A lethal material is sold as fidgets to autistic and ADHD people. 16,700 rare earth magnet fidget units were recalled by CPSC in just in the first 7 weeks of 2026. If pieces or flakes are ingested they cause severe intestinal damage and death. These rare earth magnet fidgets are often sold with illegal medical marketing claims of stress relief and as disability aids. Do not risk your life for these fatal rare earth magnet fidgets.

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(I accidentally deleted the original post, so reposting this because it's vital info to know.)

The biggest problem with the autism assessment questionnaires, namely them being utterly unfriendly for autistic people, stems from one weird assumption I think; that the person assessed is most likely neurotypical.

That is a very weird assumption given that the vast majority of neurotypical people don’t feel a need to go around trying to affirm their neurotypicality.

If anything, the questions should feel weird to neurotypical people if the assessment is tailored correctly.

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@nd_netzwerk ich folge mal

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@nd_netzwerk ich folge mal

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@astridpoot je boek is een prima leerschool voor mij. Bij een sollicitatie laten weten dat ik niet veel prikkels aankan. Dat hebben ze zo uitgelegd dat deze baan heus niet past want veel prikkels. Lastig die vooroordelen. Anderen kunnen niet inschatten wat voor mij veel prikkels zijn. #actuallyautistic

@astridpoot je boek is een prima leerschool voor mij. Bij een sollicitatie laten weten dat ik niet veel prikkels aankan. Dat hebben ze zo uitgelegd dat deze baan heus niet past want veel prikkels. Lastig die vooroordelen. Anderen kunnen niet inschatten wat voor mij veel prikkels zijn. #actuallyautistic

#actuallyautistic While getting a new job is always in unpleasant because of anxiety, I find job interviews especially strange as you are ultra masking since you are expected to lie about yourself and make things appear better than they are
Any other autistic people here struggling with neurotypical social events of this kind?

#actuallyautistic While getting a new job is always in unpleasant because of anxiety, I find job interviews especially strange as you are ultra masking since you are expected to lie about yourself and make things appear better than they are
Any other autistic people here struggling with neurotypical social events of this kind?

@autistics #ActuallyAutistic i'd been having a bad couple of weeks and today i am feeling a lot better...

...in no small part thanks to this community…

...you are all the best medicine

@autistics #ActuallyAutistic i'd been having a bad couple of weeks and today i am feeling a lot better...

...in no small part thanks to this community…

...you are all the best medicine

Finally have an assessment for autism in mid-March after waiting just over three years! Can any #ActuallyAutistic folx in the UK tell me what exactly is involved and how best should I prepare for this? I’m slightly nervous about how this is gonna go… 😰

Finally have an assessment for autism in mid-March after waiting just over three years! Can any #ActuallyAutistic folx in the UK tell me what exactly is involved and how best should I prepare for this? I’m slightly nervous about how this is gonna go… 😰

This post is not about AI /s /hj

It is likely that many autistic people have been involved in developing AI models. But the outcome that has been dubbed by feminists “the mansplaining machine” and shown by scientists to engage in bullshitting, because it speaks over-confidently about stuff it doesn’t know, and makes stuff up as it goes along, is decidedly unautistic.

My new blog post doesn't fit here, but you can read it here: https://prepped.to/blog/this-post-is-not-about-ai-s-hj

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There is no magical combination of words that will get across exactly what you mean, only the things that you mean, and that cannot be misunderstood or misinterpreted.

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity

There is no magical combination of words that will get across exactly what you mean, only the things that you mean, and that cannot be misunderstood or misinterpreted.

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Autistic #Neurospicy #Neurodiversity