Notices by Dr. Amy, Psy.D. (dramypsyd@ohai.social), page 2

The best part of having a doctorate is any time someone asks me to do something I don’t want to do, I write “absolutely not” on a post it and say sorry can’t I have a doctor’s note

A portal I have to access every day for work changed their appearance slightly: An autistic nightmare

Happy 16th birthday to Armani!

I have received an invitation to my 20 year high school reunion which is weird because I just graduated like last year (joke).

Trying to decide if I want to go. If you’re old enough to have one, did you go? What was your reasoning? And if you went, did you regret it?

If you can comfortably breathe through your nose right now please take a moment to appreciate that feeling. I didn’t appreciate it enough when I had the chance 😭

Every time I see a celebrity in a commercial I like to go, “Huh I guess they ran out of money”

It’s probably not usually true but it makes me chuckle

Is anyone aware of any peer-reviewed studies about autistic masking and apologizing? Like do we (autistics) apologize more when we are higher-masking? I'm searching my databases of course but sometimes you all have better answers than the computer.

@GreenSkyOverMe Um actually that's MY job and I'm totally biffing it.

Seriously though, does anybody else's brain do that thing where any time somebody somewhere did a Bad Thing, it's like "Uh oh that was you!" Like there's a news alert that somebody robbed a bank and your brain is like "YOU did that!" and you're like "I feel like I would remember if I had done that" and your brain is like "Are you SURE?"

Just know, if you ever hurt me, I told my hair stylist about it and she does not like you

Does anybody else find it annoying that tech consents don’t have a “no” option anymore? Like Venmo just sent a push notification asking if I want to open a debit card and the options were “Yes” and “Maybe later.” Not later, Venmo. Stop asking!

@hellomiakoda Kitty says it's not coffee time yet

@hellomiakoda Your feelings are valid!!! I hope you get your coffee soon

@hellomiakoda Ugh too real!! I am glad ASAN was part of this. It is for profit, and I'm seeing the positive of "They thought representing us would be a smart business choice" but I'm not gonna hand it to Mattel or anything.

@hellomiakoda Valid 💜

They changed my headline; I said Barbie was always autistic and they made it into a question. But here you go! If Autistic Barbie isn't you, good news - another Barbie might be:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/neurodiversity-affirming-therapy/202601/was-barbie-always-autistic

Thank you Psychology Today!

Happy Monday, I just pre-emptively hit "send" on an email before I was done typing, so someone just got a reply from me that says only, "Good morning, I think"

@hellomiakoda Oh see I would immediately shred and swallow the rubber on a pacifier. I am firmly team "whatever works for you" though!

Product Review: Heart Chew Necklace by the Autistic Innovator

Disclaimer: Ashley, the Autistic Innovator, gave me a free heart chew necklace to try out as part of her quality control initiative after I told her that I have completely destroyed every chew necklace I have ever purchased. I offered to write a blog post about my experience. Ashley did not pay me to write this review, I do not get royalties if you make a purchase from her store, and this post contains my…

https://resiliencymentalhealth.com/2026/01/06/product-review-heart-chew-necklace-by-the-autistic-innovator/

Long shot - does anyone know where I could find a set of measuring spoons like this? Or an artist I could commission to create them? Google image search is not giving me exactly what I want.