Bleh, I am definitely burned out again.

Sleep doesn't make me feel rested. I wake up tired. I'm struggling to maintain a train of thought, and I get overwhelmed by information and demands so easily.

Ugh. Not again

As Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month begins, I want to encourage you to support autistic individuals like myself who have faced challenges in finding or maintaining employment. Your support helps us build better lives and thrive.

Read more about me and how to support me here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/seththebrave/p/who-am-i-and-why-you-should-support?r=5bhbya&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#trans #autistic
#autism #actuallyautistic #transgender #lgbt #adhd #neurodivergent #AutismAwareness #AutismAwarenessMonth

@actuallyautistic

It's really hard, as an Autistic person, to try being friendly to strangers in a shared space - like a dog park - and get nothing in return.

It's harder still not to feel like it's because there's something wrong with us.

Waiting mode is bad enough, but a middle-of-the-day vet appointment is max-difficulty waiting mode (for me, anyway). I am so utterly useless right now.

Been playing on https://www.erionmud.com and am thoroughly enjoying the crafting system. Having the option to just work uninterrupted, in familiar patterns, appeals to my #ActuallyAutistic need for structure and familiarity, while when my #ActuallyADHD side wants novelty, I can go wander the realm and see what pops up. And if I need something, I can make it myself, darn it! LOL If you try it out and need some pointers, I'm usually up there as Tamryn, so feel free to ask me anything.

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#ActuallyAuDHD #MUDs #MUD #Gaming #MultiUserDungeon #Neurodivergent

Hi US readers, Your Knowledge Or Your Life ebook is going to be on sale from Monday March 31 to Sunday April 6, grab it for 99 cents on while you can on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/Your-Knowledge-Life-Sophie-Maddon-ebook/dp/B0DTTNDFM9

'Scandal of historic proportions': Outrage as baker deported over autism awareness tattoo

"'Renditioned' is the correct term for what happened," wrote Refugees International president Jeremy Konyndyk. "These were not deportations...these people were renditioned unlawfully to a gulag outside the reach of US law."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2671527758/

If you missed my free public workshop about making the “I’m autistic conversation go better, the recording and transcript are now available for everyone:

https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2025/03/14/practical-tips-for-disclosing-your-autism/

Y'all. I'm looking at the cover proof for the print editions of "You Are a Strategist: Use No-BS OKRs to Get Big Things Done" and I for real cannot wait to hold a copy in my hot little hands

Print release date is coming very soon!!!

My fellow NDs: our compensation mechanisms for our cognitive and executive deficiencies do *not* constitute 4D chess or super-perceptive superpowers.

You are not calculating a rational, perfectly logical global optimum taking into account every contingency. You are overloading yourself and courting OC behaviors by giving the same emotional weight to hypotheticals as you do the material problems you were originally trying to solve.

Looks like I have a blog now!

Inspired by a thread here, my first post is On browser tabs: My #neurodivergent system to avoid drowning under open browser tabs

Everyone who has autism should not be ashamed to ask for help or ashamed to receive it.
-Eva Erickson

https://youtu.be/CbgXyK9CHZ0?si=5LLgyXyeX9t6Jkjt

#autistic
#autism #actuallyautistic
#Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #neurodivergence #AuDHD

Why I love Mastodon so much. It has recreated the feel of on-line forums I used to enjoy. I can pop in, read some interesting and amusing stuff, post a few thoughts and get some reactions and engagement. Not a lot but enough to make me feel welcome, give me a sense of belonging. The people I have found and who have found me are primarily #neurodivergent and skewed to trans and non-binary. Overall a host of the woke brigade.

I am really glad we are all here (said the mole).

No, I'm not like your child. I'm Autistic, but I'm still human. Humans are a diverse species.

Yay, #DevonPrice has published a followup to his great book Unmasking Autism: it's called Unmasking for Life. Looking forward to read it once I finish my current book.

This might be #ADHD related, maybe not. But it's definitely #neurodivergent

I struggle at work, but almost everything is just in my head. Like they tell us what to do, but we can't but we have to, but the material is missing and so on and so forth (stopping me here or it'll make a novel). Till now, I always thought that the shaking I've got is just that. But now I kinda realised, it's a #meltdown . I'm having #meltdowns every fucking day and it disabled me already once.
Someone have advice?