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Embracing #neurodiversity in the fight against the extinction crisis - a new #book: #Neurodivergent, By #Nature theguardian.com/environment/20
Author Joe Harkness: 'Nature lends itself to people who are different ...You cannot be creative and make change and do good things unless you utilise all the different skills of the people you work with. If you don’t have diversity of people, you don’t have biodiversity."

The Guardian · ‘Intrinsically connected’: how human neurodiversity could help save natureBy Patrick Barkham

Allistic (non-autistic) supposedly comes from combining allo and autistic.

So, they dropped the o from allo and the aut from autistic.

We would like to suggest that neurotypical be replaced similarly with a phrase that means non-neurodivergent, as NT feels icky.

So, we're thinking we could combine allo plus **divergent, but not sure how to combine them.

Do we remove the last and first syllables? That would give us allvergent.

Alternatively, could we use allodivergent?

Thoughts? Ideas?

I'm not posting too many new things at the moment (or at least at a much slower pace than usual), I think it's a matter of spoons!

By the way, if you too have problems with your cutlery, you'll like this poster, which is still available on Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/fr/shop/ap/157511630

Or on my free sharing site https://partage.lokipropagand.art/products/spoonie/

#FediArt #PixelFedArt #PixelFedArtist #DigitalArt #KritaArt #ArtForSale #FreeDL #FediGiftShop #NeuroSpicy #NeuroDivergence #NeuroAtypical #MadPride #Resistance #Spoon #SpoonTheory #Vintage #VictorianStyle
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What is the reversal of infodumping? @actuallyautistic
(What would you label "being subjected to or seeking further information on a topic, possibly for current or future deepdive sharing"?)
Very interested in translations or interpretations in other languages, including gestural and/or sign language, if you know any and want to share.

Aw, I just thought of Info dunking. Ah well.
Let info damping be "to rain on someone's misinformation parade." [Maybe dampening? Idk. Linguists take the wheel.]

Hey fellow lovely neurospicy fedi folks :FediverseSymbol:

What are some neurodivergent things that you wish more folks of all neurotypes knew more about? :AutismSymbol: :ADHD_Butterfly:

e.g.,

  • Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)
    • Especially how pervasive and crippling it can be
  • Neurodivergent love languages
    • Especially penguin pebbling 🥺
  • It's actually common to have ADHD and be autistic (AuDHD)
    • A lot of girls and women are finding themselves to be AuDHD
  • Autism Speaks is an anti-autism hate organisation that promotes ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis), which is basically autistic conversion therapy

etc.

ADDitude · New Insights Into Rejection Sensitive DysphoriaRejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) is one manifestation of emotional dysregulation, a common but misunderstood and under-researched symptom of ADHD in adults. Individuals with RSD feel “unbearable” pain as a result of perceived or actual rejection, teasing, or criticism that is not alleviated with cognitive or dialectical behavior therapy.

‼️UPDATE‼️🐧

"Slipper the Penguin: A Story About Embracing #Neurodivergence " will be temporarily unavail in 6 months to make room for the new "Workbook for #Neurodivergent Kids & the Adults Who Love Them" available 07/26!

This book will be combined w/ the story so it isn't competing w/ itself.

IF YOU GET THE BOOK NOW YOU'LL HAVE A LIMITED EDITION COPY!
The new workbook will be in grayscale, so if you want the story in color, get it NOW 🌈

slipperthepenguin.com/

When an autistic person patiently explains to you why their behaviour which you find strange/cynical/whatever, is just coping mechanisms to avoid getting into compulsive situations where they can't control themselves, if you then accuse them that this behaviour is in fact just excuses, "weaponised neurodivergence" or "using autism as a shield", you are in fact an ableist, no matter how self-righeous you become about it.

I'm looking for #neurodivergent people for an interview study on how they experience #gaming in public spaces – specifically in the zkm_gameplay exhibition at ZKM, #Karlsruhe.

What to expect:
– a ~60 min conversation, online or in Karlsruhe
– €20 compensation + free exhibition entry

Eligibility:
– 18+ years old, primary residence in Germany
#Neurodivergence (e.g. #ADHD, #Autism, #dyslexia); no diagnosis required
– Have visited the zkm_gameplay exhibition

More info: hci.iar.kit.edu/467.php

hci.iar.kit.eduKIT - Human-Computer Interaction and Accessibility (HCI) - Participate - Neurodivergent Experiences With Gaming in Public Spaces (at the ZKM, Karlsruhe)

@actuallyautistic I'm not sure why I feel like sharing this, maybe because I need to understand things or because somehow I feel like everything is about to end soon...

My mother had a very basic education, barely the third grade. She was in a coma from a calcium injection she received as a child, at age 8, because "she was too thin."
This caused very serious thyroid and parathyroid problems that led to thyroid cancer as an adult.
Almost illiterate, she taught me the first letters, and I taught myself the rest to read, from magazines, my father's books, and street signs. I was 3 years old and wanted to go to school like the children who passed by our door.
My father was unusual for his time and wanted to be a soldier or a police officer from a young age, and he succeeded despite my grandfather's disapproval. My father was an avid reader from a young age, while my grandfather was illiterate.
When I was 8 years old, my father bought a large encyclopedia and a library with almost 80 classic and contemporary works.
But also at that same time (he was 28 and I was 8), he was already a police officer and one of the founders of the police academy in San Luis, Argentina. He ran the school and taught classes in criminal law, ethics, shooting, and criminology. He was a rare animal of his time.
So, at 8 years old, I spent half my time observing animals and insects in the countryside and half my time reading. I read everything from Edgar Allan Poe to Unamuno, Cortázar, and Nietzsche. I also read my father's books, so much so that I learned fingerprinting at that age and amused myself by taking fingerprints from glasses and personal belongings of my family, visitors, and school teachers.
My father took me to his job, and I learned how to train police dogs, shoot guns, and drive cars—in other words, everything he did as a police officer. Sometimes he would go to the countryside to investigate a crime, and he would take me with him. I became a young criminologist.
At the same time, I learned electronics and built amplifier circuits, radios, and alarms. I watched Star Trek and dreamed about science, performed chemistry and physics experiments, and sometimes electrocuted myself without serious consequences.
By the age of ten, I had read more than any normal person reads in a lifetime and was already writing some insipid poems. I also worked as an apprentice in a radio and TV workshop to buy components. I had a box full of silicon transistors and wires of all colors on my nightstand.
All this was before I turned 12. I couldn't get into military high school because of a birth hernia, and a year later, when I could, a coup d'état had already occurred in my country, and I was disappointed. So I decided to go to a regular school.
In high school, I was terrible at sports and very good at science and math, and when I finished, I had my own FM station (illegal and against the dictatorship's rules), with the added bonus of living half a block from the intelligence headquarters. One day, they almost discovered my radio, although I hadn't intentionally suppressed the harmonics to make it difficult to triangulate. My father worked for them, and I was lucky that instead of going to prison, they hired me for the telecommunications team (I was also an LU).
Then the war came, and although I was spared from going to the front because I was in college, I was a reserve because I worked for the agency. That wasn't my first job, because at 13, I earned money finding houses to sell and doing electronic repairs.
I slept little because I spent part of the night reading and studying.
At 21, having my first crisis (I later learned it was a depressive episode due to my bipolar disorder, or perhaps my first bout of autistic burnout), I joined the army and served for a year, including special training and courses, followed by a year as a civilian. Some of my high school classmates died in the war, and I became very ill during military service; pneumonia nearly killed me, which was a lot for me.
After the army, thanks to my studies in electronic engineering, I got a job at a construction company. At the same time, I played guitar and began joining rock and jazz bands.
I think I had no direction because I liked everything and everything was easy to learn.
But at the same time, a shadow hung over me, and I felt like life was a pointless mess. Between the experiences and the illness, I felt driven to seek answers and discovered yoga, martial arts, and Zen. I was 25 at the time. Two years later, I got married.

I'll follow the rest another time...

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[P] And what's within everyone's means?

Don't give them MORE money if you can avoid it.

But. But! It's within everyone's damn means to not give them MORE money for optional leisure/convenience items. So why isn't that happening?

Oh, riiiiight... It's also the opportunistic parasitism and inmorality.

I mean, prove me wrong, neurotypicals. Please, for the love of all that's good, prove me wrong. I'm begging you.

#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology

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[P] Thus...

"They say I have to throw out my phone!"
Who says?
"Yeah, and my Windows computer?"
Who says this?
"And my Xbox!"
Who???

You don't need to destroy things you bought BEFORE the boycott, just don't give them MORE money. And, IF it is within your means, degoogle and install Linux. Again, IF. If your job demands otherwise? That's fine.

Within. Your. Means.

Those are the magic words, here. To successfully boycott, you...

#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology

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[P] I think it's down to how neurotypical hiverarchy Never Asks Questions (and thus ends up with heads full of misinformation) is behind how bad they are at boycotts. 'Ere, let me help.

"How do I successfully boycott?"
"Stop giving them more money! Research on how best to do that given your means!"
"Oh, okay! Thanks mister!"
"You're very fucking welcome."

See? It can be done! But instead we get the ideas Dark Triad corpos puts in their heads.

#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology

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[P] I want you to think about it. I mean, really consider it. Why do hiverarchians use those words? Why do they have such a seething, broiling, bubbling hatred for whatever it is? I think it'e important to consoder what a hiverarchian thinks identity is, okay? It's the group. It's an amalgam of the Dark Triad monsters who influence them. This is a hiverarchian responds tbe way they do to "Who are you?" The response? "I am [GROUP_ROLE_VAR]."

#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology

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[P] I think I'm beginning to understand something crucial. If neurodivergents form groups, when this happens the focus is value, a moral cause, and each entity was drawn by their own seeking. If neurotypical hiverarchians become part of a group, it's because there are charismatic Dark Triad monsters who influence them. And I have a basis for this! It has to do with identiy politics! What a strange concept, isn't it? I want you to think about it.

#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology

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[P] Being right is a curse. I don't want to be, but here we are. Seez consciousness and curiosity are the roots of the DESIRE to be free. Why do autists love Sonic? He's the iconic unshackled kid. Neurotypical hiverarchy has never desired this, a drone wants to fit in with similar drones who're all mimicking one another. And the hive only cares about a threat if it threatens "My hiverarchy, Us. Us!"

#neurodivergence #neurotypicals #psychology #humans #evil #lariots #laprotests

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