Kevin Rutherford

@drdon.bsky.social 👀

Centre for Neurodiversity and Development Public Lecture Why autism isn't what you think it is (and why that matters) - end of fellowship Public Lecture by Dr Monique Botha

PUBLIC LECTURE:

My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...

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Just listened to part 1.
This podcast episode is an absolutely brilliant take-down of the ludicrous AQ "test", which assumes autistics are all equivalent to small boys who like trains.

Bravo!

It turns out that your website was being blocked by the parental controls on my ISP (Virginmedia). I've now whitelisted you and it's all okay.

Will do...

@pickmypostcode.bsky.social I'm getting HTTPS protocol errors from your website today -- any idea why?

Correct! No one in the restaurant, including waitresses, guessed that though. Much confusion ensued...

We made the same "mistake" as you. The precedence is all wrong.

An extract from the menu in a Greek restaurant, showing the choice of starters

For those of you who, like me, have a mathematics or programming background: how do you interpret the choices on offer here?

Manchester Airport is a sensory nightmare for autistic people. Even with so-called assisted travel we're both close to meltdown now due to all the lights and noise and random busyness.

Actually, numbers can be irrational, perfect, etc.

So maybe I can just shout "PI" or "TWENTY-EIGHT" when I'm in those moods...

Yes, the idea that we're endearingly cute is quite distressing.

Especially for those of us who make a living out of being as grumpy as fuck.

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I love the idea of making a drawing to convey emotion!

I can't draw well, so I'm wondering how to use maths to achieve something similar 😄

Ah yes, of course!

Is there any connection or correlation between monotropism and alexithymia?

#actuallyAutistic

I feel this article so, so, so much

👏👏👏

#gamechanger

I've always loved that Star Trek episode, and I have powerful alexithymia. Maybe there's a connection...

"Shaka, when the walls fell"

"Temba, his arms wide"

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Oh no, so have I now. Thanks weird brain 🥳

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Cosets. Love counting 'em.

@bluerezz.bsky.social 👆

Bravo Mike!

Must admit, recently I've been asking AI to "rewrite this email in a less abrupt tone".

Feels like masking, but the recipient is often completely unaware that I communicate in non-standard ways 🤷‍♂️

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I have two tickets for sale: secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E0060659....

These are to see Fish (ex Marillion) at the Glasgow O2 on Monday 10th March. This is Fish's last ever concert, the final date of his Road To The Isles tour, before he retires for good. Should be a very emotional evening!

Are those UK times?