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To all my #autistic friends & allies diagnosed later in life
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Do my #ActuallyAutistic comrades FEEL their emotions or THINK about their emotions?
Do you embody them, experience them, or intellectualize them?
#AskingAutistics
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Neurotypical (NT) communication is often brief and indirect because NTs can usually fill in the gaps and thus expect that others can too.
Neurodivergent communication is often detailed and direct because we can find it hard to fill in gaps, so naturally don’t expect others to.
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Many people find Autists intimidating.
A part of this is that many of us have “flat facing” (we tend to emote less frequently, shorter, and not have a “resting smile”)
This is colloquially known as “Resting B*tch face” xitter.cf/Yoda4ever/status/17483…
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The blackbirds love an icy dip.... but there is often a queue... keep watching!
#GwylltHollow #Winterwatch @Natures_Voice @BBCSpringwatch #Blackbird #SongThrush
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Photo from Autistic Flair who isn’t on this website 💜
ALT No, love, l'm not "getting more autistic" since diagnosis. I'm just hiding it less. Photo from @autisticflair
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Visual Stim
Uncanny (violation of expectation) xitter.cf/froggyups/status/17478…
Post from a local Beekeeper 🐝
“Its late, and maybe in the morning I'll delete this post, but I've just got home and for now I need to write this down.
Earlier this evening I received a message from a home owner to say they had a swarm of bees in their hedge, but they were worried about them because children had been throwing water at them.
By the time my fellow beekeeper and I arrived, what had been a beautiful prime swarm was reduced to a few hundred drenched bees, huddling limply around their queen.
I've already deleted the photos of the puddles of water, the dripping wet hedge, and the many, many dead and dying bees that hadn't been able to escape the attack; sharing those pictures serves no purpose.
We gently placed the bees that had survived into a collection box, and hopefully tomorrow, when they've had chance to dry out and settle, we'll check on them and if necessary feed them; they'll be exhausted and possibly (understandably) defensive. They've been through a lot.
Please, please, help me to educate your children, your grandchildren, your nieces and nephews, your neighbors, your colleagues and your friends that a swarm of bees isn't dangerous - they're amazing creatures that are just looking for a new home.
Please don't let anyone harm them. Just call a beekeeper who will gladly rehome them.
Please help me to spread this message and hopefully save any more bees from being unnecessarily harmed” 😢
- A Sad and unhappy Beekeeper
via Harry Brus
#Bees #beestalk #Beekeeper
