May this be a public service announcement not to be shit to those who can't eat some foods due to texture, flavor, or other sensory issues.
We can't control it.
Only things that can be controlled are - avoiding the food, and not being a dick if someone can't eat the food. And DEFINITELY NOT forcing someone to eat the food. That actually constitutes as torture. (:
*stares at people who force feed kids until they puke*
Sensory pain, is pain.
Hurting someone is wrong.
Touched Music have put out a second volume of their charity compilation Full Spectrum.
Full spectrum 2 compilation is in aid of a fantastic charity!
Reach Lanarkshire autism do great work to relieve those in need, by providing ASD services of support and guidance both emotional and practical to individuals and their families.
They also provide education and self awareness to individuals with an ASD, their families and those who come into their contact with the purpose of empowering and including those individuals.
released April 25, 2025
https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/full-spectrum-2
#ASD #Music #ElectronicMusic #Charity #ActuallyAutistic #MusicForCharity #Autism #TouchedMusic #Autistic #Autist
First RFK Jr says that people on the autism spectrum are useless eaters. And then he announces that the government is going to make a list of them, a “registry.” --Timothy Snyder
https://bsky.app/profile/timothysnyder.bsky.social/post/3lnlduzbg4225
So, Mr Kennedy, if autistic people are smarter than you, and are less prone to your political agenda bullshit, that would make them a threat, no?
Hell hath no fury like a white, middle-aged, self-satisfied, entitled male with no discernible skills when a minority threatens his status.
"'[Autistic people] will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date,' Kennedy said"
1. I pay taxes.
2. I ran 5km this morning.
3. My poetry has been published.
4. I've been on dates; I'm married.
jap, es ist echt mühsam!
ich versuche nun seit 3 jahren kontrolliertes, sauberes #thc für mein #ASD und #ADS zu bekommen
habe nun endlich eine psychologin die da aktiv versucht eine lösung zu finden
mal schauen wie das am ende rauskommt
schwarzmarkt ist einfach scheisse weil man da nie genau weiss wie und ob es wirkt oder was da sonst noch drin ist
und wenn man bei ärzten fragt heisst es immer "uh, da habe ich keine ahnung und keine erfahrung" und "das müssen sie dann aber selber bezahlen" oder "wollen sie nicht mal speed versuchen"
ne, will ich nicht, ich weiss seit über 25 jahren wie thc funktioniert und wie ich damit umgehen kann
#cannabis
https://www.srf.ch/wissen/gesundheit/zermuerbender-kampf-um-therapie-cannabis-fuer-schwerkranke-legal-und-trotzdem-kaum-zu-bekommen
Oh Wikipedia, never change... Four tabs back I was poking around at the topic of #ASD. "Eight hours of fascinated clicking later", as the #xkcd strip says, I'm here. (I know nothing about biology, and less than that about molecular biology and genetics and such. Will any of this stuff I'm reading stick? Tune in next week, etc etc. But spoiler: very unlikely.)
Oh, I suppose I should tag this with #waad and #AutismAwareness and #WorldAutismAwarenessDay and #autism and #ActuallyAutistic and sod it, let's chuck #ASD and #ASC in there as well.
Happy April, everyone. Please be aware.
oolong.medium.com/506c7d649823
Autistics on Autism
Oh yes, #redinstead #asd #autistic #autisticprideday #autismacceptance We fight hate groups every single day.
https://www.europesays.com/uk/897/ Protein Imbalance Triggers Autism-Like Behavior #ASD #Autism #BrainDevelopment #BrainResearch #DevelopmentalNeuroscience #Genetics #Health #neurobiology #neurodevelopment #Neuroscience #OpenAccess #OpenScience #PLOS #UK #UnitedKingdom
I think what I've been through in the last 20 minutes is a great example of how ASD affects us, even when we are considered "level 1" in terms of support.
- Coworker said they're feeling unwell and asked if we wanted to do a meeting without them or postpone it.
- I replied saying I was in favor of postponing it.
- Coworker 2 replied "get well soon" in the thread
- Coworker 3 gave a thumbs up on my message and sent a "get well soon" in the thread as well
- I spent the next 15 minutes stuck in a loop thinking if I should:
1. edit my initial reply and add a "get well soon" to the end
2. send "get well soon" as a separate message
3. move ahead with my life
That lasted until our last coworker sent a "get well soon", when I decided the occasion required a wish of health from me as well and sent one at the end of the thread.
So yeah, your coworker who looks "too normal to be autistic" probably also has these moments as well, for stupid reasons, multiple times a day.
And that is a HUGE energy sink.
@jtphillipsmnr there is *A LOT* of bias in medical science, you know the usual sexist, racist, etc. biases. It causes worse diagnoses and treatment for women, etc. Famously, girls are less likely to be diagnosed with #asd , which begs the question, the hen or the egg?
Ninth Circuit Reverses Probation Sentence for Paige Thompson: https://reason.com/volokh/2025/03/18/ninth-circuit-reverses-probation-sentence-for-transgender-hacker/
As with the recent case involving Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (aka "Pompompurin"), the appellate court found that the district court's time-served plus probation sentence for Paige Thompson was too significant a departure from federal sentencing guidelines. Although the court could properly consider factors such as being transgender and autistic, they shouldn't have ignored other sentencing factors so much.
#hack #CapitalOne #AWS #transgender #ASD
h/t, @campuscodi
Dealing with something ridiculous at the moment that is a great example of just how 'easy' it really is to close down exposed data:
Found a server recently with no access controls at all that was hit by ransomware in May 2024 and most of the data is encrypted. (It got hit by an automated script, it wasn't targeted by a ransom group)
Found a non encrypted directory:
The company is STILL uploading, monthly, hundreds of millions of records of logs with their clients data.
Tried to reach out to the company, nothing. Company is from AUS so I tried ASD, nothing.
I sent an email to AUSCERT, they validated with me the issue and forwarded the information and my contact to ASD, they also tried to reach out to the company themselves.
Not a word from anyone and the server is still exposed a month after my initial alerts.
Logs are still being uploaded to the server so it's obvious no one did anything.
So what am I supposed to do here?
No kidding about struggles to modulate facial expressions and vocal tone https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/opinion/autism-diagnosis-rfk-vaccines.html My take about this, amongst other issues, here https://nikolaskozloff.substack.com/p/reflections-on-autism-evolution-and #autism #ASD #neurodiversity #Trump #aspergers #evolution #science
Emergent Divergence: Should ADHD Be Part Of The Autism Spectrum?
Autism is associated with a wide array of co-occurring conditions. In fact, it is widely discussed that Autistic people have "all the things", meaning that we are prone to conditions that are otherwise considered rare or in some cases problematic.
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