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I went to visit someone in hospital today, and before I went I had to do a lot of planning. I checked my route, worked out carefully where I could park and I was still nervous walking up to the building. I ended up having a migraine later on, probably from the stress of that but also maybe walking around on a hot day.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...: See #ALText for more, please! #FOTUS #orangedecibyte #VPTrump and Junkie Kennedy Jr. are such vain assholes that they'd never admit mistakes but rather squander even more taxpayer money to support their ideas. #autism #autismawareness #actuallyautistic #neurodiverse
![screenshot of the headline of a CNN article plus photo of the US Department of Health and Human Services
source: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/07/health/hhs-cdc-vaccines-autism
From the article: “'As President Trump said in his Joint Address to Congress, the rate of autism in American children has skyrocketed,' HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said in an emailed statement late Friday. 'CDC will leave no stone unturned in its mission to figure out what exactly is happening. The American people expect high quality research and transparency and that is hat CDC is delivering.'
The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and autism, a person familiar with the situation told CNN, despite strong evidence that vaccines do not cause autism.
The agency will conduct the study using the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which monitors safety of vaccines and investigates rare and serious adverse events, The Washington Post reported, citing two people familiar with the plan. Reuters earlier reported the planned study.
The CDC has previously published several studies looking at a possible link between vaccines and vaccine ingredients and autism. None [NONE!!!] has found any evidence to suggest that vaccines increase the risk of autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders.](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/cache/media_attachments/files/114/138/491/780/746/258/small/0105f63e0bdf8ba2.jpeg "screenshot of the headline of a CNN article plus photo of the US Department of Health and Human Services
source: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/07/health/hhs-cdc-vaccines-autism
From the article: “'As President Trump said in his Joint Address to Congress, the rate of autism in American children has skyrocketed,' HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said in an emailed statement late Friday. 'CDC will leave no stone unturned in its mission to figure out what exactly is happening. The American people expect high quality research and transparency and that is hat CDC is delivering.'
The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and autism, a person familiar with the situation told CNN, despite strong evidence that vaccines do not cause autism.
The agency will conduct the study using the Vaccine Safety Datalink, which monitors safety of vaccines and investigates rare and serious adverse events, The Washington Post reported, citing two people familiar with the plan. Reuters earlier reported the planned study.
The CDC has previously published several studies looking at a possible link between vaccines and vaccine ingredients and autism. None [NONE!!!] has found any evidence to suggest that vaccines increase the risk of autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders.")
I was reading after seeing some tiktoks and am fascinated to discover more about autistic sexual practices.
You may know autists are more likely to not be straight, but there's so much more.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse #lgbtqi #ActuallyAutistic
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5789215/
PubMed Central (PMC)Sexuality in autism: hypersexual and paraphilic behavior in women and men with high-functioning autism spectrum disorderLike nonaffected adults, individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) show the entire range of sexual behaviors. However, due to the core symptoms of the disorder spectrum, including deficits in social skills, sensory hypo- and ...
Welp, this is me most of the time. Especially so, if I haven't taken my medicine. 
60% into listening to the audiobook of Why can't I just enjoy things by Pierre Novellie.
Highly recommended so far.
#Audiobook #Autism #Autistic #Neurodiverse #Neurodiversity
#Neurodiverse people will find this more familiar than some others. Being "sensitive" in an insensitive world can be bl00dy hard!
https://aeon.co/essays/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-highly-sensitive-person
AeonWhat does it mean to be a highly sensitive person? | Aeon EssaysThose with this little-known trait think more deeply and feel more empathy. But they also deal with significant challenges
I #justfinished All the Water in the World and while it got some mixed reviews- I found it to be a solid read. #neurodiverse representation, #debutnovel #bookreview #bookrecommendation, #literaryfiction #clifi #Climatechange #newyork #water https://hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.com/2025/03/book-review-all-water-in-world-by-eiren.html?m=1
hollysreadingescapades.blogspot.comBook Review: All the Water in the World By Eiren Caffall 4.25/5 stars
I was just wondering, is there a link between migraine and autistic shutdown? I can't find anything in the literature, but I feel it's an idea to explore.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
Relax. There’s No Evidence That Noise-Cancelling #Headphones Cause Auditory Processing Disorder
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/auditory-processing-disorder-headphones/
#audio #APD #ANC #NeuroDiverse #neurodiversity
Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real WorldThere’s No Evidence That Noise-Cancelling Headphones Cause Auditory Processing DisorderAre noise-cancelling headphones contributing to a rise in auditory processing disorder in young people? Experts say there’s no evidence to support that.
Autist menstruist, do you perceive yourself as having a worse experience of menstruation than allistic people? #Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic #lgbtqi #trans
Yeah, I do this multiple times a week. More than once on a bad day.
I'm going to a conference today, and although I've planned how to get there, and I'm not worried about the content or anything just doing something different is stressing me.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
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So #auspol thinks “support” means I should study two full-time higher degrees, run my business supporting other #disabled and #neurodiverse people whilst managing my own complex long-term physical and #MentalHealth issues while getting evicted living in #poverty?
Here’s a heap more paperwork to do.
Alt text: Retsuko, the animated red panda from Aggretsuko, is trapped in her cubicle as a coworker dumps piles of paperwork around her while she tries to leave for the day.
Open Access book chapter:
"Disability at Work: Libraries, Built to Exclude"
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#Library
#Librarian
#Disabled
#Disability
#neurodivergent
#neurodiverse
#Autism
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I just did some training with a bunch of managers and I was masking so hard the whole time. It was exhausting.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic
- from the back passenger seat of a taxi. With my last KN95 mask - all my remaining ones are N95s. I have thousands stocked up from last year.