Autism Resources

White people love colorblindness because it allows them to pretend their place in the racial ladder was justly earned and not gotten through theft, rape, slavery, murder, lynching, & violent oppression of black and brown people.

Target ^ School ^

Peircing shop ^ On a walk ^

At a park ^ In the car ^

This Pride, don’t forget about us

ID: “This Pride remember to respect all trans people : Trans women who don’t shave with a drawing of a woman whit a yellow and pink beard, trans men who don’t bind, masculine trans women and feminine trans men with a drawing of a trans woman with short pink hair wearing a yellow baseball T-shirt holding hands with a trans man with a yellow crop top and short curly blue hair, fat trans people with the drawing of a fat trans woman with short white hair, dark skin and a pink cropped top, disabled trans people with a drawing of a wheelchair and a walking cane in the color of the trans flag, neurodivergent trans people with the symbol of the autistic community, trans people who are sex worker with a drawing of blue bra and pink underwear, poor trans people who can’t afford transition, trans people who aren’t out yet with a drawing of a closed door, trans people who don’t plan on transitioning, black trans people with a black fist holding a trans flag, and any trans people who isn’t white with multiple hands of different skin tones, muslim trans people with a drawing of someone wearing a hijab in the color of the trans flag, jewish trans people with a drawing of someone wearing a white shirt and a kippah in the color of the trans flag, non binary people even those who don’t identify as trans with the non binary flag, those whose identity you might not understand with the genderfluid flag, the agender flag, the demi gender flag and the genderqueer flag, trans people who don’t pass and don’t want to with a drawing of a trans woman with a beard and dark skin raising her fist, every pronouns with dialog box in which are different sets of pronouns, trans people of every identity with the gay flag, the lesbian flag, the ace flag, the bi flag, the pan flag and the aro flag, every trans person is beautiful and deserving of so much love so don’t forget the T.” End ID

We tend to have alexithymia, meaning we have difficulty identifying and describing own feelings. 

You can’t say how you feel if you legit don’t know.

Self monitoring is an executive function; our self awareness about how we are doing presently .. which is hampered in ADHDers. 

Also,

Has some amazing case studies on ADHD, and is a very cathartic read for someone diagnosed as an adult.

POV: mister Devon Price, PhD, telling me that I am right about everything

autism

ADHD

anxiety disorders such as phobias, OCD, generalized anxiety, and social anxiety

major depression, dysthymia/persistent depression, and other depressive disorders

bipolar disorder

psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective, delusional disorder, and other things that include psychosis

personality disorders

Depersonalization/Derealization disorder, DID, OSDD, etc

PTSD and C-PTSD

addictions

anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and many other EDs

intellectual disability

learning disabilities like dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc

epilepsy

tourette's

down syndrome

“When she attended mental health one day and they said we can’t help you unless you’re going to hurt yourself or someone else she threatened to kill the mental health worker,” Harris said.

But instead of getting help suited to her needs, Stuckey was arrested and charged with two counts of uttering threats and mischief over $5,000.

At a hearing, Stuckey was denied bail and ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment but because the nearest psychiatric hospital was full, she ended up at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre instead. She remained there for 36 days before being found not criminally responsible for her actions. She’s now in a psychiatric hospital until a provincial review board determines her fit for release.

I hope all cops go to hell and then die, and I also hope that every member of the sask government who gave the ok to cut funding to mental health services over the past few years also all goes to hell and then die.

36 days in jail, for being disabled and essentially making a cry for help.

"The One Spirit Team has been working tirelessly to help as many families on the Rez as possible through this intense winter season. Road conditions are making it near impossible to distribute firewood and food. Many homes are without power or a reliable and safe heat source.

Any donations received at this time will be used to purchase firewood, supplies, and food to take care of those critically in need."

Donations can be made here:

Donations to Oglala Re-Member organization, which also assists people living in the Pine Ridge Reservation, can be made here:

The following items are demonstrated in the video and described in the voice-over:

1. Assorted bump dots - Various kinds of stickers with protruding dots on them that can be put onto appliances to make them more tactile.

2. Pocket money brailler - A device that allows you to imprint braille onto paper notes, indicating their value.

3. Liquid level indicator - A device hung on the edge of a container with metal prongs that detect when liquid has reached it.

4. Braille Pop-It - A pop-it with the alphabet in braille on each bubble.

5. Tactile Rubik's cube - A rubik's cube with unique textures for each color.

6. Braille color clothing tags - Tags with braille to indicate what colour a piece of clothing is.

7. Signature guide - A card with a rectangular slit in it to guide the user when writing their signature.

8. Low vision playing cards - Cards with very large and colorful numbers on them.

9. Pop-A-Cell - A plastic card with 6 bubbles you can indent to practice braille characters.

10. Talking keychain clock - A clock that says the time aloud when you press a button.

An Infographic with text an illustrations titled “The Art of Adapting: How older people ‘hack’ household devices to make them easier to use.” There are nine tips total organized in a list format.

The text of the image reads:

“1. Soap in a stocking. A sensible solution to handling soap in the shower, according to Dr. Hougan. You can use the soap through the stocking, an if you ‘drop’ it, the bar is still within reach, not on the shower floor.

2. Sponge/ foam tubes. Can makes doorknobs, silverware and toothbrushes easier to grip.

3. Cilp-on napkin holder. Small alligator clips connected can be used to attach napkins to clothing, a more elegant solution than tucking the napkin into a shirt and less humiliating than using a bib.

4. Silicone rubber bumps with adhesive backs. Put on kitchen appliances, cellphones and keyboards to help people see and feel what buttons they need to press.

5. Sugru. This moldable, rubbery substance can make materials easier to turn, grab and carry, like the tops of jars and pill bottles.

6. Straw holder. Simply use a clothespin to keep the straw from moving around the glass.

7. Clothes hangers. These household staples have a variety of off-label uses, including holding cookbooks in the kitchen.

8. Shelf liners. These inexpensive materials can be used as nonslip seating.

9. Gadgetry. For the technologically savvy, a little customizing can go a long way. Like making remote controls easier to use by taking off unneeded buttons, or removing the ‘delete’ button from devices like cameras and picture viewers. In another example, one person repurposed a motion detector to monitor the movement of a spouse with dementia”

The illustrations that accompany the text are as follows:

1. a bar of soap hanging in a nylon stocking that is tied around the bar of a shower.

2. a fork and a spoon with blue foam around the handles, making the handles thicker

3. a person’s chest with a napkin clipped around it, similar to a napkin at a dentist’s appointment

4. a telephone next to a mat of detachable rubber bumps. One of the rubber bumps is attached to a button of the telephone.

5. a pill bottle with putty attached to the lid, give it a bigger handhold

6. a mug with a clothespin attached to the side. there is a straw in the mug attached to the clothespin

7. a clothes hanger hung on the handle of a kitchen cabinet. A book is clamped onto the bottom of the hanger.

8. a chair with a shelf liner on the seat and back.

9. an electronic device with a button removed.