#Autistic

Adriana L. White, MLIS MEd ASD GAD

Adriana_Edu

Re: @Hannahgadsby's Douglas: "In this show I will show you my #autistic brain.""...it seems that mainstream critics can’t recognise our work as #AutisticCulture, or are reluctant to write about it

NortherlyRose 🌈 💙

NortherlyRose

#Thread Twelve things about discovering you’re autistic when you’re over 50.#1 Most of us have more life behind us than ahead of us. We may feel a deep sense of

NeuroClastic #iDISSENT #noncompliant #resist

NeuroClastic

To all non-autistic people who have autistic children: if you’re following me, you have undoubtedly become familiar with Matthew Rushin’s case. The prosecutor wrote an open letter to @GovernorVA, @MarkHerringVA,

Gender Critical Autistics

GCAutistics

A large proportion of girls seeking to transition are on the autistic spectrum. https://www.transgendertrend.com/autistic-girls-gender-silent-frontier/As autistic adults we know all too well the difficulties faced by autistic children and

The Autisticats

autisticats

“Autistic” is not a bad word. It’s a neutral, descriptive term that is very much preferred by autistic people ourselves. Much like Deaf people and Blind people, the majority of

AutisticPB #KindnessMatters 💙

AutisticPb

Here is a list of #autism traits that are frequently misinterpreted as "bad behaviour" (short thread):Firstly, stimming. It's misinterpreted as a distraction and bad behaviour but it actually helps them

Noor (he/him) 🧜🏽📿

SnoringDoggo

*exhales* ok so! Gonna make one big thread about this, then mute the others so I stop thinking constantly about this.So autism representation in film and TV, as of right

Thinking Person's Guide To Autism

thinkingautism

CN: Murder of disabled kids, murder apologia. Dylan Freeman, an autistic boy, has been murdered by his mother. Instead of emphasizing Dylan’s right to live, the media is going on

NortherlyRose 🌈 💙

NortherlyRose

Looking back at the AQ10, a screening questionnaire for autism used in the UK, I wonder how I managed to tick any boxes. For every single question I really wanted

autistictic

autistictic

I don’t educate people that autism is not a mental illness because I want to distance myself from mentally ill people.I do it because wrongly seeing autism as mental illness

RNBW BOI 🌈

theblvckhorned

hot take but a lot of autism community "advice" is just like "don't listen to anyone criticizing your social behavior it's all just neurotypical bullshit" and idk like... i think

autistictic

autistictic

#ActuallyAutistic people demand#GoldenNopeForMusicand#NoGoldenGlobeForMusic- because Sias movie „Music“ portrays traumatic, deadly prone restraint as the appropriate response to autistic meltdowns.- because „Music“ erases & harm

Emily♡

ItsEmilyKaty

Let’s talk about temperature regulation for autistic people. - a thread. /1 Many autistic people have difficulties regulating their body temperature. This usually comes in two extremes - some are

⭐️Chloe Norton

ChloeAlexNorton

THREAD: Why Sia's movie is a problem. 1). She cast an able bodied person to play the role of an autistic person.Therefore the movie will hold an incorrect representation of

Kris Young ✊🏽🏳️‍🌈♿️

imkrisyoung

Why we need to get rid of functioning labels (a thread) Functioning labels (“high-functioning/Aspergers”, “low-functioning/severe”) are often used to determine which autistic person gets what kinds of services and supports.

Lydia X. Z. Brown

autistichoya

I loved @Sia's music so much. I'm floored by her response to actually autistic actors upset+angry by her disabled caricature+cripping up in her video.In what universe is this even remotely

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