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AutisticAdam , to actuallyautistic
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The autistic urge to panic when someone says something might happen, as not knowing whether something scary will happen is usually worse than knowing for sure that it will, because if you don’t know, you can’t fully prepare yourself on an emotional or practical level.

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spyro ,

@AutisticAdam Introducing the stress free, effortless world of...

Overpreparing.

FML.

AutisticAdam , (edited ) to actuallyautistic
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A big part of being autistic for me is being very intentional with my word choices in order to say what I mean and mean what I say.

To follow that up I then start having a bunch of people claim I said something I absolutely did not because they chose to add additional meanings they made up themselves.

@actuallyautistic

spyro ,

@AutisticAdam @liskin People do that for many reasons and I know autistics that do that too.

obrerx , (edited ) to actuallyautistic
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"Greta Thunberg Could Face Jail Term After Second Blockade of Swedish Oil Port"

"The Swedish climate activist has been charged for a second time for failing to obey police orders."

(See the linked article at the bottom.)

Something I posted somewhere else:

Greta’s perceptive way of seeing the world in very literal, stark terms allows her to clearly see the climate crisis as an emergency, while so many others view climate change as an abstraction. To her it’s not an abstract threat, it’s an evident reality. That’s why she said this:

"Adults keep saying: “We owe it to the young people to give them hope.” But I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. And then I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house is on fire. Because it is."

And she’s right. She began her activism all alone, sitting in front of the Swedish Parliament building holding a sign, while refusing to go to school. She thought school was impossible to attend while the planet was burning. She needed to voice this massive threat to young people. She began the school strike that grew to include other young people.

Yes, she is a hero.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/greta-thunberg-could-face-jail

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spyro ,

@obrerx @Riduidel Only because you're from the old system.

spyro ,

@obrerx I kind of feel like going to Sweden and disobeying the police...

Fayedray , to random
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The hashtag is fucking disturbing.

Signed: not an "actually autistic person" just an Autistic one.

spyro ,

@Fayedray The hashtag is vague and diffuse, and has no community.

has a community.

spyro ,

I unfollowed you, @Fayedray

Please don't follow me about. Thanks.

spyro ,

@Fayedray @clouddweller Indeed. It took a while to find it, but I guess that's one of the downsides if being on a relatively small instance.

I completely support self dx folk participating on even terms. Especially given how hard dx can be too get (doubly so if you're female, trans, etc.).

spyro ,

@clouddweller @Fayedray It's hard to get here, but at least the NHS route still exists...

Solidarity.

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spyro ,

@ScruffyDux I don't know.

I do see artifacts, but I'm unconvinced that "normal" people don't see them too. I think a lot of people are just really bad at identifying what they see.

spyro ,

@ScruffyDux @obscurestar Same

spyro ,

@ScruffyDux @obscurestar My partner can't see it like I do. Only with the lights out and their eyes shut and covered.

It's like their gain control is set too low and mine is set rather higher than what I assume normal people experience.

After looking at a bright light, my partners vision is normal within seconds. I see the after image of the light for well over 2 minutes.

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spyro ,

@ScruffyDux @obrerx @trunksapp @hosford42 @ratcatcher @mux2000 You need the "element zapper" facility of uBlock Origin...

hosford42 , to actuallyautistic
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I'm . The sound of the train blowing its horn as it passes my house makes me cover my ears in pain. But the throbbing bass of the engine that causes a deep pressure in my chest from the vibration makes me feel happy.

When I was a kid, I used to crank up the bass of my parents' stereo and sit directly against the woofer to feel that pressure. They would always yell at me to turn it down. I've always loved that feeling.


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spyro ,

@markusl @hosford42 @Tooden @ashtardeza Me three

spyro ,

@markusl @morpheo @dpnash @hosford42 @Tooden I'm the same.

If I close my eyes, I can construct all sorts of geometric stuff out of the melange.

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spyro ,

@AutisticAdam @skylar408 So true

spyro ,

@AutisticAdam @skylar408 @alastair That's not it.

Put me in Kenya to do my shopping and I'll fail.

Put me in Kenya and tell me someone's life depends on it, and it'll be done.

Ask me why those are different, I can't tell you.

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spyro ,

@Tooden @DarkSheepArts Fuck them. They are our terms.

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spyro ,

@Claire "twss"...

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spyro ,

@ImmedicableME Sounds crap. Hope you get it sorted.

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spyro ,

@pathfinder I was one of the earlier ones diagnosed in the UK, and 16 at the time.

It was surely a relief.

johnnyprofane1 , to actuallyautistic
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"Calm down."
🧵

G-d, I hate those words. Always have.




@actuallyautistic
@actuallyadhd

I've heard them pretty much every day of my long life.

Delivered in soothing tones...
Helpful tones...
Authoritative...
Anxious...
Angry...
Sometimes accompanied by a slap.

From Parents. Teachers. Priests. Playmates. Lovers. Doctors. Therapists... Each one demanding one thing of me.

👉Control over THEIR own feelings.

By demanding... control of mine.

WHO needs control when I'm sad?
Angry?
Intense?
Passionate?
Proud?
Informative...
Joyful...
or...
Suicidal?

You folks do.

I'm feeling what I'm feeling. And expressing it in ways that are not only the most natural to me... but also the most appropriate...

To the neurology I was born with.

You may not like it.
In the park.
In the grocery store.
In front of strangers.
In front of Aunt Mary.
In 2nd grade.
👇👇👇

With my office door open.
In your waiting room.
On our 3rd date.
In your house...
In your life.

There's a whole wing of autism deniers masquerading as scholars who say we autistics lack a "theory of mind."

Like adult autistics don't deal with typical human minds
👉 24 / 7 / 365.25 ... 👈

YOUR problem with MY behavior is easier to understand than your whole "theory of mind," "behavioral analysis" crap.

I don't get how YOU think or feel.
You don't get how * I * think or feel...
And we rub each other the wrong way. Just like cats and dogs.

👉THIS cat has a theory of your mind. It's simple.

You don't acknowledge what you think or feel.
Not in public.
Lots of times not even to yourself.

S'why y'all drive me crazy.

Why did parents, teachers, "helping" pros, "friends" tell me to calm down?

Not to soothe my distress. To soothe THEIR distress.

👉 Shame?
Not fun to feel ashamed... of your child.

👉 Fear?
Scary when everybody's looking at you.
And you think it's not even your fault.

👉 Anger?
It's frustrating... when you have no control.
Like... when I don't do what you want me to. Fast enuff.

👉 Soothing?
Of course, YOU need soothing...

Every time someone else's pain...
Or bad luck...
Or death...
Reminds you of YOUR danger.

🚨 "Calm down." 🚨

There is never a time that a command...
implying that an autistic person in distress is doing "something wrong"...
helps.

Doesn't matter our age... education... profession... wealth.

And since your "helpful advice" almost certainly inflames their pain... literally adding fuel to the fire in our hearts, minds, and bodies...

You'll NEVER get the outcome you demand... soothing.

You'll just add one more brick to the prison wall of our trauma.

spyro ,

@johnnyprofane1 I said very similar about NTs being the ones without a theory of mind...

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