Autism

Regardless of whether you enjoyed the plot or acting or other typical measures by which most people will analyze it, I'm curious:

What thoughts do you have about the portrayals of autism in the movie?

Did you find that it was better or worse at representing autism to NT viewers than the first one from 2016?

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29326810

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40823048

Hello everyone! I posted about a month or so ago about a new website for us. I decided to add an old school BB forum since Reddit has become unusable due to censorship. We have Lemmy, and it’s awesome! We simply need an exclusive area for us that are ND.

It’s ready for use while I tweak things. I’m also still working on the main website thedigitalaspie.com

I’m also still looking for writers/contributors and now moderators for the forum.

There is a dedicated board on the forum for suggestions and requests also.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38445203

I just launched a website for us all. The reason I created it is because good quality and relevant websites FOR us are hard to find. I mean, there are organization-owned websites that push political agendas, but ugh. I felt like there is a need for this.

I’m also looking for contributors! I want this website to have voices from all over the world. This is not my blog, I want it to be a valuable resource.

Please feel free to check it out, and give feedback on how it can be improved.

The link: https://www.thedigitalaspie.com/

The “aspie” part of the website name was chosen because it sounds less clinical or rather more casual/friendly. Please know that no offense is meant.

My wife and I are sitting here watching TV when I have the urge to blurt out, “MAMBO NUMBER FIVE!”

She immediately starts singing the song!

Anyone else doing ridiculous stuff unmasked at home?

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2441630

Definitely check this out.

I'm interested in their repository of data for Autistic people.

Thoughts on the interview?

Listen to it for an hour while you're doing other things.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2438415

Check it out.

Highly recommended podcast, though a bit liberal.

Hosts are well-worth it and have their radical moments.

@[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2355483

There's really four parts, but give it a read-through.

If you do find yourself making the comparison then you should seek a therapist that has experience with ASD.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1796476

I have OCD.

And I've lately developed a penchant for clicking on the blue dotted YouTube channels on my subscription list to the left-hand side of the page.

I would rather that I didn't have to see that or deal with that so I can try to "willpower" my way through not clicking them or clicking all of them or as many as I can before getting tired.

But ultimately, it would be easier if there was a way to get rid of the blue dots entirely.

Is there an extension for Mozilla Firefox to adjust the UI so I can get rid of the blue dots?

Or maybe there's a trick to change the formatting on YouTube as is?

Thanks in advance, comrades.

I hope I explained myself well. Thanks!

I used to think i only told people about my autism in order to feel more comfortable or trusting. I suppose that’s part of it but i’ve begun to realize that the trust is what encourages me to share.

I want to give them tools to understand our communication with less friction.

Obviously I must continue to use my own tools to better understand the people around me but if i can avoid causing suffering before it happens ill do that too.

The Lobotomy 2.0.

Assholes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/421421

Transcript from the post:

I've read here and there about how autistic people aren't able to recognise social hierarchies. Obviously I can't speak for everyone, but in my experience it's not that I haven't been able to recognise them, it's that I don't respect them and I don't care (inverted smiley face)

Great, more potential "diverse" imperialists to deal with.

Politics is full of nuance and contextual information; so struggling with interpreting social contexts can lead to autistic people being gullible.

So much for "social democracies", they may as well just be capitalist countries.

Once again, capitalist try to eliminate autistics rather than help them.

Welp, I'll make sure to dodge therapies in the future.

Every capitalist country ever.

Sigh.

I know this is the autism community but as someone with ASD and ADHD, I thought people here might appreciate this video. There tends to be an overlap between the two.

So it means that the diagnosis Autism really targets people whose brains have developed differently from the average person.

Now the eugenicists are going to try to edit the progenitor cells. I guess it's time to prepare for a large-scale attempt at eugenics.

U.S legal system at its finest: "You aren't actually harmful to children; but you downloaded child porn and that's all that matters! You are sentenced to be a sex offender… even though the sex offender registry had never worked and failed to complete any of its goals.

What struck me about Augustus’ comments was that it is completely normal to start dating in your early twenties. I started dating in my early twenties, for one, and so have many of my friends, both disabled and temporarily non-disabled.

1. What are their sources? (Other than anecdotal evidence.)
2. "Normal" is an alienating term; not everyone will receive an average expectation.
3. Most incels have not gotten a relationship or had sex. That is the definition of involuntary celibate.
4. Who are the author's friends and what are their material conditions? There could be different material conditions that separate Augustus from them.

• They could be female (teens can get dates too) humans who are more likely to get dates.
• The author could have lived in a place accepting of neurodiversity.

What is clear is that the fight against incels and their ideology must include a fight for comprehensive sex education for all students