Emily Paige Ballou
@epballou.bsky.social
AEA stage manager, Old Millennial, stationery junkie, hiking, X-Files.
Co-editor, "Sincerely, Your Autistic Child" from Beacon Press.
chavisory.wordpress.com
Co-editor, "Sincerely, Your Autistic Child" from Beacon Press.
chavisory.wordpress.com
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Emily Paige Ballou
@epballou.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Things I'm constantly trying to get people to talk to me about: A thread.
If any of this is up your alley, this is your invitation to completely go off at me about it. 🧵
If any of this is up your alley, this is your invitation to completely go off at me about it. 🧵
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Next Sunday’s #AutChat is on pain. December 7, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm BST on BlueSky. autchat.com/pain/
If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.
If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.
November 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Next Sunday’s #AutChat is on pain. December 7, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm BST on BlueSky. autchat.com/pain/
If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.
If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.
So I'm starting to get the impression that this isn't something we're finding much of these days...
Friends, where (if anywhere) are we finding the best writing on autism and sexuality these days?
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So I'm starting to get the impression that this isn't something we're finding much of these days...
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Friends, where (if anywhere) are we finding the best writing on autism and sexuality these days?
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Friends, where (if anywhere) are we finding the best writing on autism and sexuality these days?
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They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
They should do MyChart Wrapped
Friends, where (if anywhere) are we finding the best writing on autism and sexuality these days?
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Friends, where (if anywhere) are we finding the best writing on autism and sexuality these days?
Something that helps, if you're feeling this way, is to say thank you to your old obsession for the ways it helped broaden the world for you.
You're not betraying a special interest by being interested in new things. That's how they're supposed to work.
You're not betraying a special interest by being interested in new things. That's how they're supposed to work.
Freya Emerson, 30, and her long-term hyperfixation, dinosaurs, 225 million, have reportedly been growing apart lately, with Emerson unexpectedly developing feelings for Greek mythology.
Heartbreak! Autistic woman unsure how to tell special interest she’s fallen out of love with it
An autistic woman is just going through the motions with her special interest because she doesn’t have the heart to tell it the spark is gone, sources have confirmed. Freya Emerson, 30, and her…
thedailytism.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Something that helps, if you're feeling this way, is to say thank you to your old obsession for the ways it helped broaden the world for you.
You're not betraying a special interest by being interested in new things. That's how they're supposed to work.
You're not betraying a special interest by being interested in new things. That's how they're supposed to work.
Religious carol: The First Noel
Secular: The Pretenders' "2000 Miles"
Secular: The Pretenders' "2000 Miles"
What is your favorite "Christian" Christmas song and what is your favorite "Secular" Christmas song?
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
I will probably always adore "O Come All Ye Faithful" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" for Christian.
And "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for secular.
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Religious carol: The First Noel
Secular: The Pretenders' "2000 Miles"
Secular: The Pretenders' "2000 Miles"
A1: I can generally *recognize* my own. Putting words to them, especially for other people, is another story.
#AutChat
#AutChat
Q1: Do you have difficulties with recognising your own emotional states? Does this take you longer or work differently for you? #AutChat
November 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A1: I can generally *recognize* my own. Putting words to them, especially for other people, is another story.
#AutChat
#AutChat
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Q0: Introduce yourself! Say anything you like about yourself or your interest in #AutChat or in today's topic, alexithymia (emotional awarenss).
Quick reference for this week's #AutChat questions (please wait till they're posted to answer):
autchat.com/alexithymia/
Quick reference for this week's #AutChat questions (please wait till they're posted to answer):
autchat.com/alexithymia/
Alexithymia (emotional awareness) – autchat
View transcript of past chats on this topic here: Apr 17, 2016, Apr 5, 2016, and Aug 26, 2018. Questions: This #autchat focuses on awareness of (or ability to describe) our own emotional states, inclu...
autchat.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Q0: Introduce yourself! Say anything you like about yourself or your interest in #AutChat or in today's topic, alexithymia (emotional awarenss).
Quick reference for this week's #AutChat questions (please wait till they're posted to answer):
autchat.com/alexithymia/
Quick reference for this week's #AutChat questions (please wait till they're posted to answer):
autchat.com/alexithymia/
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Next Sunday’s #AutChat is on alexithymia (emotional awareness). November 23, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm BST on BlueSky. autchat.com/alexithymia/
If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.
If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Next Sunday’s #AutChat is on alexithymia (emotional awareness). November 23, 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 21:00 UTC / 9pm BST on BlueSky. autchat.com/alexithymia/
If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.
If you know anyone who might be interested and is autistic or similarly neurodivergent, we encourage you to invite them.
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Call your senators. I don’t care if they’re Republicans, or if a deal has already been reached. Call them anyway, and let them know exactly what you think of what’s happening. Don’t give them a moment’s peace to forget the blood on their hands.
(202) 224-3121
(202) 224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Call your senators. I don’t care if they’re Republicans, or if a deal has already been reached. Call them anyway, and let them know exactly what you think of what’s happening. Don’t give them a moment’s peace to forget the blood on their hands.
(202) 224-3121
(202) 224-3121
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Want to help with autism research? The Social Experiences of Loneliness of Autistic Adults (SELA) Project at the AJ Drexel Autism Institute is forming a Community Council of autistic adults (ages 18–35) to help guide a 5-year study on loneliness and social connection. Info in flyer and alt-text.
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Want to help with autism research? The Social Experiences of Loneliness of Autistic Adults (SELA) Project at the AJ Drexel Autism Institute is forming a Community Council of autistic adults (ages 18–35) to help guide a 5-year study on loneliness and social connection. Info in flyer and alt-text.
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Now THAT’S a Project I can support!! 👊
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Now THAT’S a Project I can support!! 👊
chavisory.wordpress.com/2024/08/16/w...
I wrote this a little over a year ago. The latest chapter is:
-I get an endocrinology referral
-To a practice that turns out not to take patients who don't already have a diagnosis
-Of course, the whole problem is that I don't have a diagnosis...
I wrote this a little over a year ago. The latest chapter is:
-I get an endocrinology referral
-To a practice that turns out not to take patients who don't already have a diagnosis
-Of course, the whole problem is that I don't have a diagnosis...
Why autistic people can’t get healthcare
I’m describing here some events that have taken place over the last three months or so. The following is more or less what I was going to say to one of my doctors at a follow-up appointment I didn’…
chavisory.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
chavisory.wordpress.com/2024/08/16/w...
I wrote this a little over a year ago. The latest chapter is:
-I get an endocrinology referral
-To a practice that turns out not to take patients who don't already have a diagnosis
-Of course, the whole problem is that I don't have a diagnosis...
I wrote this a little over a year ago. The latest chapter is:
-I get an endocrinology referral
-To a practice that turns out not to take patients who don't already have a diagnosis
-Of course, the whole problem is that I don't have a diagnosis...
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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Beginning November 6, Manhattan Plaza, located at 400 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036, will open its waiting list for qualified performing artists.
Find more information and apply at https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/
Find more information and apply at https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/
Housing Connect 2 | Public Portal
NYC Housing Connect 2.0
housingconnect.nyc.gov
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Beginning November 6, Manhattan Plaza, located at 400 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036, will open its waiting list for qualified performing artists.
Find more information and apply at https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/
Find more information and apply at https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/
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If you missed this, I’d like you to read it, and then share it with folks in your life who likely don’t know this story about AI and teen suicide.
Here’s where it gets personal for me. When I was 9, I started experiencing suicidal ideation … disinterested in living, and at least some of the time contemplating death and how it might happen … It’s easy to imagine how I would have used programs like these chatbots.
Perry: How can AI be used ethically when it’s been linked to suicide?
"It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If you missed this, I’d like you to read it, and then share it with folks in your life who likely don’t know this story about AI and teen suicide.
Stage managers! Have you taken this year's Stage Manager Survey? Only open till Friday!
www.stagemanagersurvey.com
www.stagemanagersurvey.com
The Stage Manager Survey
Since 2006, the Stage Manager Survey has been the most comprehensive study of stage managers in the world. See how stage managers respond to questions about their careers and the field.
www.stagemanagersurvey.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Stage managers! Have you taken this year's Stage Manager Survey? Only open till Friday!
www.stagemanagersurvey.com
www.stagemanagersurvey.com
Bluesky won't let me DM a photo to @drmlharris.bsky.social so I'll just show everyone.
This is the bathtub they book out of my upstairs neighbor's apartment a couple weeks ago.
Gee, I wonder why that was leaking.
This is the bathtub they book out of my upstairs neighbor's apartment a couple weeks ago.
Gee, I wonder why that was leaking.
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Bluesky won't let me DM a photo to @drmlharris.bsky.social so I'll just show everyone.
This is the bathtub they book out of my upstairs neighbor's apartment a couple weeks ago.
Gee, I wonder why that was leaking.
This is the bathtub they book out of my upstairs neighbor's apartment a couple weeks ago.
Gee, I wonder why that was leaking.
So this is a long shot.
But I was recently reading "Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold," an oral history of lesbian culture in the Buffalo, NY area, and it made reference to Buddy Holly, among other rock 'n' rollers of the 1950's, being seen as a butch lesbian icon...
But I was recently reading "Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold," an oral history of lesbian culture in the Buffalo, NY area, and it made reference to Buddy Holly, among other rock 'n' rollers of the 1950's, being seen as a butch lesbian icon...
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So this is a long shot.
But I was recently reading "Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold," an oral history of lesbian culture in the Buffalo, NY area, and it made reference to Buddy Holly, among other rock 'n' rollers of the 1950's, being seen as a butch lesbian icon...
But I was recently reading "Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold," an oral history of lesbian culture in the Buffalo, NY area, and it made reference to Buddy Holly, among other rock 'n' rollers of the 1950's, being seen as a butch lesbian icon...
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist