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ashleyspencer

@ashleyspencer@autistics.life

My name is Ashley Lauren Spencer. I'm an autistic e-commerce entrepreneur, writer, and owner of The Autistic Innovator and Autistic Bookshop, and the https://autistics.life mastodon instance.

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I updated my store's About Us page to be more inclusive of the neurodiverse communities.

My store was created and curated for autistic adults, but my customers come from all backgrounds, so I updated the about us page to reflect that. ❤️

https://shop.autisticinnovator.com/pages/about-us

ashleyspencer,
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I’m becoming more comfortable with the neurodiverse label for myself after becoming heavily disabled by ADHD.

Was always in denial despite 2 ADHD diagnosis (soon to be 3), and I like to pretend the traumatic brain injury isn’t there.

Both things make me ND and not just autistic.

I think that’s why I thought to make my store’s about us page more inclusive to neurodiversity, and share what makes me neurodivergent in the store’s bio.

I’ve come a long way.

ashleyspencer,
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My store’s previous about us page reflected my own level of self-acceptance and focused only on autism, and now that I’ve embraced both the ADHD and traumatic brain injury, I felt more comfortable updating it to reflect more inclusivity and acceptance of neurodiversity. I accept all people, I just wasn’t accepting all of myself. ❤️

ashleyspencer,
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@pathfinder I’ve had people message through the store chat and ask me, “I’m not autistic, just ADHD. Can I still shop here?” It was alienating people the way it was before. So hopefully this helps more people feel seen and accepted.

I should create some products, like t-shirts, that show more inclusivity. I’ll put that on the list for whatever day my brain is functional again.

ashleyspencer, to ADHD
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The Awkward Yeti comic.

Sounds very 😄

ashleyspencer, to random
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I actually did laundry today for the first time in over a month... so yay me!

Next to somehow make myself do the dishes! Those have been in the sink for way too long.

I'm a lot more alert this morning than normal. Don't know if it's the 260mg caffeine at 3am, or the new Strattera dose, or the panic attack I had this morning lol

I'm pretty high strung today, so I'm having a Red Bull so I'll calm the F down and be sedated lol

ashleyspencer, to random
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The person I hired and then shut down the plushie store rejected all the plushies I sent her, so they went back to the seller and I'm getting all my money back.

Very nice of her to not keep them.

JeremyMallin, to random
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Honestly, I really thought SEO was going to be the thing to kill Internet search. I really never had pseudo AI garbage on my radar.

Also, I never really had radar.

ashleyspencer,
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@JeremyMallin I google searched “Strattera and caffeine” yesterday and every single blogger article it brought up said different things. But there was a NIH scientific study done on Strattera and caffeine and they found there is no effect on each other. Google’s featured snippet says caffeine dulls strattera’s effectiveness, like what?

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I had a dream that was a mash up of The Magicians and Mean Girls. It didn't even make sense.


ashleyspencer,
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@JeremyMallin I play FarmVille so much that one night I dreamt I was actually in the FarmVille game walking around my farm lol

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I left a review for the 2.5 gallon fish tank I bought on Amazon. Said it has a lot of great features, its just too small for anything to live in it, and I can't return it because I've already set it up.

The seller messaged me and said they are giving me a full refund and to keep the fish tank. Very nice of them.

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First day of the new dosages of Strattera. Don't notice a difference.

There are numerous factors that could have stopped it from working today, so process of elimination. Will try removing factors tomorrow and see if it gets any better.

Side note:
Maintenance came by to replace my bathroom light, and I hid the fish tank behind a bunch of boxes lol

ashleyspencer,
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@Cassandra Every rental in Texas forbids aquariums because if they leak they can cause water damage. Most people just have the fish tanks anyways and hide them lol. Much like how people hide their cats from their landlords haha

ashleyspencer,
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@Cassandra It’s pretty standard across the US, really. No fish tanks in rentals. People have them anyway. Saw a post on Reddit earlier today where someone had two 36 gallon tanks on stands and covered them with table cloth to hide the tanks during an apartment inspection.

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@Cassandra It’s understandable. I’m lucky that no one ever comes in here from the office or maintenance, so the risk of them finding it is very very low. Especially since the office is rarely open.

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My Ice Cubes mastodon app has an update where you can translate ALT text. I don’t know if that’s a new server feature, or if it’s just the app doing it. Couldn’t figure out how to do that on the web browser. Either way pretty neat!

arcadetoken, to coffee
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Me on coffee: LET'S GOOOOO
Me when the coffee wears off: o_o ......
Me after another coffee: LET'S GOOOOO

ashleyspencer,
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@arcadetoken I wish coffee did that to me. It’s more like let’s go to sleep lol

ashleyspencer, to random
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My fish aquarium is complete!

Time to add water and start cycling the tank!

Lucky little Betta fish will get a big pretty 20 gallon home.

And 6 different kinds of food to choose from with shrimp, fish, insects, and bloodworms.

Shall be a very spoiled betta living a lavish lifestyle lol

ashleyspencer,
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Person I know who sells aquarium plants at her job said to get a moss ball to give a little bit of an ecosystem to the tank. So much to learn!

I really need a step stool because kneeling on my bar stool to get my arm inside the tank is not safe.

ashleyspencer,
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@pathfinder @dyani lol yes, it requires standing on the stool a bit to get on the countertop haha.

ashleyspencer, to random
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Finally got my ADHD meds!

Walked in the grocery store and instantly

✨ meltdown ✨

Zero cashiers. Only self-checkout. My hands are shaking a lot from the heat and struggled to bag my small amount of groceries. Kept dropping everything.

Going in grocery stores: zero stars, do not recommend 👎

ashleyspencer,
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@pathfinder Yes, definitely a relief! I can start the new dosages tomorrow.

ashleyspencer,
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@johne I felt like saying that to the people watching self-checkouts lol. Like come on my hands are shaking a lot this is not my responsibility.

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I got so mad at all these cold emails and 4 to 6 cold calls every day Monday through Friday. Yesterday I basically told them all to F off and stop emailing me. Today my phone has only rang once.

ashleyspencer,
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@pathfinder I ordered a SIM card yesterday so I can change my number. My business email, number, and LinkedIn are in those stupid leads databases where businesses pay to get leads from. Learned that yesterday when someone emailed me through one of those databases.

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The pharmacy’s automated system says my Strattera should be ready after 2:30pm. Hopefully it’s before then because if it gets too late I’ll have to go tomorrow morning when they open. Either way, tomorrow I’ll get to start the new dosages 2x a day. Day 7 of waiting.

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