#Autistic

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mykola

What if I want to write a book called "The Missing Instruction Manual: Life After Adult Autism Diagnosis"How would I go about getting that published and into the hands of

Erika Heidewald, Proud Autistic Bitch

erikaheidewald

The idea that autistic people have difficulty socializing & communicating isn’t true. Our way works just fine. We need to start acknowledging it’s like two different languages. French and Korean

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

New Book Warning.This is out in the next few days. Another book claiming that autism is a mistaken behaviour and by normalising and modifying the child, you get rid of

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

Asteroid_Caller

My life long head fuck, the ultimate ‘what happened to you’ is that people led me to believe I was traumatised rather than autistic. Which is not to say I

BlueNebula

BlueNebulae

People don't seem to realize that mental health services are dangerous for neurodivergent people and it's not just the police that are a problem. Look up how neurodivergent people are

Marieke Nijkamp

mariekeyn

Neurotypical writers, read this thread. Read it carefully.And then imagine an autistic kid picking up this book (or too many books like this).https://twitter.com/emmaferrierx/status/1326583721756139527 Also, in case you're wondering: Th

Dusty Chipura

dustychipura

okay so here's a snippet of what you missed on #neurodiverse TikTok yesterday; there was two things happening at once and they intersected so it got confusing both things basically

Elaine Mcgreevy

ElaineMcgreevy

Jessica Leza's chpt on music therapy in The Neurodiversity Reader, discussing neuroqueering -"At its core, neuroqueering requires that clinicians approach autistic & ND ppl with a sense of cultural humility

The Autistic Send Mother Uncut (Xanadu) #Jaded

SEND_PLIGHT

I want to tweet today about demand avoidance & why I believe it’s probably a “self preservation” strategy for autistic children rather than an oppositional defiant thing. This came to

Structured Success

StructuredSucc

When I wondered if I were autistic in my third year of University, my psychologist told me that I wasn't autistic because I "could hold a conversation" with himI was

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

Things #autistic people really need to be told before going off into the world - a thread. Please share widely. Thought, as ever, based on my own experience. #autism #AllAutistics

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dissentAutie

People that legitimately think that autistic people aren't discriminated against perplex me. If you actually think healthy, ablebodied neurotypical people have the same struggles that we do then you are

♿🏳️‍🌈📝💙Jack Monroe

BootstrapCook

‘My heart is in the right place but here let me denigrate sex workers and people struggling with addiction in my justification’. Skin in the game: former sex worker, recovering

NortherlyRose 🌈 💙

NortherlyRose

Christmas and New Year is always a time when I do a lot of reflection. It’s a transition of kinds. And it coincides with my birthday, another milestone. Since 2018

adam england

garageflowrr

TWEENIES BY POLITICAL PARTY - A THREAD:Milo: LabourWorking-class hero Milo stays true to his Labour roots, though he's none-too-impressed with Starmer's leadership thus far. Bella: ConservativeIt had to be, didn't

Tania 🇿🇦 Autistic Strategies Network

ekverstania

If you're a speaking autistic person who suddenly discovered that nonspeaking autistic people have something to say, are you going to concertedly continue amplifying their words after you have used

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