We need to stop dodging the question of disability. It's okay to be disabled and Autistic, trying to keep the two concept separate is in itself a form of ableism.
@lorimeyers valeu por compartilhar. Ta me levando a refletir nas minhas próprias experiências de amizade. Tenho muita dificuldade inclusive de manter contato a distância e já me culpei muito por isso.
Tenho tentado usar a #autistando e o grupo @autistando para falar dos temas e experiênvias autistas. A ideia é ser algo tipo o #ActuallyAutistic que é usado por autistas que falam inglês pra compartilhar experiências.
TIL: an autistic young man loved Mickey Mouse while growing up and wore Mickey hats with ears a lot because this helped him regulate feelings that easily get overloaded by everyday things in #autistic folks.
He became an advocate for #ActuallyAutistic people and gave evidence to the US Congress, wearing his Mickey Mouse 🐭 ears!
@happyborg Awww heck yeah. As an #ActuallyAutistic mega-fan of #Disney- someone who's watched the ENTIRE animated canon and a lot of their other materials- I can totally relate and appreciate this.
His best-known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. via @Wikipedia
I read all of Hesse's books as a teenager, but the one I enjoyed most was Steppenwolf. I identified in a crass and simplistic way with Harry Haller as a way to shock the bourgoisie.
I started re-reading it a few days ago. I now understand with a shock of recognition that the Steppenwolf is #actuallyautistic, something that probably informed my previous identification, though I didn't have the words or concepts at the time.
@Claire Hey Claire, welcome to Mastodon! I’m sure you’ll quickly find your people :)) The #ActuallyAutistic community here is strong as well as the #disability community. (Both of which I’m a member)
I’m happy to help you if you need any help navigating the Fediverse. 🤗
Egal, wer sich gerade lustig macht oder schimpft über die, die bisher bei Twitter ausgeharrt haben. Ihr habt keine Ahnung.
Für mich als Autist war das meine Heimat und meine einzige Chance, sowas wie einen Freundeskreis zu haben und soziale Kontakte eingehen zu können. Das ist jetzt mit einem Schlag weg und ich verloren. Mastodon kann das für mich nicht ersetzen, weil diese Umstellung für mich mehr als nur eine Herausforderung ist. Sie ist eine schier unüberwindbare Bergkette des Himalaya. 🥺
@Micheleyee@actuallyautistic That's wonderful if it's the case but it would be a rare exception. The thing I don't understand is there are already lots of #ActuallyAutistic psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors etc. They just seem to be overlooked even though they could make the DX process easier & quicker.
Hey, I'm Falco! a high-risk art hermit- in dire need of ongoing help!
Homeless, in a hotel, in debt to my last land-jerks and other bills.
Please read ahead for my art and support links! Dough-nations reach me fastest, but anything helps! I'd appreciate support with helping spread my posts to survive!
I’m grateful for the Scottish Green Party’s place in the Scottish Government meaning that an end to LGBT+ conversion practices is in sight
(I didn’t say LGBTQIA+ because I don’t know for sure where the less-talked-about sexualities and gender identities will fit, nor whether this will have any effect on forced surgery for intersex children)
I know this has been talked about in the Scottish Government at some point, but there is sadly no plan at the moment to include ABA (applied behaviour analysis) or PBS (positive behaviour support) in an initial conversion practice ban
Regrettably, these practices are being used increasingly in the UK and Scottish context, yet conversion practices that vainly attempt to make Autistic people neurotypical are no less abhorrent than conversion practices that attempt to make people like LGBT+ people cishet 😖
A handy timeline comparing the pathologisations of queer and Autistic people:
@DivergentDumpsterPhoenix@actuallyautistic@autisticadvocacy
Je n'ai pas de mots pour décrire mes sentiments ; j'ai des sensations, fugaces, mêmes si elles peuvent être réactivées par le fait de repenser à la situation, mais c'est tout
Et ça peut me demander des jours pour analyser mes sentiments, ou alors ça explose dans des moments de tension sans que j'ai rien vu venir #ActuallyAutistic
OK, the burnout has me. Started a couple days ago. I’m not 100% what triggered it, but I think it may have been assisted by the “therapy” experience last Friday. Regardless, I can feel a discord between my brain and body. I’m up today and feel rested but my brain is stuck.
So switching gears to #quiet today. Staying home. Light work duty. Maybe a nap. Let’s see if we can ease ourselves into a #reset. If I had a #hottub, I’d be in it now.
The good news is that #SelfCare day seems to have helped. Managed to be productive in the morning and napped like a champ after lunch. Feeling a bit better this evening. Isolating and recentering is always the way.
If I find out that this purely #neurochemical, and a #med and actual support from #docs helps address or even moderate it, then I would be a happy camper.
@audhd@actuallyautistic I'm excited and anxious about moving out of state for three months. To help, I've been researching the area, looking at photos, and possibly taking an early trip to plot out better what a day could look like. Until the move, coping will include alerts/reminders to breathe and ground myself, research/rehearsing, deeply embracing self-soothing activities, and sensory mitigation to offload stress. #autistic#audhd#autism#actuallyautistic
I am in my 40s and only just realising that i am probably #autistic.
I've been through a process over the last year or so that has brought me to a sudden realisation, particularly as my #ASD son is getting into his teens and I am recognising certain behaviours (but other factors too, including my sibling's diagnosis too). So I'm currently self-diagnosed, but when i made a list of traits, it got quite extensive, including long lists and mindmaps of traits I'd never thought were anything but "well thats just how I am". I am awaiting a formal assessment (which may be a 3 year wait) after which they will likely say I am #actuallyautistic . I know a lot of people on the autistic spectrum (both diagnosed and completely unaware) and can spot many traits a mile off, but seemingly it took many years to see them in myself.
So this is a bit of a learning journey for me, and when a formal diagnosis comes, I will need to decide who I disclose this to in the real world. Due to ableism in society and general lack of understanding, I'm really not sure how many people I will want to disclose to, after a lifetime of masking.
Hopefully a bit of interaction on this instance will be helpful for me. Especially looking to hear from people who have gone through diagnosis later in life.
Sometimes I'm worried that my gender might be masculine(ish) Miyazaki film characters who really, really needed therapy but somehow avoided it by having a ✨girl✨ swoop in and do a lot of emotional labor to teach them a valuable life lesson. I think subconsciously I've avoided acknowledging a desire to date women because I don't want to hurt them by accidentally putting them in that position, which causes me some level of gender dysphoria - I only have that level of self awareness from being hurt by people treating me like a manic pixie dream girl (thanks #autism ).
I really have no idea what to do about all this, considering I'm AFAB and find my current body really, really, really ridiculously good looking, but also want people to emotionally treat me as masculine? 😖 Also I am in #therapy. Also I have very bad imposter syndrome and constantly second guess my every feeling.
I wish there was a word to describe my experience so I could easily find and talk to people with similar struggles.
I'm #ActuallyAutistic and #Queer and am currently studying environmental and geochemistry. I live in Belgium but am quite familiar with the UK as a good proportion of my friends are British. My interests include trains, British road signs and road design and (the history of) the Internet and social media.
I rarely use my actual name online; most people call me either Ex or Luna. Feel free to DM me on here or other social media you might see me on, I'm trying my best to be as open as I can!