autism
SO IT'S #Autism Awareness Month?
since am one of those #ActuallyAutistic people Dx at the tender age of 50 (yes, 50. and yes am older now, shut up), am not acquainted with the american rituals of national days or awareness months involving autism.
welp, let me do this as a gentle reminder:
1. BLACK
2. INDIGENOUS
3. PUERTO RICAN
4. CARIBBEAN
5. LATINOAMERICANES
6. WOMEN
can be #autistic too.
and in my case: #dyslexic with a sprinkling of good ol' extra spicy #ADHD.
but ironically, 🧵
The third in my series about #autism where I try to move from my personal perspective all the way to a general social understanding of autism, #ablism and the ways forward in an #anarchist framework. https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/03/30/autism-and-anarchy-real-autistic-community-is-a-class-community/
A word to those of you who might be new, or thinking about following me.
Whilst this place obviously runs on algorithms, it doesn't have one to push content onto your timeline. To this end, this place is all about being active. You have to go out and find the content you want. In terms of following the accounts of those whose posts you want to see and also in terms of following the various hashtags that interest you. There are also groups, who solely boost anything posted that tags them, such as @actuallyautistic a group for all autistics and even those who think they might be and not just those officially diagnosed. Follow enough of these things and your timeline can quickly fill, with all that interests you.
However, this is an ongoing process. People come and go. The nature of what they post might vary and no longer interest you. For this reason, unfollowing someone is not a cardinal sin here. Unlike other places, where how many people following you determines your reach, here it really doesn't do anything. Other than affect the quality of your engagement and how many boosts, which do determine reach, and favourites any given post of yours may have.
There are also, always, new people you might want to follow. Or new hashtags that you become aware of that interest you. In fact, over time, you can quite easily end up with an unmanageable timeline. Learning how to use lists, can help you here, separating your various interests into more manageable chunks. You can also hide the boosts of anyone you follow, so that you only see their posts, but not the huge amount of other stuff they might be prone to boosting. But, even with these things, there may come a time when you realise that something has to give and that you can't follow everything. Or, that what you are following is not quite right and that you may need to refresh everything with new follows.
It is, as I said, an ongoing and active process being on here. Both of weeding out the old, or unwanted, and in tending the new. It therefore requires an amount of constant work that puts some people off this place, but which, for most of us, is the beauty of it, once you get the hang of it.
To that end, I therefore do not automatically follow back everyone who follows me. It may be a trick people have learnt in other places and even considered good behaviour because of that. But, as I've explained, it doesn't do much here, where it's all about managing and curating your own timeline. So, if I don't follow back, please don't take offence. I, almost exclusively, wander the #autism spaces and simply like my timeline filled accordingly.
The common misunderstandings about #Autism I learned:1. Levels. The common misconception is that Levels 1, 2, & 3 refers to "severity", or as a NeuroTypical ("NT") parent said, "stages of autism".…
The MOVE 4 Kids Event is a national fundraising event in support of the MOVE by GoodLife Kids physical activity and fitness program for youth with autism and intellectual disabilities, offered by GoodLife Kids Foundation.
If I raise enough in donations to let at least one kid with #autism or other #intellectualdisabilities to use this valuable resource, it'll be awesome. It's a great program for kids who are often left out.
I hope my #infosec colleagues can help me blow this goal out of the water! More info, and donation link here:
https://goodlifekids.akaraisin.com/ui/MOVE4Kids2025/p/3ea63f5e66fd48528a96d4ba64c3998c
#Wednesday S02 is super enjoyable!#FOBI = Fear Of Being IncludedYeah, /metoo#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticActually #Autistic #Autism
I'm getting a lot out of the Neurodivergent Insights newsletter by Dr. Megan Anna Neff. For example, this post about the overlap of ADHD and autism:
https://neurodivergentinsights.com/misdiagnosis-monday/adhd-vs-autism/
Dr. Neff is herself AuDHD who turned her hyperfocus on her neurotype into a PhD in psychology. She's also raising a neurodivergent kid with strong PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance, which she calls Pervasive Drive for Autonomy):
https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/pda-or-demand-avoidance/
🚨 EMERGENCY MUTUAL AID POST 25/1150 🚨
y'all, I got my due date for the electric bill extended to the 26th but I have to pay in full by then
I need $1150 to pay them
if you can spare anything, please help, my autistic child, my two disabled partners, and me all depend on it
I'm really at a loss, please help 🙏
#mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #transmutualaid #disabledmutualaid #bills #electric #help #begpost #autism #disabled #native #adhd #ptsd #helpme
Kim Dami's character—Yun Ina—seems to be Autistic-coded. It's hard to be sure since Kim Dami explained in an interview that her character was scarred by what she witnessed when she was 19, so she's acting like a 19-year old with an intellect of a 29-year old.#Autism #Neurodivergent #Autistic
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6kg6emlwd6bfmyf3i5zyn264/post/3lpsqliujit2c
"'[Autistic people] will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date,' Kennedy said"
1. I pay taxes.
2. I ran 5km this morning.
3. My poetry has been published.
4. I've been on dates; I'm married.
Yes, I'm an anarcho-syndicalist, bisexual, gender-fluid, autistic, radical leftist!
I won’t apologize for being an anarchist or for being autistic. Autism rules, and so does anarchism!
#Anarchist #Syndicalist #Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSyndicalist #AnarchoSyndicalism #Bisexuality #Bisexual #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Autism #RadicalLeftist #Radical #Politics
"Let your voice be heard! VOTE!"
Autistic me: I VOTE FOR ___!
COMELEC: Ssshh! Shade the balot!
#AutisticActually #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistics #Neurodivergent #Neuroatypical #Philippines #Pilipinas #Halalan2025 #Eleksyon2025 #ElectionsPH
#Neurodiversity, #Autism, #ADHD picks of the day:
➡️ @autism101 - Resources for newly or self-diagnosed autistic people
➡️ @stimpunks - US non-profit supporting neurodiverse & disabled people
➡️ @GuidingExceptionalParents - Psychologists supporting caregivers of neurodiverse children
➡️ @www.s4nd.org - News feed from UK autism charity led by autistic people
➡️ @www.autismeurope.org.news-publications - News feed of European NGO for rights of autistic people
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I was in #Arirang #TheDailyReport by Ms. Sunny a few years back where disabilities were discussed in relation to #Kdrama«Disabilities Redefined in K-dramas, "Extraordinary Attorney Woo"»www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4hy...#AutisticActually #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Neurodivergent #ASD #Autistic
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Eu, como pessoa autista, nesse dia de conscientização sobre autismo, gostaria de dizer que não importa se você acha que eu não pareço autista, guarde sua opinião pra si, ninguém perguntou. 
The #Pdrama #ItsOkayToNotBeOkay (2025) is an adaptation of the #Kdrama of the same name ( #사이코지만괜찮아 (2020)). Here's my reaction about the premiere episodeswhtwnd.com/youronly....#Autism #Autistic #Disablities #IOTNBO #Philippines #Pilipinas #PWD #ItsOkayToNotBeOkayPH #IOTNBOph #TV #Drama
«It's Okay to Not Be Okay», a ...
The P-drama «It's Okay to Not Be Okay» (2025) is an adaptation of the K-drama of the same name ( «사이코지만 괜찮아» (2020)). Here's my reaction about the premiere episodes.
https://whtwnd.com/youronly.one/3luhwsusjt22g
Tags: #Pdrama #Kdrama #ItsOkayToNotBeOkayPH #IOTNBO #IOTNBOph #TV #drama #Disablities #Autism #Autistic #PWD #Philippines #Pilipinas
@pdrama @tv
via @stuffifound who wrote: "Admit it, allistic people are pretty weird when you think about it"
cc: @actuallyautistic
#autism #autistmspectrum #thunberg #gretathunberg #climate #climatechange #climatechangeisreal #climateactivism #activism #xr #extinctionrebellion #fridaysforfuture #mentalhealth
Hello youths, it is your queer auntie Abadidea back with the advice
I was alerted to a 19yo autistic person who heard "autistic people tend to form their first successful long-term relationship around 30" and concluded that there is then no point to even trying until they're 30. I don't know where this statistic came from or how accurate it is, but that's a bit beside the point, because:
Very few people get into a successful long-term relationship on their very first try. The usual way of things is that two well-meaning young people fall in love and then something goes painfully, messily wrong four months in and they both LEARN something about how to conduct themselves and how to deal with others. Repeat two or three more times until two people who have developed some emotional maturity fall in love. It may take autistic people a little longer on average to iron out the kinks, but they'll get there!
If you decide "I won't even try until I'm 30 because the math says that's when it works out," what's going to happen is that you're going to be 30 with the emotional maturity of a wildly unbalanced 18yo and all the other 30yos are going to be like... yeah, not touching that with a 10-foot pole.
Successful relationships come from practice, not from waiting for the Maturity Fairy to bless you!
Just 4 days to go until my new book releases! I need 10 more kindle pre-orders to beat my current record! Please pre-order if you can!
https://mybook.to/unashamed-autistic
#AutisticPride #ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #UnashamedAutistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent @actuallyautistic @bookstodon
#Wednesday S02 is super enjoyable!
#FOBI = Fear Of Being Included
Yeah, /metoo 😅😝
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticActually #Autistic #Autism @autistics @actuallyautistic
Hi, do you have any book recommandations about autistic burnout/meltdown/shutdown?