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This is the largest #slimemould I've found. It was several feet across and on the move!
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I'm going to say this again - my white friends who aren't racists do not mind me talking about racism. If you find yourself disturbed by or uncomfortable with topics on racism, you may want to tell yourself some hard truths. And then, work on your findings. You may be racist.
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Really captivated by the concept of "neuroqueer" as explained by Nick Walker in this interview.
Someone shared it recently, but I can't find my bookmark, so I'm sharing it fresh from Walker's website: https://neuroqueer.com/toward-a-neuroqueer-future/
Will follow up with my own semi-formed questions and thoughts. Would welcome yours, as well.
#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic #ADHD #Autism #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer #Queer #Inclusion #Neurodivergent
Someone shared it recently, but I can't find my bookmark, so I'm sharing it fresh from Walker's website: https://neuroqueer.com/toward-a-neuroqueer-future/
Will follow up with my own semi-formed questions and thoughts. Would welcome yours, as well.
#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic #ADHD #Autism #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer #Queer #Inclusion #Neurodivergent
TOWARD A NEUROQUEER FUTURE • NEUROQUEER
In 2020, my esteemed colleague Dora M. Raymaker conducted an extensive interview with me on the neurodiversity paradigm, the state of neurodiversity scholarship, and where it might all be headed.Nick Walker (NEUROQUEER)
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Many peoples idea of what Autism is comes from movies, where misrepresentations abound.
What are some of the worst portrayals you have seen?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
What are some of the worst portrayals you have seen?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
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So far, it looks like western tech, policy, and journalist folks are beginning to migrate to Mastodon en masse. Not ubiquitous, but enough that a critical mass can be said to be starting to form in each.
But Mastodon users seem largely U.S./European. I've seen very few e.g. non-diaspora Indians make the migration to Mastodon; the only one that comes to mind is @internetfreedom. Not aware of any Indian reporters/etc who've migrated.
How do we make Mastodon more accessible for the global South?
But Mastodon users seem largely U.S./European. I've seen very few e.g. non-diaspora Indians make the migration to Mastodon; the only one that comes to mind is @internetfreedom. Not aware of any Indian reporters/etc who've migrated.
How do we make Mastodon more accessible for the global South?
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What's it with people reporting every single person they dont like.. 
Please, stop with that.
This is not #Twitter. Please use features like mute or block if you don't like people but stop reporting otherwise I'll start banning people who keep reporting for nothing
I'm trying to keep things running with so many new people and it's such a waste of time to hear whatever you don't like
Otherwise go waste Elon's time, not mine
Please, stop with that.
This is not #Twitter. Please use features like mute or block if you don't like people but stop reporting otherwise I'll start banning people who keep reporting for nothing
I'm trying to keep things running with so many new people and it's such a waste of time to hear whatever you don't like
Otherwise go waste Elon's time, not mine
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#ActuallyAutistic
them: if you could only have one food with you on a desert island what would it be?
me: wait - what kind of resources does this island have? how long will i be there? will i need to build my own shelter and cook and stuff? with only one food will i get malnutrition? is the kind of food i bring really important in those circumstances when my survival is at stake?
them: if you could only have one food with you on a desert island what would it be?
me: wait - what kind of resources does this island have? how long will i be there? will i need to build my own shelter and cook and stuff? with only one food will i get malnutrition? is the kind of food i bring really important in those circumstances when my survival is at stake?
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I wholeheartedly disagree with the 'bad' part. I literally laughed out loud irl.
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When institutions and NT health authorities speak about "higher" or "lower" functioning autists, what they actually mean suitability for being employed subjugated as another cog in the machine, to produce surplus for the capitalists in power. It's not because of any concern for elevating more vulnerable people, and doesn't really say anything about them that actually matters.
#ActuallyAutistc
#ActuallyAutistc
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Content warning: Your threat models should include people spending money to be an ass.
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!ActuallyAutistic group
For any NTs wondering how autistic people hear stuff when their characteristics include a heightened experience of the sense of hearing: think of one of those AMSR (is that the spelling?) videos. In my case a lower-volume version of those, but I can imagine other people hearing stuff louder.
#ActuallyAutistic
For any NTs wondering how autistic people hear stuff when their characteristics include a heightened experience of the sense of hearing: think of one of those AMSR (is that the spelling?) videos. In my case a lower-volume version of those, but I can imagine other people hearing stuff louder.
#ActuallyAutistic
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I have the weirdest time when I look at those "this is what is like to be autistic" things. I mean, I don't see a difference? Maybe because I've never been allistic and can't compare? I would love to see a video about what it's like to be allistic, from a ND perspective.
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Protip:
When designing a user interface, imagine some old woman using it, say Margaret Hamilton, and she's clicking your app's buttons and saying to you, as old people do,
"Young whippersnapper, when I was your age, I sent 24 people to the ACTUAL MOON with my software in 4K of RAM and here I am clicking your button and it takes ten seconds to load a 50 megabyte video ad and then it crashes
I'm not even ANGRY with you, I'm just disappointed."
When designing a user interface, imagine some old woman using it, say Margaret Hamilton, and she's clicking your app's buttons and saying to you, as old people do,
"Young whippersnapper, when I was your age, I sent 24 people to the ACTUAL MOON with my software in 4K of RAM and here I am clicking your button and it takes ten seconds to load a 50 megabyte video ad and then it crashes
I'm not even ANGRY with you, I'm just disappointed."
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Human time is more valuable than computer time in most circumstances. Or at least, thats the way the incentives lean. :/
Indeed, otherwise you wouldn't net octacore phones to run a fucking browser. It's ridiculous
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I don't like being referred to as a "person with autism". I can't just set it down, it's not something I can remove. It is fundamental to the way I interact with the world, right down to how stim enters my brain. If my brain has types of inputs no allistic person can even approach, and methods of processing inherently different, it is an existence no allistic person can reach.There is no version of me that is not autistic.
A "cure" is the same as shooting me and replacing me with someone else.
The type of person I am is autistic. I am autistic.
#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic
A "cure" is the same as shooting me and replacing me with someone else.
The type of person I am is autistic. I am autistic.
#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic
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Tbh this is a really eye-opening perspective. I’ve been taught that it’s best to say “person with autism” to focus on the person and not the disorder itself because people aren’t their disorders. However in your case, it’s a big part of who you are and your experiences thus it’s inappropriate to separate them. I’ll do my best to be flexible since I just want to respect people’s preferences.
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Autism is not a disorder. It is a neurotype and a minority position. Different (eg. autistic) does not mean wrong or broken -assuming so is biased thinking.
Medicalized paradigm (that never worked well in understanding autistic experience and has caused way more harm than good) may call it disorder, but in reality that is just a slur.
Most autists support neurodiversity paradigm (and most of those who don't have not yet learned about it).
Medicalized paradigm (that never worked well in understanding autistic experience and has caused way more harm than good) may call it disorder, but in reality that is just a slur.
Most autists support neurodiversity paradigm (and most of those who don't have not yet learned about it).
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Thanks for sharing with me - another person shared that with me as well in the thread previously, so I changed my vocabulary to neurotype when they first told me about it.
Ever since then, I’ve been learning more about it. I’m not the most knowledgeable.
I kept the toot online just cuz I don’t want to hide my mistakes - I want to grow from them.
Ever since then, I’ve been learning more about it. I’m not the most knowledgeable.
I kept the toot online just cuz I don’t want to hide my mistakes - I want to grow from them.
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Your attitude is commendable! 🌺 Nobody can know everything, and at this time, there is still a lot of bad info available out there.
You will find best information about autism & neurodivergence directly from autistic and neurodivergend people. Here on Mastodon, the #ActuallyAutistic hashtag is your friend.
I wish you happy exploration!
You will find best information about autism & neurodivergence directly from autistic and neurodivergend people. Here on Mastodon, the #ActuallyAutistic hashtag is your friend.
I wish you happy exploration!
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Yeah, it’s awful how there’s a lot of misinformation out there. I’ll keep trying my best - it’s also been helping me better understand myself and the experiences I’ve encountered in my life. Hope your day goes well. ❤️
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I strongly believe that neurotypic brains are sort of rate limited and that, as an example, Asperger "OVER 9000" brain memory capacities should be NORMAL BRAIN FUNCTION.
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I mean, neurotypical people are a bit weird.
They seem to have a hard time separating facts from emotions. And they don't seem very empathic in general.
But they nonetheless have the capacity to lead a meaningful life.
They seem to have a hard time separating facts from emotions. And they don't seem very empathic in general.
But they nonetheless have the capacity to lead a meaningful life.
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I know! 😶 😜 I have also noticed that many of them have great difficulty to enjoy their own company. If left alone for a little while, they may even get anxious.
Also, their vague, not very truthful and information-poor communication style seems to constantly lead them into needless drama & other difficulties in social interactions.
I just wish we could ease their suffering and help them somehow to be more like us! 🥺
Also, their vague, not very truthful and information-poor communication style seems to constantly lead them into needless drama & other difficulties in social interactions.
I just wish we could ease their suffering and help them somehow to be more like us! 🥺
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On the other hand, imagine that you were addicted to being in the same room with other people all the time.
I think vague communication often acts as some kind of "social lubricant" that prevents them from choking each other.
I think vague communication often acts as some kind of "social lubricant" that prevents them from choking each other.
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That sounds like a good hypothesis! Maybe we could apply funding from someone who could profit from pathologizing neurotypicality and test it in some pseudoscientific setting? I'm sure our peers would find such research very enlightening!
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"Have you ever wondered why some people become billionaires and others not? You thought the answer was inheritances and nepotism?
You were wrong. Your ugly personality is the reason why you are still poor.
Get yourself diagnosed and enrolled in our 'Winner Personality Therapy' program. Don't let your personality stand in the way of becoming successful™️."
That actually sounds like the "positive thinking" movement...
You were wrong. Your ugly personality is the reason why you are still poor.
Get yourself diagnosed and enrolled in our 'Winner Personality Therapy' program. Don't let your personality stand in the way of becoming successful™️."
That actually sounds like the "positive thinking" movement...
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@ReimanSaara @niavy @Nethyr @RosethornRangerTTV @actuallyautistic
“This study has found a four-sigma correlation between information-poor communication styles and asphyxiation...”
“This study has found a four-sigma correlation between information-poor communication styles and asphyxiation...”
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"I've been taught" - that is where the problem starts.
And as @ReimanSaara already said: Autism is not a disorder, its a different neurotype, hence neurodiversity.
I am not disabled, but thoughts like this are disabling me ;)
And as @ReimanSaara already said: Autism is not a disorder, its a different neurotype, hence neurodiversity.
I am not disabled, but thoughts like this are disabling me ;)
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And that is why such thoughts are called biased thinking and discriminating attitudes against minority people.
To be in minority position means that you are in some ways disADVANTAGED compared to general population. It does not necessarily mean, that one is disABLED.
In case of autism, at this time we are so heavily traumatized and oppressed that nobody can really tell whether or not autism itself would be a disability.
To be in minority position means that you are in some ways disADVANTAGED compared to general population. It does not necessarily mean, that one is disABLED.
In case of autism, at this time we are so heavily traumatized and oppressed that nobody can really tell whether or not autism itself would be a disability.
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And just to be clear: I don't mean to say that there is anything wrong with being disabled.
But calling result of discrimination as an individual's quality (eg. disability) is actually *internalizing discrimination* and mudding the line between individuals' traits and eg. minority stress/trauma response
Recognizing bias for what it is reminds us of the fact that what needs fixing is society, not people in minorities.
But calling result of discrimination as an individual's quality (eg. disability) is actually *internalizing discrimination* and mudding the line between individuals' traits and eg. minority stress/trauma response
Recognizing bias for what it is reminds us of the fact that what needs fixing is society, not people in minorities.
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I think it depends on what you’re talking about. With autism/adhd, you are autistic/adhd bc it shapes how you have always interacted with the world. Other issues that you develop are “you have…”
For myself, I say I’m adhd, but I have bipolar.
For myself, I say I’m adhd, but I have bipolar.
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I have a strong suspicion that I wouldn't like a version of me that wasn't #Autistic- where what parts of me I DO find toxic would be amplified by neurotypical privilege and I wouldn't have the Autistic drive that I channel into AVOIDING being toxic.
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on "Our Flag Means Death"
I wanna thank @penwing (they/them) for bringing this show to my attention. I won't say a whole lot about it, I highly recommend going in spoiler-free. I'll just say this: it's a pirate comedy with "What we do in the shadows"-type humor, and, if you like your representation positive and unapologetic, do check it out.
#tv
I wanna thank @penwing (they/them) for bringing this show to my attention. I won't say a whole lot about it, I highly recommend going in spoiler-free. I'll just say this: it's a pirate comedy with "What we do in the shadows"-type humor, and, if you like your representation positive and unapologetic, do check it out.
#tv
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Periodic reminder: Make fun of horrible people for what they do, not their body or their appearance. Many good, kind, and wonderful people exist who happen to share similar physical features with the horrible person you're mocking.
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Strong disagree. People like Donald Trump deserve to have EVERYTHING about them made fun of.
Reminder: You don't need a diagnosis to consider yourself trans. It is an identity. I don't care what Bureaucracy and cis people have to say.
You also don't need to transition to consider yourself trans. You don't need to take hormones to be trans. You don't need to dress differently to be trans. You are trans if the word resonates with you and you want others to see that part of you.
For trans awareness week I want you to be aware that you are the only one who gets an opinion on that about yourself.
#TransAwarenessWeek
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#RealTalk: Until there’s punishment for calling the cops on Black folks simply existing, they will keep calling the cops. Had the nerve to mention she was wearing a hoodie. 😤
“There’s a little Black woman, walking, spraying stuff on the sidewalks and trees, I don’t know what the hell she’s doing; it scares me though.”
- A 9-Year-Old Girl Whose Neighbor Called The Police On Her For Catching Lanternflies
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/new-jersey-girl-spotted-latternfly-policeA 9-Year-Old Black Girl Was Catching Lanternflies Outside. Her Neighbor Called The Police On Her And Said She “Scared” Him.
The neighbor called 911 after spotting her outside testing an environmentally friendly spotted lanternfly solution she’d made, identifying her as “a little Black woman” with a “hood.”Steffi Cao (BuzzFeed)
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Haltbar bis Irgendwann 🌈♾
•I quite like his comparison to the view on homosexuality in the 70s and the progress up to today. Some of the scientific theories of those days are unthinkable now.
Let's see where this journey takes us.
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