#Autistic

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mykola

I've been reading that #longcovid can impact the vagus nerve, effectively causing ptsd-like symptoms from a physical reaction.And that kinda blows my mind - it suggest PTSD may not have

Riah Person

lilririah

"Today is world suicide prevention day And it might seem strange to us if it were not because the risk rates among the autistic population is even higher than among

Adelaide

ADHDelaide

How autism and ADHD can mask each other: a thread. Autism and ADHD can termorarily balance each other out and make them more invisible. This compensation can lessen with age

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

Holidays as an autistic person: a thread on why holidays are possibly evil but probably worth it in the end. /1 Let's start with holidays abroad. Now, I love the

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

https://www.acamh.org/blog/results-of-the-acamh-awards-2020/Content warning, but a very extraordinary 10 min video re whether we are autistic, from Prof. Dame Uta Frith, one of the original leaders of the autism world. I am

Noah Sasson

Noahsasson

NEW PAPER led by @DesiRJones: non-autistic (NA) adults often hold negative implicit & explicit biases about autism that create barriers for autistic people and harm their personal & professional well-being.

Esmée🛸👽

ServillasSpeaks

Apparently, there will be a new series on Dutch TV called "The A-Word" (Het A-woord). This is once again the "autism is a burden"-trope and I have some things to

NortherlyRose 🌈 💙

NortherlyRose

Feelings of rapture and joy overcome me from time to time. These can be almost mystical in their transcendence. Moments of almost complete happiness, and an intense love for life.

Noah Sasson

Noahsasson

A thread about our new open-access paper, just out today. We tested how well standardized measures of social cognition, social skill, and social motivation predict real-world social interaction outcomes for

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

V important new research into extreme sensitivity to noise, in autistic people (hyperacusis). Most autistic people suffer this.It's a major barrier to everyday life, jobs, education, everything.At the moment, little

Ada Hoffmann

xasymptote

Fuck it.AUTISTIC AUTHOR POSITIVITY THREAD YOON HA LEE!Does things with space opera that will make your EYES CROSS! Does them with fantasy short fiction too! Nominated for the Hugo and

Blotchkat

blotchkat

I figure I should write a small tread about de-escalating autistic kids having melt downs.As an Autistic person with an Autistic child it often seems very obvious to me what

Kayla Ancrum✨ON DEADLINE✨

KaylaAncrum

One day we are going to have to discuss invisibility vs. hypervisibility in regards to Own Voices content and why people get really upset about some portrayals and less upset

NortherlyRose 🌈 💙

NortherlyRose

People sometimes ask me if it was worth getting an autism diagnosis so late in life. Two years on I’m convinced it was, and this is why. #Thread #AllAutistics #AutisticElders#OlderAutistics#ActuallyAutistic

Shades of Samsara

ShadesofSamsara

1) All media (now) is emotional in nature. This is how you are controlled. Emotionally.(Please read this full thread #Qanon) In Ghost In the Shell, they have 'cyberbrains' among other

Sarah Kapit

SarahKapit

I have some thoughts on disability representation and incidental diversity in #kidlit.Namely, I'd like to see more of it.So many times I see books with disabled characters where disability is

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