#AUTISTIC

Here’s my stance on characters that are coded as autistic: unless those characters are contributing to harmful misconceptions about autistic people.... they’re hella autistic! Why the heck *wouldn’t* you want
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Imagine saying that you made a movie about autistic people because you love and respect autistic people, but then with that same mouth trying to say that you don't think
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Why the "you're just one autistic person" rebuttal is not ever made in good faith: When an autistic person speaks up to a non-autistic person and tells them they're being
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When Sia first posted about Music many autistic people were worried about the inauthentic portrayal of an autistic character that inevitably comes from casting non-autistic actors and that it would
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I finally worked out my major problem with #LoveOnTheSpectrum.I don't think it's made *for* #autistic people. Let me explain.If this show was made for autistic people, I doubt we'd have
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CW: ableism.I’ve said this before, but why is it that nearly every movie with an autistic main character character is about the fact that that person is autistic? Why not
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Autistic people have empathy. In fact a lot of us have rather too much empathy and can be heavily affected by the mood around us.#autism #autistic Autistic people can have
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Autism and empathy - a thread... /1 The commonly held view about autistic people (by neurotypical people anyhow) is that they have no sense of empathy, that they are incapable
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Can transphobic ableists stop with "confused autistic kids being transed?” So gross! I came out to my 2 autistic children over 2 yrs ago. They're still adamantly cis.Autistic ppl aren't
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Writing threads is fun and they are quite popular. Time for another thread. Ways to support an #autistic person. Please share this. /1 Some #autistic people struggle to understand body
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Quick things that could really help #autistic people in the workplace - a thread. Please share. #AllAutistics 1. Autistic employees should be exempt from hot-desking. 2. #Autistic employees should be
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I think it's funny (in a lolsob way) how Sia wants Autistic people to watch that movie before judging itIf Sia had been paying attention to Autistic people, she would
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I don‘t know who needs to hear this but someone being autistic doesn’t give them the right to mistreat you.You have the right to set boundaries, to demand that they
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30 things I wish people knew about #autism. A thread. Please share and retweet this thread. #ActuallyAutistic /1 Autism is not a mental illness or a disease. #autism /2 There
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hi did u know kaito is half brazilian and that akaashi is half korean the miya twins are half chilean kuroo is half mexican that seiya has adhd and kageyama
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Parents of autistic children: it’s fine to ask autistic adults if they have any insights into making life easier for your kid. It’s a lot less fine to contact us
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