@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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@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic this is my primary default and has been in overdrive for the past few months…
https://mas.to/@skeletor/115107002576901719
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 867 , Friday 13/03/2026
Friday started just after 7am after a decent nights sleep.
The day started bright & sunny, if cold, clocking in at just over 4ºC when I got down to the kitchen.
Breakfast & chores too up most of the morning then my ADHD brain decided that, having move the desk & the bed arpund I needed to create more hanging space in my wardrobe by moving some of the shelves. I was very disappointed when my ‘bespoke’ wardrobe was made offsite in individual units but I have to admit that having them designed so that shelves could be moved or removed was a stroke of genius which, for the price of a bit of elbow grease, a length of oval chrome bar & a couple of appropriate brackets means I’ve increased my hanging space by about 60% & still maintained the same number of shelves - even if some of them are ½ the height they once were.
I managed to squeeze in some work in the box room, I’ll post some during/ after photos when its done & I have had time to write the alt-texts for them.
Got a couple of hours in medieval Bohemia too!
Final Thoughts.
Not a bad day at all, my back is really not happy with me though - I might have to get serious about having a sofa day 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
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
My routines not only help me functioning in everyday life and carry me through difficult times, they also make me experience the best day of my life every day. 🤗
#AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #neurodivergent @autistics
RE: https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/116229288312102280
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic 3 hours and a lot of rages later, finally done
Frankly, I don’t understand what all the damned war is about.
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It’s not fucking Middle Earth, there aren’t monsters, you’re supposed to be the smartest animal on Earth, figure out how to live already, WTF. You already invented birth control, FFS.
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#ActuallyAutistic #Philosophy #ND #Anthropology @autistics
@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.
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic suffering through a meeting where Miss Team is planning on getting feedback from a co-worker (who has a side gig as a therapist) to socially manipulate us to get feedback on various issues
so glad the institution of learning i work for thinks this sort of nonsense is ok
@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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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic thinking of adding this to all documents at work since people don’t seem to get me
"... when people talk about autism they talk as if it were a gradient, not a spectrum at all."
#CLLynch, 2019
https://neuroclastic.com/its-a-spectrum-doesnt-mean-what-you-think/
I've been uncomfortable with the way people talk about the autistic s spectrum for ages, but couldn't put my finger on why. This one sentence absolutely nails it.
#HatTip to @dedicto for referencing the article in their bio.
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?
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic the kryptonite when you ask a follow up question (as we all do)…
@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
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic it's monthly board meeting time again...
…and somehow the majority of the agenda is again me talking about administrative improvements and compliance guardrails…
…in college my advisor told me my competence is my penance…
…but what the hell could i have done to warrant this
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic also applies to video meetings
