Notices by Emily Moran Barwick (emilymoranbarwick@mastodon.social)

Hey. I don’t know how to share this here. I don't know how to "frame" it for Mastodon...

But I want to share it. Because I know other people out there hurt. I know how isolating it is.

So, this isn't snappy & well-packaged. But neither am I. And neither is pain.

I hope this somehow helps someone feel less alone in their pain: https://fromemily.com/open-letter-to-my-body-and-public-apology/

@actuallyautistic

#ChronicIllness #HealthCare #ChronicPain #spoonie #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyADHD #blog #writing #MentalHealth #FromEmily

@BernieDoesIt

Yet further examples of how many #ActuallyAutistic people are hyper-empathetic to a debilitating degree…

…and how perversely absurd and damaging the conception that “#Autistic people lack empathy” has been and continues to be…

@actuallyautistic

Man! As a mid-80s baby, I just barely made the cut! 😮💨

I like to imagine that if I were born a few years earlier, I'd have forged an #ActuallyAutistic ID making myself *younger* so I could get past the surly, formidable bouncer of "The Spectrum"

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(Also, it's tragic that this satirical post from TheOnion displays a vastly greater understanding of #Autism than the policy makers endangering our rights & very existence🙄)

https://theonion.com/autism-myth-vs-fact/

@actuallyautistic

#neurodivergent #ActuallyADHD

For the first time in months, I forced myself to get off the f—ing computer and go for a f—ing walk, where I met this little guy...

If at all possible, go outside sometime...

...your brain may stay in its spiral

...you may not notice any beauty

...but you may just encounter a random #cat in the middle of Amish farmland (who has no respect for it not being #Caturday) and be reminded for a moment that life...life is a thing

#MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #CatsOfMastodon