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159d

@autistics #ActuallyAutistic admit it, you've said this or some variation thereof more than once

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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic you don't owe anyone a justification for your life

https://mas.to/@skeletor/116228180440759773

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180d

@autistics #ActuallyAutistic it's newsletter day again...

…and as always, i've been left a steaming pile of inaccurate and misleading bullshit world salad…

…and since i think words actually matter...

…i get to waste several hours of my weekend to reformulate this into coherence and value to our constituents…

…but yes, fellow outgoing board member, i am over extended, can’t imagine why

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363d

@autistics #ActuallyAutistic i thought everyone did this by default?
https://mas.to/@skeletor/115191915942392873

A vintage-style cartoon still from the 1980s animated series *He-Man and the Masters of the Universe* has been turned into a motivational meme.

On the left, He-Man, a muscular blond hero wearing a sleeveless harness with a red cross emblem, red shorts, and wrist cuffs, walks with a confident expression.

On the right, Skeletor, his archenemy, appears in his classic design: a blue muscular body, purple hood, and yellow skull face, striding forward at his side.

The two unlikely companions are framed against a dark, rocky background. Bold white text with a thick black outline overlays the scene. At the top, it reads in large block letters: “HAVE HOPE!” At the bottom, the caption continues: “AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE HOPE, AT LEAST KEEP TRYING OUT OF SPITE.”

The combination of heroic and villainous characters together with the humorous yet defiant motivational message creates a mix of parody and encouragement.

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182d

@autistics we cut the tag off one of our shirts today and holy shit we feel so much better, why didn't we do this sooner 😅

#ActuallyAutistic

what it looks like: a tag sticking out of a sweater

what it feels like: a cactus sticking out of a sweater

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1y

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic
https://mas.to/@skeletor/115061807037965531

A vivid, painterly illustration of Skeletor, the classic villain from the Masters of the Universe series.

His skull-like face is bright neon green with deep black shadows and glowing red eyes, set beneath a dark hood. He wears his signature armor with a red gem at the chest, rendered in textured brushstrokes of blue and gray.

The background is chaotic and expressive, painted with swirling reds, pinks, and purples that give a fiery, turbulent feeling.

Bold white text in an all-caps meme style frames the image: at the top, “IT’S OKAY TO FEEL LIKE SHIT.”

At the bottom, “I’M DOING IT RIGHT NOW.” The overall effect is both dramatic and humorous, combining the ominous figure of Skeletor with a candid, relatable message about struggling with emotions.

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1y

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic i've been watching the Mad About you 2019 revival season and the attached quote had some serious resonance…

…and it was by far one of the most uncomfortable 4 minutes i've ever watched

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97d

OK, Imma try to teach you all something about evolution, because I fancy myself a theorist.
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obviously, your first line of adaptive defense in a dynamic environment, is your brain.
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The climate changes, you don’t wait for evolution, you think of ways to keep cool first, thinking is adapting, right? If you didn’t have that brain, it would be straight up fast and brutal darwinism, you might dehydrate the first hotter summer, trying to cross a desert you always could.
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Probably the most active evolution happens there, on the front line, in our brains, and that’s not plainly visible. My idea is that some time after the latest coating of ice, human things changed quickly and not so’s you’d know by looking at them, things changed in human brains, in what has become the majority sort, the sort in charge. That sometime after the ice, human brains started adapting, evolving a new type of brain that is adapted and adapting further for the human created environment that most humans live in.
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Perhaps it’s true that since we make everything for these bodies, we will see a pause in the skeletal changes, but we do not make a world for what was the human brain, we drift into new and horrific social environments and force the brain to adapt. That isn’t stopping.
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It’s half of the human noise, Adapt, get stronger, keep up, fall in line. I’m not asking, I’m telling you. Resilience is adaptation. There is nothing in evolutionary theory that says a steady pressure means evolution stops; it is exactly steady pressure that causes change, steady change.
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So the majority human type’s brain is increasingly adapted for the human social environment and by their social orientation they deem that the socially unadapted are “divergent,” - this means divergent from their evolutionary trajectory, not from anything else, and if we zoom out and take a longer perspective we can see that is the majority of humans who are divergent with respect to the rest of life on Earth this way, that they have parted ways from the larger community of life and that this is the very definition of asking to be selected out.
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Let’s take a break. 😇💜

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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic #ND #Evolution #Anthropology #Philosophy #Neurodiversity #Psychology

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 768 , Thursday 04/12/2025

Thursday started stupidly early, Mrs S got up around 06:30 & despite the fact that I had had almost no sleep last night I got up to make her breakfast.

It’s been a busy day, I volunteered to let relatives know about our sad news while Mrs S went to her mums house to start tracking down the important documents we will need in the near future.

I’ve also been trying to get source an engineer to come & sort out our boiler - I have failed royally on that mission.
Our go to plumber did break cover just before 1pm with a text to say he would call us later but he hasn’t.
So tomorrow, nearly a week after the I found the fault, I have to start looking for a replacement plumber - I shall try the neighbours & try & get a recommendation in the morning. Friday is a pro day for this but needs must.
There is an emergency option, apparently Vaillant will come out & repair an out of warranty boiler - for a not insubstantial fee, but we may have to go down that route.

Final Thoughts.

I’m so tired, & anxiety levels are off the graph … I need to make some progress with this flipping boiler tomorrow or I will be hiding under the chair this time tomorrow!

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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

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1y

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic another meeting, another “retreat" planning discussion, another “othering” by the mob...

… at least 3 people in said meeting are aware i have an accommodation that impacts in-person participation in said “retreat" and yet…

…the mantra is all in-person, in-person, in-person…

…because as usual, only the feelings of the neurotypicals count

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279d

@autistics #ActuallyAutistic always remember and never forget…

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRay0mrDOK2/

A meme-style image features a close-up photograph of Oscar the Grouch, the shaggy green puppet from Sesame Street, shown from the chest up against a pale gray background.

His tangled, moss-green fur looks extra scruffy, and his thick brown eyebrows are angled in a permanently unimpressed expression as he stares off to the side with wide, half-lidded eyes.

To the left of Oscar, bold black text at the top reads "REMEMBER:"

Below that, in large green lettering, the message continues: "You can be a kind person with a good heart and still tell people to fuck off when needed."

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1y

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic in a Zoom meeting and had to go off camera since i am not having a good day executive function-wise…

…struggling with sharing screen as i’m the admin support

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362d

@autistics #ActuallyAutistic no she fucking didn’t…

…and by Secretary Brainworm logic, that’s why i’m autistic

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOgXMI2kQ_p/

A humorous meme referencing the Destiny's Child song "Say My Name."

At the top, Instagram post header from the account "80svintagevisions" links to the song. Below, bold yellow text asks, "Did she ever say your name?"

The main image is a still frame from Romper Room, an old children's TV show, showing Miss Molly, a woman with short brown hair, holding a colorful plastic ring up to her face, making it look like she is framed inside the circle.

She appears to be speaking or singing energetically. Two children in the background are slightly out of focus.

The overall design combines nostalgic 1980s--1990s television imagery with a playful lyrical reference, suggesting a double meaning about whether the woman in the show ever actually said the viewer's name.

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1y

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic

A meme with two parts.

The top text reads: “Neurotypicals: ‘How do you function every day even when you don’t feel good?’ Me:”.

Below is a still from the movie The Avengers showing Bruce Banner (played by Mark Ruffalo) turning to speak, with burning cars and wreckage in a city street behind him.

Overlaid text says: “That’s my secret… I never feel good.”

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362d

Ok ... wait ...

Just saw a video clip and the content is irrelevant, but the tag was "autistic kids always ask permission" ... and this brought a memory back from when I was like 4 or 5 and asking my mother for permission to play with one toy or another ... she had to work to get me to believe that if a toy was mine and I was playing by myself, I automatically had permission.

Is this really an autistic trait? If so it's yet another "gee, maybe there were signs after all" ...

#actuallyautistic

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2y

Watching the same show over-and-over again is one way I regulate the autistic side of my brain. But the ADHD side sure gets bored sometimes.

Do you watch any shows on repeat?

#AskingAutistics #AskADHD #ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

image: @NoNonsenseND

A character drawing shows two frames side-by-side. A caption a the top reads, “Watching the same show I like over and over”. In the first frame the character looks bored and the caption reads, “My ADHD”. In the second frame the character is so excited he is shaking up and down. The caption reads, “My Autism”.

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1y

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic

link is 10 panels — too hard to recreate here directly…

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNTaiqOtNIF/

A cozy indoor scene with a neutral beige background. A person with short dark hair, dressed in loose, light-colored clothing, sits sideways at a white desk working on a laptop. Large tropical green leaves extend over the desk, adding a natural element to the space.

On the desk are a few small objects, including a paper lantern-style lamp and scattered items. Overlaid in large white serif text is the phrase: 'How Dyspraxia can show up in Autism.'

At the bottom is the Instagram handle @sensory.overload.squad.

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ha
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just a quirk of my version of
history and neurodiversity would be that if Allistic people and their god are new and Geezuz was not one of them, but an OG Autistic, then the Son is older than the Father 😀
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I mean, everyone agrees law is new, so the forgiveness is old?
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NVM, I’m in the ether 😀
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@autistics #ND #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD

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1y

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic Construction Begins On First-Of-Its-Kind Apartment Complex For Adults With Autism | Allison Pries for NJ.com courtesy of #DisabilityScoop

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/08/26/construction-begins-on-first-of-its-kind-apartment-complex-for-adults-with-autism/31598/

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2y

For the first time in months, I forced myself to get off the f—ing computer and go for a f—ing walk, where I met this little guy...

If at all possible, go outside sometime...

...your brain may stay in its spiral

...you may not notice any beauty

...but you may just encounter a random #cat in the middle of Amish farmland (who has no respect for it not being #Caturday) and be reminded for a moment that life...life is a thing

#MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #CatsOfMastodon

A grey cat I "met" whilst walking has his front paw on my chest and is looking up directly into my face as I caress the back of his neck. He has a look of contentment on his face and (while not evident in the photo) is purring deeply.

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/116546524189755050

@autistics #ActuallyAutistic so bonus short film (screws up my data order) and an ending to the main film that reminds me of Boxing Helena…

…which when i saw it was described as the “unsexiest erotica ever made”…

…and that was underselling it

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1y

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic with all due respect to Ms. Schwartzberg, “being direct, clear and setting boundaries never “gives the narcissist less fodder to manipulate the narrative.”" in my experience...

...quite the contrary, it just makes them more hostile https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/health-lkpsa1qsz/-/a-BsUPmtQkSSmfdLv6Dw0f3w%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0

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1y

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic the issue of professional headshots came came up at my summer nonproifit board retreat and was curious what thoughts are on the issue.

Options: (choose one)

0% Yes - professional headshots are essential
0% No - prefer to be anonymous
0% No - hate having my picture taken ever
0% Other - comment below

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/116228847380395337

@autistics #ActuallyAutistic for those wondering, still at it, but as a personal act of rebellion, say hello to my new leading section going forward (new quotes monthly from my list of over 6,000)

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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic
Does anyone know of a resource with videos of various medical procedures/tests, with the aim of familiarising patients with what to expect? I've found some that are for training/educating medical professionals, but nothing so far with the patient in mind. If it helps, specifically what I want to show my kiddo is what a vascular ultrasound for pelvic vein compression involves - I've had one myself and described it, but I think a video would help more.

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