If a chihuahua and great dane, through much effort, can create an offspring, why are human beings so offended by differing externals which are a product of circumstance not choice?
It's hard learning you're living with a disability and didn't even know. And you don't know anyone else IRL that has the disability. So there's always this nagging impostor syndrome of "maybe I'm not really disabled", or this uneasy feeling like you have no feedback if you're living disabled life "right" or something. #ActuallyAutistic
@arcadetoken And for me as a then 68yr old, discovering my autistic self; now nearly 70.
But, we aren't alone. We have a whole online community with which to compare ourselves. We all find similarities with other Autists, and AuDHDers, and ADHDers. #Neurodiversity@actuallyautistic
One thing I never thought about is how the longer a scientist is out of work (due to war, political instability, etc) the more likely it is that they’ll be lost to science (in other words, the less likely they are to return to scientific work when they can). That could potentially be like a chilling effect on steroids.
@will_a113 and let us also remember the fact that scientists, in contexts of social degradation or conflict and occupation, may be forced to be co-opted by crime, terrorism or occupying forces