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Päivi Butcher AuDHD

@finnattentive.bsky.social

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Late diagnosed #ADHD #Autistic #AuDHD • Raising ADHD & autism acceptance • Cardiac arrest survivor 2020, defibrillator implant, Cardiac sarcoidosis • Ulcerative colitis • MCAS suspicion • Happy Finn 😉 • She/her 📍 Tampere, Finland

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · Aug 19

Heippa! I'm Päivi from Finland! 🇫🇮 I'm an autistic ADHDer, I love to talk about both #Autism and #ADHD. I also have #CardiacSarcoidosis, #UlcerativeColitis and likely #MCAS. I'm a #CardiacArrest survivor 2020 ❤️‍🩹 I work at a company that helps neurodivergents. Who are you? 🤗

Selfie of me, a white woman, in the sunshine, looking at the camera. I have straight, over shoulder length blonde hair, I'm wearing a grey T-shirt that says AD/HD in the style of AC/DC, and dark sunglasses. There's green grass and bushes in the background

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aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · 15h

rejecting the concept of "a cure for autism" is suicide prevention

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aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · 15h

sorry for the repost zoomies but suicide prevention isn't infographs & memes on Oct 10th or any other day of the year

it's not charity walks or fancy fundraising dinners

it's taking care of each other
believing each other

if the former brings the latter, great, but we're not really seeing that

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

YES: “If parents get their information about parenting autistic kids from the autistic community, they will find people who think their kids are awesome and deserve to be happy, and want their parents to feel the same way. The parents will learn about autism from people who had autistic childhoods.”

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

"Because of the media's relentless negativity, fearmongering, & pseudoscience in covering autism, “ #profoundAutism " communities are often magnets for parents whose goal is to cure or treat autism, instead of understanding how to support an autistic child."

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 20h

Shame Alan G. isn't here on Bluesky. He's @autisticgardner elsewhere. 😊

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

the quotes proving once again that bluesky dot com is where the neurodivergents with procrastination issues hang out

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 2d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Rory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 21h

Getting pretty sick of people asking what caused me. My parents had sex, I was born, no different to the vast majority of people on earth.
They chase a cure because being more accepting requires a level of decency that doesn't exist for so many people it seems. Especially non-autistic researchers.

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 1d

Tism merch 👀

The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 1d

Things. Are. Coming. Stay tuned to this thread while we drip feed our merch reveals like the business raccoons we are.

Pink t shirt reading “manic pixie dream girl” (crossed out) “regular autistic woman”

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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 2d

Language hack - When talking about "autism", replace autism with "tall" and see if it makes sense:

"The tall community has opinions about new tall research that came out recently, about the increased risk of tall."

Now write it correctly, using tall, and then replace "tall" with "autistic".

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

Neurodiversity-Lite is a diluted, performative version of #Neurodiversity —using its language without its substance; followed & practiced by those who wield its concepts superficially, without understanding them or why they matter. By @kieranrose.bsky.social:

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The Danger of Misunderstanding Neuro-Affirming Practice - The Autistic Advocate

In this balanced and reflective article Kieran Rose discusses the dangers of misunderstanding neuro-affirming practice.

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 1d

Yep 😁

Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 1d

Our old cat brothers were called Del and Dave 🥰

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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 4d

If you are wanting the merch follow for launch dates on Threads, IG @heyouneedtherapy

and BlueSky @heyouneedtherapy.bsky.social

“Hey, you need therapy” mugs in yellow and green

“Hey, you need therapy” stickers on a laptop filled with other stickers

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 2d

I say.. "Let it die, let it die.." 🎶🕺🏼👏🏻 (Lorax)

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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profpoojasaini.bsky.social @profpoojasaini.bsky.social · 3d

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Read about the toll of hormonal changes in midlife women and recent research with 42 women who had experienced suicidal thoughts or behaviours during their menopausal transition

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#menopause
#women
#hormones
#suicideprevention

The mental toll of menopause – what women really feel

How medical ignorance of menopause is putting women’s lives at risk.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 3d

So many thoughts... so little time!

#ADHDAwarenessMonth

Title: “Sharing Thoughts.”

Top panel labeled “Non-ADHD”: One person carefully holds a single green butterfly taken from labeled jars of “Experiences,” “Ideas,” and “Opinions,” calmly sharing it with another person who listens with interest.

Bottom panel labeled “ADHD”: The ADHD character joyfully releases a colorful swarm of butterflies—orange, blue, purple, pink, yellow, and green—representing many thoughts and ideas all at once, while the other person looks startled and overwhelmed.

Copyright 2020 Dani Donovan (@danidonovan), adhddd.com.

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 2d

Love this! 🦋

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Kathryn de Tomb 🏳️‍⚧️🫶 [Free Łink!] @kathryndeplume.com · 2d

I don’t talk about my Tourette’s much, mostly because it’s an asshole, but here’s a lil impromptu 🧵 with a few insights..

Kathryn de Tomb 🏳️‍⚧️🫶 [Free Łink!] @kathryndeplume.com · 2d

Tourette’s is such an asshole, and so difficult to put into words. I’ve just never found a way to truly illustrate the compulsion, because it’s not like the compulsion most people think of.

The closest thing is to say it’s like being conscious of an itch and not scratchng it, but it’s not enough.

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 2d

"Let it die, let it die.." 🎶🎵 (Lorax)

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Rory @roryreckons.bsky.social · 3d

Wish more doctors would upskill on ADHD so that many people (like myself) didn't have to spend years on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds that didn't actually improve things that much, and instead delayed the correct treatment of the issue.

A decade of my life on bad meds was wasted time.

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 3d

Missed the bus twice this morning as I was leaving to work. Didn't put me on a great mood. Better morning tomorrow, I hope! #ADHD

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 4d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

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Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 3d

No joo, ei sanottu, että koulutettu heidän ottamilla koulukuvilla, niinkuin ryntäsin tässä vtutuksessani ajattelemaan..

Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 3d

Kuulin, että yhdeltä nuorelta oli kuvasta poistettu nenäkoru.

Mitä helv tää koko juttu?!

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 3d

" – Sehän rikkoo jo tietosuojalakiakin, jos lähettää lapsen kuvan jollekin ulkopuoliselle taholle. Emme missään tapauksessa toimi näin koskaan."

Missaanko nyt jotain, mutta eikö juuri sanottu, että on koulutettu?

Voinko nyt luottaa siihen, ettei lasteni kuvia ole käytetty tekoälyn kouluttamiseen?

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Päivi Butcher AuDHD @finnattentive.bsky.social · 3d

"Koneoppimista on koulutettu syväoppimaan lasten kasvon muotoja noin 300 000 kuvan avulla."

"Tekoälyä käyttäessä on aina riski, että tekoälyn kehittäjä käyttää aineistoa myöhemmin tekoälyn kouluttamiseen.."

Jatkuu ⬇️

Nyyssi.fi @nyyssifi.bsky.social · 4d

Koulukuvausyritys Seppälä alkoi muokata tekoälyllä lasten kuvia – yhdeltä pojalta hävisi käsi, tytöltä pisamat naamasta #nyyssifi

Koulukuvausyritys Seppälä alkoi muokata tekoälyllä lasten kuvia – yhdeltä pojalta hävisi käsi, tytöltä pisamat naamasta

Ylen haastattelemien vanhempien mielestä koulukuvien kuvankäsittely on mennyt liian pitkälle. Tekoälyä käytetään hyödyksi sekä kuvien järjestelyyn että käsittelyyn.

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 4d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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