I’m rewatching Elementary and I’m on season 4 where they introduce the autistic character Fiona Helbron. While I like some aspects about the character, I don’t like the trope that it is impossible for an autistic person to tell a lie. I’m lying. #ActuallyAutistic@actuallyautistic
I have a number of question for people who report #aphantasia :
Do you daydream at all, and if you do, how does that work without visuals?
How does your memory work in general? Assuming you remember seeing things, being in places, meeting people, how does that work?
When you need to describe the appearance of something, how do you go about doing that? Do you plan ahead and memorize lists of features while the thing is in front of you?
Thanks! I’m trying to wrap my brain around this phenomenon I can’t experience myself so if you take some time to educate me I’ll be forever grateful.
No, I don't daydream, and I don't remember dreams. I remember very few past events because of SDAM. Those that I do remember, I just recall facts about them, nothing else.
1/3 If you or a family member are disabled and you intend to migrate to Australia, think again. The Australian Migration Act is exempt from their Disability Discrimination Act, visas are getting rejected.
2/3 But...why? Because you or your loved one will be an undue burden on them you see. The cost for you to use their health services and to go to school is too much.
As @ajesusjoseph points out, "migration has always been a disability justice issue."
I tend to avoid social media. I don't even really know how to use it; but when I'm on here, I see that whole "community" thing that I'm not very familiar with.
Like people getting support when they're down and all that.
Sometimes I try to imagine
myself getting that.
"You are a great person."
"You are worthy of love."
etc.
But if it were me, I know it would just feel empty. How could any of you possibly know me?
You aren’t alone in your perspective. There are of course levels of knowing someone else, and spending time chatting with someone online and reading their thoughts and communications is such a level.
“Know thyself” is the beginning of wisdom according to the Oracle of Delphi which is hard enough. To truly know another person seems impossible to me.
You can make phone calls without talking using real-time text (RTT). It sends text messages immediately as you type them, without requiring you to hit send. You can enable it under Accessibility settings.