RE: https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/115703011287204633
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic you know you're in a neurotypical meeting when a #HotTip shared is about whether or not Zoom audio picks up burps…
...totally serious, this actually just happened
RE: https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/116171978693433776
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic this one may speak to this community
Jeez, this headline:
"Many Autism Cases May Be Preventable"
They are so busy looking for a "cure" that they haven't even stopped to ask themselves if it's actually a good idea.
My #ActuallyAutistic son has issues with time management. He takes ages to do things. I'm not sure if it's because he zones out or something else.
Can any autists out there suggest ways we can help him to manage time better?
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic because my former boss/unit head stalks my LinkedIn, can only safely share this here…
…can confirm my workplace has weaponized equitability in this exact manner
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic the disability group at work has crossed a new line with me...
…and it has me so mad i cannot even calmly or competently explain what is going on…
…i will say that i have been read the riot act for doing things nowhere near this level of bullshit
📋 SURVEY FOR AUTISTIC PEOPLE
It is often said that autistic people have difficulty finding employment (I once read that 70-80% of autistic people are unemployed), but on the internet I mostly come across autistic people who do have jobs. So I would be interested to know how things are for you – whether you have a job or are unemployed. You can also describe your situation in the comments, e.g., why you have trouble finding a job.
The question in the survey is: Do you have a job?
Boost for better results. Thanks! 🙏🏻
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #NeuroDiversity @autistics
RE: https://mas.to/@skeletor/115707804881958464
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic but when i get back up, more often than not, i get told i’m being difficult…
Measuring autistic burnout: A psychometric validation of the AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure in autistic adults. Autism, 30(1), 20-36. 2026.
Autistic people have described autistic burnout as an intense experience of physical, emotional, mental and social exhaustion impacting their ability to complete everyday tasks and contributing to poorer well-being. To identify and measure autistic burnout in practice and research, we need a self-report measure that gives accurate and consistent results.
The Autistic Burnout Measure was found to be reliable and valid. Autistic adults reporting greater autistic burnout also reported more camouflaging, autistic traits and greater general burnout, depression, and anxiety.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13623613251355255
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #ASD #AutisticBurnout #Burnout
I just invented the verb 'aut' in a comment on TikTok. "I aut like mad...". Is this a neologism?
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @autistics #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
For that reason I am so critical of media presenting autistic people as savants.
You don't have to be a genius, a celebrity, exploit your special interest for capitalism, you don't have to be useful to deserve kindness, patience and love.
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic
If anyone else has had this experience of their kid's (or their own) blood sugar* suddenly being all wobbly during puberty, can you please reassure me that it won't last forever?? 😭
*Not 100% sure that's what is happening but it's the best theory we have - he has growth spurts and it seems impossible to get enough fuel into him to keep him going without these spells of feeling cold/brain shutting down. Sugar doesn't help, only complex carbs + protein.
Autism itself is one of my long-running special interests, so I read a lot of news, articles, and research on the topic. There were quite a few headlines in my news feed on the topic today, and after once again shaking my head in disgust at the pathologizing language of the researchers -- injection of value judgments and assumptions of superiority or "correct" ways of functioning -- it struck me:
>>> I don't remember the last time I made it through an entire article or paper on autism that *didn't* pathologize us, outside of articles actually written by openly neurodivergent authors. <<<
It's like the horrific racist tropes from 150 years ago. They just *assume* superiority, and everything else is built on that. It's absolutely disgusting, but nobody hears us when we tell them. I regularly email the authors and ask them to reconsider the impact of their words and assumptions, but I never get a response. The scientific community is every bit as intransigent as everyone else.
RE: https://ioc.exchange/@peterrenshaw/117465072525953590
here’s one, @RavenLuni
a classic
I hoped this new iteration might have a different take, but I’m not surprised it doesn’t.
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The Milgram experiment, it’s always about what is wrong with the submissive subjects, why do people do what they’re told when it’s wrong - and my always complaint is, Is anyone studying the order GIVERS? THAT’S already understood, I guess?
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The subjects were victims of the experimenters, the whole thing has always been victim blaming.
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It’s a bias, and I swear it means the majority are something like alphas, they identify with, agree with, understand the order givers - and pathologize and blame the passive, affiliative sorts for obeying instead. 😠🫣
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#ActuallyAutistic
@autistics #NTPsychology is . . . toxic
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic while i do prefer tagless now, the few i have that are tagged are not too bad anymore https://mstdn.social/@autism101/115544203902548089
Today I heard that a psychiatrist commented my diagnostics letter for a mutual patient with „usually ASD diagnoses are given by neurotypical experts“ (meant: rather than by autistic experts like me). Wtf?
#Actuallyautistic
@autistics
Let’s talk tags on clothing. I hate them and they annoy me to no end. And even if I cut them off, the tiny bit remaining always manages to touch me and I hate it.
Do tags bother you?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
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