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"An ethical advantage of autistic employees in the workplace"
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1364691/full
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1066 , Monday 28/09/2026
Monday started at crack of sparrows’ fart & off I went to the house of horrors that is the gym!
Breakfast & chores were attempted & conquered when I got back.
Big boy trousers were dragged out around 10am & I spent the rest of the morning & into the early afternoon firstly clearing the gutters in readiness for the coming winter & then giving the pond a bit of a clean up.
My spine hates me now!
Final Thoughts.
I’m glad I got the gutters done, I hate heights - or, as noted before, rather falling from them! Hopefully after all the work earlier this year we should not have the gutters overflowing! (Touches every piece of wood within reach!)
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
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic i’m intentionally skipping a board function this week since i am getting close to saying this out loud
image stylization courtesy of #TapestryApp
wasted my life trying to repair something and have my preferred sort of a life, working from bad data and bad principles, from the majority sort’s ideas, like that you can teach them stuff 😠
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic
I don't know if it's just me, but I like the benefit of wearing a mask to prevent inhaling airborne pathogens, but also to hide behind - it makes societally essential 'masking' easier. For example when I'm at work and interact with the public.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @autistics #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic #N95 #COVID #influenza #flu
I feel so lucky to have two perfectly normal kids. But OTOH it’s good to know there‘s help for parents with non-autistic children. 😁😉
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1100 , Sunday 01/11/2026
Sunday started with a decent lie in!
We had a gentle start to the day then made our way thru the dreary autumn weather to my late MiL’s.
I defeated the quantum level encryption on the smart meters & managed to get them to divulge their final readings.
We stopped off at one of our favourite eateries on the way home & treated ourselves to a Sunday Roast lunch - although I weakened in the face of temptation & had the version with 2 fat tasty sausages, veg, mash & onion gravy!
We did a few chores when we got in & then relaxed with an episode of ‘Foyles War’.
A very light tea of grilled garlic sausage sarnies went well with ‘Venom’ the nearest thing to a proper horror movie I could persuade Mrs S to watch.
Final Thoughts.
Not a bad day at all - my late MiL’s house is sold STC so we should reach the end of this particular trail in the next few weeks.
Back to the gym in the morning - joy! Although I have got a lot of naught calories to burn!
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 i was “this close” to saying some variation of this yesterday in the middle of my board meeting…
Hello Neurospicy* friends. Are you someone who finds you need calming sounds/music to help with overwhelm?
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I have to consciously remember to breathe when I’m doing almost anything, especially anything involving bending over, and it just occurred to me after having the elements forever, that this is a freeze response - a freeze response to basically anything, to tying my shoes, so doing anything stresses me out?
That a form of, a CPTSD thing, I guess?
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I realize that because I’m not breathing, everything is a hurry and a panic, this shoestring better not give me any trouble, I’m running out of air. I catch myself holding my breath to sit up and get out of bed, and again putting on my robe, and finding the sleeve can take a second and stress me out.
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Breathe, Babe. Saying this to myself all day long. Anybody else have this crazy problem? Is there a name for it?
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
ÅDiary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1103 , Wednesday 04/11/2026
Wednesday started, somewhat abortively, around 5am when something woke me - I rolled over, saw the clock & rolled straight back over & back to sleep.
The 2nd, far more successful attempt at meeting the day started when the alarm went off at 06:30.
Gym today was gruelling, it seems that not only does foggy, damp, grey weather suck all the mental energy out of me but the physical energy too!
That said I completed all my sets so ‘yay’ for the gift of grim determination!
The rest of the day was less successful, with very little getting done once my chores were out of the way.
Final Thoughts.
Winter is always a challenge motivation wise - I should move to the equator then I could function all year round!
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 1067 , Tuesday 29/09/2026
Tuesday started about 07:30 & has been a pretty quiet day, especially in comparison to yesterday!
Mrs S was in the office all day, then was out to a friends birthday meal this evening so it has been a peaceful day!
I was going to watch a movie this evening but having spent 20 minutes perusing the alternatives & not finding anything that suited my mood I ended up back playing Starfield.
Final Thoughts.
I am finding it harder & harder to be social at the moment, there is too much of the world to cope with if that makes any sense.
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 another day, another missive:
"Please see below for a form you can fill out to join [redacted]administrative assistant listserv group.
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I enjoy the forums and email updates, but there is no pressure to join. It is all optional."
if it looks like passive aggressiveness, and reads like passive aggressiveness, pretty sure it is passive aggressively not optional
would note that the admins in this group function like a hive mind of inefficiency
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1099 , Saturday 31/10/2026
Well Saturday has been a ridiculously quiet day!
Had a chinese takeaway for tea & watched Liam Neeson in ‘Non-Stop’ a nice little action movie for a Saturday night.
No one knocked at our door tonight so there’s a box of Cadbury’s Heros going spare … but not for long!! 😆
Final Thoughts.
Off to my late MiL’s tomorrow to read the meters (after last times abysmal failure). I have done my research & in theory tomorrow’s attempt should be the last - all things being equal!
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 1096 , Wednesday 28/10/2026
Wednesday started earlier than expected at just before 6am thanks to our neighbours inability to shut the feck up!
Got down to the gym & the session was just as painful as I feared! That’ll teach me to skip a day! I’m planning a week off for my birthday in mid November - my eyes are watering at the thought of going back even as I type this!
Fought off the door demons & went down to the surplus shop & our menu has suddenly expanded in variety!
Spent a relaxing afternoon tweaking my ship in Starfield.
Final Thoughts.
A minor victory for squirrel kind against the door demons today & a gym session! Any more of this & the world will be the mollusc of my choice!
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 1089 , Wednesday 21/10/2026
Wednesday started over an hour before dawn and I was down at the gym just after 7am.
It wasn’t a bad session although I wish all this hard work would translate into some proper weight loss!
No doubt the fact that once I had done my chores I spent the afternoon chasing baddies in Starfield didn’t help.
Final Thoughts.
The quacks have referred me to a weight management course thingy - I really, really don’t play well with others & I am not sure how much use it will be. I’m going thru with it because then at least I can say I did.
Anyway it’s prolly not until after Christmas so I will likely have some serious weight to lose by then!
I never thought in my 20s, when I could eat anything & lose it at work pulling 30ft long copper cables or lugging green screen terminals around, that I would end up on a weight management course. It feels like I simply have another thing to add to my increasingly long list of life failures.
Ah well day by day until the last day.
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
RE: https://mastodon.social/@filmfreak75/117356796263062230
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic and i have decided i will sign up to be an agent of chaos and/or reason…
…depending on the respective neurotype perspective
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic the moment someone in a meeting says “ice breaker” OR “let’s break into groups”…
RE: https://c.im/@wisdom/117560653467959605
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic sounds special interest-ish to me
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic my ignoramus of an ex-husband has chosen today to pick up mail that came for him…
…it was 3 years ago to the day he asked me for a divorce…
…that event is what started my journey to diagnosis…
…still have not told him, for reasons, but damn…
…after all these years, he is still oblivious as fuck to date of significance
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1102 , Tuesday 03/11/2026
Tuesday started around 07:15 & it’s been quite a relaxed day.
It’s been a proper autumn day with a mix of weather & temps maxing out around 10ºC.
Final Thoughts.
Crumbs today went quickly!
Back in the gym in the morning … I’m kinda glad it’s habitual 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
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1068 , Wednesday 30/09/2026
Wednesday started even before the sparrows had had time to get themselves organised & was down the gym just after 7am.
It was a hard session today - I struggled all the way thru for some reason.
I descaled the kettle this morning - the high point of the day (note to self, don’t sniff the fumes! 😜)
Really could not get into gear once I had finished my other chores & spent the better part of the day in virtual worlds of one sort or another.
Final Thoughts.
I bumped into a couple of ex colleagues in the gym & really struggled to have a decent conversation - I seem to be losing the ability to converse directly with others humans!
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
