#Autistic

Tw // ableismRelevant: autism should never be compared to a terminal illness and it's important to stand up for the rights of neurodivergent individuals who's autonomy is constantly under attackNot
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really laughed when i was repping mentally ill patients in a meeting about the new crisis line service & i went ‘ok so what about ppl who can’t speak on
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It’s my birthday this week. Despite having virtually ignored my birthday for the last few years, I have something to celebrate this year. After a long process, I have been
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So as a reminder, fuck Autism Speaks to hell and back. They are a hate group. #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #AutismAcceptanceMonth …https://intheloopaboutneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2019/09/13/the-ableist-history-of-autism-speaks/ (ps, it'
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This has been the source of so much inner strife. I know I’m neurodivergent - most directly linked to TBI.https://twitter.com/ashleighjmills/status/1311683919595667457 Presentation seems a lot like ADHD at face value, but
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so this account is for saving neurotypicals, but like. only the real ones. not the fake "neurotypical men" just pretending to have social empathy for clout. everyone knows they're gaming
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"Autism being THE (singular, only) defining trait of a character is patronising"Autism or any other mental disability can be *A* part of a character, but it shouldn't be *THE* defining
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A mega-thread on sexual identity language, flawed thinking from many well-meaning conservative and moderate Christian straight folks, and surprising agreements I share with some far-right critics: One of the most
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What A Thread. (P.S. I'm a diagnosed autistic person who doesn't exclude self-diagnosed in any way - I was about 40 when actually dx'd - but just to make it
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a thread on nanase haruka from free! and why he's the most autistic coded character i've ever seen i'm going to be listing autistic traits that haru exhibits, but
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The fact that the Ace flag is there but not the Lesbian flag really shows the problem with the modern LGBT community in that it’s focused more on inclusivity and
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Okay, about the Sia thing and my reaction. I'm going to wait for @ekverstania to give more complete explanations, but I will briefly touch on the word "Nonspeaker" (no hyphen).
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when r we gonna talk about how you guys treat autistic ppl? make fun of stutters and tics? make fun of psychotics n ppl w delusions? treat systems like shit?
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jenny69 uploaded an apology video. i personally don’t think it was genuine and only to save her career, but that’s just my opinion. *A THREAD* she continued the video with
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This has probably been said better by more educated people but; it's almost expected for people like me to spend a significant amount of time and mental energy learning everything
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live tweeting the mictchells vs the machinese with minimal hopefully spoilers but take this thread as a spoiler firstly. stim dancing. 'ive always felt a little different than everybody else'
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