Post #125 - Charity Twittering

This morning I attended an 'Introduction To Twitter' course which was run by my local volunteers' centre. It was really great to be able to help set up BridgingAutism's new Twitter account and to finally start Tweeting in earnest. Call me Mrs Sadcase, but I really enjoy doing comms work; granted that I'm not the greatest communicator on the planet, it's nice to feel useful and to be able to make a difference, however small.

Post #104 - You've Gotta Fight For (Aspie) Rights

People who know me in real life may perceive me to be 'difficult' and yeah, post forty, post Autism diagnosis and post redundancy I blooming well can be. I just want to fight for aspie rights as it's a rotten life otherwise. Why should aspies/auties etc be forced into a life of isolation because of the actions of certain people.  I do turn to Twitter quite a bit because it seems to make a difference and there's a whole communitity of autists on there.  Together we can make a difference.

My latest cause celebre is my son's experience of his local cub scout pack. He was feeling unhappy, ignored and isolated, so we removed him. My husband had been helping out at the pack for a while, so knew what was going on and the situation was only getting worse.

Grrr!

*Update*

My Tweets caused a few things to happen and, although there's no real prospect of my son returning to the same Cub Pack, it's noted that there's a real issue in gathering enough volunteers to help out.  I totally understand that's why Mr C was coming along to the sessions.

Post #73: Taking A Break From Facebook

Yes, I'm the first person to say that I lack empathy, but I really cannot help it.  I like to assist others, but not when it's detrimental to my own (often fragile) wellbeing.  Fair enough: so what's sparked this off then?  Well, it's nothing specific, but a bit of a build up of a number of issues ...

In my experience, which is limited in certain ways, blokes tend to talk at you more than to you.  I mean, as an Autistic woman I tend to befriend neurotypical men more than any other group of people, but it does come with its own issues; self-absorption is one of them.  You may advise me to cut off, which I often do - Facebook Messenger messages are often left unread and not replied to and yes, I've even managed to turn off the 'dings' and the stupid face icon functionality. That said, sometimes something more dramatic is required and this afternoon I've deactivated my Facebook account.  I feel better already - I mean, I've deactivated it a few times before and even if I haven't, I've made a thing of removing the Facebook app from my smartphone and tablet.  I usually last about a week, but even seven days counts as a digital detox in my opinion.  I'm still retaining Twitter and Instagram though as I find those much more impersonal and quite frankly, more fun.