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Dave discusses his journey on the spectrum and the core question of whether or not you can be a little bit autistic.Dave also discusses his time at Microsoft...
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Listen to this episode from The Autistic Culture Podcast on Spotify. In this episode of The Autistic Culture Podcast:One of our own podcast hosts, Matt Lowry, LPP, was interviewed on Meg Ferrell’s podcast, “Two Sides of the Spectrum,” about strengths-based autism diagnoses. Listen in to find out why this interview a) made Angela cry, and b) became the catalyst for TACP!Matt draws from his personal and professional experience working with Autistic children, teens, and adults to criticize how the traditional autism diagnosis process focuses on deficits as compared to neurotypical norms. He contrasts this with his strengths-based diagnoses, which focuses on natural variations in autistic people.He advocates for diagnosticians to learn about autism as a cultural difference, not a disorder. They should be knowledgeable about diverse presentations in women, trans people, and racial minorities. Autism awareness is inherently flawed and harmful without this understanding.Meg: And what you're describing is neurotypical evaluators who haven't done their work to understand Autism.Matt: It's essentially a cultural difference.Meg: Yeah.Matt: Because if a white evaluator approaches a person of color, and tries to talk about their deficits in not being white, that's horrifying. And to say, ‘oh, you don't communicate in the same way that I do. You don't have the same cultural touchstones that I do’—that is ridiculously, horrifyingly racist—and it’s the same approach with Autism.Matt outlines his model of Autistic-centered therapy which focuses on interpersonal skills, trauma, advocacy, and taking care of our “meat bodies,” with sleep and other forms of self-care. This form of therapy for Autistic individuals centers the mental health and wellbeing of the Autistic person, rather than focusing on compliance with neuronormative standards.He strongly cautions against ABA for autism as destructive and points out that it is aimed at making autistic people indistinguishable from peers at the expense of the autistic individual’s mental and emotional well-being.Matt reads an early version of the allegorical legend, "The Legend of Autistica," which tells the story of an Autistic warrior freeing people from the oppressive demands of neurotypical society.The key takeaway is that autism should be approached as a cultural difference requiring mutual understanding, not as a disorder to be fixed. Diagnosticians and therapists should affirm autistic strengths.Amazing Meg was culturally respectful in this interview. Did you catch some of the green flags? Tell us about it in the comments and use #AutisticCultureCatch to share your answers on social media and connect with other listeners!Show notes and resources:Original Two Sides of the Spectrum episode on Meg’s Learn, Play, Thrive website.More on Autistic Centered Therapy.Matt’s strengths-based diagnostic criteria. Related episodes…Learn about the opposite of a strengths-based autism diagnosis: Episode #36 Bad DiagnosisListen to the updated version of our Autistic origin story (now, complete with dragons!): Episode #25 The Legend of AutisticaReady for a paradigm shift that empowers Autistics? Help spread the news!Check us out on InstagramFind us on Apple podcasts and SpotifyLearn more about Matt at Matt Lowry, LPPMatt’s social media: Autistic Connections Facebook GroupLearn more about Angela at AngelaLauria.com and Difference PressAngela’s social media: Twitter and TikTokTACP’s Autism-affirming TeePublic merch shop*Note: Transcription technology is still new on this platform. We are aware of the gaps and errors in the transcript and are dedicated to editing it for accuracy as soon as the new technology allows. We appreciate your patience as we work to expand accessibility as quickly as we are able.**TACP is an autism podcast that recognizes that ABA for autism is harmful to autistic mental health. We reject the use of ABA therapy and pathologizing language like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and associated functioning labels as well as the harmful organization Autism Speaks. To learn more, please listen to: Episode 20: Sesame Street is Autistic and Episode 24: The Trouble with Temple Grandin. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.autisticculturepodcast.com/subscribe
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Listen to this episode from The Autistic Culture Podcast on Spotify. Join Dr. Angela Lauria and Matt Lowry, LPP as they discuss the popular self-help book, "Atomic Habits," by James Clear, and how its behaviorist approach to habit formation does not work for autistic people (children or adults) and share a more neuro-affirming approach to productivity.They explain how autistic people take a ‘hard pass’ on synaptic pruning, which makes forming unconscious habits difficult—if not impossible. Autistic individuals need to consciously think through actions—sometimes, even breathing! This makes typical “habit stacking” techniques ineffective and potentially harmful.“Because we don't weed out our synapses, studies have shown, that we do not make habits. Everything we do has to be a conscious effort.” —MattThe hosts critique the high value neurotypical society puts on productivity, which makes NTs happy to profit off of autistic hyperfocusing, but unwilling to accommodate autistic work needs or recovery from burnout. They also discuss how internalizing ableist ideas related to hyper-productivity affects autistic mental health and wellbeing.“And this fits very nicely in America—into our Puritan work ethic: the bootstraps, the productivity gospel, the idea that your value is tied to your productivity. And so when we're being super productive in our special interest, we feel good. And, when we are in a place where we can't—I don't know—remember to brush our teeth, or take our medicine, or go to the gym, or drink water, then we feel like, oh, we are worthless. We are less valuable as humans.” —AngelaThey recommend embracing autistic monotropism—specializing in Flow states around special interests when possible, while resting and practicing self-care at other times. Rigid schedules and habits often backfire and lead to meltdowns and Autistic burnout.Tips include working from home, taking midday naps and breaks, avoiding energy deficit, and asking for accommodations. Simple tools, such as providing visual aids and reminders, are easy ways that others can help support the autistic community.The podcast hosts conclude that productivity looks different in Autistic Culture but can be achieved by honoring autistic ways of being, and not forcing neurotypical norms that cause distress. Greater acceptance of diversity is needed.How do you honor unmasked, authentic Autistic productivity? Tell us in the comments!* This American Life on Smoking * If Books Could Kill: Atomic Habits * Why Doesn’t Standard Talking Therapy Work for Autistic People?* Recruiting Giants - Alex St. John Related episodes…Episode 13: Labels & Autism and learn about a neurodiversity affirming workplace in…Episode 04: Industrial Light & Magic Apple is Autistic - Episode #7, which discusses NT culture capitalizing on Autistic productivity, and then failing to accommodate and include less “profitable” Autistic traits and needs.Ready for a paradigm shift that empowers Autistics? Help spread the news!* Follow us on Instagram* Leave us some stars on Apple podcasts and Spotify* Matt Lowry, LPP* Matt’s social media: Autistic Connections Facebook Group* AngelaLauria.com and Difference Press* Follow Angela on Twitter and TikTok* Our Autism-affirming TeePublic merch shop This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.autisticculturepodcast.com/subscribe
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What do you think of the subtle per-chapter background images I've tested in this video? Tell me in the comments! I have grown from an autistic child who needed weekly lessons from a childhood psychiatrist in order to learn how to make eye contact, into an autistic adult who is flying high in an aeroplane made out of comprehensive coping mechanisms. The way I have made sense of my life, is to find repeated patterns and groupings of traits, the same as we do for the night sky. There does appear to be a unifying autistic core trait, however, which surprised me: Detail-oriented thinking. 📓 What I Mean when I Say I'm Autistic by Annie Kotowicz Available at: https://neurobeautiful.com/book/ 📑 Unmasking Autism by Dr. Devon Price Available at: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/688819/unmasking-autism-by-devon-price-phd/ Special thanks to my friend Carin S. Calder-La Croix for her advice on this video. https://www.instagram.com/link_carin/ ❤️ If you would like to support what I do, I have set up a Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/noboilerplate - Thank you! 📄 All my videos are built in compile-checked markdown, transcript source code available here https://github.com/0atman/noboilerplate this is also where you'll find links to everything mentioned. 🖊️ Corrections are in the pinned ERRATA comment. 🦀 Start your Rust journey here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hXNd6x9sZs 👕 Bad shirts available here https://www.teepublic.com/user/no-boilerplate 🖼️ The Phosphene Catalogue is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3wVvDbJHrU 🛰️ Lost Terminal is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3bDE9kszMc 🌕 Modem Prometheus is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SDnUVHAC44 🎵 My published albums are on spotify, itunes, etc, but I have a lot more unpublished work over at https://soundcloud.com/namtao 🙏🏻 CREDITS & PROMO My name is Tris Oaten and I produce fast, technical videos. Follow me here https://tech.lgbt/deck/@noboilerplate Website for the show: https://noboilerplate.org Come chat to me on my discord server: https://discord.gg/mCY2bBmDKZ I've written a new fiction Podcast called The Phosphene Catalogue, if you like mysteries and art, check it out! https://phosphenecatalogue.com/ If urban fantasy is more your thing, I also produce a podcast of wonderful modern folktales https://www.modemprometheus.com If you like sci-fi, I also produce a hopepunk podcast narrated by a little AI, videos written in Rust! https://www.lostterminal.com 👏🏻 Special thanks to my Patreon sponsors: David Senk Gregory Taylor Thomas Picard Taylor Dolezal Jaycee And to all my patrons!
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I ended up opening up to ten books and reading them for a few days (going one by one by one and then back again, trying to repeat the process).
Then asked myself "What am I doing?"
I was trying to be productive now that I don't have a job, but I realized that I'm almost done with university and have an internship now; I'm already focused on those two things and was just trying to make up for "free time." I mean, what the hell... I didn't have to make myself "more productive" but here I am.
I also decided to stop another activity of mine that I was practicing 'cause, again, I felt I needed to do it rather than wanting to do it.
A YouTube video that inspired me was here, btw. But it wasn't the only inspiration. Just a creeping realization among other things.
In the end, I got overwhelmed and realized I didn't want to do... any of these things. There were only two books that I wanted to read immediately anyways and the rest I could save for later if I wanted to get to them. I told some friends and I now know someone who admitted to trying to read up to twenty (I'm guessing by going through each one and then back again each week). I'm not judging, but now I know how extreme things can get.
And here I was being against "required reading" (which I kinda still am as I believe, outside of a few classics and fundamental material, Marxists should read whatever the hell they want, and even then, I'm pretty lax about that rule).
Welp, that's all.
How are you all doing this week?
With so many disorder Tiktoks around I can't help but fail to spot the difference between having actual ADHD vs just having poor focus habits.
I myself have trouble focusing on tasks but I doubt I actually have ADHD given the recent surge of disorder Tiktoks - tho I do have autism - and that my focus is typically normal on tasks I devote to like gaming.
I want to get more involved with organising, but fear that due to my autism I will just be a burden. I'm bad in social interactions and get overstimulated quickly.
It's also hard to make connections as well as an autistic person and when I go to socialist meetings I always gravitate towards the people I already know and when they aren't there I feel somewhat left out.