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<p>Was visiting some relatives. <br>At the table, suddenly realized I only started feeling the taste of the tea after they turned off the (very loud) TV. <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> <br><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> <br><a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> <br><a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> Is anyone interested in filling in a research questionnaire for my step-enby on &quot;Autistic traits, alexithymia and attachment&quot;? They are struggling to get enough participants locally and this would help them gather the data they need for their psychology dissertation. They are <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> themselves, and studying psych in order to help other Autistic people. It&#x27;s available at <a href="https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/glos/dis-questionares" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/glos/dis-questionares"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s</span><span class="invisible">/glos/dis-questionares</span></a></p><p>Please boost for reach!</p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> </p><p>This is soooo relatable!</p><p>Epistemic Injustice: The Great <a href="/tags/gaslighting/" rel="tag">#Gaslighting</a> of <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> Lives</p><p>When others overrule autistic self‑knowledge, the result is not better care.</p><p>Updated March 9, 2026</p><p>Excerpt: &quot;Autistic people and epistemic injustice</p><p>Epistemic injustice sounds abstract, but for many in the autistic community, this is the story of being told, over and over, “We know you better than you know yourself.”</p><p>Take one autistic life, roughly sketched.</p><p> Childhood: You say, “It’s too loud, it hurts.” Adults say, “You’re being difficult.” You show them the problem; they decide you are the problem.</p><p> School: You say, “I can’t focus in groups; I do better working alone.” School writes, “refuses to cooperate, poor social skills.” You offer information; it’s turned into evidence against you.</p><p> Work: You say, “If we have meetings with clear agendas sent in advance, I can do my best work.” The organization hears, “high‑maintenance, not a team player.” You suggest how to fix the issue; they label your nervous system the issue.</p><p> Healthcare: You say, “This pain is new; something is wrong.” You get, “No, that would be unusual.” Your body raises an alarm; your experience doesn’t make it into the chart.</p><p>By midlife, you’ve been interrupted, corrected, patronized, or flat‑out disbelieved thousands of times. It eats away at your sense that your own mind and body can be trusted. It happens to those diagnosed early and to those diagnosed late, even if the mechanisms are somewhat different.&quot;</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202603/epistemic-injustice-the-great-gaslighting-of-autistic-lives" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202603/epistemic-injustice-the-great-gaslighting-of-autistic-lives"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.psychologytoday.com/us/blo</span><span class="invisible">g/positively-different/202603/epistemic-injustice-the-great-gaslighting-of-autistic-lives</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p>

<p>My (<a href="/tags/hyperallistic/" rel="tag">#hyperallistic</a>) wife and I have been watching the series &quot;Atypical&quot;, about an <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> high-schooler. Even though the series appears to be better than its reputation, I haven&#x27;t enjoyed it as much as I expected to, because of an inability to identify with the autistic protagonist Sam. And it isn&#x27;t just the age difference; I remember quite vividly what high school was like. It&#x27;s more that I&#x27;m atypical even among the atypical — different from Sam in several ways:</p><p>(1) <a href="/tags/monotropism/" rel="tag">#Monotropism</a> versus <a href="/tags/kaleidotropy/" rel="tag">#kaleidotropy</a>: Sam has a few stereotypically restricted and repetitive interests; for example, Antarctic penguins. Any one of my interests, viewed in isolation, might look like that from the outside — yet unpredictably, at any time, they can easily be pushed aside by other, even more fascinating special interests.</p><p>(2) Sensation avoidance versus sensation seeking: Sam must wear noise-cancelling headphones to avoid shutdowns and meltdowns, for example. I do have some sensation-avoidant characteristics; in particular, I detest clothing tags as torture devices. But my attitude toward bright light is an example of the opposite tendency. I wish the bright fluorescent panels at work were even brighter; it annoys me when old ones that are starting to dim aren&#x27;t promptly replaced. And both at home and at work, I find myself staring at light sources without even thinking about it. It&#x27;s a stim, or would be if I didn&#x27;t consciously restrain myself from doing it, reminding myself that it isn&#x27;t good for my eyes.</p><p>(3) Visual thinking versus verbal thinking: although Sam is quite articulate in words, he has a special talent for drawing, and at least some tendency toward &quot;thinking in pictures&quot;. Although I have a vivid visual imagination, I can&#x27;t really draw or paint at all; and even when I see vivid images in my mind, &quot;left-brain&quot; abstraction, logic, and calculation remain firmly in the driver&#x27;s seat. I have a tendency to remember generalizations, and forget the examples or statistics that established them — which can be inconvenient when I&#x27;m trying to persuade someone else to agree.</p><p>(4) <a href="/tags/alexithymia/" rel="tag">#Alexithymia</a> versus no alexithymia: Sam has almost as much difficulty perceiving his own emotions as in reading other people&#x27;s. For example, several episodes are devoted to his struggles to decide whether or not he is in love. By contrast, although I have stereotypically autistic difficulties in reading other people&#x27;s emotions from their speech and behavior, I have never had any difficulty at all in perceiving my own emotions.</p><p>I&#x27;d be interested in hearing other people&#x27;s reactions to the series &quot;Atypical&quot;, or to the contrasts I&#x27;ve drawn here.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span></p>

<p>SO IT&#x27;S <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> Awareness Month?</p><p>since am one of those <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> 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.</p><p>welp, let me do this as a gentle reminder: </p><p>1. BLACK<br>2. INDIGENOUS<br>3. PUERTO RICAN<br>4. CARIBBEAN<br>5. LATINOAMERICANES<br>6. WOMEN</p><p>can be <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> too.</p><p>and in my case: <a href="/tags/dyslexic/" rel="tag">#dyslexic</a> with a sprinkling of good ol&#x27; extra spicy <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#ADHD</a>.</p><p>but ironically, 🧵</p>

<p>Why am I being <a href="/tags/attacked/" rel="tag">#attacked</a> ? <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergence/" rel="tag">#neurodivergence</a> <a href="/tags/problem/" rel="tag">#problem</a> <a href="/tags/explain/" rel="tag">#explain</a> <a href="/tags/problemsolver/" rel="tag">#problemsolver</a> <a href="/tags/solution/" rel="tag">#solution</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#meme</a> <a href="/tags/explanation/" rel="tag">#explanation</a> <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#adhd</a> <a href="/tags/audh/" rel="tag">#AuDH</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#memes</a></p>

<p>I generally am quite a clumsy person, but I just realized my clumsiness gets way worse when I am overwhelmed. Got to spend four days on the Easter holidays with my nephew - and till the end of the week it’s like clumsiness x10. Everything falls from my hands, I almost drowned my phone two times, accidentally broke several plates, a glass and a ceramic pot lid, flipped several dishes and bumped many things. I’m like a walking disaster by now, so I just am sitting on my sofa trying to not touch anything fragile or expensive till I get enough of my alone time.<br>Did you also noticed being much more clumsy when you are overwhelmed and not having enough alone time? <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> <br><a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> <br><a href="/tags/audhd/" rel="tag">#AuDHD</a><br><a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a></p>

<p>I feel like I have to do an <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> post after 3 years on this instance.<br>I&#x27;m sans serif girl - even if, at 40, I&#x27;m not a girl anymore (actually I&#x27;m not exactly a girl at all &#x27;cause my gender is neutral, but you know force of habit; also in Italian we don&#x27;t have a neutral equivalent and I&#x27;m not very fond of overextended [? I don&#x27;t even know if this word exists] masculine) but I&#x27;m quite attached to this nickname - a neutral person, my pronouns are she/they, I&#x27;m <a href="/tags/ace/" rel="tag">#ace</a>, <a href="/tags/biromantic/" rel="tag">#biromantic</a>, <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> and <a href="/tags/deaf/" rel="tag">#deaf</a> in my left ear.<br>I&#x27;m boring even if I laugh over the stupidest things and on a scale of 1 to 10 my mood is always an honest 5. Like Fiona Apple&#x27;s meme in my pinned posts I don&#x27;t like to go out (if it entails socializing and meeting people) except for walking my <a href="/tags/dog/" rel="tag">#dog</a> (I have an old female dog that I love very much) and exploring the <a href="/tags/countryside/" rel="tag">#countryside</a> and river banks.<br>All my interests are things that I can do on my own like <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a>, <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a>, <a href="/tags/musiclistening/" rel="tag">#MusicListening</a>, watching <a href="/tags/oldmovies/" rel="tag">#OldMovies</a>, going on walks, taking nature <a href="/tags/pictures/" rel="tag">#pictures</a>. I told you: boring! <br>My best friends live far away from me and I&#x27;m obviously sad about it, but not so sad as a normal person would be because I don&#x27;t despise my time alone, on the contrary I quite like it as it allows me to recharge from everyday stressing things like noises, traffic, work, and of course PEOPLE.<br>When I had my full earing I used to play the bass guitar and ukulele (and a bit of violin) but I quit because with only one ear left I find it quite difficult and a little bit painful. I also loved going to concerts but I can&#x27;t anymore.<br>So most of my free time slots now are taken up by reading <a href="/tags/manga/" rel="tag">#manga</a> <a href="/tags/manhwa/" rel="tag">#manhwa</a> and <a href="/tags/manhua/" rel="tag">#manhua</a>, like I used to when I was in my twenties. One has to do something to entertain theirselves, no?<br>I&#x27;m also quite interested in <a href="/tags/astrology/" rel="tag">#astrology</a> and <a href="/tags/tarots/" rel="tag">#tarots</a>, that I use as a way to better understand myself.<br>I believe in <a href="/tags/accessibility/" rel="tag">#accessibility</a> and that&#x27;s why I&#x27;ll always demand an alt text on your pictures and won&#x27;t boost pictures without it.<br>I don&#x27;t do immediate follow back because 1. I want to know who is following me 2. even when, after some time, I think someone is ok I almost always forget to reciprocate.<br>But you know: bad friend 🤝 bad mastodon user.<br>I&#x27;ve clearly forgotten something fundamental* but I&#x27;ll blame the time and my age.<br>*Here we go! The first thing I’d forgotten is that, as one of my dearest friends always tells me, my love language is &quot;a meme for every occasion&quot;. There’s a meme for everything, I’m sure I’ve got one in my endless archive and I&#x27;m going to post it. The second thing is that, unlike many people, I like voice messages a lot, even the longest ones. But I don&#x27;t like podcasts for the record, nor audiobooks. The third thing is that, despite having read so much theory, I can’t bring myself to call me a <a href="/tags/feminist/" rel="tag">#feminist</a>. When I think of feminists, the image that springs to mind is about people who manage to put theory into practice, activists who take up spaces. I can’t do that – for various reasons I won’t delve into here – and so I don’t think it’s right for me to claim the label for myself. However, I have great respect for the comrades who carry out feminist practices into everyday lives.<br>And now for some faves:<br>- writers: <a href="/tags/daphnedumaurier/" rel="tag">#DaphneDuMaurier</a> <a href="/tags/dianawynnejones/" rel="tag">#DianaWynneJones</a> <a href="/tags/ursulakleguin/" rel="tag">#UrsulaKLeGuin</a> <a href="/tags/shirleyjackson/" rel="tag">#ShirleyJackson</a> <a href="/tags/jrrtolkien/" rel="tag">#JRRTolkien</a> <a href="/tags/nnediokorafor/" rel="tag">#NnediOkorafor</a><br>- musicians: I&#x27;ve always listened to a lot of kinds of music but if I must choose my all time fave is <a href="/tags/joannanewsom/" rel="tag">#JoannaNewsom</a><br>- movies: almost all where <a href="/tags/carygrant/" rel="tag">#CaryGrant</a> starred, plus <a href="/tags/coldcomfortfarm/" rel="tag">#ColdComfortFarm</a> <a href="/tags/smultronstället/" rel="tag">#Smultronstället</a> and <a href="/tags/noisesoff/" rel="tag">#NoisesOff</a><br>- tv series: <a href="/tags/twinpeaks/" rel="tag">#TwinPeaks</a> <a href="/tags/veronicamars/" rel="tag">#VeronicaMars</a> <a href="/tags/montypythonsflyingcircus/" rel="tag">#MontyPythonsFlyingCircus</a> and <a href="/tags/murdershewrote/" rel="tag">#MurderSheWrote</a><br>- animals: <a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#dogs</a> <a href="/tags/goats/" rel="tag">#goats</a> <a href="/tags/donkeys/" rel="tag">#donkeys</a></p>

<p>Neurotypicals often say I am not <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a>. Would they spend their time with a project like this?It&#x27;s not easy, you have to research, read, understand, and repeat the process multiple times for weeks and months. Then test it. Not just one language, but a lot!Then factor in the rules.</p>

<p>This review of autistic burnout might be useful to people who experience it. </p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735825001369?via%3Dihub" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735825001369?via%3Dihub"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.sciencedirect.com/science/</span><span class="invisible">article/pii/S0272735825001369?via%3Dihub</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> <a href="/tags/neurodiverse/" rel="tag">#neurodiverse</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/autisticburnout/" rel="tag">#AutisticBurnout</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#ADHD</a> <a href="/tags/audhd/" rel="tag">#AuDHD</a></p>

<p>A gentle reminder that <a href="/tags/neurodiversity/" rel="tag">#neurodiversity</a> is a thing, and the diversity of cognitive neurotypes means that the sweeping generalization you just made about human nature is probably wrong.</p><p>No, not everyone thinks the same way, or even sees the world the same way. But public discourse almost always ignores and excludes <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a> (ND) folk from the conversation. Our needs are not considered and our opinions are not respected, if the neurotypical (NT) majority even remembers we exist.</p><p>I feel strongly that the path to fixing the world goes through embracing neurodiversity and making the world more inclusive of all neurotypes. The world has been the playground of the NT majority for all of recorded history, and we&#x27;ve seen how that goes.</p><p><a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> people often talk about our need for justice, or even fairness. There&#x27;s a study that&#x27;s famous in the autistic community for concluding that autistic people are impaired by caring too much about ethics and living by our principles, because their study showed that autisitic people would not cheat to get a benefit unfairly. In my opinion, choosing to act unethically when it gets you something is not a good thing. The whole point of ethics is not to do that! &quot;It&#x27;s OK to cheat if it helps me win&quot; is a deranged thing to think, buy that&#x27;s the standard the researchers used to conclude that it&#x27;s autistic people who have a problem.</p><p>This is the kind of bullshit that is strangling our civilization. The people who can see the real problems or could fix them have been marginalized so society doesn&#x27;t have to step up and deal with this death spiral of cognitive overspecialization. And yet we talk about ableism and neuronormativity like that only hurts ND folk, when it&#x27;s actually hurting the whole world.</p><p>OK, so maybe this reminder wasn&#x27;t as gentle as I hoped for. It&#x27;s hard to talk about this without getting all worked up, but somebody has to say it. <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p>

<p>Yesterday we raised $1651 for Autistic Self Advocacy Network?? Incredible. This was a great way to spend my birthday and everyone’s support of ASAN means a lot to me. I’m back at it today for another ~10 hours of The Legend of Zelda. I’ve completed 1½ labyrinths and our map of Hyrule is coming along nicely. <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.twitch.tv/robotspacer</a> <a href="/tags/twitch/" rel="tag">#Twitch</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p>

<p>Part one of my playthrough of The Legend of Zelda is now on YouTube! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fb_K4xRHeU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fb_K4xRHeU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fb_K4</span><span class="invisible">xRHeU</span></a> I’m raising funds for Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and there’s one day left to donate. Every $40 raised adds 30 more minutes to find and defeat Ganon. Donate through Twitch here: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/charity/robotspacer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.twitch.tv/charity/robotspacer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.twitch.tv/charity/robotspa</span><span class="invisible">cer</span></a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p>

<p>Today I’m in a celebratory mood. On one hand, it’s Pride weekend in Berlin, and I’m on my way to the Internationalist Queer Pride march, a valued alternative to the commercialized and pinkwashing-ridden CSD. On the other, all 6 episodes of the first season of my <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> podcast The Autistic Rant Hour are now online and available to binge.<br> <br>Being a queer and disability activist doesn’t stop at making sure we have the right to change our names and change or delete our gender markers, to love whomever we choose or have the right to self-determination along with needed support and accessibility measures. <br>It also means standing up for the rights of people in intersecting struggles: migrant rights, asylum rights, worker rights, bodily autonomy, the right to live free of oppression, eugenics and apartheid, and the right to live at all, in times where folks are hunted down, locked up, denied life-saving medical care, ethnically cleansed and genocided, in more countries than anyone would have believed would still be the case in the 21st century.</p><p>My guest on the closing episode of Season 1, Tal’y Wozner (she/her), is the kind of person who understands that and who has always been part of this kind of struggle, resisting intersectionally and challenging preconceptions, both outside and inside queer spaces and discourse. This is why it was such a pleasure and a privilege to have her on the show, even though she isn’t autistic (how dare she!). Tune in to hear us discuss the different challenges of accessing places and services: I from the autistic perspective, and she from the mobility perspective. Together we not only explain the challenges, but also dig into their systemic reasons and reach some conclusions about the meaning of community and how disabled people can be there for each other to make going places more accessible than it, infuriatingly, is. </p><p>Get The Autistic Rant Hour wherever you get your podcasts, or see here for links to various platforms, RSS, online player and human-proofread transcripts: <a href="https://prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-rant-hour" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-rant-hour"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-r</span><span class="invisible">ant-hour</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/podcasting/" rel="tag">#podcasting</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/disabilityjustice/" rel="tag">#disabilityJustice</a> <a href="/tags/disabilitylife/" rel="tag">#disabilityLife</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> <a href="/tags/autisticlife/" rel="tag">#autisticLife</a> <a href="/tags/cp/" rel="tag">#CP</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span></p>

<p>I have a provocative view. It&#x27;s <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> people who are willing to go against the grain of the Social norm and push back against &quot;network effects&quot; which eventuate in a psychologically toxic situation of enshittification. </p><p>&quot;Network effects&quot; - which eventuate in a psychological dead end, once the Musks, Bezos, etc types of the world monopolize the very fabric of Society - can&#x27;t be escaped without the help of the <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a>.</p><p>The autistic aren&#x27;t beholden to the emotional gravity of the &quot;Network Effects&quot; (which are sort of like a &quot;black hole&quot; which is nice in the short term, but becomes a Torment Nexus in the long term) anywhere near as much as Neurotypicals. As an autistic person, would you agree?</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span></p>

<p>This infomeme resonated well with me.<br><br>- Reuploaded with permission from the creator, Decode The Mind 🧠<br><br><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p>

<p>This infomeme resonated well with me.</p><p>- Reuploaded with permission from the creator, Decode The Mind 🧠 ( <a href="https://www.facebook.com/61583529670886/posts/pfbid02UHbitriVXEQiKtRsxhamKVU9SiNgky5yoF5RaPjm1yDE4U7XaTFBuasXPpg4g4uFl/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.facebook.com/61583529670886/posts/pfbid02UHbitriVXEQiKtRsxhamKVU9SiNgky5yoF5RaPjm1yDE4U7XaTFBuasXPpg4g4uFl/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.facebook.com/6158352967088</span><span class="invisible">6/posts/pfbid02UHbitriVXEQiKtRsxhamKVU9SiNgky5yoF5RaPjm1yDE4U7XaTFBuasXPpg4g4uFl/</span></a> )</p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/audhd/" rel="tag">#AuDHD</a> <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#ADHD</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span></p>

<p>〈An Autistic Silver Bullet〉: 「No, I&#x27;m not AI, I just write like that.」 <br><br><a href="https://blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2n" rel="nofollow">blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2n</a><br><br><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a><br><br><a href="https://blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2n" rel="nofollow">An Autistic Silver Bullet - Ew...</a></p>

<p>〈An Autistic Silver Bullet〉: 「No, I&#x27;m not AI. I just write like that.」 </p><p><a href="https://blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2n" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2n"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2</span><span class="invisible">n</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a></p>

<p>@actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe I just did that autistic thing again, where I present facts to someone, FYI style, trying to offer some help and guidance - without realising that they did not ask me for help, nor were they ready to accept said facts. <br> Then to make it worse - I did another autistic thing again, where when they respond with anger, but sarcastically - I just think they are joking. <br> How am I supposed to know they&#x27;re angry when they look like they&#x27;re smiling? So, my response was to laugh, like you are supposed to when someone is joking (even if you don&#x27;t get it) - but then I continue to emphasise the actual facts... as they are still the actual facts, and I felt were important to understand.<br> 💥Then everything suddenly blows up, seemingly out of nowhere!... 💥 Emotion is flying everywhere ..and now I definitely recognise the angry face. 😠<br> Then I have to spend the next hour playing it all back, and going through the entire thing to work out if it was my fault, and where that fault exactly was.<br> I did conclude that there was no way for me to know that they would be triggered, and so I can&#x27;t take responsibility for that. I also can&#x27;t take responsibility (anymore) for not &quot;reading the room&quot; - in the same way someone in a wheelchair cannot take responsibility for not using the stairs - especially as I now make a point of telling people that I&#x27;m autistic.<br> However, I did try to force help on someone, not ready to receive it, and who didn&#x27;t ask for it. Something I have done many times before. Just... out of caring really - but a mistake I don&#x27;t seem to realise until after I&#x27;ve made it.<br> But, it isn&#x27;t just that I was forcing something they are avoiding, but I also understand that with neurotypical thinking, trying to help someone who didn&#x27;t ask for it, can come across as judgemental. As though you are putting yourself on a higher level, as a pretense, to look down upon them - making them feel inadequate.<br> For me, in my mind, it was just meant FYI, and a subject I know well enough in the details to feel confident enough in relaying that information. <br> Something that is often problematic for us Autists in many different situations. Where we present simple facts, but which are received with connotations, or with hidden meanings, that we just never meant....<br><br><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyautistic</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> <a href="/tags/autisticlife/" rel="tag">#autisticlife</a></p>

<p>Where are my scientists?</p><p>And what is the scientific practice that can drive you up the wall?</p><p>During the academic part of my career, I often found myself wondering why exact sciences are not in fact that… exact. <br>Maybe it’s my autistic drive to unearth the reason for anything and everything, maybe it was my autistic sense of justice, and maybe I was what the hegemony calls “autistic folks being too literal”</p><p>But seriously, can you really get too literal with science?</p><p>Not to mention: can people please just get ahead on their own merit instead of “borrowing” ideas from defenseless grad students?</p><p>In the latest episode of my Podcast, The Autistic Rant Hour, you can find out about my epic struggle against “commonly used values”, variables that pretend to be constants and less than fair competition. Some I won, some I lost, and all I explain in great detail. </p><p>Dr. Mary Sims, host of Clinical Misfits, a sister-podcast that was launched at the same time as mine on the Autistic Culture Podcast Network, joins me on this extra-nerdy ride, and makes sure I’m not the only one who gets what I’m even talking about. </p><p>For science shenanigans, surprise woo-woo intermissions, a bunch of nerdy laughs and a secret message from my cat Merlin, find Episode 5 of the Autistic Rant Hour wherever you get your podcasts.</p><p>See here for online player and human-proofread transcripts:<br><a href="https://prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-rant-hour" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-rant-hour"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-r</span><span class="invisible">ant-hour</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/actuallyautistc/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistc</a> <br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <br><a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <br><a href="/tags/exact_science/" rel="tag">#Exact_SCIENCE</a> <br><a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span></p>

<p>Really enjoying listening to this as audiobook. Historical and Marxist look at how capitalism and industrialisation started demanding normalcy, segregating disabled people and neurodivergent people from the &quot;norm&quot;. <br><a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/neurodiversity/" rel="tag">#neurodiversity</a> <br><a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/marxist/" rel="tag">#Marxist</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@actuallyadhd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyadhd</span></a></span></p>

<p>Here in the <a href="/tags/philippines/" rel="tag">#Philippines</a>, there is a growing &quot;trend(?)&quot; amongst families with <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> daughters: Creating a Facebook Page and sharing their autistic lives.<br><br>We all know for years that autism discussion and research is mainly dominatid by [white] autistic boys and men. Filipinos are changing this.</p>

<p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a></p><p>A thing I absolutely despise: when people think they can make decisions for me, without my consent or knowledge. Seething, thermonuclear level hatred I have for this behavior.</p><p><a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/autismawareness/" rel="tag">#AutismAwareness</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p>