I got an HD on the paper I handed in last week. It was a critical analysis of the policy report from People with Disabilities Australia and Domestic Violence NSW.
I'm pretty chuffed with the comment I got from my lecturer 😊
Accommodation Or Abuse: The False Choice Managers Have With #Neurospicy Employees
Do you want to be a leader or manager who actually works with your neurodivergent employees, or do you want to create a hostile, toxic, and inefficient work environment because of the fragility of your ego?
@StevenSaus@autisticadvocacy@actuallyautistic
..because running an efficeint business for the collective good comes in second place to wedging oneself into the structure and not being shown up for any perceived deficiencies.
@CynAq@hmm_cook@actuallyautistic ahaha People issues aside? Accessibility Coach. I wanna yell at people/corps for not making appropriate/legally-mandated/completely normal and low effort accommodations for people with disabilities of all kinds. Autism being just one of many things that are normative to the point that someone should write guide to it. “seeeeeeeee i promise it’s not that hard to be nice to people who have different needs than you.” 🤣
@notagander@CynAq@actuallyautistic Yes! I hope you do this and can help lots of companies which can help lots and lots and lots of other people! You’re right, it’s not that hard. It does take letting go of some assumptions though.
The really cool thing about posting my stuff on Saatchi Art is I get to go back to the time-pressured blog post sketches ... and make them right. Ya know?
Sometimes I'm Lost Without a Clue in the Nonautistic World. How About You?
Sometimes I'm Lost Without a Clue in the Nonautistic World. How About You?
Ever feel like an outsider in your own homeland? Alone. Alien. Unseen...
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The Emotional Odyssey
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A young boy, back turned to us, gazes upon a fantastical Palestinian village under a surreal sun. Another boy, in silhouette, observes. What are they contemplating?
The Art of Digital Illusion
Digital art and AI allow me to paint this scene in vivid hues, capturing the complex emotional states of the subjects. Ready to dive into this visual narrative?
The Encoded Message
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I can't get melatonin or THC here, so I've no data on those.
CBD makes my sleep deeper and more solid, but doesn't lengthen it.
Bright light certainly wakes me up if I see it in the small hours. Before bed, it seems more important to avoid excitement, cognitive demands, and thinking about the next day.
I fall asleep within 30s (because I'm always sleep-deprived) but struggle to stay asleep or go back to sleep after awaking.
I naturally go to bed very late: typically between 1am and 2am. That might be consistent with the observation that many autists are short of melatonin (so I don't get tired when the sun goes down), but I've not measured it.
I'm considering getting a formal autism dx just so that I can ask my GP to prescribe melatonin and see if it helps. But, as the world slides towards fascism, there are also reasons to keep it dark.
Alright, I saw another person try this with great success so here I am. Let me know if you're a traumatized #ActuallyAutistic or traumatized #AuDHD human. DMs open. A very trustworthy psychotherapist said we might get along (and for more than 48 hours). @actuallyautistic
Durkheim: The negative cult cannot exist without causing suffering. Pain is one of it's necessary conditions.
Why yes, I do believe that my big fekkin' research paper for this class (REL580 Theories of Religion - capstone class) will be Autistic Masking as a Means of Devotion to the Negative Cult of “Normal”
@mariyadelano@actuallyautistic I came across an article by Ludmila Praslova Ph.D. somewhere and have been a LinkedIn fangirl of hers ever since. She’s a prolific writer herself, but also shares great resources at the intersection of organizational psych and neurodivergence.
It's not exactly situational muteness, but I'm finding that when it comes to sharing my thoughts and theories and the work I want to do, I find that I cannot. There's not just a lack of executive function, but a block.
I feel like it's related to my cPTSD and constantly being told I was wrong or bullied in work/school life. (Work triggers cPTSD daily)
@KitMuse@actuallyautistic@actuallyautistics I don’t know if you ever get past it. I don’t even tell family about things that I want to do. I’m afraid of them telling me that I wouldn’t be able to do that, whatever “that” is. I think that it’s a matter of trust and of rejection.
@nellie_m@autism101@actuallyautistic
well, I can emphasize with your reading of it is that the different of hyperempathy and AFAB socialization, or not a hyperempath and having more typical male autistic expression? I wonder. That pressure if you just can't in any way reconcile your clear perception with what's expected of you...
@autism101@actuallyautistic Story of my life. I've gotten a lot of flak for being blunt (aka "rude). It's caused a lot of pain when I was younger (I've told parents more than once if their kids were being brats, exactly like that and was treated like garbage). Nowadays, I don't care if people like it or not, I'm going to say what I think. #actuallyautistic