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They made me put all my things in a silver case
Took my blood and my name and asked my age
Told me all my friends were on their way
And I'm just late in the game

Dès demain et comme chaque année est venu le moment du mois de sensibilisation à l'autisme. Personne n'a consulté les autistes à ce sujet. Ce sont des personnes valides qui prirent l'initiative de décréter avril "mois de l'autisme".

Dans ce cadre, les journaux internationaux, nationaux et locaux vont parler d'autisme sans les autistes, imposant une vision externe. À propos de nous sans nous!

Il n'est sans nul dire que le validisme à toutes les sauces, du vocabulaire à la discrimination en passant par le néocolonialisme. Ceci a déjà commencé. On m'a fait parvenir un exemple que je vous transmets en image.

Cet article parle du lancement d'un podcast dont le titre "Etre autiste parmi les autres" est un indice sur le reste. Je rappelle que nous sommes des humains.

Ce podcast (la mode?) est lancé par le " Groupe interprofessionnel autisme Fribourg ". C'est bien à propos de nous sans nous. Pire, on prend en interview une personne pouvant exercer une autorité. On ne nous retire la parole et le pouvoir sur nos vies, nos expériences.

Je passe le traditionnel sujet des parents ou la charité. Notons que le " Groupe interprofessionnel autisme Fribourg " soutient les thérapies de conversion en parlant de "l’intervention précoce intensive" ( ABA ).

Nous avons ici un bel exemple de vision déficitaire et validiste de l'autisme. Si on s'inquiète de ce qu'ils vont devenir, qu'on leur donne la parole, les autistes sont par défaut déficitaires. Le podcast n'est ici qu'une excuse.

Il faut que cette vision de l'autisme cesse! Nous ne sommes pas des animaux qu'on dresse, à qui on donne la parole, des idiots utiles pour exercer un pouvoir sur autrui. Nous sommes des êtres humains. C'est pourquoi:

Jamais à propos de nous sans nous!

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautisticfr #autisme

I Have ADHD and Created a Free Web App with Tips and an ADHD Test | Hacker News

https://sh.itjust.works/post/35288794

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

That ADHD tip to set a timer for 10 minutes and clean an area of your home has transformed my life. Daily it's 10 minutes cleaning, 5 minutes cleaning my office, and load and unload the dishwasher. Everything is getting so clean! Got myself real dishes, real flatware, and real glasses as a good job for staying on top of the dishes. No more spending money on disposable everything. When I've done my 3 daily tasks I check it off in the game app Habitica. It's the only thing that's ever motivated me to clean.

#ADHD
#ActuallyAutistic

This might be #ADHD related, maybe not. But it's definitely #neurodivergent

I struggle at work, but almost everything is just in my head. Like they tell us what to do, but we can't but we have to, but the material is missing and so on and so forth (stopping me here or it'll make a novel). Till now, I always thought that the shaking I've got is just that. But now I kinda realised, it's a #meltdown . I'm having #meltdowns every fucking day and it disabled me already once.
Someone have advice?

Ce week-end, c'était NeuroShaker à Vernon (27) : deux jours de conférences et d'échanges sur l'inclusion professionnelle et scolaire des personnes neurodivergentes.

Merci à Autypik et With EIM pour la co-organisation, la Manufacture des Capucins deviendra une école pour neurodivergents selon un modèle d'enseignement non vertical basé sur la collaboration.

Le temps était mitigé, mais les personnes présentes rayonnaient ! De belles rencontres avec des comptes Instagram engagés et des structures amies, des retrouvailles, des échanges enrichissants avec les premiers concerné·e·s…

Bella Ramsey Opens Up About Their “Freeing” Autism Diagnosis: “The Label of Being Autistic Has Been So Helpful to Me” | Teen Vogue #ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bella-ramsey-opens-up-about-autism-diagnosis

Anyone have any experience with the so-called « migraine glasses »? I can’t play indoor sports because the rest of the day is ruined by migraine, I’m suspecting the harsh indoor lights are to blame, and I’m looking for solutions other than sunglasses (which I’ll try at some point, odd looks be damned).

Good news, Murderbot is coming to Apple TV+

https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2025/02/apples-new-sci-fi-series-murderbot-starring-and-executive-produced-by-alexander-skarsgrd-and-hailing-from-chris-and-paul-weitz-to-make-global-debut-may-16-2025/

The Uniquely Human podcast has a new discussion with Dr Devon Price. Lots of insight, very much recommended.

https://uniquelyhuman.com/2025/02/28/unmasking-and-living-authentically-devon-price/
@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic

One thing I've noticed over the years is that people always seem to recommend their particular sport as the way to improve people's fitness - if only every was like me.
Here's another one

#fitness #running #KeepFit #obesity

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hardest-geezer-run-new-zealand-russ-cook-b2712876.html

Self-described “autism parents” who “love their child with autism” have reportedly been left disappointed after discovering there’s no medal for loving your own offspring. Graeme and Karen Hoyland, both 38, have insisted that they wouldn’t change seven-year-old Finley Rice for the world – “even though...

Eeek my book is in print! So beyond thrilled with how beautiful it looks. Asked for gold letters as it's a book by #Autistic people and Au is periodic symbol for gold.
#Books
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic

The show The Pitt has representation, better than most shows I’d say.
Here’s an interview worth reading if you care about that sort of thing:

https://decider.com/2025/02/27/the-pitt-star-taylor-dearden-thinks-her-own-neurodivergent-status-has-shaped-dr-mel-king-i-think-its-really-coming-from-me/

Today's thought on a #SpendingStrike. I guess I've effectively been doing it for a while, as part of my goal to #OptOut of the capitalist death grind as far as one (globally privileged) person can.

But I'm finding it helpful to codify the idea a bit more.

I've concluded there are basically three different ways to withhold spending from the billionaire class :

AVOID - e.g. don't buy it/spend it at all. We don't need that "labour-saving" gadget, or disease-ridden cruise.

REDIRECT - e.g. shop local, co-op, secondhand, sole trader, farm gate. Redirect transport spending to an ebike, good walking shoes and/or a transit card instead of a fossil fuel car.

POSTPONE - e.g. rediscover old- fashioned thrift, like sewing on a button, using leftovers creatively to make a new meal instead of throwing them out, getting every last scrap out of tubes, squeeze bottles and jars.

I think these categories help me to up my #SpendingStrike game. "How can I avoid/redirect/postpone this specific spend?"

Always looking for more ideas.

Salutations #mastonautes !

Je recherche une #instance #francophone dont le thème principale serait sur l' #autisme... C'est pour une amie qui se trouve sur #Facebook. J'aimerais la convaincre qu'il y a d'autres alternatives à cette plateforme pour collecter et échanger des informations ayant trait aux #troubles #autistiques...

Un repouet serait le bienvenue

I’m trying to find a list of tv shows with good autistic-centered and affirming representation (Dinosaur, a kind of spark etc.). Is there a community-owned, authoritative, and regularly updated web page that you know of? I’m finding stuff all over the place, and I’m not sure I want to build one from scratch at this point (although it might come to that when I get more energy).
An example that checks some boxes, but not enough:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_autistic_fictional_characters

How can we make therapy better for autistic adults? Autistic adults’ ratings of helpfulness of adaptations to therapy

"Adaptations classified as neurodiversity affirming (e.g. having a therapist that embraces differences in brains and provides support to affirm neurodivergent identity) were rated highest"

Open Access
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13623613251313569

#actuallyautistic @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity

Les gens qui travaillez en #distanciel de chez vous

Comment faites vous quand vous avez besoin de faire des papiers administratifs pour vous / besoin d'utiliser votre poste de travail pour un truc pour vous mêmes ?

Moi tellement exténuée par mon engagement au travail que dès lors qu'il s'agit de se mettre au poste de travail en dehors des heures travaillées c'est Non non et non.

(et évidemment #autiste, les trucs "pour moi" - assurance banque ou autre ont un tel coût psychique à gérer que si je le fais en début de demi-journée de travail, après j'arrive plus à bosser )

Any tips ?
Le boost est doux