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Mx. Luna CorbdenMy son is going to try using a Rolodex as an executive function system. What a great idea! I wish I'd thought of it.<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AutDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutDHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenA player who just won a thing would not say, “What a shitty game.” She clearly said, “I’m shaking.”Please hire me and other autists/ADHDers with super hearing who use subtitles to help us pay attention. We will FIND THAT SHIT. <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AutDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutDHD</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenMove over Sherlock's "mind palace"! I'm experimenting with building a mind HUD! Why can't we each have our own mental head's up display?I'm starting by putting pictures of short-term things I need to remember to do as icons in the upper right. It did help me remember to take a medication today, one that I tend to forget because it's outside my routine. I'll see how that works and go from there. <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/MadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScientist</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/MindHacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MindHacks</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AutDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutDHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenFilter is also on the fritz these days.Filter. The ability to test all combinations of how what I'm saying might be taken to avoid unintentional insult.Probably some more but that took all my spoons and now I'm really in for it.For most of these, I can usually compensate by overworking one or more of the other functions to make up for it. Probably what's happening now it's that they're most all of them depleted and this coping strategy isn't enough. I'm probably still knee deep in <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/burnout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#burnout</a>, which sucks because it's time to get going again.<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AUTDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AUTDHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/DarkSojourn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkSojourn</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Recovery2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Recovery2023</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenHere are some of the types of energy and function I track which are necessary for full functionality. When all these come together, I'm amazing. They rarely come together anymore.Spoons.Splines, or energy related to loading many details into my brain. I need the details or I can't function.Willpower and gumption, the ability to push myself into doing things I don't want to or that are difficult. (I am so far in debt on this one this year.)Zen. The ability to remain tolerant of suffering and patient with frustration. (When this is gone it happens suddenly and I lash out or melt down.)ExeFunk, or the ability to organize tasks.Dex. The ability to hold things without dropping them. (I really miss that dish I broke.)Working memory, short term memory, object permanence, long term recall: all the types of memory function which I can have to various degrees. (My working memory is trash rn which is a barrier to writing.)<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/autDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autDHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodiversity</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenBack to ExeFunk, though. It's kind of cool because I have this one major ExeFunk list for the whole project (it's a ghostwritten memoir), and then when I'm done with the thing, I change the + to a √ and later I can copy all the √ items to a log. That way, if my client ever wants to see how I've been spending her money, I've got it all right there. (Scrivener really helps with this because I can just do it as two documents at the top of the larger project and don't have to manage a bunch of different apps and files.)<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ExeFunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExeFunk</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AutDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutDHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenI was a bit of an autism advocate on Twitter and my blog for a few years, maybe like 2012-2015 or so. I made some contributions to the movement. (Ever hear of Splines Theory? That was me.)I haven't been able to do much since, but I miss it, and still have lots of great ideas and information to share. I just need ability, time, and energy to work on all the many big ideas and interests I have. I haven't even been able to maintain and update my old blog posts, even though the Splines Theory post still gets a lot of hits.<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AutDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutDHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenThere's a term I made up that I've been using for years. It's a shortening of "executive function," and the shorter version makes it easier to break down large tasks into snappy yet appropriately named lists, plus I can talk about my deficits without cluttering each sentence.The term is "exefunk."Example usages: "I'm having a terrible time with exefunk today.""Before I begin today, I should clean up my exefunk for this project to be sure I'm working on the right thing.""Chapter 4 ExeFunk: 1. Research X & Y. 2. Read notes. 3. Write chapter."<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AutDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutDHD</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ExecutiveFunction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExecutiveFunction</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neurodiversity</a>

Jessica :infinity_rainbow:Finding this very invalidating: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-64487881" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-64487881</a>Thoughts from everyone else?<a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Neurodivergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neurodivergency</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Neurodivergents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neurodivergents</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/NeuroSpicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeuroSpicy</a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/AutDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutDHD</a>

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