Sometimes I really wish I had an official diagnosis of #autism. I know that self diagnosis is valid, and I know that I am #ActuallyAutistic but Impostor Syndrome is real.
I've spent all morning watching YouTube videos with titles like "10 signs you might be autistic!" even though I know all of this very well.
It is just nice sometimes to hear someone describe me while trying to describe an autistic person. *sigh*
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Good morning. I'm still trying to get $150 by the 8th to cover a payday loan. 😖😭
etrans: tasiathereader@gmail.com
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ourinsatiabesouls
#BlackMutualAid #MutualAidRequest
#BlackMastodon #queermutualaid
#HelpFolksLive2025 #Queercrowdfund
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Asking Fedi.
Could you help me find pieces of art about autism from the perspective of the autistic person? Ideally, made by autistic artists. Preferably short films but any other kind would be welcome too.
Anything helps! Boosts OK.
I'm not sure 'spectrum' is the best word to communicate this. In other uses, like "electromagnetic spectrum", it *is* a gradient. Maybe it's more like an autistic map, or autistic graph (as is 'social graph'), or ...
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I'm feeling some deep compassion for primary-school-age Strypey, who was identified as intellectually gifted, but *not* identified as autistic or ADHD. This set up a situation where I wasn't just judged against a neurotypical standard throughout my schooling, but against a high level neurotypical standard. A standard I had no chance of meeting without significant accommodation and support, which I never got.
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Asking Fedi.
Could you help me find pieces of art about autism from the perspective of the autistic person? Ideally, made by autistic artists. Preferably short films but any other kind would be welcome too.
Anything helps! Boosts OK.
I'm seriously thinking about quitting uni at the end of this year and abandoning my quest to become a therapist.
Higher education feels so inaccessible to me, even with support.
I am melting down at every assignment because it's unclear what they actually want, or they put in rules that don't make any sense.
I feel pretty hopeless about it all at the moment.
I so badly want to see this site to take off.
If you're #ActuallyAutistic, you know just how much of a problem these things can be. For me personally, having the information about lighting and how to get service in advance would be a huge help.
