Regardless of whether you enjoyed the plot or acting or other typical measures by which most people will analyze it, I'm curious:

What thoughts do you have about the portrayals of autism in the movie?

Did you find that it was better or worse at representing autism to NT viewers than the first one from 2016?

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29326810

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7687104

What's a way to get SSDI (I think that's the acronym)?

I thought I had it. I put in 10 disabilities which I had and I wasn't lying about any of them. I would honestly never commit fraud, despite my circumstances, and never intend to.

But they said that I "didn't work enough hours."

I'm not sure how to make it go to my credit (Social Security credits, that is).

How many jobs or hours should you work?

I can also give you all the full message through a DM, perhaps.

I've worked, I think, eight jobs in total in the last decade with one year that I wasn't working (during the pandemic). Frankly, I could use the money; I'm trying to get into nursing school, though am getting my CNA first. And I need a car now. I have a Bachelor's degree in Communications, but want to change my career path for the time being.

To be fair, I didn't put all my work experience and there's more that I could put.

Is there

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40823048

Hello everyone! I posted about a month or so ago about a new website for us. I decided to add an old school BB forum since Reddit has become unusable due to censorship. We have Lemmy, and it’s awesome! We simply need an exclusive area for us that are ND.

It’s ready for use while I tweak things. I’m also still working on the main website thedigitalaspie.com

I’m also still looking for writers/contributors and now moderators for the forum.

There is a dedicated board on the forum for suggestions and requests also.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38445203

I just launched a website for us all. The reason I created it is because good quality and relevant websites FOR us are hard to find. I mean, there are organization-owned websites that push political agendas, but ugh. I felt like there is a need for this.

I’m also looking for contributors! I want this website to have voices from all over the world. This is not my blog, I want it to be a valuable resource.

Please feel free to check it out, and give feedback on how it can be improved.

The link: https://www.thedigitalaspie.com/

The “aspie” part of the website name was chosen because it sounds less clinical or rather more casual/friendly. Please know that no offense is meant.

My wife and I are sitting here watching TV when I have the urge to blurt out, “MAMBO NUMBER FIVE!”

She immediately starts singing the song!

Anyone else doing ridiculous stuff unmasked at home?

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5607117

What I said last time:

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Calling all Autistic comrades!

And calling all neurodivergent comrades!

We will be going through Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman. You can purchase the book through this hyperlink here or here or even here (but preferably through the first two links as I want to support the publisher).

The first two chapters are:

Chapter 1. Rise of the machines

and

Chapter 2. The invention of normality

There's also the Preface and Introduction.

Every week, we'll go through two chapters, at least, every week, but if you want, we can go through it bi-weekly (as in, every two we

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5080808

I would suggest watching some of the previous episodes.

My favorite episode is this.

(Yes, George Lucas is definitely Autistic.)

The hosts are kinda liberal, vaguely DemSoc, but I love 'em all the same.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4649234

I'm watching this rn.

Very good stuff.

I suggest subscribing to his channel for tech stuff.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2441630

Definitely check this out.

I'm interested in their repository of data for Autistic people.

Thoughts on the interview?

Listen to it for an hour while you're doing other things.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2438415

Check it out.

Highly recommended podcast, though a bit liberal.

Hosts are well-worth it and have their radical moments.

@ashinadash@hexbear.net

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2355483

There's really four parts, but give it a read-through.

If you do find yourself making the comparison then you should seek a therapist that has experience with ASD.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1796476

I have OCD.

And I've lately developed a penchant for clicking on the blue dotted YouTube channels on my subscription list to the left-hand side of the page.

I would rather that I didn't have to see that or deal with that so I can try to "willpower" my way through not clicking them or clicking all of them or as many as I can before getting tired.

But ultimately, it would be easier if there was a way to get rid of the blue dots entirely.

Is there an extension for Mozilla Firefox to adjust the UI so I can get rid of the blue dots?

Or maybe there's a trick to change the formatting on YouTube as is?

Thanks in advance, comrades.

I hope I explained myself well. Thanks!

I used to think i only told people about my autism in order to feel more comfortable or trusting. I suppose that’s part of it but i’ve begun to realize that the trust is what encourages me to share.

I want to give them tools to understand our communication with less friction.

Obviously I must continue to use my own tools to better understand the people around me but if i can avoid causing suffering before it happens ill do that too.

The Lobotomy 2.0.

Assholes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/421421

Transcript from the post:

I've read here and there about how autistic people aren't able to recognise social hierarchies. Obviously I can't speak for everyone, but in my experience it's not that I haven't been able to recognise them, it's that I don't respect them and I don't care (inverted smiley face)

Great, more potential "diverse" imperialists to deal with.

Politics is full of nuance and contextual information; so struggling with interpreting social contexts can lead to autistic people being gullible.

So much for "social democracies", they may as well just be capitalist countries.