Alastair
@reetnortherner.bsky.social
Bisexual Warhammer/Sci-fi nerd, don't take myself seriously. On an ADHD/Autism journey. 🏳️🌈
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This world unfortunately isn't very accommodating for us #autistic folks. Society would rather look at us like we're diseased or something. It's really easy to just ask how to assist us in our way of living. It's also easy to just learn and become educated on what the #autism spectrum is exactly.
Over 90% of Autistic people 50 years or older are undiagnosed.
“Autistic people face long delays and traumatic battles to get the most basic support across every aspect of their lives, from diagnosis to education, employment, health and social care, and mental health.”
It’s not over diagnosed.
“Autistic people face long delays and traumatic battles to get the most basic support across every aspect of their lives, from diagnosis to education, employment, health and social care, and mental health.”
It’s not over diagnosed.
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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If you want to support autistic people, stop waiting for us to be “calm” before you care.
We don’t owe you composure to deserve dignity.
We don’t owe you composure to deserve dignity.
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you want to support autistic people, stop waiting for us to be “calm” before you care.
We don’t owe you composure to deserve dignity.
We don’t owe you composure to deserve dignity.
Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
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Neurotypical person: writes email, moves on with their life
Me, autistic:
- Write email
- Read email
- Delete half of it because too much detail
- Add some of it back “just in case”
- Overthink periods & exclamation marks
- Triple-check tone, punctuation & pleasantries
- Send with major anxiety
Me, autistic:
- Write email
- Read email
- Delete half of it because too much detail
- Add some of it back “just in case”
- Overthink periods & exclamation marks
- Triple-check tone, punctuation & pleasantries
- Send with major anxiety
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Neurotypical person: writes email, moves on with their life
Me, autistic:
- Write email
- Read email
- Delete half of it because too much detail
- Add some of it back “just in case”
- Overthink periods & exclamation marks
- Triple-check tone, punctuation & pleasantries
- Send with major anxiety
Me, autistic:
- Write email
- Read email
- Delete half of it because too much detail
- Add some of it back “just in case”
- Overthink periods & exclamation marks
- Triple-check tone, punctuation & pleasantries
- Send with major anxiety
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Jokes aside, I'm seeing real consensus building around framing "The government paying for essential journeys by taxi" as some ludicrous wasteful spending.
If you've got a kid in special education who needs transport, you can bet these crosshairs are heading your way *real fucking soon*.
If you've got a kid in special education who needs transport, you can bet these crosshairs are heading your way *real fucking soon*.
Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis in new government crackdown
Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis in new government crackdown
Asylum seekers banned from taking taxis in new government crackdown
www.independent.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Jokes aside, I'm seeing real consensus building around framing "The government paying for essential journeys by taxi" as some ludicrous wasteful spending.
If you've got a kid in special education who needs transport, you can bet these crosshairs are heading your way *real fucking soon*.
If you've got a kid in special education who needs transport, you can bet these crosshairs are heading your way *real fucking soon*.
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Warhammer kindly sent Warhammer Quest: Darkwater my way for free, and so far I've painted Gelgus Pust (great name!) and 2 Cankerborn (you may have seen in yesterday's article 😉). Can't express how fun these minis are!
#AdWIP
#WarhammerQuest
#WarhammerCommunity
#AdWIP
#WarhammerQuest
#WarhammerCommunity
November 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Warhammer kindly sent Warhammer Quest: Darkwater my way for free, and so far I've painted Gelgus Pust (great name!) and 2 Cankerborn (you may have seen in yesterday's article 😉). Can't express how fun these minis are!
#AdWIP
#WarhammerQuest
#WarhammerCommunity
#AdWIP
#WarhammerQuest
#WarhammerCommunity
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Saturday #Guardvember post:
Some Guard Regiments are strictly male.
A motto of all Memnon Regiments is: “If you can fight - you fight! If you can’t fight - we show you how!”
I love my Guardswomen of the #4thMemnonRegiment like Sergeant Daisy Maison.
#Nerdlings
#WarhammerCommunity
#JHBackdrops
Some Guard Regiments are strictly male.
A motto of all Memnon Regiments is: “If you can fight - you fight! If you can’t fight - we show you how!”
I love my Guardswomen of the #4thMemnonRegiment like Sergeant Daisy Maison.
#Nerdlings
#WarhammerCommunity
#JHBackdrops
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Saturday #Guardvember post:
Some Guard Regiments are strictly male.
A motto of all Memnon Regiments is: “If you can fight - you fight! If you can’t fight - we show you how!”
I love my Guardswomen of the #4thMemnonRegiment like Sergeant Daisy Maison.
#Nerdlings
#WarhammerCommunity
#JHBackdrops
Some Guard Regiments are strictly male.
A motto of all Memnon Regiments is: “If you can fight - you fight! If you can’t fight - we show you how!”
I love my Guardswomen of the #4thMemnonRegiment like Sergeant Daisy Maison.
#Nerdlings
#WarhammerCommunity
#JHBackdrops
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Black... bLaCk...BLACK! THEY LOCK ME IN THE WARDROBE OF DOOM AND FEED ME PINS! WHAT'S FOR TEA, MOTHER? SHADOWS AND LIES, ON TOAST?
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Black... bLaCk...BLACK! THEY LOCK ME IN THE WARDROBE OF DOOM AND FEED ME PINS! WHAT'S FOR TEA, MOTHER? SHADOWS AND LIES, ON TOAST?
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Warhammer Community featured my Blight Templars and Mire Kelpies! Thanks so much for sending me the minis early! I absolutely LOVE the miniatures in this box and as a long time Quest fan I am ecstatic!
#WarhammerCommunity #ad #AdWIP #warhammerQuest
Warhammer Community featured my Blight Templars and Mire Kelpies! Thanks so much for sending me the minis early! I absolutely LOVE the miniatures in this box and as a long time Quest fan I am ecstatic!
#WarhammerCommunity #ad #AdWIP #warhammerQuest
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...
Warhammer Community featured my Blight Templars and Mire Kelpies! Thanks so much for sending me the minis early! I absolutely LOVE the miniatures in this box and as a long time Quest fan I am ecstatic!
#WarhammerCommunity #ad #AdWIP #warhammerQuest
Warhammer Community featured my Blight Templars and Mire Kelpies! Thanks so much for sending me the minis early! I absolutely LOVE the miniatures in this box and as a long time Quest fan I am ecstatic!
#WarhammerCommunity #ad #AdWIP #warhammerQuest
Been autistic and having RSD as well is an exhausting combination. #Neurodivergent #autism
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Been autistic and having RSD as well is an exhausting combination. #Neurodivergent #autism
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OK let’s see if I can make this work without cancelling myself. Ahem.
I am an independent Jew trying to make it in media conglomeracy without having been included in the secret cabal. Any financial support you can give would really make, uh, my horns... glow?? I guess?
Discount code: NTDAY
I am an independent Jew trying to make it in media conglomeracy without having been included in the secret cabal. Any financial support you can give would really make, uh, my horns... glow?? I guess?
Discount code: NTDAY
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November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
OK let’s see if I can make this work without cancelling myself. Ahem.
I am an independent Jew trying to make it in media conglomeracy without having been included in the secret cabal. Any financial support you can give would really make, uh, my horns... glow?? I guess?
Discount code: NTDAY
I am an independent Jew trying to make it in media conglomeracy without having been included in the secret cabal. Any financial support you can give would really make, uh, my horns... glow?? I guess?
Discount code: NTDAY
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Feeling Christmasy yet? Da Red Gobbo Tinboy elite level commission.
#warhammer #warhammercommunity #warhammer40000 #warhammerpainting #daredgobbo #christmas #gitz #wh40k
#warhammer #warhammercommunity #warhammer40000 #warhammerpainting #daredgobbo #christmas #gitz #wh40k
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Feeling Christmasy yet? Da Red Gobbo Tinboy elite level commission.
#warhammer #warhammercommunity #warhammer40000 #warhammerpainting #daredgobbo #christmas #gitz #wh40k
#warhammer #warhammercommunity #warhammer40000 #warhammerpainting #daredgobbo #christmas #gitz #wh40k
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This.
Also, when non autistic people ask a question, often the aim is actually NOT (in my experience) to seek further information.
The real subtext is to try and test or catch the person out in some way.
So naturally, the assumption is that this is your objective too, hence the defensive reaction.
Also, when non autistic people ask a question, often the aim is actually NOT (in my experience) to seek further information.
The real subtext is to try and test or catch the person out in some way.
So naturally, the assumption is that this is your objective too, hence the defensive reaction.
Because they don't know why. They can't provide the information and feeling inadequate to the task of a social expectation is such a novel experience that it's expedient for them to assume the person who asked the question maliciously set them up for failure.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This.
Also, when non autistic people ask a question, often the aim is actually NOT (in my experience) to seek further information.
The real subtext is to try and test or catch the person out in some way.
So naturally, the assumption is that this is your objective too, hence the defensive reaction.
Also, when non autistic people ask a question, often the aim is actually NOT (in my experience) to seek further information.
The real subtext is to try and test or catch the person out in some way.
So naturally, the assumption is that this is your objective too, hence the defensive reaction.
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SEND rights
www.specialneedsjungle.com/adhd-autism-...
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ADHD and Autism Right To Choose referrals paused as at least nine NHS areas tell providers to stop booking assessments - Special Needs Jungle
ADHD and Autism “Right to Choose” assessments on pause in at least 9 NHS areas, as ICBs tell private providers not to offer new appointments
www.specialneedsjungle.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
SEND rights
www.specialneedsjungle.com/adhd-autism-...
www.specialneedsjungle.com/adhd-autism-...
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Thinking of getting an airsoft gun or two for chrimbo as a treat. Any of the UK followers know good shops/brands to get
Has to be two tone as i don't have a UKARA and quite frankly i would have painted them pink anyways lmao
Has to be two tone as i don't have a UKARA and quite frankly i would have painted them pink anyways lmao
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thinking of getting an airsoft gun or two for chrimbo as a treat. Any of the UK followers know good shops/brands to get
Has to be two tone as i don't have a UKARA and quite frankly i would have painted them pink anyways lmao
Has to be two tone as i don't have a UKARA and quite frankly i would have painted them pink anyways lmao
How about instead of autistic employees having to adapt to a work environment, maybe employers can be more understanding and make adjustments without fuss. #Neurodivergent #autistic
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
How about instead of autistic employees having to adapt to a work environment, maybe employers can be more understanding and make adjustments without fuss. #Neurodivergent #autistic
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Hope everyone has a peaceful day.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hope everyone has a peaceful day.
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Autistic people aren’t “bad at following instructions”
Many autistic people are actually excellent at following instructions
The problem?
👉 The instructions are unclear, vague or inconsistent
What’s important is:
- clear steps
- clear expectations
- clear outcomes
- clear deadlines
#inclusion
Many autistic people are actually excellent at following instructions
The problem?
👉 The instructions are unclear, vague or inconsistent
What’s important is:
- clear steps
- clear expectations
- clear outcomes
- clear deadlines
#inclusion
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Autistic people aren’t “bad at following instructions”
Many autistic people are actually excellent at following instructions
The problem?
👉 The instructions are unclear, vague or inconsistent
What’s important is:
- clear steps
- clear expectations
- clear outcomes
- clear deadlines
#inclusion
Many autistic people are actually excellent at following instructions
The problem?
👉 The instructions are unclear, vague or inconsistent
What’s important is:
- clear steps
- clear expectations
- clear outcomes
- clear deadlines
#inclusion
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fellas
there is such power in silently standing up and leaving a room
you don’t owe anyone audience
if you need to escape, please do
if you want to make a silent statement, please do
maybe you need the bathroom or to make a quick phone call or maybe you never explain
take the space you need 🫶🏻
there is such power in silently standing up and leaving a room
you don’t owe anyone audience
if you need to escape, please do
if you want to make a silent statement, please do
maybe you need the bathroom or to make a quick phone call or maybe you never explain
take the space you need 🫶🏻
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
fellas
there is such power in silently standing up and leaving a room
you don’t owe anyone audience
if you need to escape, please do
if you want to make a silent statement, please do
maybe you need the bathroom or to make a quick phone call or maybe you never explain
take the space you need 🫶🏻
there is such power in silently standing up and leaving a room
you don’t owe anyone audience
if you need to escape, please do
if you want to make a silent statement, please do
maybe you need the bathroom or to make a quick phone call or maybe you never explain
take the space you need 🫶🏻
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Well I'd call this champion done!
Pain to build, delight as previously mentioned to paint, came out ok I feel, the chain across the chest adds a nice bit of colour.
#warhammercommunity #horusheresy #nerdlings
Pain to build, delight as previously mentioned to paint, came out ok I feel, the chain across the chest adds a nice bit of colour.
#warhammercommunity #horusheresy #nerdlings
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Well I'd call this champion done!
Pain to build, delight as previously mentioned to paint, came out ok I feel, the chain across the chest adds a nice bit of colour.
#warhammercommunity #horusheresy #nerdlings
Pain to build, delight as previously mentioned to paint, came out ok I feel, the chain across the chest adds a nice bit of colour.
#warhammercommunity #horusheresy #nerdlings
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Mandatory potatoes pics for today.
Po sleeping at the top of the cat tree.
Tato sleeping on the couch.
Mama Chips fell asleep while cuddling on my desk.
Leo sleeping on my painting desk chair.
#cats #catsofbluesky #catsky #catlovers #kittens #potatoes #potatofamily
Po sleeping at the top of the cat tree.
Tato sleeping on the couch.
Mama Chips fell asleep while cuddling on my desk.
Leo sleeping on my painting desk chair.
#cats #catsofbluesky #catsky #catlovers #kittens #potatoes #potatofamily
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Mandatory potatoes pics for today.
Po sleeping at the top of the cat tree.
Tato sleeping on the couch.
Mama Chips fell asleep while cuddling on my desk.
Leo sleeping on my painting desk chair.
#cats #catsofbluesky #catsky #catlovers #kittens #potatoes #potatofamily
Po sleeping at the top of the cat tree.
Tato sleeping on the couch.
Mama Chips fell asleep while cuddling on my desk.
Leo sleeping on my painting desk chair.
#cats #catsofbluesky #catsky #catlovers #kittens #potatoes #potatofamily
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All benefits are entitlements.
All benefits are 100% valid for anyone who qualifies.
Whether it be disability benefits, UC, out of work benefits, child benefit, State Pension, Carers Allowance, or anything else.
End the benefits stigma. We will all claim benefits in our lives.
All benefits are 100% valid for anyone who qualifies.
Whether it be disability benefits, UC, out of work benefits, child benefit, State Pension, Carers Allowance, or anything else.
End the benefits stigma. We will all claim benefits in our lives.
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
All benefits are entitlements.
All benefits are 100% valid for anyone who qualifies.
Whether it be disability benefits, UC, out of work benefits, child benefit, State Pension, Carers Allowance, or anything else.
End the benefits stigma. We will all claim benefits in our lives.
All benefits are 100% valid for anyone who qualifies.
Whether it be disability benefits, UC, out of work benefits, child benefit, State Pension, Carers Allowance, or anything else.
End the benefits stigma. We will all claim benefits in our lives.
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This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is Bolt. He just learned how to speak. Thinks it works best when he uses his whole body. 12/10 (TT: gavi_570)
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I have finally taken some fancy photos of Njal Stormcaller in the colours my custom chapter, the Lupi Silvae (or Space Druids to most).
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I have finally taken some fancy photos of Njal Stormcaller in the colours my custom chapter, the Lupi Silvae (or Space Druids to most).
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It’s carrot crunch time for rescue cow Widget
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It’s carrot crunch time for rescue cow Widget