Mastodawn

Seven years of autistic burnout and the loss of the athletic capacity I used to enjoy, and my body has finally rested enough that I can sometimes exercise without getting a migraine/collapsing in exhaustion for several days afterward. I have been rewarded with the revival of a special interest from childhood that I now have the adult agency to pursue: skating!

I have done some ice skating each winter for the past three(? or so?), which my joints liked but my sad muscles could barely hold me upright for. This year, my muscles decided to adapt to the exercise instead of punishing me for it, but the ice wasn’t reliable enough to skate as much as I wanted. Thus, the acquisition of wheels.

I am hooked. This is my new Thing. I study this Thing every day, and do the Thing as often as my body and the weather allow. Do you do this Thing? Do you do it on ice, or wheels, or both? Do you want to be friends?

#skating #InlineSkates #rollerblading #IceSkating #FigureSkating #slalom #RollerSkating #autism #SpecialInterest #recovery #adulting

PugJesus Mar 6

Is this against the rules?

cybervegan Mar 3

Looks like the old brain is coming back online again - managed to do a mini project with minimal brain fog interference. I'm now "officially" in #AutisticBurnout, and I've been told I need to do things I enjoy, but I haven't been able to do this kind of thing since late November.

It's a height-adjustable phone mount for 13YO to record his abstract art videos without his mum having to hold the phone for him. Upcycled cupboard door for the base and old wardrobe clothes rail for the pole. 3D printed base and sliding bracket in hot pink (the colour filament I had loaded in the 3D printer), designed in OpenSCAD. Laser cut MDF holder designed in Inkscape.

#Lasercutting #3DPrinting #OpenSCAD #Inkscape #DIY #SpecialInterest #Maker

THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM Feb 19

I Was Autistic All Along: Seven Clues From My Childhood

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://thinkingautismguide.com/2026/02/i-was-autistic-all-along-seven-clues-from-my-childhood.html

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AutistiCritic Feb 5

@SeaFury I certainly do! I write mostly film reviews and occasional lists about cinema ( #SpecialInterest) but I’m debating whether to include any creative writing I do if I manage to stick at it. 😁 https://autisticritic.pika.page/

AutistiCritic

Ben has been writing film reviews online since 2004 and the occasional screenplay as well. He discovered he was autistic in 2023 at the age of 42 and is currently based on the East Norfolk coast in the UK.

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AutistiCritic Jan 17

@scribblanitea Nope, snooker for me too. #SpecialInterest 😁

★Dash Copper★Jan 12

Unfortunately I have favs now #specialinterest tidal.com/browse/track...

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Miakoda

Jan 7

Well. I did it!
I by no means 100%ed, but I completed Tomb Raider 3.
With that, I have FINALLY fulfilled a goal I've had since childhood - To complete the (first) three Tomb Raider games. (There were only 3 at the time I set that goal)

I finally fucking did it!

Holy shit did I ever need that dopamine blast! This high will get me through at least a couple days!

P.S. FUCK GLOWING GREEN WASPS!

#SpecialInterest

WIST Quotations Jan 1

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

It is all-essential to the continuance of our healthy national life that we should recognize this community of interest among our people. The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us, and therefore in public life that man is the best representative of each of us who seeks to do good to each by doing good to all; in other words, whose endeavor it is not to represent any special class and promote merely that class’s selfish interests, but to represent all true and honest men of all sections and all classes and to work for their interests by working for our common country.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Speech (1903-09-07), “The Square Deal,” Labor Day, New York State Agricultural Association, New York State Fair, Syracuse

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/6…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #class #classwarfare #commoninterest #community #government #mutuality #nation #politics #representation #representative #specialinterest #welfare #generalwelfare