Thick with the ‘tism – ASD Social Space

Evenin' @Shaz51 how you going tonight hun?

Hi @Jynx 😊

Busy morning in the yard

Very hot up here

ended up with a migraine for the afternoon

Aircon on and a cuppa coffee ☕️

How are you

@Shaz51 oh noooo did you get heat stroke maybe? You poor dear!!

Mmmm coffee.... yes might be coffee-o'clock I reckon!!

I'm not too shabby, been hiding in air con too! You've also reminded me I REALLY gotta wrangle my yard, it's soooo overgrown!! But I hate doing so cos I know it's better for the pollinators!! Buuuuut I suppose I should probably be able to actually walk around my yard and not be picking burrs out of my clothing after 😅

@Jynx haha no worries! So for tomorrow I'm gonna assist on packing hampers at a FoodBank warehouse and it is for a school. Though this one is a one-off thing, but yeah that's basically what I'm gonna be doing tomorrow.

I'm also a regular volunteer at that same organisation (FoodBank) as well but I also haven't volunteered there since November of last year because...well I'm currently on the Pick Pack team and it's already so annoying having to work with either one other person or two other people because in my case I usually don't even have anyone that I can regularly partner up with and that I would always have to either wait until someone partners me up with another person or I would have to ask someone if they wanna partner up with me or something...another reason why I haven't volunteered especially in the Pick Pack department is because...the Friday volunteers for this department ain't even the best people in my opinion. I'll talk more about this later when I can.

hi @Shaz51 how's it going?

@Blackcloud oh neat, sounds like good experience - buuuut like any work place, our enjoyment is gonna be heavily influenced by the people we're surrounded by hey!! Yeah by all means, spill that tea when you're ready 😉

Hello @Jynx , @Blackcloud , @WizardMotor , @tyme , @Adge , @rav3n

"Is sleep affected by ASD and adhd "

I'm not sure @Shaz51 I have a Sleep Disorder (Obstructive Sleep Apnoea) anyway.

Sleep Apnoea definitely does disrupt sleep.

I get the ASD "Sensory Overload" frequently - Then I'm like a Zombie (Mind Fog), & need time & effort to recover (hours in fact).

Adge

@Shaz51 @Adge I think like a lot of things, in that it is frequently co-morbid - aka there is a higher percentage of population of ND folks with sleep disorders than in the general population (same as fact that there's higher number of ND folks with other disabilities like dyslexia).

I wonder if it's cos having a rigid nervous system means it's just harder to settle down...? 🤔

Yep, Dyslexia @Jynx @Shaz51 I have that too.

That was my only condition (Dyslexia) that was diagnosed at a young age (20 y.o).

The rest I waited several more decades, before I found out I had them.

eg Sleep Apnoea, then most recently Autism (ASD).

Adge