PatternChaserPlease remember that, to #autists or other #ND folk,
a "meltdown" is not a #tantrum, or 'throwing a bit of a wobbler', it's something very real, that isn't at all what you think it is. Thanks ๐๐
Life's details ๐I'm a huge numbers fan.
But I like small #numbers better. Fellow #artists / #autists get my drift.
Anyway: what's the next number in this sequence? Take a guess, there's no such thing as failing in this classroom ๐
" #Neoliberalism sees these children as inconvenient. Not only do they cost more money, they don't fit the cookie-cutter system meant to spit out adults ready to fit into a #workplace. This is where #ableism is shown to be deeply intertwined with #Capitalism, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐."
This wraps many problems faced by #autists in a world built for/controlled by #NT people.
#Autism
#ADHD
#AuDHD
#neurodiversity
#neurodivergence
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/02/11/autistic-school-funding/
DoomsdaysCWToday's driving music: #Intruder by #GaryNuman. WOW!!!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE8kDWBqT19aNp0Tn_-jdPvBiLDkNQINd
#MusicForEndTimes #WeAreTheIntruders #AllTheFeels #IndustrialMusic #IndustrialSynth #Autists #AutisticMusicians
Gary Numan - Intruder (FULL ALBUM)
I'm fascinated by Plato's theories... Could we function without rulers? Or is the solution with folks who have solutions and are thinking about the future without material connections? Hmmmm... Anything is better than the #ShipOfFools!
#Plato on #Democracy, #Tyranny, and the Ideal State
What would Plato have to say about todayโs democracies?
Updated June 24, 2024
"Having experienced the limits of both #tyranny and democracy, Plato sought to devise another and better system of government. In the Republic, which in my view is nothing more than a thought experiment, he conceived of an ideal state ruled by a small number of people selected, after close observation and rigorous testing, from a highly educated elite.
"These so-called guardians would not hold any private property. Instead, they would live together in housing provided by the state, and receive from the citizens no more than their daily sustenance. In spite, or because, of these deprivations, the guardians would be the happiest of men. Were a guardian to become โinfatuated with some youthful conceit of happinessโ and seek to appropriate the state to himself, he would have to 'learn how wisely Hesiod spoke, when he said, โhalf is more than the whole.โ
"For Plato, if a person is to give good advice on the highest affairs of state, he or she must have expertise in justice, which is a part of virtue and self-knowledge. The person who rushes into politics without having found self-knowledge falls into error and makes himself and everyone else miserable. He who is not wise cannot be happy, and it is better for such a person to be commanded by a superior in wisdom.
"The #tyrant, who is the most #unjust of people, is also the #unhappiest. The tyrant is constantly overcome by lawless desires which lead him to commit all manner of heinous act. His soul is full of disorder and regret, and is incapable of doing what it truly desires (this is similar to Socrates' notion that a bad person is, in fact, not himself). The life of the political tyrant is even more wretched than that of the private tyrant, first, because the political tyrant is in a better position to feed his desires, and, second, because he is everywhere surrounded and watched by his enemies, and becomes at first their prisoner and at last their victim. [Sounds like Trump to me!]
"The best and most just of all rulers are those who are most reluctant to govern, while the worst and most unjust are those who are most eager. Therefore, if the state is to be well ordered, it must offer another and better life than that of ruler, for only then will they rule who are truly rich, not in silver and gold, but in #virtue and #wisdom, which are the true blessings of life. And the only life that looks down upon the life of political ambition is that of true philosophy."
#ShipOfFools #Socialists #Philosophers #Autists? #JustSaying...
Dots Out of Line: On #Neuroatypical Curiosity
Educators should ask not who is curious, but how is each person curious?
MIT Press Reader
by Perry ZurnDani S. Bassett, December 2022
Excerpt: "Born in 1992 and diagnosed with autism of a 'severe' and 'nonverbal' type, #NaokiHigashida attended a number of educational institutions in the course of his youth, including a neurotypically centered primary school, a special needs junior high, and a distance learning high school. Observing the many ways in which people with disabilities are fast-tracked out of normal life and shuttled into special needs circles (and low-wage jobs, if they are lucky), Higashida, the author of dozens of poems, short stories, and nonfiction books, wanted to make his own choice. After 'questioning things' for himself, and identifying his gifts and hopes, he decided to become a writer.
"While in school, he had become increasingly frustrated with the steady infantilization and 'schoolmaster-type instruction' that denied his creativity and squashed his curiosity. Indeed, scientists and educators alike repeatedly characterize people with autism as lacking any measurable โ and therefore meaningful โ curiosity. Resisting this narrative in his writing and activism, Higashida repeatedly asserts his own curiosity: 'Iโm always hungry to learn,' 'hungry for knowledge,' he writes in his bestselling memoir 'The Reason I Jump'; 'I want to grow up learning a million things!' Other autistic people, he says, are much like him in this respect, 'constantly challenging and asking questions of themselves.' This should be no real surprise, he writes in a poem called 'Curiosity,' given that curiosity is fundamentally human; it 'is why we carry on.' "
#Poets #LifeWithAutism #Autistic #Autists #ND #Curiosity #ABeautifulMind
@autistics Very relatable content! And I dig his sense of humor!
How to Spot Autism in #HighMasking Adults - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJDKjH6rHhw
#LifeWithAutism #Autistic #Autists #ND #Masking #Sensitivity #SensoryIssues
How to Spot Autism in High-Masking Adults
Hey all... Because of the domain name issues with GUP, @actuallyautistic is defunct. Follow and post @autistics instead!