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SecondUniverse (she/her/they) @SecondUniverse@autistics.life · Aug 07, 2026

James Simpson invented the use of chloroform for pain relief in childbirth in 1847. The religious authorities of the UK were outraged, as the bible clearly says god cursed women to painful childbirth. Pain relief was heresy! Simpson received death threats and chloroform was considered socially unacceptable for years, until queen Victoria availed herself of the technique. The religious argument was never resolved. Society simply decided it couldn't deal with the contradiction of the the church's holy book saying pain was a religious duty, and the head of the church choosing pain relief. So it became a non-issue. I don't think people confronted their moral objections and decided that biblical literalism was harmful. Instead, part of their religious framework became too problematic, so it was simply reclassified as "wasn't important / don't think about it". Thereby enabling the rest of the biblical literalism to retain its ideological dominance. This is neurotypical ethics. 1/2 #womensRights #feminism #religion #lgbtqia #actuallyAutistic

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Lanie @RareBird15@allovertheplace.ca · 5d ago

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If you're a parent of a blind child and something feels off — if they're smart but struggling, verbal but drowning in daily life — this page is for you. If you work with blind students, please share it. The right resource at the right time can change everything. https://lanie.work/resources/beyond-blindness/ #Blind #MultipleDisabilities #Disability #SpecialEducation #TSBVI #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent

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Christian Gajewski @c_gajewski@mastodon.social · Aug 06, 2026

The neuroaffirmative movement replaced one narrative with another. The old one said defective. The new one says pure. Neither contains a full person. New essay on why the purity myth denies autistic people their right to complexity, and why Jung’s shadow work applies to communities, not only to individuals. https://medium.com/@christian.gajewski/why-innocence-is-autism-advocacys-gentlest-cage-afe28af2b4cc #Autism #Neurodiversity #AuDHD #MentalHealth #Jung #actuallyautistic

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<undef> @undefined_variable@mementomori.social · Aug 07, 2026

Ok, newly acquired pro-by-experience tip to my autistic folks. When corresponding with the authorities (and possibly anyone else non-autistic), whatever it is, no matter how complicated issue it is, just send them *one* question at the time, preferably with as little background and other explanatory additions as possible . No "Here's the situation, should do x and what are the ramifications, and if not, what should I do instead. If something else, is there anything I need to take in account?". Just ask, "should I do x", and when they reply, send the next question. Annoying as hell for sure, they prolly get annoyed with you too, but seems like be it doctors or clerks or whatnot, if you give them a bunch of questions and scenarios, they pick one and get hung up on that one, and it's probably not the most important one you need to get answered. #TheMoreYouKnow #ActuallyAutistic

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Aurin Azadî

@atarifrosch@fedifreu.de · Aug 07, 2026

Hab vorhin Dinge draußen erledigt. Jetzt tun mir die Beine so weh, daß ich mich auf nichts mehr fokussieren kann. Tag ist dann vermutlich gelaufen. Das Plus: Der bessere der beiden Laserdrucker ist endlich in der Reparatur (mit dem Runtertragen hat jemand geholfen), ich war an der Packstation und bin auch wieder mit meinen Medikamenten versorgt. #ActuallyAutistic

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Onigiri @transience@beige.party · Aug 07, 2026

Things I Hate About Autism: *Lifelong insomnia *Being misunderstood *Misunderstanding even basic English since I suck at picking up nuance *Chronic digestive issues *Anxiety & PTSD (I’d say “Great at parties!” but no, no it’s not.) *That perpetual feeling of being alien in my own life *Worrying about what horrible things the current US government administration has in store for me and my kind since they keep bringing us up *Social ostracism (but solitude is also a gift) *Terms like ‘neurospicy’. *Occasional physical hypersensitivity (controlled if I control my stress). #actuallyautistic

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Jade Alarue @Gardenia@eldritch.cafe · Aug 06, 2026

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Nouvelle #Introduction Je suis ânière et zoothérapeute. Vous pouvez suivre : #SolAne. Je suis une victime de l'explosion du port de Beirut du #4Aout2020. Je n'ai pas pris l'avion depuis mai 2024. Je suis Chrétienne, je boycotte la messe et je suis Queer. Je suis #NoBorder et bloquée par l'instance française #Piaille. Je suis là pour #Gaza, le #Liban et le #Myanmar. Le Myanmar est mon pays de coeur. J'y ai vecu et travaillé deux ans. J'y ai des amis qui sont en prisons depuis 10 ans. J'ai quitté Facebook, je n'ai plus aucune nouvelle d'eux mais je ne les lâcherai pas. Enfin, je suis autiste et j'ai plus d'empathie que la normale. #ActuallyAutistic 🩷💚

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Autumn Meadow @meadow@lgbtqia.space · Aug 06, 2026

I guess if you use the #ActuallyAutistic tag, a bot automatically boosts you. Nope... Don't like that. Blocked, muted, and this will be the last time I use hashtags on a public post. I'm not opposed to simple useful bots, but boosting everything on a single hashtag is asking for abuse and conflict at the bare minimum. Plus, it's just creepy and gross. Ew.

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Luke Kanies @lkanies@hachyderm.io · Aug 06, 2026

Welp, I finally saw the Odyssey tonight. Nolan is a whole thing, isn’t he? Wants audio to be uncomfortable, believes color is offensive except in very small and relatively dark doses. Has never seen a smile before. Is so afraid someone might break the fourth wall that actors are not allowed to ever look at the camera. I have regularly thought of the movies of his I have watched. But I am not sure I have ever *enjoyed* them, or thought them good movies? Memento was probably the one that haunts me most, and was “best”. Oppenheimer was maybe “better”, but I never ever think about it. As to the Odyssey…? I dunno. Four stars? People who like this kind of movie will like it. It was a lot, and sometimes that’s enough. A faithful reproduction of the story it was not. A fundamentally interesting and/or good movie it was not. But it was a spectacle. I can’t say I enjoyed any part of it, and there were many parts I was overwhelmed and had to look away ( #actuallyautistic). And I literally plugged my ears through the climax because fuck you Nolan you don’t get to make me suffer what are you an ambulance? No. I’d call it a huge swing and a base hit. And i am *definitely* giving it higher marks just because it has made so many more people interested in the original classics. (One of my kids is absolutely *incensed* that the movie conflated Helios and Apollo. “Apollo does *not have cattle*!” I’m raising them right!)

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hauch @hauchvonstaub@nrw.social · Aug 04, 2026

Normalerweise spreche ich selten/nie Blockempfehlungen aus, aber nach einer Diskussion mit "SchreibeEinfach" (@SchreibeEinfach@23.social) habe ich mir mal seine Posts angesehen. Nicht nur instrumentalisiert er autistische Menschen, um es für ableistisch zu erklären, sich nicht ständig mit Smart Glasses filmen lassen zu wollen, er vergleicht die Sichtbarmachung dieser Brillen auch noch mit "Judenstern"-Armbinden im 3. Reich. #ActuallyAutistic #Block #Nazivergleich #SmartGlasses

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Tim McTuffty @Tim_McTuffty@beige.party · Aug 04, 2026

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1011 , Tuesday 04/08/2026 Up at around 7am because I could not sleep thru the noise from next door. Chores & breakfast were followed by a very unproductive day, could not get my brain into gear at all! Mrs S wanted to go to Costco™ this afternoon so off we went. The cunning plan was to have an early tea at their ultra cheap cafe & then hit the shop proper. Sadly the first part of the plan went slightly awry! The first issue is that Costco™, in their wisdom, have take all but 3 of the tables with seats out & replaced them with standing tables. I HATE eating at standing tables but luckily we managed to snag one of the 3 with seats. These are the 2 x 2 seater benches with the table in between type. I had just settled in to wait while Mrs S ordered our tea when some strange woman just sat down opposite me - no please / thank you / do you mind, she just brazenly nicked Mrs S’s seat - I protested about this so she moved down the bench saying something about sharing. Now I have a thing about personal space & a bigger thing about people with no manners! But what could I do - I could not in all conscience tell her to leave because there were, undeniably 2 empty seats at the table. It completely spoilt my tea though. I think that we will pay extra net time & go to an eatery where there are enough tables for all the diners! Then having to traipse around the store & endure all the people almost finished me off. Final Thoughts. The trip to Costco™ really frazzled me, at this point I am not sure if I’ll be going to the gym in the morning, I’m not sure I can cope with being in close proximity to people. That sounds wimpish & weak & hopefully after a nights sleep I will feel differently. Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖 @autistics@fedigroups.social #TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

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Eirik Myhr 🎶 Composer @eirikmyhr@sunny.garden · Aug 04, 2026

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I guess it's time for an updated #Introduction: 🥁 Dear Fediverse! 🎶 I am a #composer of #theatre music and #filmmusic, living in the lovely woods of Asker, Norway. I've been lucky enough to make a living from this for 20 years, and constantly want to reinvent myself musically, or else I get bored real quickly. During one year, one project could be scored with a chamber orchestra, but the next one might be banjo punk. I was a pretty decent drummer once, but too impatient to stay in one band for very long. Today, I might release the occasional solo album or EP, but most of my releases are #soundtrack albums. As a music listener I'm into everything from #Bach to #Dvorak to #Genesis to #RATM, and everything in-between. 💿 I am #actuallyautistic and #ADHD. I have a four year old kid who I love more than the universe itself. I obsess over #StarWars and #EdvardGrieg more than what is probably considered healthy. I buy lots of CDs at flea markets and organise them all onto my wonderful #Plex server (another obsession!) Grew up with 90s PC adventure games from the likes of #LucasArts, and wish I had time to complete all those games I never got to finish, and replay all the ones I did. Thank heavens for @scummvm@manitu.social 👾 I detest fascist man-babies and evil tech-bros. In a continuous #degoogle process, one step at a time. Love #OSM and maps in general (seriously, another obsession?) Coffee needed to soothe brain. ☕ Website ➡️ https://eirikmyhr.no Bandcamp ➡️ https://eirikmyhr.bandcamp.com/

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Kevin Davy @pathfinder@beige.party · Aug 03, 2026

@autistics@fedigroups.social For those of you who may be sensitive to such things. I am going to be talking about chronic illness and especially the complexity of additional conditions later in life. No details, just a general, well, vent I suppose, as part of my process of coming to terms with this and understanding it. I was born with chronic asthma. In fact, as a very young child, doctors told my parents that I wouldn't make it through the night, on at least two different occasions, it was that bad. It has, in a sense, shaped my life, just as much as my autism/adhd (even though I didn't have a name for that then) and that is because I had to learn to adapt to them in much the same way. By understanding what they would allow and most definitely what they wouldn't. What perhaps I could manage and what would definitely cost too much. It all meant that my life and the choices I made going forward were governed as much, if not more, by what I couldn't do, as by what I potentially could. And then comes the addition to my elder days of other chronic issues. COPD and a back that is truly fucked, which I believe was the medical terminology used. Suddenly I have a conflict of many separate demands on my resources, any and all of which can be draining and no way of really knowing which will be in play on any given day, above and beyond their natural state of dysfunction and energy drain. It leaves me, with what I like to call, Schrödinger's draw. In principle spoons should be in there, but whether they are, or aren't and how many there might be, can't be known until I look inside each day. It makes planning a far more uncertain process, even to something as simple as the next day. In fact, at times, it seems almost impossible. My life filled far more with cannot's and maybes, than with anything else. Something my audhd nature is far from happy with and that can bring a greyness to the world as I realise that I can barely see ahead any more and attempting to do so with any hope is far more difficult. Still, it is early days and no doubt I will adapt. If there is one thing being audhd all my days has taught me, it is how to do that. Please note. I am fine and it is still early days. And anyone replying with anything about therapy and getting it, could very well be met with all the withering scorn available to my embattled and gnarly old soul. (But that's just me and therapy) #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Spoonie

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Ulrike @Ulrike@fedi.at · Aug 02, 2026

Jammertröt Hitze und Autismus Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

Sommer war mir schon immer ein Greuel (zu heiß, hell, laut...) Bei längerer Hitze beginnt meine Haut zu schmerzen (auch ohne Sonne drauf) und ich kann den Stoff der Kleidung kaum mehr aushalten. Vor ein paar Jahren hab ich mir eine Klimaanlage für mein Schlafzimmer besorgt. Die lief ein vielleicht 2-3 Wochen im Sommer tagsüber, damit man am Abend bevor man Fenster öffnen konnte, einen angenehmen Raum hatte, wenn es über 30 Grad wurde. Jetzt hab ich sie zum ersten Mal über Nacht laufen lassen weil es erst mitten in der Nacht unter 25 Grad fällt... Heute hab ich schon den größten Teil des Tages Gehörschutz drin, weil ich das Geräusch auch nicht mehr ertrage. Gleichzeitig sehe ich draußen fröhlich Leute Radfahren. WIE? Ja in solchen Momenten fühle ich mich wie ein Alien (die scheinen auch nur Nachts rauszugehen 😉) #actuallyautistic #Autismus

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OtterCynical @ottercynical@is.nota.live · Aug 03, 2026

Hope you're well today. TL;DR is I'm trying to raise $30. Cashapp: $mrecon54 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ottercynical I'm a painfully neurodivergent and chronically unemployed pan nb, a father to twins, and trying to get on my feet. Today I'm trying to gather up about $30 for some supplements that help with my major depression disorder and anxiety. I'm on hard times and haven't been able to secure a job in many months, and have gotten by on the charity of family and the kindness of others, but have little for myself. I post here because I appreciate the Mastodon community. I'll forever remember and be thankful if you are willing to lend me your support. I also take gameplay requests (at no cost). Every penny goes directly toward surviving. My handles are below. Pic is my dog, Biscuit. Thank you for hearing me out. Cashapp: $mrecon54 Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ottercynical Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ottercynical Straw Page: https://theottercynical.straw.page/ @mutualaid@ovo.st @MutualAidBot@mastodon.world @mutualaidboost@bird.makeup @mutualaid@a.gup.pe @mutualaid@tags.pub @actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe @actualyautistic@a.gup.pe @actuallyautistics@neurodifferent.me @actuallyadhd@a.gup.pe @ActuallyADHD@ovo.st @actuallyadhd@fedigroups.social #AuDHD #ADHD #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #CPTSD #PTSD #Disability #Disabled #DisabledArtist #ChronicUnemployment #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #Poverty #fundraising #begpost

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AudhdDespiteNoisyAbleism 🇨🇦 @AudhdDespiteNoisyAbleism@ottawa.place · Aug 01, 2026

From the late diagnosed/realised autism blog. It is a long read with some suggestions for wording at the end. “Autism and Predictability: Why Routine Isn't Rigidity The message arrives at 4:12pm: slight change of plan. Nothing has gone wrong, and your whole evening has just been quietly cancelled. Why predictability is infrastructure, not rigidity, and what it actually costs you when it goes.“ —— “Rigidity is a word from the outside Notice who ever uses it. You have almost certainly never described yourself as rigid in your own head. The word arrives from somewhere else: a report, a performance review, a partner in the middle of an argument, a parent thirty years ago. It is a word for describing a person you are watching, not a word for being a person.“ https://www.heyasd.com/blogs/autism/autism-and-predictability #ActuallyAutistic #autism

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sonja @emily_rugburn@lgbtqia.space · Aug 01, 2026

RE: https://aus.social/@Lilysea/117018181403765040 i do 3 out of 4 of these but i am the #actuallyautistic

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Weary Wulf @wearywulf@mastodon.social · Jul 31, 2026

[P] "How could I have been so incredibly wrong?" Hiverarchy, my dear scholar. Hiverarchy. Our paleolithic pals haven't evolved from their evolutionary niche in millennia, the span of fourteen years is an unreasonable expectation. https://climatehuman.substack.com/p/i-was-just-forced-to-resign-from The climate crisis is a construct of hiverarchy, the two go hand-in-hand. #psychology #actuallyautistic #enshittification #humans #climatecrisis #climatechange #climatecatastrophe #science

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The Autistic Innovator® @AutisticInnovator@autistics.life · Jul 31, 2026

If you are autistic, ADHD, and/or neurodivergent and start a sensory store business, let me know. Back in 2020-2021, I interviewed autistic entrepreneurs for The Autistic Innovator autism blog once a month. So I want to do that again, just with sensory industry businesses only. The predators need to be replaced, but there is no one to replace them with. Our community taking over the sensory industry is their worst nightmare, and it’s a nightmare that needs to come true. I am asking to interview my new competitors, but maybe with my backing behind a sensory store, we can clean up the industry faster. I can’t even say take our industry back, because we’ve never had it in the first place, but we collectively need to take it from them. #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #neurodivergent

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CRP @crpo2e@infosec.exchange · Jul 30, 2026

With one diagnosis, or two or three, you're branded crazy, sick, and there's no way around it. No matter what you do or how well you do it, you're always the crazy one. Over time, you realize that the people and environments you try to adapt to aren't worth the effort. And you stop caring about them, you stop pretending to be someone you're not and trying to do what you can't, all for the comfort and peace of mind of others. And you let everything fall apart: family, friends, relationships, clients. Even the cat, the dog, the lizards in the yard, and the rats in the attic cease to be important and worthwhile. If the basics—eating, pooping, sleeping, and breathing—are such a chore, social life can't be easy. Then you wonder if it wouldn't have been better to live and die alone, to withdraw into yourself and never come out again. #actuallyautistic #bipolar #neurodivergent #giftedness #isolation #masking

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