@Hermitsgrove
I'm autistic and in my 60's. I was only recently diagnosed with aspergers. I found that the diagnosis by itself, didn't change anything - well, it did speed up explanations with friends and contacts, by letting me say "I have aspergers / low level autism" rather than give a long description of whatever faux pas I was involved in...
But with a diagnosis, I found I could both take practical steps to ameliorate its problems, and allowed me to understand why things happened in the past, and are happening now, by going through the behavior patterns common to people with autism, and analyzing what was going on.
So ask about that. Practical steps you can take to help deal with autism.
The book by Tony Attwood about Aspergers is very helpful...
For example, people with Aspergers usually have high levels of anxiety. So, after trying a few medications over the years (usually against depression), my doctor was able to narrow down to anti-anxiety medications, and we found one (agomelatine), that finally helped...
I live in Sydney, Australia
@autismsupsoc @actuallyautistic
One that isn't on the list "Bones" - I'd say Temperance Brennan is the poster person for on screen #autism characters...
@timdunlop
I wonder if the crash in the Tesla stock price, which is because of #SpaceKaren 's attempt to run Twitter, is because he (a) hasn't been devoting enough time to his other companies, or (b) the #GlassOnion realization - that the guy isn't actually all that good at running companies generally?
I think it's increasingly (b), but journalists are sticking with (a), tho investors might not be...
@TeacherGriff
Do you explain you have Asperger's?
Increasingly, I do. And because there is so much general knowledge in the population about this (every second tv show has an #autistic character for instance), this often helps a lot.
I know other people are reluctant to tell others they are autistic, which puzzles me. It's often assumed by other people (or they just label you as "odd"). Autistic people often think they are passing as typical people, but with our crap nonverbal skills, we usually aren't.
After all, blind or deaf people explain or indicate their disabilities, when it's useful to do so. We should too.
@pkrugman
Perhaps we may describe this as the "glass-onion" syndrome, after the current Netflix movie, where this behavior is amply demonstrated.
@TeacherGriff
Yes, I think that is common. As another autistic high-achiever, my theory is that with #austistic people, their language skills are poor in the non-language area, but often fine in the language area. Animals communicate with each other, but only humans do so using spoken and especially written language. But the major part of social interaction is non-verbal - such as body posture, intonation, facial expression, emotion etc, which autistic people are poor(er) at.
So autistic people manage best in purely written language situations, okay at purely spoken, and poorly when actually having to directly interact with other people.
Autistic people can improve these outcomes, by playing to their strengths and minimising their weaknesses - and the technology around today helps with this - using emails instead of phone call, using phone calls instead of face-to-face, and using formal social settings in place of free-form settings, for instance.
My Fishbone cactus (Disocactus anguliger) is flowering #indoorplants #cactus. It supposedly blooms in late summer or autumn, but it is doing so now, in early summer. Blooming is triggered by a cold snap, so Sydney's abnormally cold November might be the cause.
We have experienced a mysterious 'dot' epidemic in our apartment building, where coloured dot stickers are popping up all over. One of residents has an explanation - apparently the Prince of Wales Hospital uses a different coloured dot each day to identify that day's visitors who have signed in, and have demonstrated their COVID vaccination status at the front desk. On leaving, they dispose of the dot - some inside our building, but some on the nearby street poles....
#streetart #art #COVID
This is De Meern 1, the most complete #Roman river #craft (in this case, a #barge) found in Northern Europe. It sank suddenly & accidentally in about 190 AD, just to the west of Utrecht - the captain may have made a mistake in taking it into a winding tributary of the #Rhine (then the Empire's northern frontier) where he was, it seems, unable to avoid some lethal obstacle. He & the crew seem to have escaped leaving personal belongings which survived with the #boat.
& Here's a good explanation of why #ElonMusk is experiencing the problems he has with his purchase of #Twitter; "So in a business like Twitter’s, your customers are the advertisers, and your product is the attention of your users."
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/12/elon-musk-twitter-media/
@liquidparanoia
Instantaneous electric hot water systems generally require a 3-phase power supply, which is often an impediment in apartment buildings. They are most useful for small amounts of hot water, such as sinks, but can't generally supply a shower without the 3-phase electricity supply (because, I think, they will draw too much electricity otherwise). They are also more expensive than using an electric hot water tank - and remember that a hot water tanks can heat on a timer, and so use night-time off-peak electricity on the grid, or daylight electricity with solar panels.
@timdunlop
THREAD a series of posts, in chronological order =>
(1) Write the first post, and number the first (obviously) 1, beginning of the line. Make this first post PUBLIC (click the globe icon below edit window, select).
(2) Write the second and subsequent posts, numbering them 2, 3, ... etc. Make these posts UNLISTED.
(3) This means when/if someone sees your first post, and clicks to read it, they'll only then see subsequent posts. This prevents shitting up public threads with all the subsequent posts, making your #1 stand out better.
Here's a very good explanation of why #Trump is hesitating on returning to #Twitter; it's all about the money...
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/trump-is-faced-with-the-choice-of-money-or-influence-20221121-p5bzun.html
@MagdaSzubanski
It's lovely to meet you, here...
More flowers have appeared on my Dendrobium wilsonii #orchid #indoorplants
"#Twitter no longer has a communications department to contact for comment."
@OnNegation
"Tusky" on android is good, and often recommended