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how to avoid getting hacked / cybersecurity 101 ✨ (a helpful guide)

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Cats smell… good 🐈‍⬛

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Why do the signs of autism get missed in so many children? Do you need a formal diagnosis to access support? What happens when you grow up? This comic and these topics were covered by these amazing autistic creators & posted with their explicit permission: Schnumn: Twitter RB6K: Twitter

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It’s not enough to just be aware. This is why we try to change “Autism Awareness Month” to “Autism Acceptance Month!” It’s better to learn about autism and how to accept it ❤️ ♾

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Autistic Inertia is an autism experience that makes it hard to start, stop, and switch tasks.

It somehow doesn't get talked about enough - so I made this comic!

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Also, if you want to read the research study I based this comic on, it’s right here!

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there’s an odd sense of validation when people know your autistic/suspect it before you tell them

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trying to weed out the “fakers” will inevitably lead to you harassing real disabled people who can’t perform their disability well enough for you

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“I want what she’s on.” The spectrum??

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Hi everyone,

I found this on Facebook today and wanted to share it here. I personally found it very interesting, and I hope you all do as well.

Autism

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So I’m aware that autism affects an entire system, but is it possible for an autistic system to have an autism symptom holder? For example, another alter has mild-intermediate symptoms of autism but the symptom holder experiences and exhibits majority of it and therefore is more likely to be overstimulated/have meltdowns than the other alter? Or is this not possible? I’m asking because I believe there may be an alter like this in my system.

It's normal to have different alters present more or less traits of autism, or different traits. Some of our alters are a lot more visibly autistic (because they stim more often/outwardly, etc) and have more trouble with things like meltdowns and sensory overloaded. With some it goes pretty unnoticed a lot of the time.

We experience the same pattern with things like dyslexia and OCD, and personality disorders.

Input and discussion on any/all questions is encouraged.

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Hello everyone,

I found quite a long list of accommodations for students with Autism.

Sensory Processing

Using a "sensory diet" throughout day

Providing seat cushion for attention and postural control

Providing slant board for desk work

Allow student to stand (if necessary) to complete work

Providing hand-over-hand support for fine motor activities

Allow motor breaks throughout the day

Using multi-sensory cues

Behavior Management

Using visual cues (PECS, words, charts, cards) to review rules

Using daily visual reinforcement program for self-monitoring

Providing immediate feedback using verbal or gestural cues

Using token board or behavioral contract

Using a coping card with behavioral coping options

Using prompt hierarchy (emphasizing visual and gestural prompts rather than verbal

Comprehension

Using visual aids (PECS, words, cards, charts) to augment comprehension

Modifying lessons to emphasize essential concepts for master

Reading and Handwriting

Human reader

Recorded books

Providing keyboard to take notes

Scribe

Providing Speech to Text software for writing

Providing Word Processors or Alpha-Smart for writing

Attention, Organization, Work-Study Skills

Have student repeat back directions

Provide task analysis for multi-step tasks

Break large chunks of work into smaller parts

Using graphic/visual organizers (e.g., organizational, attentional issues)

Providing notes for lessons in (subject)

Providing outlines for lessons in (subject)

Using visual cues (PECS, words, charts, cards) to review schedule, expectations

Ensuring that student writes homework assignments legibly

Ensuring student has homework assignments and materials before departure

Providing study carrel or dividers for independent work

Providing preferential seating

Providing seating away from distractions

Providing seating without visual distraction in visual field (windows, etc.)

Structuring for minimal auditory distraction

Providing task analysis; breaking down goals into small steps

Using manipulative materials to increase participation in learning experience

Providing peer tutoring/paired work assignment

Social Maturity and Reasoning

Using social stories

Providing role modeling (e.g., social skills)

Providing peer modeling from socially competent peers

Providing adult modeling

Providing social skills training during recess and free time periods

Emotional and Self-Regulation

Designating a "safe" or "quiet" place in classroom

Using a "break" card for breaks

Using visual markers, tape, etc. to designate boundaries

Modifying length and content of assignments

Decreasing work load for school work or homework

I think this can be applied to both students in the classroom at school as well as college. But keep in mind that everyone has different needs, so you might want to make a list of accommodations you’d need to have in the classroom.

The source will be below:

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this is literally the best argument I've seen on the subject so far

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And not receiving a diagnosis- even when you have done the research over months at least to self diagnose- is also does not change you <3 you know you best

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Autistic people are supposed to strictly follow rules. But what I've found is the rules that I follow are just the rules that make sense to me, usually morally or logically. I don't follow a lot of traditional rules, such as respect your elders. That rule doesn't make sense to me because age does not automatically equal more wisdom or more kindness. This goes for other weird rules too. If I can't make a sound argument for why they exist, then I won't adhere to them.

Most of the rules that I follow or struggle to break are the rules I have made for myself, or rules I have been given by others that I can rationalize. For instance, I don't drink and drive, I don't condone violence, and I try to do kind things when possible (returning someone's dropped necklace at the store, helping an old man get his coat on).

So the rules that autistic people don't necessarily have to be societal or social rules, but they can actually be rules they've made for themselves .

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I am sharing an article where the author lists reasons they know they're autistic. I read this when I was still figuring out I am autistic, and while I didn't relate to everything listed, there were many items on this list where I read it and nearly cried. Sometimes I read what other autistic experiences, and it really feels like for the first time I am seen and understood. It feels like I am not just some weird outsider, and there are actually people out there who understand what life is like for me. I found this article helpful for finding those common experiences, so it ended up being extremely validating for me. Hopefully, it can be validating for other's out there too.

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I relate to this so much 🙁 I’ve struggled with making and maintaining new friendships since elementary to now because i didn’t know how to interact with my peers growing up. I still struggle with this, but not as badly because i’ve somewhat learned how to interact verbally and non-verbally. As a result, i’ve made friends! /pos

(CW: long rant of an ex-friend)(context: self-diagnosed as autistic since last year)

Before, my best available option was a friend (self diagnosed as autistic last year, diagnosed with adhd, depression, and social anxiety) that i knew since 6th grade who would disrespect my boundary of ‘asking to vent first’, which applies to both people, and thought i’d forgive her every time she apologized. I continued letting it slide because she was the only friend that stayed after middle school. I left her after years of being mistreated by her.

(This part explains why i made the decision to leave her, ignore if needed /nf)

For me, confronting someone is stressful, so, I ghosted her when she overstepped once again. After a few months, I check back into a server our friends were in and found her shit-talking me to the rest; saying how I was one of those TikTok people who self-diagnosed as autistic after one day. I left the server and unfriended all of them.

Some time later, I discovered in an article that in order to keep a boundary in place, the person who made the boundary would need to remind the other to not cross it a couple of times. How do you determine when to stop reminding and to completely cut off the person?

I made the boundary because i noticed friends and family would vent to me out of nowhere. I had to listen and give advice to their problems that i wasn’t prepared for, so i would be left feeling overwhelmed after they’re done.

One of the diagnostic criteria for autism is challenges with relationships/friendships with others. A lot of autistic people struggle to make friends. And I think it's important to talk about what that can lead to.

When you struggle to make friends, you learn to cling to your best available options. I did. I clung to a neglectful friend for so long because I didn't know how to make more friends. I didn't have other friends to support me if I left her. I tried leaving her more than once, and each time went back to her.

She wasn't good to me. I had to beg her for more than one word responses, I had to beg her to hold actual conversations with me. Even then, if I wasn't entertaining enough for her, she just found new friends and lied to me as long as she could get away with it.

Yet I kept clinging to her. And I still, years later, have the urge to go back to her and cling to her because she's familiar. It sometimes feel easier to throw away all the progress I made leaving the toxic friendship behind, because making new friends genuinely feels that much harder.

And we should talk about that more. Yes, autistic people struggle with social skills, and yes, autistic people struggle with friendships, and I've heard people say this leads to autistic people being targets for bullying, but I'm sure it also leads to autistic people finding themselves caught in bad friendships and not leaving because they can't trust their social skills to get them new friends.

I can't be the only person to experience this, so hopefully other people can relate.

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While I can definitely hear the lights and electricity in general, rather than perceiving it all as loud, I perceive it as a constant. It doesn't really bother me since it's usually a predictive noise. However, what does end up bothering me is the lack of that constant noise. I will wake up from a dead sleep when the power goes out because I perceive the absence of noise as louder than the actual noise.