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https://theconversation.com/why-its-time-to-rethink-the-notion-of-an-autism-spectrum-263243. "Language will never capture every nuance, but words shape how #society treats #autistic people. Moving away from the idea of a single #spectrum could be a step towards recognising #autism in all its #diversity, & valuing autistic people as they are."

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistic #AuDHD #AI #GenerativeAI #ClimateChange #Environment #GlobalWarming

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@autistics

If you're autistic and struggle with making phone calls, what is the major challenge for you?

- Getting started (inertia)
- Delayed processing of audio input (need for clarification requests)
- Anxiety (fear of missing info, being rude, bothering sb, relying on notes taken...)
- Something else (please comment)

Or all of it?

Please comment if you don't struggle with this (anymore).

#actuallyautistic #autistic

I reckon that living as an autistic is creeping me out when you have your parents still sticking to this VAGUE advice of being positive when all you can do to piss them off (even when they say they aren't 'angry') is unintentionally becoming mentally distracted while you're peacefully preparing to take a little shower.

I hate returning to feel these moderately long grievance moods. Every time it happens i'm losing confidence to talk to my parents about everything.

#Autistic
@autistics

@actuallyadhd @autistics

Today is not going according to my wishes or vague plans. Trying not to stress out over it & I'm losing myself in thoughts over how to simplify & organise next year's bullet journal.
This spiralled into, how can I get back on the, dealing with housework & cleaning wagon, as at some point I completely fell off. So, major paralysis on how or where to start.

Toying with the idea of introducing a, do one small thing everyday either before or immediately after breakfast, so that it's done.
Just small things like, clean the bathroom sink or pick up some random crap that I never tidied up.

If I can persuade myself to write down that I did it & when & then do the same for the following times that things get done, I might eventually have a realistic roster of things. Just need to remember to keep it flexible. If the day the floor need vacuuming I'm not up to it, swap it for something else or just shunt everything along a day.
As long as I don't fall into the trap of shunting things along indefinitely, I might be okay.

#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic #Life #TidyUp #CleanUp #Burnout #Spoons #NoSpoons

#autistic #neurodivergent #memes

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@actuallyadhd @autistics

I really wish my Mam wasn't such a technophobe. Doubly annoying that she lives so far away & triply so that she doesn't ask one of her more tech savvy friend's to help her get to grips with her phone.

The flip side is that she's the only person who phones me so I have no way to verify if all the phone call woes are her accidentally triggering things by touching buttons or things on screen (I can imagine her holding the phone slightly away from her ear so the in-call screen is displayed) & putting herself on mute or me on hold.

Is it her or has my phone, network or the Lineage OS developed problems?

After today's particularly Mute & Hold heavy call, or calls - I'd have to hang up & phone her again & again to get back to having a conversation instead of hearing nothing or being on hold - I hope she will take my strong suggestion of asking one, or some of her friends to help her.

I was hoping she would be coming over for xmas or new year's, giving me a chance to check her phone, maybe minimize google spying & if I can figure out how to be patient enough show her how to use her phone whilst knowing she won't remember or will struggle to remember.
I'd also have to hope I can still fathom how phones running android OS work as it's been several years.

I don't have the spoons to go visit her & with the festively terrible (non-existant) public transport between hers & the nearest hotel ensuring my spoon tank is permanently empty for the duration so it's probably not a good idea.
Last year I left her's on xmas day just before we were going to have dinner. Walking back to the hotel in tears & having snacks instead of a good meal. I do not recommend as it's probably my worst xmas & would not like a repeat. 😔😢😞.

#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic #Burnout #Spoons #NoSpoons #SelfCare #Technophobia #TechEducation #TechFails #EpicTechFails #Enshittification

Is autistic self-identification valid?

I just completed a quantitative research paper comparing autism traits in medically diagnosed autistic people with the same traits in self-identifying autistic people and I can definitively say with more stats behind it than I care to ever think about again, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE!

#autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #autism

https://www.autisticculturepodcast.com/p/is-autistic-self-identification-valid

Fasting for blood tests has thrown my whole morning. Not because I am hungry, but because it messed up my morning routine of eat first, then do chores. Without the eating bit, I can't seem to latch on to what's next.
#Autistic
@autistics

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.

@autistics
#neurodivergent
#autism
#AuDHD

#AskingAutistics

What proportion of your classic autistic symptoms do you think are due to you being autistic, and what proportion may be due to trauma you've suffered?

List of trauma symptoms here, for those not familiar: https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/trauma-symptoms.html

List of classic autistic symptoms, as listed in the DSM, here: https://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-diagnostic-criteria-dsm-5

#Autism #ASD #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Trauma #CPTSD #ActuallyAutistic

I really like this #Autistic symbol proposal by MissLunaRose12.See: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Au...#Autism

I just finished 'Is this Autism? A guide for clinicians and everyone else'. It's really good and if autism is a special interest of yours, like it is for me, you'll love it. I would also strongly recommend it for any healthcare professionals.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @autistics #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic

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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

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 ?

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistic

I feel grateful that there's a means by which so many #Autistic people have to discover and connect with each other. And it's federated! That's even cooler. It lets us attach our cat photos directly. We must be living in a dream or something. This wasn't really possible 20 years ago.
@autistics

#introduction
Toujours un peu dans la lune, trying to remember to breathe.

Working for a charity - #dementia awareness and Gipsy, Roma & Traveller #women's health

#Knitting, #HumanRights, #ADHD, #Autistic #neurodiversity, #TransRights .

Migrant based in the UK.
Trying to be a good ally, working on it.
Toots auto delete after a month. No #alt, no boost.

Will accept your follow request after interaction.

@actuallyadhd @autistics

Really need to get to bed before midnight tonight, or I turn into a gremlin or something 🤷.

I need to start reclaiming my mornings as it would be nice to get to about lunch time & actually have accomplished some thing. Just simple things maybe but things like a bit of house cleaning, going for a walk, some reading & maybe a little bit of writing & drawing.

Maybe it could boost my confidence & make it possible to volunteer somewhere, even if the local volunteering options are only charity shop work.

#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic #MindFog #Burnout #Spoons #NoSpoons #LackOfFocus #SelfCare #Depression #Life #Sleep #SleepProblems

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@actuallyadhd @autistics
I keep forgetting that even good being social knocks me so far sideways that all I've managed is a bit of washing up & hanging washing.
Whilst I loaded & started the washing around midday, it was something after 18:00 before I even got anything else done.

Just about managed feeding myself, even though I was hungry for tea I had zero idea or enthusiasm for cooking. Plan A failed as I didn't have any mixed veg in the freezer to go with whatever tinned thing I picked.
Plan B just about made it.

🎶 Hello AuDHD,
it's nice to talk with you ag-
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OK! Come back here! …

My plans for getting a decent start on decorations flunked & has not returned.
Just finished tea 'bout half an hour ago & it's already pretty much supper time, if I want a chance of waking up early enough & feeling remotely productive tomorrow, that is.

#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic #Burnout #Spoons #NoSpoons #SelfCare #TimeBlindness #ExecutiveDysfunction

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A while ago I was listening to the Autistic Culture Podcast and Matt (who's since left) brought up the intense world theory of #Autism, which explains a lot about our brains.

According to studies (in link below), generally, the #Autistic brain generates 42% more information at rest, over-activates upon eye contact and reading faces, and has closer synaptic firing. No wonder we get easily overwhelmed by the world! 😵‍💫

https://autism-living.fandom.com/wiki/Intense_world_theory

@autistics

#IntenseWorldTheory #ActuallyAutistic

@autistics
@autism101
Before I knew I was autistic, my social life consisted of pretending to love people I didn't love, to like things I didn't like, to care about things I didn't care about, to miss people I didn't miss, and to find things interesting that I didn't care about.

#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic

@actuallyadhd @autistics

Random thoughts & feeling energised in a knackered sort of way. If I was less knackered & not aiming for the end of day wind down I'd get of my backside & do things.

If this foes turn into a solid bit of insomnia, maybe I should use it as it'll mean that I won't get nothing done tomorrow.

Hello insomnia, my old frenemy.

#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic #Life #Sleep #Insomnia #SleepProblems

@actuallyadhd @autistics

Cannot believe how a quick session of messing with the computer, remembering & refamiliarising myself with Obsidian & SyncThing up ended my day.
A pre breakfast half an hour turned out to have plowed through both breakfast & lunch & into early mid-afternoon territory 😂.

Plans in ruins, important tasks shunted as my brain was pickled or something.
Something, something hyperfocus, time blindness & executive dysfunction lead to something & dehydration. Why can't this trifecta happen when I need it?
I'd plough through all my tasks & then spend the last hours of the day restocking my body's calorie & liquid stores whilst unwinding with some movies or episodes 😎.

#AuDHD #Autistic #ADHD #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAutistic
#Hyperfocus #TimeBlindness #ExecutiveDysfunction