Just had an idea for an #ActuallyAutistic / #AuDHD / #Neurodivergent (perhaps #Adhd too) shirt/pin that I wish I had the skills to at least design:
A human brain, over which is a pop-up dialog that says: Alert:
This brain is offline for maintenance. Please try your request again later.
with an OK button at the bottom.
For times when what I call "controlled shutdown) is necessary. @actuallyautistic@actuallyadhd@neurodiversity
Someone shared this in our company neurodiversity slack channel, and I had some mixed feelings about the information shared. Has anyone tried this and can share the results they experienced?
“The Truth About ADHD in Adults: Harvard's Dr.
Chris Palmer Explains the Research”
The devastating combination of ADHD, insurance fuckery, doctors being booked out five months in advance, and that providers simply Do Not Answer Their Email Or Phones means that I've been trying to see a doctor about daily pain for... over a year
@aphyr I have to admit some amusement at a practitioner saying to someone with #ADHD, “you should prioritize this.” Srsly? “You didn’t just seriously suggest prioritizing to someone with ADHD did you? Are you even remotely aware….?” Hahaha
@audhd@Adhdinos@actuallyautistic
I’m excited to share the updated cover for Late Identified #AuDHD A Beginner’s Workbook (2nd edition with updated title) soon! In the meantime, the first edition will stay up and available with the first cover I created for it. 🥰 #actuallyautistic#adhd#bookstodon
I also have arthritis learned recently that pain tolerance can lower while in burnout. Doesn’t that make arthritis a cycle of burnout? Or I mean cyclical.
One thing I notice about being sick or exhausted after a night of poor sleep is that my anxiety level trying to usher son through his getting ready is far less anxious for me. I just don’t have the energy to get to that place. A place I didn’t really want to be.
Is there a way to avoid getting to that anxious place when I have the energy, I wonder… 🤔
Maybe you've heard that people can be nonverbal or nonspeaking. But did you know there are many ways to be semi-speaking? I'll list some I just learned about below. Sing out if any of these resonate with you! @autisticadvocacy
@Dynamicallydisabled@autisticadvocacy Unfortunately, all this only applies if the difficult/expensive step is language to oral speech and working around it via text is possible. In my case the roadblock is the thought to language step and oral vs. written usually doesn't matter much.
I would appreciate any tips on how to use Mastodon without it causing overwhelm/getting lost in it.
🧠My blend of #neurodivergence has a REAL hard time with this kind of platform (never got Twitter either), but I’m drawn to the community & connection here.
I’m like instantly a confounded 105-year-old when it comes to Mastodon/Twitter 🙃
I tend to think of the worst outcomes for upcoming events and may ruminate on them. The old adage, “prepare for the worst, hope for the best” describes how my brain operates most of the time.
On learning more about #ADHD, it feels like these traits have become much more prominent than my autism. Lots of forgetfulness, lack of focus, emotional dysregulation etc.
Q: Do lower dopamine levels ‘bring out’ traits?
I’ve shown ADHD traits forever but didn’t realise. @actuallyautistic
Am I the only person to notice that CBS News showed an advertisement for Autism Speaks today, during national news at 4PM PT? I live in SF Bay Area, and I’m not sure if this was just from local KPIX. I do certainly plan to reach out and raise their attention to the harm this group causes.
🧵 1/7 I’ve been here so many times before. Super excited and engaged on a task or event, particularly one that is coming in the future. I plan. I organize. I prepare. But somewhere along the way, perhaps right up to the moment of it actually happening, I run out of steam …
She also wrote a book "But you don't look autistic at all" which I have started but not finished yet @thestorygraph account, thanks to #AuDHD...], seems OK or even better than OK. Personal journey, sprinkled with facts.
@olena for me #AuDHD people here really are THE FIRST GROUP that I do resonate with in many, many facets so I see myself as "belonging" - which is a revelation and currently causes many emotional rollercoaster rides [I was long identifying but am only for a short time diagnosed and am really connecting to it now].
Apart from this exception I fully am with you on this. There never was any group I actually identified with in my life, only as a "part time job", e.g. musician etc
🧵 1/5 As I introspect on my Autism and how it’s impacted my life, I am forced to consider my sexual explorations starting around age 10 and the social awkwardness that’s always been present. Before, I concluded that it was a function of my introversion and being closeted.
I am working on a revised cover for Late-Identified AuDHD: A Beginner's Workbook (retitled 2nd edition). I've been repeatedly advised that using a dyslexic-friendly font in my work is unprofessional. Well, I am a professional with dyslexia... and the use of dyslexia-friendly fonts is a professional choice. Hard line.
@rebekka_m The 1st ed of the Late-Identified #AuDHD workbook is available right now! I released it in early 2023 for adults with a late identification or late diagnosis of #autism & #ADHD —place to start putting the pieces together. Available at most online booksellers:
On Christmas eve, I started dating someone on the spectrum. I think it's the first time I date an autistic woman. And it's so much easier than dating NTs! No subtext, no guessing, no masking. Everything is told to the other in a straightforward manner and it's so simple!
There are some quirks to be addressed as we don't have the same specific needs and some are in conflict, but overall, it's the easiest relationship I've ever been in! @actuallyautistic