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@Alejandro_P @johnnyprofane1 @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @actuallyaudhd @actuallyautistics @neurodiversity
On the birdsite, I saw several accusing tweets conflating "Nazi" and "autist"! 🤬 I really wish they wouldn't. 😢
Don't they think we have enough to worry about, being universally rejected, that we can stand also being considered to be Nazis?!!
#AskingAutistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
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@Alejandro_P @johnnyprofane1 @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @actuallyaudhd @actuallyautistics @neurodiversity
On the birdsite, I saw several accusing tweets conflating "Nazi" and "autist"! 🤬 I really wish they wouldn't. 😢
Don't they think we have enough to worry about, being universally rejected, that we can stand also being considered to be Nazis?!!
#AskingAutistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD
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I have #autism (formal dx) and #ADHD (self dx). But I can't seem to separate the two. What are the differences between them? Or do they just blur into one another? Can anyone help?
#AskingAutistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD
#AskingADHD
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I have #autism (formal dx) and #ADHD (self dx). But I can't seem to separate the two. What are the differences between them? Or do they just blur into one another? Can anyone help?
#AskingAutistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD
#AskingADHD
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As I come to understand my #autism better (I was only diagnosed 7 years ago, aged 63), I realise I have lived a hopelessly innocent and naive life.
I have always tried to live my actual real life trying to be decent (etc). I thought everyone did the same. What a fool I have been. 😢
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
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As I come to understand my #autism better (I was only diagnosed 7 years ago, aged 63), I realise I have lived a hopelessly innocent and naive life.
I have always tried to live my actual real life trying to be decent (etc). I thought everyone did the same. What a fool I have been. 😢
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics #AuDHD #AskingADHD #adhd -
"Do you find #pain non existent or overwhelming?
Do you know when you are tired, hungry, thirsty?
Do you know when your heart is racing ?
This is our well known #interoception sense infographic. #hypermobility #neurodivergence[Stolen from @SEDSConnective on the birdsite.]
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This looks like an alternative to DSM-5. published by the #WHO. The bit on #autism starts on page 124.
https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/375767/9789240077263-eng.pdf?sequence=1
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From the birdsite, courtesy of NoNonsenseND
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From the birdsite, courtesy of NoNonsenseND
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@KatyElphinstone Autistic children learn very quickly to be or become "hyper-independent". Rejected by the outside (NT) world, they create their own internal worlds, and live there.
Don't we all do that? I did. I didn't want to, but I could see no other choices or options. What I really wanted was to be a member of the group or gang, as all humans do... 😢
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https://www.sedsconnective.org/post/health-challenges-with-hypermobility-autism-adhd-x-4
#AskingAutistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD
#AskingADHDMy #HypermobilitySyndrome is showing itself ever more obviously, these days. 😢
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@actuallyautistic
@actuallyadhdWhat are the hashtags most commonly used here to identify us?
Here are the ones I normally use:
#AskingAutistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHDAm I missing any that would be useful for me to include?
Their purpose? To reach as many of the assembled autistic throng (😁) as I can. 🙂
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@LehtoriTuomo @actuallyautistic
I think your feelings are quite common amongst us. Not so sure how common they are among NTs, though.
I often feel it would be nice to reconnect with the (very) few people I've ever been close to during my life. Just as you seem to.
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Awareness and knowledge are good, but there's always more. For example, EDS (and similar conditions) are common among people with #autism, as well as ME and other conditions.
https://www.thecanary.co/long-read/2024/10/01/pots-eds-mecfs/
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https://captapnetwork.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/how-to-talk/
I am an #autistic person with #autism. Every time this is mentioned, I see a different recommendation. I try to use the 'right' one, but there's always a different view.
From now on, I will stick exclusively to "#autist". 😤
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I love the night, the peace and quiet, the stars and the tiny night noises...
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics #AuDHDhttps://aeon.co/essays/tender-and-creative-is-the-night-on-the-benefits-of-insomnia
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"creativity is not impeded in autism spectrum disorder, but what is more difficult for #autistic people is the ability to be creative with the words of others during conversation"
Worth reading.
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This is a nice news item. It's too easy to forget that many of us are non-verbal, some or all of the time.
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This is a nice news item. It's too easy to forget that many of us are non-verbal, some or all of the time.
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Languages create & retain words we find a use for. So it's interesting to note the number of words for lying, compared with fairly few concerning honesty.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:lie
Is this a comment on #NT communication?
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Languages create & retain words we find a use for. So it's interesting to note the number of words for lying, compared with fairly few concerning honesty.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:lie
Is this a comment on #NT communication?
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From the birdsite:
"i’m convinced that “gifted and talented” just means “undiagnosed adhd/autistic kid with a hyperfixation/special interest in something academic” so the teachers think they’re a genius, when really they’re just like everyone else lmao"
👍
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Allistic communication relies on #implication, and reading/writing 'between the lines', thereby retaining #deniability!
Yes, it would be *so* good if they could learn to #communicate #honestly, as we (mostly) do. 👍
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This is my experience too. Not the details, of course, but the main points? Yes!
"I can finally see my life from my perspective and not someone else's."
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This is my experience too. Not the details, of course, but the main points? Yes!
"I can finally see my life from my perspective and not someone else's."
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Anyone got any ideas on how best to avoid the Limp Pics?
We've just endured #Euros, then #Wimbledon, and now ... some more #sport. 😤 Why? 😭😭
Isn't psychological cruelty some kind of Crime Against ... Humanity? 🤔
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD
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Anyone got any ideas on how best to avoid the Limp Pics?
We've just endured #Euros, then #Wimbledon, and now ... some more #sport. 😤 Why? 😭😭
Isn't psychological cruelty some kind of Crime Against ... Humanity? 🤔
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD
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"Words, in essence, don’t mean much. To work out the right interpretation of my words, you need to be able to correctly gauge what I wanted you to understand, or my “intended meaning”. We do this all the time with each other. "
Nothing too radical here, but a good read.
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"Gustav Theodor Fechner championed the idea that plants have souls – something we might call ‘consciousness’ today."
Any interest, anyone? 🤔🙃
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics #AuDHDhttps://aeon.co/essays/can-we-see-past-our-soul-blindness-to-recognise-plant-minds
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My take is that #autism is a genetic predisposition. Only when the neural pathways are laid down does it become actual, and permanent (life-long).
Our brains are the same as theirs, and most of the neural pathways too. But some of them differ, hence the differences between them and us. *Qualitative* differences.
#Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition.
IMO
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As an autist, I often *feel* that I #THINK differently from how NTs do it. I think many of us feel this.
But has any work been done to quantify this, or reach a more detailed understanding? Anyone know?
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Is this a 'thing', or is it just a joke? It seems to ring true to me...?
#AskingAutistics
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
#AuDHD
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@dimly_lit_room That doesn't resonate for me (#AuDHD), but that may be down to individual differences, or (more likely) that I haven't appreciated exactly what you're getting at. 🤔 😉 👍
Looking forward to other replies that might educate me...
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What do we think of #Astrid (aka "Astrid et Raphaelle")? I am smitten (with the *character*, not the actress)! How about you?
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Taken from the birdsite (from @Clearautism), because this is pretty important:
"The 2018 Advances in Autism study, for example, predicted that nearly half of autistic children exposed to ABA will meet the threshold for a PTSD diagnosis within four weeks, while caregivers’ satisfaction will rise as the treatment goes on." 😱🤬🤬🤬
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I have little experience of meltdown or shutdown, but I experienced an extreme instance of one or the other a few days ago. I can't seem to get past what happened, even 10 days later. Is there any help for such things?
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A much more-than-usually nuanced consideration of #Asberger, with which I find myself in agreement. I wonder if you will, too?
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Does anyone know of a good website, credible to NTs sceptical about #autism (yes, I know 😐), that explains autistic meltdown in a good way? TIA
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This is no surprise to the ND community. Would that it were!
https://theconversation.com/doctors-rank-patients-own-assessment-of-their-illness-as-least-important-in-diagnosis-new-study-219997
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
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Regarding "conflict" as an element of the human social world, and the prevailing modern taste for it, even the praising of it:
All I have to do is read the daily news to see how many people there are in the world, most of whom are #neurotypical persons, who seem to like conflict.
Just read the headlines of any news journal.
Just look at what we're doing to the planet.
Just look at what humans do to other humans.
So, conflict is typical.
I'm #neurodivergent
Not typical.
Give me a quiet, peaceful #green forest, next to a flowing stream, alone or with a friend, just walking, not struggling, just strolling. #peace
Others may differ.
Oh, that doesn't mean I won't fight back when people come at me. It doesn't mean I won't defend myself.
That doesn't mean you want to deal with me once you provoke me past a certain point.
But that's not what I want for my life. I want to get my pulse rate to a calm state. I want to have a healthy life. I want to calm the agitation. I want to get my amygdala to relax.
Because I have a very reactive @actuallyautistic amygdala... and I see everything, feel everything. #intenseworldtheory #IntenseWorld
Thanks for reading.
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@actuallyautistic @allautistics
The idea of searching a hashtag to find other autistics (hashtags like #actuallyautistic, or on twitter, even just the tag #autistic) definitely exists on twitter, but more common is following the large accounts as a way of keeping in touch.
It's all about following a couple dozen mega accounts to find discussions. Even then it's mostly short comments. People will often post big lists (consisting of 10 or 15 accounts) of "who to follow" within the autistic community. Obviously the majority of people won't even be on those lists. In this way some autistics become mini-celebrities. Everyone else is a follower.
Some more or less ignore this, to the extent possible, and form their own little circles of friendships. I tended to do that.
All of this is much more reinforced with the changes made by Musk.
So this more horizontal way of relating on Mastodon is something to treasure. It doesn't mean the mega-accounts won't make their way here, but they don't get the same attention here.
Searching out interesting posts using hashtags is far more directly democratic and socially horizontal, and even someone who has no followers at all can post something and be noticed.
This, my friends, is a precious thing. And this is why the use of tags and who gets to use them has meaning.
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The term “self-diagnosed” developed wide acceptance and use prior to my realization that I am autistic. I honor and value the history of my communities of autistics by understanding the meaning being communicated by that term. I do not try to change anyone’s use of that term, but I do not use it myself. I share this here in case others have similar ideas or want to discuss.
I strongly believe that no one is entitled to know any diagnosis of another. That information can be shared freely by the person diagnosed but should never be required. This goes for autism, mental health conditions, pregnancy, HIV infection, and even COVID infection.
Diagnoses are tied to medical, psychiatric, and educational institutions that perpetuate racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, classism, eugenics, and more. The existence of well-meaning professionals and the benefits of sharing commonly understood categorizations do not eliminate the danger that can be associated with knowledge of diagnoses. Thus, every individual should have full control over who has access to that knowledge, in order to maintain agency over their own lives.
It is my best guess that I would meet the current diagnostic criteria for ASD. If I were to say that I am self-diagnosed, that would be what I mean. But I do not say that. Now that I understand what autism is, I do not care whether I meet the criteria for ASD. I simply communicate that I am autistic. How others interpret that communication is up to them.
#AutisticMe
#ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics
@autistic.me
@actuallyautistic
@allautistics