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#neurodivergence
No RFK Jr. There's no autism epidemic in the US or anywhere. There is just more diagnosis, acceptance & understanding, & this is way it should be. It's dangerous to dehumanise neurodivergence, rather than accept that brains are often wired differently.
7 days.
I lasted 7 days this time.
It wasn’t personal, or course. It was just everything about the way I communicate and who I am.
Just not a fit.
I really thought it was going well this time.
Remember, #AutismAcceptance means accepting people even if you don’t know they’re autistic. Working with them, not cutting them loose. Human beings take time.
Long time ago I read that people with #adhd tend to learn better starting from details, not the general picture. Of course I don't remember what was the piece I was reading and even if it was true or just some cherry-picked babbling, but it kinda resonates with me? No clue, but I would like to read more about that (or rather how tf am I supposed to learn).
Here’s a specific question:
A friend has an autistic son about age 11. One of his special interests is building his own computers from parts. But he’s just hit the upper limit of what he can figure out on his own.
Where would you look for support? Ideally like a computer hobbyist / maker / nerd who could consult with this child and help him along? Like a build-your-own-PC tutor?
Back in the day there were “computer clubs” like the famous Homebrew Computer Club. I’m not even sure if groups like that exist anymore. 
Thank you!
Dammit! I always find the memes that are so damn relatable!
This is me.
Autism’s missing women
ADHD logic is needing everything visible but hating the look of clutter.
@hzulla @Fuchskind And that #blind kid who got told "don't do X thing, people will think you're autistic" may have *actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe* been autistic. Not all #blindAutistics necessarily look like the classic autistic look either. Some of us look perfectly normal, and believe me when I say that some of us normal-looking #blind #autistics have spent a *bunch* of energy maintaining that normal appearance because it was expected, but are paying for it now.
***Hashtags and Mentions***
#ActuallyAutistic #NeurodivergentBlind #Autistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence @actuallyautistic
True ADHD story…
For a good hour I was working on consolidating the tabs in my browser.
I closed lots of them. But when I finished there were actually more than when I began.
People always say ADHD is a superpower. It some ways it is. But in other ways it’s a lot of WTF moments.
The sketch at 14.43.
I think we're supposed to think that Rich is rude and Sam is being treated badly, but I can't see it like that. Rich obviously had a plan to only meet Andy, and Sam is just imposing himself on Rich when he's told no.
I mean Rich could have been more tactful and polite, definitely, but Sam should have just taken no for an answer! Also, I think yes the world would be better if people were more honest!
What do you think?
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme - Series 5 - Episode 2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b06vmzdy
Transcript here (look for wrong friend)
https://j-f-s-p.livejournal.com/7440.html
Presenting the finest spoof ad I’ve ever made:
RIP Steve Jobs. This design Advertising?? poking fun at?? object impermanence is for you.
-Allēna
#ActuallyADHD #apple #spoof #shitposting #actuallyautistic #actuallyAudhd #NEISvoid #objectimpermanence #iforgot #graphicdesign #neurodivergence
You're telling me it DOESN'T belong in a huge pile in the middle of the floor?!? 
I only have 64k of RAM. Someone was informed that that was enough for anyone, so that's all I got. That's why I find it so hard to retain and process information.
I need to be able to write to disk to be able to learn. I did get a lot of disk space though!
It's why I did well at school, but I'm really struggling with on the job learning with bike repair. Not enough RAM!
It's why I have such difficulty navigating, because I can remember one turn, and that's it. The next turn will push the first one out my memory. Not enough RAM!
It's probably why I suck with learning faces. Not enough RAM!
I wonder what operating system I run on? SoloOS, maybe. I hope that's not already a Linux distro.
I kind of feel like my output is an LLM. I used to be a SLM until about 2016.
I feel this must be a deeply autistic experience: the disbelief when people actually try to convince you that they didn't mean what they said. And I'm not talking subtext, I'm talking about the grammatical meaning of their verbatim words and sentences.
And then you ask them to clarify and through a convoluted sequence of justifications they end up at "see? And this is why I couldn't possibly have meant this!".
Like wat? Why did you say/write it then in the first place? So fucking confusing. But maybe the explanation really is that autistic people choose their words much more carefully. It's certainly our lived experience.
#neurodivergent #neurodivergence #ADHD #actuallyADHD #Autism #autistic #actuallyAutistic #AuDHD #actuallyAuDHD @actuallyautistic @actuallyaudhd
