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@jeffowski@mastodon.world · 18h ago
#ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #autistic #autism #AuDHD
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · Apr 01, 2024

SO IT’S #Autism Awareness Month?

since am one of those #ActuallyAutistic people Dx at the tender age of 50 (yes, 50. and yes am older now, shut up), am not acquainted with the american rituals of national days or awareness months involving autism.

welp, let me do this as a gentle reminder:

  1. BLACK
  2. INDIGENOUS
  3. PUERTO RICAN
  4. CARIBBEAN
  5. LATINOAMERICANES
  6. WOMEN

can be #autistic too.

and in my case: #dyslexic with a sprinkling of good ol’ extra spicy #ADHD.

but ironically, 🧵

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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Apr 09, 2026
I’ve avoided plenty of social situations in my life, but I’ve never actually followed through with my fantasy of becoming a hermit in the woods. 1/3 #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity
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@olena@mementomori.social · Apr 05, 2026
I generally am quite a clumsy person, but I just realized my clumsiness gets way worse when I am overwhelmed. Got to spend four days on the Easter holidays with my nephew - and till the end of the week it’s like clumsiness x10. Everything falls from my hands, I almost drowned my phone two times, accidentally broke several plates, a glads and a ceramic pot lid, flipped several dishes and bumped many things. I’m like a walking disaster by now, so I just am sitting on my sofa trying to not touch anything fragile or expensive till I get enough of my alone time. Did you also noticed being much more clumsy when you are overwhelmed and not having enough alone time? @autistics@fedigroups.social #autistic #AuDHD #neurodivergent
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@joshsusser@autistics.life · Apr 02, 2026

Today is officially #WorldAutismAwarenessDay, designated by the United Nations as day of recognition and appreciation. This kicks off #AutismAwarenessMonth, which many of us call #AutismBewarenessMonth because it’s always much more about “here’s how bad autism is” than “here’s how to make autistic people’s lives better”. When we want to be more positive than snarky, we call it #AutismAcceptanceMonth, because it’s better to be accepted than for people to be aware of us mainly as a set of problems.

The problem with the above is that all that awareness and acceptance is something that allistic people are supposed to do, so the occasion centers allistic people instead of autistic people. The whole month is about how allistic people think and feel about us – it’s not actually about us at all!

But over on Bluesky, Aslynn (@audhd-psychnp.com) hit on some better branding: Autistic People’s Month! I really like this, as it centers us in our own celebration. #AutisticPeoplesMonth is not about how anyone else feels about us, but about our own existence, accomplishments, problems, and all the rest. I hope this catches on, so doing my part to make it happen. April is now ours!

#ActuallyAutistic #autistic #autism #neurodiversity

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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 30, 2026
Every self-employed Autistic I work with blames themselves. They're exhausted, stressed, wondering if they're cut out for this. But they're not the problem. Standard business advice wasn't built for neurodivergent brains. #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity 1/2
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 18, 2026
I have been working most of my life to try and fit into the standard neurotypical system, but also to try and break out of it. The system has never worked in my head. 1/2 #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 09, 2026
I can still be completely honest and entirely myself, and also notice how I come across to others, what will affect them, and what they need to be okay right now. #healthycommunication #healthyrelationships #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 07, 2026
Many aspects of our lives are shaped by strong social pressures, happenstance, luck, and (mis)fortune, that don’t necessarily reflect our actual preferences, yet it’s common that other people assume that’s what we wanted. Or we believe that lie ourselves, and we blame ourselves for not “making better choices”. #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 05, 2026
You deserve to have the capacity for having a life, for being able to engage with special interests, with friends, with family, with activities, with just resting, with whatever it is that makes you come alive. #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 04, 2026
When I was a kid and complained the ice cream was cold, they laughed at me. When I fought my mom putting on tights, she would get exasperated. When I "went into a sulk" over a change of plans, they said it wasn't a big deal and I should just get over it. Labeling it "not a big deal" was a way for them to get off the hook of having to deal with what was really going on. https://youtube.com/shorts/b_EZ_iPFoaE?feature=share #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 04, 2026
My brain finds that it’s hard to predict a lot of the world and a lot of people. And so I tend to find comfort in trying to make things into absolutes. So things tend to be sorted into an all or a nothing, especially when I’m stressed. And one of my biggest revelations was, it’s not all or nothing. #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Acceptance
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 02, 2026
I spent years feeling like my body was overreacting to things other people brushed off. It made more sense when I realised most of my rules about what is and is not 'safe' were written in childhood. Of course that stuff is still affecting you. That is when you learned what did and did not feel safe. https://youtube.com/shorts/_U6Prl9q9zw?feature=share #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 02, 2026
Sometimes it might be difficult to figure out whether it’s actually a negative thought or the practicalities of the situation, especially as some of these negative thoughts feel really true, and you’re so used to thinking them that it’s hard to tell. #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #Anxiety
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 01, 2026
When Someone Interrupts Your Alone Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDuQIgt9dw #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity #Anxiety
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Mar 01, 2026
People want to know that they’re making a difference. So when they do something kind for you and you write a thank-you, you’re cluing them in to what difference their time, attention, or effort made. And for most people on the receiving end of that, that feels really good. #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodiversity #healthycommunication #healthyrelationships
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@grantdenkinson@mastodonapp.uk · Feb 26, 2026
Blog: #AuDHD #Therapist: How My Lived Experience Benefits You #Autistic #ADHD #neurodivergence https://www.thealternativetherapist.co.uk/post/add-in-your-title by The Alternative Therapist
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Feb 26, 2026
The more I disconnected from negative self-talk, and the less I judged myself, the less I judged others and the more my compassion for them grew. #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #PersonalGrowth
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Feb 24, 2026
If you need links to resources on helpful topics for the Autistic community, or perspectives from Autistic people, I have a lot shared over on my website at: https://www.autismchrysalis.com/links/ #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity
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@hmm_cook@universeodon.com · Feb 24, 2026
Healthy communication is a more useful goal than trying to emulate neurotypical communications or neurotypical social skills. #healthycommunication #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity
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