Exuberant Queerdo

late DX #AutiHD. #LongCovid. strategy unicorn @AutisticsUnmskd. a nebulous phoenix trying to rise from this dumpster fire of a situation. they/he

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

I think my problem with employment is I can never keep my ideas to myself. I haven't ever understood the norms that say you have to earn your right to an "opinion." If I see something broken, I think there's a moral imperative to fix it. #AskingAutistics do you feel this, too?

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@thenicestbird Oh, wow, this is right through to the core of me. Thank you, Myra 🥰

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@thenicestbird Thank you for always showing up for us, Myra! You're a gem!

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@bees_warm @laurenancona I nearly bought in Beacon, NY a few years ago. West Point being so close was a major reason I didn't. Sorry for the bad pun and your ears 😆

[Jim Harrington #FBPE 🇮🇪 @jimharringtonkk]

It not a “cost of living crisis” it’s a cost of existing crisis, food, electricity and gas are not luxuries they are basic necessities and more and more people can no longer afford enough of these necessities.

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@iputahexonyou Can you say more about these scripts? This feels familiar to me, but I can't get at any examples. Thank you!!!

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@worldofhawk @AndOrNorLyn Awww, that's so sweet 😻 furbabies really do make life better

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@irreguman So relatable!

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@edsuom For example, I have a new immune deficiency post covid. My body no longer produces IgA, which fights viruses entering through the respiratory tract. Covid basically turned my body into a perfect recipient for covid.

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@edsuom I'm a Columbia-trained data scientist with long covid. The LC studies were all done on 1st infection. I think we need to approach it as if 10-30% of *infections* will lead to LC. Weakened immune systems after repeated infections will likely increase this rate.

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@meghasomething I have a related screed brewing on corporate / grind culture co-opting and rebranding ND traits as "hacks." May have to wait until the entire world isn't a goddamn disaster

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@verylifelike This is pure poetry 🎶

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@verylifelike I loved this so very much. I really want to know what happens with the Silics! Can I be one in my next life? It sounds heavenly!

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@oneautisticboy I appreciate your perspective and I agree. I fired him on the spot not 10 min in to the call. I already *was* in crisis. I'm way moreso now than 8 months ago. I'm lucky I was at least able to stick it out long enough to find a therapist who WILL help. Also autistic.

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@oneautisticboy Last week, my therapist refused help I requested because, "I don't do things my clients are capable of doing themselves." He promised to do this specific thing when we started working together 8 months ago because he said I wasn't "ready" then. There's a magic window for help?

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@worldofhawk @AndOrNorLyn Here's another gentle weirdness, and thank you both for my new favorite phrase ❤

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@EDSJess Big trauma last year. I've always had headaches, subluxations, digestive issues that I'd learned to deal with, but now I'm mainly bedbound. The POTS symptoms are now by far the worst to handle.

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@BadCustSvc101 @SusanLeeLaw @crafty_caro @SallyBSmith @StephTaitWrites @DavidElfstrom @JimRosenthal4 @CorsIAQ @joeyfox85 This is exactly the kind of stuff I'm worried about. I'm glad you said this, as so many people are making me feel like I'm overthinking all of it.

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@JackAshCanales @alokvmenon That's so cool of your mom! I thought this was such a great book. I also really loved Jacob Tobia's memoir.

[Karen Lubell @karenlubell]

If Covid does deplete connective tissue, then #longhaulers should start looking a lot like patients with the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). One of the problems of EDS can be issues in the brain and spine that sometimes require neurosurgery. A thread:

[Exuberant Queerdo @eildrake]

@SusanLeeLaw @joeyfox85 @crafty_caro @SallyBSmith @StephTaitWrites @DavidElfstrom @JimRosenthal4 @CorsIAQ This is great--thanks so much!