If you were waiting to buy my in-depth history of #autism and #neurodiversity, NeuroTribes, it's now really cheap at Amazon. The New York Times called it "Beautifully told, humanizing, and important." https://a.co/d/fDNysnr
Book review #27 for 2024 is Steve Silberman's Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity. A helpful and informative book on the unfolding journey of and...battles with/for, regarding people who interact with their world differently. I found this book to be helpful in understanding the rise of what we today call neurodiversity. ☕☕☕☕1/2 review. @stevesilberman@books@bookstodon@bookstodon#autism#neurodiversity#books#books2024 #
Last week I failed a Product Design / Verbal Reasoning test for a senior role. Today I wrote an email reasoning why I firmly believe that these tests exclude perfectly good professionals.
Here’s the email – feel free to use it should you need it.
‘Spurred by new archival research and public comments by [Judy] Singer about trans people, a group of autistic academics and advocates argue that “#neurodiversity” should be credited to the early online #autistic community instead.’
One big advantage of being #actuallyautistic is, for me, that I'm so used to #crises in my life (heck, life is one big #crisis to me), when something happens that NT's perceive as a crisis, I usually don't blink an eye.
"Oh, but you stayed so calm and handled the situation!" – Nope, you're just used to see me on a daily basis in constant crisis mode.
It can also be a bit absurd…I’m remarkably calm & level-headed in “legitimate” life-threatening crises. But change my schedule suddenly?!?
On a related note…I used to think I was “weak” because everything was so damn hard & intense
Once I learned about my #neurodiversity, I realized I’m weathering things every damn day that would break most people. We’re actually strong as hell…we have to be
@powells.bsky.social in Portland is one of my favorite booksellers on Earth, and I'm so honored that Powell's on Hawthorne is featuring my book #NeuroTribes, along with superb books by Devon Price, Hannah Gadsby, and others, to celebrate #neurodiversity this month.
Re-plugging an old article that my friend, mentee and former colleague Mythri Prabhakara wrote about learning digital security over approximately 8 months while navigating her #neurodivergence and other intersectional identities, and a pandemic to boot.
(I’ve shared an archived link because the footnotes and text currently displaying are a bit weird.)
For me being #ActuallyAutistic means that I came into this world, screaming because it has been too overwhelming and this feeling never stopped since then. It can be beautiful to have sensitive senses, but this world is currently not made for this. Most people experience the world in a different way and don't understand your level of intensity.
It would be nice if more people would be aware of the fact that there are people who experience the world in a different way and that is not an error but a part of #NeuroDiversity
🧠 #Neurodiversity brings different perspectives and ways of thinking, as well as nonconformity. All so important to drive change and #innovation. However, it needs an inclusive culture to make people thrive.
🚀 People with autism spectrum can have a significant impact on the world. Like Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein or Michelangelo.
Any other neurodivergent folks get every question wrong in the university's cyber security training or is that just me? I can almost always think of an exception to an answer and am currently failing mine.
My problem is, I am a guy who likes the idea of doing so many things, but in reality only has the energy or motivation to want about doing those things rather than actually doing them.😩