Ahh okay... I'm not sure why Tusky does things like that. Might be worth trying a different app to see if it's any better?
By the way, if you click on the original post after you've clicked the others, does it then show more replies? Or does it go back to the view it had before?
@FediTips unfortunately it does give me more triple but there's a few nested still so I had to go into another comment to see them.
Thank you for the recommendation... I'll go shopping when I have time 🙏🏻
Here’s a challenge for all of you this month! How many of you have read books by autistic authors/containing autistic leads? Which of those books have you loved?
@autisticbookshop@bookstodon@actuallyautistic non-fiction: Drama Queen by Sara Gibb, Girl Unmasked by Emily Katy, Letters to My Weird Sisters Sisters by Joanne Limburg (Strong Female Character by Fern Brady is alright, but she shows some internalised fatphobia and ableism)
Fiction: the Outside trilogy by Ada Hoffmann, All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
Or, an autistic who isn't afraid and/or shy to share that they are actually autistic?
Or, an autistic person who is active in the autism acceptance “movement” (if we can call it that)?
Or, perhaps, an autistic who were interviewed and disclosed they're autistic?
Maybe you have other considerations or criteria that defines “openly autistic” for you?
NOTE: Being openly autistic is a choice and is not for everyone. I think it is safe to say that we all face discrimination, stereotyping, and prejudice for being actually autistics, thus, most choose not to be open about it.
However, recently, there has been a slow growth in numbers of openly autistics, and like with most things in life, we have different criteria, definitions, and cultural considerations.
Thus, I am curious what you think, personally or maybe your immediate environment or organisation, is an openly autistic person. Or, when do you consider one as openly autistic.
Again, this is not about if an autistic person should be openly autistic or not. ^_^
2 years ago a major university asked me to come in to give a quick pitch on how I may be able to make their campus more neuroaffirming.
I said that I don’t do free meetings of this nature, but they assured me it was a pitch for 15-20 minutes to see if they’d be interested in a full meeting.
Like many autistic professionals in such situations, I reluctantly agreed.
The “15-20 minute chat” turned into an hour of asking and prodding me for information. It was implied that we would begin a professional relationship after some “checking with higher ups”.
After following up multiple times, with no reply, I was told that they were not interested in pursuing any of my ideas. It sucked, I was out 2 hours with travel without being paid, but thought that’s what it is and I moved on with life. Another “affirming” group taking advantage of autistic people’s labour and bodies.
Today I ran into a one of the people who sat in on said meeting. They attended a lecture I gave today for university administrators on building neuro-affirming university campuses (for which I was paid today). You can imagine my surprise when they told me with a big smile that they had implemented my ideas and built an entire team of “ND affirming” professionals. They used my ideas, my implementation plan, my program ideas, and then hired others to do it for them. Never bothered to pay me for that.
You can imagine my further surprise when this person said “oh that’s a great idea you just made in your talk. We should hire someone to do that!” and walked away, super proud of the “new idea” they came up with.
This person is, of course, NT.
Autistic people know the feeling of not being heard. Of people taking our art, our ideas, our lives, and making them their own, with no recognition. We know what it is to be paid nothing for our work, while NT people doing the same thing are paid in loads. And if you’re not a man or white, you know this on a number of levels.
So many of those claiming to care about affirming autistic lives are full of autisiphobis and ableism.
Our minds and bodies aren’t worthless. It’s our minds and bodies that make the world go around.
I don't like on how this is the 3rd time I'm asking for help during this situation, but this is the only way I can do to help.
We have been in some progress since last time, we're currently working on gaining the ability to buy a house throughout the weeks up till now. And so far, we're waiting on a word from them telling on what're we suppose to do next.
While we're waiting for that, we do need help with keeping up with the hotel room, food and bills while also saving up for the house. Every bit helps!
@geekyjay@mutualaid@blackmastodon Screaming "OOGA BOOGA I'M THREATENING!" while sprinting towards a cop is a free way to solve cost of living problems.