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<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>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>

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<p>(1/2)</p><p>I&#x27;ve been getting a lot of questions lately about whether symptom X or behavior Y is a sign of ADHD. I don&#x27;t like answering this question, everyone is different.</p><p>However, I would like to link to this comprehensive self-test, which I think is very successful</p><p>German 🇩🇪:<br><a href="https://www.adxs.org/de/test/symptom-v5" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adxs.org/de/test/symptom-v5"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adxs.org/de/test/symptom-v</span><span class="invisible">5</span></a></p><p>English 🇬🇧<br><a href="https://www.adxs.org/en/test/symptom-v5" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adxs.org/en/test/symptom-v5"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adxs.org/en/test/symptom-v</span><span class="invisible">5</span></a><br>(Thanks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@Jay16K" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jay16K</span></a></span> for the hint)</p><p>Note: You&#x27;ll need an account on the website to access the test. </p><p><a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#adhd</a> <a href="/tags/adhs/" rel="tag">#adhs</a> <a href="/tags/diagnostic/" rel="tag">#diagnostic</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/adhdbrain/" rel="tag">#adhdbrain</a> <a href="/tags/selftest/" rel="tag">#selftest</a></p>

<p>Thought it was time I posted these again... They also apply a lot to the neuro-diverse ADHD and autistic communities, as there&#x27;s a lot of crossover with introversion.</p><p><a href="/tags/introverts/" rel="tag">#Introverts</a> <br><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <br><a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#NeuroDivergent</a></p>

<p>PSA - <span class="h-card"><a href="https://tagpush.app/@neurodivergent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neurodivergent</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://tagpush.app/@neurospicy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neurospicy</span></a></span> replacements for the dead a.gup.pe groups are live.</p><p><a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/neurospicy/" rel="tag">#neurospicy</a> <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#adhd</a> <a href="/tags/adultadhd/" rel="tag">#AdultADHD</a> <a href="/tags/audhd/" rel="tag">#AuDHD</a> <a href="/tags/autistic/" rel="tag">#autistic</a> </p><p>Please boost to help propagate this.</p>

<p>A long overdue <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a>.</p><p>I take <a href="/tags/creativecommons/" rel="tag">#CreativeCommons</a> photographs (Mostly of <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a>) which I contribute to <a href="/tags/wikimediacommons/" rel="tag">#WikimediaCommons</a> and when appropriate also to <a href="/tags/inaturalist/" rel="tag">#iNaturalist</a>. I&#x27;ve uploaded over 20,000 photos to <a href="/tags/wikimedia/" rel="tag">#Wikimedia</a> and over 12,000 observations to <a href="/tags/inat/" rel="tag">#iNat</a> (of more than 3,000 species).</p><p>I only post my own photos on this account (all of which are <a href="/tags/ccbysa/" rel="tag">#CCBYSA</a>) and make occasional posts about Wikimedia and iNat.</p><p><a href="/tags/photographer/" rel="tag">#Photographer</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/citizenscience/" rel="tag">#CitizenScience</a> <a href="/tags/vegan/" rel="tag">#Vegan</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/naturalist/" rel="tag">#Naturalist</a></p>

<p>If I see <a href="/tags/ableist/" rel="tag">#ableist</a> comments and the context/explanation they themselves provided 100% points to <a href="/tags/ableism/" rel="tag">#ableism</a>, instant block from me.</p><p>I&#x27;ve dealt with such people offline and they will never meet you halfway even if you make the first step. They&#x27;re a total waste of time.</p><p><a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#Neurodivergent</a></p>

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<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>