#neurodiversity
People asked me to talk more about my experiences with psychosis. So I did!
"Autistic people may be less likely to receive support for psychosis"
https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/06/04/what-is-unique-about-being-schizophrenic-and-autistic/
#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #psychosis #psychotic #schizophrenia #Schizophrenic #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
Interessant! Es gibt einen starken Zusammenhang zwischen #Autismus und #Gender-#Diversität. #Neurodiversity
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/largest-study-to-date-confirms-overlap-between-autism-and-gender-diversity/
How To Process Info With Brain Fog
Here's a few of my thoughts on that...
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2023/05/27/how-to-process-info-with-brain-fog/
Is It Burnout Or A Midlife Crisis?
Here's a few of my thoughts on that...
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2023/05/20/is-it-burnout-or-a-midlife-crisis/
Don’t Look For New Friends Until You Do This
Here's a few of my thoughts on that...
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2023/06/03/dont-look-for-new-friends-until-you-do-this/
You heard me right! Barnes & Noble and Waterstones are now stocking my books!
Please reblog this!
Waterstones https://www.waterstones.com/book/unusual-medicine/david-gray-hammond/9798364119001
Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unusual-medicine-david-gray-hammond/1143364087
@actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @bookstodon #autism #autistic #autisticauthor #author #neurodiversity #neurodivergent
As a neurodivergent who slightly identifies as queer but is strongly inspired by the queer movement, I can see the parallel (link in post 2/2).
Because the "popularisation" of being #neurodivergent makes us forget that the #neurodiversity movement is a struggle against the white cisheteropatriarchy and its coercive system (which is implemented at all social levels).
And that I have strong allies, including men, in the communist or communitarian #anarchist movement and probably elsewhere.
1/2
Autistic people experience psychosis far more often than you would realise.
We have to start talking about it.
I'm Schizophrenic, and I will not be ashamed of that.
https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/06/03/autism-and-psychosis-the-elephant-in-the-room/
#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #mad #madness #adhd #audhd #schizophrenia #Schizophrenic #insanity #stigma #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #psychosis #psychotic #ableism #saneism
I took the kids to a great workshop today run by local #Norwich author, Louise Gooding. It was about her new book, Wonderfully Wired Brains, which is a really fun and uplifting exploration of #neurodiversity. We all came away feeling like we had superpowers!
https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9780241640210-wonderfully-wired-brains/
The same outward behavior can have different internal motivations and be very different because of them.
If you do something to avoid someone else getting on your case, is it fawning?
I think it's not fawning if you're fully aware of what's going on and making a conscious choice.
I think it is fawning if you're doing it as a reflexive stress response.
There may be even further nuance. What do you think?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticTwitter #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
This is good. And new to me, thanks to figuring out my #adhd and not trying to do too much at once and burn out in a few years.
But, next year... I was already offered that I could just keep on working. My thesis is coming up and I am already very tired when I work full time for the summer.
Taking more student loan isn't appealing either. There is a possibility to work 50%, but I am not at all sure my spoons would be enough to study even then. If I work, that takes my everything.
I have no degrees, but so many unfinished studies, from biology to coaching. Always went to work and stayed there, the studies always got left behind.
Would like to finish something for once. Would like to keep this up. But would also love to afford food.
I don't know which wolf I should listen to. Probably the one that knows that I should just either work or study, not both. Realistically I can't do both.
#AdultStudent #StudentLoan #NeuroDiversity #spoons
@joshsusser the other big one is #neurodiversity - inextricable from the social model really, but still necessary.
I facilitate the #neurodiversity affinity group at my school. We met today and one of the students told me about this collection of videos. It's an amazing archive.
https://neurodiversity.engr.uconn.edu/media/videos/
We also watched part of this great video about portrayals of #ADHD in media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVjWlEVUzAU&ab_channel=HowtoADHD
Feel badly now. I was excited to help support an employee group around #neurodiversity. Unfortunately it quickly resulted in my being pinged by folks about the setting up of a meeting. I rapidly went into #anxiety and just tapped out. My son, less frequently now, talks about feeling like a #failure. This is that feeling. It sucks. I need to give myself the space to accept my limits and be kinder to myself, but right now I may just have to wallow in it a bit. #ActuallyAutistc @actuallyautistic
I had all the spoons I needed today, so if you had no spoons, or not enough, this is your reminder that the spoons do sometimes come back. I can't promise they'll stay, for you or for me, but they do come back.
#neurodiversity #neurospicy #OversimpleButVeryUsefulMetaphors
What's one thing you're trying to figure out? (About yourself, the world, your special interest, anything.)
An Autistic Soldier Wants You To Read This
https://mwi.usma.edu/an-autistic-soldier-wants-you-to-read-this/
#autism #neurodiversity #adhd #military #usmilitary #usarmy #usnavy #usaf #ussf #usmc #dod
The neuro- prefix in #neurodiversity refers to the whole nervous system, not just the brain.
You have an ADHD body, not just an ADHD brain.
Chopsticks and Control
Here's a few of my thoughts on that...
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2023/05/30/chopsticks-and-control/
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
Guess who has the most amazing lanyard at work?
It is I.
#NeuroDiversity #adhd #autism #NeuroKin #represent #selfie #WorkLife
@thequirkybraincoach
An information processing CBT type of metaphor / model leads in this self awareness direction. Contrast a behaviour therapy approach which may work to counter-condition the arousal.
#coaching #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #audhd #adhd #autism
How to Support Parents of Neurodivergent Children at Work
Check it out! 👇
https://hbr.org/2023/05/how-to-support-parents-of-neurodivergent-children-at-work
#DigitalArticle #HealthAndWellness #HumanResourceManagement #DiversityAndInclusion #Neurodiversity
Have you completed a sensory review lately?
When I finally understood I was neurodivergent, I felt like I was finally receiving the user manual to my brain.
However, when I opened it...some of the pages were still blank. I had to go through a journey of self-enquiry and self-awareness to fill in some of the blanks.
One of the blanks I needed to fill was around my sensory needs. What senses do I enjoy and why? What are my sensory absolute NOs to avoid or mitigate?
As part of coaching with me, the early part of the coaching work is very often a phase of discover and self-assessment. One of the things we deliberately review is your senses in order to help you fill in some of the blank pages of your brain's user manual.
Knowledge is absolutely power when it comes to your sensory profile. Once you know what you want more of and what you want to avoid or dampen in your senses, you can goal-set around adjustments you'd like to set.
So...how far along are you on this journey?
Below, I'm sharing some snippets from a tool I am currently building to help my clients review their sensory profile.
Share your favourite sensory icks and must-avoids with me below!
#Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Sensory #Senses #Coaching
What's one thing you're preparing for?
I have been thinking A LOT about arousal.
No, get your minds out of the gutter :D
I mean arousal in the psychological sense.
Arousal in psychology can be understood as your levels of excitement or energy, and it's often linked with your emotional state.
I have been thinking about arousal for two reasons. One, it's very personal to me because I have just been ill, and because I am currently not taking medication for my ADHD as I need to find a better fit for me.
Two, I think about this topic A LOT because it's something that occurs at some point in many of the coaching discussions that I have.
If you want to understand your arousal levels and also discover how you can engineer them or harness them to your advantage, then the research (thank you, sports science!) tells us that self-awareness is the first step to making progress.
In other words, to make progress here, most people benefit from a discovery phase where you can think about what energises you or wakes you up, and why.
It's possible to do some of this through journalling and reflection. It can also be really helpful to have someone take you through this process. A coach, for example, can ask you a series of questions that are designed to pull out the intelligence you need about your arousal and what increases it and decreases it.
If you would like to work with someone to help you gain clarity on excitement, energy and emotions, then I will have two coaching places coming up in the next few weeks. Get your name onto my waiting list and ask for a free consult to see how I might be able to help you make sense of what is going on for you.
There are then specific arousal-raising activities we can put in place that match what we uncover in the coaching conversations.
What are you wondering about your arousal levels? Comment below!
#Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Coaching
Me describing #ADHD: It's a bit like having 20 televisions on, all the time, knowing you HAVE to be able to describe the plot of any one of the episodes to somebody later, or they will think you don't care about them or have any interest in them.
Well-meaning client: Well, everybody gets distracted when things get busy. I know I feel like that sometimes.
(Silence)
(Considered saying, did not say: Everybody has to pee, too, but if you have to pee 80 times a day it's different.)
#neurodiversity
Weaponized heterogeneity only harms the most vulnerable #autistic people
"Unreliability of speech for usually fluent autistic people, and the speed at which we can go from articulate and competent to completely unable to access speech, is not generally appreciated."
Excellent article on #autism, quite important for all to read, but especially for those (like me) who are prone to potentially harmful generalizations on any topic. Made me stop and think.
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#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Coaching
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
Some days ago I talked with someone about #neurodiversity and explained that it is like biodiversity - we need the combination of many different people/organism to thrive as a community/world.
#actuallyautistic #ADHS
I wish we in the #NeurodiversityMovement are going to find a solution so that humen can more easily find and build #NeurodiverseGroups and teams in whatever situation.
I believe we have a strength to see things which other people can't because of the "they think that they are normal" thing, and "they don't feel they have anything to search for in that regard"...
...while we in the #Neurodiversity #Movement know that there are many #neurotypes and our job is to find them so that we can build even more #neurodiverse #groups, thus strenghtening the neurodiversity in those groups...
...which can apply to literally any kind of humen on #PlanetEarth who decide to form a team/group/company/younameit to collaborate together.
I am new to Mastodon, and this is so confusing. I have no idea how to use this. New learning curve is always a challenge for neurodivergent users like me #a11y #neurodivergent #neurodiversity
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
When the world lacks glorious #NeuroDiversity pride earrings, key charms and such, we learn how to make some.
This is draft one. We are not there yet.
My "The Neurodiversity Podcast" episode on authenticity, unmasking and zest is out.
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity
https://neurodiversitypodcast.com/home/2023/5/25/episode-174-authenticity-unmasking-and-zest
Hello. I'm interested in #Neurodiversity.
Is this what I need to do to join the group?
Nvm, I'm already in.
"One Size Doesn't Fit All: Supporting and Fostering Neurodiverse Teams” with Becky Kuzma, and Gillian Lee is just one of the many great #Agile workshops coming to #Agile2023. Don't miss the world's premier Agile event:
https://agilealliance.org/agile2023/
#RoadtoAgile2023 #Neurodiversity #Neurodiverse #AgileTeams #Neurodivergent
You might be #AutisticMasking if you mentally explain why you're doing what you're doing as you go about your day as if you're explaining yourself to another person.
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodiversity #AutisticTwitter #AuDHD #unmasking #AutisticBurnout
The legendary Wenn Lawson worked on this new free online course on autism and mental health from Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia.
According to the description:
"This course has been developed in response to the growing need to provide autistic people and those around us with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to feel good about autism and celebrate individuality, strengths and skills, as well as being pro-active about our mental fitness and identifying when we need support.
The course aims to provide learners with the knowledge and skills to:
• Explore monotropism as a theory of autism, and how being monotropic (single-focused) impacts autistic people
• Understand interoception and how your internal sensing system impacts your life, as well as ways to recognise signals from this system
• Learn about the impact of sensory overload on mental health
• Explore what mental fitness looks like and learn strategies for good mental health
• Understand and identify risk factors for autistic burnout
• Recognise and implement strategies for self-care and self-advocacy"
@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic #monotropism #MentalHealth #interoception #autisticBurnout #autism #neurodiversity
https://www.edx.org/course/autism-and-mental-health
Connection: Assisting Neurodiverse Individuals in Forming Lasting Relationships Through a Digital Medium
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3308561.3354641
also available via sci-hub
#psychology #neurodiversity @actuallyautistic @academicchatter @psychology
Understanding the social and emotional needs of children:
https://www2.rivier.edu/journal/ROAJ-Fall-2013/J750-Murdock-Smith.pdf
Neurodiverse = social isolation is sadly my experience and it often seems to go both ways; the initial rush of the connection and then just nothing.
#psychology #neurodiversity @actuallyautistic @academicchatter @psychology
Attended a breakout group on how to deal with #ADHD and #neurodiversity in #tech at #DevOpsDays. After open discussion we went around the table for top new thing/method we learned:
- Use Pomodoro
- Take more breaks
- Best meeting times vary by person, try end-of-day scrum meetings
- Schedule focus time
- Use checklists/tooling for extrinsic motivation
- Effect is different/personal for everybody
- Eat the frog
- There are many of us/we are not alone
- Promise renegotiated is not promise broken
In what ways do you find it difficult to function that neurotypicals often don't notice or think about?
For me, the most obvious (and painful) is the amount of light in public spaces. But when I mention it, they often seem surprised.
Or finding it almost impossible to read while other things are going on around me. I love public libraries for the communal book sharing, but I've always struggled to read or study in them.
So I’m autistic
So each day is a battle
So I’ll keep winning
@actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe #poetry #haiku #actuallyaustistic #autism #autistic #neurodiversity
Stimpunks Podcast Episode 3: On Jordan Neely and Support Systems
In this episode, Inna reflects on what happens when a neurodivergent person’s support system goes away and society fails them.
https://stimpunks.org/2023/05/22/stimpunks-podcast-episode-3-on-jordan-neely-and-support-systems/
Super cool resource & literature. Need more time in a day!!! I just read the interview with Sofia Jeppsson
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The series is designed to provide a public venue for discussion with disabled philosophers about a range of topics, including their philosophical work on disability; the place of philosophy of disability vis-à-vis the discipline and profession; their experiences of institutional exclusion and personal and structural gaslighting in philosophy, in particular, and in academia, more generally; resistance to ableism, racism, sexism, and other apparatuses of power; accessibility; and anti-oppressive pedagogy.
#MadLiterature
BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: Dialogues on Disability
https://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/dialogues-on-disability/
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#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
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@neurodivergence
Is it just a trendy fad (especially for young people) to be "neurodivergent?"
This is a fantastic 20-minute summary of that trend & controversies related to autism & Asperger's.
Highly recommended.
(Please Boost)
@actuallyautistic
24. Tendency to interrupt tasks in progress
25. Immediate and uninterrupted engagement in boring and unpleasant tasks
26. Uncomfortably long times absorbed in boring and unpleasant tasks
#autism #neurodiversity
5/5
@actuallyautistic
15. Unexpected changing of plans
16. Unpredictable bending of rules and deviation from routines
17. Unpredictable scheduling and ordering of tasks
18. Not providing enough time to complete tasks
19. Pressuring me to hide my emotional responses
20. Overvaluing popularity, conformity, status, and appearance
21. Undervaluing inclusion
22. Undervaluing solitary and quiet activities
23. Inflexible adherence to social conventions
#autism #neurodiversity
4/5
@actuallyautistic
8. Talking and writing about concepts without concrete examples and explanations
9. Talk that takes too long to get to the point
10. Giving confusing instructions
11. Uncomfortably loud, bright, and crowded environments
12. Difficulty understanding and sharing my passionate interests
13. Engaging in boring and unimportant topics
14. Missing important details
#autism #neurodiversity
3/5
@actuallyautistic
1. Inconsistent expectations of my behavior across different settings
2. Uncomfortably high expectations of eye contact
3. Tendency to interrupt or talk over others
4. Reliance on indirect communication, like body language
5. Using hints, implications, metaphors, sarcasm, and wordplay instead of saying what they mean
6. Engaging in group activities without clear explanations of my role or place
7. Talking too quickly
#autism #neurodiversity
2/5
@actuallyautistic
NT parent of autistic tween with ADHD. After seeing this graphic on social media, I thought it would be good to create a corresponding graphic that centers the perspective of a person with some of these (admittedly stereotypical) presentations of autism and problematizes NT behaviors and attitudes. Below is a draft list of these presentations of neurotypicality from an autistic perspective. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions for changes.
#autism #neurodiversity
1/5
My amazing talented husband made some T-shirts for fellow neurodiverse people (and anyone, really) and has set up shop on Teemill. Invoking husband privilege to do a promotional post. 🥰 #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
🧵 TOPIC: Autistic Struggles
I try to listen to others with different backgrounds and experiences to me so that I can learn from them.
Our struggles are not all the same.
1/7
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity @actuallyautistic
@sarahesilverman's workshop "An introduction to #neurodiversity for educators" has now been scheduled for June 13, 2023, 1pm-2:30pm Eastern US Time.
Free! (Suggested $10 donation.)
Direct Zoom registration link: https://t.co/IvaztWJ4OG
At some point a while back, I think while I was reading about ADHD, I encountered the phrase "interest-based attention system", and I keep thinking about that ever since!
I don't think I technically have ADHD, but that one aspect does make a lot of sense to me :-)
This week, Brandon Tessers, LCPC, Caitlin Miller, LPC, and @adhdmarie (executive functioning coach) discuss the language and labels of personality disorders. Catch up with The "This Is Not Therapy" Hour on YouTube.
#Neurodiversity #TherapistsConnect
carceral logics.
carceral sanism.
victim-blaming.
coercive policy approaches.
assumes black, poor and unhoused people are disposable—
specifically those in “mental health crisis.”
Article includes links to multiple intersectional grassroots organizations.
#MadLiterature
Psychiatric Incarceration Isn’t Treatment — It’s Violence, Survivors Say
https://truthout.org/articles/psychiatric-incarceration-isnt-treatment-its-violence-survivors-say/
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CELTalk: Neurodiverging Inside and Outside the Classroom: Intrinsic Motivation, Representation, and Community Supports (Video Recording)
#Neurodiversity #Neurodivergence #Accommodations #Accessibility #Education #HigherEd
Mad Studies (or the organization of mad people around literature and learning) needs to be more than just wypipo with wypipo ideas and wypipo histories
Anti-black violence has a long history with sanism
#MadLiterature
https://truthout.org/articles/jordan-neely-is-being-blamed-for-his-own-death-due-to-sanism-and-racism/
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If you know, love, or know AND love an ADHD person, please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please read this.
And then boost it.
The Mystery of #ADHD Motivation, Solved: Why It Looks to You Like We Lack Willpower
#neurodivergent #neurodiversity #ADHDAwareness
https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-motivation-problems-getting-started-on-tough-projects/
Workshop: "An introduction to #neurodiversity for educators" by @sarahesilverman.
Register your interest here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeH5cT3el2OHw7mPo2vJcbVwj3--mgk38YBVdXHmCTe4cm9_A/viewform
From the registration form:
> The purpose of the workshop is to explore the history of neurodiversity, as well as related movements as Mad Pride, and self-advocacy from our location as educators, but without the intention to come away with "check box" tips for teaching. This orientation serves to remind us that neurodiversity is a radical, broad-reaching, and liberatory concept.
> About me: I am an autistic educator teaching disability studies and instructional design! Feel free to check out my work at https://sarahemilysilverman.com/ or follow me on twitter https://twitter.com/sarahesilverman.
> My thought is to conduct the workshop on zoom, and I will choose the day and time soon with the input of anyone who is interested.
goblin.tools: Wrapper for ChatGPT that is task focussed: "help me plan this complex goal" or "tell me what the emotional tone of this text is". Intended for neurodivergent people but looks generally useful
https://goblin.tools/
#via:metafilter #neurodiversity #lifehacks #adulting #chatgpt #autism #ai #+
I've just updated the page of recordings on my personal site - #podcasts, videos and so on. I guess I've done a lot of stuff since I last updated it!
A lot of things about #neurodiversity, especially in #education; about being @actuallyautistic; some stuff about #politics, #science and so on.
Still only three songs.
https://oolong.co.uk/recordings/
A few days ago I read a piece about #NeuroDiversity and #adhd in particular that stated how dopamine is produced by either motivation or fear. To simplify. Like the drive to do stuff can be triggered purely by fear. Be it of failure or anything.
It haunts me now thinking about my late identified audhd and the whole "high performing" thing or "but you are doing so well" thing. And how this is gendered and how so often women with adhd/audhd are not diagnosed or validated because they "do so well". Yet it is all there.
Think about the amount of fear, trauma, masking and harmful learnt behaviours there has to be and where it has come from to produce one "high performing" neurodivergent person? It's all invisible harm that produces an indivual who seemingly does sort of ok in todays world. The implications of this are so violent in nature it makes me shiver.
So, hey, asking for a friend, but has anyone written stuff about caring for aging parents from the perspective of a neurodiverse son/daughter/enby?
(it me. the friend is me.)
Tanya Adkin - Autistic consultant, trainer, advocate. has written about this. Masking isn't necessarily about appearing more neurotypical. It's about projecting an acceptable front to your environment.
We are like water, we take the shape of the container we are placed within.
@actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy
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Since it's #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth I thought it would be good to revisit the Creating Autistic Suffering series that I co-author with Tanya Adkin.
Here is the very first one we wrote!
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Stimpunks Guide to the NeurodiVerse Issue #3: Mental Health and Epistemic Justice
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We dedicate this issue to epistemic justice, something sorely missing in the treatment of neurodivergent and disabled people’s mental health. Negative stereotypes stifle voices and useful tools. Lack of epistemic justice proliferates harm.
Have you all seen this #DnD #Documentary? Well made, nicely dramatic.
In the pandemic segment, with the world in quarantine when everyone starts coming online to play D&D, I might have got a little misty. #TrueImpactOfDnD
https://time.com/6271789/dungeons-and-dragons-history-impact-video/
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