Emily Paige Ballou
@epballou.bsky.social
AEA stage manager, Old Millennial, stationery junkie, hiking, X-Files.
Co-editor, "Sincerely, Your Autistic Child" from Beacon Press.
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Co-editor, "Sincerely, Your Autistic Child" from Beacon Press.
chavisory.wordpress.com
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November 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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-Does anyone see the problem.
-Anyone.
-Anyone.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
-Does anyone see the problem.
-Anyone.
-Anyone.
-So now... I have an appointment I KNOW I cannot make, b/c that's how to be on the wait list for a quicker appointment I *probably* won't be able to make.
-Instead of just letting me have an appointment date that I know I can make.
-I am supposed to get healthcare while autistic this way.
-Instead of just letting me have an appointment date that I know I can make.
-I am supposed to get healthcare while autistic this way.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
-So now... I have an appointment I KNOW I cannot make, b/c that's how to be on the wait list for a quicker appointment I *probably* won't be able to make.
-Instead of just letting me have an appointment date that I know I can make.
-I am supposed to get healthcare while autistic this way.
-Instead of just letting me have an appointment date that I know I can make.
-I am supposed to get healthcare while autistic this way.
-Can I just have the first available appointment in January? That way I'll know I can actually make it?
-No.
-Trust us, you'll get in sooner this way.
-No.
-Trust us, you'll get in sooner this way.
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
-Can I just have the first available appointment in January? That way I'll know I can actually make it?
-No.
-Trust us, you'll get in sooner this way.
-No.
-Trust us, you'll get in sooner this way.
-First avail. appt. they have is Dec. 24, which I can't do b/c I'll be out of town. Receptionist says "oh, don't worry, we have cancellations all the time, you'll get in before that."
-Okay, but my work schedule is erratic. I probably can't take something you call me last minute for...
-Okay, but my work schedule is erratic. I probably can't take something you call me last minute for...
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
-First avail. appt. they have is Dec. 24, which I can't do b/c I'll be out of town. Receptionist says "oh, don't worry, we have cancellations all the time, you'll get in before that."
-Okay, but my work schedule is erratic. I probably can't take something you call me last minute for...
-Okay, but my work schedule is erratic. I probably can't take something you call me last minute for...
-I ask for a new referral
-And while they're at it, could they make sure it's to someone who takes my insurance this time, too
-New place looks at my records and says they'll take me
-THEY call me to make an appointment (THAT was new and exciting!)
...
-And while they're at it, could they make sure it's to someone who takes my insurance this time, too
-New place looks at my records and says they'll take me
-THEY call me to make an appointment (THAT was new and exciting!)
...
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
-I ask for a new referral
-And while they're at it, could they make sure it's to someone who takes my insurance this time, too
-New place looks at my records and says they'll take me
-THEY call me to make an appointment (THAT was new and exciting!)
...
-And while they're at it, could they make sure it's to someone who takes my insurance this time, too
-New place looks at my records and says they'll take me
-THEY call me to make an appointment (THAT was new and exciting!)
...
I've dyed my hair before. I liked it, and I'll probably do it again sometime!
But there's an expense and an element of physical coordination to doing it in the first place, let alone upkeep, that if people can't see why those things might be prohibitive for an autistic person... idek.
But there's an expense and an element of physical coordination to doing it in the first place, let alone upkeep, that if people can't see why those things might be prohibitive for an autistic person... idek.
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I've dyed my hair before. I liked it, and I'll probably do it again sometime!
But there's an expense and an element of physical coordination to doing it in the first place, let alone upkeep, that if people can't see why those things might be prohibitive for an autistic person... idek.
But there's an expense and an element of physical coordination to doing it in the first place, let alone upkeep, that if people can't see why those things might be prohibitive for an autistic person... idek.
In NY we show ID when we register. Then we get a little tag like a library card that gets scanned when we sign in to vote, and have our signature matched to a record.
I'm super curious about where you are that just has no requirements of ID whatsoever to vote.
I'm super curious about where you are that just has no requirements of ID whatsoever to vote.
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
In NY we show ID when we register. Then we get a little tag like a library card that gets scanned when we sign in to vote, and have our signature matched to a record.
I'm super curious about where you are that just has no requirements of ID whatsoever to vote.
I'm super curious about where you are that just has no requirements of ID whatsoever to vote.
Truly my favorite part was being told that Neighbor Guy wasn't using a shower curtain when there were literal gallons of water per minute pouring through our lighting fixture.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Truly my favorite part was being told that Neighbor Guy wasn't using a shower curtain when there were literal gallons of water per minute pouring through our lighting fixture.
Not as much as you'd think but yeah, they did also have to do some mold abatement.
October 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Not as much as you'd think but yeah, they did also have to do some mold abatement.
Anyway, here's our new(est) bathroom ceiling! (But I'm genuinely hopeful that this is the most permanent solution we will have had since the Bush administration.)
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Anyway, here's our new(est) bathroom ceiling! (But I'm genuinely hopeful that this is the most permanent solution we will have had since the Bush administration.)
They never, ever would've found it if we hadn't gone to court to make them take the bathtub out. They'd have kept telling us that we were just letting the bathroom get too humid, or that neighbor guy wasn't using a bathmat, forever.
October 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
They never, ever would've found it if we hadn't gone to court to make them take the bathtub out. They'd have kept telling us that we were just letting the bathroom get too humid, or that neighbor guy wasn't using a bathmat, forever.