affirming neurodiversity

[Tyler Scheid @Apocalypto_12]

USPS is a service for the American people. It is not a business to be run for profit.
It is the only mailing service that cannot cut off delivery to certain locations simply due to it not being “cost effective”

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

MAGA mama calls police on Black man using pool—traumatizing his kids to tears.

"I don’t want you to go to jail," child cries.
"Please just get your ID."

"Just because we’re black—we can sit just like everybody else," dad explains.

She did not demand any other swimmers show ID.

"I don’t want y’all to be traumatized by this, though. Don’t cry. You don’t have to cry."

Father wrote that the entire time she was calling the police—the woman was smiling and laughing at them.

The incident occurred in Chicago, Illinois.

Leo Sullivan doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.

[Riah (ry-uh) @lilririah]

Are there any folk in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia who need any cleaning or care work done?

I'm trying to raise funds for my family, and am willing to work at a discount for that.

[abdul 🌌📷 @Advil]

the man in the photo is my cousin Mahmoud Al Dremali. my family is in a panic trying to find info on what the zios did to him and if he’s alive. we have no information at all.

[ChronicIllnessHumor @HumorChronic]

Establish dominance by asking your doctor if he's gained weight

[ment @mentnelson]

This is my art! I’m currently selling my work to help support my journey as an artist. Here’s my website https://t.co/sY4bZjzC39

To those of you who don’t need new art but still want to contribute, I accept art supply donations here: https://t.co/AdDQigJcxK

I can’t thank Ms. Rachel enough for her support! It literally shifted the trajectory of my life and she is constantly doing the same for others! It’s a pleasure to share my gift with everyone and I sincerely appreciate the support

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

lindsey graham was a warmongering psychopath who devoted his life to ensuring the murder of as many brown children as possible. we deserve an opposition party that prioritizes that aspect of his legacy over the fact that they were travel buddies

[ment @mentnelson]

Stop waiting til we die to support us

Sincerely,

A Black man who is an artist

[ment @mentnelson]

I think Ms. Rachel randomly sending me $2K to create art is a sign I should probably keep pursuing this! These are my paintings by the way

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

#Happy4thofJuly

[Julie Rehmeyer @julierehmeyer]

I'm looking for someone in New York who can go ASAP to St Anthony's Hospital in Warrick, Orange County, to advocate for a very severe, barely speaking patient and explain ME and MCAS. It's the worst situation I've witnessed in the US. Please help if you can.

[Rep. Dr. Jasmine Clark @jasmineforga]

When I head to Washington, I will be the first woman in Congress with a science PhD. That matters. At a time when science is under attack, Congress needs more leaders who understand the value of evidence-based decision-making.

[𝓐 ⭑ @ayojoestar]

I didn't start out introverted. I was an extroverted neurodivergent child who quickly learned that being myself was unsafe.

[King Roy @RoyIsThaTruth]

If we ever get a Black president again, I want him or her to have a cookout right on the front lawn of the White House.

A Blackity Black ass cookout.

[Keegs @lordesghoul]

I’m in the south and in this town you can’t buy liquor after 7 or at all on Sundays GET ME BACK TO GODS COUNTRY (Chicago, IL)

[Manuel Ruiz @manruipa]

(6/6)
The real problem with the article is not that it asks for more research. That is fine.

The problem is that it presents a false dichotomy: either you accept mind-body therapies as a brave possibility, or you are part of a dogmatic community blocking science.

No.

The real scientific position is much simpler:

Long COVID is a real, biological, heterogeneous disease.
The absence of a single test does not invalidate the illness.
CBT can be support, not a causal cure.
Exercise can help some patients, but harm others, especially those with PEM.
Pacing is not fear: it is prevention of worsening.
Dysautonomia can look like anxiety, but have a physiological basis.
Stress can worsen symptoms without being the primary cause.
Neuroplasticity must not be used as a commercial wildcard.
Recovery testimonials do not replace well-designed trials.
And no treatment should be globally recommended without stratifying subgroups.

Medicine has already made this mistake before.

Patients with multiple sclerosis, lupus, autoimmune diseases, ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori, endometriosis, or ME/CFS were treated for years as exaggerated, hysterical, anxious, or somatizing until technology and research caught up with what patients had been saying all along.

Let us not repeat the same mistake with Long COVID.

The future is not in denying the nervous system.
It is in understanding it properly.

But understanding the nervous system does not mean selling “mind-body” as a cure.

It means studying immunology, dysautonomia, autoantibodies, persistent viruses, endothelium, metabolism, muscle, the HPA axis, mast cells, microbiota, and neuroinflammation.

And then, if a psychological tool helps a patient live better with an organic disease, it is welcome.

But let us call it by its name: support.

Not cure.
Not a total explanation.
Not a substitute for biomedical research.
Not an excuse to prescribe exercise to someone with PEM.
Not another elegant way of saying “it is all in your head.”

Because it is not all in the head.

It is in the immune system.
It is in the vascular system.
It is in the autonomic nervous system.
It is in metabolism.
It is in muscle.
It is in the tissues.
It is in a biology we are still learning how to measure.

And precisely for that reason, we need more science, not more gurus.

[affirming neurodiversity @NP_psych]

@dysclinic *impossible

[affirming neurodiversity @NP_psych]

@dysclinic it’s like trying to get a drink in the desert, possible to set up regular saline infusions, at least in the chicago area. :(