is one aspect of self-diagnosis that, despite all of this, we are especially vulnerable to. It's also the main reason, I believe anyway, why some people have a problem with self-diagnosis and its validity in the first place. And it's not because of the danger of getting it wrong. That's always a possibility, slim though it might be, even for those being officially diagnosed. Live as long as most of us have and you'll have been misdiagnosed by a doctor for something or other and if you are female-presenting, probably more times than you've had hot dinners. No, it's the simple fact that it's referred to as a diagnosis at all.
It implies, whether it means to, or not, that this is something that can only be certified within the medical framework, in just the same way as any other condition. That ultimately the only sure way of knowing and being sure, is for our assessment to be confirmed by an actual assessment conducted by those properly trained and qualified to do so. That, just as a self-diagnosis for any other condition or illness may well be right, that only a proper expert can really tell whether it is, or not.
Now, before someone gets on their high horse, I'm not talking about the diagnosis of any aspect, or consequence of our autism, that does or could very well require intervention of some sort. That obviously requires a level of knowledge that most of us don't have and the experience, that most of us probably don't have either, of being able to work out what is the best intervention and help that could be required. No, I am talking purely about the awareness and recognition of ourselves that we achieve from self-diagnosing. The realisation that we have been autistic all our lives. The knowledge that we are no-longer alone, or, possibly, as broken, as we always thought we were. It is a level of knowledge and conclusion that can only be reached by us. Either through a self, or even an official diagnosis. It is a process of recognising ourselves, of seeing ourselves finally, within the correct framework and by the right light. And it's why I prefer the term self-realising, rather than self-diagnosing. Because, ultimately, to me anyway, it is far more reflective of what is actually going on and, of course, eliminates the baggage of using the word, diagnosis and all that it brings.
Unfortunately, though, it is baggage that will still remain, to others anyway. Tell a family member, or friend, that you've realised that you are autistic and they'll still view it as a self-diagnosis, with all the reservations therein. Add in the pretty much medieval awareness that most people, especially over a certain age, have about autism and the natural tendency of wishing you the best and not wanting you to think of yourself as such a dark and terrible thing. Or the nastier tendency of not wanting to be associated with it in any way and then just watch the denials flow. It's one of the reasons why those of us who are older, have such a problem convincing, or even talking with our friends and family about this. And why so often it isn't believed until we do get an official diagnosis, if indeed even then. Most people don't want their loved ones to set themselves apart, especially in ways that they see in such a negative light. Feeling that they have to accept it, simply on that person's word, is simply too hard for many and comes, if it's self-diagnosis, with the handy defence that they can always use and believe, that it's not official and therefore not real. That it's not a proper diagnosis.
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
As those of us who have been on here for a while know, this place is highly supportive of self-diagnosis. Generally it's because many of us, although certainly not all, are older, self-diagnosed ourselves, or have gone through the process of doing so before being officially diagnosed. We also tend to be acutely aware, often the hard way, that being officially diagnosed later in life brings with it very few actual benefits. There are few to no resources available to those who come to this as adults, especially adults who aren't also learning disabled in some way. Work place accommodations are difficult, if not again impossible to achieve. Even in countries where they are legally required. Or simply aren't something we need. Either because of the way we work, or because other diagnoses have already given us them. Many of us are also retired, or self-employed, in which case it's all somewhat moot. Add to this that we also tend to be well versed in all the arguments in favour of self-diagnosis and the validity of it. As well as all the reasons why it is so often the only way to go and it's no wonder that we accept it so readily.
But, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have a problem. There is one aspect of self-diagnosis that, despite all of this, we are especially vulnerable to. It's also the main reason, I believe anyway, why some people have a problem with self-diagnosis and its validity in the first place. And it's not because of the danger of getting it wrong. That's always a possibility, slim though it might be, even for those being officially diagnosed. Live as long as most of us have and you'll have been misdiagnosed by a doctor for something or other and if you are female-presenting, probably more times than you've had hot dinners. No, it's the simple fact that it's referred to as a diagnosis at all.
It implies, whether it means to, or not, that this is something that can only be certified within the medical framework, in just the same way as any other condition. That ultimately the only sure way of knowing and being sure, is for our assessment to be confirmed by an actual assessment conducted by those properly trained and qualified to do so. That, just as a self-diagnosis for any other condition or illness may well be right, that only a proper expert can really tell whether it is, or not.
Now, before someone gets on their high horse, I'm not talking about the diagnosis of any aspect, or consequence of our autism, that does or could very well require intervention of some sort. That obviously requires a level of knowledge that most of us don't have and the experience, that most of us probably don't have either, of being able to work out what is the best intervention and help that could be required. No, I am talking purely about the awareness and recognition of ourselves that we achieve from self-diagnosing. The realisation that we have been autistic all our lives. The knowledge that we are no-longer alone, or, possibly, as broken, as we always thought we were. It is a level of knowledge and conclusion that can only be reached by us. Either through a self, or even an official diagnosis. It is a process of recognising ourselves, of seeing ourselves finally, within the correct framework and by the right light. And it's why I prefer the term self-realising, rather than self-diagnosing. Because, ultimately, to me anyway, it is far more reflective of what is actually going on and, of course, eliminates the baggage of using the word, diagnosis and all that it brings.
Unfortunately, though, it is baggage that will still remain, to others anyway. Tell a family member, or friend, that you've realised that you are autistic and they'll still view it as a self-diagnosis, with all the reservations therein. Add in the pretty much medieval awareness that most people, especially over a certain age, have about autism and the natural tendency of wishing you the best and not wanting you to think of yourself as such a dark and terrible thing. Or the nastier tendency of not wanting to be associated with it in any way and then just watch the denials flow. It's one of the reasons why those of us who are older, have such a problem convincing, or even talking with our friends and family about this. And why so often it isn't believed until we do get an official diagnosis, if indeed even then. Most people don't want their loved ones to set themselves apart, especially in ways that they see in such a negative light. Feeling that they have to accept it, simply on that person's word, is simply too hard for many and comes, if it's self-diagnosis, with the handy defence that they can always use and believe, that it's not official and therefore not real. That it's not a proper diagnosis.
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
Autism Speaks is leaving Canada. Is that a good thing?
Some Canadians are celebrating a major autism organization's decision to pull out of the country, highlighting a shift in the way people think about autism. But others say the group's positive contributions shouldn't be dismissed so quickly.
#autism #organization #canada #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/autism-speaks-leaving-canada-1.7424503?cmp=rss
Some Canadians are celebrating a major autism organization's decision to pull out of the country, highlighting a shift in the way people think about autism. But others say the group's positive contributions shouldn't be dismissed so quickly.
#autism #organization #canada #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/autism-speaks-leaving-canada-1.7424503?cmp=rss
