I don’t see how anyone gets “Autism awareness,” without getting the root concept of neurotype. I don’t see the point or possibility of Autism awareness without it, without Allism awareness.
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Sorry.
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#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #ND #AuDHD @autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 875 , Saturday 21/03/2026
Saturday started earlish at just after 7am.
Breakfast & chores followed then a couple of hours of peace & quiet with Mrs S out shopping.
It’s been a generally quiet day we caught up on a couple of shows this afternoon then finished the day with a calzone while we watched the penultimate Jack Ryan movie - ‘Sum of all Fears’ a movie I have always liked. It struck me that if something similar were to happen today then the orange oaf would not hesitate to start WW3 & cause nuclear armageddon!
Final Thoughts.
My brain was a little less all over the place today which was a welcome change, still very tired though!
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
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 871 , Tuesday 17/03/2026
Monday started at around 7am but it took me ages to actually get up, I finally made it downstairs at about 07:15.
Breakfast was committed & then the daily chores.
I was going to have a sofa surfing day today to rest my back but the new clothes rail for my wardrobe rocked up so I had to fit that & then I spent just under an hour in the box room. Have got to the sanding phase, so I just did a few easy bits that didn’t create too much dust, discovering some extra bits that I had missed when I was repairing the cracks & holes in the walls.
It’s been a really sunny day so I made use of the free power from the solar panels & put the dishwasher on a self clean cycle.
I finally settled down around 2pm when I decided to watch the first Jack Reacher movie. I don’t remember seeing it before & did enjoy it in a turn your brain off & go with the flow kind of a way.
Also managed an hour or so running around medieval Bohemia before Mrs S got home.
Final Thoughts.
Not surprisingly my back is not happy with me this evening so I will have to make a more concerted effort to rest 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
Thinking about switching from Windows to Linux yesterday created a cascade of thoughts in me I didn’t expect and I would liket to tell you a bit about it, about me. I am an AuDHD cis woman (she), somewhat fluid in gender (autigender) and personality, I constantly grow and adapt.
I am a Xennial and worked as a concept developer and PM in tech during my 20s until my first huge burnout, that made me spend several months on an almost empty island in Thailand and in India and quit my job. During my 30s I worked as a yoga teacher, but I never really recovered from the burnout. Because of that and other health problems, I have been unemployed for several years by now. I live together with beagle Lumi, a rescue from animal testing.
Since I found out that I am autistic 4 years ago, things slowly improved, but I cannot change the fact that I am an autistic, disabled person in an allistic, ableist world. Because of my sensory issues and other aspects of my disability, I can barely exist in the outside world. Besides my daily walks with Lumi and very few planned activities, I spend most of my time at home, so it’s almost impossible for me to meet like minded people IRL. The fact that I live in a very conservative country, city and neighborhood doesn’t help with that either.
As an Anarchist I believe in community and mutual support, but switching to a new operating system with only the online-community here on Mastodon as support is scary. I have an IRL friend who is a sys-admin, but he is specialized in Windows and very busy. I am a fast learner and have exceptional analytical skills, but I am not a programmer, my math skills are extremely limited and the burnout affects my capacity for learning new things. I have a very monotropic mind, am very attached to objects and change can be difficult for me as autistic person.
But currently I feel the need for change, for tidying up my life, my data, myself.
I still have my information architect and project manager skills and I already have a list in my mind of all the things that will be affected by the change and I have a lot of questions. I will write about that in another post, probably several other posts.
Thank you for reading this, thank you for helping me, boosts are welcome.
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic i've always wondered how neurotypicals can say the word “synergies” with a straight face
I wanted to express gratitude to all of you on here for sharing your lived experience, struggles and all.
I’ve learned more about myself through your sharing than I ever would have doing this by myself or with “official support”.
With a special shoutout to people from the #ADHD side of our tribe, giving me invaluable, refreshing—and sometimes confronting—insights.
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic in response to a meeting yesterday:
Say [team] again.
Say [team] again! I dare you!
I double-dare you, motherfucker.
Say [team] one more goddamn time.
—Jules Winnfield, Pulp Fiction
I gave feedback on a PhD student's first manuscript and finally used the phrase "this is close to being finished." Her actual supervisors (I'm "just" a coauthor) have been using phrases like "one more round and this section is done" or "we're almost ready to submit" for ages already. Is this some sort of neurotypical ecouragement? My feeling about their remarks has always been "no way" until very recently. Why would you say that when you must know it's not true? Of course I encourage in my commenting as well but those types of claims seem ridiculous, almost lying.
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic now more than ever, prove their asses wrong…
How do people make a social context or group or culture more accessible to Autistic people?
#actuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic
(Edit: not that I don't have an answer or two, but I want *your* answer.)
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@autistics Do any other #ActuallyAutistic people have experience with dream enactment? (As in, you are dreaming of doing something and are doing it while asleep. In my case it's dreaming of running from something and I'm lying there "running" very fast).
I have an appointment with a sleep specialist (in two months...) but I'm curious if - given our propensity towards sleep disorders - this is something anyone else on here has experience with.
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 857 , Tuesday 03/03/2026
Tuesday started at around 5am when some weird noise from next door woke me up … I managed to roll over & finally got up just after 7am!
It’s been a lovely sunny day so of course the door demons were on patrol.
I did manage to put in just over an hour in the box room, it is slowly moving towards the point when actual decorating can take place!
We had some pulled pork lasagna for tea - very nice!
Final Thoughts.
Dare I say it, not a bad day, shame about next door being noisy buggers but I shall defeat them tonight by employing my ear plugs!
Mrs S is off to the office tomorrow so I can have a lie in!
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
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 858 , Wednesday 04/03/2026
Wednesday started at just after 7am, I had wanted to have a lie in but my body decided that it wanted to get up so up we got!
It been another lovely sunny early Spring day.
Chores were followed by an hour or so working in the box room.
Also got more books put away in new homes so that is getting closer to completion!
Final Thoughts.
I often wonder what life would have been life had I stayed a singleton.
Ah well back to the treadmill.
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 in the years leading up to my burn out i was suffering from (and still to some extent) an “Abusive or Narcissistic Leader”…
…and i'll admit i was in “The Ignored" camp most of the time as a coping mechanism...
...but these past two years i am back to my roots of the “Whistleblower” as an act of self care…
…and while this "change" is making some uncomfortable, i'd remind them that…
… no one ever said you were owed a pain free life
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic so just another day proving people wrong?
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic the disabled affinity group (the one that banished me) is holding an “Autism in the Workplace” event that is claiming to be two internal professors:
"lead[ing] a conversation…and share insights into the experiences of autistic employees and how workplace environments can both support and challenge people with this identity.”
i’ve no hope this will be anything more than PR spin excusing the already rampant bad behavior and expecting us to "assume positive intent”
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 872 , Wednesday 18/03/2026
Wednesday started around 7am, well actually just before because my brain decided to spring athletically into action while my body was somewhat less enthusiastic!
I managed to have a quiet day today, did my chores and then settled down to a a day of gaming & the 2nd Jack Reacher movie.
I did take time out to fix the dragon that I got for Christmas that fell over when I was sorting out my books. Hopefully Mrs S will never notice!
Final Thoughts.
A quiet day & my back is a lot more friendly towards me tonight!
We have reached the time of year where if we have a sunny day the solar panels produce enuf power to run the various bits & bobs around the house, this cheers me up no end!
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 had a "theory of mind" breakthrough today. There are 2 kinds of truths apparently. One kind of truth - the kind you can expect all #actuallyAutistic people to subscribe to - is about plain facts, and objective reality.
The second kind of truth is for the more salesperson-minded types (and narcissists can be expected to think this way). It's a *subjective* sort of truth. It's the truth of what the current trends and sentiments are, temporarily running through a culture. Truth is that which causes people to open their wallets and purses, and make impulsive spending decisions. That's a more malleable truth, which these types can shape and mold through their salespersonship skills. It's anybody's game - to them - to be on-trend and profit from trends, through narratives and charisma. The sky's the limit. These narratives only need to be loosely based on a true story (of objective reality), playing on people's willingness to enjoy a good story, in order to be swept up into the emotional affect of it; the hope, the hype, the dreams, the optimism.
@autistics
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 859 , Thursday 05/03/2026
Thursday started a little later at just before 07:30.
Breakfast was followed by the inevitable chores.
Its been another bright & sunny early Spring day here in deepest, darkest Yorkshire which boosted my internal solar batteries & I was off like the energiser bunny!
I have nearly finished the great book re-organisation, the main problem now is that despite having moved all my non-fiction books downstairs I still appear to have 3 bookshelves worth of books & only 2 bookshelves left!
Progress has been made in the box room, however my spine is giving me grief this evening so it might have to be a sofa surfing day tomorrow.
Final Thoughts.
Not a bad day, I do so love sunny days!
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 anyone else find metal renditions of other music really soothing?
for example...
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 908 , Thursday 23/04/2026
Up just after 7am, made breakfast & did my chores.
Then spent a couple of hours in a not totally successful attempt to clean the paint off the bottom of the backseats of the car.
Did some prep work to enable the scaffolding to go up tomorrow, we’re having to have the exterior walls of the extension re-pointed & also the gutter replaced. We have been meaning to do it for a while as it does need it!
The rest of the day has been mostly chilling out playing on the PS5. There is other stuff to be done but I have neither the motivation nor the energy to do any of it.
Final Thoughts.
Tomorrow & the early part of next week is going to be busy, noisy & dusty!
I’m not looking fwd to any of that!
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 just finished a 90 minute seminar from our internal civil rights office that was super light on how to recognize discriminatory behavior and how to address it in manager/employee relationships
but it did include this question to participants (and yes they were serious):
"What actions can you take to prevent discrimination?”
because nothing says "We support you" like preemptively blaming you for not preventing your being discriminated against
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 860 , Friday 06/03/2026
Friday started at just after 7am.
The weather turned today & its been a grey, damp & cold day.
Despite this I managed to get some more done in the box room, mostly filling in the various holes revealed when the old wallpaper came off. Some of them are quite deep so a layered approach is required.
Spent some time in medieval Bohemia too which was nice!
Had ¾ of a calzone for tea - the other ¼ is in the fridge so lunch tomorrow is sorted!
Caught up on a couple of episodes of ‘Silent Witness’ we think MH services today are bad, they have nothing on the practices of 50 years or more ago!
Final Thoughts.
A better day than I feared it would be. Time will tell if I can maintain this level in the absence of sunlight!
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