I finally got a date for my adult #ASD assessment today. Roughly six weeks, and... well, I don't know what will happen or what to expect. Anyone feel like sharing their experience?
autism
Had some outing with colleagues.
“You - autistic? No way, you’re so talkative!”
Spent first half(the one outside) of the event wandering away from the group taking photos of nature and when insisted on talking and interacting by others - repeatedly trying to show them the place with colchicums or brambleberries, or blackthorns, or pointing out a booted eagle(?) in the skies and making jokes over its name.
Spend the second half(the one in a tavern) talking to everyone more or less willing to interact, almost not shutting up, ending up oversharing(and instantly regretting that A LOT) and letting go a few tears because of not being able to fully control the emotions.
Now at home fully exhausted, drained out, feeling physically bad, not wanting to see people for a week, horrified by a sheer thought of the need to go to work on Monday and regretting agreeing to go on that outing and promising myself to never go at any event again and not interact with people again
That’s what #AuDHD is like.
Subject: Autistic ‘black and white’ thinking.
It's framed as a deficit often seen in autism, but... is it that simple? 
Autistic people are traditionally criticized for our inflexibility, or cognitive rigidity.
But I think this isn’t the whole picture.
To start with what we know, here are ten things we autistic people generally have in common (refs at the end of the thread):
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#Autism #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity
I find the language in this whole piece disturbing. Describing #ADHD and #Autism as ‘problems’ and ‘disorders’ feels very much like othering and dismissing a clinical diagnosis….which has often been a long time coming with a lack of understanding all around up to that point.
Proscribing ‘interventions’ over ‘accommodations’ implies breaking and rebuilding rather than supporting.
The implication is that children with a diagnosis are somehow cheating the system.
Do you think you've suffered any trauma simply due to being autistic?
(trauma being pain that stays with you)
If so, what are the experiences you've suffered most trauma from? Are they sensory ones? Social ones? Or something else?
More info truly welcome - comment below 
I've put my own response in the first post below ⬇️
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Trauma #Bullying #Neurodiversity #SensoryIssues
Options: (choose one)
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After reading this review of #Apple Liquid Glass' usability (god-awful), I will avoid upgrading my #iPad as long as possible. I'll never ever buy another Apple product. Apple, when people have #autism, your candy-ass user interface is like fingernails scratching on a chalkboard - only it's their brains, not their eardrums. May you go bankrupt as swiftly as possible, and then all the museums spitefully bury their exhibits of your old hardware in a forlorn, forgotten corner of a wasteland. #ActuallyAutistic
@autistics
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- If I tell you I have bipolar syndrome, you'd think I'm crazy.
- If I tell you I'm autistic, you'd think I'm retarded.
- If I tell you I have a high IQ, you'd think I'm arrogant and conceited.
I don't need you to tell me anything to realize what you are...
#actuallyautistic #autism #bipolardisorder #giftedness #neurodivergent
In that discussion about learning languages, I asked the opponent why wouldn’t the approach with throwing into the language one is learning not work for most people if that’s the exact way the kids learn to talk: kids don’t have any language to translate to - and they told me that we’re not kids and that adults learn differently.
And I was thinking: do we really? Maybe that’s exactly why #autism and #ADHD are considered neurodevelopment disorders: we just partially stay kids forever? Like, a lot of things which are symptoms are considered normal for kids of certain age. Like, most of what makes others consider my behavior weird in my forties is something that would have been seen as totally natural to a seven-years-old, no?
#neurodivergent
#AuDHD
@autistics
This caught my attention. I don't know how accurate these figures are. Not without access to the original research to assess it. But if these are in any way close, then bloody hell. I've always been of the opinion that the majority of adults weren't diagnosed in one way or another. But these sorts of figures were surprising. In any case, it is good to see something like this in mainstream media and the consequences of it, being discussed.
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/autism-diagnosis-over-40-britain-b2816046.html
I really like this #Autistic symbol proposal by MissLunaRose12.See: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Au...#Autism
Shye 
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As an autistic person, I can often rely on alt text to understand memes. The thing is, memes expect its context to be automatically understood. Yet it is context that I can struggle with if it isn't presented. Therefore, sometimes memes can just look like nonsense to me at first.
It isn't until reading the description for blind people that the context is explained. So, I would argue strongly that alt text for accessibility goes beyond just those that can't physically see.
#autism #actuallyautistic #alttext
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《X+Y: A Brilliant Young Mind》 Review
reviews.youronly.one/a-brilliant-...
(My 2015 review (with animated PNG) imported into ATProto.)
#Movie #neurodivergence #autism #reviews
《X+Y: A Brilliant Young Mind》 ...
So, tbh, I would not change anything about having #Autism and #ADHD. Sure, if I had been diagnosed properly and had more support, some aspects of my life would have been better. But I have no regrets on having a semi-eidetic memory, being able to recognize patterns, thinking outside the box, etc. What I could have used less of? Being bullied, not knowing there were others like me out there (and the subsequent isolation), over-masking and paying the price, having meltdowns from not understanding sensory overstimulation, etc. But it's never too late to delve into self-understanding and awareness, and, most importantly, building community with like-others!
As an #AutisticActually , I get annoyed whenever established terms are incorrectly used, especially in database usage. For example, cameo vs guest.- cameo: no impact to the story; often as "self"- guest: with impact to the story; often as a fictional character#AutisticActually #Autism #Autistic
I know many autistic people feel helpless in the face of aggression, and I used to feel that way sometimes, and I still do. But I'm the kind of autistic person who's going to knock your teeth out and break your skeleton if you are overly rude to me or to someone else in my presence. I've done it many times and I'll keep doing it as long as I can.
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Today I had a moment of autistic joy in a social situation.
Where I live there are no parks close by, but three beautiful graveyards, where I go for a walk with Lumi daily.
This morning a woman asked me for specific details about the graveyards, because she wanted to attend a funeral and didn't know which of the three was the right one and I was able to provide these details for her, because recognising details and patterns is how my autistic mind works and experiences joy. It made me very happy that I was able to help her and that I had a social interaction without having to mask my autism, but it being useful for someone else instead.
This reminds me of the comment of a mutual on my post about infodumping concerning the autistic need of gaining knowledge and sharing it with others.
"As an autist, adquiring expertise on something and beeing helpfull with it feels central to socialisation." @maleza
So true.
@autistics Very interesting article I just read, that turns the tables on ableist #autism researchers who claim that anti-ableist moral standards interfere with rigorous scientific research on autism. This article's historical survey suggests that the exact opposite is true. Autism research has a long and disgraceful history of confidently presented but poorly evidenced claims, verging on outright pseudoscience, motivated by ableist prejudice. Anti-ableism may be not just compatible with, but absolutely necessary for, reliable scientific research into autism.
Morton Ann #Gernsbacher is one of the six authors. The article is freely downloadable, in final published form (not just a manuscript), through a link to the publisher's website in its PubMed page:
As an #AutisticActually , I get annoyed whenever established terms are incorrectly used, especially in database usage. For example, cameo vs guest.
- cameo: no impact to the story; often as "self"
- guest: with impact to the story; often as a fictional character
What's your pet peeve @autistics ?
RE: https://ni.hil.ist/@johnbrowntypewriter/115695640797747282
article-tldr: men leave their partners at much higher rates compared to women when their partners become ill.....(im assuming these studies only looked at cis hetero couples).
ugh, this happened to me. i developed ptsd after my last job and then i was reassessed with autism. i started to unmask and was having anxiety attacks on a regular basis. two years later, my partner told me that they couldnt "deal" with it and broke up with me.
there some evolutionary psychology and biology at play in this situation, and i know that people don't give credence to such subjects. the role reversal is a good example (men being placed in the role as caregiver)....
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New account, new #introduction post!
I’m Rhys, a writer, solarpunk, and witch/druid living in the Midlands, UK. My pronouns are they/them, although I’m currently exploring my gender, so that may change.
I've just set up a new blog: https://www.panga.blog/about
I will accept most follow requests! 
#Writing #Solarpunk #Anarchism #Witchcraft #Druidry #Midlands #Vegan #Bisexual #Polyamorous #NonBinary #Autism #ADHD #WorkingClass
@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 6 hours from now. There's talk this week of building a "Welcome Center" at the default "spawn point". Please help us build it.
Myself, I'd like one about the size of two Burger Kings, one stacked on top of the other, adorned with fancily crafted things. A deck could circumscribe the transition between the first and second floor, then an open rooftop with railings, ensconcements, etc. Having said this, I'm open to ideas. If you have any architectural ideas that don't involve male genitalia, I'd like to hear about them.
Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource #Minecraft clone. More details here: https://docs.autis.toque.im/
Damage has been turned off. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited.
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I appear to be incapable of any banger-grade toots. I'm tempted to blame it on the #autism. Have any of my fellow Autistics had any banger toots to speak of? Like are we all generally bad at it, I'm wondering? Is there some sort of measurable banger toot drought we are all doomed to suffer, as our lowly lot in the #fediverse? Maybe one of us is a scientist and can measure this, just saying. @autistics
Jeez, this headline:
"Many Autism Cases May Be Preventable"
They are so busy looking for a "cure" that they haven't even stopped to ask themselves if it's actually a good idea.
If I see #ableist comments and the context/explanation they themselves provided 100% points to #ableism, instant block from me.I've dealt with such people offline and they will never meet you halfway even if you make the first step. They're a total waste of time.#Autism #Neurodivergent