TerdFerguson

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[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I mean it wasn't meant seriously, but I can understand why you might take it that way.

(we decided as a group that we didn’t like having our mental status named after the Nazi scumbag that tortured us to come up with our diagnosis)

I'll digress from the post a bit here... I can appreciate what you're saying, but this is a wild distortion of what occurred to reclassify Asperger's Syndrome as ASDL1. This is not what happened or why it was done, and there is no credible evidence that Hans Asperger himself was a Nazi or that he tortured anyone.

Again, I appreciate where you are coming from. This story, although many people believe it, is not at all correct. But yes, his work to understand and determine the nuances of autism was used by Nazis to determine who would be killed and who wouldn't. He did cooperate with them, but whether he doomed a group of people or saved another one in that situation is a matter of perspective.

And I personally don't think we should change the names of the things that might be rooted in darker history, regardless of the actual events, well-understood or not. Not simply for the sake of it (again, that's not why it was done in this case). That begs us to forget things that need to not be forgotten. Maybe part of why we find ourselvse repeationg our mistakes as humans.

Speaking, of course, as an autistic person myself.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (8 children)

We need to give the Aperger's type of autistic people the power to rule.

Maybe as some kind of council, because you can still end up with an Elon if you're not careful.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Demented PEDOPHILE Psychopath

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

"TSSSSSSSS. GOD, YOU'RE HOT. YOU KNOW THAT?"

🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮 🤮

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

Who supports him?

Who supports them?

I think the application of pressure goes where its possible to apply it, instead of where it isn't.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Thanks. I use loops too :)

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I think people need to figure out the warning shot. Like you have to find an assertive non-hostile way to tell someone to stop their behaviour. If they continue to do it, then the "it's not bullying" card becomes pretty flimsy.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Sucks to be awesome, i guess.

I could not imagine what it would be like to feel so threatened as to be filled with such a hateful sentiment. I should really say it sucks to be whoever that kind of person is.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Deep down, billionaires are good people. #OceanGate

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Yeah Reddit is a giant pile of dogshit. Good riddance.

I have to ask, did your friend get told to kill themselves because of being a gay autistic furry or was it for something else?

I think you're probably implying that is it, but I've been told on reddit to kill myself for all kinds of things that are less interesting than that.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I do not like the term AuDHD.

I don't mind if that's how you want to refer to yourself or anything, but I think it adds noise when you try to socialize the concepts of autism or ADHD to the layperson.

It's an example where we've oversubscribed to labelling, to have a category for both when the word 'both' will do just as well. And you could say that it's just because of the high comorbidity of the conditions and, for sure, that's what it is.. but regular folks still trying to adjust their idea of autism a bit to just include Asperger's and having a hard time figuring that out.

And so I think it undermines efforts to advance cultural acceptance.

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by TerdFerguson@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world
 

I'm planning on trying out some FL-41 coated glasses for my next pair. They are meant to help migraine sufferers manage their light sensitivity, but I wonder if they might be effective for managing my own light-related sensory issues.

Anyone here try them?

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by TerdFerguson@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world
 

So, I'm a job-having asperger-type autistic man. L1ASD, I guess is the way to refer to it currently.

Shout out to all the non-job havers and everything in between, I get that I'm fortunate enough to have been able to manage to navigate through life and somehow sustain a career (in tech ofc).

OK - here's my thing. My boss was fired last week due to corpo doing what corpo does, not because he did anything wrong, and he was a good dude that was supportive and wasn't bothered by the fact that I am autistic and that I have certain communication-related differences than the rest of the team. He was kind of stablizing presence too for others on my team that are less understanding.

I have to tolerate teammates that lowkey openly mock me for my communiction challenges. Some of them know I'm autistic and are just ableist dicks that are mad they can't throw around the r-word like they used to, others in the extended team don't know but follow the lead of someonw who does. Whatever, not the point its just life.

Now I will have a new boss in about a week, I expect I will disclose to them to at least make an attempt for them to try to not judge my autistic persona in the arenas where it is most debilitated. You know I want them to suspend that surface-level jusdment and hold off for a character judgement instead, where I'm pretty solid and would prefer to have my value judged. Of course this isn't how people work and sadly we see today the cultural tides pushing back against diversity, and that includes the neuro kind.

I know I can't control this but I hate having to figure out somoene new, especially a boss. I know that things change, and like many of you I like consistency. I at least like to be in the driver's seat when change is required.

I am just feeling so drained. Thanks for reading.

 

I know that’s a problem a lot of us share. I need some guidance from someone who has it figured out.

Someone here has gotta be a self-study in gastroenterology. Well I hope so anyway.

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