Tegyrius
@tegyrius.bsky.social
I do things. I have interests. I am probably not food.
You must be this tall to ride this ride.
You must be this tall to ride this ride.
When your special interests are existential dread and the vast creaking armatures of a rapidly-approaching entropy-laden future. thedailytism.com/wow-autistic...
Wow! Autistic woman hears existential howl of meaningless universe
An autistic woman's senses are so finely attuned that she can not only hear the buzzing of electricity in the walls, but also the perpetual background-level shriek of despair emitted by the never-endi...
thedailytism.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:13 PM
When your special interests are existential dread and the vast creaking armatures of a rapidly-approaching entropy-laden future. thedailytism.com/wow-autistic...
"And the truth is, you don't even know we exist... well, then, the first thing you should know about us is that we have people everywhere."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Autism: 'I felt broken before being diagnosed at 70'
An estimated 90% of autistic people over 50 have not received a diagnosis, research suggests.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2024 at 3:41 PM
"And the truth is, you don't even know we exist... well, then, the first thing you should know about us is that we have people everywhere."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Tegyrius
We are bereft: Steve Silberman has died. He was our dear friend, and a tireless and enthusiastic ally to our entire community. His book NeuroTribes enlightened, empowered, and educated millions about autism and autistic people.
May his memory be a blessing.
www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/249...
May his memory be a blessing.
www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/249...
Misdiagnosed And Misunderstood
People often ask if I believe autism is overdiagnosed, if we’re just slapping a label on geeky kids who in previous generations would have been considered merely eccentric. I reply that I believe auti...
www.thesunmagazine.org
August 29, 2024 at 4:27 PM
We are bereft: Steve Silberman has died. He was our dear friend, and a tireless and enthusiastic ally to our entire community. His book NeuroTribes enlightened, empowered, and educated millions about autism and autistic people.
May his memory be a blessing.
www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/249...
May his memory be a blessing.
www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/249...
It's interesting how much of this article probably applies equally to the (mis)treatment of ND adults in the workplace. Humans are not interchangeable parts but managers are still trained (if they're trained at all) to expect uniformity more suited to Industrial Revolution factory work.
"Negative assumptions about behavior are a barrier to creating neuroinclusive spaces. For example, an adult may assume a child is being defiant when they are actually unable to follow a particular instruction. It is much safer to assume kids do well if they can."
endseclusion.org/2024/05/18/n...
endseclusion.org/2024/05/18/n...
Neurodiversity, Behavior, and the Problem with PBIS
While no two nervous systems are identical, some characteristics are more common than others. People with these more common traits are called neurotypical. People with less common configurations are c...
endseclusion.org
July 17, 2024 at 12:31 AM
It's interesting how much of this article probably applies equally to the (mis)treatment of ND adults in the workplace. Humans are not interchangeable parts but managers are still trained (if they're trained at all) to expect uniformity more suited to Industrial Revolution factory work.
Reposted by Tegyrius
July 14, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Cat startup noises will never not be funny and adorable.
July 4, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Cat startup noises will never not be funny and adorable.
I don't want a smart home. I want a dumb home. I want the dumbest home possible. I want analog buttons and clicky switches and steam gauges and hand cranks with well-oiled ratchety sounds. Why the hell would I want to monitor the status of my dishwasher from Starbucks?
June 24, 2024 at 1:08 AM
I don't want a smart home. I want a dumb home. I want the dumbest home possible. I want analog buttons and clicky switches and steam gauges and hand cranks with well-oiled ratchety sounds. Why the hell would I want to monitor the status of my dishwasher from Starbucks?
I swear to Kibo, if realtor-dot-com allowed font choice, these people would use Comic Sans in their semi-coherent, randomly-capitalized, run-on house descriptions.
June 11, 2024 at 12:59 AM
I swear to Kibo, if realtor-dot-com allowed font choice, these people would use Comic Sans in their semi-coherent, randomly-capitalized, run-on house descriptions.
Who *doesn't* sort their canned goods by expiration date?
Satire: A woman who previously believed she was a single occupant has, in fact, been living with autism: "I knew something was up,” claimed Beth Hapworth, 42. “I’d go to the fridge and find the contents organised by colour and shape." At @thedailytism.bsky.social:
thedailytism.com/creepy-woman...
thedailytism.com/creepy-woman...
Creepy! Woman who thought she was alone was living with autism
A woman who previously believed she was a single occupant has, in fact, been living with autism. "I knew something was up," claimed Beth Hapworth, 42. "I’d go to the fridge and find the contents organ...
thedailytism.com
June 8, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Who *doesn't* sort their canned goods by expiration date?
Someone needs to offer a Remedial English for Realtors class.
June 3, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Someone needs to offer a Remedial English for Realtors class.
We looked at another house yesterday. The place needed updates and repairs that are outside our budget, but what really ruined the deal was the ventriloquist's dummy staring at us from the top shelf of an otherwise-empty closet in the master bedroom.
May 20, 2024 at 10:56 AM
We looked at another house yesterday. The place needed updates and repairs that are outside our budget, but what really ruined the deal was the ventriloquist's dummy staring at us from the top shelf of an otherwise-empty closet in the master bedroom.
Maybe we should start using "people without autism" to refer to allistics. For best effect, say it in a particularly saccharine and pitying tone, as if to imply that they're tragically missing out on a whole world of rich sensory input, pattern recognition, and unambiguous communication.
Some of why we use "autistic," not "person with autism": "Ultimately, we are accepting that the individual is different from non-Autistic people–and that that’s not a tragedy, and we are showing that we are not afraid or ashamed to recognize that difference."
autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/i...
autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/i...
Identity-First Language - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
ASAN intern Lydia Brown originally published this article on their blog Autistic Hoya under the title The Significance of Semantics: Person-First Language: Why It Matters. At the Adult Services Subcom...
autisticadvocacy.org
May 11, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Maybe we should start using "people without autism" to refer to allistics. For best effect, say it in a particularly saccharine and pitying tone, as if to imply that they're tragically missing out on a whole world of rich sensory input, pattern recognition, and unambiguous communication.
Looking at real estate listings and I straight-up Do Not Understand people who feel the need to label the rooms in their house with giant wooden signs.
If you can't remember that you EAT in your fucking BREAKFAST NOOK, it may be time for your kids to to check you into assisted living.
If you can't remember that you EAT in your fucking BREAKFAST NOOK, it may be time for your kids to to check you into assisted living.
May 11, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Looking at real estate listings and I straight-up Do Not Understand people who feel the need to label the rooms in their house with giant wooden signs.
If you can't remember that you EAT in your fucking BREAKFAST NOOK, it may be time for your kids to to check you into assisted living.
If you can't remember that you EAT in your fucking BREAKFAST NOOK, it may be time for your kids to to check you into assisted living.
Being louder doesn't make you righter.
May 8, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Being louder doesn't make you righter.
I'm trying to find a single reason to keep my personal account active on the former bird site. I'm not sure it was adding much to my life for the last... three to five years?
February 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
I'm trying to find a single reason to keep my personal account active on the former bird site. I'm not sure it was adding much to my life for the last... three to five years?
Some days, I am three irate comments in a trench coat.
February 11, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Some days, I am three irate comments in a trench coat.
Seems like in some circles, "autistic" is becoming a more socially-acceptable slur as a direct replacement for "retard."
Fuck those circles.
Fuck those circles.
February 7, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Seems like in some circles, "autistic" is becoming a more socially-acceptable slur as a direct replacement for "retard."
Fuck those circles.
Fuck those circles.
Hey, does this smell like a burning dumpster?
February 5, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Hey, does this smell like a burning dumpster?
Cats. How do they even work, man?
January 22, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Cats. How do they even work, man?
We need a coulrophobia acceptance movement.
January 6, 2024 at 3:51 AM
We need a coulrophobia acceptance movement.
In 1872, a crack team of archons was sentenced to destruction by the Ventrue Justicar for a crime they didn't commit. These Kindred promptly escaped from a maximum-security conclave to the Anarch Free State. (1/2)
January 3, 2024 at 3:05 AM
In 1872, a crack team of archons was sentenced to destruction by the Ventrue Justicar for a crime they didn't commit. These Kindred promptly escaped from a maximum-security conclave to the Anarch Free State. (1/2)
For personal use, I find myself not really missing that bird site for anything but very occasional product updates from a dwindling number of vendors/manufacturers/publishers.
(Professional use was a different story, actually, and I need to start migrating that network over here.)
(Professional use was a different story, actually, and I need to start migrating that network over here.)
January 1, 2024 at 1:32 PM
For personal use, I find myself not really missing that bird site for anything but very occasional product updates from a dwindling number of vendors/manufacturers/publishers.
(Professional use was a different story, actually, and I need to start migrating that network over here.)
(Professional use was a different story, actually, and I need to start migrating that network over here.)