If you just show up and go, “This is me, and I’m weird in this particular way and that’s a great thing.” And they’re like, “Great! I’m weird too, in this other way.” And you both just accept each other, that’s just the best thing ever.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity
Them: Can you confirm you have no more than 15 personal electronic devices in your carry on?
Me: (excitedly infodumping) Well, it really depends what you consider to be a device. Many of these computers themselves contain multiple smaller computers. Consider these microSD cards (waves a small anti-static bag around), each of which has a tiny ARM processor - designed by a trans person from the BBC Micro team, if I might go off at a tangent for a moment. Or the battery controller chip on the LiPo pouch protection circuit, which significantly reduces the probability of a thermal excursion. And let's face it, nobody wants a spicy pillow in their lap at 30,000 feet-
Them: Just say yes. (Pleadingly) Just yes. That's all I'm asking. I'm begging you.
LICENSE ISSUED: I am officially a Pennsylvania LPC! 🐺✨
I am vibrating as I write this, but it is official: I am Joan Elizabeth Burgos, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), License No. PC019845.
The Board meeting happened yesterday, the "Educational Transcript" hurdles have been cleared, and I am now fully authorized to practice in the State of Pennsylvania. I have already notified the recruiter at my dream UPMC job, and so... here we go!
Where I Stand Now: For months, I’ve been a "whispering wind," feeling like my value was invisible while I fought through the darkness of poverty and bureaucratic static. But today, I won.
No, WE won! All the barriers are gone, and I could never have held out this long without you. Without ANY of you. Whether you gave $400 or $5, I know what I was asking, and I know that you've given all that you could, and OMG I may finally be able to start paying it all back by GIVING rather than RECEIVING soon!
Well, there is only ONE potential hurdle left, and that's the literal cost of movement.
I still need to navigate interviews and onboarding logistics. IF I get my dream job (a high probability), then after a week, I will be so good and so safe as I finally start welding some disconnected pieces of my life together. But if I don't, things'll just be a little harder a little while longer. It's not forever, but I hope I get my dream job and all this comes to an end sooner.
Transportation costs in Pittsburgh (Lyfts to hospitals, transit passes, and basic survival until that first paycheck hits) are the only things left between me and a career where I can finally be a full person again. I am so close I can taste the stable, independent life ahead of me. If you can help me cross this final gap, I can finally stop surviving and start building.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ellis-emergency-fund
https://cash.app/$CeruleanArc
https://venmo.com/joanburgos
Thank you for seeing me when I was discouraged and when I was at my worst. And for helping me stay in the fight until the stars aligned.
Now, then.
Let’s finish this.
#Pittsburgh #LPC #TransHires #NeuroDivergent #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #BPD #MutualAid #TransCrowdfund #MutualAidPgh #Transportation #Writer #TherapistsOfMastodon
LICENSE ISSUED: I am officially a Pennsylvania LPC! 🐺✨
I am vibrating as I write this, but it is official: I am Joan Elizabeth Burgos, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), License No. PC019845.
The Board meeting happened yesterday, the "Educational Transcript" hurdles have been cleared, and I am now fully authorized to practice in the State of Pennsylvania. I have already notified the recruiter at my dream UPMC job, and so... here we go!
Where I Stand Now: For months, I’ve been a "whispering wind," feeling like my value was invisible while I fought through the darkness of poverty and bureaucratic static. But today, I won.
No, WE won! All the barriers are gone, and I could never have held out this long without you. Without ANY of you. Whether you gave $400 or $5, I know what I was asking, and I know that you've given all that you could, and OMG I may finally be able to start paying it all back by GIVING rather than RECEIVING soon!
Well, there is only ONE potential hurdle left, and that's the literal cost of movement.
I still need to navigate interviews and onboarding logistics. IF I get my dream job (a high probability), then after a week, I will be so good and so safe as I finally start welding some disconnected pieces of my life together. But if I don't, things'll just be a little harder a little while longer. It's not forever, but I hope I get my dream job and all this comes to an end sooner.
Transportation costs in Pittsburgh (Lyfts to hospitals, transit passes, and basic survival until that first paycheck hits) are the only things left between me and a career where I can finally be a full person again. I am so close I can taste the stable, independent life ahead of me. If you can help me cross this final gap, I can finally stop surviving and start building.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ellis-emergency-fund
https://cash.app/$CeruleanArc
https://venmo.com/joanburgos
Thank you for seeing me when I was discouraged and when I was at my worst. And for helping me stay in the fight until the stars aligned.
Now, then.
Let’s finish this.
#Pittsburgh #LPC #TransHires #NeuroDivergent #AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #BPD #MutualAid #TransCrowdfund #MutualAidPgh #Transportation #Writer #TherapistsOfMastodon
If you just show up and go, “This is me, and I’m weird in this particular way and that’s a great thing.” And they’re like, “Great! I’m weird too, in this other way.” And you both just accept each other, that’s just the best thing ever.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity
Them: Can you confirm you have no more than 15 personal electronic devices in your carry on?
Me: (excitedly infodumping) Well, it really depends what you consider to be a device. Many of these computers themselves contain multiple smaller computers. Consider these microSD cards (waves a small anti-static bag around), each of which has a tiny ARM processor - designed by a trans person from the BBC Micro team, if I might go off at a tangent for a moment. Or the battery controller chip on the LiPo pouch protection circuit, which significantly reduces the probability of a thermal excursion. And let's face it, nobody wants a spicy pillow in their lap at 30,000 feet-
Them: Just say yes. (Pleadingly) Just yes. That's all I'm asking. I'm begging you.
Time for a new #introduction post after the move!
I'm Sar, a 50yr old nerdy guy from Northern Ireland. I love IT, and am into tech and all things computing.
My hobbies include playing #WorldOfWarcraft, reading about World Of #Warcraft and thinking about #WoW
Seriously though, my *other* hobbies also include:
#Astronomy
#Linux (alternating between #Bazzite & #ArchLinux)
#Gaming on #Steam, #PS5 & #Switch (mainly on PC though, see above!)
#SciFi such as #StarWars, #Startrek, #Babylon5, #Marvel & #DC etc
Also a screenshot junkie #VirtualPhotography
I'm also awaiting the results of my #Autism diagnosis as I write this, and am also fairly confident I have #ADHD as well, giving me the #AuDHD super-deluxe wombo-combo 😂
I decided to make the jump to this self-hosted instance at the end of 2025 after many happy years on masto.ai/@sar, and have no regrets.
Yet.
Time for a new #introduction post after the move!
I'm Sar, a 50yr old nerdy guy from Northern Ireland. I love IT, and am into tech and all things computing.
My hobbies include playing #WorldOfWarcraft, reading about World Of #Warcraft and thinking about #WoW
Seriously though, my *other* hobbies also include:
#Astronomy
#Linux (alternating between #Bazzite & #ArchLinux)
#Gaming on #Steam, #PS5 & #Switch (mainly on PC though, see above!)
#SciFi such as #StarWars, #Startrek, #Babylon5, #Marvel & #DC etc
Also a screenshot junkie #VirtualPhotography
I'm also awaiting the results of my #Autism diagnosis as I write this, and am also fairly confident I have #ADHD as well, giving me the #AuDHD super-deluxe wombo-combo 😂
I decided to make the jump to this self-hosted instance at the end of 2025 after many happy years on masto.ai/@sar, and have no regrets.
Yet.
Like many other autistic and/or disabled people I will spend Christmas on my own and while I appreciate my alone time and the atmosphere and the silence of it, I know it can be difficult and hurtful.
So I would like to connect with other people who spend Christmas on their own or experience feelings of loneliness during these days, by interacting with this post.
That can be just leaving and receiving a virtual hug or telling each other about the gifts you received or gave yourself during the year, maybe share a piece of music, write about your favourite video game or any other special interest. You can do this in private mode (English or German), I know that interacting with groups can be difficult, impossible sometimes, but every now and then I write posts like this during a moment of bravery and I already found amazing online friends by doing so.
Let's support each other in a world that makes building connection so difficult and feelings of loneliness so common.
Boosts are very much appreciated. Thank you.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #disabled #ChronicallyIll #neurodivergent #MentalHealth
Believing that your wants exist, matter, and can be met, is the first step in learning to figure out what you want.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #Interoception #BurnoutRecovery
Rest is not optional. It is not laziness. It is not a luxury. It is not giving in. Rest is a survival necessity.
All living beings need rest and restoration periodically: daily, seasonally, yearly.
Believing that your wants exist, matter, and can be met, is the first step in learning to figure out what you want.
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #Interoception #BurnoutRecovery
