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quackademicWhat if this approach is seriously arse about. And we can do better.<a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Hypersensitivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hypersensitivity</a> to and <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/avoidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#avoidance</a> of certain flavours & textures is part of our <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sensory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sensory</a> profile for many <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> folks. As with all of our sensory issues, the ways we devise to deal with them come at a cost, socially, emotionally & physically. Being pressured to let go of strategies that have protected us can feel life threatening. Especially if we don’t understand where they’ve come from & how they’ve helped us (hard to do when our various unusual behaviours are examined in isolation from each other & each set pathologised with an unhelpful diagnosis).In my experience, we can change the habits & routines that protect us only when (i) we feel safe & (ii) it is our choice to do so. In our own ways, at our own speed, on our own terms. This profound need for autonomy gets pathologised as ‘demand avoidance’ but it’s another manifestation of the strategies for survival that we develop & cling to for dear life. Take this from me & I will die.How about, for kids & adults ‘with <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ARFID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ARFID</a>’, we approached interventions by starting with respect for autonomy. This means learning about how this person experiences sensory pleasures & discomforts around eating & taking them seriously. Then developing options for change that can be chosen by that person, or not. At their own pace.It worked for me. As in so many areas of my life, this is the only approach that does. Like so many folx who grew up undiagnosed I learned to be ashamed of my struggles (in denial about them, intolerant of their manifestation in others) & embarrassed about my gifts. Wish I’d understood my <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodivergence</a>, & that of my family members, when I was parenting kids. So glad we can do better now. I wish the support systems whose funding rests on adopting pathologising diagnostic categories would catch up!!<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@actuallyautistic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AutisticElder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutisticElder</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AutisticParent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutisticParent</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-06/eating-disorder-arfid-picky-eating/104648840?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-06/eating-disorder-arfid-picky-eating/104648840?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other</a>

Éliette 🏳️‍⚧️I no longer meet the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ARFID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ARFID</a> diagnostic criteria. 🥳 I have more work remaining to be where I want to be, but this milestone symbolises freedom from a lifetime haunted by this illness. I'm a little proud, and entirely grateful for those here who've helped me with life changing kindness & support. ❤️🤟🏻

Éliette 🏳️‍⚧️Internet strangers! I would appreciate a little help with my ARFID/eating disorder. 🥺👉🏻👈🏻I'm hypothetically coming over for lunch/dinner/(maybe breakfast 🥰); what are 3 meals we could share? (Recipes/specifics help). 🙏🏻Include a 🐛 if you're actually open to that. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ARFID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ARFID</a>

Queerly ecstatic, BritRe- <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> I have some more followers now and have mostly settled into my mastodon self. Generally I post about <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> , <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/mnpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mnpol</a> , <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/localpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#localpol</a> regarding the MSP area, <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoning</a> and <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urbanism</a> , <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialism</a> but from a pro-market and pro federation of peoples/larger groups are fine actually perspective and mental health stuff about <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adhd</a> <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anxiety</a> and <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/arfid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arfid</a> or <a href="https://mspsocial.net/tags/pickiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pickiness</a> with food and sensory issues.Sometimes there are dog pics and home renovation stuff. Enjoy!

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