#Autistic

What you might notice if you communicate with me. A #thread about how being #autistic affects #communication (I can’t speak for anyone other than me). #autism#AllAutistics#ActuallyAutistic 1/ I’m quite likely
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1 of 3/ There is a lot of autistic economic talk in our circles. What we need to realize is that saving our country is paramount…. economic matters are a
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So, I watched @bobvids ' stream of Medium, in particular, the ending, and... w o o f. Do I have a lot to say, especially to westerners.Trigger warning: I'll be
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i’ve been researching the connection between the anti-vax movement and the mainstream medical & cultural misunderstanding of what autism is and it is horrifying. the right wing made autism a
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I’m not sure I believe in mental illness anymore. I think mental illness might just be certain types of neural diversity - predisposition to certain traits - and external factors
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sigh. yet another example of Hollywood casting a non-disabled actor to play a disabled character. When doing a film about Autism, hire #ActuallyAutistic folks to work on it.https://twitter.com/Sia/status/1329411673350942723 free idea
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CW, thread: posting for educational purposes #TodayInABA I continue to learn that the field doesn't care about feedback regarding how much harm can be done towards a client in ABA.
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Sia’s movie Music has been almost universally critically panned. Meanwhile, A Quiet Place, which features a deaf actor in a prominent supporting role instead of an actor pretending to be
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This thread covers topic of:EuthanasiaAbleism SiaThe use of restraints Internalised ableism So please read this with care and avoid it if any of these things trigger you. Okay so I’ve
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omg not the "change your vocab by finding other words for stupid people" discourse... please... I'm so tired... "alternatives for calling someone an idiot :)"what do you think an idiot
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I’m old enough to remember how a lot of kids didn’t get an official diagnosis of autism as kids b/c doctors were shielding is from being ineligible for insurance as
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Early indications that your child may be autistic.A thread 1/ These are largely based on my own experiences, everyone’s experiences will differ but it’s a question I’m regularly asked by
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Models of AggressionOur thoughts, feelings & behaviour are linked. Thankfully most days they are productively linked & a lot us function & cope well, even with more difficult feelings. However
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This annoys me a lot as an autistic teacher because I want to explain everything and some teachers prefer to shut down the conversation to assert discipline/power or avoid difficult
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Ok, so people are asking what our objectives are with regards to the #OsimeBrownTwitterstorm I’ve spoken to Osimes Mum & she’s highlighted the following:Our main aim is to reverse the
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On one hand marriage helped people in a lot of ways(medical care, affirming their partnership, etc), on the other hand it’s a capitalistic and patriarchal system designed like other things
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