lieke @lieke@awoo.space

A video of a music therapist using calming strategies with a girl who has Autism.

I personally found it really relaxing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13DiS7cPgX0

I'm not going into music therapy, but I will be working as a therapist with children who have Autism starting soon.

life tip: if you're in an acquaintanceship with somebody, and they keep crossing a boundary of yours because you've never told them?
tell them about it, so they know to respect it. they're never going to if you don't tell them.
✨ ​communication ✨​

Ich hab so Bock die "Ruhebereich"-Schilder im Zug mit rotem Leuchtstift auszumalen =_=
SEID STILL UND LASST MICH SCHLAFEN

Gawd, one of the things my school teaches elementary student's is how to self-regulate their emotions. Basically, ways to cope, calm down, and deal with out-of-control emotions.

I would have *seriously* benefitted from learning this early on. Like, easily 90% of my school and social life problems have been related to understanding and controlling my emotions.

I'm glad kids are learning this now.

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Egalite, liberte, cathistore

'Austria ready to deploy army at Italy border'
Crazy. What year is this, 1915?

http://www.france24.com/en/20170703-austria-ready-deploy-army-italy-border …

If you're wondering whether to put a CW for NSFW content on a post involving oppressed or marginalized ppl, just ask yourself if it would still warrant that CW if it were involving only Cis hets and civilians etc. It's not *more* NSFW for involving sex workers or LGBT ppl. Js

But pure communist doesn't accommodate introverts well since everything is unionised. Forced socialisation is wonderful.

tankies are bad https://anticapitalist.party/media/ZhrL9BJZuGjpwTvRI-0 https://anticapitalist.party/media/5GyTAN-Q0K8Wm0cggy0

two ways to resist fascism:

1. punch fascists
2. give $ to people fascists hate

i heartily recommend #2

TFW you're posing on a tree and and look cooler than everyone else https://mastodon.social/media/pgljgLR8A7s9_Xf8wUI

I don't wanna wake up https://mastodon.social/media/K6o-ud-enxxKjWHuhug

*eats a nom*
*falls asleep*
*wakes up twelve hours later*
tfw your self-care regimen is to become a cat
is good

Today is the day of seeing -phobia used for hate and discrimination, isn't it.

- it takes responsibility from the ppl doing the shitty thing (yes, _especially_ if you're going to argue "it's not referencing mental illness, it's like in 'hydrophobic'!" - oppression is not a force of nature) and misrepresents the mechanisms
- it's awkward to throw people with phobias in with all that
- it is often used to score easy points from more openly ableist beliefs, see "homophobia can be cured" etc.

https://mastodon.social/media/BDkka6mk1IRArxrbVPw

We grew up with fewer positive interactions with humans, and more time to focus on everything else in the world.

We have to either make our peace with the rejection of family and tradition, or learn to radically reinterpret them.

We have to fight against consensus reality just to express our identities and live our lives.

Queer people are magic.

It's not that we're born with some secret chosen-one destiny.

It's just that we get plenty of practice at it.

https://awoo.space/media/IWhlWgFan-S6mTizEgs

So: Do not use the "CW" if you talk about girly, feminine stuff. This is already being censored.
DO, however, use it, if you e.g. discuss beauty standards that may be hurtful or triggering to others.

harassment isn't a given on the internet. techbros carelessly making decisions that will seriously harm people who don't look and sound like them is however