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@AutisticCallum_ Illness cured me of this. But my 15 year old is suffering very badly from not achieving his own expectations. It’s heartbreaking.

… you strive for, and quality is compelling.

Recovering from perfectionism as an Autistic person can be so hard, because when your brain is geared towards spotting and analysing patterns, you see how effective perfectionism can be at achieving superb results. It is draining, but can provide the top tier quality…

@AutisticCallum_ And googling something else you remembered about, then remembering you needed to pay a bill.

The ADHD experience of rushing to google something, but forgetting what you wanted to google before you even begin typing.

@AutisticCallum_ My 15 year old has given up on just about everything he used to love because of this

One reason why many Autistics and ADHDers are hypersensitive to rejection is that we have experienced so much of it (due to the way our differences have been perceived at times) and …

Thank you Dr Charlotte Proudman. I have personally been wronged by Cafcass in the past, causing trauma and illness.

Well done Dr Jessica for having the courage to speak sense and truth.

@DrJessTaylor Very well said! I’ve personally experienced abusive behaviour from a cafcass officer. This was many years ago but one does not forget. They are not perfect humans and have appeared to me to be poorly trained at times.

Dear CAFCASS, Here is my public ‘apology’. The letter they sent me is at the end of this video - I am not about to be bullied over email and so I am pushing this issue into the public domain for you. I cannot tell you how tired I am of these tactics. Jess.

@AutisticCallum_ I’m 54 and have worked out over the years that the people who do this have taken an instinctive dislike to me, based on being different and communicating differently. People who don’t take a dislike to me just think I’m “quirky” or unconventional and don’t misunderstand me.

The autistic urge to choose the most precise words when you speak - so there can be no confusion - only for some people to pay little attention to your words and pay more attention to your atypical facial expressions, tone and body language, and still end up misunderstanding you.

The autistic experience of often being perceived as joking when you’re being serious and being serious when you’re joking.

@AutisticCallum_ Yes!!!!!!👏🏼

@AutisticCallum_ Often

Do any other autistic people often come up with counter arguments to your own already well-reasoned thoughts, aiming to identify any potential weak points in your reasoning, only to find your arguments and counter arguments so compelling that you then end up unsure what to think?

One reason why autistic people’s challenges are often not understood or respected is that many of them are internal/invisible. You can’t see, hear or feel someone else’s sensory overload, executive dysfunction or burnout, so most have no awareness of what these are like for us.

A child in north Wales lost sight in one eye after keeping a hand over it for so long. Psychologists say it was a response to life at home so violent, the child “did not want to see the world through that eye”. A heartbreaking failure of safeguarding. ➡️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@AutisticCallum_ I listened to the audio book. Great story!

Update: I did this today when I finished Pachinko! 😁 I really hope there is a season 3! The show (and the book) are brilliant! I’m sad I have no more episodes left to watch 🙏🏻

The autistic urge to process finishing a TV series or movie by spending hours (maybe even days) researching it.

@AutisticCallum_ Also, falling in love with the main characters and researching them meticulously.

@MarinaPurkiss Privileged kids who get premium education are there more to network than anything else. Waste of resources. Society is skewed because these people are bred for power and personal gain, at the expense of the people they are supposedly “serving”.

I told you he was a clueless bullshitter… A man educated way beyond his intelligence.

@AutisticCallum_ Every day.

Autistic me: *reads something that I find interesting* Autistic me seconds later: *researches this thing I find interesting for hours, just for fun*

Removing children from their mothers in family court proceedings in the name of parental alienation and related pseudo scientific beliefs is the worst, most harmful social engineering experiment of our time. States internationally have to stop this cruelty.

@lordmiles Excellent! Rich folks freeing up their assets! . This has to be parody.

I’m in the airport pub (Wetherspoons) and came across an elderly couple. We started talking and they said they’re leaving England due to the amount of foreigners. I said same. There was a glint of sadness in their eyes We had a very productive conversation. They told me they sold their property portfolio because foreigners kept not paying rent They both had branded aluminum hand luggage worth $3k. Millionaires leaving the UK

WTAF. Doctor NOT struck off for “one-off” rape. The legally qualified chair of the medical tribunal panel, Angus Macpherson, wrote: "The Tribunal considered that this was a one-off event in Dr Foy-Yamah's personal life. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…