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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1071 , Saturday 03/10/2026
Saturday has been a relaxing day, a few chores, a bit of Starfield & then a ‘Trigger Point’ fest.
Final Thoughts.
Our neighbours across the street have gone on their hollibobs - leaving us to care for their orchid … The responsibility!!!
In other news the 2nd dragon tree cutting that I planted earlier this year & that I didn’t think had taken is starting to bud - so 2 out of 3 have survived my far from green fingers! There is hope for the orchid yet!
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 this installment of #DyspraxiaWins…
…vacuuming the bedroom without upsetting the cats — ❌
…rotate mattress in under 5 minutes — ❌
…feeling extremely winded and exhausted after seemingly simple activities — ✅
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic i should add this to next week’s board agenda just to freak out the allistics…
If you have a process, a way to detect malicious cheaters, then that is the process that the cheaters must and will hack, and the ones who are simply different and fail your tests and not the malicious ones you say you are trying to catch.
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i.e., the #ND weirdos get caught and hated but the fucking politicians walk right through.
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#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD @autistics
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1072 , Sunday 04/10/2026
Well Sunday started by being woken at just after 7am by the neighbours - whose previous sale has fallen thru & the house is back on the market, so no sign of respite any time soon!
Apart from that it has been a very quiet & relaxed day.
Final Thoughts.
Once again I find myself wondering what life would have been like as a singleton.
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
Apparently I don’t sleep
anymore. So here’s a little exploration, or a rant.
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It’s philosophy, this, I don’t do experiments or proofs, no-one would call me a scientist. An old time definition of #Philosophy, it’s not some system of grammar or a dissection of our senses’ adequacy to show us reality.
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I’m not a “man;” I’m #ActuallyAutistic
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I’m not white, I’m Autistic
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Whatever is wrong with white men, and there’s a lot, it’s Allism.
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If you’re Allistic and female, or Allistic and black, or Allistic and queer, you could be more of a problem than a straight white Autistic man, because your brain means more than your skin colour or your genitals or what you do with your genitals.
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I lived in a world of Allistic females and the hate and the power was theirs, not mine, they were the liars and haters in my life, not because they are women but because they are Allistic and to be Allistic is to fight. Some of
my people are gay - I confess, no black people were involved in my life, I am applying my insight after the fact regarding race, that your brain has priority over everything.
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There are surely places where black people rule and there black men surely fill all the same roles as white men do here, right? And not because they’re black, or even because they are men but because they are Allistic.
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Race and gender and sexuality are only the most important differences between people depending on your neurotype, and depending if you know about neurotypes or not - and these things seem intertwined. It seems only the #ND, the minority neurotypes know about neurodiversity.
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The majority sort doesn’t seem to see it, so long and short, mostly it is the majority type, Allistics who are left seeing the other differences as more causative of something, race, sex, etc., #NTPsychology
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White skin doesn’t make you evil, same as black skin doesn’t make you whatever some white people say black people are, neurotype and environment make you whatever you are. Psychology deals with your environment in this life, neurotype seems to be about evolution and adaptation to long term environments, types are something like multigenerational psychological . . . I can’t find a neutral or positive term, I’d use it if I had one, but . . . syndromes, or disorders.
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Neurotypes are an order/disorder, depending on your POV or a value judgement,
like that. Multigenerational trauma or not, an adaptive or maladaptive brain, but . . . real. Biological. And evolving.
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Hmmm. Question: what are people trying to convey by that, “multigenerational,” if not evolution, inheritance, and genetics? - Oh, Hell, I’ve blathered on and now you’re forgetting the point, aren’t you?
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Quick recap: race and gender ain’t it, neurotype is more foundational than any of that by an order of magnitude, and it’s only one type that doesn’t know that and fixates on all the external noise and ignores brains, especially its own. #TheoryOfMind 🙄
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@autistics
Things we don't have to keep doing
A lot of my own journey since diagnosis has been recognising the things that make me happy, and the things, the obligations, that contribute to overwhelm or burnout.
The relief when you stop doing those things is exhilarating. For me it started with going back to a 7pm bedtime.
I've put some of my own releases together in this guide:
https://www.heyasd.com/blogs/autism/things-you-no-longer-have-to-do-autistic-adult
#ActuallyAutistic #LateDiagnosed #AutisticAdults #Neurodivergent #Autism
Hey I just realised it’s my 4th Fedi-versary!
Oh Nuggan’s holey nuts, it only seems like yesterday I first started scattering my nutty toots liberally around the Fediverse!
I have met so many wonderful folks since arriving here in the Great Migration of ‘22!
I wish you all a fabulous weekend - wherever you are in it!
#TheMammutMoves #SquirrelsRule #TimThePoetSquirrel #ActuallyAutistic #HappyFediversary
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1105 , Friday 06/11/2026
Friday started early with Mrs S banging around at just after 6am - yay!
Went to the gym & it was another hard session - I’m really struggling at the moment. I though these exercises would get easier but not so much!
Oh Nuggan’s holey nuts! Mrs S has been in touch with Scottish Power & they reckon that the electric meter reading is wrong!
I followed their instructions & although we were told that it is an E7 meter there is only 1 reading.
So back we go to treble check!
My readings were correct so now we see what Scottish Power have to say for themselves!
We decided to come home the scenic route across the moors - which ended up taking far longer than normal due to getting stuck behind not one but 4 tractors & discovering that the road that would take us the last couple of miles was closed for ‘emergency’ repairs leading to a detour of about 5 miles!
Then just to close the day off with a high our pizza place was closed (reason unknown) & the chinese I ordered was covered in batter! (I ordered duck in plum sauce - our normal place is closed due to the owners being on their holi-bobs, they leave the duck unadorned, which is how I prefer it! )
My stomach is starting to complain as I type this - I suspect I’m in for a long night!
Final Thoughts.
Ughhhhhh!!!!
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 1106 , Saturday 07/11/2026
Saturday started at just before 07:30 & has been a very quiet day.
I did my chores, including hoovering & mopping the relevant floors downstairs!
A relaxing afternoon which flowed into an enjoyable evening watching ‘The Pelican Brief’ & eating pizza. Our fave pizza place having recovered from whatever kept them closed yesterday it seems.
Final Thoughts.
Nothing really - although the predictions for the coming El Nino / SSW weather events makes very sobering reading - we enjoy our own micro climate in our valley so heres hoping that it protects us from the worst of any bad weather!
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
Most of my life I was under the false impression that everyone thought about things the way I thought about things. Now I know better, but I can't seem to get my heart to grasp it. (I would say grok it, but Elon wrecked the phrase.) I read and reread explanations for what neurotypicals actually mean or think and my brain deflects it and says I'm just missing something or explaining myself poorly.
I wonder how long this is going to continue...
#ActuallyAutistic
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1073 , Monday 05/10/2026
Monday & I was up with the Larkins (qudos to all those who get that ref! 😁)
Another quiet day, not much in the way of motivation.
It’s been quite a sunny & warm day again today & a little part of me wanted to go outside but the door demons were stronger today.
Nuked a ready made lasagne for tea — I have started to decant any m/w meals into glass containers to cook & it does seem to actually improve the taste in addition to reducing our exposure to all those nasty forever chems & carcinogenic compounds!
Final Thoughts.
Struggling with the hermit urge & the door demons again. It’s prolly the time of year.
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 today’s edition of #DyspraxiaWins, i started trying to set up my new M6 iMac at 8am, and i am still barely half done
one of the main complications was the puzzle box it came in
a close second was trying to figure out how my ex had set up all the wires etc. on the old machine years ago
Heeey @autistics #ActuallyAutistic talk clean to me: Do you shower daily?
Limited to 4 options so please just choose whichever applies the most often.
Options: (choose one)
Is “wears a hat,” diagnostic?
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@autistics
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ND
Options: (choose one)
After watching this excellent and thought provoking #philosophy video "How Different Cultures Defined a Life Well-Spent ":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PbzIuo78s
...I think I can finally explain the purpose and function of #autism @autistics
Autistic people were described by the Maori culture as "existing in their own time and space", as apart from everyone else. I think that there is good reason for it. Sometimes one finds oneself born into a Social milieu so toxic, that a radical psychological defense is necessary, which is what Autism essentially is. Let me use an analogy. Are you, dear reader, Engineer enough, or geek enough to understand what a "breakout board" is, and why it's useful?
I say Autism is psychology's "breakout board". When everyone around one is so neck deep in a bunch of "narcissistic shared fantasies" and can't find any escape, there needs to be some escape from it, some sort of "escape hatch", as it were. Autism provides this "Escape hatch": similar to what a "breakout board" allows *to the right engineer geek, for the right purpose*.
The Sally Meatballs, Susy Housecoats, and Joe Sixpacks of the world (who are not engineers or geeks), will never understand why a breakout board is valuable. They will scratch their heads, missing the *intensely context-specific* function and purpose of the breakout board. You have to have an Engineer's or Geek's perspective to see the value. Similarly, most people will never see how Autism is a good thing, *for its specific function and purpose*.
@autistics Are there any #Actuallyautistic people who can't mask or who often choose not to? I feel like I have been masking throughout most of my life and have trouble imagining what a life without #masking would be like or if it is even possible for high functioning individuals.
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1074 , Tuesday 06/10/2026
Tuesday like an old Ford Escort I once had - in fits & starts. A mix of next door & Mrs S waking me up several times between 6am & 07:15 when I finally gave up & got my act into gear.
Really struggling to get going this week despite the mostly fine weather.
Did my chores & a couple of small jobs around the house then was off exploring again.
Final Thoughts.
It seems more like May than October weather wise - no doubt there will be a price to pay with all this energy in the atmosphere later in the winter!
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 was living a high falutin’ life, being conscious and intentional and kind, and those fuckers would rather have some squalid bullshit where I was a somehow a stupid brute only PRETENDING to have a brain.
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NT Three Bears morality, you can’t be TOO bad, but you can’t be too good either. 😠
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@autistics #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ND
@autistics #ActuallyAutistic i say this about an obvious issue and i am the one accused of being the problem…
