#Autism

Thinking Person's Guide To Autism

thinkingautism

What Do Autistic People Want from Autism Research? That is what we discussed at #AutINSAR, a vibrant IRL +online discussion from the last three IRL @AutismINSAR meetings. We aren’t at

AtlasFathom

AtlasFathom

DO NOT support AutismSpeaks! They are a Hate group1. Only 1 of the 28 board members was actually Autistic (but resigned after his advice was ignored), while 23 are representatives

autistictic

autistictic

Many people are learning about autism for the first time right now - especially about autistic people who don‘t speak and use devices to communicate.And there‘s a lot to learn!To

Adriana White, MLIS

Adriana_Edu

I took so many notes during this #AutisticAuthors panel! Way too many to tweet out, but here are some highlights!@Mike_Jung did a great job moderating what could be the first

mr babys

gothbabys

so for world #WorldAutismDay let’s recap: autism is not a disease it isn’t caused by external factors like vaccines, crop sprays or GMOs autistic people do not suffer from

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KlNDOFABIGDEAL

A autism thread for the timeline, discussing topics I don’t really see talked about on the spectrum 1: When it comes 2 empathy, u have non empaths and hyper empaths.

Patrick Monaghan

drpmonaghan

New piece from me.This week will mark 1 year since @ToddSmithPC received the OAP Advisory Panel Report.Families are STILL waiting for meaningful action from the Minister on those recommendations.#AutismDoesntEndAtFord#onpoli https://link.me

Terror

chaitofu

In light of #FundTheSpectrum trending (sort of), I am surprised that I've not yet seen a thread specifically for Autistic BIPOC to post their payment links-- especially given all the

The Autisticats - #StopTheShock

autisticats

I’m up thinking about #ColorTheSpectrum (the media event with non-autistic celebrities, scheduled for April 30th, to raise money for an organization called Next For Autism that’s funding research to “prevent”

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freyrsdesire

OMG i completely forgot it was #autismawarenessday !! i know this is my nsfw account, but i’m gunna talk about it anyway. i am a proud as fuck autistic and

Are You Hailey Delgado, Too?

dellcartoons

#actuallyautistic #adhd #adhdautism #teamneurodiverse(due to ADHD time sense, all dates are approximate)I am autisticBut I don't know how to BE autistic. I don't know what being autistic means 1/18 Mid

Erika Heidewald, Proud Autistic Bitch

erikaheidewald

In the first couple days of Mark Rober posting #ColorTheSpectrum they raised over $900,000 & since then they only raised $30,000. It is definitely from the backlash and the fact

National Autistic Society

Autism

Our Director @Jane_Harris77 was on @BBCNews this morning talking about the challenges thousands of autistic people are facing in getting vital social care support they need during the coronavirus outbreak.

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

There's different ways for other people to think about autistic people. Understanding those different ways is important. It explains why some anti-autism groups have become so powerful and how they

Jacques Bannon

neoliberal_dad

"autism isn't real" is the sort of thing you get mad about when you don't realize psychiatry/psychology are infant fields and that most diagnoses are just ways of labelling people

Dr. Nadine Gaab

GaabLab

Myth # 7 for #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth 2020: ALL PEDIATRICIANS SCREEN FOR EARLY INDICATORS OF AUTISM, ADHD, AND DYSLEXIA/READING IMPAIRMENTS. Unfortunately not. While pediatricians often screen for autism and ADHD, they don't