#Autistic

Laney

autistic_aurora

Saw some take on facebook that said 'autistic people don't need affection and don't care who their parents are' and guys.This is so intensely harmful. Thread. If anything, autistic people

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

Let's do some rewording."Talks about things that no-one is interested in".Reality:"My own brain can only take in a tiny bit of information about a subject before wanting to move on.

Kim Crawley

kim_crawley

I have many thoughts about the 13 year old autistic boy who was almost murdered by the cops, now in critical condition...1. All anger toward the cops is completely justified.

🌽🌽Erica, the white trash socialist🌽🌽™️

herosnvrdie69

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

♥️OT_Expert♥️

OT_Expert

"#Autistic Spectrum Disorder - Why are we telling human beings they are disordered?"Great start to @SheffieldLuke's lecture on #Autopia - for @CRAE_IOESee his whole optimistic & inspirational talk on YouTube

Julia Bascom

JustStimming

Hi cross-disability twitter! I deeply appreciate the solidarity y’all are showing the autistic community right now. I want to ask you to engage with this beyond just “they cast a

Kirsty H

Kirsty_H220

Parents of autistic children are allowed to feel how ever they like about their child’s diagnosis. A thread for thought 1/ Parents are often worried about expressing how they feel

Sophie Williams

SophWilliams28

I don't think people who have good media representation really understand the impact of having very little good representation does.Stereotypes and bad representation does harm in numerous ways but it

Desi Jones

DesiRJones

My thesis was published in @journalautism today! https://tinyurl.com/y3krtdog We wanted to see if an intervention targeting autism knowledge and familiarity in non-autistic (NA) adults could reduce implicit and explicit biases

Emily♡

ItsEmilyKaty

Hypo and hyper sensitivity in autistic people - a thread. /1 Autistic's tend to be either hypo or hyper sensitive.Hyposensitivity is under-responsiveness to stimuli. So someone might not be able

GhillieGuide

Ghillie_Guide

Often in storytelling we write characters that progress the plot by providing unique expertise in technology or scienceThe coding of these characters as #Autistic contributes to real life stigma against

Bibi / Aspergirl

bibi_bilodeau

A thread about the function of so-called Autistic repetitive behaviours, from an Autistic perspective. I use the analogy of Christmas to articulate my points so that allistic (non-ASD) folks may

KC

ClimbhiKc

One of the things I have come to realise is that there is a lot of autistic screeching in the H RW over a lot of issues. Whether AMT/OIT or

Naomi Barrow

Naomi_Barrow

After lots of thoughts, emotions, and time, yesterday, I was diagnosed with autism! Saying I'm #ActuallyAutistic still feels weird - but I'll get there!Here are 15 things I want you

🍌//emmett helen//

EmmettHelenArt

It's increasingly bizarre to me that autistic adults are desexualized?? when some of the hottest and coolest characters in fiction totally fit autistic-type profiles. That brilliant scientist/inventor/detective who HAS to

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

I have a confession. I didn't know who Sia was before today. But my first impressions haven't been hugely positive.Autism and representation in film and TV - a thread on

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