I was diagnosed as being ADD when I was five, but personal research has led me to the conclusion that I’m almost certainly autistic,
Currently a common story. I’ve been suspecting the same thing about myself for some time.
I recommend Amanda Baggs’ blog as a resource for figuring that out—she’s not posting regularly any more, but there’s a lot of older posts describing how she experiences various things that are common in autistics. It makes a lot more sense than the ‘list of traits’ type things that are common—an outsider’s view isn’t very useful if you’re not looking from the outside.
currently working from home on complex Second Life projects.
Sounds like you’re living the dream. How do I get in touch with your agent?
Yeah, it’s pretty amazing. I can’t tell you much about how to break into the industry, as it was almost entirely luck, for me, but getting into SL, getting used to the system, and doing a few projects can’t hurt. I was ‘discovered’ when I did a build for a disability support group that was starting up, that happened to be being sponsored by the owner of the company I now work for.
I recommend Amanda Baggs’ blog as a resource for figuring that out—she’s not posting regularly any more, but there’s a lot of older posts describing how she experiences various things that are common in autistics.
Are there any particular ones you recommend? I skimmed some of the archives and found some interesting stuff, but I’m not sure I found the posts you are referring to.
That’s too general of a question to bring any answers to mind. However, as part of my neuroversity project, I’ll be going through her blog and at least making a categorized list of links, or hopefully transferring her work to my wiki if I can get her permission, so you can check there from time to time.
A more specific question might actually get an answer now, though, too. :)
I was just wondering if there were specific posts on the blog you had in mind where Ballastexistenz describes common autistic experiences. There no need to rush to dig some up if you weren’t thinking of specific ones; I’ll check your project in the future for categorized links to her work.
Currently a common story. I’ve been suspecting the same thing about myself for some time.
Sounds like you’re living the dream. How do I get in touch with your agent?
I recommend Amanda Baggs’ blog as a resource for figuring that out—she’s not posting regularly any more, but there’s a lot of older posts describing how she experiences various things that are common in autistics. It makes a lot more sense than the ‘list of traits’ type things that are common—an outsider’s view isn’t very useful if you’re not looking from the outside.
Yeah, it’s pretty amazing. I can’t tell you much about how to break into the industry, as it was almost entirely luck, for me, but getting into SL, getting used to the system, and doing a few projects can’t hurt. I was ‘discovered’ when I did a build for a disability support group that was starting up, that happened to be being sponsored by the owner of the company I now work for.
Are there any particular ones you recommend? I skimmed some of the archives and found some interesting stuff, but I’m not sure I found the posts you are referring to.
That’s too general of a question to bring any answers to mind. However, as part of my neuroversity project, I’ll be going through her blog and at least making a categorized list of links, or hopefully transferring her work to my wiki if I can get her permission, so you can check there from time to time.
A more specific question might actually get an answer now, though, too. :)
I was just wondering if there were specific posts on the blog you had in mind where Ballastexistenz describes common autistic experiences. There no need to rush to dig some up if you weren’t thinking of specific ones; I’ll check your project in the future for categorized links to her work.