In The Kaleidoscope
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A new podcast talking parenting, autism, and more. Co-hosts ND parent Laura and NT daughter Carrie. Posts by Laura unless signed otherwise.
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I'm a newly self-diagnosed at 62 autistic person and I'm just trying to connect… thanks for being here! My daughter and I started a conversation about her (NT) being parented by me when I didn't know I was ND. We are learning a lot. Would love to know everybody else's experiences too. ~L
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Oh, you're autistic? Quick, name five dinosaurs that aren't a T-Rex
April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Oh, you're autistic? Quick, name five dinosaurs that aren't a T-Rex
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April 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I think group dream work is one of the most valuable methods of building community, identifying your central task and resisting the lures of of our cultural pathologies:
Here is what I know, from listening to hundreds of thousands of dreams from the wider community
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Here is what I know, from listening to hundreds of thousands of dreams from the wider community
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This propaganda...was capable of almost anything. It could produce the events it fed on... it could also worm its way deep into the innermost spheres of the people to whom it was directed..
~ Beradt The Third Reich of Dreams
~ Beradt The Third Reich of Dreams
Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks
dreams, contemplation, creativity
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I think group dream work is one of the most valuable methods of building community, identifying your central task and resisting the lures of of our cultural pathologies:
Here is what I know, from listening to hundreds of thousands of dreams from the wider community
⤵️
Here is what I know, from listening to hundreds of thousands of dreams from the wider community
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“Dexter used to love trains, Lego & having his meltdowns filmed for his mum’s Instagram. But the second he turned 18, he started getting gobby & using words like ‘consent’, ‘toxic’ & ‘child abuse’ - concepts he didn’t even have capacity to understand a week ago.”
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March 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“Dexter used to love trains, Lego & having his meltdowns filmed for his mum’s Instagram. But the second he turned 18, he started getting gobby & using words like ‘consent’, ‘toxic’ & ‘child abuse’ - concepts he didn’t even have capacity to understand a week ago.”
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Many people are only familiar with “dissociation” as what they might call a “catatonic state” but is a
“disconnection between a person's thoughts, feelings, memories, and sense of self”
Daydreaming and Hyperfocus are literally forms of dissociation.
“disconnection between a person's thoughts, feelings, memories, and sense of self”
Daydreaming and Hyperfocus are literally forms of dissociation.
March 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Many people are only familiar with “dissociation” as what they might call a “catatonic state” but is a
“disconnection between a person's thoughts, feelings, memories, and sense of self”
Daydreaming and Hyperfocus are literally forms of dissociation.
“disconnection between a person's thoughts, feelings, memories, and sense of self”
Daydreaming and Hyperfocus are literally forms of dissociation.
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Very good pain scale for those living with chronic pain conditions. (I live with anywhere from level 5 to level 9 pain, depending on the day, with my usual pain being a level 7.)
A friend shared this on Facebook earlier, after which, I shared it in our Disability Justice (Un)Learning Signal group, & after a fellow brown spoonie expressed appreciation for it, I got to thinking that my Bluesky followers may benefit. Here is the original post! 👀
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March 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Very good pain scale for those living with chronic pain conditions. (I live with anywhere from level 5 to level 9 pain, depending on the day, with my usual pain being a level 7.)
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The Grim Reaper is working overtime and yet is somehow not getting the right person.
March 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Grim Reaper is working overtime and yet is somehow not getting the right person.
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Disabled people deserve accessibility, equality, equity, inclusion, and basic human rights. Those who dehumanize us are part of the reason we are where we are.
March 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Disabled people deserve accessibility, equality, equity, inclusion, and basic human rights. Those who dehumanize us are part of the reason we are where we are.
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If you cook a shitpost in lightly bubbling water, that is also shitpoaching.
If you steal a shitpost that is shitpoaching
March 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you cook a shitpost in lightly bubbling water, that is also shitpoaching.
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“When we are alive, we have to fight for recognition and in death our lives are cast in stereotypes.” owl.li/GaHe309l8fC <a href="/hashtag/DDoM2025" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#DDoM2025
Bay Area Disability Day of Mourning: Alice Wong
On Sunday, March 1, 2015, the Bay Area disability community gathered at the Ed Roberts Campus to remember and mourn the deaths of disabled people at the hands of their parents, caregivers or care p…
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March 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“When we are alive, we have to fight for recognition and in death our lives are cast in stereotypes.” owl.li/GaHe309l8fC <a href="/hashtag/DDoM2025" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#DDoM2025
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If you raise a glass to a shitpost, that's shit-toasting.
If you guide and encourage a shitpost that is shitcoaching (you got this!!)
If you steal a shitpost that is shitpoaching
March 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If you raise a glass to a shitpost, that's shit-toasting.
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March 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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If you welcome a shitpost into your home that's shithosting
If you guide and encourage a shitpost that is shitcoaching (you got this!!)
If you steal a shitpost that is shitpoaching
March 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you welcome a shitpost into your home that's shithosting
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If you maximize your shitposting, that's shit-mosting.
If you're taking the piss out of your mates on Bluesky, that's shit-roasting.
If you raise a glass to a shitpost, that's shit-toasting.
March 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If you maximize your shitposting, that's shit-mosting.
So #actuallyautistic friends, how do we feel about this article? I feel like they're talking about mostly Neurotypical people but I wonder how any of these arguments apply if autism is in the room.
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Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?
We would rather talk about literally everything else.
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February 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
So #actuallyautistic friends, how do we feel about this article? I feel like they're talking about mostly Neurotypical people but I wonder how any of these arguments apply if autism is in the room.
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Show up for our deaf friends, please.
There are a million reasons to call our reps right now, but when I called Padilla's office the staffer I spoke to had no idea that some Deaf federal employees have lost access to ASL interpretation, and that the White House has stopped providing ASL. If you're able, please mention this to your reps!
February 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Show up for our deaf friends, please.
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![Comic by @introvertdoodles titled OTHER KINDS OF LOVE:
♡ BFF love
♡ Hobby love
♡ Nature love
♡ Team love
♡ Family love
♡ Online friend love
♡ Fandom love
♡ Fuzzy love [image: cat and dog]
♡ Gone, but not forgotten love
♡ Book love
♡ Self-love
"You don't need to be in a romantic relationship to live a life filled with love."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2tdgzwjdfgomblcjywnis6ab/bafkreiaula5uxruvico67t4jvviougtwdxag2xnej7gwwi2a7cbi2hgmxq@jpeg)
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I don't know who specifically Steve is referring to, but in my experience, this describes 90% of allistics. (Allistic = non-autistic.)
I'm generally friendly, nice, and welcoming. Overwhelmingly, people are raging assholes in return. I'll never understand neurotypical xenophobia. #ActuallyAutistic
I'm generally friendly, nice, and welcoming. Overwhelmingly, people are raging assholes in return. I'll never understand neurotypical xenophobia. #ActuallyAutistic
They channel their fear of anyone
who doesn’t look, think or act like
them into hate and cruelty.
who doesn’t look, think or act like
them into hate and cruelty.
February 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I don't know who specifically Steve is referring to, but in my experience, this describes 90% of allistics. (Allistic = non-autistic.)
I'm generally friendly, nice, and welcoming. Overwhelmingly, people are raging assholes in return. I'll never understand neurotypical xenophobia. #ActuallyAutistic
I'm generally friendly, nice, and welcoming. Overwhelmingly, people are raging assholes in return. I'll never understand neurotypical xenophobia. #ActuallyAutistic
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Other people have said it better but stop using mental health based insults for fascists
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Other people have said it better but stop using mental health based insults for fascists
My new question for everyone:
What's your joy to outrage ratio for today?
Because it's okay to have both.
What's your joy to outrage ratio for today?
Because it's okay to have both.
February 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My new question for everyone:
What's your joy to outrage ratio for today?
Because it's okay to have both.
What's your joy to outrage ratio for today?
Because it's okay to have both.
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
June 14, 2024 at 2:19 AM
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
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Literary Organizations Release Joint Statement Decrying Anti-Trans Executive Order
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Literary Organizations Release Joint Statement Decrying Anti-Trans Executive Order
The American Booksellers Association, Audio Publishers Association, Independent Book Publishers Association, PEN America, and dozens of other orgs issued a letter addressing President Donald Trump's e...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Literary Organizations Release Joint Statement Decrying Anti-Trans Executive Order
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This is Phyllis Fong. I very much respect that she made them physically remove her from her office, which remains hers by right, because she hasn’t been legally terminated.
January 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is Phyllis Fong. I very much respect that she made them physically remove her from her office, which remains hers by right, because she hasn’t been legally terminated.
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malicious compliance autistics this is especially for us
January 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
malicious compliance autistics this is especially for us