Autism

Watch the video, it's lovely

Well, I've just joined the cool kids, having being formally diagnosed this week. - Not that anyone was surprised. I think I aced the test.

The psych asked at the end how I felt about the diagnosis, and honestly I don't know. I'm not sure I feel anything, maybe it's because I've strongly suspected for many years. - is this normal?

So now what? Not sure if I should tell work, there seem to be pros and cons to it. Being technical my work is already pretty accommodating. Family already knew, and socially there isn't a problem, as I don't do social.

It all seems a bit anticlimactic, but at least I I'll have a letter that says I'm not neuroboring.

I want to study, learn and self teach myself things that interest me like learning the Japanese language and learning how to draw but I'll also sometimes have the issue of information filling up in my mind and overloading without it actually being retained or only a small amount of information being retained

The overloaded feeling sometimes even leads to mild to worser headaches

I absolutely hate this issue because I love self teaching myself things I'm interested in but this issue stops me from self teaching and learning properly

I had trouble a while ago with a roommate who was resisting cleaning up his room when I needed to get everyone out to deal with roaches that came in when I was trying to help a friend who needed to look for a new room to rent. He's still looking and he's blown multiple opportunities by not having the money saved when he was told to move in. He's living with his family right now.

The owner of the house was extremely generous and he said he didn't want to do an eviction or force me to kick anyone out around the holidays but he also didn't want to wait until January or February to start dealing with the roaches. I paid for everyone to have a storage unit for two months to keep their stuff in while I worked on dealing with the problem. Everyone else got packed up and moved most of their stuff out quickly. The roommate with autism dragged his feet with cleaning up. I told him that he had to get move of his stuff moved out by November or I was going to kick him out because I'm not getting evicted because I have a roommate who filled his room with junk and refuses to clean. There mostly wasn't actual trash but he had way too much stuff for the room that he was living in.

Right now I'm working on setting clear expectations with him because I don't want the problem happening again and then I have to kick him out. A lot of his stuff is still in storage which he's paying for now, so he has to go through it and throw stuff away. I told him while we were cleaning that he could focus entirely on just taking stuff out temporarily and he didn't need to make a decision at the time, which is what I think saved him because I don't think he would have been able to get stuff moved out by November if he had been trying to make decisions about what to throw away.

I've been talking to him about learning how to throw stuff away because it's something that he clearly hasn't got comfortable with. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions that I can give him? It doesn't matter to me if he wants to perpetually pay for a storage unit to keep stuff in, but if he's keeping it there long term then he might as well throw it away because obviously he's not using it.

As a kid that used be the question that made me panic. Some teacher or parent would ask "What's up?" In a casual manner and I would just freeze. To this day I have no idea what the proper response is. I assume it isn't to start talking about orbits.

I have both ADHD and Autism for context.

Anyway I recently started noticing that I tend to have dual organizational systems in my apartment. Some things and storage spaces are totally organized to the 10th degree. Other things and storage spaces are totally chaotic and some of my belongings just end up wherever I drop them. It is kind if weird because there is a very clear differences in something like my closet. My main bag and dresser is super organized but but my desk and under my bed is often just a dumping zone. I end up having to clean up a bunch of junk and trash every 2 weeks or so.

I have also noticed that I sometimes will get really impulsive and move things around. Of course this triggers my desire to keep everything the same so I end up moving everything back. It's like my ADHD jumps in and then the Autism takes back over.

Same thing with me going to social outings. I will suddenly get a desire to go into a bar or group activity but when I get there I get overwhelmed in 5 minutes or less and I end up mostly keeping to myself in the corner. I want to go get wild and have fun but then I get overwhelmed by where I should look. I don't want to accidentally stare at someone to long so I just look at the floor.

What's wild that I just realized this more recently

If you haven't looked into this you really should. Autism Speaks is very much a harm in the world.

What the fuck do they want?

I'm looking to go away in March (from UK), I normally like to pack a tent onto my bicycle, find a ferry to to Europe and explore. But this time I think I'd like a short trip somewhere hot, no cycling. I'm looking at holiday websites but it feels a bit like when I'm in the supermarket trying to find a particular product on the shelf, there's just too much going on and I feel paralyzed and dumb. Tell me how you do yours so I can get some inspiration please :)

Is this how neuro-typicals see those with Autism? Is this how we appear to neuro-typicals? I'm at a total loss lmao.

I consistently lose and always fail the vibe checks. I have given up on trying to win and now I sow chaos for fun when people insist on playing them.

It's a fun trick to enjoy the game even if winning is off the table.

Not an advertisement I swear, but I honestly love language models, I specifically use Chat GPT and Gemini ALL the time.

I'm someone who loves research and learning. I always have questions on all sorts of things. Before GPT I would be googling things for hours each day, visiting forums, watching YouTube videos, etc.

Now with GPT I can ask so many questions on things I am curious about, and even ask follow up questions or ask for more in depth explanations.

I think I am also a bit ADHD and so my brain is always jumping around different topics which makes me curious on specific things. My latest is insects, specifically wasps.

I absolutely hate bugs, and wasps are the worst. But I am now learning more and more how important a lot of bugs actually are to the ecosystem. It's really a great way to learn and engage with topics when you can ask follow up questions or ask for more details on specific aspects.

TLDR: GPT has replaced 90% of my research that Google used to be.

Important Note: Please be aware language models can be innacurate and prone to mistakes, so always verify the data from other sources if you need accurate information and not just general knowledge.

I've seen Autism used as the reason that some people commit a crime. It might be a factor but in some of these I just don't see the connection. It has been used in everything from cyber crimes to violent murders.

Autism doesn't mean you don't have morals and it especially doesn't mean that one can't care about others. On the contrary, most Autism people care deeply about other people.

https://www.reddit.com/r/autism/comments/1hafe7s/i_despise_when_people_use_autism_as_an_excuse_for/

https://www.ibtimes.sg/autistic-teen-hacker-arion-kurtaj-faces-life-secure-hospital-grand-theft-auto-6-leak-72845

Found after seeing #198 Misidentification (dated Dec 4, 2020) shared from a trans group and looking through the West Newbury cartoons across WebToon and Insta

I can't be the only one who has been on both sides of this, yeah?

I feel like in a lot of my interactions I end up being viewed as a child, one of what I would consider my closest friends, legitimately views me as child to the extent where there are boundries people my age cross that I never have, I’m left in the dark regarding a lot. Even down to conversation being had about me that I’m not involved in, I just feel odd when another 23 year old knows who I believe isn’t closer to her than me knows about things I don’t know. I know I’m likely wrong and maybe I’m not as close as I thought but I just feel like it’s giving” the adults are talking” It’s also she will state that she loves me and cares about so much. I just get the vibe I’m a child.

This kinda contaminates most of my other friendships where people will distance themselves from me thinking I’m some sort of creepy child. I just don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I hate myself

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21982615

The timing of exposure appears crucial, with heightened vulnerability during prenatal development and early childhood when critical neurodevelopmental processes occur.

The research suggests that individuals with genetic predisposition to ASD may be more vulnerable to the harmful effects of air pollution exposure

The implications extend beyond individual health to public policy. How might cities need to adapt their urban planning to protect vulnerable populations? What role could air quality monitoring play in prenatal care?

Actually I don't see why anything would be done to orevent development of autism, when not much was done for all the already known damage that actual urban development cause

Link to the actual article:

• https://bm.genomicpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/BM0115-Amal-2024.pdf