Haven't been on here for a while. I have a question! Does anyone have good resources on a philosophy of leading in the context of disability in the workplace? Or perhaps a more pragmatic approach? Specifically, how to set meaningful standards and ensure sufficient support?

Just read about the concept of kind extinction under ABA. It horrifies me a little that ABA generally prescribes following through with every instruction but the introduction of kind extinction signifies very important progress imo

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people argue that "support needs don't vary because those with high support needs always have high support needs" - those with high support needs remain at high support needs but their support needs can vary at that level!

Too autistic to be mean to anyone (except when I unintentionally hurt people's feelings by misreading a situation)

As an autistic teacher who has taught both mainstream and SPED, one of the most challenging things for me is how euphemistic SPED teacher are (to speak kindly of autistic students)

Realising that when folks get to know me a bit better and I unmask then they get confused bc my unmasked self is so much less friendly lol

Autistic person: I want to help! *proceeds to correct everyone on how things should be done* Dear reader, not a single person thought they were helping

It's very funny to me that as an autistic person I am somewhat triggered when people are too pedantic. Like, if you're incorrect I will correct you and I'll be like, I'm not being pedantic but if someone else is 0.00001% more pedantic than I am I get so mad

A real AuDHD need: making people a part of your to do list

One way I've learnt to navigate workplace politics is unfortunately hypothesis testing. I can't tell what someone's motivations or inclinations are, so I have to test things like whether they are willing to take credit for my work. Once I know, then I know.

Starting to think that you're autistic and struggle with social cues etc then you're just doomed to suffer an endless string of injustices

Wheelchair accessibility might be my latest hyperfixation. Please send me all your wheelchair related info

Looking at the world through softer eyes is kind of important when you're autistic

Look I actually want to learn how to speak professionally and with empathy but I obviously cannot but the allistics won't explicitly teach me how so

If you're autistic, it's kind of impossible to care less. The only way I can think about it is to manage the intensity of caring

I need help from other autistic folk to figure out how I can actually make advocacy happen

Autistic leadership and advocacy: Speak loudly. Cause ripples. Get overwhelmed. Hide. Feel inspired or strongly about something. Rinse and repeat.

Realising that I'm not a bad person, just an inexperienced autistic manager, is incredibly liberating

There's a special kind of hell in being autistic, knowing I'm doing something wrong socially because I perfectly understand people's reactions, analsying every single thing I did or said for clues and still not knowing what I did wrong

A lesson I have learnt many times but can't seem to remember: I *literally* cannot get things done without my meds Instead of spiraling when I'm stuck, I just have to take my meds!!!

My biggest wish would be as an autistic person would probably be to never have meltdowns, but a close second might be having the bandwidth to reply people as much as I wanted to

Idk if anyone else has observed or described this relationship but a key factor in autistic burnout for me is getting fascia muscles to relax. I have a lot of fascia muscles that have been locked up and as they relax I can feel my anxiety/depression decrease and my thought become less rigid

Trying to regulate your tone as an autistic person involves regulating your nervous systems and consciously thinking about tone in a way that (I think!) is comparable to removing a stutter

I feel like there needs to be discussion about emotional permanence for autistic folk especially when you consider familial factors: Emotions/situations can be feel more permanent to autistic folk, which is reinforced by autistic parents and this deeply affects how we navigate/interpret the world

Ambulatory wheelchair users exist 🤨 A personal example is that my wife was in a wheelchair most of the time last year due to an incompetent cervix (hate this term). Also, an upwards trend in this could also be due to more accessibility, not gaming the system

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 8mo ago

Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva

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Starting to understand that it's difficult to tell apart the reasons for my restlessness: is it ADHD or a deep dissatisfaction with my life and self? Lately, I am thinking quite a lot of it is caused by the latter and perhaps ADHD only affects the manifestation of this restlessness

At some point there needs to be some meta-research about autistic people who work in roles heavy on social skills and communicaton: influencers, advocates, leadership positions, researchers, PR, marketing etc

Organisation for ADHD: I feel like there usually needs to be some form of stimulation derived from the organisation (E.g gamification) and everything needs to be low effort and probably low on noise/clutter.

Sometimes I get frustrated that people still rely on outdated knowledge or refuse to challenge their beliefs then I remember that there are people in the world who sincerely believe the earth is flat and that helps me calibrate my expectations lol