Cory Havens
@coryhavens.bsky.social
Anxious but somehow still optimistic. I’m so proud of my spouse and daughters. An open mind, kindness and apologizing when you’re wrong are signs of strength. he/him
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I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.
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Why the “all autistic people lack empathy” narrative is wrong…
Autistic people actually experience empathy in a wide range of ways
E.g. a study in 2023 found:
- many experience hyper-empathy
- some experience low empathy
- some experience empathy but find it difficult to understand or express
Autistic people actually experience empathy in a wide range of ways
E.g. a study in 2023 found:
- many experience hyper-empathy
- some experience low empathy
- some experience empathy but find it difficult to understand or express
June 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Why the “all autistic people lack empathy” narrative is wrong…
Autistic people actually experience empathy in a wide range of ways
E.g. a study in 2023 found:
- many experience hyper-empathy
- some experience low empathy
- some experience empathy but find it difficult to understand or express
Autistic people actually experience empathy in a wide range of ways
E.g. a study in 2023 found:
- many experience hyper-empathy
- some experience low empathy
- some experience empathy but find it difficult to understand or express
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"Every time we tell an autistic child to 'use a respectful tone,' we are altering their inherent way of communicating. When we misidentify their stimming as a 'barrier' to learning, we are disregarding the ways in which they move their bodies to regulate and learn."
therapistndc.org/the-problems...
therapistndc.org/the-problems...
Confessions of a Previous ABA Technician - 2
Through the pairing procedure, children begin to learn that doing things that feel good to them (e.g. autistic play, stimming, etc.) are less valuable than the things that make the therapist feel good...
therapistndc.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"Every time we tell an autistic child to 'use a respectful tone,' we are altering their inherent way of communicating. When we misidentify their stimming as a 'barrier' to learning, we are disregarding the ways in which they move their bodies to regulate and learn."
therapistndc.org/the-problems...
therapistndc.org/the-problems...
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if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean
April 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
if you know a lot of stuff i think it is your moral duty to be kind and excited when people learn stuff for the first time. the world is full of stuff we don't know about, don't be mean
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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
Sometimes I worry I might be an annoying ass.
Other times I see someone post asking us to name an odd movie for them to watch and I comment: 61*, Seven, Thirteen, 2001 and 1917.
Other times I see someone post asking us to name an odd movie for them to watch and I comment: 61*, Seven, Thirteen, 2001 and 1917.
February 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Sometimes I worry I might be an annoying ass.
Other times I see someone post asking us to name an odd movie for them to watch and I comment: 61*, Seven, Thirteen, 2001 and 1917.
Other times I see someone post asking us to name an odd movie for them to watch and I comment: 61*, Seven, Thirteen, 2001 and 1917.
Many will rightly share "Killing Me Softly," but I really love this song. RIP, Ms. Flack, and thank you.
Roberta Flack - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 1972
YouTube video by OLD TAPES
www.youtube.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Many will rightly share "Killing Me Softly," but I really love this song. RIP, Ms. Flack, and thank you.
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I always thought Wallace Shawn had the ideal career: you get to be this well-regarded highbrow playwright and art house movie maker
AND you also get to be a part of millions of people‘s childhoods by being in Clueless, the Princess Bride, and Toy Story. What a life.
AND you also get to be a part of millions of people‘s childhoods by being in Clueless, the Princess Bride, and Toy Story. What a life.
Wallace Shawn Emerges As Frontrunner To Replace Daniel Craig As James Bond
February 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I always thought Wallace Shawn had the ideal career: you get to be this well-regarded highbrow playwright and art house movie maker
AND you also get to be a part of millions of people‘s childhoods by being in Clueless, the Princess Bride, and Toy Story. What a life.
AND you also get to be a part of millions of people‘s childhoods by being in Clueless, the Princess Bride, and Toy Story. What a life.
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i don't have a joke here, i just think it's rad as hell that this guy is making tiny tiny homes that are attached to bikes for people experiencing homelessness in toronto
January 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
i don't have a joke here, i just think it's rad as hell that this guy is making tiny tiny homes that are attached to bikes for people experiencing homelessness in toronto
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One of my favourite things anyone has ever said about art. You'll be missed, David. 🌹
January 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
One of my favourite things anyone has ever said about art. You'll be missed, David. 🌹
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Apparently the way to get journalists to pretend your hack shop is a serious scholarly institution is to threaten them with “war,” as serious scholarly institutions routinely do.
January 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Apparently the way to get journalists to pretend your hack shop is a serious scholarly institution is to threaten them with “war,” as serious scholarly institutions routinely do.
Is this true??!
January 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Is this true??!
I have the parlay on us crashing but surviving.
January 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I have the parlay on us crashing but surviving.
I'm seeing "win or go home" pop up with these football semifinals tonight. No matter who wins, all four teams will go home afterward. Even the Texas Longhorns, playing in Arlington, will return to Austin if they win.
TLDR: "Win or go home" annoys me to an irrational degree.
TLDR: "Win or go home" annoys me to an irrational degree.
January 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm seeing "win or go home" pop up with these football semifinals tonight. No matter who wins, all four teams will go home afterward. Even the Texas Longhorns, playing in Arlington, will return to Austin if they win.
TLDR: "Win or go home" annoys me to an irrational degree.
TLDR: "Win or go home" annoys me to an irrational degree.
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"Why is it that actively training autistic and wider-neurodivergent children & young people to people-please in exchange for conditional inclusion (but not necessarily acceptance) is still considered 'best practice' by professionals and parents?" Alternatives here:
therapistndc.org/toxic-social...
therapistndc.org/toxic-social...
Toxic Social Skills Training Goals, "Be yourself, but not like that."
The vast majority of new-to-me students come with IEPs that have, probably well-meaning, but in actuality, toxic social skills goals
therapistndc.org
December 22, 2024 at 1:25 AM
"Why is it that actively training autistic and wider-neurodivergent children & young people to people-please in exchange for conditional inclusion (but not necessarily acceptance) is still considered 'best practice' by professionals and parents?" Alternatives here:
therapistndc.org/toxic-social...
therapistndc.org/toxic-social...
Good insight in only three posts.
Smallpox was a devastating illness, but it was also vulnerable to human ingenuity because:
1. It only infected people...it couldn't hide in animals.
2. It's a DNA virus, which makes its genome much more stable, and its mutation rate slower.
3. It was very clear when someone had smallpox.
1. It only infected people...it couldn't hide in animals.
2. It's a DNA virus, which makes its genome much more stable, and its mutation rate slower.
3. It was very clear when someone had smallpox.
January 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Good insight in only three posts.
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A reminder of what was actually in his emails, which will no doubt be characterized in vague terms in the coming days
January 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A reminder of what was actually in his emails, which will no doubt be characterized in vague terms in the coming days
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“Please, can everybody stop replying all”
Drone spottings as self-licking ice cream cone.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...
December 17, 2024 at 5:20 PM
“Please, can everybody stop replying all”
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quiet part remarkably loud here
![WaPo: “The filing cited a memo describing a "special interest policy" at Georgetown that would allow "certain well-qualified candidates to be provided favored treatment in admission in exchange for the opportunity the university will have to develop a better association with th[eir] family or sponsor." The memo also noted the school is "under-funded and under-endowed and we need to do a better job of enlisting the support of America's wealthiest families and corporations in assisting us. Special interest admits should provide this type of opportunity to enhance and strengthen our future."”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m52czdgn43hqqylkdhrwxs5e/bafkreih5uc4cpwnmuhwj7pzxhjlmkrw4u2p5pgyzp67mgpupms23ob4x4e@jpeg)
December 17, 2024 at 12:14 PM
quiet part remarkably loud here
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Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result.
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
December 16, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Private company buys a public good. A few years go by and the company decides the public good is no longer worthwhile; the public suffers as a result.
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
This story arc is way too common in modern society.
deadline.com/2024/12/max-...
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As we approach the fifth anniversary of the first Covid case reported, WHO says Covid is still causing acute disease, Long Covid and ki11ing people.
December 12, 2024 at 10:19 PM
As we approach the fifth anniversary of the first Covid case reported, WHO says Covid is still causing acute disease, Long Covid and ki11ing people.
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I’ve said this before, but my dad lost 4 siblings to polio & smallpox before the age of 10. They would be here today if they had access to vaccines. I wish we could trade those antivaxxers for my aunts & uncles.
As an Indian, my contempt for (rich white) anti-vaxxers in the west is so deep I often cannot quite find the words to express my contempt.
I grew up seeing polio-disabled children and adults crawling over rubble and roads in India.
My father worked for the Pulse Polio program.
What is happening?
I grew up seeing polio-disabled children and adults crawling over rubble and roads in India.
My father worked for the Pulse Polio program.
What is happening?
December 13, 2024 at 1:36 PM
I’ve said this before, but my dad lost 4 siblings to polio & smallpox before the age of 10. They would be here today if they had access to vaccines. I wish we could trade those antivaxxers for my aunts & uncles.
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Sorry I put aviator sunglasses on the baby Jesus in your nativity scene and started singing “Highway to the manger zone.”
December 10, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Sorry I put aviator sunglasses on the baby Jesus in your nativity scene and started singing “Highway to the manger zone.”