Hey, it's that time again.

Take your textbook "My physical body and mind started shutting down" #DoraRaymaker, page 34.

■ Time off from school, job, life
■ Reduced self-expectations
■ Stimming, time with special interests
■ Sensory and/or social withdrawal
■ In general, time spent without the "mask"
■ Passage of time; time to recover

There's a prize if you check them all: a chance to temporarily recover without losing much skills.

Addendum:
■ Declutter

"Fiction writer Ada Hoffmann, writer and professor Dora Raymaker, YouTube presenter Quinn Dexter, and author and professor Nick Walker, who also co-runs the publishing company Autonomous Press have each given this subject a lot of thought. Their experiences and perspectives as autistic sci-fi fans and creators overlapped in many ways ..."

https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/episodes/neurodivergent-futures

#podcast #ImaginaryWorlds #SciFi #autistic

#AdaHoffmann #DoraRaymaker #QuinnDexter #NickWalker

Episode 196: Neurodivergent Futures — Imaginary Worlds

One of the most common requests I've gotten over the years has been to do an episode about why so many autistic people are drawn towards science fiction, and these suggestions have come from listeners who are autistic or have autistic children. Fiction writer Ada Hoffmann , writer and professor Do

Imaginary Worlds