@autistics #ActuallyAutistic while i agree with the sentiment…
…this kind of vulnerability only backfires on me…
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 959 , Saturday 13/06/2026
Saturday started early at around 07:15.
Breakfast & chores, including cleaning all the floors upstairs - always fun!
There then followed a quiet day.
I seemed to have picked up a bit of a cold, a bit achy & snuffly today.
We watched Zootropolis 2 accompanied by a chinese takeaway.
Final Thoughts.
Not a bad day, I hope this bug is not going to get any worse!
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
Evening everyone I need help with some money for my transit card and my laundry card. $35 total should be just fine if anyone can help. 💕
etrans: tasiathereader@gmail.com
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ourinsatiabesouls
#BlackMutualAid #MutualAidRequest
#BlackMastodon #queermutualaid
#HelpFolksLive2026 #Queercrowdfund
#disability #disabilityaid #actuallyautistic #DisabilityCrowdFund #MutualAid
@mutual_aid @mutual_aid@starflower.space @MutualAidVisibility @anarchomutual @blackfedi
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 979 , Friday 03/07/2026
Friday started early as is now the norm.
There are roadworks around the leisure centre where the gym I attend is based, it is making getting to the building … interesting!
Another quiet day once my chores were done.
Pizza for tea washed down with cider.
Final Thoughts.
Going for the small wins at the moment because the big wins are eluding me.
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
So, let's talk about 1976. At the time, I was in a "special needs" program at a school way bigger than the 2 room village schoolhouse I had been attending. The teachers at the new school encouraged all the students to write essays about the #AmericanRevolution -- the prize being a trip to Philadelphia to participate in the #Bicentennial. I managed to win the contest with a very graphic essay about #GeorgeWashington's troops in #ValleyForge (mentioning the possibility of #cannibalism -- one of my obsessions at the time, along with Zombies). Anyhow, in order to participate in the parade, we had to dress in period clothes. I *insisted* on having a boy-man's uniform (which I made in a very public interview with the local press), and I got my way! And marched with the boys/men, with the fife and drum squad and flag bearers (I played the flute). Unfortunately, I was there by myself, with no family to take photos of me. But here's a photo of the group I was part of. And bonus... I got to spend the night at Valley Forge, telling my tales of Revolutionary cannibalism!
#AmericanRevolution #Reenactment #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #BornThisWay #ActuallyAutistic #HistoryGeek #ZombieGeek
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it’s a terrible thing
to let go
done and dusted
no truth for you
you can’t be mad
may as well
blame the cat
victim you are
of no crime
not even revenge
never mind damages
no compensation
for a crime
without a criminal
may as well
ask the cat
shit happens
mistakes were made
perhaps
a donation
to something
a charity
save the whales
may as well
bill the cat
🙄🥹
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@autistics
#ActuallyAutistic
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic also:
You want me to save the world and be nice at the same time! Well, that’s not me! And shame on you if you haven’t figured that out yet.
—Annalise Keating, How to Get Away with Murder
RE: https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/116964762665951438
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic it never ceases to amaze me the performative crap allistics can create to justify their existence...
…at the end of the meeting there was something so Romper Room level ridiculous, i wrote in huge letters in my notes:
This infomeme resonated well with me.
- Reuploaded with permission from the creator, Decode The Mind 🧠 ( https://www.facebook.com/61583529670886/posts/pfbid02UHbitriVXEQiKtRsxhamKVU9SiNgky5yoF5RaPjm1yDE4U7XaTFBuasXPpg4g4uFl/ )
I've recently read the sentiment here (in the fedi) "I don't care why people do good things, as long as they do good things" and think this attitude really needs at least qualification.
Yes, we shouldn't discourage or attack people for being helpful to others for the "wrong reason", but we should still try to see those acts for what they are.
Otherwise we might both misjudge their current actions and mispredict their future actions.
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Deficit or difference?
There are a few things about autism that it takes quite a lot of ingenuity to consistently frame them as negative.
I've listed some of them here...
A thread 🧵
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#Autism #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic
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Have not come across this before and it's interesting reading. (Among my thoughts: where is the boundary between providing a plain language version and not doing so?)
https://chavisory.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/communication-authenticity-and-autistic-social-media/
@autistics
There used to be a forum about #Autism called "Wrongplanet". It's been offline for several months now. It had a huge number of interesting threads, all the way back to about 2012.
One of the best threads was a "Megathread", where each #ActuallyAutistic forum member contributed the best boiled-down advice they could muster, for the other Autistic people - **how to understand Neurotypicals**.
It took me days to read it. There was a ton of good advice, which hit me like a ton of bricks. I saved my favorite posts, and made a .pdf out of it; *straight-up copying and pasting* - even leaving grammar errors intact. I made a nice .pdf out of it, formatting it for a phone screen. It's all I have left of that forum to remember it by.
**If you are easily provoked, and are triggered easily by words which you don't think are politically correct, don't read it!!**
If you'd like to read the .pdf, here it is:
"The Autism Social Rule Book":
https://big.toque.im/docs/Understanding_Neurotypicals-for_the_Autistic.pdf
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic not gonna lie, i came so close to saying this when i left various jobs in the past 15 years
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 919 , Monday 04/05/2026
Monday, being a Bank Holiday started a little later than normal at around 07:30.
Breakfast was followed by chores.
We wandered across to see my family for a joint birthday lunch, we gave ourselves plenty of time in case of traffic - which didn’t materialise so we descended on my dad for an hour … I think he & my baby sis were pleased to see us.
The meal was great & the weather pulled itself together this afternoon & the sun came out!
We went back to my other sister’s for coffee & cake & to mercilessly tease the younger of my 2 nephews who turned 18 today!
We got home fairly early & watched Alice Roberts at Barts Hospital in London while we had a light repast for tea.
Final Thoughts.
Not a bad day at all, avoiding the holiday traffic (which seemed to be going the other way mostly) was an unexpected bonus!
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
〈An Autistic Silver Bullet〉: 「No, I'm not AI, I just write like that.」
blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2n
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic
An Autistic Silver Bullet - Ew...
〈An Autistic Silver Bullet〉: 「No, I'm not AI. I just write like that.」
Presenting: The Autistic Rant Hour
I'm launching Aut2Aut's first #ActuallyAutistic podcast on June 22, 2026 on the Autistic Culture Podcast Network. You'll be able to find it wherever you get your podcasts.
In the meantime, read my latest blogpost to find out what this network and podcast are about, what it was like to create the first 6-episode series, and how you can join the network with your own podcast, or who knows, become my editor. And of course, an invite to the network's online launch party: https://prepped.to/blog/presenting-the-autistic-rant-hour
Here's my trailer, see transcript in the description:
https://youtu.be/BBc8tycpR4E
Spoiler alert: I don't like podcast trailers! So I don't blame you if you rather read the blogpost instead.
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic admit it, this runs through your head all the time…
ha ha ha
another little post hatching realization.
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I always talk to children and animals as though they can understand and if the kids can’t that’s how they learn, and today’s little slap in face comes from that I do that because I’m Autistic and that’s how it works when I’m talking to anyone, adult humans included, that’s what “talking,” is for me, I just talk to myself and I and everyone else just pretend we’re the same species speaking the same language 😠💜
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@autistics #AuDHD #ND #ActuallyAutistic
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 961 , Monday 15/06/2026
Monday started early so I could get down the gym. Mondays are a;ways the hardest day to do that, my body has just started to get used to the idea of a peaceful existence when I throw it against the kit in the gym.
The rest of the day has been quiet, that bug I got is still lurking but doesn’t seem to be getting any worse which is a blessing!
Final Thoughts.
Not a bad start to the week!
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
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic this week started off at 11…
…has kept climbing all week…
…and today just got took a lead into infinity and beyond range
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic every once in awhile i find something useful on LinkedIn
