#Autism

it’s the cubed side of the take today but i’m not enjoying the “autistic people can never address their issues or find solutions to their sensory sensitivities and it’s ableist
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I'm tired of caring about what people think of me, I'm tired for apologising about things that I don't understand or can't control, I'm tired of having to defend myself
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Sheldon Cooper is an abusive boyfriend. Here is a thread why I think so... Amy Farrah Fowler was brought in as a girlfriend for Sheldon. When we first meet Amy,
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An autistic person's view on allistic actors playing autistic characters: a threadAllistics read and rt I just wanna start off by saying that if you have an autistic character then
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What Your Favorite Mother Mother Song Says About YouA thread Oleander - You view yourself as a villain, and you don't have a problem with that, except when it's three
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very few people know about my condition when i talk about it so here, have this,,neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), an info thread: neurofibromatosis is a neurological condition affecting 1/3000 people
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Important reminder that just because conventions aren't a thing (and shouldn't be) this season, please get your flu shot. They are safe and effective in preventing certain flu strains that
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Thread: autism/consent So I heard to story at school this week about an autistic teenage boy who has a lot of crushes on girls who don’t reciprocate and it got
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An update from yesterday's ABLLS-R assessment. We did the same assessment 1 year and 1 day ago, and the boy scored 309. His score this time around was 828. He's
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I had never heard of Myka Stauffer until today but apparently she and her husband adopted through a special needs program from China, filmed regular updates on his adoption, detailed
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David, although I agree with some of your thread, the Conservatives will not move forward with their policies. They will continue to make cuts from services, education and healthcare. Their
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Person first language is one of the biggest debates in social/behavioural/health sciences right now. Some argue there is no place for person first labels, I disagree.In some settings we need
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guides on how to not be ableist and support people who are neurodivergent a thread : really good for learning about autismhttps://actuallyautistic.carrd.co/  a guide on how to be sensitive and
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Growing up, there was absolutely no talk about mental health so we thought it was funny when some kids just couldn't grasp some concepts in school. We thought they were
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Dr. John Littell writes that the reluctance to send children back to school is not supported by scientific studies, such as those published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. 1/8https://alachuachronicle.com/behind-the-mask-and-the-showe
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// eating disorders , picky eatingi thought i’d do an educational thread about ARFID, a disorder i suffer from and one that is VERY stigmatized, but that you’ve probably never
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