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Things I needed to learn as an autistic kid:
- how to rest & recover from overstimulation
- how to connect with other kids in ways that were meaningful to me
- how to self advocate, and how to know when advocacy could help & what to do when it couldn't
- how to notice my mind being anxious

Someone just commented on my post about internalized autism saying "that's high masking. The mask will eventually break."

Not for me. For me, it's not my mask that breaks. It's me.

Autistic relationships don’t fail because we’re “bad at connection” or “have no feelings”.

They fail when we have to perform to be accepted.

Authenticity isn’t a luxury for us - it’s the only way a relationship can last.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c3hRABwld9I

New autism research talking about autism and PTSD. How autistic people can develop trauma from things that may not seem traumatic to non autistic people. And how that trauma makes autism symptoms worse. That was so validating to hear.
🔻Autism
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When an autistic human shares their life and thoughts with you, it’s because they like you, feel safe with you, trust you.

If you use that opportunity to make them feel small, refer to them as self-centered, or reject them, you really don’t know the first thing.

High masking explains what we do to survive.

Internalized autism explains what it does to us.

Game-changing autism research not enough people are talking about... #autismawareness

Any relationship that demands you mask
is not a relationship.

It’s a transaction.

A performance.

A drain.

Autistic relationships are built on truth, not tolerance.

If I can’t show up as I am, then I’m not really there.

The neurodiversity movement has done a lot of good, but it’s often held back by its grounding in a middle-class, white, Western liberal worldview. It badly lacks a working-class and socialist analysis, something that could make it more radical, inclusive, and rooted in material reality. 1/4

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A registry and now tracking devices. Next up, euthanasia for the useless eaters 😢

Hard relate, my friend. Sometimes that moment comes within the first 5 seconds

I guess it's like needing your glasses to find your glasses, but it costs more

Autistic anxiety aka Distinct Anxiety...

‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly

‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice

@dmstraker.bsky.social

For nearly a century, Grunya Sukhareva’s groundbreaking work on autism was ignored.
This #InternationalWomensDay, let’s honour the true pioneers in science and give credit where it’s long overdue.

#GrunyaSukhareva #SayHerName #WomenInSTEM #AutismAcceptance #HiddenFigures #Neurodiversity

The joy of neurodivergent women Happy International Women’s Day!

Happy International Women's Day to my wonderful neurodivergent (adjacent) women who have changed my life for the better
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A brief introduction to the neurodiversity paradigm. Discussing how the dominance of neuronormativity impacts neurodivergent people & why we may be burnt out. Includes supporting resources.

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Great article and really appreciated the links. Thank you so much!

Looking for a book to further your understanding of this neurotypical world?

Empire of Normality
Neurodiversity and Capitalism.

Book for bedtime (or anytime) is worth the read.

#autism #actuallyautistic
#Neurodivergence
#Neurodivergent
#Neurodiversity

@drrobertchapman.bsky.social

Character work exercise: Do your chores as a character! Then document what you learned about their voice, physicality, and worldview. Come back later to your notes in order to iterate and refine.
#improv #acting

Guess it's similar to ageism - it's like being prejudiced against your past or future self

It's wokeness that's crashing all the planes and trains, so that logic follows.

The ADHD hobby wheel of fortune. What a fun/gameshow that would be!
Let's spin that wheel.... For the next three months you're going to be obsessed to the point of dysfunction with.... WWII history!
I sometimes wish we had more control over where the wheel stops though.

Love the term "ADHD cycle". That's exactly what it is!

I cannot believe this questionnaire. The questions are not only vague and unanswerable, but they make such awful assumptions about autistic people. It's actually quite upsetting to see that this is what some actual researchers think about us 🙁

He's been referred to as President and Trump as First Lady, so we'll see how much Trump can put up with that in the longer term

It seems that power reveals, as opposed to corrupts

Ugh ffs what even is this. Even the categories are badly structured- "sensory seeking" and "noise sensitivity"? That's like having "apples" and "braeburn" on the same wheel.