@838carlisle.bsky.social Are you watching USLW playoffs? Asheville City player sent off in 24th minute with iffy straight red. Sheehan for ACSC still scores 1st with a banger from the top of the 18, off the crossbar down and in. Playing NC Courage U23. 1st time ACSC in semifinals.

It seems that most interviewing advice could be summed up with "Don't be your Autistic self." Look interviewer in the eye Don't fidget Don't over share Use body language that projects confidence

Most autistic communication issues aren’t about expression. They’re about fear. Fear of being misread. Of being too much. Of not being safe enough to tell the truth. We don’t need communication training. We need spaces where we’re allowed to be honest.

Something happened with the NC Test servers that all public schools have to use for end of year testing. Teachers can't have any devices. Was told students couldn't talk b/c they had started testing & saw questions. I was to keep students silent for 🤷‍♂️ time w/ no updates. It was a about 40 min.

How long until Autistic folks have forced sterilization?

I wrote a bit about The Wheel of Time's cancellation, which is a genuine gut-punch to those of us who've been waiting forever for female-focused stories in the fantasy space.

For me, there is also a layer recently added for starting to unmask and be honest with employer & it used against me. I was told to use my black & white thinking autistic super power. Then I was told I would not be back because I am inflexible. As OP says next, there is always more to it...

Best faculty meeting ever A mama bear and 3 cubs came. The cubs climbed a tree and fence. I need an I can focus on bears accomodation. #ITeachMath #BearsTeachMe #Appalachia #ActuallyAutisic #Bears

Today, email comes night of a change in plans. 11:00, maybe but who knows the time, seniors from high school will come and walk through halls. We stop class, take them to hallway, and cheer loudly. Yay for time anxiety and sensory overload. School is not designed for auDHD teachers or students.

I would rather eat $250/month than spend it for a polluting, plagiarizing, stochastic parrot.

I am starting a thread of reactions to and reflections in reading "The AI Con" by Alex Hanna and Emily Bender. Do not expect any consistency with adding to the thread.

Today I have to have my 2nd restorative circle with a student who started a fire in class. We had a circle after his 1st attempt and all he did was ask why was he there. I wept as I described the trauma and gaslighting I experienced teaching this year. He mocked. Will today be the same?

At test administration training, we were told that all administrators and proctors must stand the entire 3 hour test. Surely I can't be the only disabled teacher in all of North Carolina.

Happy book release and thank you @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social Let's see how many colleagues I can get to buy a copy before the end of the school year.

www.404media.co/republicans-... No state regulation or AI for 10 years?!? Maybe they thought this was the last chance because the public outcry will be too great with "The AI Con" by is released. My copy is supposed to arrive tomorrow.

I was recently told by an administrator that the key to me improving as a teacher is to build up emotional walls. Masking isn't enough. I have to actually not care. And some folks want to say that Autistic people don't have empathy. Seems like Autistic empathy is showing their systems stink.

Is it PTSD to see possible flooding and start to look at tons of weather maps but feel frozen on actually preparing? The downtown Marshall just opened after Helene about a week ago. Asking for all of Western North Carolina.

Today is my 22nd mother's day without Mom. I got 25 with her.

I took 3 yr old to minor league baseball game for Doggies at the Diamond night. He pet every dog he could and mostly asked permission first. He got a baseball and asked to play catch with in the aisle. He talked with some players and asked to please go on the field with them.

Society: "autistic people do not understand hierarchies" Me: *knows that hierarchies exist and understands how they operate, but doesn't value them and doesn't believe any human is: a) more important than another; or b) should mistreat/exploit those "lower down" the hierarchy*.

A student stood up for me in another class telling students they were they ones who needed to do better and that Ibam a great teacher. They would see it if they would ever stop arguing and listen. He is Autistic. Don't tell me Autistic kids aren't empathetic.

Posting to spread the news and to remind my to tune in during planning period. This should seriously count as professional development.

A colleague brought me this carton of chocolate milk. It had Mandolorian and Grogu on it They said student didn't want milk and thought I would because of Star Wars. I replied, "I've got a bad feeling about this." She thought that I thought it was a prank. The Force is weak here. #AutisticTeacher

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using GIFs. (“Hard mode”: no Star Wars, Star Trek, LOTR or Disney)

Always read @melodyschreiber.com

This can not be allowed to happen under any circumstances. #autism #adhd #AuDHD #resist

Long before I knew I was #ActuallyAutistic, I was a child obsessed with space. Today, I took spouse & 2 foster kids, ages 3 and 9, to Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. Watching them see rockets that size for the first time was even better than my dreams of going to space camp.

"She very fast." 3 yr old who watched 4 times

As an undiagnosed Autistic ans ADHD adult, I coached Little League baseball for 13 years as a volunteer with no kids of my own. Nowadays, I am playing catch and pitching to foster kids. RFK thinks I shouldn't exist. But I will take that 100% tax credit.

this?

I have been in the road with 2 kids for 10.5 hours today. When we walked in a hotel, we were greeted with this sweet move and I suddenly was yelling for Ludmila and telling the boys that Chicago was on, the team we saw in person last year.

These numbers were before leaders on the US government openly called autistic folks a disease. Most allistic responses I have seen focused on the importance of vaccines. True. But what about the importance and humanity of autistic people?

I am losing my job partially from budget cuts after Helene but also unmasking some when a principal told me to. Misunderstood, judged, and powerless Wanting to try a new career, but no experience & already 47 with 2 foster kids. I need benefits, $ for rising costs, & flexibility for their appts.

I feel like being a foster parent and also a public school teacher while unmasking as AutiHD is most of the protesting I have the energy for. On the way to dance/gymnastics class with 3 yr old, we rolled down windows and said thank you to folks walking to protests.

This Autism Acceptance month I’d like to see everyone accept that being Autistic is a naturally occurring neurotype that struggles in today’s society due to societal structure and not inherent disability. Plenty of risks for co-occurring disabilities tho! AND we don’t need a cure, just compassion. 🫶🏻

Today, child who just turned just turned 3 told me the clouds were moving. I asked him why he thought the clouds were moving. He thought and replied the moon. Then he asked, "_ou remember when the moon blocked the sun?" I jad happy tears on holding him during an eclipes and that he remembered now.

I am searching for games and manipulatives to help a 9 year old with multiplication at home. This is for a gift to a child in honor of my mom's birthday, who loved children, and should by 71 this week. #ITeachMath #ElemMathChat #MTBoS #MBBoS #MathChat

I am teaching a class for a different teacher tomorrow. He has a video on AI that describes ML as "recreating the brain's ability to learn." Ugh #AIHype Surprise! A message from video sponsor Microsoft Copilot. Anyone know a short video on AI Hype for an exhausted teacher/foster parent?

For a fab neuro-affirming glossary, check out the work I'm doing with @stimpunks.org 400 terms reflecting the needs of neurodivergent & disabled communities “Language is also a place of struggle.Thinking differently requires speaking differently" bell hooks (1989) stimpunks.org/glossary/#h-...

Autistic loneliness isn’t just about not having people. It’s also about being surrounded & still needing to mask. Still needing to translate. Still not feeling safe enough to rest, feel, just be, or speak plainly. It’s the loneliness of never being fully in the room. Never being fully you.

Dismantling the US Department of Education will devastate students and rural communities like mine. The justification is that American education is falling behind other countries. So, let's examine what other countries do to get better outcomes so that we can implement those changes. 1/

There has been professional development at my school district on teaching teachers to use chat bots. I have not seen anything from the district on AI bias and the harms being caused by AI. Thank you @dairinstitute.bsky.social for your good work and making it available.

@838carlisle.bsky.social Have you seen these kits from USLW squad Asheville City SC? www.instagram.com/p/DHT7hc2Rfs...

Yip yip!

I noticed ed @mfannie.bsky.social has a good batting stance. I wonder what position she played. #NoticeWonder

I have had some many principals and assistant principals toss out parent phone calls like it is a panacea. I have tried explaining that I prep for about 10 min. Next, I role play a few ways the conversation can go. It's only 10 calls means hours.

Remember this? A problem we didn't have in automated speech recognition tools until OpenAI decided they were going to do away with alignment (not the kind that so-called "AI safety" people do)? And they're giving us "artificial general intelligence" any day now right? apnews.com/article/ai-a...

2 year old foster child made a snow angel in front of memorial for Osa, dog he never met. Darla, a dog whom he loved, died on Monday.

Several hawks flying nearby the Lampasas River in central Texas, USA #birds

A little snow for the Winter Solstice.