Masthash

#autism

Teague
3 hours ago

Oh my, I just started a blog on my website 🤪. Who even am I? 😂

In future it will be filled with tips and tricks about photographing in the world whilst living with autism, and creating art as a queer trans man wanting community unity.

I hope you drop by, share with your folx, and find it mighty helpful. 😍

https://tlwvision.au/blog/here-i-am-070623

#TLWVision #MastoArt #autism #artistWithADisability

Kaniggia JP
12 hours ago

There are many high school students who say, “I will take university entrance exams for the time being.”

In Japan, many students try to enter universities at the age of 18, and for some reason I (or rather, my parents) do the same without thinking too much about it.

In the future, it would be good to enter after finding out what you want to learn as you get older.
I tell my son that too.

#childcare #autism #education #ADHD

Lynn McAlister UE
12 hours ago

@servelan @hosford42 @actuallyautistic I started using a Day-Timer decades ago (when I knew about my #ADHD but not about #autism). I know it won't work for everyone, but for me it has become an indispensible tool for daily living.

Dr. Megan Connell
20 hours ago

One of the groups I work with are women and girls on the #Autism spectrum. I love helping this population as they work to understand their own unique challenges and strengths. more information at https://www.hqpsych.com/autism

Dreamzilla
1 day ago

A lil’ bit about our mission from our founder. Give us a follow on TikTok for more!

https://TikTok.com/@dreamzillaorg

#neurodiversity
#neurodiversityrocks
#neurodivergent
#bigbadself
#autism
#autistic
#adhd

Dreamzilla
1 day ago

Some highlights from our first event, a #sensorysafe paddock tour at during the GT World Challenge America race at @COTA

Read the recap at https://dreamzilla.org/blogs/news/dreamzilla-hosts-sensory-safe-paddock-tour-at-circuit-of-the-americas

#neurodiversity
#neurodivergent
#autism
#autistic
#racecar

BlackPixelDust: Art :autism:
1 day ago

Hi new people.
I'm autistic & adhd: Just a reminder, if I'm switching thoughts and ideas rapidly and its giving you whiplash. (This isnt a flippant joke. I really am.)

I mean its giving me whiplash too but I'm kinda used to it after 3 decades. Kinda...🙃

I struggle to stay on the same thought for more than a minute, and the thought can come back anywhere within hours to years.

So, that's just how my posts and artwork will be.

#autism #adhd

I have done O N E good coping mechanism

I shall reward myself with T H R E E bad coping mechanism

As a treat.

#audhd #autism #adhd #disability

A week later, @autismcrisis shares: ... retraction notice for egregious baseless "autism tsunami" paper claiming dire consequences ("a serious threat to the economic future of the U.S.") if autism is not prevented

And a reply, from @KatyCycles: Gosh, best not tell them that Autism has already happened and they probably wouldn’t have modern software & data security let alone any number of other brilliant contributions to the world without it.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-023-06016-4

#RhymesWithCakewalk #autism

Stuart D Neilson
1 day ago

"We must begin the process of making #Cork an #autism-friendly city... The majority of towns and villages have few if any public #toilets. The situation in #CorkCity is no different.
The provision of #toilet and #seating facilities is an #equality issue: For older persons, those with young children, those without money to spend in private enterprise, and those with a #disability, #access to a toilet can be the difference between #communities being #accessible or not.”
https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41155252.html

Kaniggia JP
2 days ago

I think it's almost impossible in Japan to change a school from the inside.
School supremacy will change if we do not create an organization outside the school, centered not on the school but on the board of education, etc.
And under the board there should be options of usual schools, free schools, alternative schools, and home schools.

#childcare #autism #education #ADHD

Oden
2 days ago

I'm autistic, mentally and chronically ill, not a CHILD.

#autism #Fibromyalgia #bpd #bipolardisorder #severeanxiety

for2dblacked
2 days ago
🏳️‍🌈 June is still LGBT Pride Month and I have not become any less woke. 🏳️‍🌈

Next up: "The Gays 🌈"

Link doesn't speak, but damn, that boy can think up some very unwoke stuff 🧠 It's okay though, he's only racist during sex.

#blacked #bbc #shota #yaoi #faggot #gay #caption #goon #autism #humiliation #thelegendofzelda #link #LGBTpridemonth #pridemonth #lgbt
Dr Becci Quirky Brain Coach
2 days ago

One of the things I'm experimenting with is arousal induction.

What can I use to switch my mood/energy and work up some energy to DO something?

Music helps and chewing something helps. I become much more energised and can launch into a task.

What helps you?

#ADHD #Autism #AuDHD

Margaret McGaffey Fisk
2 days ago

I snagged this link from a friend of Facebook for my blog, but thought it might resonate here too. It's about one woman's experience growing up autistic without the diagnosis and why that's more common than generally believed. #autism #MentalHealth #WomenWithAutism

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/theres-no-one-way-to-be-autistic/p0fqdsrd

Kaniggia JP
3 days ago

The school counselors at the elementary and junior high schools when my sons stopped going to school, all talked about "how to get my sons back to school," and my wife and I were heavily blamed. .

In October 2019, the Japanese government announced a new "how to support school refusal".
Has the current support changed?

#childcare #autism #education #ADHD

AHAHAHA, it's funny because it's true.

#autism #adhd #auadhd #cptsd #bpd

David Gray-Hammond
3 days ago

We all have blind spots, because no one can live through all possible experiences. But people can make choices to either find and reduce them or to pretend they don't exist.

#Autism #autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance #Acceptance #Understanding #Advocacy

Katy J.E.
3 days ago

Does anyone know what it actually means when people say "early interventions" for autistic kids?

Until I've got my head around what it means, I don't think I can even hope to answer the question of whether they're good or not!

#Autism

Queen Valhalla
3 days ago

@doctorjaymarie

#RubyBridges was more progressive at 6 than #Kamala will ever be. I voted for the neolibs because #fascism.

Kamala is a cop at heart. She pandered to #cannabis users. I use it for #PTSD, #autism, ulcerative colitis. I DESPISE her for mocking me. Joe #Biden is a corporate #Delaware (tax haven) ghoul. He won with a promise of helping with #studentdebt, medical cannabis. I paid off my child's loans 42K and they got #creditscore hit.

Why do YOU think poll numbers are low?

Shino Me
3 days ago

#Birdism aka #autism
Restricted interests: sitting on trees, only interested in repeating the same birdsongs.
Stimming = flying (sometimes problems with anger management if not allowed to fly. Restraining the wings is sometimes the only way to prefent from moving the wings)

Shino Me
3 days ago

Asking #allistic about #autism is like asking fishes about #Birdism: being scared about breathing under water. Ducks are highfunctioning-birds and hummingbirds low-functioning.

Because they judge "functioning" by the ability to accept having the head under water. The longer, the more functioning.

Showing fear of drowing is a symptom, that can be reduced by exposing the bird to water again and again. The best way to (dis)solve the problem, is to "teach" the bird to be under water.

Autistic Writer
3 days ago

Part 140: False Starts And Big Pauses
In this week's blog; Sia and the BBC. Also, some important information about the future of the blog. The link is in my profile.
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
#Sia

David Gray-Hammond
3 days ago
Text reads "autism and psychosis are a significant intersection

We need to start talking about it"
Autistic Writer
4 days ago

In tomorrow’s blog, Sia in the news again! Plus, some important news about the blog and my writing. It goes live Sunday 4th June at 08:00 GMT, here:
https://darrenscothern.com/blog/
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic

Charlotte Hunter
4 days ago

I stole this quote from a social research textbook years ago and framed it. Little did I know I was struggling with this aspect of my autistic experience. I need, even expect, people to explain their intentions when they communicate with me or anyone else.
#Autism #Sociology

Image of a wooden picture frame with a quote reading "If we do not ask people why they do things and what those things mean to them, we will nevertheless still talk about their meanings, and of necessity, invent them. The problem is that we are just as likely to guess wrong as to guess right."
Sam Adeleine
4 days ago

I just heard about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_demand_avoidance and by God it's me. Anytime I'm told I "should" do something, it immediately takes 5 times more energy to do it, whether I wanted to do it or not. I thought it was a traumatic response from my mom who still insists on giving me her "suggestions"; didn't think of it as an autism thing. #Autism #AuDHD

Stimpunks Foundation
4 days ago

Monotropism and the Double Empathy Problem are two of the biggest and most important things to happen to autism research. Get in touch with modern autism science in this issue.

Stimpunks Guide to the NeurodiVerse Issue #5: Redefining Autism Science with Monotropism and the Double Empathy Problem

https://stimpunks.org/2023/06/03/stimpunks-guide-to-the-neurodiverse-issue-5-redefining-autism-science-with-monotropism-and-the-double-empathy-problem/

#autism #monotropism #DoubleEmpathyProblem

Sagaliciouzzz
4 days ago

Sometimes it's hard to know what people mean with #masking. Like, are you talking about #covid or #adhd / #autism?

@Ms_Ellen_F
4 days ago

Wow!
"Emerging research has implicated inflammation and immunological dysfunction as potential players in a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions, including #schizophrenia, #depression and #autism.
#Lupus
https://www.facebook.com/8002724/posts/pfbid0WWhjLcsWyTGnhdBEG82pMfgyYBJtZrn4fp4ymMRU8gvnV4pnZpoG6sBWcTbH5ASJl/?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=VhDh1V

RobinSohn
5 days ago

K1 möchte vor dem Einschlafen noch ein bisschen im aktuellen Lieblingsbuch lesen. Es holt die Formelsammlung. Weissde Bescheid. 🥰 #autism

My boy is autistic.

#link #BOTW #autism

GötterdämmerCät
5 days ago

Autism Advocates Are Dreading a Campaign Season of Insinuations About Ron DeSantis - POLITICO https://apple.news/ABTvzz5mIQei3ueaSp9sTUA #autism #autistic

Elizabeth Lee 👻
5 days ago

New instance, new #introduction!

My name is Elizabeth (she/her) & I'm #ActuallyAutistic. I have an #autoimmune disease that messes w/ my hands but you usually can't tell because I talk a *lot* 😆

I also have a cat named Moon, too many unread books on my Kindle, a flower garden taking over my apartment balcony & I get ridiculously excited about #Halloween.

A few interests: #Birding, #Gardening, #HousePlants, #Books & #Horror (books, movies & TV).

Feel free to say hi! 🤓

#Autism #Spoonie

Mufasa
5 days ago

Singer #Sia reveals she has been diagnosed with #autism

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65764285

Narrated BBC video report.
Charlotte Hunter
5 days ago

Here's an interview I had the pleasure of doing last month with Anne Borden King (https://a4aontario.com) on autistic self-advocacy through the generations. It was my first time being out as autistic and out as trans at the same time, and on camera, and answering questions, so I was pretty nervous. I want to thank NUAbility for putting this #NationalAccessAbilityWeek conference together.
#DisabilityJustice #Autism #TwoSpirit
https://youtu.be/-0Gi_X48iDg

The Progressive
6 days ago

"Children and adults with disabilities have continued to suffer from painful and dangerous electric shocks. We urge you to end this abuse."
- @autselfadvocacy

#ableism #abuse #autism

Click the link below to read more.
https://progressive.org/latest/smart-ass-cripple-the-right-to-not-be-shocked-ervin-20230531/

Aisling Walsh
6 days ago

"Priscilla exists in a strange time capsule... drag queens were coming out of the ballrooms and into the living rooms of regular families around the world for lost little neuroqueer kids like me to stumble upon..." you can read more here⬇

https://autcasts.substack.com/p/you-can-make-a-fine-living-in-a-pair

@actuallyautistic

#autism #actuallyautistic #ADHD #neurodivergent #movies #films #priscilla #suburbia #growingup #pride #pridemonth #queer #neuroqueer #neurokin #neuropride

Kelly's Shenanigans
6 days ago

I'll also plug that both our #cargobikes are electric, and e-cargobikes can be helpful for some disabled people. I, for example, get sore and tired easily due to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and I find driving sensorily overwhelming due to speed because of Autism and ADHD. Electric cargobikes go slower, can carry all the things I need, and help me move even if I'm too tired/sore to walk or pedal an analog bike. They are barrier removers, and mobility devices. #Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #YEGBike

Anya
6 days ago

Have I mentioned my irritation with my therapist?

She has spent the last 4 years giving me advice for adjusting to life as neurodivergent without actually suggesting I get tested!

So many little...almost passive aggressive phrases. Is that normal for CBT therapy ??

#adhd #autism #AuDHD #CBT #therapy

Sia: I’m autistic

The Autistic community: how unfortunate for you that you are still an asshole.

#fucksia #autism #autistic

My cancer, which was in my brain stem, and the treatment I got for it lessened my ability at masking my pansexuality, desire for polyamory, desire for BDSM, and my autism. I wrote an article about it:

https://medium.com/prismnpen/did-my-cancer-turn-me-queer-and-autistic-e49678766e1a

#lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer #ComingOut #cancer #CreativeNonFiction #sex #BDSM #autism #ActuallyAutistic #pansexual #pansexuality #polyamory #polyamorous #divorce #lymphoma #PCNSLymphoma #CNS #PhysicalHealth #MentalHealth #BrainStem #chemo #StemCellTransplant #masking

Steve Silberman
1 week ago

Speaking as an #autism historian, this is ridiculous harmful nonsense. But because Elon is a billionaire, the media has to pretend that it's a serious idea. https://reuters.com/science/elon-musks-neuralink-gets-us-fda-approval-human-clinical-study-brain-implants-2023-05-25/

Josh Susser
1 week ago

I'm trying to put together a short list of the basic concepts that are essential to understanding the #ActuallyAutistic experience of life. These can be helpful for explaining things to allistics/neurotypicals, but also for seeing ourselves from our own perspective instead of how we are failed NTs. I think it's just a few (albeit big) concepts. Here's my basic list:

- #DoubleEmpathyProblem
- #SocialModelOfDisability
- #Monotropism
- #VariableCompetency
- #CPTSD

#AskingAutistics Do you have your own short list of concepts for understanding or explaining #autism? What are the big ideas that shape your experience of #autistic life?

I was just driving into town (it's dark here) and was getting SO annoyed that every car coming the opposite way had their high beams on.

..and then I remembered I'm #autistic and they don't have their highs on, I'm just completely sensory overloaded after today.

#audhd #autism #adhd #disability

Managing Stress: The Needs of Autistic Adults in Video Calling

https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3359236

Video calling (VC) aims to create multi-modal, collaborative environments that are "just like being there." However, we found that autistic individuals, who exhibit atypical social and cognitive processing, may not share this goal.

I feel like I could write an essay about this...

#psychology @psychology #autism @actuallyautistic

ProPublica
1 week ago

Feds Say Deputies in Louisiana May Have Violated Law in Death of Autistic Teen
==

Officers sat on the 16-year-old’s back for nine minutes before he died. They claim they needed to do so because he posed a threat.

https://www.propublica.org/article/feds-say-jefferson-parish-deputies-may-have-violated-law-eric-parsa-death?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Louisiana #Police #Autism #Autistic #CriminalJustice #Teens #DOJ

GoatsLive
1 week ago

My autistic adult son had a nice chat with Rose this afternoon.
私の自閉症の成人息子は今日の午後、ローズと楽しくおしゃべりをしました。#autism #ヤギ #goats #GoatsOfMastodon

A man in a maroon shirt and wearing hearing protection, interacts with a tan goat with horns, as the goat looks over the fence to see if the man has treats for her. He did, he did!

I'll be frank. I need more people reading me on #Medium and more people subscribing on ko-fi.

I'm #disabled from my #cancer, but also from the fact that my #cancer caused me to lose my ability to #mask my #autism. Maybe I'll be able to find myself in place in the workplace, but right now I'm not seeing it.

#Subscriptions on ko-fi start as low as one dollar a month. At that level you're supporting me and you get to direct message me if you want to.

#kofi

https://ko-fi.com/terminalimpala

Cats Who Code 💙💛
1 week ago

My wife got her test confirmed! She is #AutHD! #Autism #ADHD #neurodivergent

Johnny Profane Âû
1 week ago

A group of us are brain-storming about forming a neurodivergent collective, where we share skills, inspiration, and create a pipeline for new creatives, new voices in #autism have an easy, free platform to publish articles, podcasts, videos, and more.

As part of this effort we're exploring tranisitioning my successful AutisticAF Out Loud blog, podcast, and YouTube channel from my personal effort to a resource and publishing pipeline for all neurodivergent creatives.

8 of us... so far... are beginning to divide up tasks and kick around ideas toward a Mission statement.

If you have an interest... join the converstation:

https://join.slack.com/t/afolcollectiv-5w81325/shared_invite/zt-1w8mg9okx-6XoRlUAtDhFfzgxTHp_Wzw

@actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics #neurodivergent #neurodiversity

A fantasy logo, an "A" created from 3 rainbow infinity symbols, creating a whole. The text below is translated from the French to "This is not a logo... but it could be." It's a kind of pun on a Magritte painting.
Cats Who Code 💙💛
1 week ago

My wife is having her #AuDHD evaluation today and I'm here supporting her! #neurodivergent #Autism #ADHD :flan_strong: 🧠

The removalists packed almost everything today, including my meds because telling them not to pack a specific box and putting a giant neon pink sticky note on it wasn't enough.

They're all in a box inside a truck inside a locked security area in another suburb.

I at least have some insulin because that's kept in the fridge. But my 3 anti-hypertensives, 2 diabetic meds, fibromyalgia meds, pain relief, adhd meds and migraine meds are all packed in a box.

#Disability #audhd #autism #adhd #MovingHouseSucks

callmecarm
1 week ago

New Substack Post:

Accepting My Differences & Limitations as Self-care
Part 2: Neurodivergence & Dysregulation

"Just observing what was happening in my body and making some connection as to why or seeing what might help make my life easier (no matter how weird it might look or feel) made all the difference in how I show up or take care of myself."

#autism #adhd #amwriting #essay #disability #writing #trauma #cptsd #ptsd #photo #photography #mentalhealth

Read here: https://open.substack.com/pub/callmecarm/p/accepting-my-differences-and-limitations-5de?r=3p2jy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Background photo: a sandy path cut through tall man-sized reeds leading to the ocean on the horizon. There's a perfectly clear blue sky above. At the very top there is writing that says: "callmecarm.substack.com" and underneath that reads "Accepting My Differences & Limitations as Self-care Part 2: Neurodivergence & Dysregulation"
ReimanSaara
1 week ago

@rabia_elizabeth @actuallyautistic

I am the thoughts I choose to cultivate and express. The older I get, the more I have to take responsibility of what I am, because every moment is another moment when I get to make choices that build who I am.

Like all beings in this reality, I am both fragile and finite and an infinite part of World All. My Ancestors are behind me, and I will be behind of some things that will be after I am gone.

And where does #Autism fit in all this? 5/

Rabi'a Elizabeth
1 week ago

'I asked people one question: Who are you?

Almost unilaterally, non-autistic people began describing themselves in terms of their relationships to others– if they were a parent, a spouse, what their career was, where they lived, what their religion is, and what their roles were related to others (sister to a Senator, military brat, pastor’s wife, soccer mom, etc.).

And, almost unilaterally, #Autistic people described themselves as what they loved to do, what their values were, and what they had experienced. Many even said this, having intuited the basis of the theory. Among the answers were, “I am a verb,” or “I am what I love,” or “Who I am is what I do.” Autistics would answer, “Lover of Justice,” or “Dreamer,” or “One who values autonomy.” Some would describe themselves as a “lover of” or “obsessed with” an intense passion, like trains, lichen and fungi, or theoretical physics and black holes.'

@actuallyautistic

#Autism #Neurodivergence #Identity

https://neuroclastic.com/the-identity-theory-of-autism-how-autistic-identity-is-experienced-differently/

Johnny Profane Âû
1 week ago

A group of us are brain-storming about forming a neurodivergent collective, where we share skills, inspiration, and create a pipeline for new creatives, new voices in #autism have an easy, free platform to publish articles, podcasts, videos, and more.

As part of this effort we're exploring tranisitioning my successful AutisticAF Out Loud blog, podcast, and YouTube channel from my personal effort to a resource and publishing pipeline for all neurodivergent creatives.

8 of us... so far... are beginning to divide up tasks and kick around ideas toward a Mission statement.

If you have an interest... join the converstation:

https://join.slack.com/t/afolcollectiv-5w81325/shared_invite/zt-1w8mg9okx-6XoRlUAtDhFfzgxTHp_Wzw

@actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics #neurodivergent #neurodiversity

A logo of an A made from rainbow infinity symbols. Below it reads "Ceci n'est pas ce un logo... mais ce pourrant l'etre."

which is a take off on the caption to a Magritte painting. It translates to English as "This is not a logo... but it could be."

I'm so incredibly stressed with moving that I can't even explain it. And friends keep explaining to me "yeah, moving is stressful but you'll be ok."

What if I'm not? Like I'm agoraphobic and I literally have people in my house touching all my things and the safe space I'd usually retreat to to help with that doesn't exist because it's packed in boxes. And it feeling safe on the other end of the move is months and maybe years away because it's not going to be MY safe space for a long time, it's just going to be "the new house".

Please stop telling me that I'll be ok when I very much might not be.

#Disability #audhd #autism #adhd #MentalHealth

Erika Hammerschmidt
1 week ago

Said it before and saying it again:

"The eyes are windows to the soul" makes a LOT more sense if you think about how

1. windows are primarily for letting visual information IN for the inhabitants of the house

2. when other people look at your window from outside, they mostly just see their own self projected onto it

#autism #thoughts
#neurotypicals
#illogic
#IAmBetterAtMetaphorsThanYouThink

David Gray-Hammond
1 week ago

Please tell people about this, it really helps me out!

My book "The New Normal: Autistic musings on the threat of a broken society" is currently available on kindle on the UK and US for ⅓ of it's usual price.

You can use the links below to get it. If not, a share is appreciated.

US Link https://a.co/d/e1DuZrd

UK link https://amzn.eu/d/8ikPYke

#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #autisticauthor

@actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @bookstodon

Arrow pointing at the front cover of "The New Normal" by David Gray-Hammond.

Text above arrow reads "Grab your copy now!"
tasia
2 weeks ago

I'm so close to meeting my fundraising goal of $3500 by my birthday! This will allow me to completely clear one of my debts!

https://gofund.me/40b92e2c

#mutualaid #gfm #crowdfund #debt #BlackMastodon #birthday #disability #Autism

Can we stop using mental illness as a label when talking about police brutality and white supremacy?

No, they aren't psychopaths. They're racists.

They aren't sociopaths. They're racists.

They aren't narcissists. They're racist.

If you label them as being mentally ill, you're:
a) being shitty towards those of us with mental illness

b) giving them an excuse for their bullshit.

Please stop it.

#Disability #audhd #autism #adhd #Ableism #racism #whiteness #WhiteSupremacy #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #anarchism

Aisling Walsh
2 weeks ago

My obsession with The Dude, is a complicated, a lotta ins, a lotta outs and a lotta what-have-yous!

I wrote about surviving the square world as an #ActuallyAutistic person, work and adulting woes, comfort viewing and Echolalia in The Big Lebowski!

https://autcasts.substack.com/p/the-bums-will-always-lose

@actuallyautistic

#autism #actuallyautistic #ADHD #neurodivergent #neurokin #neuropride #autcasts #diagnosis #autismdiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #thedude #coenbrothers #jeffbridges #adulting #work #echolalia