Autistic Twitter

I posted something about my Autism to Twitter the other morning. I’ve been really amazed by the autistic community on Twitter, and it is getting me more into using Twitter as my social media. I’d already been getting into it more by switching from Tweetbot to the official Twitter client, thanks to a recommendation from one of the MacStories podcasts, though I don’t remember which one. Adapt? Connected? Does it matter?

Anyway, I had this thought this morning while I was making breakfast for the boys about my autism and my burnout, and like most of my thoughts, I jotted it down in Drafts. But instead of sending it to my journal, I microblogged it, posting it to my blog and to Twitter. I’ve been circumspect on social media this time around, and when I write something like that, I have to conciously think about where I want it to end up. Is it public or is it private? After I sent this one out publically, I started wondering if that was the right move. It’s kind of personal, but it was a statement of what I’m thinking.

A few minutes later, one of the autistics I’ve been reading liked the post, and I felt somewhat validated. I think I might start tweeting more, posts that are more meant for Twitter than the blog, but I’m still working the details out. I’m not used to the idea of multi-part tweets, and I’d need to think about how to implement that. It’s one thing to join someone else’s conversation, and it’s another to start one on your own.