We do talk about it. And by "we," I mean the people who live it:
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We do talk about it. And by "we," I mean the people who live it:
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In my defense, it's not that I didn't notice, but that I didn't care. 😏
Hyperfocus begins to stall like a jet and hunger proprioception is trailing behind.
I can hear hunger now, as my glucose levels take a hit.
I will try to finish an article that introduces the fundamentals of the FCLA-SFGA model today, but it may take longer.
How do you focus on research for so long? By increasing the system clock of course.
Shout-out to my overclocked autistic kin. Hit nitro mode and don't look back.
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The painful realization that most autism research is built on the following assumptions:
- deviation from NT neurology & norms is a deficit
- any response to trauma is unnatural
- compliance is healthy, self-advocacy is not
- a "cure" > acceptance
- research by NTs > lived experience by autists
Is this AutismSpeaks?
Communication is a two player game. Don't assume every failure is on your part. Lots of people are terrible when communicating with autistics.
I have lost count of the number of times people have attributed emotions and thoughts to me that I did not actually possess.
The real question is why is plushie neglect normalized on a societal level?
Letting them stay hurts no one and improves the quality of life of plushies.
No worries. Your vocabulary is fine.
I tend to use systems logic or legal terms. As others would say, "It makes my brand of autism happy."
To be fair, the article has both the words "snakes" and "Bangkok."
Clearly the high salience was inevitable.
A complaint to the website is in order for posting an attractive nuisance.
Autistics do not stim to escape from the world, but to become more attuned to it.
This may be applicable to ADHD as well.
Feel free to leave a comment.
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He's been associated with Russia since the 1990s. Why is this surprising?
I know we will have succeeded in our efforts if posts like this aren't needed anymore.
I long for the days where I'm just the autistic asshole who was too busy stimming to notice I'm blocking the path at Walmart.
And the complaint is my lack of awareness, not the stimming.
The similarities between the joyful release of full body stim (stim dancing) and dancing after moderate inebriation is surprisingly close.
There's a freedom here I can summon without damaging my system to do so.
As an older autistic, I've learned appealing to what NTs want often leads us into circles.
It comes as no surprise in retrospect, it was always their nature to be indirect & save face. I don't hate them, just more aware.
As for us, we can stop being polite.
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You can't train empathy into the police.
You can only filter those who lack empathy out.
This is a much easier model to follow. Much appreciated.
I describe it as 'I walked away internally from my eyes so I could focus more on my ears. "
Agreed. Autism is a distinct neuroarchitecture. Being safe around others is often a conscious choice.
I can offer my perspective as an autistic adult:
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Then we create the community we lack. It's as simple as that.
She'd recognize our invisible labor:
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That's normal for those with low pattern-recognition.
Skimming to the next headline usually helps.
Just going to shamelessly put this here.
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Would phenomenology documentation from an autistic with thin dissociation layers be of any relevance?
So, when do we start building our own communities?
Sometimes, I wish I had an ADHD acquaintance whose focus was social media presence.
I'm content to bury myself in research.
The chaos of social networking, advertising one's work, & being unapologetically persistent to attract attention is... exhausting.
The clinical and cultural narrative frames autistic social difficulty as a deficit--something broken that needs to be fixed.
This narrative is fundamentally wrong.
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Update:
- Section 4.4 Kaleidoscope Social Modeling: Dynamic Pattern Recognition
- Section 4.5 Versioning: Confidence-Weighting Person Updating
- Section 4.6 Facet Interaction Prediction: Social Chemistry Simulation
