⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵 @holly@v.st

Apparently the BBC has been trying out Mastodon, and has just decided to extend their trial another 6 months. You can see which outlets are here, uhm, here: https://social.bbc/about Some look a bit too quiet to have been doing any kind of a trial, although @BBCRadio4 seems to be posting regularly.

@vaurora Can we get them to do adderall next?

@JulieHowlin This used to be on youtube (maybe I just can't find it anymore). It was the Norway team for the Back to Back Challenge, where your team has to start with a sheep and get to sweater the fastest. So you have a shearer, some spinners, and some knitters all working together, and they end up with a very greasy sweater. I used to put it on a screen in the background during yarn swaps and knit-alongs 😊

@colorblindcowboy That particular question came during an in-person (well, in-zoom) assessment. And I'm pretty sure when I'm ok I over-emote, and when I'm shut down due to being tired or overstimulated I don't emote at all -- but like, I never look at my own face during social interactions so I'm sure how I'm supposed to know 😅

@pitbuster @obrerx Sure, no sensible person would think that you should need to claim a disorder to get help, but I was only able to get a referral for assessment because I had problems that interfered with daily life. And schools need documented reasons to provide kids with extra resources. When people can't get resources unless they can prove a disorder, someone saying they don't have one is dismissive and harmful to them. But again, listen to those affected: the spicyautism subreddit.

@obrerx @holyramenempire The problem is the two sides are talking past each other. Needing to express that you have a disorder comes from the very legitimate fear that if your issues are not taken seriously you will not get accomodations and/or medications. We would all like to live in a world where schools recognized students had different needs (and had funding to meet those needs) without needing to claim a disorder, but we don't.

@samid @simon_brooke @pathfinder @actuallyautistic I got my studies mixed up, and now can't find the original review, but maybe you can. Here is the person who put it together: https://www.adultandgeriatricautism.com

@pathfinder @FrightenedRat @simon_brooke @actuallyautistic Ah, looking through the citations again, that particular one was of psychiatric patients. The CDC has the percentage within the general population at 2.2%. I'm going to try to post the pdf of the review because there were some other interesting studies in there.. shoot, doesn't work. And now I can't find it on her site: https://www.adultandgeriatricautism.com

@rafe That’s awesome, you have a good doctor! A lot of them don’t bother to mention to do this, and then it makes things hard later.

@rafe Welp, this is late advice, but if you're doing meds titration it's good to have a simple daily diary of check boxes for symptoms (the ones that bother you the most). At some point you're going to be thinking back and wondering, is this med better than that other one was? Is this dose better? But you won't remember because adhd. If you have a record you can look back and the patterns will jump out on their own.

@hannu_ikonen The Washington Post just reported on a study today that shows that people with untreated #adhd have increased rates of demetia. But those on psychostimulants have the same rates as the rest of the population. Yet another reason people need better access to treatment.

@colorblindcowboy Ahahaha! YES! Where's the option to answer: "In what context do you mean?" or "A word in this question makes the question too imprecise to answer." or "How would I know if I have trouble with that when I don't know how it feels for other people? Maybe you can tell me if I seem to have trouble with it?" The worst: do I have trouble interpretting facial expressions? I don't think so? You would have to test me because how would I know that myself?

@spacekookie my eyeballs have a headache now

@iraantlers poltergeist

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