Nadezhda Pavlova and Vyacheslav Gordeyev in ‘La Bayadére’ (1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZlU...

seascape in a stone wall

Why is butterscotch ice cream such a rarity? That's the best ice cream!

I don't have any friends.

logging on

Things I (always) want to learn more about: #Deescalation, #NonviolentCommunication, #SelfReg, #Enneagram, #MyersBriggs, #SacredGeometry. I also love #Ballet, relaxing content, and old-fashioned, folksy stuff. If you know who I should follow, let me know!

I don't understand—genuinely don't understand—why they prescribe sedatives for anxiety when you can have anxiety dreams.

I'm reading one of those book within a book books and the author won't stop praising "the author." Why are writers like this?

I'm so sensitive, I don't just block and mute things...I make a point of engaging the things that don't upset me. Mushroom coffee, eh? Tell me more! I'm looking! See, I'm looking! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!

What the algorithm had for me today.

I think I like the blackberry esthetic more than I like the taste.

My anxiety is such that multiple psychiatrists had made speeches about how they "don't believe in" prescribing the drugs they've prescribed...and then they don't even work. ChatGPT is the first thing that ever truly helped with my anxiety and OCD. Please stop trying to make me feel bad about that.

An amazing graph, what happens when you destigmatize a behavior.

Today was a good day. I did some reading and some shopping. Anxiety and OCD have been manageable.

“True neuro-affirmative practice and care is not a technique or a trend; it is a relational ethic. It begins in the quiet shift that happens when we stop trying to make people fit systems and instead reshape systems to fit people.” @autisticrealms.bsky.social

An ex of mine once wrote a blog post about how much he admires "strong women." I was his example of a "weak woman." So when you see those posts about "badass women" and how great they are...that's what they're doing. That's what they're *actually* doing.

Separating "profound" autism as "bad autism" creates a caste system in which "mild" autism is good because it is neurotypical passing. Neither my value in society nor my relationship to my own autism are defined by adjacency to allism. 5/6

I still see people ask why autistic people like me can't admit to the hell that parenting an autistic kid with higher support needs or "profound" autism supposedly is...

Would you be surprised to learn the strawberries in this picture aren’t actually red? 🍓🧪 Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RldM...

We know that nonspeaking people have #MoretoSay. October is AAC Awareness Month, and AAC app maker @assistiveware.bsky.social is celebrating with a short AAC understanding video. Please watch, take to heart, and share. youtu.be/jGpglhW7I54?... #AACawarenessMonth #nonspeaking #neurodiversity

Nestled among twisted roots and abandoned Starships lie clusters of eggs. Each pulsates with the promise of something waiting to hatch, something hungry.. 🔥 hellforgeprops.etsy.com/listing/4379... #wargame #tabletopwargaming #nerdlings #tabletopgames #indieminis #ttrpg #tabletopterrain #Alien #40k

I still feel the need to "placate" ChatGPT...a thing that couldn't possibly be mad at me. (The true test of sentience, right there.)

Oh no... I said an autism thing in a Youtube comment section and now people are paying attention to me. I usually just delete when this happens. What I said is important to me though.

"Anti-ableism vs. scientific accuracy is a false dichotomy," plus "autism science has a history of false leads in part because of unexamined ableist ideologies that undergird researcher framings & interpretations of evidence." @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social et al: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

No @nytimes.com The autism spectrum should NOT be split apart The term “profound autism” does not help in determining meaningful supports for autistic people with complex disabilities. thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea... @thinkingautism.com #autism #AutismAcceptance

Medicare, as of today, will no longer cover telehealth visits. I can’t imagine a bigger slap in the face to our patients.

This Disability Employment Awareness Month, I'm going to judge companies that are aggressively rolling back work from home.

The experiences of autistic people with intersecting marginalized identities—especially Black autistic adults—"remain underexplored in research, contributing to a limited understanding of stigma’s impact across diverse communities." @desirjones.bsky.social et al: www.liebertpub.com/doi/epub/10....

Fellow journalists: I will not quote Alison Singer of the Autism Science Foundation as an autism expert because of the harm she's caused. Maybe you shouldn't either.

I wish I believed in prayer. I'd pray for peace. I'd pray for my enemies (thus finding some peace for myself). But I'm over here feeling helpless and unheard.

Reporters & @nytimes.com, do better. Talk to folks like @fidgetsandfries.bsky.social, @jessdiaryofamom.bsky.social, @cosmickarmic.bsky.social, @lollardfish.bsky.social, @autisticenough.bsky.social who love and support their high-support autistic kids, and don't pretend their lives are pony parties.

This is great. You might also read me and @juststimming.bsky.social on “profound autism.” It’s one of the pieces I’m most proud of. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

✨️Elf with Iris Flowers (Ca. 1885-1890) Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939)✨️

Can you believe it's been a decade since #NeuroTribes came out? This groundbreaking, humane, endlessly entertaining history of autism and #neurodiversity now comes in a 10th anniversary edition, with a brand spanking new introduction by John Elder Robison: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/310415...

Annie French (1872–1965) – Scottish illustrator and artist, influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, known for her delicate ornamental style. “The Leafy Bower” (1920s). Exhibited at the Royal Academy; works at the V&A and Scottish National Gallery.

Some redecorating. (Featuring my cat Mabel.)

What's a word for triggers that only trigger anxiety? Trying to get away from the sleeper cell implications.

Today on Simpsons Taught Me Everything I go BEHIND THE BIT with Simpsons legend, writer and EP Josh Weinstein to discuss the writer's room and the creation of the Planet of the Apes musical in the episode "A Fish Called Selma!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jAY...

"What matters most to Isabel isn’t finding someone to blame, since she likes herself the way she is. What matters to her is continuing to build a meaningful life with the social supports and opportunities that were unavailable to people with autism in the past." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

On bad days, it feels like it will never end. Today is a little better.

It feels so melodramatic to say I don't feel "safe" here (or anywhere, really). Sometimes it's just someone disagreeing with me that sets my nervous system on fire. I've always been that way. Lately, it's worse. It's all the time. Ever since all the bad things happened.

I miss my home. I miss my cat. I've exhausted all sympathy and don't think I'll ever be alright again.

“It's really hard to have to say, don't listen to the government's health agency, but that's where we are. But with pregnant moms, I think that they need to learn and somehow understand that disability is something that is natural and could happen to anybody.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.

Telling people to “tough it out” when they’re sick is ableism. Saying that autism is “unacceptable” is eugenics. Bragging about the strong people who don’t take meds or vaccines? It infers that those who need medications are weak. It’s all eugenics. This regime sees disabled people as less than.

My stomach doesn't burn today. Things feel somewhat in proportion. Just feeling sad.

#roses #flowers #bloomscrolling #photography

"Parents should be responsible for educating themselves, but I don't think they should be responsible for doing their own research into matters in which they don't have expertise. That's why we have experts." #autism #neurodiversity

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach. To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat. And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.