Maxfield Sparrow

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[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

I am shocked and saddened to learn of the unexpected death of my friend and colleague, @stevesilberman last night.

I'd always hoped for a chance to collaborate again. Co-writing this article with him was a true joy. He will be deeply missed.

https://t.co/ho72AwV0qO

[Sara Luterman @slooterman]

Wrote about trans autistic joy with the inimitable Orion Rummler for the last day of #DisabilityPrideMonth https://t.co/2ECpsGQ1Sy

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@MJNags @Eidle_Ira Wow!

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@Eidle_Ira I call anything in Autistic space that starts showing up outside Autistic space “large”. An NT saying the same thing gets minimum 10x followers. I quit doing anything at all for a long time because I got tired of preaching to the choir.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@Eidle_Ira I missed the suicide story, too. All I remember is Terra was getting a lot of (justified) pressure shot the name and then got royally dumped on for the new name and I felt like I was seeing someone get so mob targeted that nothing would have pleased people.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@Eidle_Ira I didn’t know Terra was trash talking folks. I isolate myself so much, under my rock, I only get glimpses of what’s going on anywhere

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@Eidle_Ira I missed those claims from Terra. Mostly my experience has been that Terra is one of the few larger publications out there centering the voices of non-speaking Autists.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@crippledscholar But an Amazon card for research subjects is different?

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@crippledscholar @mssinenomine The researcher claimed he thought it would be okay but his advisor vetoed it.

This morning I did an interview with a media person I trust and they specifically said (I did not ask) that letting me see what they will say about me before pub is unethical. I had no idea!

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@Eidle_Ira @epballou My experience has been the opposite. I rarely spend time on Twitter because I feel more anxious here. But I find toxic dogpiles on every social media with a high enough population for interesting conversation. I carefully pick and choose where to go and when to say something.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@johnbhoy2345 @savororaidh Because the sounds I make are 100% expected and chosen for stim quality. Outside sounds are always unexpected and often bad stim.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@joelbaileyuk @savororaidh I'd be thrilled just for more shower privacy. I can't count how many times I wanted to go to the gym but didn't have the spoons for parading naked from changing room to shower then wet, back through public space to get to my clothes.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@mssinenomine @crippledscholar I participated as a subject in a study, where I was to provide photographs and words about topic. I asked could I do it under my name, bc am an artist and writer. Researcher said yes, so I participated. After I did all the work, was told my name would not be allowed. Not happy.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@NoNonsenseND Nope. I'm on the aphantasia spectrum.

I keep a perpetual grocery list on my phone and uncheck items as I run low on them, then check them off again when I'm shopping.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@abaukdiscussion @twillierod Thank you: You just described that whole analogy about fish climbing trees. Water is an accommodation for fish. They don't tend to function very well outside of it. If a fish ended up in the desert, the caring thing to do would be to "alter the environment" so it could survive.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@eduleadership @naomicfisher Some students have sensory issues due to disabilities that would preclude them from wearing shoes that had been worn by many other people.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@twillierod @ETIBerlin We need to build grassroots mutual aid in our communities. A good place to start reading about how we can do that is the book “Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

Those of you close to me know how long Mercury Muse has taken to grow from thought to offering. This journey!

If you like to write and you are open to using astrological archetypes as oracles and muses come to my free astro-writing rituals!

[Mercury Muse @mercury_muse]

It’s finally happening! The first New Moon Monday is on the 8th. If you miss it, there will be a re-play and you can join the next NMM in May. Sign up and join in, live or recorded. This ritual is free.

https://t.co/wB5kDhcOp6

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@laurenancona I read books in bars a lot when I was homeless without a car to hang out in. Free happy hour buffet and a 75 cent glass of juice got me out of the weather, fed, and a comfy chair to read a book or do puzzles. Libraries and bars were my homeless shelters.

[Maxfield Sparrow @UnstrangeMind]

@VivvidsCom @milton_damian That would explain why I don’t have one! It was aggressively circumcised away. “My ween was severed at birth and all I got was this transgender autism”?