#Autistic

Kara Schlegl

karaschlegl

Just like with my ADHD piece, since putting out my ASD piece, a number of people have come to me who are struggling, or think they might have it, or

deactivating in 321

kiteobrien

Simon Baron-Cohen is behind the “extreme male brain” theory of autism. It accompanies the widely circulated “Geek Syndrome”.These have unfortunately contributed to a lost generation of those who did not

Kathy D'Arcy

KathyDArcyCork

I had a kind of lovely #ActuallyAutistic realisation today, and being open about it is part of it so well, Twitter. Since diagnosis I've noted that I am REALLY good

Evander v ♿

soul_into_hades

Abled people really make so many assumptions about disability and then use it to police who's "really" disabled.The majority of wheelchair users are not paralysed. Many can stand and walk

Emily♡

ItsEmilyKaty

Reasonable adjustments and accommodations in schools for autistic pupils, a requested thread. Thread also may show some of the additional everyday difficulties autistic children have to cope with at school.

Natasha Osben

NatashaOsben

I’m an autistic PhD student. Often, I experience frustrating selective mutism during research seminars and supervisory board meetings. I worry that people will think I’m stupid, or that I have

Jen 🤦🏻‍♀️

a_brick_house

Here’s why #ActuallyAutistic adults HATE labels A thread!! • Including some of the labels we hate.TW/ CW: Discusses labels/ swears 1. So...why do #AutisticAdults hate labels? Well, first of

✨ Alice in Qland ✨

InQland

Hey “Fact Checkers”... The Chinese biological laboratory in Wuhan is owned by Glaxo. Who, funnily enough, owns Pfizer (the pharma company producing the covid-19 vaccine). Which, coincidentally, is managed by

wear a mask and wash your hAndys

_rallycap

4YO loves balloons. Anytime we are in a dollar store and she sees those round helium balloons we have intense negotiations on how many she can have.So today we are

Autistic Bodybuilding

AutieBuilder

#AdultAutism is:Having something to say, but not saying it because you don't have the energy to be bullied by the people who will take it wrong.1/12 #AdultAutism is:Trying to include

Kingdom Of Balance

BalanceKingdom

One of the core components of life is variations in expressions. There may be a scientific term for it but I don’t remember it. In humans this manifests as diversity

NortherlyRose 🌈 💙

NortherlyRose

When we rest we often feel guilty. Society values effort, productivity and achievement above everything. But for me resting isn’t doing nothing, it’s an essential part of preparing to do

Aura Taxonomist

AuraTaxonomist

None of this is new, but from my perspective, what's best about restraining from masturbation is that your *jing* has a chance to fill up, leading to more *qi*, which

Riah Person

lilririah

Please don't erase the activism of older disabled generations by stating that pfl was solely forced via abled folk.There are disabled roots to pfl.Ik, I had to catch myself too.

🔞Rifa 🔪 腐男子 🔗 Your Gov. Assigned Omega

RifaTrope

When I see someone get dragged for the vague accusation of "making someone uncomfortable" one of my first thoughts is what are the chances that person is neurodivergent and the

firefly system

fireflysys

hot take but maybe dont call things a 'cult' just because they have a large following and you dont like themits disrespectful to cult survivors and you can always just...

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