@gwynnion this #actuallyautistic woman (me) knows exactly why her kids came out neurospicy. Just as they inherited my blue eyes & dark hair. We are all who we are, our genetic heritage influenced by our environments, but not entirely controlled by them. As an adoptee who found her birth family as an adult, I can now see both my nature & my nurture, but wow, I am definitely like my birth family in quite profound ways despite only meeting them after my 50s.
Reiterating my previous reminder to my self-diagnosed and suspected autistic and other ND friends: Now is *not* the time to go for formal diagnosis.
Why? The same people unlawfully deporting random non-white people to prison in El Salvador and refusing judicial orders to fix it are now declaring you a problem to be cured or fixed.
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https://www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-says-us-will-know-cause-autism-epidemic-september-2058191
#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AntiFascist https://mastodon.social/@synkr3tyk/114310427025152994
RFK Jr giving us until September to prepare ourselves for his nonsense announcement about how he found the cause of #Autism
Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 530 , Thursday 10/04/2025
Thursday started just after 7am, with the sun blazing thru the blinds & the children next door testing their lungs again.
I got up & made breakfast, then went out for a walk after finishing my coffee.
Got back & managed to do my chores before my ADHD assessment at 10am.
The assessment went quite well, the consultant - Denzel (not that one!! ) was a likeable kind of chap & when we reached the end of the session he said that I am ADHD but that I am predominantly autistic with, as it were, a dusting of ADHD thrown in for good measure.
He said that there were clear ADHD traits but that they were not pronounced enough to require medication.
So there we have it - as the more observant amounts you will have noticed from the newly updated title, I am an AuDHD Squirrel, because I’m special! 
I’m not sure that the diagnosis will do more than be an extra pointer to the kind of help I need to seek & the measures I need to focus on to enable me to navigate thru this NT world.
Denzel did say that I would benefit from coaching therapies & maybe some ADHD specific CBT.
I’ll wait for the written assessment before I start to look at ways to move forward.
This afternoon has been a deliberately quiet time - I played a little NMS, tweaking my ship to eek a little more speed out of it.
We had steak & ale pie with gravy, baby tatties & peas n carrots for tea - a very nice change from the usual fare! I suspect that will be the driver of future shopping trips!
Final Thoughts.
So just over a year after I officially knew I was autistic I now know I’m AuDHD, I wonder what I will know this time next year!
@TheBreadmonkey posted a link for an OU course on autism yesterday, I am in fact pathologically allergic to any form of exam but I also would like to know a bit more about me so it might be worth looking into.
Thanks for sharing that Ben! 
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 
@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves
“Midnight Madness”
It took a little longer than the others but in the end I’m glad it did.
Now normally, I would move on to another small project that would incorporate the new skills/techniques I’ve acquired. However this time I think I’m going to keep at it. I’m throughly enjoying just making backgrounds and following along to instructionals.
(I have to mention, all of these illustrations I’ve made are based off the teachings of YouTuber James Julier. He’s great at instructing you through the process.)
I’ll post the progress video later! 
Ethics of classical conditioning
https://campbelllawobserver.com/the-ethics-and-implications-of-classical-conditioning/
The article mentions "imprisonment." Though prisons are not involved, I see no doubt that *childhood* has a definite aspect of captivity.
I believe classical conditioning deserves a lot of attention from the field of #psychology with regards to #autism.
My personal story involves pervasive stress spanning #criticalPeriods, and I'd really like to know how to address it.
@actuallyautistic #actuallyAutistic
Study concludes that neurotypical people fail to pick up on autistic social cues, because our facial expressions are too subtle for NT eyes, and recommends assistive technology to aid them.
https://neurosciencenews.com/micromovement-emotion-asd-28575/
Ok, I have an odd quasi mutual aid request:
Are there folks who would like to send me their old corded (not bluetooth) headphones and/or earbuds? Like just mail me kit you don't use.
I don't have any backups any more and my fav headphones need repairs, so want to stock up on other options.
I am in Ontario Canada, fyi for shipping feasibility.
Tagging #actuallyAutistic because ya'll know how important headphones are. 
Day 10 - What's the thing your autism causes the most problems for you in everyday life? Are there workarounds that help you? e.g. headphones against noise?
It's a longer question, I just hope to hear about your struggles and workarounds. Let's share experiences and kind advice! 
#actuallyautistic @ActuallyAutistic
#AutismApril #actuallyautistic
#autismacceptancemonth
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
I'm so annoyed with myself.
I did it again. I get into this loop where I start drinking a lot of cocoa because it makes me feel a bit more alert (I'm exhausted all the time) and then I wonder why I'm feeling so incredibly anxious, and soothe myself with more cocoa, so I get more exhausted, so--
Hint: cocoa contains caffeine and I'm sensitive to caffeine. It makes me anxious.
Why do I keep doing this to myself.
At least today (day 2 of no cocoa and no dark chocolate) I feel so much better than I have for weeks. So that's the silver lining, right?
I think I can probably be OK if I have a little bit every now and then, but definitely not several cups a day.
Ich habe heute am frühen Nachmittag eine Führung im Museum. Eigentlich war der Plan, davor noch etwas für meine Domführung zu machen, aber das funktioniert einfach nicht, kann nicht denken.
Jetzt bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob das an der Warteparalyse liegt oder daran, dass ich generell immer nur eine Sache machen kann und da ich jetzt emotional an die Führung gebunden bin, geht kein anderes Thema.
Kennt Ihr das auch?
#actuallyautistic
SET THE LIES ON FIRE WITH THIS TRUTH!!!
everything about the definition of #autism needs to be burnt down to the ground. why are we even letting the medical community use the #nazis frame for our condition?
set it up all on fire, blow it up.
if having a sensitivity for injustice makes me autistic, what kind of cruelty are people supposed to accept to be normal?
set all these fascist lies on fire with this truth
ps: yes, am #ActuallyAutistic & diagnosed late in life.
I'm the snarky, smartypants best friend that your mother didn't warn you about (because I was good at masking and being polite around your mother).
@actuallyautistic
#ActuallyAutistic #Masking
Measles deaths are appalling, but slightly less than the national shrug in response to them. Barring total collapse, the smart money is on the explicit flavor of eugenics coming online before the end of the year, largely because no one appears to give a shit.
Republicans are fascists, and fascists gonna fascist.
Self-diagnosed #Autistic friends: Stay far the fuck away from getting ASD mentioned anywhere in your medical record. You're a target.
#ActuallyAutistic https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/114306916110826436
Currently reading Explaining AuDHD and this quote has me triggered
[Autistic people] can be literal in their though process, which makes subtext and metaphor challenging to comprehend. 'I'll be there in five minutes' means the actual five minutes to an autistic person.
WHY THE FLYING FUCK WOULD YOU SAY "5 MINUTES" IF YOU DON'T MEAN 5 MINUTES? WHY?!????!!!
Are there any small makers of fidget toys and fidget jewelry in the USA who would like to sell their fidgets in my online store for autistic & neurodivergent people?
I'm looking to buy fidgets in bulk from creators, makers, etc. You will get full credit on the listing and paid upfront.
Please share to help me and fidget toy makers find each other. 
So today I heard an ideaology that I am severely against, gets an emotional rise out of me in my protest against it.
"if it was important, you would have remembered"
What a load of BS.
I forget "important" stuff frequently.
Importance does not have an effect on my remembering. Often, the important thing is something I find boring and monotonous, so I probably will forget it.
No matter how much society insists I remember, my memory is not dependable.
Write it down.
I need some advice from the #actuallyautistic and #adultsocialservices in the UK please
I have a new neighbour in the flat above me who I met on the stairs for the first time a few days ago. She immediately started telling me about her cats and that she is a vulnerable adult who needs support. I said to give me a knock if she needs anything and she asked for my number, which I was happy to give as all my neighbours in this block have my number and we all get on well so it seemed harmless. A few hours later she text me asking for money which I tactfully denied. Anyway today she called me saying she had locked herself out of her flat and the council would not help her, and her carer was too far away to help. I called the council for her and explained she is a vulnerable young adult and they agreed to come out but could be up to 2 hours. I couldn’t leave her outside for 2 hours so invited her in to my flat to wait. She disclosed a lot of personal information and that she is autistic with global delay and needs a daily carer. She repeated a few times how glad she is to have me as a neighbour to support her. She is a sweetheart and I of course want to help as much as I can but I am concerned that she has become attached to me as part of her support network very quickly and I could be dodgy (I’m not but it shows how vulnerable she is). I’m autistic myself although I don’t need the same level of support, and feel really bad for her having been moved out of her area into this council block knowing no one etc, I really think she is at risk of being exploited. I’m safe but another person might not be. What do I do 
Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 529 , Wednesday 09/04/2025
Wednesday started a little before 7am, overcast & not very promising weather wise.
Breakfast was had & chores done. Then I fought my demons and managed to get out shopping - not a major expedition, just to a very cheap supermarket a few miles away from the Squirrel Den.
I managed to get some different meals than Mrs S habitually gets & some naughty treats.
I read for a while & made some smoked salmon sandwiches for lunch. (the salmon was one of the things I picked up earlier.)
Spent the afternoon finishing the NMS ‘Relics’ expedition, finally catching the pesky ‘bone fish’ that eluded me yesterday.
We finished the evening with a couple of episodes of Poirot.
Final Thoughts.
Not a bad day, the weather wasn’t up to the same levels of sunshine we have seen recently but I’m happy I managed to get out to do a little shopping. I realise that this only a small thing to most people but that is the first time I have been that far from the house by myself for quite some time.
Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you!
@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves
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