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The chatty adventures of Mr Robot aka language and autism

The chatty adventures of Mr Robot aka language and autism

hello computer Hey. Hi. Hello there. How are you? Am I asking because I am genuinely interested or am I doing protocol? As an autistic person words are complex. You have to read between the lines a lot of the time and I find that complex when someone is speaking

Do I have the energy to be autistic for life?

hello computer I’m cycling along and my brain is running complex way finding and human tracking algorithms to find the best paths through crowds. It’s like one of those scenes from a spy film where they’re using face tracking technology to find the bad guy in a

Sunrise from New Brighton Promenade on a snowy day.

I am exhausted. (Not a Carr/car joke)

hello computer Hello. How are things? How’s life? How’s lockdown? How’s money? How’s the future? How’s your world? How’s your folks? How’s your head? How’s your heart? How how how how is everything? How? HOW?! HOW!?! How do I do tomorrow when

Sayonara Wild Hearts and autistic masking

hello computer Recently I played the game Sayonara Wild Hearts and I was totally unprepared for the emotional journey I went on. There’s a story that unfolds through the experiences of the character you play, in a way that reminded me of Journey, another game that had a big

This human is shutting down. Stand by...

Autistic Shutdown The other day I had an incident that resulted in autistic shutdown. You know how your computer sometimes needs turning off and on again? That. In fact my computer has had sympathy pains today while I’ve been dealing with shutdown. Not now Macintosh! Blergh. What is shutdown?

iOS 14 from a mental health / autistic perspective

iOS 14 iOS 14 came out this week. I’ve been running the beta over summer and it’s been good. The iOS 14 Public Beta 1 was more stable than iOS 13 GM (Golden Master aka final version before public release). It is a big update with lots of

Acceptance except when unacceptable.

hello computer Recently my wife and I watched the Netflix series ‘Cheer‘. It’s a fly on the wall documentary about a cheerleader group in America. If you suggested that to me I would have ignored it but I’m glad I watched it. The show is about struggles, pain,