@autistics #ActuallyAutistic first time seeing a “silent disco” … very interesting idea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_disco
https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/115381119116274911
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actuallyautistic
I made another TikTok video.
All opinions about autism can be true at the same time. We need to bring love and respect back to the discussion about autism.
I tried to put all of what I said in the alt text but the whole video is over the character limit. I tried.
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic could have used this yesterday…
https://mas.to/@skeletor/115271237603242332
Where can I find the #ActuallyAutistic group now that gup.pe is gone?
The world has 100x more to gain from ridding the world of the scourge of narcissism, than it has to gain from ridding the world of the "scourge" of autism. Autistic people don't cut a swath of psychological, economic, social, societal and environmental damage through the world, while narcissists get out of bed in the morning every day, to pretty much do exactly that.
@autistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#psychology
I've talked about this before but I find myself thinking about this again, so. My brand of autism comes with busted episodic memory. My history is a random collection of snippets of memories. Not really even events themselves but kind of snapshots of certain moments, including the emotion.
Things I don't recollect within a certain time fade out of existence. First they blur into other similar memories, then they vanish completely. Everything else is a story I've been told (of when I was younger) or have crafted into a neat timeline (of times I wasn't a child any longer).
No wonder I've kept a diary since I was in high school. It's a blast reading through them as it's a window to times I don't remember at all (ok, I do have snapshots of certain events). At times it feels like reading about someone else's life.
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic so everyday life?
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Well before sushi was common in the western world, I read a book on proper sushi restaurant etiquette. I learned why not to ask the chef for the bill, why not to tip and how to eat various types of sushi.
The authors mentioned that the Japanese were very forgiving of manners in westerners, who are simply unable to understand the intricacies of Japanese society
To all allists who are even mildly aware that autism is a different way of being, thanks for trying.
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 769 , Friday 05/12/2025
Friday started at a much more reasonable time of 07:30 which would have been a blessing if I had managed to get anything like a decent nights sleep. But the night was disturbed both by an utter inability to fall asleep & the cries of one of the children next door which went on for ages in the early hours of the morning.
The morning was spent perusing various tasks with my head all over the place.
I have finally got confirmation that we will have a new boiler fitted next Wednesday, so I can rest easy until Wednesday morning when hopefully I won’t have to chase this on the day!
Mrs S has been beavering away thru her mums paperwork to track down the critical papers necessary for the current circumstances.
This afternoon we chilled out & caught up on some of TV shows & treated ourselves to our usual Friday takeaway despite the cold!
Final Thoughts.
I am tired to my bones, but I think that things have moved forward satisfactorily today & I hope that that will allow me to sleep tonight!
Another busy day tomorrow, we’re off on a mission to start brining some order to my MiLs house now that she is gone. We’re also planning a last pre-Christmas trip to Costco™ & possibly get some other shopping in on our way home.
It will be nice to be in a house with the heating on, if only for a short while!
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
I joined infosec and IT groups, shut down Twitter, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and all that shit. I'm stuck with Mastodon, Reddit, and Github, and I still have to constantly dodge shitty people who only talk about politics.
Obviously the problem is not social media but human stupidity.
I'm narrowing the spectrum of people I follow, filtering and blocking unbearable topics.
As expected, I use compartmentalization and have accounts to read stealthily and without interacting.
I think I'll end up leaving Mastodon too. Maybe it's just another silly utopia.
#actuallyautistic #mastodon #socialmedia #socialnetworks #politics
If I were a rich philanthropist, I think it would be fun to visit every elementary school, and award #Autistic kids who did well in Math or Computer Science with a free and fully accessorized #RaspberryPi 500+. This way they could all network together with the other Autistic kids who also won the same - in case they have few friends in school. At least they would have each other. They could come up with geeky ways of interacting with each other, like sharing files with each other through #copyparty or some such.
#ActuallyAutistic @autistics
Walking down the street with headphones and listening to music It allows me to stay calm and not lose my temper. I was asked today how that feels, and I explained...
The street, the people and the activity look like a scene from a very bad movie with very good music.
PS: I ran into one of the therapists who diagnosed me with autism and giftedness today on the street. The joy with which she greets me every time she sees me is very gratifying.
That's all. 
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic Six (or Seven) Reasonable Workplace Accommodations for Autistics
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPJW--CkeDi/
1. Clear, Literal Instructions
2. Prioritize Predictability
3. Sensory Sensitivity
4. Train for Double-Empathy
5. Strength-Based Job Roles
6. Simple Disclosure Pathways
7. Autistic Targeting Review
People > Systems
🇨🇦You know one of the things I hate most about being self-realized (aka self-diagnosed) autistic/ADHD? It's that it essentially puts me (us) in the same category as the "I did my own research" crowd. Don't trust the experts, the science is wrong, etc. I feel dirty.
I love science. I love what it has done for humanity. I think we need to appreciate and support it far more than we do now. I much prefer to defer to experts who know more than me on any particular subject. I do keep in mind that anyone can be wrong about any particular thing, but the majority of the time they are more likely to be right than me.
So I'm left having to justify to people why my research is right and the "experts" are wrong in this particular case and not others. I sound like "I'm right and the everyone else is wrong." Ugh.
I know that there are good reasons why self diagnosis for us NDs is valid, if you take the time to go through them and understand them*. But getting other people to listen to it all is hard. Plus, like I said, it just goes against the grain for me. It makes me feel like a hypocrite. It just sucks that this one branch of science is lagging so far behind where it should be. So aside from reading over the reasons yet again, I can only take small comfort in this one quote I've posted on here a few times already:
"There is probably no field of scientific investigation in which more resistance has been encountered than in those domains which have affected the superstitions men have entertained about themselves."
-Technocracy Study Course, 1933
* https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx/src/branch/main
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The last song I shared within my last relationship, desperately trying to find myself in all the chaos.
I really do love the vocals, especially in the last part of the song, where the German and French words overlap smoothly and create a soft but also dense atmosphere (3:50).
https://youtu.be/eePnRVIHp7o?si=GLp-DfK67nN5A64e
I translated the German words for you:
Passionate, emancipated, sentimental, determined, vulnerable, strong-willed, sensitive, sensual, frail, peaceful, temperamental, distant, crazy, cautious, modern, receptive
#ElectronicMusic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
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My #actuallyautistic kindergartner was recognized as "student of the week" yesterday and it was a terrible experience for him. The change of routine was upsetting. The prize being offered to him was a punishment: having pizza (which disgusts him) at a restaurant (with uncontrolled atmosphere) with other Students of the Week and some authority figure (whom he has never met). I can only imagine his confusion and distress. He was forced to have his picture taken and was unable to smile ("didn't want to," as they put it), and they still published his picture on their stupid parent-teacher social media platform with a big scowl on his face. WTF!?
And it's not like they don't know he's autistic. We did so much for them to get this right. He has an IEP. We gave them tons of information about his needs. They neglected him, treated him like a neurotypical.
I was expecting something like this to happen, I just wasn't sure when. I knew at some point there would be a test of his school's ability to meet his needs and this was it.
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic also, the system is designed to push the idea that if you're not doing things "the preferred way" that you’re doing it “the wrong way” regardless if you‘re achieving the same end goal
https://neurodifferent.me/@theautisticcoach/115293638689357600
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