The AuDHD Ostrich
@autstrich.bsky.social
36, he/they, cis g(r)ay. 🇬🇷 living on Occupied Turtle Island. Thoughts on mental health, neurodiversity, and other topics from #AuDHD perspective. No chill.
@traumaphdandme.bsky.social I owe this account to you. You will always live on in our hearts. ❤
@traumaphdandme.bsky.social I owe this account to you. You will always live on in our hearts. ❤
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Many Autists, for many reasons, have difficulty navigating questions like "How are you doing?"
Alexithymia is an inability to readily access how you "feel" and is common for Autists to experience.
#Autism #LOTR
Alexithymia is an inability to readily access how you "feel" and is common for Autists to experience.
#Autism #LOTR
October 3, 2023 at 5:07 AM
Many Autists, for many reasons, have difficulty navigating questions like "How are you doing?"
Alexithymia is an inability to readily access how you "feel" and is common for Autists to experience.
#Autism #LOTR
Alexithymia is an inability to readily access how you "feel" and is common for Autists to experience.
#Autism #LOTR
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
One of the weird obvious things that Fully Hatched Autists understand that lots of other people don’t is that:
Stimming is *why* not *what*
Example:
Snapping your fingers is:
- stimming when it’s stimming.
- not stimming when it’s not stimming.
Stimming is *why* not *what*
Example:
Snapping your fingers is:
- stimming when it’s stimming.
- not stimming when it’s not stimming.
October 3, 2023 at 5:29 AM
One of the weird obvious things that Fully Hatched Autists understand that lots of other people don’t is that:
Stimming is *why* not *what*
Example:
Snapping your fingers is:
- stimming when it’s stimming.
- not stimming when it’s not stimming.
Stimming is *why* not *what*
Example:
Snapping your fingers is:
- stimming when it’s stimming.
- not stimming when it’s not stimming.
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Autistic Lexicon
Anomic Aphasia, Anomia
A variety of fluent aphasia. The person “often cannot name objects, but at times, using a circumlocution, they offer substitutes, and they usually can demonstrate the function of the object.”
Anomic Aphasia, Anomia
A variety of fluent aphasia. The person “often cannot name objects, but at times, using a circumlocution, they offer substitutes, and they usually can demonstrate the function of the object.”
October 3, 2023 at 6:42 AM
Autistic Lexicon
Anomic Aphasia, Anomia
A variety of fluent aphasia. The person “often cannot name objects, but at times, using a circumlocution, they offer substitutes, and they usually can demonstrate the function of the object.”
Anomic Aphasia, Anomia
A variety of fluent aphasia. The person “often cannot name objects, but at times, using a circumlocution, they offer substitutes, and they usually can demonstrate the function of the object.”
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Please don’t gatekeep Autism.
Self discover is fundamental to the mental health and safety of multitudes.
Self identification of Autism prevents suicides and brings our fellow neurokin in from the cold.
Please don’t gatekeep the way people are born ...
Self discover is fundamental to the mental health and safety of multitudes.
Self identification of Autism prevents suicides and brings our fellow neurokin in from the cold.
Please don’t gatekeep the way people are born ...
October 3, 2023 at 7:35 AM
Please don’t gatekeep Autism.
Self discover is fundamental to the mental health and safety of multitudes.
Self identification of Autism prevents suicides and brings our fellow neurokin in from the cold.
Please don’t gatekeep the way people are born ...
Self discover is fundamental to the mental health and safety of multitudes.
Self identification of Autism prevents suicides and brings our fellow neurokin in from the cold.
Please don’t gatekeep the way people are born ...
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Sorry. Not sorry.
The Autistic urge to respond to a really provocative, important, emotional question with a smart ass pun.
October 3, 2023 at 7:48 AM
Sorry. Not sorry.
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Autistic Lexicon
Bruxism
A condition in which you grind, gnash, or clench your teeth.
Bruxism
A condition in which you grind, gnash, or clench your teeth.
October 4, 2023 at 1:25 PM
Autistic Lexicon
Bruxism
A condition in which you grind, gnash, or clench your teeth.
Bruxism
A condition in which you grind, gnash, or clench your teeth.
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
First Autist: “Knock Knock”
Second Autist:
First Autist: “Knock Knock”
Second Autist:
First Autist: “Fine, I give up.”
Second Autist: “oh thank god!”
Second Autist:
First Autist: “Knock Knock”
Second Autist:
First Autist: “Fine, I give up.”
Second Autist: “oh thank god!”
Autistic Lexicon
Irusu
“Pretending not to be home when an unwanted guest knocks at the door”
Irusu
“Pretending not to be home when an unwanted guest knocks at the door”
October 4, 2023 at 1:55 PM
First Autist: “Knock Knock”
Second Autist:
First Autist: “Knock Knock”
Second Autist:
First Autist: “Fine, I give up.”
Second Autist: “oh thank god!”
Second Autist:
First Autist: “Knock Knock”
Second Autist:
First Autist: “Fine, I give up.”
Second Autist: “oh thank god!”
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
👏 if your argument doesn’t make sense, I’m going to point that out so we can clarify it even if I agree with the position you’re taking because someone who disagrees on principle (who I think is wrong) will notice inaccuracy in your stance and think they’re right because of it👏
October 4, 2023 at 2:57 PM
👏 if your argument doesn’t make sense, I’m going to point that out so we can clarify it even if I agree with the position you’re taking because someone who disagrees on principle (who I think is wrong) will notice inaccuracy in your stance and think they’re right because of it👏
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
“That is a stupid rule”
- Ancient Autistic Proverb
- Ancient Autistic Proverb
October 4, 2023 at 3:21 PM
“That is a stupid rule”
- Ancient Autistic Proverb
- Ancient Autistic Proverb
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
- Autism is not a disease
- Autism is not an injury
- Autism is not a birth defect
- Autistic people are of equal worth and value as Allistic people
- Autism is not an injury
- Autism is not a birth defect
- Autistic people are of equal worth and value as Allistic people
October 4, 2023 at 3:35 PM
- Autism is not a disease
- Autism is not an injury
- Autism is not a birth defect
- Autistic people are of equal worth and value as Allistic people
- Autism is not an injury
- Autism is not a birth defect
- Autistic people are of equal worth and value as Allistic people
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
How I feel during small talk
October 3, 2023 at 2:00 AM
How I feel during small talk
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Stop hating Jewish people as a flex and then pretending like you’re a SJW.
September 29, 2023 at 12:17 PM
Stop hating Jewish people as a flex and then pretending like you’re a SJW.
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
the autistics are tired.
this one, at least.
before the hoards of trolls scream that I don't speak for all autistic people and that I'm literally a nazi ableist for not prefacing that when I speak I don't speak for all people.
this one, at least.
before the hoards of trolls scream that I don't speak for all autistic people and that I'm literally a nazi ableist for not prefacing that when I speak I don't speak for all people.
September 28, 2023 at 7:21 AM
the autistics are tired.
this one, at least.
before the hoards of trolls scream that I don't speak for all autistic people and that I'm literally a nazi ableist for not prefacing that when I speak I don't speak for all people.
this one, at least.
before the hoards of trolls scream that I don't speak for all autistic people and that I'm literally a nazi ableist for not prefacing that when I speak I don't speak for all people.
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
it’s sad reading like 14th century Christian theologians who spent an inordinate amount of time writing “OK there are exactly 3,892 demons and these are their names and these are their powers”… man, you would have loved Dragonball Z
September 27, 2023 at 8:32 PM
it’s sad reading like 14th century Christian theologians who spent an inordinate amount of time writing “OK there are exactly 3,892 demons and these are their names and these are their powers”… man, you would have loved Dragonball Z
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
It’s a funny thing that to run for office I’d have to hide my tattoos, atheism, past indiscretions, and current penchant for hallucinogens and fetish porn, but the U.S. has had 247 years of slave owners, imperialists, philanderers, abusers, and war criminals in power and that’s just dandy.
After 20 years of copious partying I thought I'd have to stay in the background in politics but shoutouts to Rob Ford, who proved that you can do every drug under the sun and still be Mayor of Canada's largest city lol
(I'm being silly but that actually does make me think I'll run someday lol)
(I'm being silly but that actually does make me think I'll run someday lol)
September 28, 2023 at 7:35 AM
It’s a funny thing that to run for office I’d have to hide my tattoos, atheism, past indiscretions, and current penchant for hallucinogens and fetish porn, but the U.S. has had 247 years of slave owners, imperialists, philanderers, abusers, and war criminals in power and that’s just dandy.
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
"Awkward but so what" may be the Best Autism Research Paper Intro Ever: "Autistic people, like non-autistic people, have preferences for similarity that drive social affiliation, and indicate that certain social descriptors like 'awkwardness' may not be universally viewed negatively by all people."
We have a new open-access paper out in Neurodiversity comparing how autistic and non-autistic adults view their own personalities and their personality preferences in other people. Descriptors like “awkward” are not socially undesirable for all people! t.co/Z78VWXP5Cn
Awkward but so what: Differences in social trait preferences between autistic and non-autistic adult...
Autistic and non-autistic observers form less favorable impressions of autistic adults relative to non-autistic adults, yet only non-autistic adults report lowe...
t.co
September 26, 2023 at 6:10 PM
"Awkward but so what" may be the Best Autism Research Paper Intro Ever: "Autistic people, like non-autistic people, have preferences for similarity that drive social affiliation, and indicate that certain social descriptors like 'awkwardness' may not be universally viewed negatively by all people."
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
How can we support young autistic people (including kids) going through Autistic Burnout? To start, we can give them understanding, flexibility, increased sensory regulation time and a decrease in demands both from family and school environments. From @autisticrealms.bsky.social, at TPGA.
September 27, 2023 at 12:09 AM
How can we support young autistic people (including kids) going through Autistic Burnout? To start, we can give them understanding, flexibility, increased sensory regulation time and a decrease in demands both from family and school environments. From @autisticrealms.bsky.social, at TPGA.
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Being autistic doesn’t give you a free hand to be mean to people, harass people, or harm people.
I don’t say that from a place of misunderstanding autistic signals. I
say it from a place of being an autistic self-advocate, activist, educator, and mentor who sees it every day.
I don’t say that from a place of misunderstanding autistic signals. I
say it from a place of being an autistic self-advocate, activist, educator, and mentor who sees it every day.
September 27, 2023 at 9:35 AM
Being autistic doesn’t give you a free hand to be mean to people, harass people, or harm people.
I don’t say that from a place of misunderstanding autistic signals. I
say it from a place of being an autistic self-advocate, activist, educator, and mentor who sees it every day.
I don’t say that from a place of misunderstanding autistic signals. I
say it from a place of being an autistic self-advocate, activist, educator, and mentor who sees it every day.
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Dear Non Autistic People,
Stop touching autistic people to get our attention or in order to tell us about something that has “offended you”.
DO NOT TOUCH US.
Unless we are in mortal danger, you have absolutely NO reason or right to place your hand on us. Not even a tap.
Thanks.
Stop touching autistic people to get our attention or in order to tell us about something that has “offended you”.
DO NOT TOUCH US.
Unless we are in mortal danger, you have absolutely NO reason or right to place your hand on us. Not even a tap.
Thanks.
September 27, 2023 at 10:19 AM
Dear Non Autistic People,
Stop touching autistic people to get our attention or in order to tell us about something that has “offended you”.
DO NOT TOUCH US.
Unless we are in mortal danger, you have absolutely NO reason or right to place your hand on us. Not even a tap.
Thanks.
Stop touching autistic people to get our attention or in order to tell us about something that has “offended you”.
DO NOT TOUCH US.
Unless we are in mortal danger, you have absolutely NO reason or right to place your hand on us. Not even a tap.
Thanks.
Reposted by The AuDHD Ostrich
Just stop touching people altogether unless you know them and know they're okay with contact. Like I'm okay if a friend nudges me but a stranger coming too close set's y senses and anxieties into overdrive and I can't cope
Dear Non Autistic People,
Stop touching autistic people to get our attention or in order to tell us about something that has “offended you”.
DO NOT TOUCH US.
Unless we are in mortal danger, you have absolutely NO reason or right to place your hand on us. Not even a tap.
Thanks.
Stop touching autistic people to get our attention or in order to tell us about something that has “offended you”.
DO NOT TOUCH US.
Unless we are in mortal danger, you have absolutely NO reason or right to place your hand on us. Not even a tap.
Thanks.
September 27, 2023 at 11:21 AM
Just stop touching people altogether unless you know them and know they're okay with contact. Like I'm okay if a friend nudges me but a stranger coming too close set's y senses and anxieties into overdrive and I can't cope