sadness, therapy, validation (positive)
actuallyautistic
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic about 25% of my job is providing people copies of documents they should already have
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
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1033 , Wednesday 26/08/2026
Gym day so up early & in the gym around 07:15.
Today’s session was quite painful for a couple of reasons.
I cut my toenails last week but for some reason missed a bit on the 4th toe on my right foot. This decided today was the day it was going to hold me to task by rubbing very painfully against my middle toe. I tried to adjust my socks / trainers but to no avail! Later inspection at home would reveal that I basically rasped the skin off the middle toe!
The other problem was that I did not get away completely free by having 2 weeks away from the gym, with my calf muscles complaining vigorously about the abuse. Hey ho, hopefully a few more sessions will get me limber again.
A quiet day followed, motivation being in short supply.
Final Thoughts.
Well lesson learned on the toe nail front, I will have to make sure that there are no sharp edges in future - not a problem I’ve encountered before but still.
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 my pattern recognition is spiking after a series of "check-in” meetings are all being rescheduled…
…they were supposed to be 3 weeks from now and suddenly 3 of them are now this Friday, one right after the other…
…does not help the meetings involve me and two of the other more senior admins in the unit…
…but i shouldn't “anticipate” and instead just let the impending bullshit be a surprise like an allistic
I've been up
I've been down
take my word
my way 'rou-hou-ound
I been masking too mu-uch
I said, Lord take me home now
I'm just melting down to mush
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I've been bad
I've been good
heard their music
ate their foo-oo-ood
I been masking too mu-uch
I said, Lord take me home now
I'm just melting down to mush
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Take me back
Way back home
just by myself
all alo-o-one . . .
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you get it 🙄
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#ActuallyAutistic #ND #AuDHD @autistics
A huge part of neuronormative culture is being obsessed with exposing lies and cheating rather than being honest in the first place and I always have to think about that, when another non-normative person has been falsely accused of using LLMs or some other kind of fraud, because it’s so nonsensical in itself. They don’t trust people who differ from the norm, while the norm itself is built around different stages of dishonesty.
#ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #DisabilityJustice @autistics
Is empathy a less reliable basis for morality than people tend to assume?
A thread on empathy, morality, and autistic reasoning ♾️
Empathy works a bit like a spotlight. In its traditional sense, it often illuminates only a certain bit of the landscape (the bit that’s in front of us, or that we choose to see) but not all of it.
That's a problem if we confuse that with morality, or 'goodness'.
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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autism #Empathy #Morality #SocialJustice #CriticalPsychology #AutismResearch
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My Wi-fi is paid. I'm waiting for an updated quote on a data transfer. I think the only thing I could use help with is buying some groceries for the next week.
My goal is $70.
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I got transit money, I got some groceries and I'm still waiting to hear back from the computer store.
Anything donated will go towards further groceries/household purchases🥰
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic stuff i used to do pre-diagnosis…
The Other Mind | Autism, Cognition, Identity is live on Medium. The world is the subject, the autistic mind the lens: essays on cognition, identity, and human difference.
Wow, was für ein Wochenende habe ich vor!
In ein paar Stunden geht's los zu meiner liebsten Pride Parade des Jahres: Behindert und Verrückt Feiern (https://www.pride-parade.de). Dieses Jahr verteile ich dort diese zweisprachigen Flyer (Englisch auf der anderen Seite), damit mehr Menschen von prepped.to erfahren: der Website, auf der man sensorische Infos und Service-Anleitungen für die verschiedensten Orte hochladen und abrufen kann, um sich vorher zu informieren und vorzuplanen.
Und morgen habe ich einen Stand beim @cakesnzines Community DIY Zine Festival, wo ich Dinge verkaufe, die es in unserem Print-on-Demand-Shop (https://aut2aut.myspreadshop.ie) nicht gibt: Ausmalbilder, -zines und auch Sticker, die ich selbst gestaltet habe, plus einige Tote Bags, Buttons, Magnete und Plüschtiere aus dem Shop, alles, um Spenden für Aut2Aut zu sammeln, meine #ActuallyAutistic gemeinnützige UG.
Ich freue mich auf euch!
Und gleichzeitig frage ich mich, wie lange ich mich danach zu Hause verstecken muss, um meine soziale Batterie wieder aufzuladen …
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistisch #AutisticPride #Disability #zines #fanzines_zines #coloring
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1058 , Sunday 20/09/2026
Sunday has been a lovely relaxed day!
It started with a nice lie in & ended with a naughty chinese takeaway!
There was a bit of excitement just before lunch when I had to play ‘hunt the autumn duvet’ but that was about it!
Final Thoughts.
Too full of Duck in yellow bean sauce to think! 😆
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 think I’ve scared someone off by being depressing
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don’t people know it doesn’t get better if you can’t tell anyone
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that by running from themselves they’re running from people who need them
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#MH #Depression @autistics #ActuallyAutistic
I'm trying to raise $380 to pay my bills this month. Closer to $400 actually, because I'm in the negative after yesterday and once the month rolls over it'll charge me for that
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I think I figured out my marketing problem. I lose my words. When I go to do marketing stuff I lose my words/my mind goes blank/its like static on the fritz. (yay AuDHD!), and I'm sure it's probably driven by trauma/basically being told that my own stuff is probably wrong and not good, but am wondering if any other #ActuallyAutistic folks run into this when promoting their work.
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1063 , Friday 25/09/2026
Friday being the last gym day of the week saw me up & about bright & early.
Not a bad session although following the advice I got on Wednesday did result in more effort - & pain!
But hey no pain no gain!
Breakfast & chores were followed by another session on NMS expedition 23.
A quiet day followed ending with our Friday staples of pizza & Babylon 5.
Final Thoughts.
I am still struggling to get back on the social engagement horse, I seem to be once again becoming a more or less total hermit.
It’s weird, I’ve been going to the gym for months now & I know about 4 people, this is, I know, down to me not them. I struggle with ‘incidental’ social contacts more & more.
If I were on my own I would vanish into a virtual world & only surface when absolutely necessary.
I’m not sure if that is not more or less where I am now!
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
gawd I wish I could turn it off 😬
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#ActuallyAutistic #ND #AuDHD @autistics
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RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/117304551140632429
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was diagnosed #actuallyAutistic at 50. so, as a former educator and actress, it made me go down a path of self-reflection on what in USA is supposedly #autism. reckoned a lot of it are CULTURAL assumptions.
like eye contact.
in Puerto Rican culture direct eye contact among strangers is considered an act of aggression. so we do it differently.
that’s why i cannot understand why unitedstatian “normies” would look into the eyes of this very obvious animation and not see them DEAD 🧵…
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic a little goes along way...
Good afternoon. I am trying to raise $380 to pay my bills this month.
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1034 , Thursday 27/08/2026
Up at just after 07:15.
Quiet for the most part, it being a very dark & rainy day, such conditions always leave me searching for motivation.
We had a dental appointment late this afternoon … which was booked in March!
I came thru with flying colours, the dentist was very pleased with me! 😊
We booked our next appointment as we were leaving - for next March!
Final Thoughts.
Gym again tomorrow, I hope my toes behave!
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