autistic violinist 🇨🇦

@autisticstarfruit.bsky.social

Autistic & dyspraxic violinist, educator, and grad school student in health sciences 🐈 🏳️‍🌈🌻

I got a terrible haircut today that I had to go home and fix myself, but on the bright side, I haven’t really changed my hairstyle in several years so now it’s time to experiment! If you’ve ever had layering gone horribly wrong, what did you do to hide it until it grew back? 😅

On my 35h journey home!! I am sooo excited to get back. I think I can sum it up as: I like being places, I do not like travelling. Thankful for whoever said, “Treat yourself at the airport and buy that expensive snack ONE TIME even though you know it’s not a good deal”, that really helped!

Airplane window photo overlooking Frankfurt-ish area

I have the hardest exam I’ve ever taken on Friday. A week from now, I’m not going to care about the causes of contralateral homonymous hemianopsia (as long as I pass), but I will care that I went to the annual donkey racing festival in Italy! School-life balance.

Large crowd gathering at night in an old Italian town, with a gap in the crowd for a performance to take place

Something I have noticed: Americans in foreign countries: speak English or blatantly butcher the other language confidentially + unapologetically Non-Americans: apologize, try 3-4 other languages to see if there are any common root words, laugh at themselves for being so inept at another language

I’m so nervous to travel! I feel like this is going to be an adventure of a lifetime - which is exciting and terrifying. Being in an unfamiliar place where you’ll for sure learn new things is always a bit nerve-wracking at first, especially for this autistic brain!* *thanking my doctor for Ativan 💜

What are your best rote memory tips? My current ones are: -Seeing what ideas others have on YouTube -Drawing diagrams -Handwriting and typing notes -Starting the course early so it becomes long-term memory -Mnemonics and assigning things to music Anything else? I need all the help I can get 😮‍💨

As a disabled person, it’s fun to be in the process of becoming one of the healthcare professionals you used to work with. It’s also fun when it’s a small world and you bump into these therapists and they get to see how far you’ve come even past your work with them!