26pglt

26pglt, 10 days ago to random

Screening patients for #COVID & wearing well fitting masks in health care settings is such an obvious & effective intervention I could not believe it when health services decided they were no longer necessary. Disregarding these sensible precautions has led to so much avoidable suffering.

So many of us are vulnerable. Please, let’s be kind to each other.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-06/hundreds-died-catching-covid-victoria-hospitals-testing-masking/103784896?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 17 days ago to KindActions

This one presses all my ‘I was an undx & unsupported #autistic child & an undx & unsupported parent of undx & unsupported #autistic kids’ buttons also. I hated school! It was totally overwhelming & full of impenetrable rules & I was bullied & friendless from start to finish. I tried so hard to avoid & refuse but was repeatedly forced to go. When my kids had the same experience I did the same to them.

We had no way to make sense of this experience then except as shame & failure. And the stigma for parents was awful. Now we can see this aversion & avoidance as overwhelm resulting from an inability to filter sensory & other input, & the inevitable bullying we endure as other kids’ response to our inability to figure out the social rules, we can understand our experience more kindly. And maybe even find ways to make school a safe space for everyone.

Let’s think about #neurodivergence in terms of differences in processing sensory & other information, & be kinder to our kids, & ourselves. #ToolsToThinkWith #kindness

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-29/school-refusal-cant-australia-education-four-corners/103669970?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 17 days ago to actuallyautistic

This account of a teenager & his family is heartbreaking 💔.

Families raising kids who have violent meltdowns struggle to find support. Kids like this are acutely vulnerable to the influence of anyone who is kind to them & any group in which they find acceptance. For those of us who experience meltdowns, learning to understand & manage our overwhelm & the eruptions it leads to is a lifelong journey. For most of us it’s full of failure & shame. Where & how can we find acceptance & love? How can we learn to be gentle with ourselves?

I think many #autistic folk, especially those of us who grew up undiagnosed & unsupported then raised similarly undx, distressed, overwhelmed & volatile autistic kids while unable to find help, would shudder with recognition at elements of this tragic story.

My heart goes out to this family ❤️‍🩹 @actuallyautistic

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-29/parents-of-teenager-who-stabbed-bishop-give-first-interview/103767910?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 26 days ago to random

Laura Tingle on how Justice Lee’s findings sit within the context of Australia’s culture of normalised violence towards women & how the words of some political leaders enable & sustain this.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/justice-lee-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-political-leaders-words/103744482?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 1 month ago to random

Reinventing the village: housing developments with farming at the centre. More please

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-03-22/agrihood-merge-of-farming-housing-far-north-queensland-planning/103609644?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 2 months ago to random

How heartbreaking for all the vets & rescue volunteers. What is poisoning our lorikeets? 🦜🦜🦜🦜

What’s paralysing thousands of rainbow lorikeets? Scientists search for the cause as volunteer carers are overwhelmed https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/03/rainbow-lorikeet-paralysis-syndrome-research-qld-nsw?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

26pglt, 2 months ago to random

Local materials for local conditions. Beautiful & practical architecture.

I’d far rather spend time in buildings that breathe with the elements & allow airflow than ones that are sealed & isolated from what’s outside. Sounds & scents convey so much.

This example shows how even in extreme conditions, such design can work.

‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/29/we-dont-need-air-con-how-burkina-faso-builds-schools-that-stay-cool-in-40c-heat?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

26pglt, 2 months ago to random

Sentient beings. We are all part of each other ❤️‍🩹

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-02/elephants-mourncalves-loudly-with-burials/103537606?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 3 months ago to random

Neat research from Canada.

For a woman, being a feminist = more enjoyable sex. Sleeping with a feminist, of any gender, ditto.

Understanding & honouring women’s bodies & pleasure is a win.

https://theconversation.com/do-feminists-have-better-sex-yes-they-do-223010

26pglt, 3 months ago to OH

A huge #OH&S issue for staff as well as life threatening for patients.

What’s so hard about improving ventilation & air quality, routine testing, paid leave, isolating covid patients & using n95 masks? We would all be so much safer.

Major abrogation of responsibility in public health #covid

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-11/patients-catching-covid-hospitals-australia-infection-control/103442806?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 3 months ago to actuallyautistic

Spacious mind, inclusive heart: contemplations for the new year 🐲

I wish this kindness for all of us, welcoming our diversity & learning from each other. Thank you all for being here, esp my #ActuallyAutistic & #neurodivergent friends & those who care for us. We’re learning together.

#tet #PlumVillage #YearOfTheDragon @actuallyautistic

https://plumvillage.org/articles/parallel-words-for-the-year-of-the-dragon

26pglt, 3 months ago to actuallyautistic

#Autistic & seeking well informed mental heath care? Good luck with that.

I’m 67 & yet to find it. Even at specialist clinics I’ve never found a therapist who knows the research as well as I do, let alone understands what it’s like to live as an undx nd person- raised by an undx autistic mother, having raised undx nd kids -into late adulthood.

I wish better for you 💜 @actuallyautistic

https://dlmayfield.substack.com/p/the-dangers-of-i-dont-work-with-autistic?utm_medium=email&r=z1hi

26pglt, 3 months ago to actuallyautistic

Pleasure = enjoying the now. Desire = anticipating the next thing.

From Emily Nagosi, who wrote ‘Come As You Are’, aka The Introvert’s Guide To Sex. Dr Nagosi’s twin sister Amelia is #autistic. I don’t always agree with her but their conversations at Feminist Survival Podcast about neurotype are worth a listen. @actuallyautistic

The biggest myth about desire in long term relationships https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/jan/26/desire-myths-relationships?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

26pglt, 3 months ago to actuallyautistic

From Emily Nagosi, who wrote ‘Come As You Are’, aka (by me 😎) ‘The Introvert’s Guide To Sex’.

Dr Nagosi’s twin sister Amelia is #autistic. I don’t agree with all her views on this but their conversations abt neurotype are worth a listen. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/feminist-survival-podcast/id1485281031 @actuallyautistic

The biggest myth about desire in long term relationships https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/jan/26/desire-myths-relationships?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

26pglt, 3 months ago to random

Ok. Rick Morton is SPOT ON

Tax, Shrugs and Rigamarole - by Rick Morton https://rickmorton.substack.com/p/tax-shrugs-and-rigamarole?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-restack-comment&r=z1hi

alexisbushnell, 3 months ago to knitting

My plan to knit a blanket was good but I'm a finisher and because I'm new to knitting I need a project I can finish faster so I'm going to attempt this hat this evening: https://www.woolandthegang.com/en/products/katknits-pussy-hat-knitting-pattern?taxon_id=1524

Probably while wearing a glove and a thimble! lol! Ouch!

@knitting #Knitting

26pglt, 3 months ago to random

#Misphonia is a familiar experience for many #autistic folk. Associated with acute interoception & brain activation across multiple systems, it can make what is everyday normal for others acute misery for us.

For me the worst is high frequencies esp from radio or other small devices, even or especially with the volume turned low. These sounds drive me to fury, desperation for escape & eventually meltdown.

https://psyche.co/ideas/the-reason-little-noises-drive-you-mad-is-about-more-than-sounds

26pglt, 3 months ago to random

So much useful information here.

A responsible government would regulate indoor air quality, advise mask use as appropriate & support isolating when sick.

In the absence of leadership, as individuals we can act to protect ourselves & others from #covid. Let’s normalise this. It’s not hard.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-21/covid-safe-strategies-australian-scientists-virus-infection/103335466?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

26pglt, 4 months ago to random

It’s hard not to feel that this is the system working as intended. It’s obscene.

Three richest Australians’ combined wealth doubles since 2020 at $1.5m an hour – Oxfam https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/15/richest-people-in-australia-most-wealthy-three-doubles-2020-gina-rinehart-andrew-forrest-harry-triguboff?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

26pglt, 4 months ago to random

We need to think carefully about how we wash synthetic fabrics. Explainer here:

https://theconversation.com/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic-pollution-heres-how-to-clean-your-clothes-more-sustainably-217072

26pglt, 4 months ago to random

Australian Magdalen laundries: represented as safe ‘retreat’ for vulnerable women, they were institutions for incarcerating the wayward daughters of the poor. If you had money you could commit your inconvenient daughter or wife to an asylum for the insane. Poor women were exploited as unpaid labour

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-13/magdalene-laundries-and-the-free-labour-of-fallen-women/103235648?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 4 months ago to random

Hating on vulnerable groups is a political strategy bc it works. When a population is being screwed, distract them by pushing them to hate each other.

It’s a strategy of Empire: British did it in America to divide Irish from African & in India to divide Hindu from Muslim.

Why do we fall for this so often?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-10/russia-international-lgbt-movement-ban-begins/103271204?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 4 months ago to actuallyadhd

Drugs prescribed for ADHD, high blood pressure & underactive thyroid all impair our ability to regulate body temperature & cope with heat. Others (including St John’s Wort, not mentioned here) make us more sensitive to sun.

Keep cool & cover up, friends. @actuallyadhd @actuallyautistic

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-06/how-medication-impacts-heat-and-sun-sensitivity/103216122?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

26pglt, 4 months ago to Ethics

Passengers evacuated safely bc they followed instructions & did not try to bring belongings with them. They chose to do what kept everyone safe, rather than what may have seemed better for them personally (‘I can’t leave my bag!’) but worse for others.

The parallel with mask wearing is obvious. #ethics #culture

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-06/what-went-wrong-in-the-tokyo-runway-crash/103288712?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other