Dr. Alyssa (they/them)
@yesthattoo.bsky.social
Autistic researcher with too many interests and no real intention of narrowing it down. Mostly AAC research at the moment. Sometimes a math teacher.
Not speaking on behalf of any companies/organizations here.
Not speaking on behalf of any companies/organizations here.
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I keep getting these people! It doesn’t matter how clear I am or which words I use. If I say it’s wrong to screen #autistic people out of the gene pool, some parent WILL jump in to tell me about their benighted child who they apparently wish didn’t exist.
Me: Eugenics is bad.
Autism Mom: You need to remember that not all autistic people are as high-functioning as you are. Your comment doesn’t take into account people like my nonverbal son.
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Autism Mom: You need to remember that not all autistic people are as high-functioning as you are. Your comment doesn’t take into account people like my nonverbal son.
🙃🙃🙃
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I keep getting these people! It doesn’t matter how clear I am or which words I use. If I say it’s wrong to screen #autistic people out of the gene pool, some parent WILL jump in to tell me about their benighted child who they apparently wish didn’t exist.
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I see so many autistic humans afraid to name a need because they’ve only ever encountered punishment for having one.
We don’t resist support - we resist the cost of asking.
We don’t resist support - we resist the cost of asking.
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I see so many autistic humans afraid to name a need because they’ve only ever encountered punishment for having one.
We don’t resist support - we resist the cost of asking.
We don’t resist support - we resist the cost of asking.
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#AutChat A2.2 - I think a lot of kids are told that some emotions are bad. "Don't cry", religious admonishments to "not be angry at another" and similar. Autistic people in particular I think can sometimes internalize this BS and think "My emotions are bad".
#AutChat A2 - I need to intellectually process my emotions to realize what I'm feeling sometime. I definitely feel emotions, but sometimes I don't know what or why they are.
Q2: What does it take for you to become aware of an emotion that you usually have difficulty with recognising in yourself? #AutChat
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#AutChat A2.2 - I think a lot of kids are told that some emotions are bad. "Don't cry", religious admonishments to "not be angry at another" and similar. Autistic people in particular I think can sometimes internalize this BS and think "My emotions are bad".
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#AutChat is a tag for autistic people & "autistic cousins" (people with similar experiences due to hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, ADHD, etc).
We welcome autistic/similar people whether formally diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or questioning/wondering if they are autistic/similar.
We welcome autistic/similar people whether formally diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or questioning/wondering if they are autistic/similar.
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#AutChat is a tag for autistic people & "autistic cousins" (people with similar experiences due to hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, ADHD, etc).
We welcome autistic/similar people whether formally diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or questioning/wondering if they are autistic/similar.
We welcome autistic/similar people whether formally diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or questioning/wondering if they are autistic/similar.
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TBH most autism research is done by non-Autistic researchers who intentionally exclude Autistic people and consider us demanding to be treated like people a barrier to their work and repeatedly ask the wrong questions.
The right questions would be about our internal lives, first and foremost.
The right questions would be about our internal lives, first and foremost.
This is also why a lot of autistic people hate gene related autism research.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
TBH most autism research is done by non-Autistic researchers who intentionally exclude Autistic people and consider us demanding to be treated like people a barrier to their work and repeatedly ask the wrong questions.
The right questions would be about our internal lives, first and foremost.
The right questions would be about our internal lives, first and foremost.
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@yesthattoo.bsky.social
@tuttleturtle.bsky.social
@autisticb4mmr.bsky.social
@endeverstar.bsky.social
@projectenigma.bsky.social
AutChat on BlueSky in 1 hr, Sun 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC /9pm GMT. Topic: alexithymia (emotional awareness). autchat.com/alexithymia/
@tuttleturtle.bsky.social
@autisticb4mmr.bsky.social
@endeverstar.bsky.social
@projectenigma.bsky.social
AutChat on BlueSky in 1 hr, Sun 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC /9pm GMT. Topic: alexithymia (emotional awareness). autchat.com/alexithymia/
Alexithymia (emotional awareness) – autchat
View transcript of past chats on this topic here: Apr 17, 2016, Apr 5, 2016, and Aug 26, 2018. Questions: This #autchat focuses on awareness of (or ability to describe) our own emotional states, inclu...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
@yesthattoo.bsky.social
@tuttleturtle.bsky.social
@autisticb4mmr.bsky.social
@endeverstar.bsky.social
@projectenigma.bsky.social
AutChat on BlueSky in 1 hr, Sun 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC /9pm GMT. Topic: alexithymia (emotional awareness). autchat.com/alexithymia/
@tuttleturtle.bsky.social
@autisticb4mmr.bsky.social
@endeverstar.bsky.social
@projectenigma.bsky.social
AutChat on BlueSky in 1 hr, Sun 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC /9pm GMT. Topic: alexithymia (emotional awareness). autchat.com/alexithymia/
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The Autistic Self Advocacy Network and the Autism Science Foundation signing the same open letters about vaccination is an illustration of how dire the situation is in the US.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network and the Autism Science Foundation signing the same open letters about vaccination is an illustration of how dire the situation is in the US.
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I was homeless and living in a shelter in 2019. I started writing and pitching stories from my shelter bunk. Was diagnosed Autistic and came up with the idea for COLOR TASTE TEXTURE. Had literary agents and my first Big5 publishing deal within 2 years from being homeless.
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I was homeless and living in a shelter in 2019. I started writing and pitching stories from my shelter bunk. Was diagnosed Autistic and came up with the idea for COLOR TASTE TEXTURE. Had literary agents and my first Big5 publishing deal within 2 years from being homeless.
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I am begging everyone who is autistic or cares about autistic people 2boost this signal & hold authorities in Houston, TX accountable: Emmanuel Gonzales Garcia the autistic teen still being held in federal custody for No. Good. Reason. #AutisticTeenInCustody www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
Houston police broke a family. Whitmire calls it a national model. | Editorial
At the end of the day, a mother is still without her son tonight. A scared teen is still without his mom. For no good reason. Shouldn’t that be of concern to Houston's leaders?
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November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I am begging everyone who is autistic or cares about autistic people 2boost this signal & hold authorities in Houston, TX accountable: Emmanuel Gonzales Garcia the autistic teen still being held in federal custody for No. Good. Reason. #AutisticTeenInCustody www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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never forget how they reported on us
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
never forget how they reported on us
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International Men's Day. Guys, check in on your friends; if you need help, ask, and, importantly, remember the version of masculinity you're being sold online and by many politicians isn't masculinity, it's cruelty. Last, there's nothing unmasculine about protecting your health.
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
International Men's Day. Guys, check in on your friends; if you need help, ask, and, importantly, remember the version of masculinity you're being sold online and by many politicians isn't masculinity, it's cruelty. Last, there's nothing unmasculine about protecting your health.
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"As he addressed Halligan, the judge declared he 'just wanted to make sure' that indictment had never been seen by the full grand jury.
"Halligan confirmed that it had not. She then sat down after speaking for less than a minute."
"Halligan confirmed that it had not. She then sat down after speaking for less than a minute."
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"As he addressed Halligan, the judge declared he 'just wanted to make sure' that indictment had never been seen by the full grand jury.
"Halligan confirmed that it had not. She then sat down after speaking for less than a minute."
"Halligan confirmed that it had not. She then sat down after speaking for less than a minute."
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I've been told not to tell you, but I haven't been told not to tell you that I've been told not to tell you, so I'm going to tell you that.
This is a fantastic bit of lawyering by a prosecutor who just effectively told the judge that a declination memo exists without technically violating his direct instructions
MORE: Under questioning by the judge, prosecutor Tyler Lemons said that he’s under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether there is a declination memo recommending against the prosecution of Comey
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I've been told not to tell you, but I haven't been told not to tell you that I've been told not to tell you, so I'm going to tell you that.
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Hey autistic and non-autistic Aussies. Onorah needs more participants for their research. The survey isn't too long or difficult and it's for a good cause!
Are you autistic and living in Australia? If so, please consider completing my research survey. It takes 45-60min and will help us understand the experience and impacts of autism identification, to try improve access to autism identification. tinyurl.com/autism-uc14359 #autismresearch #psychresearch
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Hey autistic and non-autistic Aussies. Onorah needs more participants for their research. The survey isn't too long or difficult and it's for a good cause!
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Imagine losing your bank account and all the money in it because you sold mommy dom audio online.
This is fucking terrifying. Just straight up evil. Whatever legal funds need to be had for this, I will donate and spread it around as much as possible. This needs more attention.
This is fucking terrifying. Just straight up evil. Whatever legal funds need to be had for this, I will donate and spread it around as much as possible. This needs more attention.
Spoke to a second source familiar with what’s going on with paypro censorship toward me. It seems I’ve been blacklisted among paypros as a creator, particularly for mommy domme content. This could escalate into debanking, I learned
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Imagine losing your bank account and all the money in it because you sold mommy dom audio online.
This is fucking terrifying. Just straight up evil. Whatever legal funds need to be had for this, I will donate and spread it around as much as possible. This needs more attention.
This is fucking terrifying. Just straight up evil. Whatever legal funds need to be had for this, I will donate and spread it around as much as possible. This needs more attention.
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I was once banned from a local business, not because of the story I wrote for my college paper, but over something my editor insisted be added to the article.
When you think about it, concealing the editors misrepresents (not in every case, but in a lot of if not most cases) who in fact is responsible for the story. And it puts the writer — most often lower down on the editorial totem pole — in the line of fire for something an editor is responsible for.
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I was once banned from a local business, not because of the story I wrote for my college paper, but over something my editor insisted be added to the article.
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MeToo did not go far enough. People were saying "MeToo has gone too far" when it had barely just picked up momentum.
It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.
It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.
This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
MeToo did not go far enough. People were saying "MeToo has gone too far" when it had barely just picked up momentum.
It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.
It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.
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I see a lot of people speculating about how Alice died and I am asking you to...please not do that. If her family wants to share information about that on their own time, they will, but the speculation and sometimes outright conspiracy theories are actually really upsetting for them to see.
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I see a lot of people speculating about how Alice died and I am asking you to...please not do that. If her family wants to share information about that on their own time, they will, but the speculation and sometimes outright conspiracy theories are actually really upsetting for them to see.
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I would like to know why me doing my own weird little thing, not forcing it on anyone is me discriminating against conservatives’ faith and them mocking and physically attacking Methodist ministers isn’t discriminating against mine.
Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.”
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I would like to know why me doing my own weird little thing, not forcing it on anyone is me discriminating against conservatives’ faith and them mocking and physically attacking Methodist ministers isn’t discriminating against mine.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Incredibly, Delta’s awful request included test-to-exit. Instead of compromising, CDC gave Delta *more* than they asked for by shortening the window and *no test required*.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Incredibly, Delta’s awful request included test-to-exit. Instead of compromising, CDC gave Delta *more* than they asked for by shortening the window and *no test required*.
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Same as they did to force people to go back to work while still sick and contagious with covid
How long till we learn American, United & Delta worked the phones on Senate Dems?
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Same as they did to force people to go back to work while still sick and contagious with covid
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Also, sorry, one graphic has a higher %. I'm a bit worn thin. This one is accurate.
I've seen literary communities raise $2820 in an hour. Frequently. I know there are a lot of fundraisers, but we've been at this *8 months* for a Black woman owned small press; can we get a rally and close this up?
I've seen literary communities raise $2820 in an hour. Frequently. I know there are a lot of fundraisers, but we've been at this *8 months* for a Black woman owned small press; can we get a rally and close this up?
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November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Also, sorry, one graphic has a higher %. I'm a bit worn thin. This one is accurate.
I've seen literary communities raise $2820 in an hour. Frequently. I know there are a lot of fundraisers, but we've been at this *8 months* for a Black woman owned small press; can we get a rally and close this up?
I've seen literary communities raise $2820 in an hour. Frequently. I know there are a lot of fundraisers, but we've been at this *8 months* for a Black woman owned small press; can we get a rally and close this up?
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i myself do not partake in these for bespoke reasons but have always found the vitriol against them a lil sus
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
i myself do not partake in these for bespoke reasons but have always found the vitriol against them a lil sus
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my wokest opinion is that land acknowledgements are fine. people knowing a little bit about the land you're on, even if one isn't invested in a land back project, is not particularly worse than the status quo, even if one comes by this info in a way that is somewhat cringe and forced
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
my wokest opinion is that land acknowledgements are fine. people knowing a little bit about the land you're on, even if one isn't invested in a land back project, is not particularly worse than the status quo, even if one comes by this info in a way that is somewhat cringe and forced