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Recent content by Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

  1. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    Do you consider your Asperger's a blessing, curse or indifferent.

    I think that on general principal, having an understanding of other ways of thinking and being in the world is a positive thing. So, if trying to understand people on their own terms and have grace for them when they don't do things the way you would want them to, is acceptance than yes we...
  2. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    Do you consider your Asperger's a blessing, curse or indifferent.

    I consider my Autism to be fairly neutral. There are many aspects of it that are disabling that are a result of being in a post-industrial capitalist society with particular social norms that don't allow a place for people like me to thrive. In a different society I might be less disabled, but...
  3. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    Dealing with COVID-19

    I'm in a MA program in anthropology. I was going to apply to transfer to the PhD stream in August, but that was contingent on completing my first summer of fieldwork, and proving to the admissions committee that having a disability that effects communication won't prevent me from engaging in...
  4. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    Falling to the floor when laughing

    I'm not a professional, I'm a medical anthropologist, so not a doctor. But I've done quite a bit of reading on narcolepsy in the process of trying to figure out my own sleep issues. My official dx is idiopathic hypersomnia, but that's basically a catch all label because my sleep labs came back...
  5. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    NO HURRY

    box, tote, chest, bag
  6. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    Falling to the floor when laughing

    What you are describing sounds like textbook catalepsy, which as far as I know is pretty strongly correlated with type one narcolepsy. Other symptoms of type 1 N would be feeling excessively tired, having episodes of autonomic behaviour (doing things on auto pilot) or micro sleeps (these look...
  7. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    Don't Be Shy To Introduce Yourself

    Yes, in English it translates to Spirit Bear Woman. It came with teachings as well.
  8. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    Dealing with COVID-19

    I usually try to keep extra prepared food in the freezer for when I have shutdowns and can't prepare meals, so I'm not too worried that way. This just gives me an excuse to avoid grocery shopping, and try to eat more traditional food. However I am having a hard time adjusting to all the changes...
  9. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    The Baby Animals Thread

    Baby geese by the river last year. I felt extremely honoured that this little guy's parents trusted me enough not to shoo him back into the den. They were otherwise very shy, but I'd been around picking mushrooms enough that I guess they decided I was not a threat and I got to have this...
  10. Manidomakwakwe Ma'iingan

    Don't Be Shy To Introduce Yourself

    Hi, I'm Manidoo Makwa Kwe, or you can call me Jacky or Jack. I'm 31 from London Ontario. I'm Anishinaabe, from the Wolf clan, and am a mixed race adoptee. I was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 24, after a long history of psychiatric misdiagnosis. I was also later diagnosed with panic...
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