📋 SURVEY FOR AUTISTIC PEOPLE

It is often said that autistic people have difficulty finding employment (I once read that 70-80% of autistic people are unemployed), but on the internet I mostly come across autistic people who do have jobs. So I would be interested to know how things are for you – whether you have a job or are unemployed. You can also describe your situation in the comments, e.g., why you have trouble finding a job.

The question in the survey is: Do you have a job?

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#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #NeuroDiversity @autistics

Ok, I'm just gonna go ahead and ask.

How do people actually make new friends? Let's assume online for the sake of argument.

I've tried a number of approaches, I've tried both being spontaneous and winging it, and doing it a specific, thought-out way.

My attempts fall into a few typical patterns, but I'm not gonna describe them because that'd make for a LONG thread. I can't describe these things briefly.

(I might add some descriptions later,in a thread starting from this post)

But for now, let's assume: you see a person online, read what they write and after a while decide it'd be cool to potentially get to know them.

What do you do? Go.

Please be specific. "Just talk to them" could mean a million things.

#ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent

Show HN: Autism Simulator

Link: https://autism-simulator.vercel.app/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45438346

You aren’t “behind”.

You lived decades without a map.

Every skill you built was survival.

Understanding that you’re autistic later in life isn’t proof of failure - it’s proof of endurance.

If there is any failure, it’s everyone who missed it.

ICYMI, Guppe groups are gone due to domain name problems (https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115164282623836102) 😞

There is a new group provider FediGroups, here are groups in their public directory so far (! at start to avoid spamming them):

!@3goodthings
!@animeblogging
!@autistics
!@bookstodon
!@fedibiker (in German)
!@genealogy
!@kdrama
!@kpop
!@mtb (in German)
!@muzykametalowa (in Polish)
!@photography
!@pilipinas
!@pinoy
!@plantbased
!@podcasts
!@puzzling
!@thearkchat
!@xmpp

More info at https://about.fedigroups.social/home

The symptoms associated with trauma can also be found in a wide range of other conditions.

These include:

- Autism
- Schizophrenia
- BPD and other 'personality disorders'
- Depression
- Anxiety disorder (GAD)

And many others.

⬇️ (more info below)

#Autism #Trauma #Safety #Hypervigilance #Anxiety #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #PersonalityDisorder

If you, like me, are #autistic, then you might be immune to the effects of false or otherwise insidious advertising techniques

According to the article, #neurotypical people are more likely to get distracted by marketing techniques, while us autistics focus on the practical side of a product, rendering those techniques pointless.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-fallible-mind/201708/why-advertising-falls-flat-in-individuals-autism

#AutismResearch #Autism #News #Psychology #Neurospicy #Neurodiverse