Maybe it is actually #alexithymia speaking, but I am pretty sure I can’t feel hate.
Like, I can feel despise, disgust, loathe, horror, fear etc - but hate? Hate assumes certain amount of passion, strength - it’s something too big to bother to maintain for someone you don’t like.
Maybe it’s just my #autistic negation to use definitive labels - like the hesitancy to consider what I can feel ‘love’ or to call someone a friend.
- 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
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
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.
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)....
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
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
For that reason I am so critical of media presenting autistic people as savants.
You don't have to be a genius, a celebrity, exploit your special interest for capitalism, you don't have to be useful to deserve kindness, patience and love.
working on a piece called, “Allistics DGAF” 😈
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@autistics #autism #ActualllyAutistic
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RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bpotnohnlgcj3fbmp7ugx4en/feed/aaaj7qkwceak6
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reaffirms that vaccines are a proven, essential tool for protecting people’s health. We join health agencies and associations across the country, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Autism Science Foundation, in confirming that there is no credible scientific evidence linking #vaccines to #autism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/politics/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccines-autism-website.html
What a piece of shit.
Who cares how many people die, as long as you're "right"? /s
I have something to add to the debate: Not only do I have solid grounds for not believing that getting vaccinated caused my autism, but I DON'T CARE! I would tell my parents they did the right thing by getting me vaccinated. Autism didn't ruin my life. Dying of a preventable disease certainly would have, though!
Shye 
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