#actuallyautistic Timeline

123d

This infomeme resonated well with me.

- Reuploaded with permission from the creator, Decode The Mind 🧠 ( https://www.facebook.com/61583529670886/posts/pfbid02UHbitriVXEQiKtRsxhamKVU9SiNgky5yoF5RaPjm1yDE4U7XaTFBuasXPpg4g4uFl/ )

#Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ADHD @autistics

An infomeme with the following text:
"You don't seem autistic."
- That's because I don't fit the train-facts, genius-maths, man-in-a-cardigan sitcom stereotype.
- I have the late-diagnosed, ADHD-powered, highly-masked edition.
- That means I can understand complex topics, spot patterns other people miss, and build a full mental thesis before breakfast… yet still lack the executive function to open my post, reply to a text, or put something away properly.
- I can notice a tiny shift in tone before anyone else has even admitted there is a tone.
- I can burn myself out trying to do everything properly, then get treated like I'm being dramatic when my nervous system finally hands in its resignation.
- I panic when plans suddenly change, hate vague instructions, overthink every social interaction, and still somehow get accused of being blunt when I'm just answering the actual question.
- I don't 'overreact'. I process everything at full volume.
- I don't 'make things difficult'. I notice when things don't make sense.
- And no, I'm not being rude.
- My brain just skipped the decorative packaging and sent the truth first class.

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239d

It seems there are a lot of autistic people on Mastodon. And autistic people like trains, right? Yet I don't find a lot of train-related content on the Fediverse.

In an attempt to change that, I have made a railfan Pixelfed account @railfan where I post pictures of trains and infrastructure, mostly from southern Denmark (living near the border, there will be German trains as well).

You can follow Pixelfed accounts from Mastodon, you don't need another account. However, Mastodon only shows the first four pictures, so for large post you may need to select open in browser to see more pictures.

#railfan #rail #railway #railways #trainspotting #train #trains #actuallyautistic

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59d

I keep thinking of little, out-of-context things that I would probably want managers/colleagues to know about working with me, but don't really have any coherent thing to do with them. Maybe I should gather them here as a thread for now.

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144d

Part one of my playthrough of The Legend of Zelda is now on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fb_K4xRHeU I’m raising funds for Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and there’s one day left to donate. Every $40 raised adds 30 more minutes to find and defeat Ganon. Donate through Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/charity/robotspacer #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic

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146d

Yesterday we raised $1651 for Autistic Self Advocacy Network?? Incredible. This was a great way to spend my birthday and everyone’s support of ASAN means a lot to me. I’m back at it today for another ~10 hours of The Legend of Zelda. I’ve completed 1½ labyrinths and our map of Hyrule is coming along nicely. https://www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #Twitch #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic

An overhead view on my in-progress map of the Overworld of Hyrule, spread across two large 14x17 inch sheets of paper. A bar along the top shows $1651 raised out of a $1000 goal, and 6 hours and 37 minutes elapsed out of 25 hours and 30 minutes of gaming unlocked. Inset images show me smiling at the camera, and the starting area of the game (now with four hearts, bombs, and a larger shield).

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85d

Autistic pride is great.

Aspie supremacy is not that.

"Autism is a superpower and never disabling" is not that.

Being proud of our disabilities doesn't mean pretending we can never be disabled by them.

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138d

New #introduction because it's been a while & I'm ready to (possibly) make new friends 🧵1/2

About me:
•joined Fedi Fall of '22
•former corporate accountant & former lifestyle/hobby Domme* who's been sidelined by an autoimmune disease that regularly kicks my ass & makes my hands not work
•servant of a goblin child #cat who rules my life
•dealing w/ a debilitating #houseplant addiction
• #Neurodivergent, of the #ActuallyAutistic flavor (late-diagnosed in 2021 so masking is still an issue)

Interests:
#TypeONegative #horror #HorrorMovies #Zoology #Taskmaster #Android #Birding #Horses #Metal

*be creepy/disrespectful about this & I will block you into next week

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132d

〈An Autistic Silver Bullet〉: 「No, I'm not AI. I just write like that.」

https://blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2n

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic

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82d

So much “advice” I’ve received over the years, from teachers, colleagues, employers, family, has functionally boiled down to some variant of these:

“Just be less autistic.”

“Just be less ADHD.”

“Just be more well-adapted to the society you were born into.”

“Just care more about things you don’t care about, and less about the things you do.”

“Just do the things you find hard, that I don’t. It’s easy!”

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD

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78d

I hate it when people try to tell me what I am feeling instead of asking. I just want to be able to enjoy things without having to put on a show

#actuallyAutistic #autism #autistic #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #neurodiversity

A drawn doodle of a face staring blankly to the side with an arrow pointing to it and the text "having a great time". Under that the image is captioned "I need people to understand that sometimes autism is just this"

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Today's supporter drive fun is Evel crafting their #FediZineFest2026 entry!

Follow us here as Phoenix livetoots Evel's progress on their #Indigequeer #madkrip celebration zine!

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#KAHfundraiser #transCrowfund #noAI #mutualAid #actuallyAutistic #queer #disabilityMutualAid
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57d

"What is it about these people?"

A thread on abused women, autistic people... and a question asked backwards.

Researchers have spent a great deal of time trying to work out what kind of woman is especially likely to end up in abusive relationships. Which personality traits make women susceptible.

They've also spent a huge amount of time (and money) pondering over what it is about autistic people that makes them not fit in with other people.

A thread 🧵

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#ActuallyAutistic #AutismResearch #Trauma #DomesticAbuse #VictimBlaming #CriticalPsychology #SocialModelOfDisability #DoubleEmpathy

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Autistic people have a different way of understanding and engaging with the world.

The DSM describes our interests as 'abnormal in intensity or focus'.

And studies have described a 'weak central coherence' (meaning a tendency to focus on details, rather than the bigger picture - which puzzles me as how, then, are we such good pattern-spotters? Surely that requires ‘seeing the bigger picture’?).

But… what if our 'different ways' in these areas have been chronically misobserved and misread?

A short 🧵

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#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #AutismResearch #DoubleEmpathy #Monotropism

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