I wrote about autistic culture and communication patterns for a previous assignment at my university before I graduated. I would love to get feedback from others for criticism so I can improve it perhaps. I believe the moderation said they might add it to a newsletter.

Hello!

I am a proudly Autistic person, and I tried to write a paper that could help improve Autistic-Neurotypical communication. I also felt it was important to stress to others at my university that Autistic people have a culture of their own. Communications was not my major (CS was) and I only had 5 weeks in an accelerated course among others to write this. I tried to give it my best effort to use intercultural theories in my paper. I found it extremely hard to find supporting evidence due to autistic culture not being very well documented. I think I would like to revise this semi-rushed paper and make it something genuinely useful that could be shared. I would love to get feedback especially from other neurodivergent people who have experience in Autistic circles. Due to the rushed nature, there are most likely some big mistakes and misunderstandings.

This is a link to my old assignment.

Trigger warnings (Suicide, Abuse, Injustice).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OlJp7oFuLAiWSBOQZ9IKRA1cXhhWR3X3/view

Have you ever seen content about Autistic culture(s)? I thought it was amazing to learn about it and other disability cultures like Deaf culture.

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u/Outrageous_Trifle_17 — 5 days ago

The Anti-vax movement needs to be handled like a cult or the KKK.

I will preface this by saying I am a libertarian. I believe in freedom of speech and religion (the anti-vax movement is totally a cult, see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X48cM3TW9w). Like the KKK their beliefs are incredibly toxic and are leading to the deaths and permanent harm of Autistic people. Treatments like bleach enemas, excessive unneeded/harmful chelation therapy, restriction of vaccines resulting in preventable deaths, and overly restrictive diets that result in severe malnutrition.

One case that broke my heart was the death of Abubakar Nadama, a 5-year-old autistic boy who died during an attempted chelation treatment intended to “remove mercury” based on the disproven vaccine-autism theory. Or Najee Jackson Jr who died from anti-vaxxers urging her mother to reject solid medical advice (On Facebook, anti-vaxxers urged a mom not to give her son Tamiflu. He later died.).

Autistic activists, researchers, and family members who criticize vaccine misinformation have sometimes received insults, coordinated harassment, threats of violence, and attempts to discredit them (like one redditor here https://www.reddit.com/r/aspergers/comments/cyzd1y/a_social_justice_educator_on_social_media ). They exploit families with Autistic people and bully them to harm their children. They actively promote eugenics and tell autistic people, such as me, to sterilize themselves or never have children (despite autism totally not being genetic according to them because that makes sense). Their framing shifts attention away from acceptance, accommodations, and support toward searching for ways to eliminate autistic people from society over time.

They are actively pushing their cult in the U.S government through people like RFK who are removing things that actively help Autistic people in lieu of trying to confirm one of the modern cults founding myths that vaccines cause Autism. Despite numerous studies showing otherwise. Replacing the entire advisory board with their members. There needs to be separation of church and state on their beliefs entirely driven by their faith.

This cult makes incredible amounts of money from the unregulated supplement & alternative industry. Not to mention the ones that engage in lawfare. They use this money to fund anti-autism misinformation campaigns such as DAN! (Defeat Autism Campaign) which promoted the aforementioned treatments like chelation therapy and made money from it, like Mark Geier. Geier and his son David Geier operated clinics that treated autistic children with these horrendous protocols.

They talk about Autistic people like "an epidemic" President Trump, Secretary Kennedy Announce Bold Actions to Tackle Autism Epidemic | HHS.gov. Imagine any other type of people (e.g LGBT, ethnicity) being called an epidemic.

Their beliefs have been tied to premeditated assassination attempts/plans in the USA and threats of violence. Such as the one in Atlanta, USA Live updates: Shooter appeared to target CDC headquarters in shooting that left police officer dead, sources say | CNN. And it's not just the U.S government, they attempted to assassinate the premier of Saxony, Germany back in 2021. German police foil ‘anti-vaxxer murder plot’ against state premier

A free society must protect the right to hold unpopular beliefs, but freedom of speech does not require society to accept fraud, medical misinformation, exploitation, harassment, or policies that harm vulnerable people. Medical decisions and public policy should be grounded in evidence, not ideology or financial interests. Moreover, willingly allowing viruses to evolve and infect people could be argued as a violation of the N.A.P. as well. Other cults have been dismantled for less. I was personally harmed by them resulting in lung scarring for pneumonia as I was refused vaccination for pneumonia.

u/Outrageous_Trifle_17 — 5 days ago

Who knew French onion dip made a great bagel spread?!

Realized I was out of cream cheese and saw my French onion dip and thought why not. Turns out it was really good 🙂

u/Outrageous_Trifle_17 — 6 days ago

I tried to take some photos while in Maine

Not a photographer but I did try :), and no I wasn't driving in the car pic. I think my favorite is the 1st picture.

u/Outrageous_Trifle_17 — 21 days ago

Requesting feedback on a paper I wrote a while ago as part of my CS bachelor's degree requirements

Hello!

I am a proudly Autistic person, and I tried to write a paper that could help improve Autistic-Neurotypical communication. This was not my major and I only had 5 weeks in an accelerated course among others to write this. I tried to give it my best effort to use intercultural theories in my paper. I think I would like to revise this semi-rushed paper and make it something genuinely useful that could be shared. I would love to get feedback especially from other neurodivergent people who have experience in Autistic circles. Due to the rushed nature, there are most likely some big mistakes and misunderstandings.

This is a link to my old assignment.

Trigger warnings (Suicide, Abuse, Injustice).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OlJp7oFuLAiWSBOQZ9IKRA1cXhhWR3X3/view

Have you ever seen content about Autistic culture(s)? I thought it was amazing to learn about it and other disability cultures like Deaf culture.

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u/Outrageous_Trifle_17 — 21 days ago

I wrote a research paper about Autistic culture as part of my degree requirements. I thought about revising it after finding it. Could I get your thoughts on it?

Hello everyone, I am a proudly Autistic man and wrote a research paper for my social science capstone course at my university. I recently found it and was considering if it was worth revising so I could publish it. My original hope back then was to make something that could help improve communication between Autistic people and non-Autistic people. I'd love to hear your thoughts! This is not my specialty as my major was in Computer Science.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OlJp7oFuLAiWSBOQZ9IKRA1cXhhWR3X3/view

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u/Outrageous_Trifle_17 — 1 month ago

Is it possible to concentrate magnetic fields so its easier to detect them with a weaker sensor?

I want to detect a magnetic field in an ellipsoid cavity that is about 5cm^3 that is in the picotesla range; however, I don't believe my TMR magnetic sensors are good enough for that but they are the ones in my budget. I was wondering if I could use a material like mu-metal to concentrate the magnetic field.

My idea was to use two sensors, one facing outward to collect the ambient magnetic field and subtract that one facing inward towards the magnetic field I want to detect. I was also making a faraday cage around it as well.

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u/Outrageous_Trifle_17 — 2 months ago

How to multi-plex cameras quickly and on a budget?

I'm working on a project that needs to snap photos of two objects from three different angles each. I need to do this sequentially with a very tight gap (ideally 5–10ms) between captures. I would also like to be running two cameras at the same time, one from each cluster.

I'm looking at using a Raspberry Pi and Global Shutter cameras. Does anyone have experience running camera setup like this? I’m worried that standard multiplexers might be too slow.

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u/Outrageous_Trifle_17 — 2 months ago
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Trying to build an indoor water fountain. What's a waterproof and aquarium safe solution that can be poured into a mold? Or

I want to make an indoor water fountain I can put on my dresser. I was thinking of using hydraulic cement and coating it with an aquarium safe sealant. I don't have access to a kiln, and I am open to using my oven, but I am very sensitive to fumes. I was thinking of using my new 3D printer to make a mold using PETG or PLA. I seem to be getting lots of conflicting information about what works and what doesn't.

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u/Outrageous_Trifle_17 — 3 months ago