#Autism

Thinking Person's Guide To Autism

thinkingautism

Autistic people deserve the love & respect that come with acceptance, not merely acknowledgment that autism exists. Awareness is passive. Acceptance is a choice.Here are ten ways you can honor

NeuroClastic #iDISSENT #noncompliant #resist

NeuroClastic

Here's an example of academic bullying, white supremacy, ableist supremacy, anti-autistic hatred, colonizing, and misogyny all in one. Let me explain. Soma Mukhopadhyay was brought to the US with her

l edwards

gingertedwards

To me, parents who had not had to encounter ‘autism professionals’ as part of a dx process (and the mixed group) didn’t pathologise or speak negatively illustrates everything wrong with

Forrest Maready

forrestmaready

1. A lot of people are taking a second look at vaccines these days. As someone who’s written several books about them, I thought you might enjoy my personal opinion/list

Wren

jaunty_aphorism

Thread:After 9 years of mental health "care", everyday interactions with mental health staff have damaged me more than I can say. As these interactions are so hard to describe, I

autistictic

autistictic

A kind reminder to anyone arguing the Sia situation:It isn‘t about just hiring ANY autistic person to play the part of Music in Sias movie.It‘s about hiring an APRAXIC NON-SPEAKING

Erin Ekins (she/her)

QueerlyAutistic

If you are a professional who has been trained to use person first language, and then autistic people tell you to use identify first instead, please don't dig in your

Lydia X. Z. Brown

autistichoya

I loved @Sia's music so much. I'm floored by her response to actually autistic actors upset+angry by her disabled caricature+cripping up in her video.In what universe is this even remotely

Once you know the truth you cannot sleep

lizzywales

If you are unsure what the truth is about vaccines it is going to be wise to do a little research into them, here are several medical studies and reports

Tim Nicholls

tim_nicholls

It's 11 days until the next phase of vaccination and the continued lack of clarity around priority for people with a learning disability baffles me. This is pretty technical, but

Lindsay Broadwell 🏳️‍🌈

LindsayPB

hot take: children are often unwise and by default inexperienced, but our society takes that to mean "they are complete idiots incapable of making any decision for themselves" this leads

NortherlyRose 🌈 💙

NortherlyRose

#ThreadIt was chilling when I discovered I was autistic late in life and realised how much risk I’d been subject to at times.I can’t write about what happened to me

Be Grey; Do Crime 🏳️‍⚧️

Grey_IsTrue

Here's a hard lesson I had to grapple with as a autistic person during a pandemic:Autism makes you feel like you want to be alone. For some, that can manifest

Not Your Mom

Notyour28981739

We're told the science is settled. We're told vaccines are "safe and effective". We're told that vaccines do not cause autism. We're told to believe otherwise is to be a

liz 🅴

indiefilmdebut

adhd isn’t just “difficulty paying attention” - a thread. adhd is kind of misunderstood i think. people with add or adhd are written off as just being hyper or easily

Zero (they/their)

ZeroWrites

When this first came across my TL, I was like "Autistic self-deprecation, you're going to fit right in," gave it a like and chucked it.The second tweet was a little

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