#Autism

Last November @MattHancock promised me that he intended to resolve the scandal of people with autism and learning disabilities locked up in abusive detention. He pledged to free the first
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Flat affect and autismFlat affect is a trait (related, but not exclusive, to autism) where your physical emotional expression is reduced. Maybe your smile isn't smiley enough. Maybe you speak
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Let’s talk about ABA therapy! Buckle up, this is a thread (neurotypicals, PLEASE read). We’ll start with a TL;DR. First, PDXCC does not support ABA. 1/ While a small population
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A small thread about being one step away from being in someone elses shoes, in relation to todays ablism.If I had been born into a different socioeconomic bracket I would
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When I was in the Department for International Trade I asked whether some of our plans would be legal. The answer was that it would take a long time for
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I think it might be a good idea to share with people what encourages and supports fic writers for those that struggle with leaving commentsI’ll add some thoughts to a
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Autism in females. Mental health professionals: is this social anxiety/a personality disorder/ocd/ an attachment disorder?
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ableism : how it looks and ways to help, a thread made by a hyper functioning autistic person let’s start with the meaning of ableism: ableism is discrimination and social
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Re-reading the autism & bullying literature this morning for a paper I'm writing. This phrase from one paper captures a typical theme in the literature:"Strategies are required to support &
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New paper with @DrSHodgetts on whether lateralisation can explain language and handedness diffs in autism.Short answer: we dont know.More important q: should we care? Very mixed feelings about this paper:
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I cannot emphasize how much I hate research that uses technology to force autistic people to mask.I'm honestly surprised this article wasn't from The Onion.A thread about this: 1/15https://news.northeastern.edu/2021/01/21/students-w
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Why I think Clark Kent in the DCEU is autism coded a thread and good autism representation “The world too Big Mom” “the swim towards it honey In this scene
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Whenever people talk about reasonable adjustments for autism or ADHD they're like "why can't they treat this like someone needs a ramp, because they're in a wheelchair". Don't mean to
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Dear @ItGetsBetter @fakedansavage,I wanted to send you a msg, even though I've got a tiny account with zero weight. Today, I opened up your newsletter for #GivingTuesday and, to
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Do y’all remember when the cops shot an unarmed social worker laying on the ground with his hands up trying to help his autistic patient? After being shot he was
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1/n @allisonpearson, columnist whips up a storm against a microbiologist, & threatens legal action, because his abject apologies, multiple, & deletion of tweets, weren't good enough for her.So let's look
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