#Autistic

no one ever tells children why they are being made to do this stupid shit in school. normal kids can deal with the constant cognitive dissonance and eventually internalize it;
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As an Autistic person, I would like:Public transportation where groups of men can't assault me without impunity, whether it's cops shaking me down for a ticket or white dudes with
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my bb neurodivergent agenda. autistic saburo- school is a stimulus hell and being overstimulated makes him snappy hence his reputation as being hard to get along with.. but also he
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The Black Experience really taught me a lot about my own history in college. Like people think slavery was *just* whipping, r*pe, being separated from your family, but like it
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Thread: Interesting thread calling out what seems to be fairly regular bs regarding autism. First off, when people talk about the autistic spectrum it isn't just a straight line you
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We are introducing a revision and expansion to our guidance on writing about disabilities.These are some excerpts:We advise avoiding writing that implies ableism: the belief that typical abilities – those
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Are you a woman, diagnosed with #ADHD, AND #Autistic who tweets a lot about your life with these conditions? I'd like to follow you, as I'm an ADHDer, and I'm
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He'll restate the 'I've got an autistic child and did what a good father would do' line. He'll do this in the hope that good people will shy away from
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As far as I know, I was the first person to make this offer to people at cons. And as it gained traction, and more people offered, I became increasingly
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These strange times can be extra overwhelming for people with a #learningdisability and #autistic people who are LGBTQ+. This is a little thread of awesome people and organsiations who are
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DO YOU KNOW HOW FUCKING HARD THE AUTISTIC COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WORKING TO STOP PEOPLE FEEDING BLEACH TO THEIR KIDS? AND NOW THE MOTHERFUCKING PRESIDENT OF THE MOTHERFUCKING USA IS
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Parent Blaming & PDA THREAD:Unless you have an #autistic child with #PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) - it's very hard to fully understand the difficulties & complexities of day to day
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I think I don't really know how to have conversations with people, how to maintain friendships, and what interacting with people is supposed to be like in general. Maybe that's
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You get a measure of friends, colleagues and family when you tell them you’re autistic; *People say “ You can’t be, you don’t look autistic.” We ask what autistic ‘looks
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In light of Elon Musk’s revelation, it’s important for people to know that the terms “Asperger Syndrome” and “Asperger’s” are no longer commonly used.There are three interrelated reasons for this
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I've deleted my previous tweet sending love to the #autism community on #WorldAutismAwarenessDay during #CoronaLockdown after feedback from autistic people objecting to the phrase 'person with autism'. Noted and
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