Autism
1 I thought that this was interesting because the author doesn’t offer up any reasons why Music is bad, other than it’s “ill-judged”, a “bogus cultural production” that has caused “manifold harms”. I agree with all of the statements about Douglas as standup advocacy. I feel good and
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At one point, I looked at my reflection in the mirror, said, “I never know what you’re thinking,” and laughed. * January 2nd, 2021
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The Brownie also moved the conversation away from the quality of the image. Photography became less about aesthetics, and more about the moment, the snapshot, and the feeling. The iPhone, with its “crap lens,” has done the same. "That won’t make a good photo," my dad said,
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TFW you learned to mask INSTEAD of learning emotional regulation, so when you learn to unmask as an adult you've still got a child's grasp of navigating emotional landscapes. — myk is more of a question than a comment (@mykola) January 20, 2021 This spoke to me
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“But you’re not autistic.” I spent a lot of time dealing with “imposter syndrome” in the first year or so post-diagnosis. This was part of the reason I wanted to get a diagnosis—I wanted to have someone back me up. I wanted an outside source, an unbiased third-party,
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Thinking in PicturesNeuro Tribes This has been something that I’ve struggled with, feeling “less” or broken. There are times when it is so frustrating to be me, and I’ve had to work really hard to give myself a break. Nobody can kick me harder than me. I spent
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anchorites were subject to a religious rite of consecration that closely resembled the funeral rite, following which they would be considered dead to the world, a type of living saint. I had heard this word before, but had never explored its actual meaning. This idea of being “dead to the
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The dominant social group labels our way of being in the world as disordered because they don’t understand us. Even though they don’t understand, the dominant culture controls the narrative about our differences. The control of the narrative is problematic. It’s been really interesting for me over
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As I was falling asleep last night, my brain tried to convince me the that the roof of my mouth was bleeding, but I managed to ignore it and pass out. Strange dreams involving a lot of indeterminate work that needed to be done, and then woken up early by
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Let’s start with overlapping audio. This is something that’s bothered me since I was a kid. I’d be watching TV and someone would turn on the stereo and it would feel like my head was going to explode. I was really picky about having only one source
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Oh no, we’ve peaked into “trying to write three different blog posts in your head“ caffeinated territory.
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My current working theory with toaster waffles is that you shouldn’t aim to get them done in one go. You’ll end up with burnt waffles with frozen edges. At least I do. So I’ve been experimenting with multiple toasting at lower temps.