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Would love any feedback or thoughts on this! Any Neurodivergent people have any thoughts?

I would love to hear any reflections or comments on this topic! I found it fascinating as to how the person was able to assemble furniture despite being blind, utalising technology and various other strategies.

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build a side project you think is good. Then worry about this.

relaxing

50%? Wow...

it depends where you want to live? But it sounds like working at a retail for 1 year will mean you're better positioned in another year to find work elsewhere. Importantly, though, which work / job is more interesting to you?

Most of my work as a software developer is for the better of humanity - which i'm lucky to do, but straight out of university it was my goal. I started a wee company that delivers stroke, dementia, autism therapies and we'll be branching out to our own products. Interestingly, I had a similar idea drawn up for Hollieguard - looks like I may not have to build it now.

If you're interested in any work, message me.

i had this issue.

I just asked spotify to remove the link to my bf and for me to use another email. Now fb is no longer connected to my spotify

Many people on the autistic spectrum find their sensory issues traumatic. I've interviewed a fair few of them and it sounded awful. It wouldn't surprise me if there's correlation. Because the two are quite possibly linked, especially for DTD rather than PTSD.

Sensory issues in DTD? Can you link me to this?

That's nice of you to say.

It might be that I know enough to know that I know nothing.

I've worked in academia and Neuroscience, have studied Autism for my masters and created technology to teach people about Autism. Have volunteered in an adhd charity, worked around clinicians and neuropsychologists and had countless discussions on the topic of diagnosis.

All I can conclude, is even these guys can't establish the correct way to diagnose and it changes often.

I have no chance. PTSD and Autism are both extremely complex.

And, the new DSM-V is very controversial.

Yes. I wrote my thesis on creating a piece of autism technology to teach people what it was like to have Autism. And through my work I came to the same conclusion.

There are many other parts of Autism that are prominent, for example sensory atypicalities. I've never met a person with autism without them.

I think most people here have absolutely no idea of the diagnostic criteria and how diagnosis works, so are not really fit to comment.

woooooa this is so cool!!!

Although, I guess if you hit the 'worst case' scenario, you look stupid?

Guess Glassdoor is doing it's job.

change password to something insanely long and boring to type write it on paper stick it in your draw, log out of fb, clear all passwords Laziness wins most of the time and you wont be bothered to take out your password and type it into the browser that is fjvhcji8987sdhcsl@!j

If you desperately need it, you will. When your out and about you wont have the pass as its in your draw at home

monzo

my mind says conceptual thing, my body does not

code design patterns look at 'testing'

I'm subscribing to you, just incase you do more video's on code reviews.

I've been on a non-24 hour rhythm :). My sleep would change every day by 4-6 hours.

I've had shutters for my windows so no light could get in the evening, light simulation alarm clocks, only used the computer for a maximum of 8 hours a day and got rid of my smart-phone so I had an old fashioned phone, to reduce phone use. I don't drink coffee or tea. Melatonin, sleeping tablets, waking up every day at the same time and going for a run.

Fyi, waking up every time at the same day makes me ill because I still can't sleep early even if i've had a lack of sleep for several nights before.

You can't crash at weekends either. Because if you crash at weekends it messes up your sleep cycle completely and you'll start Monday having slept at 6am on Sunday night.

A tight schedule means you have to do it every day. Then there's the other problem that happens when you crash out - you're really groggy for days.

When I was in school, I'd crash out at 4pm on a Friday night and wake up at 7am the next day. I'd have headaches and feel so drained. And I'd still go to my weekend job.

It's not a lack of motivation.

If you know anything about this guy and the strategies he uses, please do share. Always looking for suggestions.

This is not your fault, as you really do not know the lengths and depths and tears and effort it has taken for me to change my sleep pattern to be consistent. But there is no "assumption here".

A main problem is - even when i've had to be awake at 9am every day (yes awake at 9am, not working at 9am) it causes me to fall really ill. Mentally and physically your body feels wrecked and it doesn't matter how tired you are, you wake up at night.

I now, after a decade, manage a sleep cycle that doesn't change every day by a few hours and I can just about function enough for meetings.

I can just about get to 1pm meetings and it's taken so much effort just to be able to get here!

I've written nearly 4 articles covering the different strategies i've used to be able to wake up early in the morning. I've slept through some of the most important things - which led me in my final exams to just stay up all night to get to 9am exams incase I wouldn't wake up.

What has worked is accepting that it is a genuine disability and problem. And as you say, adjusting my environment to suit my sleeping issues. Unfortunately, changing time zones doesn't work. But it's a nice theory (I've already tried this).

I'll be posting my articles soon which documents every strategy i've tried over the last decade, in hope it might help someone find a solution for them.

I really wish I could sleep by 2am. It would make life possible. My natural sleep pattern is 5am-12. I've literally spent the last decade trying to solve it. Until, I gave up.

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No...?

But then, if i'm on the computer i'm coding or doing something productive.

I don't read the news and I don't have facebook.

I'm i'm not "doing something" - i.e something that requires thinking, i'm out and about and exploring.

I don't watch tv either...i'm probably more sociable than most people to be fair...

I get depressed and demotivated...and stop learning if I don't get enough stimulation...

It really does depress me how quickly and easily people in the US get diagnosed with adhd.

Here in the UK it takes about 6 months, has to be an adhd specialist, they go through every piece of medical history you have, school reports, cognitive tests, parent interview's.

did you ask what you can do?

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