Wow its bad timing that twitter is dying because I'm finally cracking the code of neurotypical double speak (at work especially)
And let me tell you it is nauseating
Well to do anyway but it is important in some ways because I've learnt trust doesnt work the way I want it to at work and that work is just easier when you smooth things over socially
It turns out when you are working you are always socialising (by autistic standards)
Feb 22, 2022 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
ADHD and capitalism: first off, I wanna say that there are a lot more questions we need to ask and less certain answers but it's certainly unhelpful if anticapitalist theories lead to broad generalisations that dismiss the perspectives of those it's supposed to help
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There are numerous problems with "ADHD only exists/you only need ADHD meds under capitalism" takes and it keeps coming up so let's first of all note the complexity of the issue and how reductive this take is.
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Feb 22, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Nothing is quite as frustrating as imprecise analysis; nothing quite leads to imprecise analysis like the term "capitalism"
Generally speaking it's a bit more useful imo to identify the dimensions of capitalism we're talking about or at least have an idea of what we mean by capitalism but there really should be an understanding that what capitalism entails is subject to a wide range of interpretations
Feb 20, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Im confused why people even think the donnie yen tweet is something worth reacting to, kind of feel like there are cultural differences at play here. It's an extremely Chinese thing to judge people based on their jobs lol
Is it even a real donnie yen account
Sep 12, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Thinking about autistic meltdowns especially in teens and adults: in my experience of having and seeing meltdowns, I personally find that most of them happen when autistic people cannot reconcile expectations, be it their own or other people's
Like for example I have a lot of meltdowns about time because I believe people expect me to be there on time and I expect myself to meet deadlines or be on time as matter of moral duty and I get very frustrated trying to reconcile events that throw timelines off
Sep 11, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Does anyone ever think about or researched about the selection/survivorship bias of diagnostic processes that are then used to reinforce certain findings about the diagnosed individuals?
E.g. It feels like comorbidity is the norm because this is a factor that leads to diagnosis
Like I feel like the autistic community is actually burdened by the history of its diagnostic criteria because the older definitions don't distinguish between the multiple conditions that cluster together and form the classic definition/archetype of autism
Sep 11, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Thread on ADHD meds when you're also autistic?
Thought I'd share my experience after being on meds for three years because my experience of meds seem to differ a little from ADHDers. I'd be curious to compare experiences with other ADHDers and autistic people.
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First off, meds don't seem to work as well for us so to speak. Whenever I hear ADHDers talk about meds it sounds like everything gets better and they describe it like putting on glasses. I've heard it helps memory, mood balance and executive functioning etc.
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Sep 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Can't believe I've never seen this shot before - quite a clear influence on the Matrix, even with the next shot
Sep 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
ADHD teacher here: I recommend you burn all the homework given to you
*DISCLAIMER: I'm not responsible for what your teachers/schools will do if you follow my recommendations. I cannot be held liable for you following some internet rand's advice. Also you don't know who I actually am and therefore you cannot sue me*
Sep 10, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
One thing people need to understand about conversations wrt cultural appropriation is that there a few different political positions that underlie it: essentially it is about culture as commodity and how you view this concept is going to affect how you think about appropriation
Obviously if you don't think there's anything wrong with commodifying most things (which obviously is quite a common position) then you're not going to see any problems with most forms of commodification of culture
Sep 5, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that this news is shocking when every teacher I know looks like this
Some of this is on me for having poor boundaries but I was getting to work at 645 and leaving at 6pm on average for the first three years of teaching in a mainstream school, then taking marking and lesson preparation home to do.
Sep 4, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The 1992 Candyman is about why you should not be a grad student
If your friend is considering grad studies or academia pls show them this movie
Sep 3, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I'm gonna sit down and actually read the study but I'm already pissed off that they started it with Harlem by Langston Hughes
Have read through the study: there are admittedly more nuances than is reported in the article (e.g. I was wondering about the relationship to SBB); there are more explicit comparisons between races and outcomes and analysis of racism than is mentioned in the article
Sep 3, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Legit - I am so annoyed by quantitive studies in education because people are so badly at framing the data. We tend to have similar issues with psych. So often the questions you ask in studies are the wrong questions to begin with.
Basically, any study you do on the education system is already data skewed by data because educational outcomes are the result of academic results. You need to consider how the two forms of data intersect and interact. There is a serious chicken-egg problem here.
Sep 3, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
The study of overrepresentation of Maly students in Normal Technical stream has me screaming because they identified a lot of accurate reasons for why students end up in NT but there is no examination of the relationship to race and consequently you racialise those reasons
You didn't do the thing you said you were gonna do! Every single reason there is an accurate reason for ending up in NT but why is it that when those same factors apply to Chinese students, they don't end up in the NT stream as frequently?
Aug 23, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
CW: some discussion of behavioral approaches
I feel like we are so far from describing a neurodivergent pedagogy but in particular we need to talk about autistic pedagogy because I feel like behavioural approaches completely subsume other pedagogical approaches and concerns
To me, there's actually quite a distinct learning profile for autistic children/teens and they have very specific tendencies wrt school work, learning and examinations - I feel like most approaches do not consider this at all even though the patterns are obvious.
Aug 19, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I feel like people didn't read the later books because the Narnia series made me confront my mortality several times over
Reepicjeep a mouse who is adorable because he is smol but he is I'm loyal and wanna fight everything, basically decides bye guys I'm going over the edge of the world where I will basically die because exploration and Aslan and stuff
Aug 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Do people understand that white people becoming experts on East Asian cultures is literally an age old thing called Orientalism where they will tell us that they know our culture better than us?
I live in Singapore and still I had white tutors teaching me Chinese philosophy...
Theres nothing inherently wrong with learning about and engaging with other cultures but there's this old anthropological bias where white people just go everywhere and tell everyone that they are the experts on culture, not the people who developed the culture
Aug 18, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I am disappointed by this response on a lot of levels and I think it's wroth unpacking how she uses all the "right" language while perpetuating the problem
It's just a matter of factually describing the situation: who is actually getting harrased here? It's really quite amazing to see this be turned around and the white woman frame herself as the victim when the numbers were quite clear
Aug 18, 2021 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
Isn't funny how the term "casual gamer" exists? Isn't that the point of gaming in the first place and isn't so weird that this term is used condescendingly?
Fun fact of the day: such phrases are called retronyms
I have endless thoughts about video games and accessibility because essentially you're talking about designing a system/platform for accessibility and its a pretty contained example to discuss that?
Aug 18, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Not gonna lie, I get confused to varying degrees about the intentions behind replies I get more often than I'd care to admit.
I feel like I sort of get a sense of what people are trying to say. The issue doesn't feel like tone to me. Generally my approach to this problem is to go analytical on how the reply relates to what I said.
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