Hi everyone,
In our movement we have a lot of different people, including people with a different neurodiversity.
Then it can happen that with events organised by the Wikimedia movement, there are people that get sensory overloads. it basically means that the input through the senses gets too much at some point. This can result in an emotional outburst, an instant heavy headache/migraine attack, or in my case I go (almost) completely blank.
It is really hard to complain how it is like to people who have no experiences with it. I think however that we need as inclusive movement to be more aware of the huge amount of varieties of people and there needs. For that reason I like to share a thread on Twitter with you how a user I know well has experienced it herself.
Read at: https://twitter.com/dodocurieux/status/1029743772584865792
Thank you!
Romaine
Thank you very much for sharing this. It is a personal growth area for me and this thread gives really valuable first-hand experience.
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Romaine Wiki romaine.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
In our movement we have a lot of different people, including people with a different neurodiversity.
Then it can happen that with events organised by the Wikimedia movement, there are people that get sensory overloads. it basically means that the input through the senses gets too much at some point. This can result in an emotional outburst, an instant heavy headache/migraine attack, or in my case I go (almost) completely blank.
It is really hard to complain how it is like to people who have no experiences with it. I think however that we need as inclusive movement to be more aware of the huge amount of varieties of people and there needs. For that reason I like to share a thread on Twitter with you how a user I know well has experienced it herself.
Read at: https://twitter.com/dodocurieux/status/1029743772584865792
Thank you!
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Thanks Romaine for sharing. As someone at the same side of the spectrum (I get quickly tired in the places where a lot of people are gathering) I can fully endorse this.
Cheers Yaroslav
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:42 PM Romaine Wiki romaine.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
In our movement we have a lot of different people, including people with a different neurodiversity.
Then it can happen that with events organised by the Wikimedia movement, there are people that get sensory overloads. it basically means that the input through the senses gets too much at some point. This can result in an emotional outburst, an instant heavy headache/migraine attack, or in my case I go (almost) completely blank.
It is really hard to complain how it is like to people who have no experiences with it. I think however that we need as inclusive movement to be more aware of the huge amount of varieties of people and there needs. For that reason I like to share a thread on Twitter with you how a user I know well has experienced it herself.
Read at: https://twitter.com/dodocurieux/status/1029743772584865792
Thank you!
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One more here. I'm quite prone to get awful migraines on those situations of "sensorial overload". Though I'm often able to keep them at large with medication and some natural means, it would be very nice to have some quiet place to rest for a while, at least when our hotel room is not available.
I can very well understand what dodocurieux endures regarding what can be perceived as invasive behavior, especially that one that are part of those tricks(?) that are often used to make people socialize with each other in those kind of events, such as the games he describes. Those "rituals of initiation" may be fun, or at least endurable by many people, but there should be the good sense and care to inform people beforehand that some specific event may include that, or at least ask people before if it's OK to go on.
All the best,
Paulo
Yaroslav Blanter ymbalt@gmail.com escreveu no dia quarta, 15/08/2018 à(s) 17:32:
Thanks Romaine for sharing. As someone at the same side of the spectrum (I get quickly tired in the places where a lot of people are gathering) I can fully endorse this.
Cheers Yaroslav
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 5:42 PM Romaine Wiki romaine.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
In our movement we have a lot of different people, including people with
a
different neurodiversity.
Then it can happen that with events organised by the Wikimedia movement, there are people that get sensory overloads. it basically means that the input through the senses gets too much at some point. This can result in
an
emotional outburst, an instant heavy headache/migraine attack, or in my case I go (almost) completely blank.
It is really hard to complain how it is like to people who have no experiences with it. I think however that we need as inclusive movement to be more aware of
the
huge amount of varieties of people and there needs. For that reason I
like
to share a thread on Twitter with you how a user I know well has experienced it herself.
Read at: https://twitter.com/dodocurieux/status/1029743772584865792
Thank you!
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Thank you for sharing this, Romaine.
Our experiences are so different, and we should acknowledge it and cherish it, and we need to respect all people and accommodate all people.
My experience is related and opposite at the same time. I sometimes tell people that Wikimania is my social life. It's an exaggeration; it's Wikimania and other Wikimedia-related events: hackathons, workshops, local meetups. But that's really about it. The Wikimedia community is my social life. Events other than Wikimedia events —weddings, holidays, parties, you name it— can easily cause me to feel out of place and to experience feelings described in this thread.
Wikimania is where I feel completely at home. But if it's not a place where others can feel at home, it's a problem.
I remember one Wikimedia event that had an "introversion room". I remember how some people cheered when the event organizer mentioned it in her welcome speech. We need more of that: not only "introversion rooms" (even though they are welcome), but anything that makes people feel welcome.
We need more of this consideration and inclusion not just because it's the right and decent human thing to do. We need it because it's our expressed goal to include every single human being. Who if not us?
בתאריך יום ד׳, 15 באוג׳ 2018, 18:42, מאת Romaine Wiki < romaine.wiki@gmail.com>:
Hi everyone,
In our movement we have a lot of different people, including people with a different neurodiversity.
Then it can happen that with events organised by the Wikimedia movement, there are people that get sensory overloads. it basically means that the input through the senses gets too much at some point. This can result in an emotional outburst, an instant heavy headache/migraine attack, or in my case I go (almost) completely blank.
It is really hard to complain how it is like to people who have no experiences with it. I think however that we need as inclusive movement to be more aware of the huge amount of varieties of people and there needs. For that reason I like to share a thread on Twitter with you how a user I know well has experienced it herself.
Read at: https://twitter.com/dodocurieux/status/1029743772584865792
Thank you!
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I hope it wasn't called "introversion room"... That sounds awful. :|
Paulo
Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il escreveu no dia quarta, 15/08/2018 à(s) 17:44:
Thank you for sharing this, Romaine.
Our experiences are so different, and we should acknowledge it and cherish it, and we need to respect all people and accommodate all people.
My experience is related and opposite at the same time. I sometimes tell people that Wikimania is my social life. It's an exaggeration; it's Wikimania and other Wikimedia-related events: hackathons, workshops, local meetups. But that's really about it. The Wikimedia community is my social life. Events other than Wikimedia events —weddings, holidays, parties, you name it— can easily cause me to feel out of place and to experience feelings described in this thread.
Wikimania is where I feel completely at home. But if it's not a place where others can feel at home, it's a problem.
I remember one Wikimedia event that had an "introversion room". I remember how some people cheered when the event organizer mentioned it in her welcome speech. We need more of that: not only "introversion rooms" (even though they are welcome), but anything that makes people feel welcome.
We need more of this consideration and inclusion not just because it's the right and decent human thing to do. We need it because it's our expressed goal to include every single human being. Who if not us?
בתאריך יום ד׳, 15 באוג׳ 2018, 18:42, מאת Romaine Wiki < romaine.wiki@gmail.com>:
Hi everyone,
In our movement we have a lot of different people, including people with
a
different neurodiversity.
Then it can happen that with events organised by the Wikimedia movement, there are people that get sensory overloads. it basically means that the input through the senses gets too much at some point. This can result in
an
emotional outburst, an instant heavy headache/migraine attack, or in my case I go (almost) completely blank.
It is really hard to complain how it is like to people who have no experiences with it. I think however that we need as inclusive movement to be more aware of
the
huge amount of varieties of people and there needs. For that reason I
like
to share a thread on Twitter with you how a user I know well has experienced it herself.
Read at: https://twitter.com/dodocurieux/status/1029743772584865792
Thank you!
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