Anna NicholsonI’m sure I’ll look back fondly on #Autscape2022, but it ended on such a low note that it just compounded all my earlier negative feelings 😥
Some really cool talks at the last-minute #Autscape2022 session of lightning talks: the mycelial network, tea, plurality, hEDS and more 💜
A comment on Alicja Nocon’s talk today at #Autscape2022
‘Autistics are awesome! 🥰’
Саара Рейман 🇺🇦 (@ReimanSaara)
Just for the record: from virtue ethical POV, this is an awesome and well rounded set of value-related gifts. Lucky is one who has natural talent towards these. Kindness and honesty balance one another well, an so do appreciation of beauty & excellence and fairness. 1/
Another paper in the same area as Alicja Nocon’s research presented at #Autscape2022
(h/t @ferrous)
Positive Psychology in Neurodiversity: An Evaluation of Character Strengths and Humour-based Intervention for Wellbeing and Depression in Autistic Adults
BackgroundThe positive psychology and neurodiversity movements both aim to promote and improve wellbeing through strengths-based approaches. However, little is known about how positive psychology can support the wellbeing of autistic people. The prese
#RejectionSensitivity (#RSD) takes many forms for me, and can often be a clearly irrational response 😔
It has hit me hard a few times during #Autscape2022 because of
– having a flaky Zoom connection
– not being there in person
– not relating to something
– other people arguing
Just thinking about values as discussed at #Autscape2022
I really liked the suggestion that lower levels of honesty among allistic people might simply be due to them ranking honesty below another value, such as social intelligence
This made me think of #OptimalityTheory 😊
Reflecting on the theme, it is acknowledged that more needs to be done to include those with high support needs in Autscape
Everyone on the panel appreciating the community at #Autscape2022 and not feeling like an outsider
An audience member asks, how do we judge the responses to surveys when Autistic people may respond more honestly than their non-Autistic peers
(And deference to non-Autistic authority, e.g. parents of Autistic children, can lead to very wrong conclusions)