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jess

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queer trans disaster ~ Second Life old timer ~ professional mouse ~ FFXIV gremlin squad ~ legendary creature ~ autistic ~ cptsd ~ tired ~ ΘΔ

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DivergentDumpsterPhoenix , to autisticadvocacy group
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The following is a survey asking for the language preferences of Autistic and non-Autistic people regarding autism.

It is open to Autistic and non-Autistic people for the benefit of comparison.

I will also be using the preference results of Autistic people on the "neurodiversity: the basics" page of my website.

Please do fill this out and RT it, I would like to get at least 1000 responses.

Survey-
https://forms.gle/LM9gi4urTt15wkqn9

@neurodiversity @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy

jess ,
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@DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @neurodiversity @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy I'm gonna whack you with one right off the rip, but I'm gonna limit it to this is my opinion and I represent nobody but myself.
I, do not like "Autistic" vs "Non-autistic". If I'm getting hit with the scientific term, it goes both ways. Autistic or Allistic, or whatever else if someone has a label they prefer. Labels for everybody or none at all, because label vs not-label feels too much like label vs "normal".

yourautisticlife , to ActuallyAutistic group
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Another autistic trait.... maybe...

I'm left-handed. Left-handedness correlates with neurodivergence.

I also have difficulty recognizing left and right. The labels appear arbitrary to me. If everyone swapped them around, we'd still be able to operate.

I've talked about the above before, but here's a new one.

If you ask me to put down cutlery at a table, you can toss a coin as to whether I'm going to do it right or wrong.

I'm probably going to flip everything, unless I reflect that I'm likely to flip everything and go against my initial impulse.

I cannot count the number of times this caused friction with my father. My ex-wife was nicer and gently corrected me.

jess ,
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@spika @yourautisticlife @actuallyautistic
Try this out for size, I'm autistic and also dyslexic so the "left hand makes an L" trick never worked.
But I Special Interested battleships and fast attack boats when I was little so Port and Starboard got the job done.

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