Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 657 , Friday 15/08/2025

So Friday started stupidly early - around 03:00 when some plonker at Northern Powergrid fluffed a maint slot & 3000 plus homes lost power. This was fine, but 30 minutes later when the power was restored 2 house alarms further down the street & our automated lights woke me up.

About 30 minutes later we did it all again!

I manage to get back to sleep & got up finally just after 7am.

Today has been a quiet lazy day, relaxing, the temp a balmy & quite acceptable 24ºC.

We watched Mission Impossible: Fallout with the help of pizza & a can of cider this evening.

Final Thoughts.

Well we return to normal next week, with Mrs S back in work & I will need to try & find some motivation to get stuff done while we still have some of the summer left.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

A question to @actuallyautistic:

Watching a video with a talk I remembered that when I was giving a talk years ago I was told that I don't move. People would expect that.

The talking person in this video – https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Kki11f_SpKs (or on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kki11f_SpKs&t=883), moves a lot, and I feel that she moves far too much. I almost feel distracted.

How do you feel about that?

#ActuallyAutistic

@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic this is so perfect for a recent Teams discussion going on at work today...

…unfortunately, i could never get away with posting this to the conversation
https://mas.to/@skeletor/115033668134709437

I survived a week in the office.

Trips to the ice cream van in the park: 2
Times I cried: 0
Times I almost cried: 3
Times I had to gnaw on my chew toy to stay calm: 1
Trips to the bathroom to hide a little: uncountable
Times I cursed every conversation around me: 1
Bottles of wine: 1 I saved for when the week was over

#ActuallyAutistic

No. 5-8 (of 20) Top Signs You Might Be Masking Your Autism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjRvSqelPss

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurospicy #Neurodivergent #ND

#Autism research is full of eugenism, and methodological and ethical issues. The deficit model allows people to treat autistics like sub-human. I didn't see something like this in other fields.

#actuallyautistic @neurodiversity @actuallyautistic