#Autistic

So here we have a man *who has already been shot at by police* for being disabled and Latino in public* (Officer Aledda was very clear in court that he
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#ThreadYou won’t *always* find me in the kitchen at parties. Reminiscences about socialising, from a personal autistic perspective. #autism#autistic#AllAutistics #ActuallyAutistic1/ I loved some of the parties I went to as
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I think 2020 had more disabled Own Voices than any previous year. The creators are predominantly white— kids need to see themselves at the intersections. Here are some I read
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Can I talk about auditory stuff for moment? This post has a lot of my own experiences reflected. I rarely ever use technical terms for things I experience because they're
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What you say: “if you have a problem with someone keep it in the DMs” What you do: Screenshot the DM and post to Twitter to get all of your
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why are people threatened by earnestness and vulnerability? it's something I genuinely don't understand people's reactions to and how "cringe" people seem to think it is. as an autistic person,
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The people behind #CommunicationRights are not obstructionist behaviorists. @NeuroClastic has speech language pathologists, psychologists, educators, OTs, MTs, researchers, neuroscientists, & nonspeakers who communicate through AAC, spe
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Autistic Performers & Artists Y'all are amazing, even if you think what you do is small. Your beingness will always be more than enough.Pop on in the thread, if you
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[TW: abuse]I'm not 'too sensitive' or 'always angry;' my emotions aren't manipulative; and I can trust my perceptions of reality....but growing up with ADHD means an internalized sense that I'm
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The Masked Autistic QuizIf you’ve spent your life ‘faking normal, you might not look autistic to the casual observer. So I’ve made a questionnaire that’s tailored to the masking autistic
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The conversation surrounding Prof. Dame Uta Frith's conference talk is really bothering me I have to admit. I'm no specialist in diagnostic processes.. as Bones would say "Dammit Jim, I'm
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To me, parents who had not had to encounter ‘autism professionals’ as part of a dx process (and the mixed group) didn’t pathologise or speak negatively illustrates everything wrong with
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Let's talk about "stay in your lane". What does it mean? It means that allies are the worst people to try talking about in-group issues for communities they are not
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One of the more hopeful developments of an otherwise difficult year is the greater concern for the most vulnerable members of society.And while the attention has so far focused on
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In 2014 I had the chance to join a police officer on her shift for a couple of hours. A family member won this as a "prize" in a raffle
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A thread on gaming accessibility:I am so tired of being ablesplained to and told that hyperacusis doesn't matter. That I should be excluded.I wanted to give feedback about a new
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