#Autistic

shailen

DrShailenSingh

i so wish i had done this when we got my sons diagnosishttps://twitter.com/shannonrosa/status/1381281071573004296 we are “doer” people.we listened to my sons developmental pediatrician who recommended an aba program. i restructured

skye the trash pigeon

stimmyskye

I see a lot of people using "neurodivergent" to mean only "autistic" or making the distinction acquired differences vs. ones you're born with.2 things.a - this is not how the

Riah Person

lilririah

Love my ableism with a side of racism That's sarcasm btwAlso, be mindful of the impact that pushing #/AutisticSavage may have on Indigenous & Black autistic folkhttps://twitter.com/DrRubySapphire/status/1331887435890888704 [Every ot

Irulan, Princess Royal, Bene Gesserit-trained

Nicole_Cliffe

While I’m making everyone depressed about Hillsborough, the British govt made the decision to lie about the 173 people killed in the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster. Survivors were told never

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

Seems the next stage in the Cummings defence is to invoke the 4 year old son being autistic. Don't know what the truth is but it's not good, invoking autism

Jennifer Lee Rossman

JenLRossman

I ordered a pizza for the first time in my life today. This is how the conversation went (if it helps, please imagine my tone of voice as Eleven from

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goblinodds

it always feels embarrassing to talk about wondering about gender things, "am i autistic," "do i have ADHD," "is this chronic fatigue," etcbut maybe threading these topics will be useful

A_tistic Theatre

ActualA_tistic

An obituary for @myceliorum, a titan of disability advocacy.This is going to be long. Amelia "Mel" "Voicy" Baggs, also once known as Amanda Baggs, was angry, and insightful, and changed

Reagen

coffeepotprod

Fuck Autism Speaks for ruining the colour blue for us autistic folksBlue is my favourite colour and I hate feeling guilty about having that as a favourite colour because of

Bachata in the mosh pit

brujacontumbao

Ableism pretends that people who are autistic, deaf, blind, etc are HORRIFICALLY limited in communicating when rly abled ppl refuSE to accept the multitudinous ways people communicate outside of very

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ausome_autist

Friendly reminder from your local autistic enby to #DeplatformSBC.You are gaslighting us, @sbaroncohen, by creating these deeply harmful theories about #ActuallyAutistics, then performatively gesturing Neurodiversity Lite when called out.No

Erika Heidewald, Proud Autistic Bitch

erikaheidewald

I’ve been getting so furious every time I think about the concept of intelligence. We talk about it like it’s some objective measurable fact but we have no idea what

David Nicholson

MrDNicholson

#WorldMentalHealthDay #AgMentalHealthWeek As a smallholder who is autistic and who has anxiety and bouts of low mood/self-doubt this year has been very challenging. I am grateful to those that

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YangyYoung

For #AutismAcceptanceMonth I’d like to share a common experience I’ve had:“I had no idea you were autistic - It’s impossible to tell!”I don’t show many stereotypical symptoms (No need

Seanan McGuire

seananmcguire

I feel like what people are really scared of is "my children won't be exactly like me." It's the fear behind censorship, behind autism scare-mongering, behind all these things.Y'all. Your

Tania Melnyczuk

ekverstania

[THREAD] I wanna show you an example of what presuming competence with nonspeaking autistic children means. This is a lesson on fractals, prepared by Vicky Oettle, a teacher at a