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So, an example of #Autistic folks before modern vaccines is #NikolaTesla! Compassionate, brilliant, and had his ideas stolen by #Edison!

Excerpt from "Was Nikola Tesla Autistic?"

"Some Eccentric Quirks Might Hint at the Possibility of Autism

Tesla garnered headlines for other reasons that fascinated the public, as well:

A carefully regimented daily schedule with work from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and dinner at the same restaurant at precisely 8:10 p.m., to be served only by the headwaiter.
Physical tics such as repeatedly curling his toes 100 times each night.
His eidetic memory that allowed him to instantly memorize books and possess perfect recall, allowing him to learn 8 languages easily.
He demonstrated an early ability to perform complex integral calculus computations in his head.
In his youth, Tesla experienced periods of sickness during which he would have visions. These were often the genesis of inventions or solutions to technical problems.
He became obsessed with electricity at an early age.

Because of his inventions and the era in which he lived, many of Tesla’s quirks were seen simply as the eccentricities of a genius—the archetype of the mad inventor.

But looking back, it’s easy to see many of those some quirks as evidence of typical symptoms of an individual with high-functioning autism."

https://www.appliedbehavioranalysisedu.org/was-nikola-tesla-autistic/

#AutisticAwareness #AutisticAwarenessMonth #AutisticAcceptance

Quinn is giving us some shocking examples of employers failing to apply the Equality Act 2010 in the ways we might hope

‘Reasonable’ is such an easily contended term (in ‘reasonable adjustments’)

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Interesting that Quinn is talking about how though he’d known he was Autistic for a long time, and had this at the back of his mind, but didn’t really appreciate just how much of his nature was informed by being Autistic

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Quinn is picking up on some previous talking points to start: he is an aphantasic hyperempathic alexithymic Autist in the end stages of a two-year burnout

Now he’s talking about something he’s not at liberty to say 😉

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Chloe talks about the need for all Autistic therapy to be trauma-focused (not just trauma-informed)

Also references Sonny Hallett and Colin Kerr’s 2020 report: https://autisticmentalhealth.uk/creportfull/

And the BPS’s recent article on neurodiversity-affirmative therapy: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/what-does-it-mean-be-neurodiversity-affirmative

A lot packed into this talk!

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Chloe notes that *group* CBT appears to work for Autistic people

But is it really the CBT that’s effective in that setting, or is it just sharing common experiences with other Autistics?

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Aucademy video (wtih Rachel Cullen) on the Autistic Language Hypothesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxjTIqrSp-o

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