dheadley @dheadley@learningdisability.social

Are you mostly sensory avoidant or sensory seeking? #AskingAutistics

Do you have equal amounts of each?

I’m mostly sensory avoidant, especially with sound.

But when I get overwhelmed or stressed, I’ll put in my earbuds and blare EDM music that would normally stress me out.

Touch is my biggest sensory sensitivity.

What about you? #ActuallyAutistic

@actuallyautistic

If we’re being honest here, this was the WORST my holiday sales have ever been. First of all I got Covid at the beginning of the month and it stayed, and so I could NOT make and post all the new #pottery items I usually make in December. Then muskrat destroyed my main source of sharing the work I had made. It’s been hard. And building a new community’s here is hard. Please be gentle with us new #creators here. Some of us are broken and trying our best to rebuild. #ArtMatters #artist #community

Tech peeps:

Dina Bass: @dinabass
Ed Bott: @edbott
Lesley Carhart: @hacks4pancakes
Ben Collins: @oneunderscore__
Chris Davies: @c_davies
Eva: @evacide
LisaGade: @lisagade
Lauren Goode: @laurengoode
Leo Laporte: @leo
Micha Lee: @micahflee
Jason Leopold: @JasonLeopold
Casey Newton: @caseynewton
Phil Nickinson: @philnickinson
Dan Patterson: @danpatterson
Brad Sams: @Bdsams
Dan Seifert: @dcseifert
JoannaStern: @joannastern
SwiftOnSecurity: @SwiftOnSecurity
WalkingCat: @h0x0d

To make it easier if you're already on Mastodon ...

Some tech sites:

Ars Technica (bot): @arstechnica
Android Police (bot): @androidpolice
Dr. Windows: @drwindows
9to5Mac: @9to5Mac
9to5Google: @9to5google
OnMSFT: @onmsft
PCMag: @PCMag
TechAltar: @Techaltar
Techmeme (bot): @Techmeme
TWiT Podcasts: @TWiT
The Verge (bot): @verge
WindowsArea.de: @windowsarea
WinFuture.de: @WinFuture
Windows On Windows: @windowsonwindows

If you're struggling with #ADHD, this is the packet they provide to help diagnose in WI. Some questions for you and some for a close friend or relative. https://www.dropbox.com/s/bidwean2bj50ekf/ADHD%20Adult%20Packet%20-%20v11.pdf?dl=0

BREAKING: January 6 committee officially refers Trump, John Eastman, and other co-conspirators for criminal investigation by the Department of Justice — including for conspiracy and inciting and aiding insurrection. Vote was unanimous. #democracy #trump

Me seeing more and more states enacting PsyPact legislation when South Dakota hasn’t even introduced it yet despite saying we would in 2019

(PsyPact is license reciprocity that allows psychologists to practice telehealth in over 30 states as long as their state opted in)

#AskingAutistics

Did any of you have an overall positive experience in any level of education? Do any of you thrive in academic settings?

#ActuallyAutistic

@DivergentDumpsterPhoenix I think it's growing pains. Everything's slow today. I've seen some server errors.

One day last week I couldn't log in. I tried several times during the day and kept getting, "We're sorry but something went wrong on our end." The next day everything was fine.🤷🏻‍♀️

Adding a link to patreon for disabled.social for those who are able to to contribute: https://www.patreon.com/disabledsocial

I cannot wait for the days to start getting longer again next week. I do not thrive with a 4:30pm sunset.

URGENT!!! Twitter is now BANNING all accounts that link to Mastodon. A mass purging of pro-democracy Twitter accounts appears imminent. Please consider BOOSTING this post and encourage everyone to follow us to help us build up this platform so we can continue to spread our pro-democracy messages. This is not a drill!

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@actuallyautistic

Clarification on Frozen.

Frozen isn’t a *great* romance but it’s an extremely Autistic film with all the main characters showing Autistic traits …

From most to least typically Autsitic … (Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Anna) …

And Anna and Kristoff have a cute, traditional, and actually realistic screw ball comedy Autistic romance …

We have lots going on, and we're completely broke.
We have just gotten nine #transgender people out of danger. 4 of those by getting them asylum in the Netherlands.
We are absolutely desperate for funds, folks. We're currently funding operations from our personal rent money.
Please boost this, we've never been this desperate.
https://transrescue.org/donations/donate.

@Pxrpleberry @actuallyautistic

My close friends are neurodivergent people too so definitely recommend that as a route

Have you looked into groups (IRL or online) for neurodivergent or autistic or ADHD adults/young adults in your area? Failing this finding online or IRL groups for your special interests in your area can be a good place to start too

@ratcatcher @Pxrpleberry @wilbr @stevesilberman @Pathfinder @CarolNelson523 @btaroli @actuallyautistic

Agd regardless of what that looks like for an individual we're all equally autistic

Attempts to assign degrees of severity/autism are just the high/low functioning labels with a different skin on it with the same inherent issues

"Low severity/least autistic"(High functioning) people are denied the support they need as these labels minimise the challenges they face in a neurotypical focused society

"High severity/most autistic"(low functioning) people have their ability for self determination and autonomy minimised or negated as their high support needs are equated with lack of intelligence/understanding/cognitive ability or their personal needs

Both of these situations are incredibly harmful and problematic for those affected

Speaking from experience as a "high functioning" autistic who received no support as a kid and had it profoundly impact my life as an adult

Also, I had well over 8k followers on #twitter but seem to have much more engagement here on #mastodon already and I only have 28 #followers so far so IDK why that is but it’s a good thing. Sometimes twitter felt like you were shouting into a void even though your statistics would show you had tons of views.
#twitterexodus

Welcome to Mastodon…

Please, spay and neuter your bigots.

@actuallyautistic

That said, whenever possible people should accommodate disability and ideally be open about it.

In our humble opinion, observing society, People should not use disability as an explanation *after the fact* but ideally should be open about disability prior to an *unfortunate event*

In a more responsible society, disabled people should feel safe to be open with their disabilities and be able to openly request necessary accommodations ahead of problematic events.

Updated list at:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109535917701223440

News orgs on Mastodon/in the Fediverse.

News orgs host that their own instance:
@TexasObserver
@TucsonSentinel
@restofworld

News orgs that have created official Mastodon/Fediverse accounts:
@ProPublica
@texastribune
@damemagazine
@COTimesRecorder
@rferl
@msfreepress
@Chron
@themarkup
@TheConversationUS
@sfstandard
@sfgate
@sfchronicle
@RollingStone
@gbhnews
@theintercept
@thevallejosun
@thenarwhal
@thenation

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