Marcus Helvig

@MarcusP
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I'm a computer geek from way back, especially in the areas of programming, networking and sysadmining. By day, I work in digital accessibility.

Received a late-life diagnosis with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attendtion-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) two years ago, and am still learning about the implications on my life.

Enjoy our household pets - dogs, cats, snakes, frogs and a bearded dragon. Also enjoy astrophotography, Lego

Homepagehttps://marcus.helvig.net/
GitHubhttps://github.com/MarcusP-P
PronounsHe/Him

RE: https://mas.to/@PatternChaser/116273363214994741

A great article. In my experience, I’ve gone from grief to outright anger at how unnecessary my pain is, simply because my authentic self doesn’t fit neurotypical’s fucking view of how a person should exist, behave, or what I require. #acutuallyAutistic #autistic #autism

@llPK I close them occasion, but I’m more likely to declare tab bankruptcy, and archive the lot of them and start from scratch. Eventually I’ll re-build my bookmarks, and then go through them. But a lot of them are going down a rabbit hole, opening a few dozen tabs on a topic, forgetting that I did that, and never get around to closing them. Or I’m planning to action at some stage, or whatever opportunity to action has past, but I have forgotten about them.
Tell me you have #ADHD without saying you have ADHD
@babe That you thought to do this, and did it makes my day.
@theautisticcoach Or fashion a society where it becomes harder and harder for them to function. Autism already has a higher suicide rate. https://news.uq.edu.au/2024-09-11-suicide-rate-higher-people-autism
Suicide rate higher for people with autism

UQ-led research has found people on the autism spectrum are almost 3 times more likely to die by suicide compared to non-autistic people.

News

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116210506221059136

Who among us hasn’t complained about Nvidia drivers?

Wocka wocka!

@matthras Given that I met you at an accessibility conference, I assume you checked it for accessibility ;) [end smart arse joke]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@robinince/116159406030485087

Does anyone know if these types of events happen in #melbourne? I’d love to see some ND comedy. @robinince #comedy #neurodiversity

I just bit the ears off a chocolate bunny, and then in a stern voice said "now listen to me." For those wondering about my mental state.