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@KatyElphinstone@mas.to · 5d ago

Deficit or difference? There are a few things about autism that it takes quite a lot of ingenuity to consistently frame them as negative. I've listed some of them here... A thread 🧵 ⬇️ #Autism #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic 1/13

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K.J. Elphinstone

@KatyElphinstone@mas.to · Jun 07, 2026

Many more women than men have been diagnosed over the years with ‘personality disorders’. These labels are much more personally damning than autism or ADHD - as they judge who you are, rather than explaining how you function. #Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #Diagnosis #Sexism #GenderEquality #Neurodivergent

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Owl Eyes

@d1@autistics.life · Jun 04, 2026

@autistics@fedigroups.social There used to be a forum about #Autism called “Wrongplanet”. It’s been offline for several months now. It had a huge number of interesting threads, all the way back to about 2012.

One of the best threads was a “Megathread”, where each #ActuallyAutistic forum member contributed the best boiled-down advice they could muster, for the other Autistic people - how to understand Neurotypicals.

It took me days to read it. There was a ton of good advice, which hit me like a ton of bricks. I saved my favorite posts, and made a .pdf out of it; straight-up copying and pasting - even leaving grammar errors intact. I made a nice .pdf out of it, formatting it for a phone screen. It’s all I have left of that forum to remember it by.

If you are easily provoked, and are triggered easily by words which you don’t think are politically correct, don’t read it!!

If you’d like to read the .pdf, here it is:

“The Autism Social Rule Book”: https://toque.im/docs/Understanding_Neurotypicals-for_the_Autistic.pdf

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Church of Jeff

@jeffowski@mastodon.world · May 11, 2026

#ActuallyAutistic #cptsd #trauma #anxiety #depression #mentalillness #mentalhealth #masking #HighFunctioning #Autism #autistic

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Jax UK

@JaxVent@lgbtqia.space · May 06, 2026

It's been 12 hours since my last cigarette 😭 I've smoked on and off (mostly on) for almost 40 years and managed to give up for a whole year, until last September when I had a cancer scare and it was back on the rollies or a bottle of gin every night. Enough is enough though, so i'm using patches to #QuitSmoking first one today. #Autism brain is stuck in the routine though of going outside every hour for a smoke, so instead i'm going to the kitchen on the hour every hour and drinking a small glass of water while looking out the window. Ok so far, bit stressed and hyper thats probably the patch though lol

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Servelan

@servelan@newsie.social · May 05, 2026

Causing #autistic children distress cannot be normalised #autism https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/05/05/autistic-children-distress-cannot-be-normalised/

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DigitalCortex.io

@digitalcortex@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

Research defines autistic burnout as lasting 3+ months. That is a threshold. Timelines vary wildly. Some improve in weeks. Others need years. Rest is your primary mechanism. It is never optional. Stop pushing. #Autism #Recovery #Rest

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Robin Ince

@robinince@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

Should you conceal your mental health / neurodivergence? #neurodivergent #adhd #autism #books www.robinince.com

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Tinker ☀️

@tinker@infosec.exchange · Apr 30, 2026

We went from precise web search with boolean operators to "natural language models" of AI search. You can tell nuerodivergent, Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, etc folks created the early internet... ...and you can tell that neurotypical folks are now leading the current overlays of the internet. We used to have very precise search mechanisms. Specific words found in web pages with boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, etc) to filter out the web pages that contained specific words and did not contain other words. Now, we search for web sites (or don't even search for web sites, yay abstraction layers that separate us from actual raw information) using "natural language" to try and coax out info. Have you ever been frustrated when you use very precise and direct language to communicate a specific idea with someone who then takes those specific words and adds obscure meaning and connotations and personal fears and bias to what you said... thus completely misunderstanding you... only to then try and clarify what you said with more precise language only to have that further degrade the conversation?! Yeah. That's the internet with AI "search" now. They took something that worked precisely and directly and muddied it. We've introduced the "double-empathy problem" to web search. I'm noticing that everyone in my circles, family, and especially work that are nuerotypical LOVE LOVE LOVE the new AI search mechanisms. They'll tell me exactly what the answer they received was - regardless of whether it's right or has multiple possible and conflicting answers. They just repeat what the AI said like it was the Gospel Truth. And they love talking to it like it was a "real person." It certainly takes my search parameters and adds its own interpretation to which I have to clarify and correct which is then misinterpreted further... I haven't tried vibe coding, but I can only imagine the horror. Can you imagine vibe pentesting with Claude / Mythos?!?!?! You know how neurodivergent folks gravitated towards IT because it was precise? Yeah, that's gone now. #AI #LLM #Claude #Mythos #infosec #Autism #ADHD

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AudhdDespiteNoisyAbleism 🇨🇦

@adelinej@piaille.fr · Apr 30, 2026

Dear autistic community how do you deal, if you are able to deal with it, anticipation anxiety? I had a ressource about that with suggestions but I can’t find it anymore. I am talking only about our anticipation anxiety and NOT the kind experienced by non autistic people. If you don’t know what I’m talking about check this blog post from one of us describing one example. The author describes what it looked like when they were in a school environnement. https://jeffsnyderautismneurodiversityselfadvocate.wordpress.com/2025/01/16/blog-503-anticipation-anxiety/ #ActuallyAutistic #autism @autistics@fedigroups.social

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Kevin Davy

@pathfinder@beige.party · Apr 29, 2026

@autistics@fedigroups.social A number of different conversations on here recently has prompted me to remember something. When I was a teenager we had a next door neighbour who was in her 90's and still lived alone. Sometimes people would comment on how great it was that she could still be independent at her age and I would always completely agree. Despite knowing that, Long before home deliveries, I did her shopping every week and picked up her prescriptions. My mother would help her with any official correspondence that needed replying to and any phone calls that she needed to be made, (mostly because the old dear was profoundly hard of hearing.) Another neighbour took her to church every week and to any appointments she had. A friend from church looked after her garden and another one would do any DIY jobs, or heavy lifting that needed doing. And yet, everyone still saw her as living independently and this is because independence has always been health and age related and by those standards she did. And because hardly anyone lives truly independently of everyone else. There is always occasional and more than occasional food, or help, or just someone you can call on, whether that be a neighbour, or friend, or relative, for baby sitting, or lifts, or whatever. Independence as an absolute doesn't really exist, and hardly anyone views it that way. Except, perhaps, us. I don't know whether it is our tendency towards black or white thinking, or perhaps the perfectionism we often view things by. But for many of us, and perhaps more so for those of us realising we're autistic later in life, the trap of viewing our desire and need for independence by the absolute standard of all or nothing, is something that we are only too prone to fall into. And then, of course, end up wondering why we can't live that way and blaming ourselves accordingly. #Autism #ActuallyAutistic

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Bich Nguyen

@bich@apobangpo.space · Apr 27, 2026

"About a quarter of people worldwide say they believe that raw milk is healthier than pasteurized milk, that use of acetaminophen during pregnancy causes autism, and that vaccines are used for population control. These are a few of the harmful health claims that were surveyed in the 5th annual Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Trust and Health." https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/new-global-health-misinformation-survey-reveals-deep-divides #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #misinformation #milk #acetaminophen #autism #pregnancy #vaccines #physicians

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Church of Jeff

@jeffowski@mastodon.world · Apr 27, 2026

#ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #autistic #autism #AuDHD

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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

@blogdiva@mastodon.social · Apr 01, 2024

SO IT’S #Autism Awareness Month?

since am one of those #ActuallyAutistic people Dx at the tender age of 50 (yes, 50. and yes am older now, shut up), am not acquainted with the american rituals of national days or awareness months involving autism.

welp, let me do this as a gentle reminder:

BLACK
INDIGENOUS
PUERTO RICAN
CARIBBEAN
LATINOAMERICANES
WOMEN

can be #autistic too.

and in my case: #dyslexic with a sprinkling of good ol’ extra spicy #ADHD.

but ironically, 🧵

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Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠

@BinChicken@rants.au · Apr 18, 2026

Fair comment on Elon Musk mischaracterising Autism and using it as an excuse to be a jerk. Using disability as a shield for bad behaviour is disgusting and disrespectful to people with disabilities. #ElonMusk #Autism #ADHD #AuDHD

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olena

@olena@mementomori.social · Apr 13, 2026

A research supposedly confirming that ADHD and autism share specific brain connectivity patterns. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260408225941.htm Interesting if the connectivity changes they see in MRT have anything to do with the one seen on EEG(as in my teens on my EEG there were some connectivity irregularities noticed) #autism #adhd #AuDHD #neurodivergent

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peoplearepower

@peoplearepower@www.minds.com · Apr 12, 2026

#rescuewithmichaelcapuzzo #marybethpfeiffer #chlorinedioxide #lymedisease #autism Lyme and Autism Cross Paths in Two Healing Journeys How Chlorine Dioxide brought a doctor and young boy back to health. by Mary Beth Pfeiffer - Rescue with Michael Capuzzo https://rescue.substack.com/p/lyme-and-autism-cross-paths-in-two

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josh susser

@joshsusser@autistics.life · Apr 02, 2026

Today is officially #WorldAutismAwarenessDay, designated by the United Nations as day of recognition and appreciation. This kicks off #AutismAwarenessMonth, which many of us call #AutismBewarenessMonth because it’s always much more about “here’s how bad autism is” than “here’s how to make autistic people’s lives better”. When we want to be more positive than snarky, we call it #AutismAcceptanceMonth, because it’s better to be accepted than for people to be aware of us mainly as a set of problems.

The problem with the above is that all that awareness and acceptance is something that allistic people are supposed to do, so the occasion centers allistic people instead of autistic people. The whole month is about how allistic people think and feel about us – it’s not actually about us at all!

But over on Bluesky, Aslynn (@audhd-psychnp.com) hit on some better branding: Autistic People’s Month! I really like this, as it centers us in our own celebration. #AutisticPeoplesMonth is not about how anyone else feels about us, but about our own existence, accomplishments, problems, and all the rest. I hope this catches on, so doing my part to make it happen. April is now ours!

#ActuallyAutistic #autistic #autism #neurodiversity

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@adelinej@piaille.fr · Mar 09, 2026

Some quotes as I am able now to read the article. “The co‑occurrence of autism and ADHD is far more common than many people realize. Estimates suggest that roughly 30–80% of Autistic people also meet criteria for ADHD, while about 20–50% of people diagnosed with ADHD also meet criteria for autism, meaning a substantial portion of both communities live in this shared space. Until the DSM‑5 was published in 2013, clinicians were not formally allowed to diagnose autism and ADHD together, despite this high co‑occurrence“ #AuDHD #ADHD #autism #ActuallyAutistic ⬇️

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Jürgen Hubert

@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social · Mar 07, 2026

After 15 years of friendship, I have found that explaining neurotypical behavioral patterns and thought processes to my friend with Asperger's Syndrome is not only pretty fun, but also helps me to examine and question the thoughts and actions of myself and others - which is always useful. Generally, our actions and decisions are based on things that make sense to us at the time. But key to developing the skill of #empathy is realizing that we all begin with different starting points - the decisions we make are shaped by different cultural contexts, life experiences, and even neurochemistry. What seems "logical" to ourselves is not necessarily true for other people. Thus, being friends with people with different life experiences, backgrounds, and even neurotype can be very rewarding, as long as you all make an effort to understand each others' perspective. #autism

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