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  1. Small Talk and Autism | Why It’s Hard and What Might Help #SmallTalk #AutisticLife

    Small Talk and… ift.tt/RFf9Scr

  2. 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 #ActuallyAutistic podcast The Autistic Rant Hour are now online and available to binge.

    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.
    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.

    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.

    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: prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-r

    #podcast #podcasting #disability #disabilityJustice #disabilityLife #autistic #autisticLife #CP

    @autistics

  3. 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 #ActuallyAutistic podcast The Autistic Rant Hour are now online and available to binge.

    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.
    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.

    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.

    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: prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-r

    #podcast #podcasting #disability #disabilityJustice #disabilityLife #autistic #autisticLife #CP

    @autistics

  4. 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 #ActuallyAutistic podcast The Autistic Rant Hour are now online and available to binge.

    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.
    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.

    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.

    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: prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-r

    #podcast #podcasting #disability #disabilityJustice #disabilityLife #autistic #autisticLife #CP

    @autistics

  5. 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 #ActuallyAutistic podcast The Autistic Rant Hour are now online and available to binge.

    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.
    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.

    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.

    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: prepped.to/podcasts/autistic-r

    #podcast #podcasting #disability #disabilityJustice #disabilityLife #autistic #autisticLife #CP

    @autistics

  6. I had a fairly quiet day today. Still recovering from this sinus infection, so I mostly rested. Managed a little study, which felt good. Spent some time pondering things I won’t go into here. Ended the day listening to The Mushroom Case daily podcast.

    #SinusInfection #AutisticLife #RestDay #PodcastTime #StudyWhileSick #SlowDays #MushroomCase

  7. I had a fairly quiet day today. Still recovering from this sinus infection, so I mostly rested. Managed a little study, which felt good. Spent some time pondering things I won’t go into here. Ended the day listening to The Mushroom Case daily podcast.

    #SinusInfection #AutisticLife #RestDay #PodcastTime #StudyWhileSick #SlowDays #MushroomCase

  8. I had a fairly quiet day today. Still recovering from this sinus infection, so I mostly rested. Managed a little study, which felt good. Spent some time pondering things I won’t go into here. Ended the day listening to The Mushroom Case daily podcast.

    #SinusInfection #AutisticLife #RestDay #PodcastTime #StudyWhileSick #SlowDays #MushroomCase

  9. I had a fairly quiet day today. Still recovering from this sinus infection, so I mostly rested. Managed a little study, which felt good. Spent some time pondering things I won’t go into here. Ended the day listening to The Mushroom Case daily podcast.

    #SinusInfection #AutisticLife #RestDay #PodcastTime #StudyWhileSick #SlowDays #MushroomCase

  10. Today I went to my tutorial after spending some time outdoors. Still sick — blocked nose, low-level headache. This thing has dragged on since Easter, on and off. I’m getting my meds tomorrow and will ask the doctor to check me out properly. Yesterday was the FCA and I’m still recovering from that too. Had chicken and veg for dinner. Quiet night.

    #AutisticLife #NDIS #ChronicIllness #FCA #DisabilitySupport #NeurodivergentLife #BlindAndAutistic #EverydayLife

  11. Today I went to my tutorial after spending some time outdoors. Still sick — blocked nose, low-level headache. This thing has dragged on since Easter, on and off. I’m getting my meds tomorrow and will ask the doctor to check me out properly. Yesterday was the FCA and I’m still recovering from that too. Had chicken and veg for dinner. Quiet night.

    #AutisticLife #NDIS #ChronicIllness #FCA #DisabilitySupport #NeurodivergentLife #BlindAndAutistic #EverydayLife

  12. Today I went to my tutorial after spending some time outdoors. Still sick — blocked nose, low-level headache. This thing has dragged on since Easter, on and off. I’m getting my meds tomorrow and will ask the doctor to check me out properly. Yesterday was the FCA and I’m still recovering from that too. Had chicken and veg for dinner. Quiet night.

    #AutisticLife #NDIS #ChronicIllness #FCA #DisabilitySupport #NeurodivergentLife #BlindAndAutistic #EverydayLife

  13. Ugh. I have just gone through my follow list and discovered Exactly how long it's been since I did that. To everyone who followed me at the dawn of time, and just today got followed back, my entire bad. Object Permanence is for those who don't have Better things to remember. *sigh* #AA #AutisticLife also #ADHD and #PTSD and #Dissociative Life.

  14. Ugh. I have just gone through my follow list and discovered Exactly how long it's been since I did that. To everyone who followed me at the dawn of time, and just today got followed back, my entire bad. Object Permanence is for those who don't have Better things to remember. *sigh* #AA #AutisticLife also #ADHD and #PTSD and #Dissociative Life.

  15. My autism’s got me scripting life like it’s Python, but I keep hitting syntax errors when small talk pops up! Small talk must be in Perl.😅 Anyone else debug their social skills daily? #AutisticLife

  16. My autism’s got me scripting life like it’s Python, but I keep hitting syntax errors when small talk pops up! Small talk must be in Perl.😅 Anyone else debug their social skills daily? #AutisticLife

  17. New Year. New You. New Me. New Relationship...

    Still #ActuallyAutistic. In my 70s. Shooting for Guinness "Oldest Autistic Male"...

    Just not yet. Or any time soon...

    #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance #Neurodiversity #AutisticLife #AutisticAdults #ADHD #AuDHD

  18. I'll follow anyone who is nice to me on here since I spent my whole life thinking anyone who was nice to me was my friend even though actual reality etc. #autisticlife

  19. I'll follow anyone who is nice to me on here since I spent my whole life thinking anyone who was nice to me was my friend even though actual reality etc. #autisticlife

  20. I'll follow anyone who is nice to me on here since I spent my whole life thinking anyone who was nice to me was my friend even though actual reality etc. #autisticlife

  21. I'll follow anyone who is nice to me on here since I spent my whole life thinking anyone who was nice to me was my friend even though actual reality etc. #autisticlife

  22. Uni sending an action plan letter to Son 1 (Autistic) because he is having trouble with executive functionning is the worse...
    Stress levels are now so high he can't do anything 🙄
    I wish they would copy me in every email as we agreed last year!
    Any suggestions for him to tackle all this?
    #AutisticLife
    @actuallyautistic
    (please delete the group @ if commenting)

  23. Son1 came hurrying down at 7.30 "breakfast in a rush for me!".
    I told him the time, he slaps his head "I forgot we changed time!".
    He forgot how to put his watch back 1h, fair enough, it happens twice a year...
    Long story short, we had a lovely chat shared over breakfast. And he's got time to chill before going to uni.

    #AutisticLife
    @actuallyautistic

  24. @actuallyautistics @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic And yet, despite knowing this, it’s so hard to shed the internalised notion of what “productivity” is, as defined by capitalist, NT society/world. I’m feeling this so much now…I can barely function at times, but the guilt of being “useless” is constant. #AutisticLife #AutisticBurnout

  25. @actuallyautistics @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic And yet, despite knowing this, it’s so hard to shed the internalised notion of what “productivity” is, as defined by capitalist, NT society/world. I’m feeling this so much now…I can barely function at times, but the guilt of being “useless” is constant. #AutisticLife #AutisticBurnout

  26. @actuallyautistics @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic And yet, despite knowing this, it’s so hard to shed the internalised notion of what “productivity” is, as defined by capitalist, NT society/world. I’m feeling this so much now…I can barely function at times, but the guilt of being “useless” is constant. #AutisticLife #AutisticBurnout

  27. @actuallyautistics @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic And yet, despite knowing this, it’s so hard to shed the internalised notion of what “productivity” is, as defined by capitalist, NT society/world. I’m feeling this so much now…I can barely function at times, but the guilt of being “useless” is constant. #AutisticLife #AutisticBurnout

  28. @irina @actuallyautistic 😱 Horrendous!

    I’ve only confronted a security guard once before, never again. I asked, ‘Why are you following me?’ They folded their arms across their chest and said, ‘Just doing my job’ and glared at me.

    I was so flustered I couldn’t think what to say. I turned to leave and they followed so closely behind me if I’d stopped they would’ve walked right into me.

    Horribly intimidating but it happens to a lot of us.
    #AutisticLife

  29. @irina @actuallyautistic 😱 Horrendous!

    I’ve only confronted a security guard once before, never again. I asked, ‘Why are you following me?’ They folded their arms across their chest and said, ‘Just doing my job’ and glared at me.

    I was so flustered I couldn’t think what to say. I turned to leave and they followed so closely behind me if I’d stopped they would’ve walked right into me.

    Horribly intimidating but it happens to a lot of us.
    #AutisticLife

  30. @irina @actuallyautistic 😱 Horrendous!

    I’ve only confronted a security guard once before, never again. I asked, ‘Why are you following me?’ They folded their arms across their chest and said, ‘Just doing my job’ and glared at me.

    I was so flustered I couldn’t think what to say. I turned to leave and they followed so closely behind me if I’d stopped they would’ve walked right into me.

    Horribly intimidating but it happens to a lot of us.
    #AutisticLife

  31. @irina @actuallyautistic 😱 Horrendous!

    I’ve only confronted a security guard once before, never again. I asked, ‘Why are you following me?’ They folded their arms across their chest and said, ‘Just doing my job’ and glared at me.

    I was so flustered I couldn’t think what to say. I turned to leave and they followed so closely behind me if I’d stopped they would’ve walked right into me.

    Horribly intimidating but it happens to a lot of us.
    #AutisticLife

  32. @TheOtherness @Vchat20 @Pathfinder @loops @actuallyautistic "Flailing Along" - Accurate description of an #AutisticLife !

    When I speak to parents of Autistic children they are desperate for their child to get on a linear pathway to success / employment & fulfilment.

    I try to break it to them gently that even the most joyful and supported #Autistic person probably won't do 'linear'; our path is always a winding one, by choice.

    And there is nothing wrong with that!
    #ActuallyAutistic #LifeGoals

  33. @TheOtherness @Vchat20 @Pathfinder @loops @actuallyautistic "Flailing Along" - Accurate description of an #AutisticLife !

    When I speak to parents of Autistic children they are desperate for their child to get on a linear pathway to success / employment & fulfilment.

    I try to break it to them gently that even the most joyful and supported #Autistic person probably won't do 'linear'; our path is always a winding one, by choice.

    And there is nothing wrong with that!
    #ActuallyAutistic #LifeGoals

  34. @TheOtherness @Vchat20 @Pathfinder @loops @actuallyautistic "Flailing Along" - Accurate description of an #AutisticLife !

    When I speak to parents of Autistic children they are desperate for their child to get on a linear pathway to success / employment & fulfilment.

    I try to break it to them gently that even the most joyful and supported #Autistic person probably won't do 'linear'; our path is always a winding one, by choice.

    And there is nothing wrong with that!
    #ActuallyAutistic #LifeGoals

  35. @TheOtherness @Vchat20 @Pathfinder @loops @actuallyautistic "Flailing Along" - Accurate description of an #AutisticLife !

    When I speak to parents of Autistic children they are desperate for their child to get on a linear pathway to success / employment & fulfilment.

    I try to break it to them gently that even the most joyful and supported #Autistic person probably won't do 'linear'; our path is always a winding one, by choice.

    And there is nothing wrong with that!
    #ActuallyAutistic #LifeGoals

  36. @Fredatron Thank-you for sharing this, I feel the same way so often but we are all so good at hiding it.
    The way you describe hesitating at the door of the pub, I have felt that way and only wish I’d known that others did too.
    And the ‘I haven’t been to any work-do’s or parties all year, I HAVE to go to this one’ and being really uncomfortable and wishing you weren’t there…💗
    So very relatable. 🙌
    #SmallTalkIsHorrific #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticLife @actuallyautistic

  37. @Fredatron Thank-you for sharing this, I feel the same way so often but we are all so good at hiding it.
    The way you describe hesitating at the door of the pub, I have felt that way and only wish I’d known that others did too.
    And the ‘I haven’t been to any work-do’s or parties all year, I HAVE to go to this one’ and being really uncomfortable and wishing you weren’t there…💗
    So very relatable. 🙌
    #SmallTalkIsHorrific #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticLife @actuallyautistic

  38. @Fredatron Thank-you for sharing this, I feel the same way so often but we are all so good at hiding it.
    The way you describe hesitating at the door of the pub, I have felt that way and only wish I’d known that others did too.
    And the ‘I haven’t been to any work-do’s or parties all year, I HAVE to go to this one’ and being really uncomfortable and wishing you weren’t there…💗
    So very relatable. 🙌
    #SmallTalkIsHorrific #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticLife @actuallyautistic

  39. @Fredatron Thank-you for sharing this, I feel the same way so often but we are all so good at hiding it.
    The way you describe hesitating at the door of the pub, I have felt that way and only wish I’d known that others did too.
    And the ‘I haven’t been to any work-do’s or parties all year, I HAVE to go to this one’ and being really uncomfortable and wishing you weren’t there…💗
    So very relatable. 🙌
    #SmallTalkIsHorrific #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticLife @actuallyautistic

  40. El martes tuve una discusión con la ingeniera líder de uno de los grupos donde trabajo, me frustra que después de un año sigue siendo tan h_evona y desde mi punto de vista sólo hace lo mínimo. El miércoles se escaló con mi gerente la situación. Ya me cansé de intentar ayudarla pero ella no cambia. Y mi gerente me sigue exigiendo que sea paciente con ella, y con el resto del equipo. Obviamente el problema soy yo desde el punto de vista de ellos. #Autism #Autista #AutisticLife #HashTagsMamadores

  41. @jason_burnett Yes, I agree, it's a great book!

    'You Don't Look Autistic At All' by Bianca Toeps is one of the books I recommend for those seeking more about their own #AutisticLife and for non-Autistics to learn about #Autism.

    As you say, there is nothing wrong with reading autobiographies of #ActuallyAutistic people. After a lifetime of confusion, it is such a relief to read others #Autistic experience, to feel seen, to have their words resonate so strongly with us!

    Thank-you for sharing!

  42. @jason_burnett Yes, I agree, it's a great book!

    'You Don't Look Autistic At All' by Bianca Toeps is one of the books I recommend for those seeking more about their own #AutisticLife and for non-Autistics to learn about #Autism.

    As you say, there is nothing wrong with reading autobiographies of #ActuallyAutistic people. After a lifetime of confusion, it is such a relief to read others #Autistic experience, to feel seen, to have their words resonate so strongly with us!

    Thank-you for sharing!

  43. @jason_burnett Yes, I agree, it's a great book!

    'You Don't Look Autistic At All' by Bianca Toeps is one of the books I recommend for those seeking more about their own #AutisticLife and for non-Autistics to learn about #Autism.

    As you say, there is nothing wrong with reading autobiographies of #ActuallyAutistic people. After a lifetime of confusion, it is such a relief to read others #Autistic experience, to feel seen, to have their words resonate so strongly with us!

    Thank-you for sharing!

  44. @jason_burnett Yes, I agree, it's a great book!

    'You Don't Look Autistic At All' by Bianca Toeps is one of the books I recommend for those seeking more about their own #AutisticLife and for non-Autistics to learn about #Autism.

    As you say, there is nothing wrong with reading autobiographies of #ActuallyAutistic people. After a lifetime of confusion, it is such a relief to read others #Autistic experience, to feel seen, to have their words resonate so strongly with us!

    Thank-you for sharing!

  45. @theautisticcoach Never swore at all until my early 20’s, now I swear a lot (there’s a lot to be frustrated with! 😤) but not in front of anyone!
    Am trying to swear less, but when you are out of spoons, you have chronic pain, your ‘to do’ list is ridiculous, no-one is helping you, CPTSD, ‘ableism’ etc. something has to pop, and if it’s me swearing, then.. 🤷‍♀️
    #AutisticLife #Spoonie #Overwhelm

  46. @theautisticcoach Never swore at all until my early 20’s, now I swear a lot (there’s a lot to be frustrated with! 😤) but not in front of anyone!
    Am trying to swear less, but when you are out of spoons, you have chronic pain, your ‘to do’ list is ridiculous, no-one is helping you, CPTSD, ‘ableism’ etc. something has to pop, and if it’s me swearing, then.. 🤷‍♀️
    #AutisticLife #Spoonie #Overwhelm

  47. @theautisticcoach Never swore at all until my early 20’s, now I swear a lot (there’s a lot to be frustrated with! 😤) but not in front of anyone!
    Am trying to swear less, but when you are out of spoons, you have chronic pain, your ‘to do’ list is ridiculous, no-one is helping you, CPTSD, ‘ableism’ etc. something has to pop, and if it’s me swearing, then.. 🤷‍♀️
    #AutisticLife #Spoonie #Overwhelm

  48. @theautisticcoach Never swore at all until my early 20’s, now I swear a lot (there’s a lot to be frustrated with! 😤) but not in front of anyone!
    Am trying to swear less, but when you are out of spoons, you have chronic pain, your ‘to do’ list is ridiculous, no-one is helping you, CPTSD, ‘ableism’ etc. something has to pop, and if it’s me swearing, then.. 🤷‍♀️
    #AutisticLife #Spoonie #Overwhelm