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Emily Moran BarwickMan! As a mid-80s baby, I just barely made the cut! 😮‍💨I like to imagine that if I were born a few years earlier, I'd have forged an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> ID making myself *younger* so I could get past the surly, formidable bouncer of "The Spectrum"—(Also, it's tragic that this satirical post from TheOnion displays a vastly greater understanding of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> than the policy makers endangering our rights & very existence🙄)<a href="https://theonion.com/autism-myth-vs-fact/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theonion.com/autism-myth-vs-fact/</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@actuallyautistic</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyADHD</a>

🍄Inoculating the Odd in AuDHD> ADHDers often struggle to initiate and complete tasks. On the outside, this executive functioning challenge can look very similar to how PDAers avoid tasks. **One differentiating factor is that in ADHD, individuals may not be actively avoiding a task.** In fact, there are many ADHDers who want to complete their tasks but simply are unable to begin. For example, as an AuDHD student, I struggled to study for exams. But this wasn’t because I didn’t want to study. In fact, I would set aside the time, sit at my desk with my books open, and want to start… but.. initiating the task was hard. Because starting a task and paying attention long enough to complete it is especially difficult for ADHDers when the task is either too easy, too difficult, or too boring, these situations can sound very similar to the avoidance seen in PDA."Pathological demand avoidance, autism, & ADHD" <a href="https://embrace-autism.com/pathological-demand-avoidance-and-autism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://embrace-autism.com/pathological-demand-avoidance-and-autism/</a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/auDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auDHD</a>

🍄Inoculating the Odd in AuDHD> Rational Demand Avoidance... implies that these behaviours are rational given that autistics are forced to navigate neurotypical environments.[12] For example, if you refused to go to school as a child, was this refusal due to some pathological drive to be controlling? Or was it because you were bullied, were required to cope with the sensory sensitivities of loud and brightly lit classrooms, and were required to navigate unclear rules and expectations? If you have been labeled as manipulative, is it more likely that you are trying to influence your friends behaviour as a way to manage confusing and unpredictable social interactions or that you don’t understand social hierarchies?[13] If we are living in a world that doesn’t acknowledge or recognize our needs, these behaviours seem like very rational ways to manage our surroundings!> ... Some members of the autistic community prefer to refer to PDA as a "persistent drive for autonomy". This reframing helps to remove the stigma around PDA and to serve as a reminder that what may look like manipulative and controlling behaviour to an outsider, is likely an attempt to self-advocate as a reaction to trauma and anxiety."Pathological demand avoidance, autism, & ADHD" <a href="https://embrace-autism.com/pathological-demand-avoidance-and-autism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://embrace-autism.com/pathological-demand-avoidance-and-autism/</a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a>

Anna-Lena Meiners🎮 We are looking for <a href="https://hci.social/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> people for an interview study to understand how they experience <a href="https://hci.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a> and what contributes to positive <a href="https://hci.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> experiences for them.What to expect: - Conversation about your gaming experiences (~60 min), online or in Karlsruhe - Compensation of €15Eligibility: - 18+ years old, primary residence in Germany - <a href="https://hci.social/tags/Neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neurodivergence</a> (e.g., <a href="https://hci.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>, <a href="https://hci.social/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a>, <a href="https://hci.social/tags/dyslexia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dyslexia</a>); diagnosis not required! - Regularly play digital gamesMore information: <a href="https://hci.iar.kit.edu/459.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hci.iar.kit.edu/459.php</a>

🍄Inoculating the Odd in AuDHDContext: A common question that comes up in autism screenings is "I usually notice car number plates or similar strings of information". In the past, I used to say no to this question because I was not the "good at math" type of autistic "savant". In a literal sense, I thought it meant I would be able to connect to the fact that after actively counting that I took 9 steps up the staircase, I found 9 carrots in my bag. In a broad sense, it's a question asking about a tendency to focus on things that would seem trivial to a neurotypical person. Another wrench in all this is of course, doing a screening online doesn't give you as much of a chance to talk to a professional about how literally you're supposed to answer something, or the question feels too out context (for example, what if you aren't often around cars or in a position where you could see them?).<a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a>

Cleo of Topless TopicsOkay but this <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/TheOnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheOnion</a> article " <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> : fact or fiction" is hilariously on point.Edit: Oops forgot the link. <a href="https://theonion.com/autism-myth-vs-fact/?mc_cid=59b1f4f1bd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theonion.com/autism-myth-vs-fact/?mc_cid=59b1f4f1bd</a>

Kevin Davy<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@actuallyautistic</a> One of my most self annoying habits, is feeling that I have to justify my existence. In part, it is the autistic style adoption of the capitalistic work ethic to ridiculously rigid levels. Damn my black and white thinking. But mostly, it comes from a lifetime of knowing that I was different, but for the largest part of it not knowing why. It meant that I never saw my life, or the way I needed to live it, reflected anywhere else and so never had the chance to learn to see it as normal. So naturally, of course, I believed that the onus was on me to somehow have to justify it, because how else could I even begin to feel good about that? This led me to pushing myself far more than I ever needed to. To feeling that time spent on myself, especially the wasted time of just enjoying a comfort show, or re-reading a comfort book, and especially doing as little as possible in order to rest, was always wasted time. That it wasn't justified and that therefore it was worthy only of guilt and remorse and that, as I'm obviously not doing anything better, that it was time better spent beating myself up about it. The more spoons become an issue, as I get older and iller, the more annoying this habit becomes. But, it is a hard one for me to beat, as it's been a false way of judging myself for far too long. It's hard to just be myself and do what I need to do, especially if it means doing very little. But that is what is so often required when the spoons have been used up, or are low, and feeling guilty about that is what is actually not justified. The simple fact of it all, is that we live lives by a different rhythm. Ignoring that is what does the damage, not embracing it. And feeling that we have to somehow justify our needs, is the real negativity and wrongness. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a>

Seth the braveThe life of an unemployed autistic adult<a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/DU3X0ax8izQ?si=vTk5a4DAXpJpXx8T" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/DU3X0ax8izQ?si=vTk5a4DAXpJpXx8T</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autistic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actuallyautistic</a>  <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adhd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neurodivergent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuDHD</a>

Elle Galloway 🇨🇦I am definitely interested in the Hazel and Rowan apps. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ADD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/mentalwellness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalwellness</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj450qrp979o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj450qrp979o</a>

Nicomo"I have autism and I'm not broken." At the Princeton Public Schools’ Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, 9-year-old Teddy pushed back against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments on children with autism. The U.S. Secretary of Health stated “autism destroys families” and that “they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date.” 🎥 Princeton Public Schools <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NJ</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/newjersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newjersey</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/autismawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autismawareness</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/princetonnj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#princetonnj</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mercercountynj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mercercountynj</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rfk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rfk</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rfkjr</a>

argumento :socialiststar:To wrap things up, and to repeat what my wife tells me all the time, "cut yourself some slack". For many people a diagnosis is too expensive, or out of reach, and a self-diagnose might be problematic but it's the best many of us can get. No one would fake being unable to be on time, or have things sorted up, or being "behind" in developing as a child. And if the advice or experiences of other neurodivergent people hits home, take it and trust yourself.And try to like yourself.<a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a>

argumento :socialiststar:After those experiences, and the dreadful 2021 and 22, I took some online filters on autism, and I scored many points in "aspenger" and a "probable" in <a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a>. (I don't use aspenger because fuck Nazi scientists). So I am diagnosed <a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> and self-diagnosed autism (other people in my family have autism, including my brother).So, long story short, I no longer speak with my parents, and am very lucky to have a partner that cares for me and has helped me in this journey, including monetarily.

argumento :socialiststar:After I learned I was <a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>, I went to two separate doctors, a psychologist and a neurologist, and both confirmed the diagnosis, sort off. The psychologist told me it "wasn't ADHD", or to be more precise, it wasn't ONLY ADHD, but she didn't disclose what it was, she just told me I needed 2 therapies, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build discipline, and deep psychoanalysis to work with decades of trauma.(The neurologist was an asshole that made racists comments so fuck him)<a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a>

argumento :socialiststar:And when she told me, it wasn't about cutting me some slack, it was about denying me agency over my affairs: "you can't because you are impulsive, you have ADHD". Basically she hated me over being neurodivergent, and had spend 38 years waiting for me to "grow out of it and mature".This story is nothing special, I know that many gen X neurodivergent people faced similar discrimination. Back in the 70's and 80's, there was a HUGE stigma over it. It was something to keep hidden.<a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a>

argumento :socialiststar:What they told me is something that most neurodivergent people get: you are SO smart, you're just not applying yourself", which really sounds like "your problem is that you're lazy".To make things worse, my mother hated my special interests. She hated that I wanted to be a graphic designer because she wanted me to "work in something that has to do with language", because she was told that language was my main proficiency by some child shrink.<a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a>

argumento :socialiststar:...that quickly ended, after we moved to a town and my parents got a divorce. And that was it, I was never told, "so I wouldn't use it as a pretext" (my father's words when I confronted him after finding out).My mother told me about the diagnosis when I was 42, after years of failing in school, college and different jobs. Neither ever told me in spite of seeing all the problems I had, in particular with authority figures and schedules. <a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://hispagatos.space/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a>

Police State UK"<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database – meant to track the health of autistic people in a major research study – and pointing to the ways such databases could be misused."<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/autism-national-database-rfk-jr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/autism-national-database-rfk-jr</a>

Felyashono<a href="https://techhub.social/@rayckeith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rayckeith</a> That's absolutely insidious. Putting "socially broken," “awkward," and “fascist” in the same sentence. And at a moment in history when the real-world fascists are, again, taking aim at those who are autistic, or stereotypically “socially broken" and “awkward.”No, I will not stand for my Star Wars being used to pervert and persecute my autism.<a href="https://autistics.life/tags/StarWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarWars</a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Andor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Andor</a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

RealJournalismHHS Walks Back <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> Registry Plans <a href="https://autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/hhs-walks-back-autism-registry-plans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/hhs-walks-back-autism-registry-plans/</a>

Being Jeffredo🔴 ☠️ ❗ 🤢 🔴 ☠️ ❗ 🤢 What’s happening to Americans? - YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DTFlxQ0_Xs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DTFlxQ0_Xs</a><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/DrPaulSaladino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DrPaulSaladino</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Obese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obese</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fertility</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SpermCount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpermCount</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Poisoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poisoned</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chemicals</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/UnprocessedFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnprocessedFood</a>, <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WholeFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WholeFoods</a>

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