an interesting take on the "appeal to nature fallacy" (in the context of healthcare in the US and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - but I find the general concept most interesting)
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/heres-what...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/heres-what...
Here's what we're getting ourselves into
The appeal to nature fallacy is not a viable healthcare strategy
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
an interesting take on the "appeal to nature fallacy" (in the context of healthcare in the US and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - but I find the general concept most interesting)
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/heres-what...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/heres-what...
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This study suggests that if Autistic people stop masking their suicide risk is cut in half.
HALF! 50% less dead people. 1/2 the funerals.
Unmasking could save your life
Embracing self-ID'd Autistics may save theirs
Responsible self-ID reduces risk*
If you tell me you're Autistic, I believe you.
HALF! 50% less dead people. 1/2 the funerals.
Unmasking could save your life
Embracing self-ID'd Autistics may save theirs
Responsible self-ID reduces risk*
If you tell me you're Autistic, I believe you.
"Death by Suicide Among People with Autism: Beyond Zebrafish" (2021)
researchers found that adults with autism had three times the suicide rate of their non-autistic peers
They also found that when masking and camouflaging behaviors stopped,
suicide rates were cut in half.
in HALF.
🤯
researchers found that adults with autism had three times the suicide rate of their non-autistic peers
They also found that when masking and camouflaging behaviors stopped,
suicide rates were cut in half.
in HALF.
🤯
A Better Way to Help Adults With Autism
Autistic adults have been shown to struggle with depression, anxiety, and cooccurring posttraumatic stress disorder. Let's discuss a new treatment model.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This study suggests that if Autistic people stop masking their suicide risk is cut in half.
HALF! 50% less dead people. 1/2 the funerals.
Unmasking could save your life
Embracing self-ID'd Autistics may save theirs
Responsible self-ID reduces risk*
If you tell me you're Autistic, I believe you.
HALF! 50% less dead people. 1/2 the funerals.
Unmasking could save your life
Embracing self-ID'd Autistics may save theirs
Responsible self-ID reduces risk*
If you tell me you're Autistic, I believe you.
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Twin Peaks was a show about how America is a surreal, cursed hell dimension but amidst it all there are individual decent people and most of them are autistic, so obviously it was pretty formative for me.
January 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Twin Peaks was a show about how America is a surreal, cursed hell dimension but amidst it all there are individual decent people and most of them are autistic, so obviously it was pretty formative for me.
i hate it hate it hate it hate it.
winter
in this weather, my limbs are either freezing to the point of producing sharp pain or absolutely overheated and oversensitive to touch. nothing in between.
#autism #sensoryoverload
winter
in this weather, my limbs are either freezing to the point of producing sharp pain or absolutely overheated and oversensitive to touch. nothing in between.
#autism #sensoryoverload
January 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
i hate it hate it hate it hate it.
winter
in this weather, my limbs are either freezing to the point of producing sharp pain or absolutely overheated and oversensitive to touch. nothing in between.
#autism #sensoryoverload
winter
in this weather, my limbs are either freezing to the point of producing sharp pain or absolutely overheated and oversensitive to touch. nothing in between.
#autism #sensoryoverload
wow.
what if alzheimer's was an album...
listening to this in my grandma's house 💔
super heavy, approach with caution (and awe)
thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/album/everyw...
#alzheimers #thecaretaker #music #decay
what if alzheimer's was an album...
listening to this in my grandma's house 💔
super heavy, approach with caution (and awe)
thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/album/everyw...
#alzheimers #thecaretaker #music #decay
Everywhere at the end of time, by The Caretaker
50 track album
thecaretaker.bandcamp.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
wow.
what if alzheimer's was an album...
listening to this in my grandma's house 💔
super heavy, approach with caution (and awe)
thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/album/everyw...
#alzheimers #thecaretaker #music #decay
what if alzheimer's was an album...
listening to this in my grandma's house 💔
super heavy, approach with caution (and awe)
thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/album/everyw...
#alzheimers #thecaretaker #music #decay
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"Lord and colleagues (2012) recently showed that the best predictor of an Asperger’s disorder diagnosis is not the characteristics of the individual, but the specific clinic the individual goes to." lol
December 7, 2024 at 10:08 AM
"Lord and colleagues (2012) recently showed that the best predictor of an Asperger’s disorder diagnosis is not the characteristics of the individual, but the specific clinic the individual goes to." lol
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ncase.me/trust/
I really like this and return to visit it every year or so. As an autistic person, It's helped me visualize and think about how I approach interactions with others online and otherwise
I really like this and return to visit it every year or so. As an autistic person, It's helped me visualize and think about how I approach interactions with others online and otherwise
The Evolution of Trust
an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
ncase.me
December 2, 2024 at 7:26 AM
ncase.me/trust/
I really like this and return to visit it every year or so. As an autistic person, It's helped me visualize and think about how I approach interactions with others online and otherwise
I really like this and return to visit it every year or so. As an autistic person, It's helped me visualize and think about how I approach interactions with others online and otherwise
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For anyone out there who has self-assessed as #autistic, and can't access a formal assessment/diagnosis (or don't want to for your own reasons), this is for you:
🥰🫂🩷🙏
This is an excerpt. Please read the entire handout at this link:
t.co/Y0sAYrr522
🥰🫂🩷🙏
This is an excerpt. Please read the entire handout at this link:
t.co/Y0sAYrr522
November 29, 2024 at 10:15 PM
For anyone out there who has self-assessed as #autistic, and can't access a formal assessment/diagnosis (or don't want to for your own reasons), this is for you:
🥰🫂🩷🙏
This is an excerpt. Please read the entire handout at this link:
t.co/Y0sAYrr522
🥰🫂🩷🙏
This is an excerpt. Please read the entire handout at this link:
t.co/Y0sAYrr522
Reposted by zaantar
The meme I didn't know I needed
November 29, 2024 at 1:06 AM
The meme I didn't know I needed
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ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97... Useful new research on the experiences of late diagnosed autistic people, and social trauma. Lots on how much rethinking people have to do, about social situations that were a nightmare in the past.
ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
November 21, 2024 at 1:36 PM
ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97... Useful new research on the experiences of late diagnosed autistic people, and social trauma. Lots on how much rethinking people have to do, about social situations that were a nightmare in the past.
this is probably the best bluesky ad I've seen so far
If you needed even MORE of a reason to switch to Bluesky, China is "troubled" by the fact that they've invested so much time on Twitter buying ads, bots, and influencers... only to see the people they're seeking to manipulate (us) flee the site.
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
November 28, 2024 at 1:13 PM
this is probably the best bluesky ad I've seen so far
November 28, 2024 at 8:07 AM