Little Bird

Student of educational neuroscience. Asperger/autism. Bookaddict. Ravenclaw.

[triflingthing]

why get dressed when you could read instead

[bookmania]

How long is forever? Sometimes, just one second.

Lewis Carroll, Alice In Wonderland (via bookmania)

[jaclynpaige]

[littlebird-23]

love the painting

[wordsnquotes]

I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.

J.D. Salinger, A Boy in France (via wordsnquotes)

[hippyelfchick]

special times for cat people

when they’re cleaning their feets and spread all their little toes out

when they smelled something weird and make a stinky face

when they walk up to you making little chirpy purrs of inquiry

when they get distracted by a noise mid-lick and a tongue blep occurs

when they see a bird and do that ekekekk thing

when they become possessed by the devil and tear around the house with demonic speed and then pause mid-vicious-attack of a scratching pole to whip their head around and fix you with their all-pupil stare of unhinged terror

[remingtonfae]

That autistic feel when something that is “supposed to be fun” is just stressful and nervewracking and eating all your fucking spoons.

[warm-suggestions]

Take a deep breath. It’s all going to work out, even if the future is unsure right now

[quotemadness]

Of course it is happening inside your head…but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

J.K. Rowling (via quotemadness)

[littlebird-23]

Non-verbal presentation

So I planned a presentation for today at university with one of my classmates, about research designs. However, last minute he changed everything (like, 10 minutes before our 9am class), and I only found out while starting the presentation. I went completely non-verbal in front of the class and was not able to contribute anything to our presentation. Yay autism!

[thatautismfeel]

taf when you come home from college every day almost crying & you’re SO TIRED because you use all your spoons on seeming like a Normal Neurotypical Person even though you don’t even know if you’re doing it right.

[catsofinstagram]

From @felixscottishcat: “Chilling at home” #catsofinstagram [source: http://ift.tt/1sms5nl ]

[disabilityhorizons]

New earbuds that let you turn up or down the sounds around you. 

But is not just about volume, you can also raise or lower the bass or adjust specific frequencies.

They also have preset filters that you can use to cancel out crowd noise or enhance the sound a concert venue.

“Riding on a bus? Just tap the “Bus” profile to drown out the low frequency hum. Walking around in a city? Tap the “City” or “Crowd” filters to tune out the murmurs and shouts. (There are also some crazier effects like “Echo” and “Fuzz.”)”

These have been created for the mass market but will have specific benefits to disabled people who want to block out sounds or for those who have hearing impairments.

“When you show up for a flight at an airport, the Here app could automatically suggest you switch to that profile. If you always set it to office mode at a certain location, the earbuds could start suggesting that filter when you arrive. Kraft’s ideas for Here go even farther than that, and they start to sound almost sinister. “I sometimes sit here with [the decibel setting at] +6 with just the door open and eavesdrop on the office, it’s kind of amazing,” Kraft jokes. “You can hear, like, the little conversations that you’re not supposed to hear.“The Here earbuds seem ready to tackle these everyday situations, but Kraft says they’re meant for more aggressive settings like live concerts, or the hustle and bustle of a big city.”

Called the Here Active Listening System by Doppler Labs, there is currently a waiting list to buy them.

read more here  http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/3/10903784/doppler-here-earbuds-shipping-hands-on-first-look

[littlebird-23]

I have these, and they are perfect for occasions like a festival or for using public transport. They really helped me to enjoy a one-day music festival for a lot more hours than I would normally stand, and the day after I was less tired than I would have been without them.  Some things can definitely be improved (e.g. being able to save your own filters), but especially for the ‘more aggressive settings’ they are really useful.  If you’re thinking about buying them, feel free to ask me any questions you have about them!

[andthenweloved]

Our lives are definitely, definitely not empty, and we are not empty, not soulless, not unfeeling, not devoid of all of the things that make a person ‘human’. We live, we laugh, we love, we care, we bleed - oh how we bleed.

Loud Hands & Loud Voices by Penni Winter (via averageautistic)

[bahtmun-deactivated20240623]

There’s something moving out there.

[brucebanners-deactivated2019042]

[webofstarwars]

[youngadultatbooktopia]

When you finish your favourite series and it’s all over forever ...

… except then there’s a SPIN-OFF SERIES!