#twiceexceptional — Public Fediverse posts

I have a complicated relationship with AI. And I wish I didn't.

I'm not a fan. The ethics are a mess, the energy consumption is obscene, and it's concentrating power in the hands of a small cluster of tech billionaires with openly fascist ambitions. That's not hyperbole. That's just where we are.

And yet.

I have AuDHD. Autism and ADHD combined. I'm also likely mildly gifted, which sounds like a humble brag but mostly just means my brain runs on its own logic, at its own pace, in directions most people can't follow. The wall I kept hitting wasn't a lack of capacity. It was a mismatch between how I think and how the world is set up.
Getting thoughts out of my head and onto paper has always been a battle. Learning through repetitive material hits a wall fast. And collaboration is hard in ways that are difficult to explain if you haven't lived it. The kind of patient, technically sharp thinking partner I actually need has always been rare.

Not impossible. Occasionally I'd meet someone in tech who would actually think with me, follow the thread, push back in useful ways. Those moments showed me what was possible. But they were rare, and they depended entirely on chance.

I'm mid-career, retraining into IT after years in post-production. Building a homelab. Writing study documentation. Finally getting past the wall of complexity and tech elitism that kept me out.

Not because I couldn't handle it intellectually, but because the way in never fit how I work. I'm writing actual tools now, things I always assumed were locked behind a door I'd never open. AI didn't unlock it. But it made the door something I can actually push.

For me it functions less like a productivity tool and more like a medical aid. Nothing else, no coaching, no support structures, no accommodations I've ever been offered, has come close. I know that sounds dramatic. I mean it literally.

And that's exactly what makes it so hard to sit with.

Because I know what it costs. The energy and water consumption is real and bad. But more than that: the infrastructure I rely on to function better is the same infrastructure making certain people untouchable. I don't have a clean answer to that. I'm not going to pretend I do.

I wish this had come from somewhere with cleaner hands. But it didn't. And opting out isn't neutral either, not when the alternative is struggling alone with a brain the world wasn't built for.

I'm sitting with that. It's uncomfortable. It should be.

#AuDHD #TwiceExceptional #AI #HumanPlusAI #neurodivergentHealing

We all do it to some extent... but growth happens best when you put yourself out there!

Read here: https://www.withunderstandingcomescalm.com/avoiding-risk-avoidant-behaviors/

#GiftedAndDistractible
#ImposterSyndrome
#TwiceExceptional
#Neurodivergent

Inspired by Ernesto Reaño’s video “Ser o no ser lo ‘suficientemente autista’,” I explore how the Sorites paradox helps us understand adult autism and twice-exceptionality.
#Autism #Neurodiversity #TwiceExceptional #AdultAutism #Philosophy #Identity #MentalHealth

https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/when-a-grain-becomes-a-heap-autism-twice-exceptional-adults-and-the-sorites-paradox-f05849f366de

On Monday, Brandon Tessers, LCPC, and @adhdmarie continued the conversation on #intelligence, with a focus on the concepts of #giftedness and being #TwiceExceptional, or #2e. Catch up with the "This Is Not Therapy" Hour now on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/beOCtPR_tnM

@emacsen

Some more details in case people are interested.

I was a big contributor to #OpenStreetMap for a while. Long story there...

Umm, I worked at #NASA for a while, and #NIH for much longer, specifically on NCBI, where they run #pubmed

I love animals. I own two #cats , I used to own #rats and grew up with a 135lbs (60kg) #gsd

I'm #ADHD and #learningdisabled I'm the first legally recognized person in the US labeled LD/gifted, or now known as #TwiceExceptional (a label I don't like)

@alessa_ed I made the conscious decision long ago to not be a mommy influencer with my blog. Yes, I wrote about my sons, but it was to not feel so alone and to help others not feel so alone. Raising #gifted and #TwiceExceptional kids can be so lonely and isolating. I’ve written considerably less about them as they’ve gotten older, to the point that I rarely write about them at all.

Hi all! I just created a Fediverse Group for parents, guardians, and caretakers of 2e kids. If you are responsible for one or more 2e kids, like I am, then you could probably use a Special Interest Group like 2eSIG to ask questions, share advice, and commiserate. If that sounds like something you need, please follow @2eSIG to join! #twiceexceptional #2e #parenting

Tap tap…in case anyone here is at #NAGC22 this weekend, I’m presenting on a panel this afternoon on #homeschooling #gifted and #TwiceExceptional kids. ✌🏻❤️

A thing I am learning as a person who got diagnosed at 36 years old is I am not a typical #ADHD person. But I really, really hate the term #TwiceExceptional as an adult. It is a name created for kids like me to get them what they need in school, by making them seem like something extra human. It translates to the professional adult world exactly 0%. Instead I am having to have awkward conversations about how even though I seem like uncanny levels of capable, I struggle with very basic things.