@actuallyautistic#actuallyautistic Wish more YouTubers and content creators added a toggle to their videos that could switch off background music. Idk about y'all, but so many videos have added music that is unnecessary, distracting, and overstimulating.
I have seen videos on YouTube where the closed captions settings have been programmed with a separate audio track with no commentary, so I know it can be done! Would probably be so helpful for so many people!
@chevalier26@actuallyautistic which content producers do you like? Some of them could probably produce two versions im guessing. I talk to a few of them I can ask. It’s mostly a few minutes extra to make the changes I 🤔
@chevalier26@actuallyautistic For me I just want to overlay my own music etc that I use for everyday life to other audio like having a single earbud in that helps w/ me process and flow. I know how to do this with a laptop but not my phone .😉
How would you explain to someone who is neurotypical (a nice one who wants to understand) what body doubling is and why it's helpful and sometimes even necessary for overwhelming tasks?
I've had to describe this to my very lovely NT friend and my explanation sucked lol. Pls help.
@dyani@actuallyautistic@actuallyadhd
A support role(consensual) that helps keeps you humming along your irl timeline to the goals or objectives.
The doubling offers up a secondary awareness supporting the collaborative effort.
This is mostly described as a non physical role or remote role, even if the BD is
manifest during parallel play session or during a irl relationship(friend/etc).
I hope this helps
Thanks to a few mentors from genz who helped me remember as well.
Yeah, it’s 🧐 context preference/needs etc. much overlap in context I agree. 😌 I think the biggest difference is how the dynamic plays out between individuals and how you can make it work for you in a healthy way!
Cheers 🥰
@actuallyautistic@actuallyadhd Is it an ADHD/autistic thing to have tons of tabs open in your browser? I do this :blobfoxlaughsweat: what happens is I'll think of something, open a tab, and then forget that I opened it
@catswhocode@actuallyautistic@actuallyadhd
Well I don’t have a preference per se like many others however when I do close them I use it to possibly remind me of a adhd thought I forgot .. I have a couple
645 tabs lol I’ve won the adhd jackpot a couple times on mastodon although if you use Firefox you have infinite lol 😆
This essay somehow resonates in me. Since I can remember, I never understood genders. It's simply not a thing for me. Why should we be restrained and oppress ourselves with a binary choice? It doesn't make any sense in a world of diversity. It's a purely social construction that doesn't feet my view and who I am. We are all humans.
“Autistic people aren’t being fooled into being nonbinary. We see past the binary that fools you.”
@james@DoomsdaysCW@Autistrain@actuallyautistic@neurodiversity to get an adequate sampling size to know how this fits . See you could say do a poll right? Well statistics can show averages. It doesn’t mean 😢 I don’t believe🤔that any one sampling size fits for that specific way of how we all feel, hence my concern is accuracy, getting unbiased as much as we can, etc. I’m not saying there isn’t strong correlation because we don’t typically, break the mold, in some the mold breaks us 🤷♀️
Literally said this thing to my partner today when explaining how I never enjoyed the non-conseual sexual banter out of the blue from 'dude friends'..I still wonder, are autistics also more likely to be #demisexual ? As this feels definitely connected for me. I was welcomed and included socially, #highmasking but it did often feel like others were having more fun than me. This vid satisfied my wondering why. #neurodivergent @actuallyautistic@autisticadvocacy
@actuallyautistic#actuallyautistic Do y'all know if it's an autistic trait to be super skeptical of stuff? Like, for example, my parents watch some questionable "health" people on YouTube, and when they show me a video from said people, I can tell IMMEDIATELY that they are grifters in it for money. Idk what gives it away but it's like a flashing warning sign in my brain.
I wonder if it has to do with social influence and the effects of charisma/agreeableness that NDs might not fall for.
@actuallyautistic@actuallyadhd Another question for both groups: do you find you have "spiky intelligence"? As in, you might be amazing in some areas like math, programming, etc., but struggle with executive functions. I'm good with a lot of artistic fields, but definitely struggle with organization, finances, navigation, etc. My wife and I compensate for each others' challenges.
@catswhocode@OtterForce@actuallyautistic@actuallyadhd
I read somewhere some things can be a trauma response because we don’t allow ourselves to relax when we should have when younger. This can lead us to take ourselves too seriously perhaps?.
You don’t need to be good to have fun I have found.
It was a problem for me so I thought I should mention that.
I thought it could help someone else :)
