Jess Mahler @jessmahler@wandering.shop

This topic is one that I have been gaslit about, seen (black) people pull the "well my Polynesian friend doesn't think it's a problem", seen (white) leaders in the #polyamory community call Polynesians speaking out about this trolls.

The lengths I have heard polyam people go to invalidate Polynesians on this is disgusting.

I am DONE with this fucking debate.

RT @AccessEmployers@twitter.com
Approx. 80% of people with #autism go unemployed, even though many are highly educated and eager to work. @SAP@twitter.com and others share the best workplace practices on #hiring employees with autism. http://amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2018/06/24/where-autistic-workers-thrive?__twitter_impression=true #inclusion MT via @andrewlabute #AutismAtWork

My answer to::

Is it just me, or are people losing the ability to contextualize what other people say? For example: if I say "I don't find black women attractive", I'll most likely be called racist, even though it's just a sexual preference of mine. Why is that?

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-just-me-or-are-people-losing-the-ability-to-contextualize-what-other-people-say-For-example-if-I-say-I-dont-find-black-women-attractive-Ill-most-likely-be-called-racist-even-though-its-just-a-sexual-preference/answer/Jessica-Burde

#GoodStuffIReadRecently

How to prepare your kids for jobs that don’t exist yet #parenting
https://www.fastcompany.com/40585503/how-to-prepare-your-kids-for-jobs-that-dont-exist-yet

The Rhetoric Tricks, Traps, and Tactics of White Nationalism
https://medium.com/@DeoTasDevil/the-rhetoric-tricks-traps-and-tactics-of-white-nationalism-b0bca3caeb84

Why Critical Thinking is So Important
https://medium.com/postmodern-woman/why-critical-thinking-is-so-important-c17df14865a5

Attention, monotropism and the diagnostic criteria for #autism
http://www.autismusundcomputer.de/english/139.pdf

Like I mentioned,being #actuallyautistic has kept me from holding a job, so if you learned something, please give back: https://www.ko-fi.com/V7V468S0#

If you want to follow my work, check out Jess' Pack: https://jess-pack.mn.co

This #Autism thread got a lot more attention than I expected.

Thank you to everyone sharing their own experience and/or perspective!

Disappointed with changes on @duolingo@twitter.com. Instead of mixing grammar in with vocab to build a solid base, it's all vocab, with a focus on the stuff tourists need, grammar only at the end of the course.

Better for folks looking to pick up some useful terms for vacay, shit for me

Consent is a Process

draft except from my #wip about safer sex and #nonmonogamy
https://jess-pack.mn.co/posts/consent-is-a-process

I think one of my biggest challenges with making my #amwriting a priority is getting past scene breaks.

For some reason scene breaks just destroy my focus and concentration. I have at least half an hour more writing time and I'm unlikely to get more done, because the scene I was writing is finished and my brain has closed up shop...

Do any other writers have this problem?

i realize this is a long thread. And I hope at least some folks stuck it out all the way to the end.

I don't have any answers. But I hope understanding each other may, eventually, bring us to a place where we can work together instead of against each other. #AutismAwareness

Which, sadly, makes it harder for #Actuallyautistic folks to trust parents of #autistic kids to be right about their child's capabilities and need for someone else to advocate for them (as opposed to support that lets them advocate for themselves.)

And MANY #actuallyautistic folks had to overcome that attitude and fight against their parents and caregivers who took their inability as a given, because that's been the dominant narrative of autism for 50 years, rather than learning what their kid was capable of first.

Unfortunately, it also works the other way. Because I've ALSO seen parents of #Autistic kids convinced that simply by virtue of their diagnosis, their kids will NEVER be able to function on their own, have a healthy relationship, do a job, etc.