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<p>Ok, I have an odd quasi mutual aid request: </p><p>Are there folks who would like to send me their old corded (not bluetooth) headphones and/or earbuds? Like just mail me kit you don&#x27;t use. </p><p>I don&#x27;t have any backups any more and my fav headphones need repairs, so want to stock up on other options.</p><p>I am in Ontario Canada, fyi for shipping feasibility. </p><p>Tagging <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyAutistic</a> because ya&#x27;ll know how important headphones are. 💛</p>

<p><a href="/tags/wednesday/" rel="tag">#Wednesday</a> S02 is super enjoyable!</p><p><a href="/tags/fobi/" rel="tag">#FOBI</a> = Fear Of Being Included</p><p>Yeah, /metoo 😅😝</p><p><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autisticactually/" rel="tag">#AutisticActually</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> @actuallyautistic</p>

<p>A question for my <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyautistic</a> chooms/fellows. Do you have trouble &quot;dressing appropriately&quot; according to weather conditions? Like not dressing warm enough when it&#x27;s cold outside, stuff like that.</p><p>I saw this on some autism literature once, and I for one do have this. I never seem to be able to dress myself according to weather, I go outside in a t-shirt while there is a blizzard, or am dressed so warmly during the summer heat that I nearly faint because of heatstroke.</p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a></p>

<p>&quot;Let your voice be heard! VOTE!&quot;</p><p>Autistic me: I VOTE FOR ___!<br>COMELEC: Ssshh! Shade the balot!</p><p><a href="/tags/autisticactually/" rel="tag">#AutisticActually</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/autistics/" rel="tag">#Autistics</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/neuroatypical/" rel="tag">#Neuroatypical</a> <a href="/tags/philippines/" rel="tag">#Philippines</a> <a href="/tags/pilipinas/" rel="tag">#Pilipinas</a> <a href="/tags/halalan2025/" rel="tag">#Halalan2025</a> <a href="/tags/eleksyon2025/" rel="tag">#Eleksyon2025</a> <a href="/tags/electionsph/" rel="tag">#ElectionsPH</a></p>

<p>Asking Fedi. </p><p>Could you help me find pieces of art, especially video pieces about autism from the perspective of the autistic person? Ideally, made by autistic artists or filmmakers. Preferably short films but any other kind of art piece would be welcome too. </p><p>I edit to add: I&#x27;m asking because one of my final project students, who is autistic, is planning to do a video about his autism and how he experiences it. I wanted to send him some previous works, for inspiration or as examples. </p><p>Anything helps! Boosts OK. </p><p><a href="/tags/askfedi/" rel="tag">#askFedi</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyAutistic</a></p>

<p>The wonderful woman who helps me with housework has an autistic teenage daughter. This girl is trying so hard to navigate a very confusing world. The mom is supportive while the public school is actively not supportive.</p><p>I know I feel so supported by the adult community on here - does anyone know of safe online autistic communities for teens? <br>@actuallyautistic <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyautistic</a></p>

<p>Soon after joining Mastodon, life became unnavigable, then my eldest daughter died. Life kept on, but took all energy to stay present for others. Over past 2 yrs, I turned to Mastodon to take in info,escape , comfort. Though I haven’t posted as was tending to grief, I am grateful for the kind folks here. <br>Daughter’s house is now sold with hope to breathe new life into its aching bones. She is with me always, in Boundless Love, but grief is lifting. Thank you. <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/grief/" rel="tag">#grief</a> <a href="/tags/kindness/" rel="tag">#kindness</a></p>

<p>Religion, explained:<br>(evolution as religion)<br>.<br>It’s not the afterlife, it’s the next life, the next generation <br>.<br>it’s not your soul, it’s your genes you need to be protecting, and not the way the warriors think, the way you would protect your soul is the way you protect your genes, by getting right with the world.<br>.<br>This is what the prophets have been trying to tell you, when you abuse, you harm your GENES and so we are punished in the next life, meaning the next generation.<br>.<br>“Soul,” in this sense, is a better definition for genes than the popular version. This is life as religion here, in theory, how things may have been understood in the deeper past, before we became the warriors and lost the sense of things.<br>.<br>(Preach, you silly white fool. It’s Tuesday, FFS. 🙄😜)<br>.<br>/1<br>.<br><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyautistic</a><br><a href="/tags/actualllyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActualllyAutistic</a> <br><a href="/tags/autisticscience/" rel="tag">#AutisticScience</a><br><a href="/tags/autisticphilosophy/" rel="tag">#AutisticPhilosophy</a><br><a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#Philosophy</a></p>

<p>A must read article about <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> detection tools and how <a href="/tags/ableist/" rel="tag">#ableist</a> those are, and the very negative effects it has against <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a> persons like <a href="/tags/autistics/" rel="tag">#Autistics</a> and <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#ADHD</a>.</p><p>Teachers must especially read this!</p><p><a href="https://blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2n" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2n"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.ewancroft.uk/3m6njxcynds2</span><span class="invisible">n</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/autisticactually/" rel="tag">#AutisticActually</a> <a href="/tags/audhd/" rel="tag">#AuDHD</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m looking for an apartment in <a href="/tags/ottawa/" rel="tag">#Ottawa</a> and I would like to ask the community for help.</p><p>I&#x27;m an excellent tenant. I&#x27;ve never missed a rent payment. I’m quite quiet, except I do on occasion like to sing.</p><p>My absolutely ideal setup would be:<br>- in Centretown / Little Italy / Hintonburg (within walking distance of many friends),<br>- tenant control over HVAC (including a/c, because I overheat),<br>- dishwasher and microwave and space for more kitchen appliances (so I can cook and share),<br>- two bedrooms (so I can host people on occasion, e.g. if there is a power outage elsewhere).</p><p>If we&#x27;re getting crazy fanciful, I would love to have access to a tiny garden and space for a solar battery.</p><p>The reason I&#x27;m asking the community for help is because I&#x27;m having a lot of trouble with corporate landlords. Many of them, experienced tenants advise against. Some landlords say they have available units but refuse to answer phone calls or emails. Some may be perfectly nice but my life circumstances don&#x27;t fit within their corporate forms and therefore I&#x27;m out of luck. (This is a recurring <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> experience.)</p><p>I would love to find a long-term rental from someone who appreciates a reliable if somewhat unusual tenant.</p>

<p>The <a href="/tags/autigender/" rel="tag">#Autigender</a> symbol by themogaidragon and <a href="/tags/neurogender/" rel="tag">#Neurogender</a> flag by kasatate1.</p><p><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergence/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergence</a></p>

<p>Yes, I&#x27;m an anarcho-syndicalist, bisexual, gender-fluid, autistic, radical leftist!</p><p>I won’t apologize for being an anarchist or for being autistic. Autism rules, and so does anarchism!</p><p><a href="/tags/anarchist/" rel="tag">#Anarchist</a> <a href="/tags/syndicalist/" rel="tag">#Syndicalist</a> <a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#Anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/syndicalism/" rel="tag">#Syndicalism</a> <a href="/tags/anarchosyndicalist/" rel="tag">#AnarchoSyndicalist</a> <a href="/tags/anarchosyndicalism/" rel="tag">#AnarchoSyndicalism</a> <a href="/tags/bisexuality/" rel="tag">#Bisexuality</a> <a href="/tags/bisexual/" rel="tag">#Bisexual</a> <a href="/tags/genderfluidity/" rel="tag">#GenderFluidity</a> <a href="/tags/genderfluid/" rel="tag">#GenderFluid</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/radicalleftist/" rel="tag">#RadicalLeftist</a> <a href="/tags/radical/" rel="tag">#Radical</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>Hot take: Refusing to adapt to AI/LLM mirrors a lack of patience for autistic &amp; neurodivergent persons. If you can&#x27;t handle an AI, you can&#x27;t handle a person. I&#x27;m talking communication &amp; treatment, not Copyright. Refusing explicit context reveals bias.</p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/neurodiversity/" rel="tag">#Neurodiversity</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span></p>

<p>As an <a href="/tags/autisticactually/" rel="tag">#AutisticActually</a> , I get annoyed whenever established terms are incorrectly used, especially in database usage. For example, cameo vs guest.</p><p>- cameo: no impact to the story; often as &quot;self&quot;<br>- guest: with impact to the story; often as a fictional character</p><p>What&#x27;s your pet peeve <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> ?</p><p><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#Autistic</a></p>

<p>Apologies in advance for the lack of alt text, but here&#x27;s my most recent GoFundMe post. Since none of the groups are boosting my posts due to a previous ban, it&#x27;s better this can&#x27;t be indexed. <a href="/tags/aspie/" rel="tag">#aspie</a> <a href="/tags/aspielife/" rel="tag">#aspielife</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyautistic</a></p>

<p>There&#x27;s this frustration I feel directed at me from people in my life thinking/expressing: &#x27;hey, just do the thing&#x27;. But no, I&#x27;m not just going to do the thing.</p><p>The thing is hard for me and I&#x27;m going to give it the respect it deserves. It will take me longer. It might annoy people waiting on me.</p><p>But if I want to be able to do-the-thing sustainably in the long term, I need to do it in a way that goes &#x27;with the grain&#x27; of my needs. My particularity cannot be set aside because my particularity is what drives all of my actions. If I ignore it, I burn out and give the thing up completely.</p><p>And then the people saying &#x27;just to the thing&#x27; change to asking me &#x27;why don&#x27;t you do the thing anymore? I thought you liked it?&#x27;<br><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> </p><p> This caught my attention. I don&#x27;t know how accurate these figures are. Not without access to the original research to assess it. But if these are in any way close, then bloody hell. I&#x27;ve always been of the opinion that the majority of adults weren&#x27;t diagnosed in one way or another. But these sorts of figures were surprising. In any case, it is good to see something like this in mainstream media and the consequences of it, being discussed.</p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <br><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <br> <br><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/autism-diagnosis-over-40-britain-b2816046.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.independent.co.uk/news/health/autism-diagnosis-over-40-britain-b2816046.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.independent.co.uk/news/hea</span><span class="invisible">lth/autism-diagnosis-over-40-britain-b2816046.html</span></a></p>

<p>Here&#x27;s the situation:</p><p>My friend I thought I lost has come back to me, but pro bono rides are over and I need to pay for gas.</p><p>My parents are waiting for delivery of their new car by the end of November. My social worker is waiting for that before moving ahead with a house viewing for a new placement for me.</p><p>An uninvited guest is permanently staying over and my landlords are saying this is yet another &quot;uncle.&quot; When I questioned why there were so many uncles, they told me that this wasn&#x27;t my house and it wasn&#x27;t my right to use or know what goes on in the house. There isn&#x27;t a day where rhythmic foot stomping isn&#x27;t a thing and it&#x27;s driving my sensory overload insane.</p><p>I need gas money for a V6 Grand Am to view the place ASAP.</p><p>North American donations: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/jackvancouver/goal?g=18" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ko-fi.com/jackvancouver/goal?g=18"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ko-fi.com/jackvancouver/goal?g</span><span class="invisible">=18</span></a></p><p>EU donations: <a href="https://gofund.me/007216f9" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gofund.me/007216f9</a></p><p><a href="/tags/emergencyaid/" rel="tag">#emergencyaid</a> <a href="/tags/emergencyaidneeded/" rel="tag">#emergencyaidneeded</a> <a href="/tags/emergencyaidneededasap/" rel="tag">#emergencyaidneededasap</a> <a href="/tags/emergencyaidneededrightnow/" rel="tag">#emergencyaidneededrightnow</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#mutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#mutualaidrequest</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidneeded/" rel="tag">#mutualaidneeded</a> <a href="/tags/aspie/" rel="tag">#aspie</a> <a href="/tags/aspielife/" rel="tag">#aspielife</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyautistic</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span></p>

<p>Subject: Autistic ‘black and white’ thinking. </p><p>It&#x27;s framed as a deficit often seen in autism, but... is it that simple? <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/mas.to/shrug2.png" class="emoji" alt=":shrug2:" title=":shrug2:"> </p><p>Autistic people are traditionally criticized for our inflexibility, or cognitive rigidity. </p><p>But I think this isn’t the whole picture. </p><p>To start with what we know, here are ten things we autistic people generally have in common (refs at the end of the thread):</p><p>⬇️ </p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/audhd/" rel="tag">#AuDHD</a> <a href="/tags/neurodiversity/" rel="tag">#Neurodiversity</a></p>

<p>Many autistic adults shudder when recalling school memories.</p><p>But why do autistic people suffer so much at school?</p><p>Historically, it’s been framed that a) school is above reproach, and b) there’s always something wrong with the child who doesn’t manage, and not the environment.</p><p>Some are starting to question that.</p><p>A thread 🧵 </p><p>⬇️ </p><p><a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/ebsa/" rel="tag">#EBSA</a> <a href="/tags/absa/" rel="tag">#ABSA</a> <a href="/tags/pda/" rel="tag">#PDA</a></p>

<p>Is empathy political?</p><p>An article on autistic empathy.</p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/audhd/" rel="tag">#AuDHD</a> <a href="/tags/neurodiversity/" rel="tag">#Neurodiversity</a> <a href="/tags/empathy/" rel="tag">#Empathy</a> <a href="/tags/doubleempathy/" rel="tag">#DoubleEmpathy</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.neurofabulous.org.uk/autistic-empathy.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.neurofabulous.org.uk/autistic-empathy.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.neurofabulous.org.uk/autis</span><span class="invisible">tic-empathy.html</span></a></p>

<p>Anyone using <a href="/tags/openclaw/" rel="tag">#OpenClaw</a> as a personal assistant? I am investigating setting it up. Hoping to get on top of life admin, and to help my partner bill her clients efficiently.</p><p>Communications, especially text messaging, have always exhausted me. The time and energy of keeping in touch and checking things are an order of magnitude more burdensome to me than to most people, for neurological reasons.</p><p>I hope to claw back some time and energy.</p><p><a href="https://gitlab.com/travisfw/clawbacktime/-/blob/562c8fba3874a286312a9a80d7825c7ff08a9b6f/README.md" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gitlab.com/travisfw/clawbacktime/-/blob/562c8fba3874a286312a9a80d7825c7ff08a9b6f/README.md"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/travisfw/clawbackti</span><span class="invisible">me/-/blob/562c8fba3874a286312a9a80d7825c7ff08a9b6f/README.md</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/neurodiversity/" rel="tag">#Neurodiversity</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a></p>

<p>It seems there are a lot of autistic people on Mastodon. And autistic people like trains, right? Yet I don&#x27;t find a lot of train-related content on the Fediverse.</p><p>In an attempt to change that, I have made a railfan Pixelfed account <span class="h-card"><a href="https://pixelfed.dk/railfan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>railfan</span></a></span> where I post pictures of trains and infrastructure, mostly from southern Denmark (living near the border, there will be German trains as well).</p><p>You can follow Pixelfed accounts from Mastodon, you don&#x27;t need another account. However, Mastodon only shows the first four pictures, so for large post you may need to select open in browser to see more pictures.</p><p><a href="/tags/railfan/" rel="tag">#railfan</a> <a href="/tags/rail/" rel="tag">#rail</a> <a href="/tags/railway/" rel="tag">#railway</a> <a href="/tags/railways/" rel="tag">#railways</a> <a href="/tags/trainspotting/" rel="tag">#trainspotting</a> <a href="/tags/train/" rel="tag">#train</a> <a href="/tags/trains/" rel="tag">#trains</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#actuallyautistic</a></p>