tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post53812115662079379..comments2024-02-04T16:46:03.204-08:00Comments on Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: AUTISTIFYING MY HABITAT!!Neurodivergent Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815685510033244185noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-8879840347133630932016-07-22T10:11:37.409-07:002016-07-22T10:11:37.409-07:00This is Amazing!! If I ever manage to have a home ...This is Amazing!! If I ever manage to have a home I'm going to make my own. Thank you for making adulting seem like it may one day be possible.Heathengritmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069179076036368431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-67294022044707515552015-07-05T07:38:23.829-07:002015-07-05T07:38:23.829-07:00Thank you So Much for this Blog Post. It helped m...Thank you So Much for this Blog Post. It helped me make an organizational routine for me that looks like it will actually work :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-68180018308332028652015-07-02T22:08:41.382-07:002015-07-02T22:08:41.382-07:00These are brilliant! Particularly the weekly and d...These are brilliant! Particularly the weekly and daily tasks things. I need those! I'm going to show this post to my ASD aid centre and also try to (maybe get them to) make similar ones. Thank you! :)Iohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533588678008841007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-23253433789080536212015-07-02T22:07:03.978-07:002015-07-02T22:07:03.978-07:00These are brilliant! Particularly the weekly and d...These are brilliant! Particularly the weekly and daily tasks thingees. I need those. I'm going to show this post to my ASD aid centre, and also try to (maybe get them to) make me similar ones. Thank you!Iohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533588678008841007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-69686923364919885992015-04-11T04:23:33.063-07:002015-04-11T04:23:33.063-07:00Crontab and Tasker have been massively helpful to ...Crontab and Tasker have been massively helpful to me. Crontab sends system notifications to all of my computers and Tasker does the same for my phone and Pebble so I don't have a chance to miss my hourly stretch/no-typing break, meal, or sleep reminders. Crontab also manages my Philips Hue light and redshift on my Linux computer (f.lux does its own thing on my Mac) so I have plenty of light conditioning before bed, then shuts off my lights and suspends all of my computers a few minutes before sleep time so I don't have to do anything but turn off my monitors and walk away.<br /><br />It also automates a word-of-the-day Tumblr I run, which is great because I wouldn't bother with it otherwise (queueing a bunch of posts manually and remembering not to let it run out is a huge hassle). I'm a big fan of automating regular tasks and sincerely believe everyone should learn at least some basic programming for precisely such a thing considering just how necessary computers are and how much more they will become in the next ten years (which is super exciting to me).<br /><br />If you need any help getting a similar setup, feel free to ping me on this: @lindarthebardLindarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499667768528256472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-20594470068066991732013-12-13T16:59:42.947-08:002013-12-13T16:59:42.947-08:00Expressing extreme admiration for this post. Expressing extreme admiration for this post. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862233655295566613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-9334089693251273102013-04-22T07:54:07.446-07:002013-04-22T07:54:07.446-07:00Every routine solution I've ever come up with ...Every routine solution I've ever come up with has been negated either by lack of routine or just life. Something like this requires materials, remembering to update them, and forward planning, both of which are easy things to procure, but exactly the sort of thing they're there to remedy. Worth a try, of course, but I can see myself failing. I once tried setting certain times for everything, living my life on a system of alarms and hour-long time slots. All was going well until I had an appointment when I was scheduled to go shopping. Also with my sleep patterns being as random as they are, it's difficult to predict if I'll even be awake when I should be. I have a perfect solution to the 'going out' checklist, though. I keep my keys, bus pass, money, cards, tobacco etc in my pockets. When I change clothes, I transfer it all over, so the result is that everything I need is always on me, and always in its designated pocket. This is why I complained about my new coat. It has fewer pockets than my old one and the pockets are less secure. It's a much better coat, but I struggle with using it as my portable office.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17674729415601270380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-43576602484430232382013-01-11T21:00:50.845-08:002013-01-11T21:00:50.845-08:00Awesome! We used to take down the list on the bac...Awesome! We used to take down the list on the back of the main door when people were coming over. Eventually we just said "screw it" and leave it up full time. I kept leaving the house without stuff, except that on some of these occasions I went overseas. Without meds. D'oh! On at least one occasion, someone leaving the house saw the list and remembered he'd left his phone in my office.<br /><br />The other thing I like is the "Remember The Milk" app. Instead of a photo frame, I bought my wife an Android tablet for Christmas a while back and just run the photo frame app on it. So it's always on in the kitchen cycling through photos. But in the background is the RTM app where we keep all sorts of lists. Then if I'm shopping and she adds something to the list, it pops up on my phone <i>while I'm at the store</i>. There's a PC version as well, and it stays synced across all devices, but it never would have worked without smart phones since I pretty much *always* have it with me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-81003283678549717472012-09-25T11:15:10.882-07:002012-09-25T11:15:10.882-07:00Okay. I was making my own, and I think it'll m...Okay. I was making my own, and I think it'll mean the way I reply for myself, since I don't care how someone starts the interaction. :P<br /><br />And rhetorical question here: why is my name showing up as "q"? 0_oqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346250811699412705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-31549239321219005722012-09-24T21:06:18.679-07:002012-09-24T21:06:18.679-07:00q, ways that they initiate with me (or whoever'...q, ways that they initiate with me (or whoever's initial). But that doesn't mean that any conversation has to stay in that modality.Neurodivergent Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815685510033244185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-37039077090017576402012-09-24T15:57:19.412-07:002012-09-24T15:57:19.412-07:00Question: On the interaction receptivity poster, a...Question: On the interaction receptivity poster, are "verbal only," "text only," and "any method" ways that people initiate the interaction with you? Or how they should expect you to reply?qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346250811699412705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-73967892407958586432012-09-15T04:08:30.138-07:002012-09-15T04:08:30.138-07:00Impressed I do have visual charts but yours are th...Impressed I do have visual charts but yours are the best! Well the best i have seen. I need to think about what and where i can put a few up. It's hard when one is not supposed to put holes in walls.. not even to hang something but i do have my cabinet doors ( My cabinet, not the landlords) to work with. Thanks again <br />Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699001712204475986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-13004451680672287742012-09-13T11:53:42.523-07:002012-09-13T11:53:42.523-07:00Wow, this is fabulous. My own personal exec functi...Wow, this is fabulous. My own personal exec function is pretty crappy, so remembering to do things with enough time and structure to teach my kid with autism to take care of his own needs is tough to do. Ex. I get him up too late in the mornings for him to make his own lunch, so I do it in a tearing hurry & he doesn't get lunch choice nor learn to do it. Not a good long-term plan for either of us.<br /><br />I know that if I set up something like this, he will be able to independently "adult" too. And BTW, I love the word "adulting" - I'm forty but still feel like I play at being an adult. Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681081181544155834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-27305911464110981252012-09-04T06:30:37.513-07:002012-09-04T06:30:37.513-07:00Hopefully, your ideas will help the absent-minded ...Hopefully, your ideas will help the absent-minded NTs using the self-checkouts, should they happen to read this new sign I never thought to put up before... <br />http://instagram.com/p/PJ2S4tCl46/<br /><br />I think we could also use an "Ordered this week/not ordered this week" velcro board at work, since we're always running out of something, be it garbage bags or toilet paper.<br /><br />BTW, scrolling on the stripy background is trippy in a not-good way...couldn't see it before as I was posting from my phone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-88094115603490966902012-09-01T15:03:26.885-07:002012-09-01T15:03:26.885-07:00Awesome! I use post-it notes for some things, but ...Awesome! I use post-it notes for some things, but I hadn't thought of making a system like yours. Adulting is tough. I don't know why I can remember thousands of little factoids, but I can't remember to eat three times a day...Utter Randomnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010190479645800897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-33086671040348209402012-08-31T16:11:37.135-07:002012-08-31T16:11:37.135-07:00I just found your blog today and I'm so glad I...I just found your blog today and I'm so glad I did. My son is probably still a bit too young for some of these, but I definitely need all of that!<br />Brilliant, thank you so much for sharing!chaoticmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260452100198934323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-75921817700784889892012-08-30T13:07:33.755-07:002012-08-30T13:07:33.755-07:00Oh, and have you ever considered going into busine...Oh, and have you ever considered going into business as a consultant? Organization is big business, these days! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-30579628322578952962012-08-30T13:05:05.726-07:002012-08-30T13:05:05.726-07:00I think I'm going to have to do the list thing...I think I'm going to have to do the list thing in my new apt. as I'm not going to have a roommate to help keep track of everything - with 2 people, the chances of something tripping someone's "too disgusting to live with" switch and getting done at least approximated a normal slob's schedule. But if I can't see it, like you, it's not there, so I'm gonna get me some Velcro! Out of the house, I carry a ginormous purse, so good on that front, mostly...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-62128271687382221332012-08-30T10:51:05.262-07:002012-08-30T10:51:05.262-07:00This. Is. Genius. I need all of this. Do you get...This. Is. Genius. I need all of this. Do you get visually overwhelmed by your abode? Lists, clutter, decorations, art?Brenda Rothman (Mama Be Good)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17399227210081662280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-28468657731248632282012-08-27T23:05:31.378-07:002012-08-27T23:05:31.378-07:00I honestly love it, it's like my system only o...I honestly love it, it's like my system only on the wall instead of in a day planner. (Mine doesn't have all of these things, of course, and it does have some things yours doesn't.)Jannalouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013268003390172957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-66121920778559439052012-08-26T18:46:42.587-07:002012-08-26T18:46:42.587-07:00This is brilliant. Really, really brilliant. I hav...This is brilliant. Really, really brilliant. I have tried so many organizational systems and haven't been really successful at any of them. Currently, I have a million tiny note cards with to do lists on my desk, which is not really all that effective.<br /><br />I loved this post so much that I managed to get through the whole thing. I love your words; I love what you write, but it is really painful for me to read white on black. But I squinted through to the end on this one. :)Stimeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09685801693683588805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-4570534205541693112012-08-25T20:45:47.629-07:002012-08-25T20:45:47.629-07:00Not only do I love these ideas for myself and my c...Not only do I love these ideas for myself and my children, but seeing "grok" used in a sentence (for the first time in years) made my day! Thanks for sharing!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11306216927789192128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-32903746205933427542012-08-25T17:38:38.706-07:002012-08-25T17:38:38.706-07:00Wonderful post. I have ADHD, and love the idea of ...Wonderful post. I have ADHD, and love the idea of the board for recurring tasks. http://MungosADHD.com Mungohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819489744098705713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-74275287413435400322012-08-25T16:10:31.943-07:002012-08-25T16:10:31.943-07:00Thank you for what is the first system that might ...Thank you for what is the first system that might actually work for my older son. He's, ahem, organizationally challenged, and paper and electronic systems just don't work for him. We'll be going over this together to see if he thinks it might help. <br />All of us could benefit from your communication preference chart. That's brilliant! With one kid on the spectrum, one with ADD, and all of us with sensory issues and big introversion, I'm always looking for new ideas to help all of us do our personal best. Your system and explanation are phenomenal.<br /><br />Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-37743532092939493512012-08-25T12:36:36.352-07:002012-08-25T12:36:36.352-07:00I love this whole idea and system so much! My ADHD...I love this whole idea and system so much! My ADHD brain has never been able to wrap itself around paper planners. Until I read this post it hadn't clicked with me why that was. It's because I am a visual thinker, so 'out of sight, out of mind' is exactly the problem! I see a trip to the craft store for velcro in my immediate future. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055581408238205789noreply@blogger.com