#Autistic

julie and the phantoms live tweet thread yeah this character that the lance voice actor plays is not straight fellas this song actually slaps oh shit “alex you are smokin”
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The experience for many;In order for an autistic child’s needs to be met in education they have to be seen to be failing significantly, often causing long lasting damage &
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I know I talked about this recently in the context of school, but I just remembered something else about getting in trouble for executive function challenges that come with autism.
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Ok. I've gained a few new followers lately and I want to make a few things clear to everyone. Set some boundaries & tell y'all a bit about me &
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Happy New Year y'all, so.... school children are back in class amidst the pandemic which ok in my opinion as long as the observe the laid down protocols. But I
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I have a stinking cold but I am going to try to tweet along with #DiverseEd below this tweet (luckily it's virtual!) Realised I had the stream paused and hadn't
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As I've been researching for my next book, i've been thinking Autism can best be summed up as a neurotype of very deliberative, detail-oriented processing, compared to what neurotypicals do,
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TW-ableism, hate speechSo - the Sia/Music film/Maddie/autism controversy. Going to give my perspective as an #ActuallyAutistic woman in a thread so feel free to mute this if it’s too much.
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An important blog by @chrishattoncedr on new stats showing sharply increasing use of severe physical restraint, chemical restraint + seclusion on people with learning disabilities and autistic people in inpatient
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During and after my #autism assessment I discovered a whole myriad of things about me that were actually connected with being #autistic. One of these was needing time to think.
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PSA:If you refuse to use they/them pronouns for someone when they explicitly ask you to & state their pronouns, you are being transphobic and disrespectful to that person. Period.I'm not
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Question posted this morning on Facebook:"My daughter is non-verbal and 5. Where do I start introducing an AAC system to her? She has a tablet so we can easily download
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it always feels embarrassing to talk about wondering about gender things, "am i autistic," "do i have ADHD," "is this chronic fatigue," etcbut maybe threading these topics will be useful
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Just in case people don't know how horrifying Autism Speaks is, I'm gonna do a little thread: A woman who held a leadership position in the organisation contemplated killing her
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Today I got a call from my psych provider and it was like I hadn’t been asking for months for a doctor who understands autism, even if they mostly work
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#Thread Living with meltdowns. A personal, very late diagnosed, autistic perspective. #autism #AllAutistics#ActuallyAutistic 1/ Before my autism diagnosis I had occasional emotional outbursts. These generally happened at home after a
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