mcdutchie

@mcdutchie@cybre.town

Ripped apart between NL & UK. Despairing social-liberal. Disabled. Autistic public speaker & reluctant activist. Languages. Programming. Guitar. #IAmEuropean

Multilingual account; posting in English, Dutch, #Interlingua.

I'm #tfr searchable.

On the board of:
Autscape: https://www.autscape.org
EUCAP: https://www.eucap.eu
UMI: https://www.interlingua.com
Note: Here, I speak for myself only.

Unix projects:
modernish: https://github.com/modernish/modernish
KornShell: https://github.com/ksh93/ksh

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mcdutchie, to actuallyautistic

“In general, I see autistic people being denied independence, or allowed their independence but denied much of what constitutes living.”

— @heta, President of the European Council of Autistic People, writing on as an person for the European Disability Forum.

https://www.edf-feph.org/blog/autistic-people-and-independent-living/

@actuallyautistic @disability

mcdutchie, to actuallyautistic

‘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.’

https://19thnews.org/2024/04/neurodiversity-term-judy-singer-autistic-advocates/

@neurodiversity @actuallyautistic

mcdutchie, to random

“A lot of people […] have formed the opinion that restrictions on freedom of speech are often a good idea. Whereas of course, the whole point of freedom of speech is that you have to permit speech you don't agree with.”

https://bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68739586

mcdutchie, to ArtificialIntelligence

A piece of actual journalism, rare these days.

The rider who took on his faceless boss

A tech-savvy worker was sick of the that controlled his day. So he decided to fight back

Non-paywall link:
https://archive.is/ZEeho
Archived from:
https://www.ft.com/content/5c72d938-5d17-4600-a2e4-1cc20d3f9de1

mcdutchie, to actuallyautistic

The concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory

By Monique Botha, Robert Chapman, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Steven K Kapp, Abs Stannard Ashley, and Nick Walker

https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613241237871

TL;DR: no, Judy Singer didn't invent neurodiversity; the idea was around before she was, and came from the community.

@neurodiversity @actuallyautistic

softinterlingua, to interlingua Interlingua

Nos besonia adjuta in le traduction de @Mastodon in

Tosto essera disponibile le traduction in Interlingue/Occidental, que jam es complete.

Si tu vole adjutar, junge te al discussion in Crowdin: https://crowdin.com/project/mastodon/discussions/271

Hic es le files de traduction: https://crowdin.com/project/mastodon/ia

@rudhar @mcdutchie @interlingua @contrasperantia

mcdutchie,

@softinterlingua Gratias, io ha comenciate a adjutar a iste traduction.

mcdutchie, to disabilityjustice

These words from the ring hollow. After the horrible abuse of autistics under NAS watch at , the NAS were concerned with managing their own reputation and not with atoning for the crimes committed. The perpetrators were never prosecuted. https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/charity-must-listen-to-autistic-people-in-wake-of-abuse-scandal/
@actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice

transponderings, to twitter
@transponderings@eldritch.cafe avatar

This really has been one of the most careless corporate rebrands in history, hasn’t it? 🤦🏻‍♀️

From my browser’s tab bar …

mcdutchie,

@transponderings It's perfectly on brand for Musk and his total lack of anything resembling management skills.

On a related note, I'm not surprised the blocking feature is still there. Musk fired all the competent engineers months ago and no one worth their salt would want to work there now, so I suspect they have no idea how to remove the feature without breaking the site completely.

transponderings, to random
@transponderings@autistics.life avatar

Was just at the most amazing talk I’ve attended for a long time* – totally worth the online fee for on its own :gi:

Nat Titman was talking about ‘The Autism–Dissociation Association’, and managed to cram so many novel ideas and relatable points into an hour and a quarter

They also gave a model example of genuinely informative and well-timed content notes/trigger warnings

*allowing for SDAM 😉

mcdutchie,

@autoperipatetikos @transponderings Description and slides are here:
http://www.autscape.org/2023/programme/presentations#nat
Nat's slides are quite complete, you can get all the essentials from them.

mcdutchie, (edited ) to disabilityjustice

(1966-2023) was a * survivor who spoke truth at all costs, including mass ableist and sexist abuse. RIP. https://www.dailyedge.ie/sinead-oconnor-pope-3632821-Oct2017/

*Yes, bipolar and mental illness are too, and as such are part of human .

@neuro @disabilityjustice

mcdutchie,

@shoq @neuro @disabilityjustice Indeed! Thanks, fixed.

transponderings, to twitter
@transponderings@eldritch.cafe avatar

Has anyone worked out which font Musk stole his new logo from yet?

#𝕏

mcdutchie,

@transponderings @padraig @Gwendolyn It is part of many fonts, being a standard Unicode character: 𝕏, the "mathematical double-struck capital X" (U+1D54F).

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mcdutchie,

@exme @JeremyMallin @actuallyautistic Congratulations and welcome to our neuro-family. I bet you're still trying to figure out what it all means.

One important thing is that autism isn't all bad; there are good things about it (whether it's "worth it" is another question and depends on the individual).

For instance, you might enjoy this research, showing that we are different but not deficient in communication and in building rapport with others: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361320919286

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mcdutchie,

@CarrieHall1001 @hosford42 @actuallyautistic

I can't think of any autistic person who is not autigender by that definition. Autism influences your whole way of being, gender included.

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mcdutchie,

@haven4books @actuallyautistic Thanks for the signal boost. Just to add that I shared it not just on Twitter but on Mastodon as well: https://social.cybre.town/@mcdutchie/110707520221665887

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mcdutchie,

We have now opened registration for the parallel online event, with Zoom live streaming of all the main programme presentations as well as moderated discussions, participant-led activities and socialising on Discord. Info & booking here: http://www.autscape.org/2023/registration/online

Registration for the three-day residential in-person event is still open for another three days! Information and a link to Ticket Tailor for booking are here: http://www.autscape.org/2023/registration/

@actuallyautistic

Claire, to random

Hi! New to Mastadon (part of the twitter migration) and hoping to connect with some people.

Woud also love to connect with people who practice and .

(Gotta be honest, still figuring this site out!)

mcdutchie,

@Claire Hi, and welcome. :) Here's a tip: follow @actuallyautistic -- that account is a group full of autistic folks. Whenever you tag that account, your message gets sent to to the entire group. There are other such groups as well, see https://a.gup.pe/

Private
mcdutchie,

Someone requested I turn that Reddit comment into a blog post for citing purposes. Here it is: https://www.inlv.org/2023/06/29/neurodiversity.html
@actuallyautistic

eilisnichaoimh, to actuallyautistic

Question for @actuallyautistic and communities.

I'm writing a paper on deconstructing neurodiversity. I'm looking for archival copies of the Autism Network International newsletter published in either 1992 or 1993. Any help much appreciated !!!!!!!

mcdutchie,

@eilisnichaoimh What does it mean to "deconstruct neurodiversity"?

Maybe @Ira407 of the Autistic Archive can help with the old copies of "Our Voice" (the ANI newsletter).

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