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Doghouse: the dynamics of blame.
An article.
https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/dynamics-of-blame.html
#Heirarchy #Capitalism #Exploitation #Monopoly #Marginalized
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Two things humans need, to feel complete:
1. Connection
2. MeaningSome feel empty, bored, despairing, or pointless. Others go looking for success or money.
I think we are getting something wildly wrong, in our system & society !!
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Doing nothing is an act of aggression when you are the one in a position of power and the one who benefits from the status quo.
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Oppression is a thing most of us take part in accidentally.
See if you can spot yourself in my article on shutting others down (link below).
If so, note which ones & you get the self-awareness badge-of-honour! 😊 🍾
#PowerDynamics #Society #Communication #Heirarchy
I've been guilty of no.2, no.4, no.10, no.12, no.18, and no.19.
Ouch 😧
Article is here: https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/article-tips-on-shutting-people-down.html
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This short video about autistic burnout was shared with me on tiktok.
Spot on, I thought 🥺
#LateDiagnosedAutistic #Intersectionality #gender #Racism #Burnout #AutisticBurnout
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#LateDiagnosedAutistic #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
Credit to @kayatoastforthesoul.sg
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This is very true. Terrible for the parent to realise but 🤷♀️
#UnconditionalParenting
#ParentingTips
#Parenting
#EducationCredit to Reconnected Parenting on FB 💜
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@KatyElphinstone @midgard
#Advertising is a pervasive #Moneyshifting bane on modern civilisation.
I have not consciously handed a penny over to any product/service on the strength of an #advertisement in many, many years.
And it is only getting incessantly worse.
It is all lies anyway, and we don't need (to pay for) it. Instead, we should have a public service group that publishes a clear, balanced description of every registered product/service, accessible to everyone whenever we require. -
So no. Autistic people are not ‘just making it up because society is crap’.
The reality is more like this:
Society is often crap, and autistic people are then forced to explain their real differences through a diagnostic system built around pathology, gatekeeping, and disbelief.
End of 🧵
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Then, as we’re not listened to, society's understanding of autism develops without us.🤷🏽♀️
That flawed understanding is then used to overrule us, again.
Strange little loop. ➰
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Subject: Information processing in autism. Is our style necessarily a deficit?
Why do autistic people find new or high-stimulus environments stressful; even overwhelming?
Why can it seem, at times, we're slower than others? To take in scenes; to mentally process them; to make decisions based on them 🤷
This thread is an alternative take on autistic processing style & speed.
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(Comments & feedback welcomed, as always!)
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #EpistemicInjustice #Neurodivergent #AuDHD
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...are tasked with the enormous and near-impossible job of ‘educating them’ (and blamed for failing when they don’t manage to).
But, sadly, the privileged ones are selectively deaf or you didn’t use the right tone or… or… well, I think you get the gist.
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#EpistemicInjustice #Racism #BlackLivesMatter #Patriarchy #GenderEquality #TransLivesMatter #LGBTQ+
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I've got a lot of friends and colleagues who are struggling with their children 'school refusing'.
I say, I don't call it 'refusing' and when they look puzzled I say, 'I call it voting with their feet'
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Who out there suffered 'school trauma'?
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Who out there suffered 'school trauma'?
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@KatyElphinstone My child is currently being bullied and in a meeting to discuss this I referred to it as ‘bullying’, the teachers referred to it as ‘friendship issues’. 😡
BUT!! That wasn’t the worst bit! They then said they would refer to a state wide ABA program if there was mire ‘school refusal’ and they then asked my child:
“Do you know why you have to go to school?”
The answer was; “ To form habits” WHAT!!!???
Apparently that’s what we go to school for!
#ActuallyAutistic #SchoolRefusal -
In research, education, & policy making, autistic people are expected to accept a situation where non-autistic "experts" speak with authority about them.
An autistic person's lived experience is seen as less valid than external observations of our behaviour.
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Awesome symptom no. 8
Attention to detailAutistic people might pay a lot of attention to details, sometimes to the point of not seeing the whole at all (or at least not in the same way as others).
We may take longer to process things, but we're a bit less liable to quickly generalize things, when information is lacking, to come to a possibly-inaccurate conclusion.
We may notice things other people don't (while not noticing things other people do!).
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"It's okay, I don't mind."
Why someone ‘not minding’ isn’t a reason to ignore their needs, or take advantage of them in any way.
A thread. 🧵
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#Power #Exploitation #Oppression #MicroAggression
#Subordination #Capitalism #PowerDifferentials #Marginalized #Feminism #Sexism #Racism #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ActuallyAutistic #Trauma -
"It's okay, I don't mind."
Why someone ‘not minding’ isn’t a reason to ignore their needs, or take advantage of them in any way.
A thread. 🧵
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#Power #Exploitation #Oppression #MicroAggression
#Subordination #Capitalism #PowerDifferentials #Marginalized #Feminism #Sexism #Racism #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ActuallyAutistic #Trauma -
"It's okay, I don't mind."
Why someone ‘not minding’ isn’t a reason to ignore their needs, or take advantage of them in any way.
A thread. 🧵
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#Power #Exploitation #Oppression #MicroAggression
#Subordination #Capitalism #PowerDifferentials #Marginalized #Feminism #Sexism #Racism #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ActuallyAutistic #Trauma -
"It's okay, I don't mind."
Why someone ‘not minding’ isn’t a reason to ignore their needs, or take advantage of them in any way.
A thread. 🧵
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#Power #Exploitation #Oppression #MicroAggression
#Subordination #Capitalism #PowerDifferentials #Marginalized #Feminism #Sexism #Racism #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ActuallyAutistic #Trauma -
Subject: Lies, truth, intentions, & autism.
As an autistic person, I have a lot of trouble with lies.
Both lying and being lied to. I find it hard to get my head around it... 🤷♀️
A thread 🧵
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#Deception #Lying #Lies #Autism #Neurodivergent #Autistic #Psychology #Intentions
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Cognitive empathy Vs affective empathy 🤷♀️
A note on definitions.
(from "Is empathy political: an article on autistic empathy" at https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/autistic-empathy.html)
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Cognitive empathy Vs affective empathy 🤷♀️
A note on definitions.
(from "Is empathy political: an article on autistic empathy" at https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/autistic-empathy.html)
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#AskingAutistics (and others)
Subject: Narcolepsy and/or falling asleep suddenly and in odd situations.
Does anyone get sudden onset of sleep and, if so, have you ever linked it to certain situations, states of mind, and/or emotions?
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Subject: Empathy
I want to hear your wild empathy stories! Or experiences.
True or invented (no need to say which it is, if you prefer not to 😋)
Anything involving communicating with, or 'feeling/knowing' in inexplicable ways, the following:
- non-humans
- others at a distance (i.e. telepathy)
- environments
- dreams/premonitions
- anything else
#Empathy #ESP #NatureofReality
#Psychology #Neurology #philosophymastodon