#audhd — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #audhd, aggregated by home.social.
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We had a great family day out at Disneyland Hong Kong! 🏰
Our niece loved going on the rides and our nephew enjoyed building his lightsaber and hanging out with his buddy (my cousin's son), but it was a lot for the senses. Large crowds, stifling heat and humidity, bright lights, loud and competing noises, strong smells from the plethora of eateries, and constantly being moved in every direction led to a feeling of being overwhelmed. I was exhausted by the end of the day and need some downtime to recover from it all! We had a great family day out at Disneyland Hong Kong! 🏰
Our niece loved going on the rides, and our nephew enjoyed building his lightsaber and hanging out with his buddy (my cousin's son), but it was a lot for the senses. Large crowds, stifling heat and humidity, bright lights, loud and competing noises, strong smells from the plethora of eateries, and constantly being moved in every direction led to a feeling of being overwhelmed. I was exhausted by the end of the day and need some downtime to recover from it all! Creating special memories with family made it worthwhile, though 😊
#disney #sensoryoverload #neurodivergent #AuDHD #adhd #anxiety #disneyland #hongkong #travel #neurospicy
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Autism and lack of safety 🛟
Here are some things which, interestingly, are common in autistic people but can also be general indicators of anxiety or fear.
1. Difficulty distinguishing voices from background noise.
2. Digestion problems, sometimes culminating in IBS.
3. Strong attachment to routine and panic when it fails.
4. Persistent problems falling asleep or staying asleep.
There will be other things, I think 🤔 ... thoughts?
#AskingAutistics #Autism #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
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Free workshop tomorrow — 5 stages of autistic burnout and recovery. What helps. What backfires.
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/autistic-burnout-stages/
12 PM CT / 1 PM ET / 6 PM BST. Recording available.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity
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I'm in serious danger of falling into an #espresso rabbit hole. #AuDHD obsession style. I've always liked tinkering with different #coffee brewing methods. Not only that, pimping up and old machine using a #gaggiuino sounds like a very fun project... which I can abandoned halfway through because a found a new shiny 😂 Also graphs!
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@johnnyprofane1 YESSSS…. That slow, meandering, even weeks-long precogitation on a subject feels so indulgently luxurious these days. Being lost in my own head on a weekend day. Where did that day go? Oh right I let myself freewheel in austistic bliss. Damn that felt good. Why am I apologizing for not getting more done?
Our value system is so fucked up.
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@johnnyprofane1 Certainly school was a place for safety and a focus on something enjoyable. As I got to high school it brought its own social stress. Even then I found comfort in quiet private spaces, away from the social onslaught.
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A split in the spectrum? The ongoing battle to define autism
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdew81wd2y8oI think this "continuing row" in the UK over the definition of Autism appears to be part of the continuing "Culture Wars", and the misunderstanding and hate directed at neurodivergent people.
Professor Dame Uta Frith is quoted in the article, and I found her opinions to be really quite extraordinary — practically everything she said is wrong. It's dangerous of her to spread misinformation by denying the prevalence of late-diagnosed Autism. Additionally, it's awfully sexist of her to spread doubt about the diagnosis of women with Autism. Her narrow definition of Autism is not at all backed by credible research. Autism is a spectrum: there's a range of symptoms, it has some overlaps with ADHD symptoms, and there's no simple "one size fits all" definition. Uta Frith can get in the bin.
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If you work or live with autistics in burnout, what you're expecting probably doesn't fit what you're seeing.
This free workshop covers the five stages of autistic burnout and recovery, what each stage looks like from the inside, and what actually helps — including why some standard interventions backfire.
Saturday August 22nd.
https://www.autismchrysalis.com/autistic-burnout-stages/
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity
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ESSAYS WANTED! Epona Muse Publishing seeks #OwnVoices essays from #ActuallyAutistic and #Neurodivergent people about how animals enrich their lives. Nonfiction. Royalty paying.
More details: https://publishing.eponaauthorsolutions.com
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In one of my more SpecTaCULaR moments of cack-handedness, I thwacked the front of my ankle* ~so hard~ that It's still numb a minute later.
Ya'll, if the area bruises it's going to be a DOOZY
[ * Part of the foot where top of instep becomes erm.. leg ?? ]
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This is a long read, but it's worth it.
#JasonArday was murdered to entertain readers who love to see others squirming and hurting. 😭
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Fun neurodivergent poll:
Do you regularly/normally wear and buy COMFORTABLE SHOES? 👟
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RE: https://mas.to/@PatternChaser/117117013115375469
One reason why autists' life expectancy is so low is suicide. One top of lifelong #rejection, and consequential #despair (that all autists experience), the media storm that enveloped JA could easily have pushed him in that direction. 🤬😭
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"Jason Arday was hunted down by a pack of rabid predators, relentlessly bullying & racially attacking him."
He was autistic. If he took his own life, it is very possible that media abuse pushed him to it! 🤬😭
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026/08/17/media-billionaires-jason-arday/