Have a fruitful & wonderful #Autism Acceptance Month to all of us! #AutisticActually

IMG: Autistic/Autism symbol by MissLunaRose12 under CC-By-SA 4.0 International License. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autism_Symbol_Proposed_2.png)

#Autistic #Neuroatypical #ActuallyAutistic #Autist #Autistics #ActuallyAutistics #Autists #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergents

@autistics @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics

Thank you to the #ADHD, #Dyslexic and #VisionImpaired people here on mastadon who asked for audiobooks of my writings. The more people tell me their access needs, the better position I am in to encourage/ convince my publishers to make my work #Accessible.

Delighted my latest publisher agreed to make an #Audiobook of Wired Our Own Way; An Anthology of #Autistic Irish voices, which will be released tomorrow. Not sure all the platforms it will be on yet.

"In the world of #Palestinian activism, the plight of autistic people is often overlooked...Speaking about the plight of our #autistic friends and family members can loosen the clutches ever so slightly. In a world where Palestinians are constantly and aggressively silenced, these #voices [also] need to be heard."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israeli-occupation-further-isolates-autistic-children-how

#autism #palestine #westbank

(#trauma also causes #neurodiversity as neuro pathways generate or reroute to respond, endure, and anticipate the new stimuli)

Discombobulated by clocks changing nonsense AGAIN.

Gah !

[UK GMT to BST ?]

#Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD
#AuDHD

Autistics are not socially avoidant. People avoid discomfort. And people particularly avoid communication gaps.

April is Autism Acceptance Month:
Every person with autism needs support but people who does not fall into the categories accepted by the majority of so called normal people for "true" autism rarely receive it (even the level of support that normal people usually receive).
#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic

"There's nothing in this world stronger than a soft heart that refused to harden"

That's beautiful

(Credit to @colavsdaughter)

Acceptance vs Resignation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2IAnyjEmKU&t=43s

Can anyone recommend LGBT #romance #books to me?

I've been having some luck sinking my teeth into #ND (especially #autistic) romance over NT romance (which I just kind of don't understand & usually ends up bumming me out), but so far it's all been very straight/het. I particularly like realistic romance where people communicate clearly & things like stalking aren't romanticised.

Thank you

We don’t have to live in the world of “shoulds” or chase their “normal.”

Why is it always so stressful trying to make a complaint to a company/bank these days?

Well,
1) Sending me a message via online banking message about their branch closing in a town I haven't lived in for 14 years, even though they put my correct/current address at the top as if it were a posted letter .
2) All details of alternatives in the old town I've not lived in for over a decade, present!
3) All details of alternatives in the current town I live in & have done for over a decade, tumbleweed has more presence.

4) Online 24/7 help not working & hitting the Retry button just repeats the fail.
5) DDG to the rescue but could they(the bank) just give me a frelling postal address?
... Nope!
6) Find working online complaint page.
7) Yay! I should no in '...four days...' once I've completed this form.
8) Starts simple but then the Qs get more ambigious, my complaint might be to do with that option or it might not. If only there was a blue circle with one of these that I could hover the mouse over for more info.
9) Finally done > SUBMIT
10) Nope, I missed something? Then why the F did it not show me when I was at that part of the FRELLING form
11) Success Or was it?
It will take 1 - 8 weeks before they get can deal with the thing & that long for them to get back to me about it.
What happened to FOUR DAYS

Guess I best forget about it so I can have a nice surprise in 1 - 8 weeks... or not .

I'm probably tempting fate but after 7 days of severe brain fog — so severe that for a few days I felt like a passenger trapped in a me sized, remote controlled cyborg.

Rethinking my allergic reaction as it's still going strong (gave up my 1 a day Matcha(=caffeine) habit just over a week ago). Though as I type this, it dawns that this might be the cause of my severe brain fog / disembodiment.

It's good to finally be getting back to feeling human or wherever I'm supposed to be.

It feels good to finally have enough dice / spoons / focus / energy / dilithium / micro-blackholes to interact with the fediverse again.

With #AutismAcceptanceMonth near: reject Autism Speaks' blue puzzle piece propaganda, ableist lies, and neurotypical voices talking over us. Listen to #ActuallyAutistic voices:

• Reject AS: https://autisticmama.com/do-not-support-autism-speaks/ (CW: discussion of ableism)
• AS and the Judge Rotenberg Center: https://www.autistichoya.com/2013/11/an-unholy-alliance-autism-speaks-and.html (CW: discussion of ableism, torture, murder)
• Don't "light it up blue": https://www.meriahnichols.com/light-it-up-blue-is-bad-this-is-why/
• Go #RedInstead: https://learnfromautistics.com/wear-redinstead-on-autism-acceptance-day/

@actuallyautistic

In about 2000 my friend and his brother told me Adamski used to live on the council estate I lived on. I just listened to one of his songs so looked him up. It seems exceptionally unlikely. I never properly believed this, but at the time, kind of did.
This is the gullibility of autistic people.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic

If you missed my free public workshop about making the “I’m autistic conversation go better, the recording and transcript are now available for everyone:

https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2025/03/14/practical-tips-for-disclosing-your-autism/

Maybe it's because I'm #autistic but this shit is the opposite of helpful when you're lacking the word for a specific complex emotion (especially if it isn't your mothers tongue you're lacking it in, as emotions often don't have 1:1 translations).

Also google image searching for emotions is similarly shit.

Is there a kind of picture database with people showing all different kinds of emotions in real world settings to scroll through with descriptions in multiple languages?
#psychology #autism

The AJ Chronicles: 28 March 2025

This week includes another eye test and problems with my new glasses, the need to lose weight to help lower blood pressure, my son's car clutter, meeting up with my sister, recent stories, and notes from October 2024.

#journal #blog #autistic #adhd #health #eyesight #family #life

https://open.substack.com/pub/soultoscribe/p/the-aj-chronicles-28-march-2025

Exciting to see the #book I edited about #Autistic Irish adults so prominently displayed in a bookshop- not confined to psychology or self help as usual, but displayed on a "State of the Nation" stand right inside thr door of Hodges Figgis, Dublin.