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american ⚘ autistic ⚘ artist ⚘ trekkie🖖🏽 ⚘ she/her ⚘ black ⚘ leftist ⚘ adhd ⚘ dyslexic ⚘ demi ⚘ feminist ⚘ writer 🌸 ⚘ antiwar 🕊️⚘ 🇵🇸 ⚘ History BA
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“this is the most important election of our lifetime” every time
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I’d really like people to stop using this flawed logic to attack the homeless, bc it never made any sense
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If you're wondering why someone who seems very eligible and definitely would make a caring and loving partner is still single, consider the possibility that they may be neurodivergent.
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Fear of homelessness is a form of social control. As long as housing is not guaranteed, ppl keep their heads down, mind their business, accept mistreatment, and don’t push back while the government takes away their rights.
There’s a couple of moves that can be made though.♟️
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One of the curses of being Neurodivergent is noticing patterns that NTs don’t, and it’s really frustrating to try to explain to them how you came to your conclusion without alot of notes and a flowchart.
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A solid description of why American mental health is suffering
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🚨🌎BREAKING: Climate scientists at Cornell just made the extremely alarming announcement that our Planet absorbed almost no CO2 last year. We're now in uncharted territory. Here's what happens next. 🧵1/9
#climatecrisis
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Autistic ppl’s lower susceptibility to propaganda, strong sense of justice, reduced vulnerability to social pressure, and willingness to speak up make them society’s canary in the coal mine.
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Millennials finding out a mortgage is less than we pay in rent, but we can’t get approved due to student loans.
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Manager and supervisors bullied me in a recorded meeting and I sent the recording straight to HR.
I literally told them the meetings were being recorded, -bc I couldn’t help myself, sorry I’m terrible at stealth-.
They’re gonna have a bad time in their next meeting with HR. 😎
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And you were literally everything that was wrong with the world if you didn't go to college.
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They may believe that their neurodivergence would be a burden on their partner. They may feel safer alone. Navigating a relationship and executive dysfunction can feel overwhelming. They may not feel like educating a new person about their particular flavor of neurodivergence etc
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A word of caution:
If you knew what psychology researchers are saying about us you'd be alot more hesitant about self identifying, let alone getting an official diagnosis. Almost all of the theories they're floating basically classify us as some kind of subhumans.
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They may anticipate or have a very real fear of abandonment once their partner realizes they're neurodivergent. They may even anticipate humiliation or abuse. They may be acutely aware of how vulnerable they are and have a hard time trusting etc
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The thing about Adhd people not missing people is a lie. When I remember people I miss them terribly.
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I’ve noticed that even when people know that you’re Autistic, they still aren’t prepared for you actually be Autistic.
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Is it true that people with Adhd dislike authority but do better in structured environments?
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One of the biggest neurodivergent ‘tells’ that I’ve noticed is being ‘too honest’
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Being Autistic is drawing a straight line between two points and being told you don’t get it.
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It’s literally neurodivergent to be honest. That tells you all you need to know.
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Scientists tricked Allistic study participants into confusing a virtual avatar with their physical body, but the illusion didnt work on Autistic ppl. They knew when they were actually being touched vs not.
Psychiatrists: How can we pathologize this ⁉️🤔
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I don’t think most ppl who aren’t ND realize how little you have to do for your behavior to be considered abnormal. This is what Autistic and Adhd and other ND folks are referring to when we say there are a lot of ‘rules’.
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My boss just introduced a new Ai that tracks our activity to the minute, and expects us to be actively working/ clicking 70% of the time. Morons.
The only metric they should care about is assignment completion. This will penalize ppl who finish work quickly. I hate this.
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How to communicate like Autistics: 🧵
1. Shift your attention from body language to what is being said
2. Cut small talk. No discussions of weather, children, partners or pets unless there’s something genuinely interesting about them
3. Questions are taken at face value
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Manager has started singling out the new guy who I think may be Autistic and/or Adhd. Like she’s misreading his body language and assuming that he’s not paying attention, and has started dismissing his questions. Workplaces really need training on Autistic and Adhd differences.
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Autistic women often present with slightly different traits than Autistic men
#actuallyautistic
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I've often wondered if it's possible to get all of my nutrition in a single daily drink. I know I'd still need to remember to drink water throughout the day but is there a single drink that takes care of all nutritional needs? Is that a thing?
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Insults I received that were based on my Autistic traits:
So smart you’re dumb
Space cadet
Flighty
No common sense
Robotic
Arrogant
Know it all
Book smarts but no street smarts
Clueless
Airhead
Weird
Disrespectful
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The implications are severe: temperatures could increase far more rapidly than even our worst case models predicted. Rising temps further harm the planet's ability to absorb CO2, potentially triggering a feedback loop. 2/9
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About Autistics being easier to manipulate. It’s only bc we assume other people mean what they say, bc we do. Maybe it would good if we were taught from an early age that other ppl usually don’t.
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Parts of the planet becoming uninhabitable doesn't mean extinction. Humans are adaptable, but we'll likely be witnessing massive disruptions to our food and water supply, extreme weather events, large scale migration, and increased conflict over basic resources. 4/9
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This represents a global emergency. In climate scientists' previous worse case scenario "hothouse earth" projections, feedback loops would make parts of Earth uninhabitable within 100-200 years, but this new data potentially reduces that timeline to decades. 3/9
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I'm not sure if this is an Autistic thing or an ADHD thing; but I find making friends easier when our connection revolves around a specific activity or hobby. I think the solution to making friends as an AuDHD is joining clubs and attending activities in my areas of interest.
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I've seen so many studies where researchers discovered a positive Autistic trait, only to twist themselves into knots to frame that trait as a negative. Any difference from Allistics is pathologized, without any questioning of assumptions or critical self-reflection.
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It's important to understand how dramatically this CO2 absorption data shortens climate change timelines. We're not yet talking about the end of humanity, but very possibly the end of society as we know it within a few generations. 6/9
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She’s a 10 but she’s autistic…so what I’m saying is she’s really an 11
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If Adderrall makes you ‘robotic’ or ‘calm and sleepy’ you may be Autistic.
Adderrall has treated your Adhd, revealing your Autism.
Allistics abuse Adderrall to party longer and work/study without sleeping. It energizes them. They don’t experience a ‘flat effect’ from it.
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I realize now when HR talks to you they’re basically looking to see how strong your evidence is against the company.
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I'm not sure what the fire part is about but the rest of this meme resonates with me. I'm a cycle breaker and I don't think I'll have children. I may also choose to be single forever. (I've been married 2xs already)
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My uncle who used to molest me is in a coma. I’m ashamed to admit that I want to visit him in the hospital just to watch him die.
#dontbeachildmolestor
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People/communities building their own homes is a natural check on homelessness as a form of social control. There are good and necessary zoning regulations and building codes but there’s also regulations that are not, like minimum square footage for example.
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The most immediate threat is to populations living in coastal cities, which is where the majority of the world's population is concentrated, drought prone regions, and biodiversity hotspots. 5/9
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We have largely lost a crucial safety valve in Earth's climate system. There is an urgent need for immediate, drastic action to reduce activity that produces greenhouse gas emissions, as well as large scale development of artificial carbon absorbing technology. 8/9
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This is what an Autistic person looks like. Autism doesn’t have a look.
This is what an Autistic looks like. Just one of many. 😅 Not all Autistics look the same!
#ActuallyAutistic
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This unprecedented threat demands unprecedented global collaboration. Only through immediate, coordinated international action can we hope to address this crisis. If we can't come together to protect our future, then together we'll watch it wither. In our divided countries,
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I keep hearing social anxiety described as part of Autism. I can only speak for myself, but I had - 0 - social anxiety before bullying finally convinced me of the necessity of masking.
#ActuallyAutistic
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I cancelled my date this weekend. We talked again and it became apparent to me that our age gap represented major generational differences along with there being other incompatibilities. Glad I insist on a pre-date talking period. Despite it annoying men I highly recommended it.
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A study showed that Autistic ppl are less susceptible to advertising gimmicks than Neurotypicals. Autistic participants consistently chose the best product regardless of the way products were presented.
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Some therapists will take your money knowing they aren’t qualified to help you. I basically paid someone to take notes while wasting my time. She knew by the second session that she was out of her depth, but rather than ending the sessions with a referral, she watched the clock.
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My toxic trait is I assume any exceptionally creative, innovative, or intelligent people are Neurodivergent.
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One Autistic trait is described as ‘unusual passivity’. I see it as NTs basically admitting that conflict mongering is one of their traits.
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Autistics have been framed as sensitive, and autism as a ‘sensory disorder’.
The research however, shows that Autistic people have heightened sensory processing abilities.
You’d experience sensory overload too if you could detect as much as we do.
Research links coming
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Does anybody else have an urge to immediately look up any word they don’t know? 🤔
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Scientific understanding is evolving. The reported finding is very recent 6/17/2024 and will need further verification. The full picture may be more complex. 7/9
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@SirBreygon
So many reasons depending on the type of neurodivergence, like executive dysfunction, bullying for being neurodivergent, a world that is built for NTs, dissociation, autistic thinking etc.
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Building methods in the US evolved to be more expensive, toxic, less durable and bad for the environment. Sometimes expensive isn’t better it’s exploitative. But there’s hybrid/ traditional building methods that are actually better for climate change, non toxic and cheaper.
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One of the most misunderstood Autistic traits is our tendency to ignore rules that don’t make sense, or that nobody explains. But we literally don’t have a memory compartment for “bc I said so” and other made up bullshit. I hope this was clarifying. 🙂
#actuallyautistic
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I personally prefer people who are outside of 'the norm'(if there's any such thing). Despite the theories that say very hurtful things about us. As a person who has always loved psychology and science its just hard to reconcile and feels very unjust.
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Another way is pushing to change laws that allow corporations to purchase lots of residential homes and then let them sit unoccupied.
It’s how they drive up housing prices despite the abundance of empty homes in most cities.
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One thing I wish I’d known sooner was that I need to figure out a way to build a career out of my special interests, because trying to force my AuDHD brain to build a career outside of them is futile. Save yourself the grief.
#actuallyautistic
#ADHD
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Claiming autism is a disability seems to accept the Allistic view that there is something wrong with us, but I believe something is wrong with society for being such a hostile place to be neurodivergent.
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What does confidently Autistic and/or Adhd look like?
I think it may include
1. sitting however you want and not explaining yourself
2. openly wearing earphones/headphones
3. not scripting, just saying what makes sense to you in whatever way is natural
4. asking questions
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4. Replace baseless hierarchies with rank based on skill level
5. Dispense with time wasting social rituals
6. Anyone can at any moment that they notice inefficiencies, simply state that, no one is allowed to take it personally
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For Autistics, explaining something in detail is a sign of caring. It can even be a love language.
I realized only this year that for NT it has a negative connotation. They see it as a sign of anger, 'telling someone off', deception, or calling them stupid.
#acutallyautistic
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The Autistic tendency to offer comfort by sharing your own similar experience to validate the other person's experience and let them know they're not alone.
The NT tendency to interpret that as the Autistic person trying to make it all about them.
#ActuallyAutistic
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7. Interrupting a dialogue is not automatically rude, depending on the value the information brings to the dialogue
8. Disagreements will be resolved by comparing research
9. Valuable info is preferred to charismatic delivery
10. Flat delivery is sometimes more efficient
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The 40 hour work week wasn’t actually designed with the assumption that someone else would take care of cooking/cleaning/childcare, it was designed on a foundation of how many hours of labor will workers quietly tolerate. Stop projecting empathy onto the 1%.
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The autistic experience of knowing something but not being able to explain how you know.
#actuallyautistic
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It’s possible to defacto eliminate homelessness as a form is social control. Pushing back on building and housing codes and re-introducing more natural building methods that are durable and better for the environment and climate change is one way.
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Has anyone figured out any tricks for getting around executive dysfunction?
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Another method is to push back against Airbnb, bc it’s also resulted in corporations buying up residential homes, driving rents up and pricing residents out.
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I need to be cuddled and loved platonically by a man without getting poked, or feeling any desire from him. I know that’s the definition of a dad, but why can’t more men be safe in that way?
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I’ve always loved parallel play. My friend in elementary school was also autistic and it was natural for us, but it’s hard to find anyone who isn’t autistic who gets it.
#ActuallyAutistic
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I can’t tell my boss that I would get more work done w.o interruptions. For an Allistic a chat might feel like a pleasant pause. For me it pulls me out of hyperfocus, and forces me to abruptly switch tasks (very stressful for many Autistics) and mask for a high stakes convo.
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