#Autism

Black Autistics

BlackAutistics

Autism presents itself in many different ways, but I worry verbal Autistic people who don't have a learning disability, qualify for an Education, Health and Care plan or are unknown

Ponderful

PonderfulUK

"If you bothered watching her interviews you'd know Sia tried her best to consult the autistic community & do good representation."Sia in an interview, "I wanted to make Rain Man

Elaine Mcgreevy

ElaineMcgreevy

"It is not okay to keep forcing autistic children into social skills training. It is not okay to tell them to stop talking about the things they love & know

autistictic

autistictic

#ActuallyAutistic people demand#GoldenNopeForMusicand#NoGoldenGlobeForMusic- because Sias movie „Music“ portrays traumatic, deadly prone restraint as the appropriate response to autistic meltdowns.- because „Music“ erases & harm

(Alex) Designy. On the Suspectrum. She/her. 💙

BFutureDesign

Definitely an #autism mood too.Beyond the scripts and tricks I've learned, I don't know how to keep small talk going.But give me a *subject* to really delve into and explore

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

Face recognition and autism.More than a third of us struggle to work out who's who from their faces.New research, backing up some earlier findings suggesting this/https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/306126 It's really impor

sunny! ✿

w0rmbrains

the difference between special interest, hyperfixation and hyperfocus, coming from someone with adhd and autism - a thread SPECIAL INTEREST: a special interest is a strong and passionate interest that

Daniel Sohege

stand_for_all

Thread: It's a personal call on my part to talk openly about being #ActuallyAutistic, and it's one which worries me constantly. I am genuinely afraid that being open about it

sam🦆

spceboyfriends

cw // ableismin light of criticism of how sia’s new movie is ableist, we should support media that doesn’t portray neurodiversity, specifically autism, through an ableist lens. theres a short

henry spencer hate club president

moonliIIies

"headcanoning a character as neurodivergent glorifies autism and adhd" good no one who headcanons a character as nd acts like adhd and autism are easy to live with at all

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lanpsy/PIIS2215-0366(20)30197-8.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0rlEabFXopixHq0Qx5GzdDeG4u9D35B6HZ4OayxFkjYDH5-qg7rfUu1v4 I see a team hoping to alter autistic people via stem cell stuff has produced a long list of de

Atypical Academic

AtypAcademic

Thread about my adult autism assessment: I’ve seen questions on Twitter about the process of getting an autism assessment as an adult. I thought I’d share my experience for anyone

Noah Sasson

Noahsasson

Before we get too far into 2021, I thought I’d write a thread recapping some of the research that came out of my lab in 2020. Most of this work

Louise Gallagher

lgallagh_louise

1/6 - Thank you for RT of #SharingtheVision thread. Lets put some evidence on the table with this article from @mengchuanlai, and the excellent team at @UofT in @TheLancetPsych .

Rhona Hotchkiss

HotchkissRhona

1/9 A thread of testimony submitted by experts in psychiatry, paediatrics & cognitive neuroscience from around the world to the High Court in the Tavistock Puberty Blockers case. 2/9 One

Mother of Hope

opinionatedmum1

Reading some of Emma Kenny’s tweets, reflecting on the child psychology briefly mentioned.It is an area I’d studied a lot about, thought I’d sussed until I had the ultimate study-

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