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Someone in my life was recently talking about masked autism in adults: The naive clinician or therapist asks, "do you have difficulty with socks?" and the autistic adult says no and concludes they don't have autism The really knowledgeable one asks, "so tell me about socks," and receives a massive infodump about the very specific choices they made about socks and comfort

Pro tip: If you want to stop being friends with an autistic ADHDer, you probably need to tell them straight out. Because all this "fading away into the woodwork" doesn't work with people who will often not speak to their friends in years without any of the friendship feelings changing. Not seeing someone doesn't change that we think of them as our friends. So not being in touch with us, doesn't communicate "I don't want to be friends anymore". You're going to have to say it. And don't worry, we'll respect your wishes. We just need to know to understand. #adhd #audhd #actuallyAutistic

(Mostly) Wholesome autism thread on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39047541

Content warning: Implicit sex talk

who has two thumbs a fat arse “limited social interaction” “overly formal speech” “professional success” “social unsuccess” “lack of reciprocity” “poor theory of mind” “a solution focus” and “difficulty expressing and understanding his own needs” Me, the officially diagnosed Autistic fucker

"You can’t be autistic - you can make eye contact!” Being autistic doesn’t mean I can’t *make* eye contact, rather that eye contact can be painful and overstimulating for me. Yet, I make it because I have to. If I didn’t, many would be hurt/angry, and I’d face further ostracism. Thanks for your pointless comment anyway from someone that clearly doesn't know what you're talking about. @actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe #actuallyautistic

More #strangeloop thoughts. I have a hard time gauging when sensory nuisances impact my stress level, so went with wearing ear protection as much as possible. I intentionally wore the big yellow gun range protectors not just to make it easier to find me, but to more openly show that wearing ear protection is a thing. Had I known it earlier, many conferences would have been much easier to attend. 1/

fellow white autistic tech dudebros, what is your relationship with privilege? I learned and then assumed that I'd often be the person with most privilege / automatic authority in a room due to those characteristics. I am now reckoning that this might have often not been the case, due to autistic traits: - speaking either too softly / too loudly - usually being the listener / question asker - looking boyish and weird - not having my shit under control because adhd - etc... #actuallyautistic

Attached: 3 images The research was fundamentally flawed and should not be used as evidence that one group is better than the other. It does, however, highlight the problem of biased research that stigmatises everything about us.

Attached: 3 images There has been a lot of research about autistics over the years, but this one really took the cake! 🍰 Find out what happened when researchers attempted to compare the moral compass of autistic and non-autistic people... (1/2) #actuallyautistic #autism #neurodivergence #comic #art #MastoArt

Moments I lean towards "there's probably a greater than average degree of autistic traits in this brain": obsessing over making sure I have exactly the right process for making enchiladas — a dish firmly in the "pinch of this, splash of that, cook until it's done" category.

Took one of them autism quotient self-tests and I got 34 out of a possible 50. I wonder if I get any bonus points for the number of times I went "this question needs more context before I can answer it properly."

It’s shocking how many Autists and ADHD’ers have Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)! Perhaps we are so used to being criticised for our differences, entirely blamed for mutual communication challenges, and told we have done something wrong, that we just come to expect rejection?

Callum Stephen (He/Him) (@AutisticCallum_)Tue, 20 Dec 2022 19:35 GMT