Jim Irion
1 min readOct 6, 2024

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Oh my.
So you had the membership for an appreciable amount of time and this still happened? You had a good testament of before the August change and after. And it nosedived after..

A handful of writers, autistic writers, for the publication, expressed concern over the boost program changes. Yours adds to that list a pattern I’ve been concerned about if it is, in fact, affecting autistic writers.

I mean, I have no way of knowing. I can’t exactly query everyone. But a pattern is still a pattern. It’s the beginning of something more.

Canceled your membership? I’d expect you not to take this very well. When we find our niche, monotropism I’ve found can make it very difficult to latch onto another interest when it comes to employment. I myself have suffered for years being unable to make that connection.

That’s what I postulate in my Monotropism Employment Theory. I’m what happens where we’re not connected to our skilled interests. Ruins lives..

Maybe it’s hyper-empathy, but I can almost feel your despair at this. Feel free to reach out to my account on Twitter. I’m making a big decision of my own as a direct result of finding out that Twitter’s algorithm has been throttling external links to here for two years.

“A Lifetime in Eight Years”
October 11th.
Anything I can do to help or offer moral support, I’m all ears.

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Jim Irion
Jim Irion

Written by Jim Irion

I am an autistic advocate, writer and presenter. My writing is primary source research material. "A leader leads. They don't walk away when someone needs help."

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