@actuallyautistic @autistics #ActuallyAutistic anyone guilty of this?
https://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/2025/04/14

New Article! The Facebook Group Claiming Autistic Kids Are Telepathic

The Telepathy Tapes is a podcast with an extraordinary claim: non-speaking Autistic people are telepathic. Unsurprisingly, this has stirred a lot of talk online, but could this idea be putting Autistic children at risk?
https://emergentdivergence.com/2025/04/16/the-facebook-group-claiming-autistic-kids-are-telepathic

It's shocking how different my brain and body feel now that my fixation seems to have passed.

My brain is quieter. I'm able to do things without being met with intense internal resistance.

I actually laid in bed under my weighted blanket for almost an hour and didn't think about work once.

I'm also surprised how quickly it faded. I was up until 3am last night working on stuff. This morning started off pretty fixated. By the afternoon, though, I no longer felt the intense obsessive thoughts and powerful drive to continue working on things.

Where does it come from? What made it stop?

ngl, my #ActuallyAutistic ass HATES it when other members of the household return home.

I often dial RIGHT the fuck in on a show, puzzle, etc. without the distraction of Other People; when they return to the house, they want to speak words to/with me—NEVER about the show, puzzle, whatever. Always about something different.

What does my brain do? It attempts to shift, fails, and halts.

To put it in #car terms: My partner & kid money shift MY BRAIN, EVERY TIME THEY COME HOME.

I think fixation brain is finally calming down a bit.

Finally.

I am absolutely exhausted.

Just seen an advice to avoid wording orders and requests as questions (like "Would you like to join us in a meeting?" when the real meaning is "I need you to join us in that meeting") as an advice for communicating with #ActuallyAutistic people, but... isn't it just a sensible advice for communicating with all people?
It's not polite to disguise an order as a question where "no" is a possible answer, it's just misleading and counterproductive.

Autistic burnout isn’t a rough patch.

It’s a shutdown of the bodymind after years of masking, unmet needs, and constant demand.

It can last months or years.

It’s not personal failure - it’s survival catching up.

A hard reset.

Recovery isn’t linear.

And it’s not your fault.

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic

#actuallyautistic I and many women I know have a box love. You get things in really cool boxes and you say, I should save this and use it, cause that is a really cool box. In packing up I have found these & needed a stim so I spent hours with a hot glue gun, fabric, left over ribbon, and old DR WHO episodes. created boxes you WANT TO PUT THINGS IN. Packing is hell for autistic and ADHD brains. It is carnage on an epic level. I HAD TO CREATE.

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Hey #ActuallyAutistic folks. Am I the only one who sees the image in this post as a Rainbow Infinity symbol?

I'm asking the community before I reply directly to the EC.

@actuallyautistic https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/114341388836450977

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 535 , Tuesday 15/04/2025

Tuesday started about 8am but I really struggled to get going, finally getting down to breakfast around 07:30.

Mrs S was off to an Autism awareness thing, one might think this was because she wanted to understand her Norman husband better, not a bit of it, it got her out of going to a walk in clinic type thing that she hates to do.

I managed to get out for a walk after sending some time on here, a bit of a longer one today 4km or about 6000 steps.

I did my chores when I got home then had a hotdog for lunch by way of a treat.

Watched ‘The Blues Brothers’ this afternoon as I needed something to pick up my spirits.

Mrs S rocked up just before 6pm, we had tea & watched Tom Hanks’s ‘The Americas’

Final Thoughts.

Might be another shopping trip on the cards tomorrow - maybe some naughty treats.

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
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Why You Can't Get Your Needs Met By Setting Boundaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1jxcQkovBg

Move date is looming again (4 days away) after the possible breast cancer detour. My stress level is ramping up and I feel so much shame for how much my autistic behaviors are at the forefront. Having lots of mild-medium meltdowns and shutdowns, fueled in part by the shame. I know that engaging with my special interests and resting are important—what else helps you when you’re experiencing a lot of symptoms as well as shame about them?
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