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Richard_Littler , 29 days ago to actuallyadhd

I've been trying to learn German for years but progress is glacially slow. Sometimes it's like trying to nail water to the wall; it just doesn't stick. Anyone else with an #ASD, #ADHD or #AuDHD diagnosis have issues with second language acquisition? Is it a neurodivergent 'thing'?
Or is it simply that I'm not very good at picking up languages?

@actuallyautistic
@actuallyadhd

callisto , 29 days ago

@Richard_Littler @actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd I haven't ever been completely fluent in a language other than English, but I was semi-fluent in French in college, and I pick up the basics of Indo-European languages, anyway, VERY quickly. I never studied a language from another family.

My mom (undx'd, suspected AuDHD) is simultaneously studying Mexican Spanish, Egyptian Arabic, and re-acquiring the Mandarin Chinese she spoke during her late childhood.

Maybe we're at one extreme or the other?

Ilovechai , 1 month ago to autisticadvocacy

@autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistic @actuallyaudhd @autisticadvocacy
#actuallyautistic #actuallyaudhd #AuDHD #memoryfoaming

"it takes a long time afterwards to understand what was “me” and what was “them.”

...

.Anyone can memory-foam,…but I feel it is especially common for autistics. And I have a few ideas why.

https://medium.com/@attleehall/autistic-memory-foaming-2cfecfcb9e8c

callisto , 1 month ago

@Ilovechai @autisticadvocacy @actuallyautistic @actuallyaudhd omg yes. Another thing I attributed entirely to trauma, when the reality probably is it's a combination. When I finally found the strength to say I could not take another day of the trauma of a controlling relationship, it was at least a year before I was able to say the pronouns "I, me, my, mine." EVERYTHING had been "we." Six years on I've finally found myself again, but I'm not entirely free of him, either.

autism101 , 4 months ago to actuallyautistic

It may seem like a small win, updating language from "autism awareness" to "acceptance", but it is important. Especially when the language change comes from a government.

#AutismAcceptance #ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2024/04/03/white-house-embraces-autism-acceptance-over-awareness/30811/

callisto , 4 months ago

@autism101 @actuallyautistic It's a shame the article had to platform Autism Speaks, though, and feature their quote as the last one in the reader's mind. It leaves the impression that Autism Speaks actually accepts Autism.

nddev , 5 months ago to actuallyautistic

We had dinner with some friends this evening -- five of us in total. After discussing it with Helen earlier in the week, I came out to them as autistic.

I got an interesting set of reactions. Angela (a former headteacher, who I thought knew more about autism) said: "but you're so social." So I said a few words about masking and learning to spend time in company. Lesley replied: "you should have known him when he was young. He was really quite odd." (No, it's fine, we have that kind of relationship.)

I told Angela I thought she'd known for years, and she said she'd suspected it, but only because of my unusual walk. So, if you really want to pass as NT, you need not only to avoid ticcing and stimming, and make eye contact, and say the right things at the right speed, and pull the right faces, but also to get your walk right. Who knew teachers specialised in gait analysis?

So that's it. I'm committed. I'm #ActuallyAutistic now. 🙂

@actuallyautistic

callisto , 5 months ago

@nddev @actuallyautistic Way back in the 1970s, like 40+ years before anyone suggested I might be Autistic, folx I went to college with said they could recognize me at a distance by my walk.

I still have no idea what they meant. I've become aware of how I walk around my house when I'm alone and trying to unmask. "Extraordinary Attorney Woo"'s walk was familiar to me, but not the same as mine. How I walk in public, how it stands out - still no idea.

callisto , 5 months ago

@nddev @actuallyautistic I had mixed feelings about that show, but as someone still discovering my Autism (and raging, again and again, at the very obvious signs that nobody picked up on starting when I was age 2 or 3), it brought a lot of self-reflection.

callisto , 5 months ago

@nddev @actuallyautistic I'm one of those ones who did very well academically. School (not including law school, where I also did well but felt very out of place) was the last place I felt even vaguely at home, really. So that, plus being female, no doubt contributed to why nobody thought "Autistic" when my idea of telling a story back to my parents before I could read, was memorizing it word for word.

18+ wordswithnima , 6 months ago to actuallyautistic

if you're someone who found out you're autistic as an adult and have since taught yourself to unmask, what are some of your favourite/go-to stims?

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

18+ callisto , 6 months ago

@wordswithnima @actuallyautistic If I have a napkin or tissue in my hands anyway (restaurant, therapy, etc) there's a very particular way I twist it. I didn't even know this was a stim until recently. It's the only one that survived my childhood.

Having learned that, I also use hand therapy putty or a twisty plastic toy for manual stimming.

psychbot , 7 months ago to psychology

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January 06, 2024 at 09:00AM
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TITLE:
Autistic job candidates receive better ratings when interviewers are aware of their diagnosis
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<p>A study in the United Kingdom examined how people rated the performance of a candidate in a mock employment interview. Those who were told that the candidate was diagnosed with autism gave the candidate higher ratings compared to those who did not have this information. The study was published in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231203739"><em>Autism</em></a>.</p>
<p>Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, is a developmental disorder that negatively affects social interaction, communication, and behavior. It presents a wide range of challenges among those affected. Symptoms of autism usually appear in early childhood. They include difficulties in understanding social cues, repetitive behaviors, and highly focused interests or activities.</p>
<p>The severity and combination of symptoms can vary greatly, with some individuals requiring significant support in their daily lives, while others are able to live independently. In addition to the challenges, individuals with autism may possess unique strengths, such as exceptional memory, detailed observation skills, and expertise in specific areas of interest.</p>
<p>However, due to the unique behavioral characteristics of autistic individuals, they often face significant challenges in securing meaningful employment. In the UK, individuals with autism represent the most underemployed disability group. Studies have shown that navigating interview questions is a key challenge for them. Autistic individuals typically struggle with grasping the implicit expectations of interviewers, and their atypical emotional expressions, eye contact, and gestures can contribute to negative first impressions formed by interviewers.</p>
<p>Study author Jade Eloise Norris and his colleagues wanted to examine whether ratings autistic individuals receive on job interviews might be affected by whether the person rating them is aware of their diagnosis. They conducted a study comparing the ratings given to individuals with autism in mock job interviews under three different conditions: when raters were unaware of the diagnosis, when they were informed of the diagnosis, and when they were both informed of the diagnosis and provided additional information about it.</p>
<p>The study involved three groups of participants. Each group watched videos of mock job interviews featuring a candidate with autism and assessed the candidate&#8217;s performance. In a previous study, 36 participants viewed the videos without knowing the interviewees&#8217; diagnoses. For the current study, the researchers recruited 98 raters: 48 knew about the autism diagnosis, and 50 were both informed of the diagnosis and received additional information about the disorder.</p>
<p>The results showed that raters who were aware of the interviewees’ autism diagnosis gave them higher ratings across all evaluated characteristics compared to those who were unaware. The presence of additional information about autism did not significantly alter the ratings. Raters informed of the interviewees&#8217; autism diagnosis perceived them as more confident, motivated, knowledgeable, conscientious, competent, intelligent, good communicators, likeable, and easier to work with compared to ratings from those unaware of the diagnosis.</p>
<p>&#8220;Results demonstrated that candidates were perceived more favorably when raters were provided with their diagnostic label prior to watching the video, compared to no label. Providing further information about the diagnosis did not additionally improve perceptions over and above provision of the label alone,&#8221; the study authors concluded.</p>
<p>The study sheds light on the factors of perception of autistic individuals’ traits in job interview settings. However, it also has limitations that need to be taken into account. Most notably, data on ratings when raters were not aware of the diagnosis came from a previous study, while ratings in situations when raters were aware of the diagnosis came from this one. It is possible that the observed difference in ratings is at least partly due to some unaccounted procedural difference between studies. Studies applying random assignment into rater groups might not produce equal results.</p>
<p>The paper, “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231203739">Disclosing an autism diagnosis improves ratings of candidate performance in employment interviews</a>”, was authored by Jade Eloise Norris, Rachel Prosser, Anna Remington, Laura Crane, and Katie Maras.</p><div class="addrop-wrap" data-id="64749"><p style="text-align: center;">
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callisto , 7 months ago

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alexisbushnell , 7 months ago to actuallyautistic

A friend of mine has recently been naming the expression on my face when I send him photos and it is always wrong.

I said I'm really bad at expressing emotion and he said "you're really good at expressing emotion on your face, we just need to work on your timing!"

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

callisto , 7 months ago

@alexisbushnell @actuallyautistic Except neither. Possibly you both need to work on double empathy. But if you know how to interpret NTs' facial expressions, then it's just that your friend needs to have a better idea of ND people's facial expressions.

bughuntercat , 8 months ago to actuallyautistic

@actuallyautistic When I put on my profiles that I am #actuallyautistic, it is not to boast or get attention. It's a way of reminding myself that I'm different and telling others that's why I may seem strange to them. In no way does it mean I'm going to change anything about myself.

#actuallyautistic

callisto , 8 months ago

@bughuntercat @actuallyautistic For me, it also means that I'll do my best to make Autistic people safe with me. And it means that if someone sees themself in me, they may also be Autistic, and that's not only okay, it'll help them make sense of their life.

youronlyone , 10 months ago to actuallyautistic

“Autism Awareness” vs “Autism Acceptance”

In a nutshell, based on what I experienced just now.

#AutismAwareness is people just being aware. Nothing else. They still don't understand #Autistics.

On the other hand, #AutismAcceptance is taking an effort to understand and to reach out. To work with.

One is harmful.

The other is win-win.

@autistics @actuallyautistic @autism

callisto , 10 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

@youronlyone @autistics @actuallyautistic @autism IME, "Autism awareness" ends with the awareness that Autism exists. Nothing about how Autism actually presents in the world (especially among marginalized folx, girls, and adults of all races and genders, but especially marginalized folx and women), how it feels, how an Allistic person might interact more effectively with their Autistic coworkers, family members and friends ...