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[brandyschillace]

The Framed Women of Ardemore House is a taut "fish out of water" murder mystery. We talked with author @bschillace.brandyschillace.com about how more novels like hers feature autistic protagonists as complex humans—not only as Special Autism Stories. At TPGA:

[autisticarchive]

History of the Infinity Symbol

The most commonly recognized symbol for neurodiversity is an infinity symbol-typically a rainbow-colored one, but sometimes in a number of other colors as well. The symbol has a rather interesting history behind it that seems to be relatively little-known.

The earliest use of the infinity symbol in the context of autism can be traced back to 2004, with the web forum Aspies for Freedom.

It's used to represent all forms of neurodivergence, and the infinite diversity of human brains. Their forums are no longer active, but they have an instant messaging channel known as ChatAutism that people still use, including their founders. The infinity symbol was designed by Amy Nelson. Someone on Tik Tok found ChatAutism and confirmed this with Amy a while back. (side note: the autistic rights movement did not start with Aspies for Freedom. It started with Autism Network International in the early 1990s.) The logo for AFF used the infinity symbol, along with various other graphics Amy made for the site. Allegedly, the rainbow infinity symbol was inspired by a rainbow mobius strip Camille Clark of oddizms made as an alternative symbol to the puzzle piece for autism awareness, pictured below.

The symbol wasn't really used outside of Aspies for Freedom for about seven years. It's Tumblr where it really began to take off as the neurodiversity symbol. The mostly commonly used variant of the symbol was a redesign, posted in 2011. A little later, the unpuzzled site Bev Harp ran had a blog post that got shared on Thinking Person's Guide to Autism's Facebook page that also mentioned the rainbow infinity symbol as a proposed alternative to the puzzle piece. From there, it started to become much more widely used in the autistic self-advocacy community-though interestingly, is not used as the main logo of any of the flagship neurodiversity organizations, namely ASAN, AWN, and the previously mentioned TPGA. Some organizations nowadays use it, and it's becoming more widely adapted as a popular autism symbol, but it was relatively obscure for a while after its creation. There are many symbols used within the context of autism and neurodiversity. The infinity symbol happens to be one of the most well known. I may detail the origins of other symbols in the future. For now, happy Autism Acceptance Month!

[hans-garden]

TPGA shared a post on Twitter with the quote that autistic people need rules the way wheelchair users need ADA compliant ramps...which feels like an unfair comparison. like yes clear rules are incredibly important for autistic people and they are a part of accessibility but struggling with office politics is not the same as literally not being able to physically enter a space.

[worldisahouseonfire]

this is really helpful, especially the thing about case managers, so i'm saving this for later. i think there's something in particular about case managers and caregivers/service providers in the developmental disability service system that makes them swallow even well-founded client anger and pain without batting an eyelash. like they think the anger is just a function of our disability, and not a response to being mistreated.

that being said it's so, so hard to actually get in a position where one can *enforce* boundaries and consequences for bad provider behaviors. boundaries aren't magical, and enforcing them can be hard (and risky!).

freewheelin's 'How to Protect Yourself From Caregiver Abuse When You Have a Disability' highlights how critical prevention is. but some of the tips are only useful for people who have privileges like screening applicants, living on their own, affording security measures, and having existing circles of support.

tpga has an old-but-still-good guide called 'Autonomy First! Accessing Good Supports Without Sacrificing Your Independence,' which addresses some of the difficulties people with i/dd face in accessing supports. plus it includes a link to one of my favorite things ever written by a direct support worker, 'When You Are a Personal Assistant, and a Disabled Person Is Your Boss' by amanda forest vivian. i think it's helpful in highlighting good qualities to look for in caregivers/direct support workers.

and this linkspam is mainly just to remind myself of things i need to think about moving forward. a transition seems imminent for me, one way or another. and i'm going to need direct support people in a jiffy. and desperation hires can be some of the worst, most damaging ones. aaaaaaaargh.

On the topic of caregivers, do you have any tips you'd be willing to share about how to find good ones? Anything that might not be obvious about how to have good working relationships with them? Or do you know of any resources about this? Thank you.

One thing I have found is that I had to learn to stand my ground about not allowing in bad ones.  I used to think that I had to put up with anything and everything short of horrible abuse (and sometimes even put up with horrible abuse, including sexual abuse) in order to prove that I was a “good client” and not “one of those bad clients who sends their staff away”.  And I was encouraged in that direction by abusive case managers.  But the turning point for me with caregivers was actually when I filed a complaint against an abusive case manager and won.  And in general, a lot of turning points for me have involved standing up to people.

But you have to stand up to them in the right way.  If you stand up to them ineffectually, it’s just as bad or worse as not standing up to them at all.  I’ve met people who think that they’re assertive and the sort of person that nobody could possibly walk all over – while people walk all over them.  Usually they’re people who will sit there and rant at someone about how wrong what they are doing is, or threaten them with action, but there’s no follow-through in any way that actually uses power effectively and there’s often a lot of excess aggression thrown in.  (And abusive caregivers will simply let you burn all that excess aggression off which hurts you and doesn’t harm them or stop them in any way.)  And I’m not good at explaining the difference.  And there is not always a good way to stand up to them, and sometimes it is better not to stand up to them.

If that sounds contradictory it’s because it’s complicated, and maybe it’s not the kind of thing I’m capable of explaining well.

But I do know that being assertive – not wildly aggressive, and not meek – has almost always gotten me more respect from people than any other way of dealing with people.  Setting actual boundaries and keeping to them.  Things like that.  People actually respect you more when you set boundaries than when you let them through your boundaries.  Even fairly decent people will be somewhat less respectful if you don’t have clear boundaries.  Which is horrible, but it seems to be the truth.

As far as good working relationships go, one thing I learned from watching my mother interact with people is that she asks them a lot of questions and lets them talk about themselves and that seems to make people like her more.  And I’ve found in addition to that it’s good to acknowledge that they’re doing hard work for very little pay.  And in general to do little things that show you know they’re human and not a programmable robot or something.  A lot of which should be obvious but isn’t always, especially to people with social skills problems (whether those problems are innate or come from never having had the social experiences most people had growing up to practice those things, and for autistic people I think it’s a combination of both and more).

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#Per60 - #49

I am amazed how TDR has literally shaken the whole of TPGA (too) to make this list. And trust me, it’s hard work! It’s blood and sweat - hard work!!!

*huugggsss* and I really am giving those out from my heart!

“Monster Hangover” - no such thing as a “Monster Hangover” or any mention. It’s more like a temporary name like Paul McCartney named “yesterday” as “Scrambled Eggs”. Yes, I observed that too! TDR observed it in a deeper detail.

#Per60 has a great edge, you know? His songs are sometimes in another language, something released under the Roxette label and sometimes under Gyllene Tider. And under Per’s work whatsoever. One song, multiple categories.

“Monster Hangover” is representing GTs “72” - and it’s got it’s fair share of description too! Yayy!

What’s next? Ghost in the house? Or is it the Sasame Street Monster? Elmo? Cookie Monster? Hmmm, I mean, Gabriel was once little too, not long ago!

Love and Peace

25/11/2018

[kyunniebuns]

@manawari OPO NA BEH KAY JINWOO LANG TLGA AKO LOYAL WHAHDBWS PUTA DHAHWHS. SI JINWOO LANG ANG SAGOT SA LAHAT DI NA TPGA AKO TITINGIN SA IBA😭😭😭

Xori na po🥺🥺🥺💔💔💔💔 Pramis di na ako magigingu unloyal kay woowoo🥹🥹🥹🥹💜💜

@manawari beh pakisamapal ako this guy is threatening to yeet Jinwoo off his throne 😭😭😭

[tpgayahootw]

TB封關站菁英挑戰賽配對賽 75好手同場競技

2020 ThreeBond TPGA Challenge 封關站菁英挑戰賽配對賽今天（11/27）在北投國華高爾夫俱樂部舉行一天十八洞比賽，有25組23位職業選手及75位社會業餘人士配對同組揮桿競技，大會採新史克蘭波賽制，最後由職業選手許孟男與三位社會業餘人士張德雄丶郭錫鍾及林瑞祥合力打出低於標準桿14桿的58桿，贏得冠軍，每位社會業餘選手各獲ThreeBond簽約女球星韓國申智愛專屬簽名ThreeBond球袋一個。

ThreeBond香港有限公司台灣分公司泰地宏和(左) 總經理頒配對賽冠軍得主職業選手許孟男(左二起).貴賓郭錫鍾.張德雄.林瑞祥 (鍾豐榮攝影)

配對賽冠軍得主職業選手許孟男(左起)與貴賓林瑞祥丶張德雄丶郭錫鍾 (葉勇宏攝影)

大會主要冠名贊助商ThreeBond香港公司台灣分公司總經理泰地宏和丶ThreeBond挑戰巡迴賽執行長陳志忠及TPGA理事長謝錦昇丶台灣福興工業公司董事長林瑞章及國華球場副董事長何麗純與總經理謝玉樹，與TPGA下屆新任理事長陳榮興等今天均參加配對賽及頒獎晚宴。

開球儀式貴賓TPGA理事長謝錦昇(左起)丶ThreeBond香港有限公司台灣分公司泰地宏和總經理丶國華球場副董事長何麗純及捷絢科技總經理江碩勳 (葉勇宏攝影)

開球儀式貴賓TPGA理事長謝錦昇(左起)丶國華球場副董事長何麗純丶ThreeBond香港有限公司台灣分公司泰地宏和總經理丶捷絢科技總經理江碩勳 (鍾豐榮、葉勇宏攝影)

執行長陳志忠致詞

ThreeBond香港有限公司中華圈統括社長兼重道雄因為疫情影響，六年來首次缺席，無法前來台灣參加這項封關頒獎典禮，但是人在海外的他特別錄製了一段致詞在現場播出，並同時與現場來賓進行直播對話與祝福。

因疫情無法親來參加頒獎典禮的ThreeBond香港有限公司中華圈統括社長兼重道雄，與現場來賓進行視訊情形 (鍾豐榮攝影)

他表示，ThreeBond公司贊助這項挑戰巡迴賽已六年，回想六年的賽事，每年都比以往精采刺激，非常充實，「很開心當初冠名贊助這項巡迴賽，也很高興看到這項巡迴賽的台灣年輕選手贏得台巡賽的勝利，甚至拿下台巡賽獎金王亮眼的成績表現，結果比我預期得還好。」

因疫情無法親來參加頒獎典禮的ThreeBond香港有限公司中華圈統括社長兼重道雄，與來賓進行現場視訊 (鍾豐榮攝影)

他期望這項巡迴賽未來能培育出更多優秀的選手，可以藉由此平台站上世界舞台，另外就是越來越多的台灣企業一起加入贊助這項巡迴賽，這些都是他感到最欣慰的事。

明年一月因職務調動，他將前往美國辛辛那堤任職，很感謝大家，並希望接任他的主管，能將未來的ThreeBond挑戰巡迴賽辦得更精采。

ThreeBond香港公司台灣分公司總經理泰地宏和也提及，今年是此巡迴賽重要的一年，因為疫情影響，全世界包括日本的高球巡迴賽不是取消延期，就是觀眾無法進場看球，但是台灣政府因應得宜，可說是全世界少有能如期開打並全程完成，且觀眾能進入球場觀賽的高爾夫巡迴賽，希望以後有更多更好的成果。

總獎金台幣100萬元的2020 ThreeBond TPGA Challenge 封關站菁英挑戰賽，昨天（11月26日）在北投國華高爾夫俱樂部圓滿結束，林冠伯奪冠；王偉軒則獲得年度獎金王頭銜。

台灣福興工業公司董事長林瑞章今年特別提供30萬元獎金給ThreeBond挑戰巡迴賽獎金王選手，今天由林瑞章董事長頒發給王偉軒。王偉軒今年也同時贏得台巡賽獎金王。

台灣福興工業股份有限公司林瑞章董事長頒年度獎金王特別獎項獎金三十萬元給王偉軒 (鍾豐榮攝影)

ThreeBond香港有限公司台灣分公司泰地宏和(左) 總經理頒冠軍永久盃給王偉軒 (鍾豐榮攝影)

ThreeBond香港有限公司台灣分公司泰地宏和(左) 總經理和台灣福興工業股份有限公司林瑞章(右)董事長一起頒年度獎金王獎金三十萬元及永久冠軍杯給王偉軒 (鍾豐榮攝影)

今年八場挑戰巡迴賽全部結束，總獎金排名前五名選手可獲得明年台巡賽參賽資格。ThreeBond是日本一家製造專業黏著劑起家的國際廠商，成為TPGA挑戰巡迴賽的冠名贊助商已6年。

文章來源：普羅國際行銷

[autisticadvocacy]

TPGA  talks about some of the apps in Apple's Autism Acceptance App Collection

[doctor-platypus]

HAPPY BITTHDAY TPGA

[lifewithchronicpain-original]

Content note: This interview discusses self-injury and suicidal behavior.

Oftentimes the most rewarding findings at INSAR, the annual meeting for the International Society for Autism Research, emerge during the pre-conference sessions. We went to the 2019 pre-conference on autism and mental health and were impressed by Dr. Rachel Moseley's presentation on self-injury in autistic people without intellectual disability—and are grateful that Dr. Moseley was able to make time to talk with TPGA editors Carol Greenburg and Shannon Rosa about her research.

Shannon Rosa: Dr. Moseley, can you first tell us a little bit about yourself, and your background and affiliations?

Dr. Moseley: I’m a researcher at Bournemouth University. I did all my studying and my PhD at Cambridge. In those days I was looking more at brain differences and differences in the autistic brain, and did quite a bit of research on brain connectivity and so forth. I’ve also done a bit of research on sex differences, and various things. [laugh] So I find myself now at Bournemouth University, and I’m more interested now in mental health, also physical health, suicide, and, as you say, self-injury.

Rosa: Why did you make a choice to study people without intellectual disability?

Dr. Moseley: I think, insofar as it relates to self-injury, autistic people without intellectual disability are underserved. They’re a very misunderstood group. If you were to do a literature search on self-injury, you’ll find a lot of studies and opinions on self-injury in people with intellectual disability, but there’s very little information out there about whether autistic people without intellectual disability also engage in self-injury, and whether it would be for the same reason for autistic people with intellectual disability, and whether it would look the same as in people in non-autistic groups.

There is one very good paper by Brenna Maddox, and it was the only paper that looked at self-injury in an autistic group without intellectual disability, and it felt like, there were a few things in the paper that I really wanted to know more about, and so I thought this really needed to be further looked into. (Read more at link)

[ying-chieh-hung]

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(網址輸入x6x6 .net)- 總獎金台幣110萬元的2021 ThreeBond TPGA Challenge 封關站菁英挑戰賽，今天在林口東華高爾夫俱樂部舉行最終回合比賽，薑是老的辣！59歲長春選手汪德昌力退多名20多歲年輕球員… #MLB#NBA#新聞#棒球#籃球#足球#即時比分#賽事分析#球員數據

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الهيئة العامة لعقارات الدولة تعلن وظائف إدارية بعدة مناطق

أعلنت الهيئة العامة لعقارات الدولة عن توفر وظائف إدارية لحملة البكالوريوس فما فوق، في العديد من مناطق المملكة العربية السعودية، وفقا لعدد من المتطلبات الموضحة أدناه.

https://wazfnynow.com/tpga-jobs

[roxettediaries]

#Per60 - #44

“En händig man” on #44!!! That’s unfair! But well, please don’t put “kissing is the key” or “I didn’t mean to turn you on” further up - because that would make me.... Doubt.... Stuff!

Anyway *hugs* to the wonderful TDR team! Collecting Per songs to a 60 song list isn’t an easy task.

So, “En händig man” is a song which has the potential to be liked in the first listen. I mean, it emits a cuteness which doesn’t require you to know Swedish. The music and Per’s singing tell a lot itself.

TDR mentioned that Per isn’t really a handyman, and that he has admitted before too. It’s a “handy man”. But guess what, when Per released the demos of the “En händig man” album in TPGA, he made sure that that album cover had tools, and plenty of them - the demo album cover was more a handyman that Per himself (haha).

Hanna is there. Hanna is what Joanna is to the “son of a plumber” project.

Oh, and I just realised that both the names have an “Anna” in them. Per? Was it all planned?

Cute song, really really cute song! Came too early on #Per60.

Love and Peace

30/11/2018