The Autistic Burnout Project

Meet Fred, an absurdist digital worry doll that lives on my new homepage! autisticburnoutproject.com?i=2 #autisticburnoutproject #haileris #PDAsupport

To be clear that's 40 ounces of coffee, 15 mg of Adderall, and half a gallon of electrolyte drink. My heart rate hung out between 52 and 56 the whole day. If a healthy person took that they would be polishing silverware on the moon. I could barely lift my body off my chair.

I didn't go to the two in-person appointments my son had because my fatigue and headache were too bad. I have no meaningful support system. I will be called lazy and irresponsible for my actions by those around me, who deem these tasks easy enough to do when I am tired. #autisticburnoutproject

Hi. Yesterday I had bradycardia and couldn't make it to two appointments. Even with electrolytes, coffee, and my adhd meds my heart rate did not rise about 56 ll day and I felt like garbage. I still took the trash out, cared for my son and pets, went to therapy, and got web development work done.

YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk I mean, $50 is $50, amirite? #duet #fbi #twinfestival #twins #festival #fingerprints #mugshot #maga

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My unusually high score on the Weckler was a the thing I never lived up to but I do feel fairly certain that I can comfortably call the president a low IQ individual.

Nicole Igarashi (@nicoleigarashi) Almost 800 neuro-diversity affirming articles from my Medium blog are now available in the archive section of my Substack page! 🎉💪🍏 https://theautisticburnout.substack.com/archive

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#actuallyautistic #autisticburnout #monotropic #neuroanarchy #PDAintheUSA

Nicole Zalewski on X: "I believe in nominative determinism because Elon Musk stinks. Read When Your Name Is Your Destiny: The Charm of Nominative Determinism on Medium today. https://t.co/BEjzyj4mRI" / X I believe in nominative determinism because Elon Musk stinks. Read When Your Name Is Your Destiny: The Charm of Nominative Determinism on Medium today. https://t.co/BEjzyj4mRI

Just sayin....
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Today sucked. I am sure somewhere there are people that would love and appreciate me, but I haven't found them yet. If you happen to be reading this, I bet I would appreciate you if we met. Don't give up! #actuallyautistic #doubleempathyproblem #cptsd #emotionalabuseisabuse

Like Energy Accounting? You'll Love Audit and Edit Solutions, Not Shame Preserve Function For Complex Body-mind Systems

Are you auditing your bodymind regularly?
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"I am a good boy"

An Echo in the Machine Taking Our Children Out of These Schools

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Hi hello, I have returned from my 5 day long super migraine with a new aura... welcome "everything is orange" to the symptom party! Now... What did I miss? Something about circumcision? #actuallyautistic #autisticburnout #migraine

And then - immediately - the next line - Avinu Malkeinu, chazireinu b’teshuvah shleimah lefanecha.

Return me to myself.

I realised I had just asked to be saved from myself.

But I don’t want to be different from who I am, or to be like everyone else.

I want to be myself.

Which is different.

Hello from 2025 where autistic kids self harming, eloping, and melting down at school is normal but unschooling is taboo and dangerous 🙄 because humans are not naturally curious and wisdom is spooky and scary and we can't access it without a slave master micromanaging the way we learn things.

Education is a way to lift oneself out of poverty, but public school is not. Public school is designed to do the opposite. It is slave training with some math sprinkled in so the unwashed feel like they’re equal. ABA is grooming and abuse but so is the classroom. I said what I said.

I yell at my stupid broken body a lot but to still have the ability to hop up and gently do some rebounding or elliptical when I feel sad or squirrely is everything and I’m so grateful for it #dysautonomia #movementismedicine

Hello fellow youths, let’s distribute mutual aid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I spent a year with a lawyer trying to remove behaviorism from my sons IEP. After our annual review yesterday, I started the application for private homeschool in my state. We’re taking the leap! #outschool #PDAparenting #education #autism

My mentor kept telling me to make video and not articles and I finally did it and my engagement is down. You guys hate my face.

I made a website to combat the misinformation you heard yesterday. Feel free to share! sites.google.com/the-autistic...

I’ve got a lot to say about this live on you tube today 4 pm

Family mobbing is so strong against me that my son has a visceral, violent reaction to all female vocalists. If it isn't the specific genera of music his father likes but I don't, he is going to throw up if he hears it. Emotional abuse is real, and it doesn't end when you leave.

My whole living room just got smashed up because I dared listen to Etta James while my son was outside and he hates all of my music and all female vocalists and I miss singing to regulate my nervous system. Autism moms love to pretend high masking kids don’t melt down.

Cleaned up the glass, hugged out the meltdown, now I’m rolling out my yoga mat to try to get back to sleep, even though I want to eat all the comfort carbs. I may have finally learned that uncontrolled diabetes does not, in fact, help stress. 🤣

YouTube video by The Autistic Burnout Project The Autonomy Project: Family Mobbing, PDA Inertia, Insomnia

The kid did two lessons this morning! Whoooo-hoo! youtu.be/QcAsoeb0LVo?...

Gemini just gave me an accurate answer with linked resources and I feel like a giant weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Not once did one of those therapists have the time to help me solve my problem. They just listen to me bitch and keep data on how miserable I am.

I didn't know how easy it would be or what concerns with the IEP would be hen switching my son over to homeschool. I told every therapist both me and my son had they were just like "wow i don't know, that's tough." And we kept talking and talking about it. For years.

AI is helping more than my therapists because I don't need someone t listen I need to know about the resources available to me and my options in various situations.
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