Autism

In honor of the fourth of July I would like to ask our European friends and family to please adopt an American family in need. Our family has six cats and we need to get the fuck out of America!

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Hi everyone! My name is Brianna Sandner. I am a Sociology MA student at the University of South Florida. I am also a late-diagnosed autistic woman (diagnosed at almost 21) and lover of all things #actuallyautistic.

I’m seeking volunteers to participate in my neurodivergent-led research study to learn more about the experiences of late-diagnosed (or late realized) autistic women and job interviews. You do not have to have a formal autism diagnosis to participate in this study.

If you are intersted in volunteering, please send an email to [email protected] or send me a DM via Lemmy.

Your participation is completely voluntary, and you may withdraw from this study at any time. Any identifying information will be kept private and confidential.

Here is what to expect if you participate • I will send you a consent form for your review and answer any questions or concerns you may have. If you wish to participate, we will set up an interview time that works best for you. • We will have a 60–90-minute interview via your preferred format (Teams or direct messaging). Interviews may be shorter, depending on your availability. • I will ask questions about your experiences and challenges with job interviews. I will also ask about the role of your late diagnosis in these experiences. Finally, I will end the interview with a few demographic questions.

Sincerely, Brianna Sandner

It is 1:45 in the morning. I am out in the farmland of Kansas trying to get a cell site back up. Waiting on other people now to hopefully do their part.

Hazel likes my back pack.

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I'm asking because I'm suspicious I might have autism but I cannot access a psychiatrist.

If I do self diagnose and no matter how much evidence I find that I have autism at the end of the day I don't know that for a fact.

So if I go around claiming I'm autistic when I don't even know for a fact I am, it feels extremely disrespectful to people with autism right?

It'll be even worse if I do get access to a psychiatrist and they tell me no I'm not and I'm just weird or something.

EDIT: I don't want to reply to everyone one by one but I do wanna say thank you for everyone's kind and helpful answers. I appreciate it.

I have had to remove comments and ban people this week. This sub is a safe place for Autistic people. If you see an Autism meme that you disagree with cool. But if that meme is in this sub and you want to disagree and be disrespectful I will ban you. I am also on call which means my tolerance for bullshit is extremely low.

Here's a picture of an Aggie blip.

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Im male born, but i dont feel particularly "male" so to speak: currently im non-binary bc i dont feel i belong to gender categories. Its just like im mentally in a gender-limbo and i think ive been in it my whole life, but its not concrete, as in sometimes i wish i was a girl (this happened also when i was a kid) but at the same time i feel like the categories of binary gender arent fit for me. Im just confused as in what i am. From the outside i think im generally seen as male but inside it's kinda like i don't care but i don't like to be in the gender binary but i wish i was more "girly". Can anyone relate?

It's July 1st! Four days until Basement day! The special day where we hide in the basement with our cats and curse the fireworks. Except this year I'm on call so most likely I will get stuck in horrible post fireworks traffic.

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41245463

One of my cats had an accident outside the litter box, somehow cat food got on the bottom of one of the bowls and I touched it, and my 3D print failed. Happy Monday.

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Dr. Frances is a psychiatrist. He led the American Psychiatric Association’s task force charged with creating the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

I go on call this week.

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Good morning. Please remember to drink water.

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I took the day off from work so I can go to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) to renew my car tags and driver's license.

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It's going to be ok. Well parts of it are going to be ok. Other parts it won't be ok. We're just not sure what it is.

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Yes im fixating on Elden Ring atm and yes that helped

I will not be making a big announcement. This is merely a small announcement to let you know, I am not making a big announcement.

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Autistic guy here and sorry for the political rant. There is a lot of intense and horrific things happening all over the world like the recent war with Iran. But let me say this. If you voted for Trump and your friends and family cut you off because of it, then I do not feel any sympathy for you.

Especially if you have a loved one who is neurodivergent or is special needs. The amount of grief and hopelessness this administration is bringing to thousands, if not millions, of families in the USA is indefensible. Families have been torn apart because of his draconian policies towards immigration. Legal immigrants and regular tourists are being jailed because they committed a minor infraction. Education and social safety programs are being gutted, while the ultra-wealthy keep getting richer and richer.

Canada, Australia and Europe, which we have seen as friends for the previous couple decades, are moving away from the USA after Trump's annexation threats of Canada and withdrawing from several agreements. And I don't fault them for boycotting the USA as there are other friendlier countries to travel to and buy products from. Compared to Europe or Asia, the only good things we have going for us here are the universities and the national parks. Yet Trump and most of his cabinet want to dismantle the national park system and remove all federal funding from these universities. I'm not sad that Canadians and Europeans (and Australians) are boycotting the USA, and at this point, I would happily boycott the USA as well if I didn't live here. I'm sad because I really enjoy talking to international people. Plus many of these cultural ties between certain states and certain provinces (like BC and the NW USA, or Quebec and the Maritimes with New England) have been severely damaged and will be very difficult to repair. What makes traveling fun for me is having fun conversations with international people from all over the world.

All of this to make the USA safer?! Really?!

Now that Roe v. Wade has ben overturned and many states are implementing harsh laws preventing women from getting abortions, the USA will very likely its own Mahsa Amini. And when that happens and another wave of nationwide protests happen, Laken Riley will really be turning in her grave when she finds out her death was used for far-right authoritarian policies to dismantle healthcare for millions of women.

Safer from school shootings and gun violence since Republicans want to ease all gun restrictions? Safer from diseases since there is an anti-vax skeptic who is the secretary of the US health and human services and wants to remove all vaccine requirements? Out of fear that vaccines cause Autism which has been debunked countless times by countless scientists? Safer from pollution now that several environmental regulations have been eased? Safer for plane travel now that majority of the FAA has been fired? Safer traveling out of the country because American citizens (who even have Global Entry) are being put into waiting rooms for hours.

You voted for him to lower the cost of groceries and gas prices?! How is $2.80 per gallon of gas expensive, unless you casually drive a large pickup truck? Due to the tariffs and now the war in Iran, gas and gadgets are going to become A LOT more expensive. People in Oklahoma are going to be in for a very nasty shock when they are suddenly paying Massachusetts prices for utilities and food in a matter of time, unless the entire world can forgive the USA at this point.

If you voted for Trump in 2016, I would still think you have a good heart, even if our political opinions are different. If you voted for Trump in 2024 after Trump proved to the entire world that he has no respect for his political opponents, the constitution and law by putting members of the entire US cabinet in danger on 6 Jan 21, then I don't think you have a good heart and you deserve to be ostracized.

This is why I have such a heard time sympathizing with those who lost friends and family connections because they would rather die of heart failure or cancer than have a well-qualified woman be president, and instead sympathize with those that did cut off friends and family if they voted for Orange Man. I hope everyone who voted for Orange Man will financially suffer. Because we don't have a difference in political opinions. We have a difference in morality and ethics.

Took a picture under a cellphone tower.

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Originally posted by [email protected]:
https://piefed.social/post/966714

I am wondering if results from this community would be different.