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Her most perverse fantasies include having a roof over her head, not becoming another unemployment statistic and surviving long enough to claim a pension that will allow her to die with a shred of dignity.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

All Amtrak needs to do is drop prices a bit, create more :express" routes and they'll have a banner year cause this flight situation and the firing of more FAA staff. No one is feeling excited to fly rn

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As Trump goes after DEI, HillmanTok University is teaching Black history for free to TikTok users. These are someof their lessons ⤵️

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

I naively thought that the whole premise for America's long standing argument for being allowed to keep guns was to protect themselves from hypothetical situations like the one that's taking place right now.

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

Blog post on autistic burnout: resiliencymentalhealth.com/2025/02/04/t...

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Anybody listening to The Telepathy Tapes? Fun Autistic cultural diversion.

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

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submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Happy Black History Month!

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

These are also good ways to have nondigital footprint ways of making connections for organizing.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Maybe accounts like mine talk too much about Autistic humanity, but I know Autistic adults who still sit on their hands because as children they were made to feel like their happy Autistic hands would get them banished from humanity.

submitted 22 days ago • 14 comments

What is autism? Worth a quick run-through of the modern understanding of autism, since so many teams are still using the outdated DSM-5 descriptions from 2013. So many changes in the last 12 years. This is all from research studies. Thread. It's part of wider neurodivergence, a brain difference/

submitted 23 days ago • 32 comments

Let’s just call the Gulf of Mexico “Sea Señor”

submitted 23 days ago • 21 comments

Incidentally, I’m writing this just before driving off to see a 12-year-old client who’s desperately trying to overcome longstanding school trauma, because he spent so long changing his behaviours for teachers who expected him to act like he was fine. Because the school needed accommodating.

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

For people moving away from Google products what do you use instead of Google Maps?

submitted 23 days ago • 7 comments

To avoid burnout as an autistic person prioritize self-care, set realistic goals & boundaries, take breaks when needed, and connect with supportive people. Taking care of yourself is NOT selfish!

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

Therapists/helpers how are you holding up? It’s been a time this past week or so. Phew.

submitted 23 days ago • 6 comments

It took me rewatching The Last Dragon as an adult before I realized "Ohhhh, this boy is autistic."

submitted 24 days ago • 11 comments

Senator Mullin keeps screaming about how he thinks people aren’t allowed to “question science” about autism. Nobody, absolutely no one, is saying that. What we are saying is that the science has been questioned and continues to be questioned. The answers have shown that vaccines do not cause autism.

submitted 23 days ago • 19 comments

I agree with this and I would add that it is a difference in a processing system, so that while constellation of traits is differently expressed and arising in each of us, the processing system is Autistic.

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

I don’t know what Autistic person needs to hear this, but that confusing social situation isn’t your responsibility to fix or understand.

submitted 27 days ago • 9 comments

If you tend to use complex reasoning to answer concepts that others think are too simple to explore and simple reasoning to explore concepts that others think are too complex to answer then you might be #Autistic.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Today in Hell Yes, Research! Please know that "It is not autism itself that leads to a poor quality of life, but instead, a lack of social support and acceptance." Not awareness. Acceptance. This where our work lies, and we're glad to have you here with us. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

submitted 30 days ago • 18 comments

A new study released today has found that adults with ADHD have significantly reduced life expectancy - men by 7 years less and women by 9 years. And less than 1 in 9 adults with ADHD are diagnosed. ADHD is not a trend. We deserve better than this.

submitted 30 days ago • 6 comments

Masters level Autism and ADHD assessment course!

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Can I just say how nice it is to see all my contacts and neurofolks again instead of a constant onslaught of the dullest most evil takes in the world. I missed everyone.

submitted 32 days ago • 6 comments