mikecherry , to random
@mikecherry@infosec.exchange avatar

My wife and I are discussing moving. We (mostly me) feel that with everything our family has been through since Covid began, that maybe it’s finally time for a change of scenery.

Clearly we have horrible timing when it comes to mortgage rates and home prices, but sometimes you’ve just got to bite the bullet.

We are eyeing both Atlanta and Charlotte because I’m a pussy and hate winter unless it’s in the High Country in Colorado. Both cities have good tech job markets. What I’m hoping is if anyone can tell me if Atlanta or Charlotte has better support and education options for kids, and kids with other learning challenges, but particularly for kids on the spectrum.

So, can anyone help me out here?

HaelusNovak , to random
@HaelusNovak@neurodifferent.me avatar

I need to read more about ASD and motor control. I've long struggled with clumsy hands and sudden jerky movements. I used to think it might be MS or something, before I heard that it can be an ASD thing. Same thing with not tipping over when walking.

alice , to ActuallyAutistic group
@alice@lgbtqia.space avatar

Is autism self-diagnosis valid? Yep. 💜

Hey all, after reading dozens of research papers, and meta-analyses, and living through it, I made a thing!

I'd love it if you'd check it out! 🥰

https://codeberg.org/alicewatson/asd-self-dx/src/branch/main

Update: I've added a lot of new stuff to the project.

@actuallyautistic

AeonCypher ,
@AeonCypher@lgbtqia.space avatar

@Dr_Obvious @alice @actuallyautistic

@Dr_Obvious @alice @actuallyautistic

I guess I could go into details. Here's how.

  1. Create a huge ilst of questions. More than we need, but like 100. This is so that we can have questions that we agree are more representative and don't have false assumptions.

  2. Have ~1k people take the test, and the other tests.

  3. Have people self-report on self-diagnosis and official diagnosis.

  4. Get the inter-rater reliability of the questions, and also the perform a per question and multi-question test of proportions.

  5. Find the smallest set of questions with the maximal amount of information.

  6. Report on the sensitivity and specificity of the test.

  7. Show the cross test reliability of the tests, to demonstrate that the tests are measuring the same thing (Convergent Validity).

  8. Give comparative analysis to identify the relative predictive power of the test.

  9. Write the results.

  10. Publish.

Bonus: Perform a Factor Analysis on our test to identify the factors that define ,, repeat on the other tests, identify the factors that are measurably different.

fanf42 ,
@fanf42@treehouse.systems avatar

@alice @actuallyautistic @aral

Thank you so much for these resources.

alice , to random
@alice@lgbtqia.space avatar

Not sure who needs to hear this today, but...

"You are valid and valued."

Related: I finished reading https://genderdysphoria.fyi a while back, and I feel like it helped me not only to understand my trans friends better, but also myself.

Note: Reposting because I don't think kindness ever stops being relevant.

Also, thanks for all the boosting going on! I hope someone sees this and has a slightly better day because of it! :ablobcatheart:

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