Limbic Noodle

What is with the brie? #Wayward

I am seeing a lot of media trying to retcon Brad Pitt's image.

No thanks.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer.

New York Times tomorrow

No kid should be in "therapy" for 40 hours/week. And no one would do that to a non-autistic kid; why is it OK for autistic kids?

#BetterWaysThanABA #autism #neurodiversity

London as a crucible for autism in the 1950s Autism pioneer Uta Frith reminisces about dramatic shifts in British researchers’ understanding of autism that effectively ended the institutionalization of children with the disorder.

Before the 1980s, most autistics were unidentified &/or institutionalized. As researcher Uta Frith notes: "It was not until the late 1980s that I became aware of individuals who have autism and high intellectual ability." Content note for medical model speak:

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Learn Play Thrive 📣Last chance for our friendship bonus! Details in this caption 📣 In Two Sides of the Spectrum podcast episode 39, Katrina Martin (Bridges Learning System ) and Kat Harhai described an example of...

"For years, Autistic kids have been taught “social skills” that really just meant masking who they are to fit in. But when Dr. Katrina Martin asked Autistic people what they wished they had been taught, the answers looked very different." From Learn Play Thrive:

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I am rewatching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Perhaps the decline of the kind of camps we see in this show and on Dirty Dancing is related to it not being socially acceptable anymore to leave children unattended in cabins during the evening while you go enjoy dinner and a show/activities.

When he suddenly seems coherent, you will have your answer.

What a DANGEROUS idiot.

He said he hears he is not doing well, which people are interpreting as him commenting on his health. However, I think he should more accurately have said that he is not doing "good" because I think that is what he was really referring to. That is why he wants credit for ending the war in Ukraine.

He has been invested in the prosperity doctrine that he is God's elite, chosen for wealth. However, he said that he is low on the "totem pole," which reveals he is having doubt that wealth alone will be enough to get him into heaven.

I have seen some people suggesting Trump knows he is dying because he said he wants to try to get into heaven, and people say he isn't doing well. To me, that reads as a spiritual reflection that I didn't even know he was capable of.

I thought the same. For as bad as they can be, they are not as bad as the reality.

If you're not autistic, please try to remember that autistic people can be incredibly sensitive to tone of voice—what a non-autistic person may consider a "firm" voice can feel like yelling.

And if your autistic person has a communication disability, this dynamic may be behind their "behaviors."

The Social Validity of Behavioral Interventions: Seeking Input from Autistic Adults - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Many in the autistic community have expressed concerns regarding the use of behavioral interventions with autistic children, suggesting that these interventions may not be socially valid. Though behav...

Is it even possible to reform ABA therapy? Still skeptical but this is better than nothing:

"Comparison between naturalistic and structured intervention components additionally showed that autistic participants favored naturalistic strategies."

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However, the reason they had to go back to the drawing board and find non-hormonal options was because men couldn't take what women go through.

Autistic people often have atypical interoception, which means they "may find it hard to notice body signals, feel body signals too strongly, or mix them up with emotions—for example, not being sure if we’re feeling uncomfortable because we’re hungry or because we’re anxious." Per Reframing Autism.

The four subtypes of autism are actually Trains, Bugs, DnD, and SciFi, according to our FB community.

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#autism #neurodiversity

Is that a bear?

Universities are the socially acceptable communes that many Autistic people find themselves pseudo-permanently attached to.

Have you heard about the #neurodivergent #dating and friend finder app called #hiki?

As with most dating apps, the price can be a barrier. However, unlike most dating apps, there are discussion boards where you can chat with people for free. #autism #adhd #dyslexic

RFK Jr. doesn’t like that a study of every child born in Denmark from 1997-2018 showed no link between aluminum in vaccines and 50 adverse health outcomes. This study included more than a million kids.

RFK Jr. wants the study retracted.

The journal, which is a very prestigious one, refused.

hear me out here, what if none of it is a 'distraction' and they're just doing a lot of horrible shit simultaneously

It would have been funnier if it had been an ICE agent.

That looks like an apartment building, not an industrial plant.

This is how Canadians respond when they see someone wearing a MAGA hat.

The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.

What does this actually mean?

A messy toddler next to me at the library is banging on one of the public computers and yelling. "I werkin'! Look ah me weekin'!" and this must be what it's like in the Oval Office.