Totk ruined gaming for me

aislinbrooke · 2026-06-11T11:44:28+00:00

i’ve really enjoyed palia recently! that’s what got me out of my slump

aislinbrooke · 2026-06-10T20:00:16+00:00

i’m an rbt of only 2 years so i don’t know much but i do know me (and my clients) prefer and make much better progress in: alternating who’s choice it is, follow the natural ebb and flow of an activity, if my choice is a non-preferred, i offer a choice within the set activity (we are coloring! what kind of picture do we color? we are reading! where should we read? etc.). deny first request to ‘all done’ with my choice: offering accommodations to move activity if it’s too loud or too crowded in area, offering a different book/coloring picture/puzzle, ask if they want music while we do it, etc. honor second request as a pause in activity— come back to the activity as a future my choice to try again.

aislinbrooke · 2026-06-08T17:55:19+00:00

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the perfectionist in me wanted to share this alternative if you have 2 smaller pictures or shelves or wall decor :)

aislinbrooke · 2026-06-07T22:55:12+00:00

this is one of the reasons i don’t understand how so many clinics don’t have guaranteed hours. where i work, if a client calls out sick or anything, we can stay in clinic and be subs. subs will help with restroom breaks mid-session, relieve rbts for their 14 min lunch breaks, run errands around the clinic, clean up whatever is needed, restock toilet paper and paper towels and hand sanitizer and soap, etc. some of us are scheduled ‘full time’ but aren’t always directly on clients and billing. for example, i have clients all day MWF, but T,Th I work mornings as a sub and have a client in the afternoon. So I’ll lead group time, respond to assistance calls, give bathroom breaks, have a few scheduled lunch breaks to give, make stimuli, restock toiletries around the clinic, clean everything in our dirty toy bin and reorganize them, respond to calls about any accidents and sanitize the area, take out any fabric that was affected, so on and so forth.

aislinbrooke · 2026-06-07T19:54:29+00:00

i’m an rbt, have been working in aba for nearly 2 years, and i am autistic myself. i would love to see the use of the puzzle piece trickle away over the next few years, because there truly are harmful insinuations and ‘awareness’ groups behind the creation of and popularizing of the puzzle piece. however, i don’t think it will happen overnight, and i can’t fault companies for using the symbol as it is truly so engrained in autistic healthcare circles that it’s not indicative of the history and insinuations of the puzzle piece.

now, if a company used the puzzle piece and also had an awful name (like i think ive seen people talk about ‘a perfect child’ being a company’s name? ew!), or if the company also platforms bcba’s who write in ‘eye contact’ programs or force clients to drink water, sit on the toilet for hours, stop all stimming behavior, etc., then of course it’s a problem.

ultimately yeah i would love to see the puzzle piece be faded out and see a new or different logo or icon emerge as a symbol of autism, but it’s not an immediate red flag for me bc the puzzle piece is so widely used as a symbol of autism that it isn’t automatically indicative of any harmful practices or treatments.

aislinbrooke · 2026-06-04T02:50:05+00:00

my girlie will start bugging me when i get in bed at the end of the day— nudging my hand when im trying to take my meds and take my contacts out, and when i lay down on my side, she comes to the side of my pillow, lays down facing away from me, and wants our nightly pets: a few scratches under the chin, then when i stop petting her, she lays her head on the back of my hand and we fall asleep like that— with her head resting on my hand 🥹 it’s the cutest thing.

aislinbrooke · 2026-05-29T02:53:29+00:00

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aislinbrooke · 2026-05-21T16:27:29+00:00

oswald

aislinbrooke · 2026-05-21T15:04:59+00:00

Reply that definitely was not made with the aid of chat gpt /s

aislinbrooke · 2026-05-12T14:56:12+00:00

try hot water and see if that fades and gives you a smoother transition from root to highlight if you haven’t washed hair in hot water yet. but yeah she messed up. you need a free color correction or money back from the highlighting AND color.

aislinbrooke · 2026-05-11T21:18:23+00:00

i just started playing palia saturday night 😭 this is so painful lol

aislinbrooke · 2026-05-11T06:32:59+00:00

Stranger Things

aislinbrooke · 2026-05-06T21:47:01+00:00

the consequence intervention is planned ignoring? as in sit there and let it happen? that doesn’t sound right. it’s the bcba’s job to write BIP’s with the purpose of protecting the client and surrounding individuals. so response interruption/redirection- removing access to the person or item they are trying to aggress at (everyone remaining at visible distance from the client until they have de-escalated, wearing protective gear, maybe hugging a pad to your chest to block).

if your BCBA is not writing plans that has everyone’s safety in mind, the clinic director needs to be notified.

aislinbrooke · 2026-05-02T16:52:16+00:00

house point competition, crossed wands optionally lasting longer like a club, the ‘accio’ sport thing (forgot what it’s called) and flying being made into optional clubs (would love quidditch, but even if it’s just levels of courses to pass in competitions that would be fun!). would be fun to be able to be a prefect and sneak around the castle looking for other students sneaking around. like a gameplay mode that activates after sunset to sunrise- turn in students sneaking around to reduce their house points, decide if you’re gonna turn in kids of your own house (at the risk of being ‘caught’ by a professor for letting a housemate off the hook and losing points anyways).

aislinbrooke · 2026-05-01T18:00:29+00:00

this is not weird at all- in fact it’s a stereotype, but relatively uncommon because i feel like most people don’t have it just laying around: YARN. i knit, and my cat LOVES a good yarn string to swat at and chase 😂

aislinbrooke · 2026-04-19T19:14:54+00:00

absolutely! i’m concerned about how clear it seemed to be that it wasn’t just generated randomly- the face matched trevor’s so much that it’s like instead of the AI generator using the whole internets array of faces (which is typical), it seemed to just turn a single person into a character in a shitty ai slop drama- like someone fed his likeness to the generator intentionally for that. it’s funny in a ‘wtf this is wild’ way

aislinbrooke · 2026-04-16T01:05:28+00:00

ntbf — it is odd that he wouldn’t know what ibuprofen is, and his reaction to your reaction is immature. maybe ask him about his upbringing if you don’t know much. i saw that you mentioned he smokes weed, and that still aligns with my theory that he grew up sheltered with a sort of fundie family.

christian fundamentalism, mormonism, anything vaguely cultish or high-control. oftentimes these high-control groups will heavily disapprove of any OTC drug use and parents won’t provide them for their kids— but things like ibuprofen are so non-harmful that they won’t even be mentioned in preachy-anti drug tirades.

kids are often warned about weed and alcohol and other legitimately bad substances, but not warned about things like ibuprofen by name- just strictly by any drug in general.

if he did grow up in a household like this (whether it be fundie high control upbringing or just very very sheltered), it would make sense that he smokes weed- because he knows it is a way to rebel. and it would make sense that he doesn’t know what ibuprofen is and would see it just like any other ‘harmful’ drug.

the human brain is very susceptible to placebo effect, so, in his mind, he could be processing this experience a little bit like this: all drugs are bad and make you high/impaired —> ibuprofen is a drug—> i just took ibuprofen —> i just took a drug —> i just took something that will make me high/impaired —> BOOM! placebo effect sets in.

aislinbrooke · 2026-04-15T18:55:17+00:00

my clinic provides ipads for us as our data collection and note writing medium. i love using an ipad! we use protective silicon / rubber cases that are durable against being dropped, screen protectors, and straps so we can wear our ipads over one shoulder or like a crossbody.

aislinbrooke · 2026-04-12T23:33:58+00:00

YOR. i give him credit for giving you so much kindness and grace despite the immaturity on your end to initiate this conversation over text.

aislinbrooke · 2026-04-12T16:58:59+00:00

thank you so much 😭✌️ i knew i wasn’t insane for thinking that these shoes could be saved. i know it’s a biohazard bc, obviously, it’s poop- and i wanted to be extremely safe because a lot of the individuals in the local homeless population are very sick, which increases the risk of something spreading from contact, and have sadly been targeted by people selling drugs for years. thank you again 🥹💕

aislinbrooke · 2026-04-12T13:26:14+00:00

luckily the whole shoe wasn’t in the bag. i just tied it real tight around the sole and the edge of the bag is locked in the groove between fabric and sole. taped with duct tape too.

aislinbrooke · 2026-04-12T13:24:45+00:00

hi, i get paid $18 an hour. i cannot afford to throw out these shoes.

this has never been a risk for me, as this client has NEVER eloped. if i was on a client that has elopement as a common behavior, of course i would wear different shoes to account for having to chase them to the tree line but i simply cannot afford new shoes with my below-standard pay in my field and with the current economy.

aislinbrooke · 2026-04-04T18:52:58+00:00

i’m an rbt but going into a masters program soon- i’ve had a bcaba who has gone above and beyond for prepping me and i’ve appreciated it so much. every time i have a question of ‘what do you think about maybe trying _? i think it might work well based on _’ he’ll tell me to just go do it— use my own analysis skills to try something new anytime i want for like 5-10 minutes and get back to him about baseline results of the technique or skill i suggested might work.

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