@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic this is my primary default and has been in overdrive for the past few months…
https://mas.to/@skeletor/115107002576901719
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Have the fedi groups for #ActuallyAutistic and #ActuallyADHD changed? As in do they have different names/titles compared to before?
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic social anxiety - 1, something i wanted to do - 0
@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic
Its time to embrace autistic expertise | Sue Fletcher-Watson on @Medium
https://medium.com/@suefletcherwatson/its-time-to-embrace-autistic-expertise-46e5c8d35c7d
I've been trying a new way to turn procrastination into getting stuff done,by making a list of chores and rolling a D20 to see what I have to do next. Playing with the pretty dice and the randomness of it all is easier for me at the moment than "just do it". I know this will only work for a bit, I'm learning that this is how my brain works, a few weeks from now I'll have to change it up and that's ok.
I don’t have #ADHD but I've observed that certain aspects of my behaviour *may* look like ADHD.
E.g. in #Obsidian, I need multiple tabs/windows because I need to be able to jump from thought(s) to thought(s) quickly.
It looks like distractedness from the outside, but instead, for me, it's because I hold many different thoughts in context, connected systemically, and autistically hyperfocused on all of them in a broad space at the same time.
@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic ran across an article how Liam Neeson is bow embarrassed by his phone speech in Taken.
but as i was copying it for #RandomMovieTVQuotes, i realized that that it be amazing to put this at the top of communications with neurotypicals at work:
But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
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Fair folk of the Fediverse. I bring you a tale of derring-do, of courage and adversity and of a battle worthy of my ancestors.
I bring you the tale of, the changing of the sheets.
It was with no lack of fear or trepidation that I entered the affray, having spent long building up my resolve and courage and my very will to do battle. For my adversary was battle hardened, a worthy enemy I had fought many times before and for whom I could hold nothing but respect and honour. But still, I had bested him those many times before and that lifted my spirits before such a grim deed, even though it had never been without true cost and a mighty effort.
As suspected, his defence was stout. Mighty was his will and grim did the battle rage. Many times was I forced back, breathless, but not defeated. Neither did he falsely rejoice in those moments, knowing only too well my own determination and fortitude. We were worthy adversaries, long time foes and knew each other far too well to claim such premature victory.
Long did the battle rage like this. The dust of war rose up and clogged my very breath and stung my eyes, but still we fought on. Neither relenting, neither giving up. Such was the nature of our eternal strife. Until, breath almost gone from my body, the deed was done. Again I was victorious. But, for how many more times in this relentless war, that no man can tell.
I thank you for listening and hope that no part of this grim, yet I hope heroic tale has offended your fair ears. It is just a simple tale in the end, brought to you by a humble traveller from the far land of Autistic, with chronic asthma and COPD. And I wish you, a fair night.
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@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic i was recently put on penicillin for an upcoming surgery and the side effects do not include brain fog but…
…ever since i started taking it i’ve had brain fog…
…anyone else ever experience this?
@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic had one of my doomsday predictions actually not come to fruition -- for now…
…not sure if i am relieved about this or not
#actuallyAutistic #actuallyADHD
So, friends - as the gup.pe groups have unexpectedly died, how do we all get together again elsewhere? Has anyone set up anything yet, and how do we spread the word?
If you haven’t heard about it yet:
https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115164282623836102
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@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic
https://mas.to/@skeletor/115146980514637041
R.I.P. Guppe Groups. Special shoutout to the @actuallyautistic group in particular, I've found so many fellow #Autistic people and that group helped me realise I was not alone in how I process the world. Good thing we can follow hashtags on the Fediverse, the #ActuallyAutistic one is wonderful!
Hey all... Because of the domain name issues with GUP, @actuallyautistic is defunct. Follow and post @autistics instead!
Can't figure out if I'm having insufficient command of my subject matter, dual empathy problem, or just plain being obtuse.
@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic found while doing my morning “wake up doom scrolling” and was exactly what i needed…
“Why Autistics Get Fired”
@hello i’m sure you heard that #Guppe groups are down indefinitely and wanted to know if you had any advice on how to alert members of the #actuallyautistic #Guppe group of the #FediGroups @autistics group?
When you struggle with Object Permanence, everything in a box, cupboard or drawer becomes a Schrödinger's thing(s).
Do they exist or don't they exist, or do they only exist if you remember them & where you put them?
Do they only exist when you find / rediscover them?
#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic #ObjectPermanence
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic been struggling to find a fidget item that is quiet, portable, an inconspicuous…
...i gravitate toward spinning types and after many, many, many a failure, i think i found the right one...
…a spinner ring but for my thumb…
...never thought i'd be a thumb ring guy but…
…extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic this just happened at work this week:
(1) covering for a fellow admin and they are due back the next dauy
(2) admin's manager asks me to start scheduling a new meeting that would not happen for at least 2 weeks
(3) admin comes back next day and winds up having to go through multiple rounds of dates over the next three days after my initial dates didn't wind up working
so why was this waste of time initiated by the admin’s manger?
POWER AND CONTROL
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic nothing like watching people at work ignore an email's “voting link” in favor doing endless Reply All emails…
…did i mention i work for an entity that is subject to my state's public records law...
...and that every individual email is a potential public record on its own (for both sender and recipient)...
…but we're all “too in the weeds" on details
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic goes out to all the petty assholes pushing my buttons today