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CarolynStirling

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Mum of Four, Granny of 7. Animal lover. Love Politics, Social Justice. English, Scottish, Irish ancestry. Fifth generation NZer. Proud Westie.

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ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon group
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Librarians are (social) heroes; stepping up when other social services have fallen away, to help those with few other places to go...

No wonder the Right wants to defund the libraries (via attrition against local authorities), when you look at the pragmatic but vital social support they are offering to the vulnerable & isolated.

[this is a long read but worth it]


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https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jun/25/how-britains-libraries-provide-more-than-books

CarolynStirling ,
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@bookstodon @ChrisMayLA6 It’s the same in New Zealand. Libraries are attached to Community Centres in my City and Staff work in both. People from all walks of life come to get help with all sorts of issues. There are Classes for babies and Pre Schoolers. School Holiday Programs and more.It’s much more than just issuing books.

chevalier26 , to ActuallyAutistic group
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@actuallyautistic Do any of y'all have EXTREME heat intolerance? It's like the older I get the more I can't put up with hot weather. I've always been very "hot-natured," prefer winter over summer, etc. but this year I think my intolerance has been the worst yet. Friends are telling me how it's peak summer weather (90 degrees is comfortable?!?) meanwhile I start sweating when it's 70+ degrees Fahrenheit outside. What gives?

CarolynStirling ,
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@chevalier26 @actuallyautistic @aevole Tolerance depends a lot on humidity levels as you get older. 99% humidity is brutal at 75F.

autism101 , to ActuallyAutistic group
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Do you have any clothing routines? I own eight gray plain t-shirts with no tags which I love. I often will just wear them over and over again.

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CarolynStirling ,
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@octonion @Zumbador @autism101 @actuallyautistic I can tolerate shampoo with a fruit smell but nothing else. I can’t have highly scented flowers in the house or air fresheners etc. Same with chemical smells. I use white vinegar added to water with a drop of detergent for cleaning ( in a spray bottle) My dish detergent has no fragrance. Same with the sensitive laundry liquid I use.

olena , to ActuallyAutistic group
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Just was ‘diagnosed’ with anxiety today after talking to a psychiatrist for five minutes (I’m using quotes because it seems a bit too preliminary to me to diagnose whoever with whatever after about 5 minutes of general talk).
Came asking for and evaluation. Was totally ignored on that regard) Of course, didn’t have courage to ask again.

Was it so obvious? Was I just a walking stereotype: middle-aged woman from a war-thorn country living alone who voluntarily came to a psychiatrist(doesn’t matter what else she has, she can’t NOT be anxious)?
Or is it just a general experience of most of female-passing folks: to be seen as anxious, to have most of their symptoms attributed to (not like I was asked about any symptoms, but maybe have demonstrated some?)?

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CarolynStirling ,
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@olena @actuallyautistic Autism and Anxiety go hand in hand.

CarolynStirling ,
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@Uair @cy @heartofcoyote @olena @actuallyautistic you’re wrong. My doctor had terrible trouble weaning women hooked on them when they were handed out like sweets to women in the sixties and seventies. My cousin was on huge dosage. I don’t know if she’s ever got off them. She’s like a zombie even now all these years later. Suspect she can’t be weaned off them. Doctors in my Country are very careful how they prescribe.

Richard_Littler , to ActuallyAutistic group
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It's summertime and, as is the tradition, all my neighbours' kids are outside screaming/shrieking relentlessly in a pitch that only dogs (and, as it turns out, autistics) can hear.
'Tis the season of the almighty noise-cancelling headphone.


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CarolynStirling ,
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@Richard_Littler @actuallyautistic @Emmacox @punishmenthurts We have a lot of dogs in the extended family. They have Company all day. If owners work they go to retired family or Daycare during working hours.

Uair , to ActuallyAutistic group
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How are you with animals?

I tend to throw off the wrong vibe for people, but get along with even the iffy animals. Dogs that don't like most people warm to me.

Just wondering how much of that is autism and how much me. My dad hates animals.

CarolynStirling ,
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@actuallyautistic @EVDHmn @Uair I have had the same experience. Animals trust me. They have from my babyhood. I had a kitten as a 15 month old and my mother said she never had to correct me in my handling of my kitten. I attract animals even horses which I admit I’m scared of.

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