Raphaël Pinson 10h ago

Post 8 in the #autism awareness series: https://dev.to/raphink/tasks-that-dont-make-sense-26k3

on taks that don't make sense.

#autismawareness #actuallyAutistc #neurodiversity

Tasks that don't make sense

Some tasks are hard. Some are boring. Some are just tasks you don't feel like doing. And then there are tasks that the brain simply refuses — not out of reluctance, but because the purpose doesn't compute. This post explores the neurological mechanism behind that block, why pushing harder makes it worse, and why the person looking back at you with a calm smile while you wait for them to comply isn't being difficult — their brain has already decided.

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Raphaël Pinson 2d ago

Post seven in the #Autism Awareness series: https://dev.to/raphink/the-filter-that-isnt-running-5d6d

#autismAwareness #actuallyAutistc #neurodiversity

The filter that isn't running

The autistic brain doesn't filter out irrelevant sensory input. Everything arrives at full processing weight, not louder, just unfiltered. This post explains the mechanism, why common fixes don't work, and why the problem isn't at the ear at all.

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Show threadBamboy2d ago

Please, this active "anti-moderation" at #Facepunch needs way more attention! I was just banned by staff for asking for #Moderation in their community!

I have also been silently lurking, mass reporting users who violate #Discord TOS in their server the past week. (so many!)

I was banned right after the first image,
devultj: "get fucked mate"

No warning or asking for what evidence I had. These people are abusers! 🚨

#Abuse #Toxic #Sbox #Garrynewman #Garry #ActuallyAutistc #sandbox #drama

Raphaël Pinson 6d ago

This April I've been posting a series on #Autism trying to describe from the inside what is usually explained from the outside.

1️⃣ Improvisation on the spectrum — navigating social situations without a script
https://dev.to/raphink/improvisation-on-the-spectrum-1k8i
2️⃣ Quirk or wiring? — why autism is neurological, not psychological
https://dev.to/raphink/quirk-or-wiring-5a4b
3️⃣ What "spectrum" actually means — color blindness, not myopia
https://dev.to/raphink/what-autistic-spectrum-actually-means-4djb
4️⃣ The constant background hum — information-gathering as survival
https://dev.to/raphink/the-constant-background-hum-hh7
5️⃣ More autism in IT? — why certain fields concentrate autistic people
https://dev.to/raphink/more-autism-in-it-22l9
6️⃣ When the threshold moves — https://dev.to/raphink/when-the-sensory-threshold-moves-111p
7️⃣ The filter that isn't running — https://dev.to/raphink/the-filter-that-isnt-running-5d6d
8️⃣ Tasks that don't make sense — April 17th
9️⃣ When authority doesn't compute — April 22nd
🔟 Autism and the "genius" effect — April 24th
1️⃣1️⃣ Maintaining friendships — April 28th
1️⃣2️⃣ You can't know what you don't know — April 30th

#autismawareness #actuallyAutistc #neurodiversity

Improvisation on the Spectrum

A comic strip on autism

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pocketsMar 27

If you're thinking about deliberately wearing blue on 2 April, don't.

#ActuallyAutistc #RedInstead #PocketsSoapbox

Show threadlevampyreMar 25
"[Examples are amongst others] avoiding deep focus or rest, because interruption is inevitable. [But] we can't really help our nervous systems to recover, if it nerver gets the signal to be 'off dury'. [We've developed this survival state, b/c we were] treated as being difficult, unless we are useful. [...] This is not generosity, it's hyper vigilance shaped like kindness. [To overcome, we need to learn] how to be valued for [our] presence rather than [our] output." #ActuallyAutistc
Show threadlevampyreMar 25
"Service mode is a learned survival state where an autistic person stays oriented towards being useful, helpful, emotionally available or non-disruptive in order to remain safe & accepted. That often includes constant low level vigilance even in your own home, b/c you're always anticipating interruption, needing to respond or being called on. Instead of fully resting, your nervous system stays on, scanning for demands, needs or cues that someone might need something from you." #ActuallyAutistc
levampyreMar 25

RE: https://chaos.social/@levampyre/116263478747997742

So I recently became aware that as a monotropistic person I am traumatized out of flow states and feeling the heaviness of that loss was already painful.

But look there's another, very related reason why I avoid deep focus and have difficulty to relax and taking care of my own needs in general. It is because my autistic brain is always in "service mode" whenever another person is around. Mother on the Spectrum talks about it in this YT video: https://youtu.be/yZ2_S_5xRAc #ActuallyAutistc

Show threadSiaronJMar 25

@JeremyMallin I'm not so good with numbers but my extra giggle comes from when I'm told at a till what my shopping amounts to and it sounds like a year, and an even bigger thrill if I know of something that happened in that year. (admittedly it only happens when I spend under £20.26 at the moment)

#ActuallyAutistc

Show threadlevampyreMar 20

@Ferrous The pain and regret I feel is, because I remember how wonderful it was to walk those inner mindfields. How much value and energy it gave me. I miss it so much. But I don't dare to go back, because I have kids and I am a responsible adult and they do depend on me "functioning". I don't want to function anymore. I just want to be a brain in a jar, just for a while, so that I can truely relax again. I'm so exhausted. 😭

Anyways, thanks for naming the trauma! 3/3 #ActuallyAutistc