Avery 🦓

Unidentifed subject. Working it out one day at a time. auDHD, 🏳️‍⚧️ (He/him), member of bendy joint club & lover of rivers.

Views definitely my own.

[Heather Cook 🦓🖖Autistic Coach @hmm_cook]

Some social conventions like “thou shalt not murder” are useful. Some social conventions like “thou shalt use a fork to eat”, well, so what?

There’s a difference between those but some people treat them with this all or nothing thinking.

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #AuDHD

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

When you’re autistic and like to consider every potentially relevant factor before making a decision, every decision can feel so high stakes. This is a reason why some autistic people can find making decisions - even ‘small’ decisions - stressful, overwhelming and/or challenging.

[ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse]

ADHD is always hearing “you’re doing it wrong” even though your way works.

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

The autistic experience of noticing patterns that you find concerning, but questioning whether you need to be concerned or whether you’re overthinking or looking too deeply into them…

[Structured Success @StructuredSucc]

Self-regulation is an incredibly important process that moves us from being outside of our emotional or sensory norms to something closer to our normal.

The bigger that dysregulation or distress we're dealing with is, often the more intense the tools to self-regulate need to be

[The Autistic Coach @AutisticCoach_]

Meltdowns and shutdowns aren’t behavioral problems.

They are responses to overwhelming stress and our needs being violated and/or not met.

#ActuallyAutistic humans need understanding, not discipline.

[Elissa Noves @ElissaNoves]

🧵This week the DWP published "The Impact of Fluctuating Conditions on Assessment" report. It found that the DWP disability application & assessment processes caused "degrees of difficulty, frustration, fear, and a sense of inequality for applicants with such conditions."

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

This isn’t to say that autistic people can never overthink, rather that ‘over’thinking may not always be an appropriate label for the additional thinking that some of us do at times; oftentimes our additional thinking may actually be proportional to the situation - and necessary.

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

Autistic people are often told we’re overthinking when in reality we’re wisely giving something some extra thought because we may need to in order to: feel prepared; communicate successfully; protect our unique needs; and/or navigate/achieve what we need, want or are expected to.

[Ordnance Survey @OrdnanceSurvey]

Ever wondered what the inside of a trig pillar looks like? 💡

Like an iceberg, there is more below the surface than above it. This is how trig points were designed during the retriangulation of Britain. 👇 #TrigWeek

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Lovely Easter monsoon we’re having.

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

Don’t tell neurodivergent children and adults to ‘apply themselves’, because they already are. Instead, ‘apply’ some adjustments by asking them how you can best support them to succeed.

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

Fucking hell. A (mainstream, popular) photography company offered parents the chance to buy a school photo that didn’t include the disabled children. It really is a reminder just how much some of the public believe disabled people should be wiped from society.