Was mich in der Gruppentherapie triggert?
Wenn Menschen von ihrer "tiefen Liebe zu Tieren" sprechen, als Ressource, als Heilung, als Trost, und ich gleichzeitig jeden Tag sehe, wie sie sie trotzdem essen.

Solche Widersprüche auszuhalten verursacht mir Schmerzen im ganzen Körper.
Für mich ist das nicht nur ein innerer Konflikt, es ist physisch spürbar.

#ScribesAndMakers 4/10. Show us a book cover you like. What makes it special?

This is the cover of my fourth Wolf book.

I love it so much because the designer got both Ashley and Connor so right. I remember that when I got it, I used to pull it up and just stare at it.

You see, I often can't see the faces of my characters in clarity while I write them. Sometimes, only the cover fixes their faces for me. (#ActuallyAutistic)

Anyway, enjoy "A Wolf's Fury".

#WritingCommunity
#WolfShifter

I need household supplies! Toilet paper, dish soap, laundry detergent/vinegar. Cleaner, mopping pads, and wipes!

Any help is appreciated!

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ourinsatiabesouls

lovely people are doing art aid!

https://disabled.social/@jag@mismo.jagtalon.net/114072082110115646

#MutualAidRequest
#lowincome #Disability #MutualAid #disabilitymutualaid #BlackMutualAid #crowdfunding #PWD #DisabilityCrowdFund #Queercrowdfund
#BlackMastodon #actuallyautistic #autism #HelpFolksLive2025 @mutual_aid@hexbear.net @mutual_aid@starflower.space @MutualAidVisibility

(11 Apr) Autism Awareness Month: Different Is Not The Same As Diseased

Nobody blames a jet ski for being bad on the highway. #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyAuDHD

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/2s66m
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/gGPZc ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/85kbq

Experiments with safe foods, in various combinations and styles...........

I am bored with food but I can't try new things because I almost always end up being very unpleasantly ill.

So I am trying to think of ways to make safe foods more interesting.

Reiterating my previous reminder to my self-diagnosed and suspected autistic and other ND friends: Now is *not* the time to go for formal diagnosis.

Why? The same people unlawfully deporting random non-white people to prison in El Salvador and refusing judicial orders to fix it are now declaring you a problem to be cured or fixed.

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https://www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-says-us-will-know-cause-autism-epidemic-september-2058191

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AntiFascist https://mastodon.social/@synkr3tyk/114310427025152994

RFK Jr giving us until September to prepare ourselves for his nonsense announcement about how he found the cause of #Autism

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 530 , Thursday 10/04/2025

Thursday started just after 7am, with the sun blazing thru the blinds & the children next door testing their lungs again.

I got up & made breakfast, then went out for a walk after finishing my coffee.

Got back & managed to do my chores before my ADHD assessment at 10am.

The assessment went quite well, the consultant - Denzel (not that one!! ) was a likeable kind of chap & when we reached the end of the session he said that I am ADHD but that I am predominantly autistic with, as it were, a dusting of ADHD thrown in for good measure.
He said that there were clear ADHD traits but that they were not pronounced enough to require medication.

So there we have it - as the more observant amounts you will have noticed from the newly updated title, I am an AuDHD Squirrel, because I’m special!

I’m not sure that the diagnosis will do more than be an extra pointer to the kind of help I need to seek & the measures I need to focus on to enable me to navigate thru this NT world.
Denzel did say that I would benefit from coaching therapies & maybe some ADHD specific CBT.
I’ll wait for the written assessment before I start to look at ways to move forward.

This afternoon has been a deliberately quiet time - I played a little NMS, tweaking my ship to eek a little more speed out of it.

We had steak & ale pie with gravy, baby tatties & peas n carrots for tea - a very nice change from the usual fare! I suspect that will be the driver of future shopping trips!

Final Thoughts.

So just over a year after I officially knew I was autistic I now know I’m AuDHD, I wonder what I will know this time next year!

@TheBreadmonkey posted a link for an OU course on autism yesterday, I am in fact pathologically allergic to any form of exam but I also would like to know a bit more about me so it might be worth looking into.
Thanks for sharing that Ben!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you!

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Are Big Life Changes Worth It?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSp84FHFo6c

“Midnight Madness”

It took a little longer than the others but in the end I’m glad it did.

Now normally, I would move on to another small project that would incorporate the new skills/techniques I’ve acquired. However this time I think I’m going to keep at it. I’m throughly enjoying just making backgrounds and following along to instructionals.

(I have to mention, all of these illustrations I’ve made are based off the teachings of YouTuber James Julier. He’s great at instructing you through the process.)

I’ll post the progress video later!

Study concludes that neurotypical people fail to pick up on autistic social cues, because our facial expressions are too subtle for NT eyes, and recommends assistive technology to aid them.

https://neurosciencenews.com/micromovement-emotion-asd-28575/

I wish I could just say, “Oh, do these 1, 2, 3 things and it’ll fix it all.” But it’s not that easy. I’m sorry.

But it is possible to do some things that help you out, even if it’s not about fixing them.

I promise I’m still working on my background studies I just have a smol family that I’m financially responsible for

Here a sneek peek at the latest background art I’m working. This one is quite a step up in terms of context and the different techniques I’ve never used for digital. It’s coming along though, and I’m already super happy with it! Hopefully I’ll be able to post up the finished version this afternoon!

Ok, I have an odd quasi mutual aid request:

Are there folks who would like to send me their old corded (not bluetooth) headphones and/or earbuds? Like just mail me kit you don't use.

I don't have any backups any more and my fav headphones need repairs, so want to stock up on other options.

I am in Ontario Canada, fyi for shipping feasibility.

Tagging #actuallyAutistic because ya'll know how important headphones are.

I'm so annoyed with myself.
I did it again. I get into this loop where I start drinking a lot of cocoa because it makes me feel a bit more alert (I'm exhausted all the time) and then I wonder why I'm feeling so incredibly anxious, and soothe myself with more cocoa, so I get more exhausted, so--

Hint: cocoa contains caffeine and I'm sensitive to caffeine. It makes me anxious.

Why do I keep doing this to myself.

At least today (day 2 of no cocoa and no dark chocolate) I feel so much better than I have for weeks. So that's the silver lining, right?

I think I can probably be OK if I have a little bit every now and then, but definitely not several cups a day.

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic #anxiety

This is completely unacceptable. This is at a supposedly 'special school' yet this is absolutely NOT how to deal with an autistic child. Every autistic person is different but most are likely to not want to be touched at all when having a meltdown or anything like that, never mind being restrained by FIVE adults in a padded room. When I am getting anxious, I've turned down the offer of (well meaning) hugs from

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g019x7j53o