‘The bulk of the expected £5bn to £6bn in cuts will come from making it tougher to qualify for Pip – a key disability benefit not linked to work – which is likely to deny payments to many with conditions such as #autism.’

Why is #Guardian singling out those who are #Autistic as potentially ineligible for Pip? No other conditions mentioned. Aligning with #Streeting?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/16/starmer-to-drive-through-welfare-cuts-that-could-affect-uks-most-severely-disabled

There’s a guy in my poetry class named Paul and it’s taking EVERYTHING IN ME (all my masking points) to not ask him if it’s short for tarpaulin

Not the least because that’s not even a reference, it’s a silly series of jokes I HAVE BEEN MAKING

Like Pat short for patchouli or Mac short for tarmac

(Please add your own, I need more)
#autistic #humor

Nesting with Taskmaster, knitting, and Callisto, my squishy axolotl

Will increasing internal awareness make things worse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pclyc4sjV8k&t=3s

My fear isn’t that it’s not good enough, it’s that it won’t get across what I’m actually intending and therefore no one will get anything out of it at all.

New Article! New UK Government Education Hub Now Overtly Discriminates Against Neurodivergent Children

https://emergentdivergence.com/2025/03/16/new-uk-government-education-hub-now-overtly-discriminates-against-neurodivergent-children/

#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #EHCP #EHCPsupport #SEN #SENreform #SEND #SpecialEducationalNeeds #neurodiversity #neurodivergent @neurodiversity @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy.a.gup.pe @adhd @mentalhealth@newsmast.community @mentalhealth@a.gup.pe

I'm finding it hard to hear people today and I'm sure it's auditory processing difficulties.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic

Decided to give streaming a shot, come hang out while I play video games and craft and chill: https://www.twitch.tv/the_lashiel

Adam Plays Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

On Twitch: https://buff.ly/4fnm7KL
On Youtube:https://buff.ly/4fnBgf0
https://ift.tt/dWNUavC

#Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, #asexual, #disabled, #autistic, #LostRecords

Autistic community, tell me where are you at with "high functioning labels" and the term "Asperger" why are you against these or for them?

#autistic
#autism #actuallyautistic
#Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #neurodivergence #AuDHD

Work doesn’t have to be forever. It’s okay to switch jobs every couple of years.

At high school, I often felt like the odd one out — and my PE teacher didn’t exactly make things easier!

(It took until my forties before I began to understand why, after getting an autism diagnosis.)

https://open.substack.com/pub/soultoscribe/p/cruel-high-school-pe-teacher-bullies-autistic-adhd-child?r=1wipey&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

This is the event for anyone with an interest in Autistic wellbeing.

https://bit.ly/autwellbeing

#AutisticWellbeing #ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #MentalHealth @mentalhealth@newsmast.community @mentalhealth@a.gup.pe @neurodiversity @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy

The #autistic urge to infodump anytime anyone steps into your circles of interests.

How shitty I am

I could use a break from my brain.

Feb 22th I experienced major stress episode.I'm autistic and my only meaning of life is art and such, and after that I lost all my creative intuition and complex array of feelings connected to it. Almost no sexual attraction too

How long does it take to recover from severe stress? And generally what's the med protocols to treat something like I described (in autistic ppl)?

@actuallyautistic

Without those expectations of how I “should” function, I’ve found lots of ways to help myself deal with the parts that I genuinely find difficult.