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They've brought a lock smith now to get into the apartment with the water damage. It's good because that gets us closer to having running water again, bad because now we got drilling sounds in the building and I guess more noises to come. 😬
#ActuallyAutistic
#ActuallyAutistic
Being unwell with a bug going about is the worst sensory experience I've ever experienced and I'm glad I'm over the worst of it. #actuallyautistic
spending time on Mastodon
I enjoy the exposure to different technical / cultural / scientific vocabularies on here. As someone on the spectrum, I read much of that technical lingo as expression of passion.
I find such passion heartening.
I love learning new things, about the world and about humans. Though mostly about the world lol. Lichens, cicadas, tardigrades, megafauna, quasars....
#actuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #LanguageDiversity #autisticJoy #learning @actuallyautistic
I enjoy the exposure to different technical / cultural / scientific vocabularies on here. As someone on the spectrum, I read much of that technical lingo as expression of passion.
I find such passion heartening.
I love learning new things, about the world and about humans. Though mostly about the world lol. Lichens, cicadas, tardigrades, megafauna, quasars....
#actuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #LanguageDiversity #autisticJoy #learning @actuallyautistic
@mutualaid @actuallyautistic
telling my story as a homeless, queer & disabled person with trauma, in an attempt to provide context & hopefully raise awareness to the efforts of my partner & I, so we can get to a better place (in any sense of the word)…
Boosts appreciated 🫶
#CPTSDSurvivor #homeless #Disabled #StrugglingArtist #ActuallyAutistic #MutualAidRequest #Fundraising #fundraiser #crowdfund #MutualAidSavesLives #MutualAid #DisabledCrowdfund #TransCrowdfund #LGBTQIA #trans
From: @LukeOrion
https://indiepocalypse.social/@LukeOrion/113913834680045822
telling my story as a homeless, queer & disabled person with trauma, in an attempt to provide context & hopefully raise awareness to the efforts of my partner & I, so we can get to a better place (in any sense of the word)…
Boosts appreciated 🫶
#CPTSDSurvivor #homeless #Disabled #StrugglingArtist #ActuallyAutistic #MutualAidRequest #Fundraising #fundraiser #crowdfund #MutualAidSavesLives #MutualAid #DisabledCrowdfund #TransCrowdfund #LGBTQIA #trans
From: @LukeOrion
https://indiepocalypse.social/@LukeOrion/113913834680045822
Luke Orion 🏳️⚧️♾️🥄 (@LukeOrion@indiepocalypse.social)
This is a hail Mary in attempt to secure funds for my disabled, queer family to escape homelessness. https://www.tiktok.indiepocalypse social
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
I'm finding Skipper to be extremely helpful, especially as an #ActuallyAutistic person with a brain injury. It's helping me to save and categorize tutorials, videos, games, etc., that I want to look at later without having 1000 tabs open. I think it would be especially helpful for #ADHD and #AuDHD people as well.
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
Yet another “yep! Exactly!” YouTube video from Quinn at Autistamatic covering meltdowns and shutdowns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulDONw3C0Vc #ActuallyAutistic
lol I used to describe it as “my hovercraft is full of eels” because my overwhelm felt like the shrieking eels from the princess bride were proverbially flooding me to a place where it got too nope
lol I used to describe it as “my hovercraft is full of eels” because my overwhelm felt like the shrieking eels from the princess bride were proverbially flooding me to a place where it got too nope
- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
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
🧵 1/2 Last week I receive a language report from new school behaviorist. Bad words my son used, all euphemisms. No context. And a schedule of punishments.
Eventually I found part of the issue was his being triggered by the adult when told his PBT score would be reduced. Then he reacts badly and then the punishments add up. His previous behaviorist figured this out and approached it differently.
#AutisticParenting #ParentingWhileAutistic #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD @actuallyautistic
Eventually I found part of the issue was his being triggered by the adult when told his PBT score would be reduced. Then he reacts badly and then the punishments add up. His previous behaviorist figured this out and approached it differently.
#AutisticParenting #ParentingWhileAutistic #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD @actuallyautistic
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
This is a great research for #actuallyautistic @neurodiversity
"Social cognition in autism and ADHD" Sven Bölte
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106022
"Social cognition alterations alone ultimately explain relatively little of the social functioning of autistic people and those with ADHD. An important environmental aspect for social interaction is stigma, which play in when autistic individuals, those with ADHD and neurotypical people interact, and disclosure of diagnosis either exacerbates, ameliorates, or does not affect stigma.
[...]
There is also evidence for the bidirectionality of social cognition difficulties, i.e. that not only people with ADHD and autistic individuals experience challenges understanding others, but also that neurotypicals have problems reading neurodivergent people. [...] the theory [of the DEP] highlights a lack of mutual understanding, causing social interaction difficulties between autistic and non-autistic people. Despite this, the assumption that alterations in social cognition as being a hallmark of autism is rather universal, where understandings of social challenges as a deficit with the individual remains dominant, and it is experienced by many autistic people as ignorant, dehumanizing and harmful.
[...]
This review suggests several ways to either improve the quality of social cognition research or move the field of social cognition research in autism and ADHD forward, respectively: (i) a more systematic inclusion of age, sex, IQ, culture, and other variables in analyses, (ii) a better and more standardized definition and delineation of social cognition constructs and tests, (iii) the inclusion of the different facets of social cognition in research (implicit/explicit, cognitive/affective, hyper-/hyposocial) as default, (iv) systematic investigation of the role of executive functioning in social cognition performance, and finally (v) increased focus on understanding the role of the environment in social cognition through the lenses of a constructivist approach, including both bidirectionality and sensory setting."
"Social cognition in autism and ADHD" Sven Bölte
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106022
"Social cognition alterations alone ultimately explain relatively little of the social functioning of autistic people and those with ADHD. An important environmental aspect for social interaction is stigma, which play in when autistic individuals, those with ADHD and neurotypical people interact, and disclosure of diagnosis either exacerbates, ameliorates, or does not affect stigma.
[...]
There is also evidence for the bidirectionality of social cognition difficulties, i.e. that not only people with ADHD and autistic individuals experience challenges understanding others, but also that neurotypicals have problems reading neurodivergent people. [...] the theory [of the DEP] highlights a lack of mutual understanding, causing social interaction difficulties between autistic and non-autistic people. Despite this, the assumption that alterations in social cognition as being a hallmark of autism is rather universal, where understandings of social challenges as a deficit with the individual remains dominant, and it is experienced by many autistic people as ignorant, dehumanizing and harmful.
[...]
This review suggests several ways to either improve the quality of social cognition research or move the field of social cognition research in autism and ADHD forward, respectively: (i) a more systematic inclusion of age, sex, IQ, culture, and other variables in analyses, (ii) a better and more standardized definition and delineation of social cognition constructs and tests, (iii) the inclusion of the different facets of social cognition in research (implicit/explicit, cognitive/affective, hyper-/hyposocial) as default, (iv) systematic investigation of the role of executive functioning in social cognition performance, and finally (v) increased focus on understanding the role of the environment in social cognition through the lenses of a constructivist approach, including both bidirectionality and sensory setting."
@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 change my mobile number quite often. Today I changed it because one company offers lower prices and has better coverage than the others (verified by myself).
People like to question and know everything, give advice and admonish those who do these things.
Today, when I announced the change to a few contacts, I had to listen to the usual questions and doubts. All because those close to me know that I worked in intelligence and justice in previous years.
But today the only explanation I gave to everyone, even my daughter, is "because I damn well feel like it."
I don't need bosses or parents at this age. 🤨🤨🤨
#actuallyautistic #bipolar #crazydanger
People like to question and know everything, give advice and admonish those who do these things.
Today, when I announced the change to a few contacts, I had to listen to the usual questions and doubts. All because those close to me know that I worked in intelligence and justice in previous years.
But today the only explanation I gave to everyone, even my daughter, is "because I damn well feel like it."
I don't need bosses or parents at this age. 🤨🤨🤨
#actuallyautistic #bipolar #crazydanger
Hello. I am an #ActuallyAutisticElder self-realised in 2022. I am 71 this year, and my siblings are sceptical. I have had almost 6 decades to mask my Autism, so it isn't surprising that they don't believe me. @actuallyautistic is a welcoming place
You can use #AskingAutistics or just the #ActuallyAutistic tag to find us.
You can use #AskingAutistics or just the #ActuallyAutistic tag to find us.
I was diagnosed with autism in 2023 by a psychologist. I've been kind of struggling with it. My mother and father don't believe that I have it. I have a full time job, which I"m grateful for-it provides me all the 'normal' things I love. But I"m left wondering, how could this have happened? I have things about me that I love.
#actuallyautistic #postdiagnosis
#actuallyautistic #postdiagnosis
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
I realised that I couldn't find a piece breaking down exactly what's so problematic about the word 'symptoms' as applied to features of autistic people, so I wrote it.
Perhaps the key thing is that ALL of the listed 'core symptoms' are *terrible* treatment targets.
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
https://oolong.medium.com/autism-symptoms-are-no-such-thing-fa94c0e97b9a
Perhaps the key thing is that ALL of the listed 'core symptoms' are *terrible* treatment targets.
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
https://oolong.medium.com/autism-symptoms-are-no-such-thing-fa94c0e97b9a
I gave my Facebook connections 2-3 months notice that I was leaving. All of my closest friends locked down other means to keep in touch and I consider myself extremely lucky and I'm very grateful for them. ☺️
What made me laugh though were the comments from some historical friends I knew for ages but were probably really ready to see me go. 🤣
Like: "I'll miss you."
Dearie, if you were going to miss me at all then you'd give me your email address at the very least. 😅 (I didn't tell them that of course. But it's only logic, isn't it?)
Another precious one:
"I want to stay in touch but I don't have a (popular alternative platform) account!"
I asked them: "Is it difficult to get one?"
They didn't reply. 🤣
Another one:
"Thank you for the photos."
I knew that person for years, laughed and cried watching her precious children grow up, shared nothing but love and encouragement, but it's not enough to wanna enter an address & password into the Make Account fields of a different platform. Got it.
Probably the most amazing one: "I didn't want you to think that I thought less of you and didn't give you my contact info, but I don't plan on making another account. Take good care."
Um...does not compute, sorry! 😅
Maybe I've lived in Asian societies too long. Out here, actions speak much louder than words. If you want to let someone go, you just leave. You don't make excuses about why you think someone isn't worth your time or trouble. 😅 You don't have to go through all that weird effort! Really! If you don't want the relationship to continue, a simple "Take care" is enough. "Thanks" is enough. "Goodbye" is enough.
Life is so much easier without weird excuses and explanations.
In 2016, Facebook suddenly kicked me offline with zero explanation. I was unable to open it, or make another account for another 2 years. I had to circumvent the usual method to make it happen. During that time, only 2 people "missed" me enough to email me. And I keep hearing stories like this from others. When friendships just become a series of transactions and reactions, there apparently isn't much motivation to hang on, I get it.
It's an increasingly lonely world we're creating, isn't it, if we remain locked in this trap of reactions & comparisons.
I'm looking forward to getting to know my close friends even better now, and to make new ones, centered around solid, reciprocated communication.
The horizon glows brighter now.
#deletefacebook
#friendships
#relationships
#facebook
#actuallyautistic
What made me laugh though were the comments from some historical friends I knew for ages but were probably really ready to see me go. 🤣
Like: "I'll miss you."
Dearie, if you were going to miss me at all then you'd give me your email address at the very least. 😅 (I didn't tell them that of course. But it's only logic, isn't it?)
Another precious one:
"I want to stay in touch but I don't have a (popular alternative platform) account!"
I asked them: "Is it difficult to get one?"
They didn't reply. 🤣
Another one:
"Thank you for the photos."
I knew that person for years, laughed and cried watching her precious children grow up, shared nothing but love and encouragement, but it's not enough to wanna enter an address & password into the Make Account fields of a different platform. Got it.
Probably the most amazing one: "I didn't want you to think that I thought less of you and didn't give you my contact info, but I don't plan on making another account. Take good care."
Um...does not compute, sorry! 😅
Maybe I've lived in Asian societies too long. Out here, actions speak much louder than words. If you want to let someone go, you just leave. You don't make excuses about why you think someone isn't worth your time or trouble. 😅 You don't have to go through all that weird effort! Really! If you don't want the relationship to continue, a simple "Take care" is enough. "Thanks" is enough. "Goodbye" is enough.
Life is so much easier without weird excuses and explanations.
In 2016, Facebook suddenly kicked me offline with zero explanation. I was unable to open it, or make another account for another 2 years. I had to circumvent the usual method to make it happen. During that time, only 2 people "missed" me enough to email me. And I keep hearing stories like this from others. When friendships just become a series of transactions and reactions, there apparently isn't much motivation to hang on, I get it.
It's an increasingly lonely world we're creating, isn't it, if we remain locked in this trap of reactions & comparisons.
I'm looking forward to getting to know my close friends even better now, and to make new ones, centered around solid, reciprocated communication.
The horizon glows brighter now.
#deletefacebook
#friendships
#relationships
#actuallyautistic
On Australia’s new #NationalAutismStrategy: hey folks, the problem’s not us.
‘..failures to accommodate autistic people in our society are born of systemic and attitudinal barriers constructed with an imperialist, patriarchal context that largely services the needs of heteronormative, neurotypical, non-disabled, middle-aged white men.’
I love you, #GraceTame 🔥🔥 #ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic
(Article is paywalled, but you can sign up to read free.)
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/01/18/national-autism-strategy-v-leaf-blowers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Saturday%20Briefing%20533&utm_content=The%20Saturday%20Briefing%20533%20CID_9fdfbb11adb5b30bb9fd38a590bb0aca&utm_source=EDM&cid=9fdfbb11adb5b30bb9fd38a590bb0aca#mtr
‘..failures to accommodate autistic people in our society are born of systemic and attitudinal barriers constructed with an imperialist, patriarchal context that largely services the needs of heteronormative, neurotypical, non-disabled, middle-aged white men.’
I love you, #GraceTame 🔥🔥 #ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic
(Article is paywalled, but you can sign up to read free.)
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2025/01/18/national-autism-strategy-v-leaf-blowers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Saturday%20Briefing%20533&utm_content=The%20Saturday%20Briefing%20533%20CID_9fdfbb11adb5b30bb9fd38a590bb0aca&utm_source=EDM&cid=9fdfbb11adb5b30bb9fd38a590bb0aca#mtr
National Autism Strategy v leaf blowers
There’s more than one way to clear a pathway. Personally, as a sworn enemy of the leaf blower, I prefer methods that aren’t loud, lazy, clunky and repetitious.Grace Tame (The Saturday Paper)
My brain seems to search for fellow autistic people in my surroundings. I have a hunch that several people I know are on the spectrum. What I'm really not sure about is whether is this just a case of me having the proverbial hammer and seeing nails everywhere. Even more crucially, is it ok for me to say to other people whether they have considered if they're autistic?
In the trans circles it's a rule that one doesn't say to other people that maybe they are trans if they haven't self-identified first. This is because such confrontation may push these people further in the closet even for themselves. Makes sense. Is it the same for autism?
I especially think this in relation to our students. I'm our division's designated person who the students come to see with their study issues. I also routinely see half of each year's students briefly about their studies. In other words, I get to hear about things hindering their studies. Overall, by their own admission, it seems that autism is over-presented in this group. Others haven't mentioned them being ND but certain things they tell me ring a bell. I then circle around it but openly tell about my autism and executive function issues.
I ask you, other autistic people, would've you benefited from/liked if someone had asked whether you've considered if you're autistic, especially when you didn't know it yourself yet? What if it would've been your study advisor? Or a friend who also disclosed their autism?
Disclaimer: I won't act on basis of your answers, I just want to hear what your feelings about this are.
#ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics @actuallyautistic
In the trans circles it's a rule that one doesn't say to other people that maybe they are trans if they haven't self-identified first. This is because such confrontation may push these people further in the closet even for themselves. Makes sense. Is it the same for autism?
I especially think this in relation to our students. I'm our division's designated person who the students come to see with their study issues. I also routinely see half of each year's students briefly about their studies. In other words, I get to hear about things hindering their studies. Overall, by their own admission, it seems that autism is over-presented in this group. Others haven't mentioned them being ND but certain things they tell me ring a bell. I then circle around it but openly tell about my autism and executive function issues.
I ask you, other autistic people, would've you benefited from/liked if someone had asked whether you've considered if you're autistic, especially when you didn't know it yourself yet? What if it would've been your study advisor? Or a friend who also disclosed their autism?
Disclaimer: I won't act on basis of your answers, I just want to hear what your feelings about this are.
#ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics @actuallyautistic
I am #ActuallyAutistic. My son has Chronic OCD. I do see his comments as Ableist. I see him as being lazy in his attitude, and he should do better.
Kleine Studie an der Uniklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Freiburg:
Online-Befragung unter Autist*innen (self-identified und/oder mit formaler Diagnose), um mehr über die individuellen Herausforderungen und Unterstützungsbedarfe in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen zu erfahren.
Offen bis Ende März. Fragen auf deutsch. Unser (sehr netter) Doktorand würde sich über zahlreiche Antworten freuen. 🙂
Es sind extra viele Freitext-Felder drin, damit möglichst wenig Info zwischen Ankreuz-Möglichkeiten verloren geht. (Ihr wisst, was ich meine, oder?)
https://zks-redcap.uniklinik-freiburg.de/surveys/?s=YWRYFAK4FYP4RXMM
Gerne boosten!
#actuallyautistic
@actuallyautistic
Online-Befragung unter Autist*innen (self-identified und/oder mit formaler Diagnose), um mehr über die individuellen Herausforderungen und Unterstützungsbedarfe in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen zu erfahren.
Offen bis Ende März. Fragen auf deutsch. Unser (sehr netter) Doktorand würde sich über zahlreiche Antworten freuen. 🙂
Es sind extra viele Freitext-Felder drin, damit möglichst wenig Info zwischen Ankreuz-Möglichkeiten verloren geht. (Ihr wisst, was ich meine, oder?)
https://zks-redcap.uniklinik-freiburg.de/surveys/?s=YWRYFAK4FYP4RXMM
Gerne boosten!
#actuallyautistic
@actuallyautistic
Mein bisher persönlichster Blogbeitrag:
https://www.travelontoast.de/reisen-autismus-adhs-erwachsene/
#ADHS #actuallyadhd #Autismus #actuallyautistic #AuDHS
https://www.travelontoast.de/reisen-autismus-adhs-erwachsene/
#ADHS #actuallyadhd #Autismus #actuallyautistic #AuDHS
Leben und Reisen mit Autismus und ADHS als Erwachsene
Als Autistin mit ADHS ging ich auf Weltreise und bin seither Reisebloggerin. Meine Tipps fürs Reisen mit Autismus und ADHS als Erwachsene.Anja Beckmann (Reiseblog Travel on Toast)
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
@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic #autistic #autisticMasking
I got permission from the author to bring this amazing comic about masking here.
If you like their work and want to help them you can become a Patron:
https://www.patreon.com/c/autiebiographical
Or check out their shop:
https://www.autiebiographical.com/category/all-products
And I got their book (Xmas gift)!![There's a reason autistic people can experience burnout due to masking.
[Image description: Honeydew explains masking to a friend. The comic is titled "Masking Job" and is made by Theresa Scovil.
Panel 1:
A friend happily asks Honeydew "Could you explain masking to me? I want to have a better understanding."
Honeydew smiles.
Panel 2:
Honeydew says "Sure. Have you ever worked in retail?"
The friend looks confused as they say "Yeah?"
Panel 3:
Honeydew says "Masking is like being in perpetual customer service mode."
Panel 4:
Honeydew continues. "You have to modify your behaviour to placate everyone around you to avoid reprimand."
Panel 5:
Honeydew goes on. "You also have to endure when you're uncomfortable. Any respite is often frowned upon."
Panel 6:
Honeydew finishes off by saying "Masking is like being an unpaid retail worker."
The friend looks shocked as they say "Oh. Oh god."]](https://friendica-leipzig.de/photo/preview/1024/430825 "There's a reason autistic people can experience burnout due to masking.
[Image description: Honeydew explains masking to a friend. The comic is titled \"Masking Job\" and is made by Theresa Scovil.
Panel 1:
A friend happily asks Honeydew \"Could you explain masking to me? I want to have a better understanding.\"
Honeydew smiles.
Panel 2:
Honeydew says \"Sure. Have you ever worked in retail?\"
The friend looks confused as they say \"Yeah?\"
Panel 3:
Honeydew says \"Masking is like being in perpetual customer service mode.\"
Panel 4:
Honeydew continues. \"You have to modify your behaviour to placate everyone around you to avoid reprimand.\"
Panel 5:
Honeydew goes on. \"You also have to endure when you're uncomfortable. Any respite is often frowned upon.\"
Panel 6:
Honeydew finishes off by saying \"Masking is like being an unpaid retail worker.\"
The friend looks shocked as they say \"Oh. Oh god.\"]")
I got permission from the author to bring this amazing comic about masking here.
If you like their work and want to help them you can become a Patron:
https://www.patreon.com/c/autiebiographical
Or check out their shop:
https://www.autiebiographical.com/category/all-products
And I got their book (Xmas gift)!
![There's a reason autistic people can experience burnout due to masking.
[Image description: Honeydew explains masking to a friend. The comic is titled "Masking Job" and is made by Theresa Scovil.
Panel 1:
A friend happily asks Honeydew "Could you explain masking to me? I want to have a better understanding."
Honeydew smiles.
Panel 2:
Honeydew says "Sure. Have you ever worked in retail?"
The friend looks confused as they say "Yeah?"
Panel 3:
Honeydew says "Masking is like being in perpetual customer service mode."
Panel 4:
Honeydew continues. "You have to modify your behaviour to placate everyone around you to avoid reprimand."
Panel 5:
Honeydew goes on. "You also have to endure when you're uncomfortable. Any respite is often frowned upon."
Panel 6:
Honeydew finishes off by saying "Masking is like being an unpaid retail worker."
The friend looks shocked as they say "Oh. Oh god."]](https://cdn.masto.host/paquitamastohost/media_attachments/files/113/826/186/772/553/493/original/84304ad0a567f4b5.jpg "There's a reason autistic people can experience burnout due to masking.
[Image description: Honeydew explains masking to a friend. The comic is titled \"Masking Job\" and is made by Theresa Scovil.
Panel 1:
A friend happily asks Honeydew \"Could you explain masking to me? I want to have a better understanding.\"
Honeydew smiles.
Panel 2:
Honeydew says \"Sure. Have you ever worked in retail?\"
The friend looks confused as they say \"Yeah?\"
Panel 3:
Honeydew says \"Masking is like being in perpetual customer service mode.\"
Panel 4:
Honeydew continues. \"You have to modify your behaviour to placate everyone around you to avoid reprimand.\"
Panel 5:
Honeydew goes on. \"You also have to endure when you're uncomfortable. Any respite is often frowned upon.\"
Panel 6:
Honeydew finishes off by saying \"Masking is like being an unpaid retail worker.\"
The friend looks shocked as they say \"Oh. Oh god.\"]")
I read that Ozzy Osbourne stopped taking LSD one day when he had an hour-long talk with a horse and at the end the horse told him to "fuck off."
After 24 years of going back and forth with gluten intolerance, a year ago I had a very serious conversation with a loaf of bread. One day when my wife left, I decided to face what seemed like an addiction. I put a loaf of bread cut in half on the table and started having a chat with him. Lots of questions and lots of answers. After that conversation, many things became clear to me and I haven't eaten it again absolutely no gluten since then.
Surely Ozzy's horse was a projection like my bread. It's a good method, it works.
#ozzyosbourne #horse #gluten #actuallyautistic
After 24 years of going back and forth with gluten intolerance, a year ago I had a very serious conversation with a loaf of bread. One day when my wife left, I decided to face what seemed like an addiction. I put a loaf of bread cut in half on the table and started having a chat with him. Lots of questions and lots of answers. After that conversation, many things became clear to me and I haven't eaten it again absolutely no gluten since then.
Surely Ozzy's horse was a projection like my bread. It's a good method, it works.
#ozzyosbourne #horse #gluten #actuallyautistic
This morning I'm thinking about the differences and overlap between being shy, sensitive, introvert, and autistic. I was a very sensitive kid and thought I'm shy. When I grew up and learned about introversion vs extroversion, it was easy to latch onto introversion. I'm shy, that equals introvert, right?
Except that these days I'm not so sure. I don't think I'm shy. I'm sensitive, that's for sure. I don't know how a NT mind works and it's hard to get to know people. Except it isn't too hard if the circumstances (and people) are right. What is hard is talking with people as my mind simply doesn't tell me what to say.
Because of this, now I'm not even sure I'm an introvert. Reading my high school diary reminds me that I wasn't acting introverted there. I knew those people. Then again, I had a role. I remember crying at one point in the uni to some other people that I've been wearing a mask at least since high school. Woo boy, how right I was! Didn't know anything about masking at that time. I wasn't talking exactly about autistic masking but in hindsight, I was super close to a breakthrough that day.
#ActuallyAutistic #introvert #masking @actuallyautistic
Except that these days I'm not so sure. I don't think I'm shy. I'm sensitive, that's for sure. I don't know how a NT mind works and it's hard to get to know people. Except it isn't too hard if the circumstances (and people) are right. What is hard is talking with people as my mind simply doesn't tell me what to say.
Because of this, now I'm not even sure I'm an introvert. Reading my high school diary reminds me that I wasn't acting introverted there. I knew those people. Then again, I had a role. I remember crying at one point in the uni to some other people that I've been wearing a mask at least since high school. Woo boy, how right I was! Didn't know anything about masking at that time. I wasn't talking exactly about autistic masking but in hindsight, I was super close to a breakthrough that day.
#ActuallyAutistic #introvert #masking @actuallyautistic
I just found out that my hearing problems, tinnitus and balance disorder are also related to the damn Hashimoto's.
Apparently my thyroid has been failing, attacked by antibodies for many years. In fact, for my physical build it should have a volume of between 20 and 23 cubic mm and It is, if lucky, a little more than 5 mm3, and is almost completely atrophied.
Over the past three years my ears have gotten worse at the same rate as my thyroid.
If it were just about going deaf, which was something I had already assumed and accepted, it wouldn't be much of a problem. But now the vestibular problem that doesn't let me even walk properly is another issue. For now the only thing that improves it is to continue taking corticosteroids.
#autoimmune #autoimmunedisease #hashimotosdisease #thyroid #deafness #tinnitus #actuallyautistic
Apparently my thyroid has been failing, attacked by antibodies for many years. In fact, for my physical build it should have a volume of between 20 and 23 cubic mm and It is, if lucky, a little more than 5 mm3, and is almost completely atrophied.
Over the past three years my ears have gotten worse at the same rate as my thyroid.
If it were just about going deaf, which was something I had already assumed and accepted, it wouldn't be much of a problem. But now the vestibular problem that doesn't let me even walk properly is another issue. For now the only thing that improves it is to continue taking corticosteroids.
#autoimmune #autoimmunedisease #hashimotosdisease #thyroid #deafness #tinnitus #actuallyautistic
@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
An interesting question, but probably not really the right one to be asking: is #neurodiversity scientific?
A quick read for you. 3-ish minutes.
#science #philosophy #ActuallyAutistic
https://oolong.medium.com/neurodiversity-and-science-41fc303a1782
A quick read for you. 3-ish minutes.
#science #philosophy #ActuallyAutistic
https://oolong.medium.com/neurodiversity-and-science-41fc303a1782
I am from the generation that grew up without air conditioning, cell phones or internet. I walked to school, read paper books, hundreds of books, went to the library to study and played with cows, chickens, rabbits, I collected eggs from the chickens every day. I could walk for miles in the afternoon with friends, I watched birds with my grandfather, I had all the animals I loved as pets.
Nowadays I see that most people, especially the latest generations, assume that everything they have today is natural and has always been available. They believe that luxuries are needs and whims are rights. Humanity is forgetting that life is hard, that what has been achieved is the fruit of the tremendous effort of previous generations.
They do not see that many millions of humans still have very difficult lives, they die of hunger and they do not have a bed or clothes or medicine.
The world seen on social media is not the real world. Billions of people do not have their basic needs met. But there are people who believe that everything is about politics or equally stupid things.
Millions are being sacrificed to fatten the bank accounts of a few eccentrics who live absurd fantasy lives.
It is not difficult to think for a moment and see that every luxury and comfort that you have and believe is an inalienable right, costs the lives and dignity of millions of people mired in poverty.
What the fuck could those people who are barely surviving, or rather, subsurviving, care about your stupid activism?
You're not going to change the world by wiping your ass with silk after shitting in your marble toilet and going to publish your naive digital toy soldier slogans.
No one is special for being autistic, for their gender, for their skin color, or for anything else they imagine makes them special. If the universe gives a shit about you, imagine how many people die in poverty every day, how much it gives a shit about you.
#activism #actuallyautistic #rant #boomer
Nowadays I see that most people, especially the latest generations, assume that everything they have today is natural and has always been available. They believe that luxuries are needs and whims are rights. Humanity is forgetting that life is hard, that what has been achieved is the fruit of the tremendous effort of previous generations.
They do not see that many millions of humans still have very difficult lives, they die of hunger and they do not have a bed or clothes or medicine.
The world seen on social media is not the real world. Billions of people do not have their basic needs met. But there are people who believe that everything is about politics or equally stupid things.
Millions are being sacrificed to fatten the bank accounts of a few eccentrics who live absurd fantasy lives.
It is not difficult to think for a moment and see that every luxury and comfort that you have and believe is an inalienable right, costs the lives and dignity of millions of people mired in poverty.
What the fuck could those people who are barely surviving, or rather, subsurviving, care about your stupid activism?
You're not going to change the world by wiping your ass with silk after shitting in your marble toilet and going to publish your naive digital toy soldier slogans.
No one is special for being autistic, for their gender, for their skin color, or for anything else they imagine makes them special. If the universe gives a shit about you, imagine how many people die in poverty every day, how much it gives a shit about you.
#activism #actuallyautistic #rant #boomer
Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 438 , Wednesday 08/01/2025
Snow day 4, we are down to eggs of unknown origin, maybe dinosaur eggs, maybe…
Clean out of lemon soaked napkins, & I swear I saw a penguin earlier! (Maybe the eggs were penguin eggs?)
There is a lone seagull that keeps hovering over our house like a vulture, I’m sure he’s waiting for me venture out & then snaffle me to feed his 16 hungry chicks!
Sophie & Alice heard about the sleigh pulling plan,they were not amused, I’m still looking for what’s left of the sleigh!
It’s possible that cabin(et) fever has now got a through hold of me! (Cue maniacal laugh!)
16:39 we have an energy saving session this evening between 5 & 6pm so I am turning off all that can be turned off!
18:05 Yay we spent the last hour in candle light reading our ebooks & generally using as little electric as possible!
Final Thoughts.
All this daftness is to camouflage the fact I’ve felt bläh all day & needed some light relief!
Looks like we might get a thaw on Monday … so the snow adventure could last another 4 days 😆
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves
Snow day 4, we are down to eggs of unknown origin, maybe dinosaur eggs, maybe…
Clean out of lemon soaked napkins, & I swear I saw a penguin earlier! (Maybe the eggs were penguin eggs?)
There is a lone seagull that keeps hovering over our house like a vulture, I’m sure he’s waiting for me venture out & then snaffle me to feed his 16 hungry chicks!
Sophie & Alice heard about the sleigh pulling plan,they were not amused, I’m still looking for what’s left of the sleigh!
It’s possible that cabin(et) fever has now got a through hold of me! (Cue maniacal laugh!)
16:39 we have an energy saving session this evening between 5 & 6pm so I am turning off all that can be turned off!
18:05 Yay we spent the last hour in candle light reading our ebooks & generally using as little electric as possible!
Final Thoughts.
All this daftness is to camouflage the fact I’ve felt bläh all day & needed some light relief!
Looks like we might get a thaw on Monday … so the snow adventure could last another 4 days 😆
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves
hey, hi!
i'm looking for resources that might help in a neurotypical + neurodivergent relationship. something the NT (and ND) can educate themselves with and something the ND can use to better communicate their needs and how their brain works to their loved ones.
ADHD is a given, autism is not/(but possible, and there's a lot of overlap). so ideally these resources would be somewhat generalized so it doesn't seem like "okay so you're saying you're autistic?"
thank you!
@actuallyadhd @askingadhd @actuallyautisic
#actuallyADHD #askingADHD
#actuallyAutistic #askingAutistics #neurodivergent #ADHD
i'm looking for resources that might help in a neurotypical + neurodivergent relationship. something the NT (and ND) can educate themselves with and something the ND can use to better communicate their needs and how their brain works to their loved ones.
ADHD is a given, autism is not/(but possible, and there's a lot of overlap). so ideally these resources would be somewhat generalized so it doesn't seem like "okay so you're saying you're autistic?"
thank you!
@actuallyadhd @askingadhd @actuallyautisic
#actuallyADHD #askingADHD
#actuallyAutistic #askingAutistics #neurodivergent #ADHD