@dmcahill Thanks for sharing. Good article. Even though I live in a different country, have a different gender and a different job, this text could have been mine. So many stories of those identified later in life are quite similar to one another.
Sergej Sergejitsj woont in een dorp in de grijze zone in de Donbas, aan de rand van Oekraïne. Aan de ene kant vechten de separatisten, aan de andere kant soldaten van het Oekraïense leger. De meeste dorpelingen zijn in 2014 al gevlucht. Er is geen winkel, geen postkantoor en geen stroom meer. Drie jaar later wonen er nog twee mannen: Sergejitsj en Pasjka.
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My fellow #ActuallyAutistic folks; do you cycle through your fixations? Right now I'm fixated on gaming so much with all these special in-game events that I've put aside language learning. I've also been really into my writing/editing, which is very awesome. But sometimes I'll switch tracks, and I'm all like, "Learn all the languages! Make all the musics! Crochet all the blankets! Read all the books...at once!!" 🤣
As a chronic people-pleaser, this is my advice for success.
Offer as little as possible. Be terse. Get rid of all those exclamation marks and tidbits about why you want to take a sick day. State your needs clearly and concisely without reason. Start saying “No, I’m unable.” more often. Say Thank You only when the other party deserves it.
#AskingAutistics
For context this is from a discussion I was having and I couldn't come up with an answer.
If you were say, trying to get into the dating game or wanted to meet new friends.
would you disclose before hand or early on that you were autistic? (I count Self-DX but I do realize that could change the conversation)
Like I do realize allistic people can (Subconsciously) be jerks to autistic people if they perceive a difference, and I'm wondering if that would be worse if they outright KNEW you were autistic.
Please give me some input this question is eating me up inside lol
Also, I go with something I learned from Dan Savage about disclosing something "odd" or "unfavorable" about yourself while dating: You disclose one thing about you; their reaction tells you everything about them.