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The main character in "Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries" was very relatable. She's more comfortable with books and research than with social or romantic interactions, and is entirely focused on her special interest (faeries, which are real in her world). Her male colleague also presents as having OCD.
https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/emily-wildes-encyclopaedia-of-faeries/9780593500132.html
#EmilyWilde #FairyTale #Fantasy #Books #Neurodivergence #Neurodiversity
Buy the book Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries…
www.indigo.caYou don’t just “have” ADHD or autism. You are a carrier of something older than language.
These traits weren’t meant to fit, they were meant to evolve.
Explore the design beneath the diagnosis: https://www.ndbydesign.org/post/neurodiversity-a-genetic-and-evolutionary-perspective
#Neurodivergence #ADHD #Autism #Unmasking
What is the reversal of infodumping? @actuallyautistic
(What would you label "being subjected to or seeking further information on a topic, possibly for current or future deepdive sharing"?)
Very interested in translations or interpretations in other languages, including gestural and/or sign language, if you know any and want to share.
Aw, I just thought of Info dunking. Ah well.
Let info damping be "to rain on someone's misinformation parade." [Maybe dampening? Idk. Linguists take the wheel.]
#Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Asperger #Autist #Autismal #ND #Neurodivergent #Neurodiverse #Neurodivergence #Neurodiversity #NeuroType #Neurotypicals #AS #ASD #Spectrum #AutismSpectrumDisorder #LoveOnTheSpectrum
Some little additional things we thought we'd add before going up to bed:
Guide for women who want an AuDHD diagnosisOutlines as well how commonly women are misdiagnosed with BPD and OCD
The many reasons why autism self-diagnosis is valid
Am I gifted, or is it ADHD?
Some cool neurospicy creators we follow:
ADHD Love
Elyse Mysers
Jeremy Andrew Davis
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard
Morgan Foley
Olivia Lutfallah
Rebecca Faith Quinn
Rowan Ellis
Stanzi
theo
Yo Samdy Sam
And a last thought:
Neurospicy folks are more likely to be trans+ and/or queerDiscovering that in late 2019 led us down a whole rabbit hole
#neurospicy #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #trans #NonBinary #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+
Neurodivergence in women is still overlooked. Here,…
ADDitudeHey fellow lovely neurospicy fedi folks
What are some neurodivergent things that you wish more folks of all neurotypes knew more about? :ADHD_Butterfly:
e.g.,
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)Especially how pervasive and crippling it can be
Neurodivergent love languagesEspecially penguin pebbling
It's actually common to have ADHD and be autistic (AuDHD)A lot of girls and women are finding themselves to be AuDHD
Autism Speaks is an anti-autism hate organisation that promotes ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis), which is basically autistic conversion therapy
etc.
#neurospicy #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #neurotype
Rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) is one manifestation…
ADDitudeUPDATE
"Slipper the Penguin: A Story About Embracing #Neurodivergence " will be temporarily unavail in 6 months to make room for the new "Workbook for #Neurodivergent Kids & the Adults Who Love Them" available 07/26!
This book will be combined w/ the story so it isn't competing w/ itself.
IF YOU GET THE BOOK NOW YOU'LL HAVE A LIMITED EDITION COPY!
The new workbook will be in grayscale, so if you want the story in color, get it NOW
When an autistic person patiently explains to you why their behaviour which you find strange/cynical/whatever, is just coping mechanisms to avoid getting into compulsive situations where they can't control themselves, if you then accuse them that this behaviour is in fact just excuses, "weaponised neurodivergence" or "using autism as a shield", you are in fact an ableist, no matter how self-righeous you become about it.
I'm looking for #neurodivergent people for an interview study on how they experience #gaming in public spaces – specifically in the zkm_gameplay exhibition at ZKM, #Karlsruhe.
What to expect:
– a ~60 min conversation, online or in Karlsruhe
– €20 compensation + free exhibition entry
Eligibility:
– 18+ years old, primary residence in Germany
– #Neurodivergence (e.g. #ADHD, #Autism, #dyslexia); no diagnosis required
– Have visited the zkm_gameplay exhibition
More info: https://hci.iar.kit.edu/467.php
@actuallyautistic I'm not sure why I feel like sharing this, maybe because I need to understand things or because somehow I feel like everything is about to end soon...
My mother had a very basic education, barely the third grade. She was in a coma from a calcium injection she received as a child, at age 8, because "she was too thin."
This caused very serious thyroid and parathyroid problems that led to thyroid cancer as an adult.
Almost illiterate, she taught me the first letters, and I taught myself the rest to read, from magazines, my father's books, and street signs. I was 3 years old and wanted to go to school like the children who passed by our door.
My father was unusual for his time and wanted to be a soldier or a police officer from a young age, and he succeeded despite my grandfather's disapproval. My father was an avid reader from a young age, while my grandfather was illiterate.
When I was 8 years old, my father bought a large encyclopedia and a library with almost 80 classic and contemporary works.
But also at that same time (he was 28 and I was 8), he was already a police officer and one of the founders of the police academy in San Luis, Argentina. He ran the school and taught classes in criminal law, ethics, shooting, and criminology. He was a rare animal of his time.
So, at 8 years old, I spent half my time observing animals and insects in the countryside and half my time reading. I read everything from Edgar Allan Poe to Unamuno, Cortázar, and Nietzsche. I also read my father's books, so much so that I learned fingerprinting at that age and amused myself by taking fingerprints from glasses and personal belongings of my family, visitors, and school teachers.
My father took me to his job, and I learned how to train police dogs, shoot guns, and drive cars—in other words, everything he did as a police officer. Sometimes he would go to the countryside to investigate a crime, and he would take me with him. I became a young criminologist.
At the same time, I learned electronics and built amplifier circuits, radios, and alarms. I watched Star Trek and dreamed about science, performed chemistry and physics experiments, and sometimes electrocuted myself without serious consequences.
By the age of ten, I had read more than any normal person reads in a lifetime and was already writing some insipid poems. I also worked as an apprentice in a radio and TV workshop to buy components. I had a box full of silicon transistors and wires of all colors on my nightstand.
All this was before I turned 12. I couldn't get into military high school because of a birth hernia, and a year later, when I could, a coup d'état had already occurred in my country, and I was disappointed. So I decided to go to a regular school.
In high school, I was terrible at sports and very good at science and math, and when I finished, I had my own FM station (illegal and against the dictatorship's rules), with the added bonus of living half a block from the intelligence headquarters. One day, they almost discovered my radio, although I hadn't intentionally suppressed the harmonics to make it difficult to triangulate. My father worked for them, and I was lucky that instead of going to prison, they hired me for the telecommunications team (I was also an LU).
Then the war came, and although I was spared from going to the front because I was in college, I was a reserve because I worked for the agency. That wasn't my first job, because at 13, I earned money finding houses to sell and doing electronic repairs.
I slept little because I spent part of the night reading and studying.
At 21, having my first crisis (I later learned it was a depressive episode due to my bipolar disorder, or perhaps my first bout of autistic burnout), I joined the army and served for a year, including special training and courses, followed by a year as a civilian. Some of my high school classmates died in the war, and I became very ill during military service; pneumonia nearly killed me, which was a lot for me.
After the army, thanks to my studies in electronic engineering, I got a job at a construction company. At the same time, I played guitar and began joining rock and jazz bands.
I think I had no direction because I liked everything and everything was easy to learn.
But at the same time, a shadow hung over me, and I felt like life was a pointless mess. Between the experiences and the illness, I felt driven to seek answers and discovered yoga, martial arts, and Zen. I was 25 at the time. Two years later, I got married.
I'll follow the rest another time...
#bipolar #autism #actuallyautistic #gifted #neurodivergent #neurodivergence
[P] And what's within everyone's means?
Don't give them MORE money if you can avoid it.
But. But! It's within everyone's damn means to not give them MORE money for optional leisure/convenience items. So why isn't that happening?
Oh, riiiiight... It's also the opportunistic parasitism and inmorality.
I mean, prove me wrong, neurotypicals. Please, for the love of all that's good, prove me wrong. I'm begging you.
#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology
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[P] Thus...
"They say I have to throw out my phone!"
Who says?
"Yeah, and my Windows computer?"
Who says this?
"And my Xbox!"
Who???
You don't need to destroy things you bought BEFORE the boycott, just don't give them MORE money. And, IF it is within your means, degoogle and install Linux. Again, IF. If your job demands otherwise? That's fine.
Within. Your. Means.
Those are the magic words, here. To successfully boycott, you...
#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology
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[P] I think it's down to how neurotypical hiverarchy Never Asks Questions (and thus ends up with heads full of misinformation) is behind how bad they are at boycotts. 'Ere, let me help.
"How do I successfully boycott?"
"Stop giving them more money! Research on how best to do that given your means!"
"Oh, okay! Thanks mister!"
"You're very fucking welcome."
See? It can be done! But instead we get the ideas Dark Triad corpos puts in their heads.
#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology
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[P] I want you to think about it. I mean, really consider it. Why do hiverarchians use those words? Why do they have such a seething, broiling, bubbling hatred for whatever it is? I think it'e important to consoder what a hiverarchian thinks identity is, okay? It's the group. It's an amalgam of the Dark Triad monsters who influence them. This is a hiverarchian responds tbe way they do to "Who are you?" The response? "I am [GROUP_ROLE_VAR]."
#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology
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[P] I think I'm beginning to understand something crucial. If neurodivergents form groups, when this happens the focus is value, a moral cause, and each entity was drawn by their own seeking. If neurotypical hiverarchians become part of a group, it's because there are charismatic Dark Triad monsters who influence them. And I have a basis for this! It has to do with identiy politics! What a strange concept, isn't it? I want you to think about it.
#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology
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Happy #AutisticPrideDay!
I’m proudly autistic, my brain works in its own unique way, full of different thoughts and feelings all at once. Being autistic is part of who I am, not something to fix.
I’m also queer and genderfluid, and that’s just another part of my colorful identity. Some days I feel one way, some days another, and that’s okay.
Neurodivergence and queerness make me me. Proud, authentic, and unapologetic.
Read more here: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114672309461436816
Also, If you’re autistic, celebrate your voice by following @hmm_cook, an autistic creator educating and sharing their story here on Mastodon.
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticPride #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergence #Queer #Bisexual #GenderFluid
CW purity culture, exvangelical
I’ve listened to many podcasts* from people who were raised as girls within the patriarchal supremacist scam that is evangelical ‘purity culture’, but rarely hear voices of men who were raised as boys in this environment.
This article is interesting.
* I highly recommend #KitchenTableCult pod for historical context & astute political analysis around the religious right in the US & the ‘purity culture’ it promoted. Also the wonderful #StrongWilled podcast, with its focus on parenting methods. Unsurprisingly, both deal explicitly with the presenters’ own (then undiagnosed) #neurodivergence - & that of other family members - as part of what created their families’ vulnerability to control. May be of interest to #ActuallyAutistic friends. @actuallyautistic
So much healing to do.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/17/evangelical-sex-marriage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Any other neurospicy folks watching and enjoying Murderbot right now...
... and possibly finding yourselves relating to Murderbot way more than you expected to?
:ADHD_Butterfly:
#Murderbot #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #neurodivergent #neurospicy #neurodivergence #neurospiciness
[P] Too fucking bad??? You know ehat's offensive to me? GENOCIDE. All these people, these kids, suffering and starving and dying in the streets. And neurotypical homunculi, the masses, could AT LEAST help by taking part in a targeted boycott. It really is the very least they can do, and the consumerist homunculi drones won't even do that much. It really is the bare minimum and they won't even...
#neurodivergence #actuallyautistic #neurotypicals #videogames #microsoft #xbox #gaza #genocide
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