#Neurotypical

PDX Care Collective

PDX_Care

Let’s talk about ABA therapy! Buckle up, this is a thread (neurotypicals, PLEASE read). We’ll start with a TL;DR. First, PDXCC does not support ABA. 1/ While a small population

Structured Success

StructuredSucc

[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

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

Autistic behaviours that are generally discriminated against, despite being harmless and just how we are.A thread 1. Stimming - repetitive physical movement to help regulate our stress levels. They feel

Monique

maefoofoo

Good fucking morning Twitter, I am in a mood so I'm going to put you on to something that #MarketingTwitter has BEEN saying and y'all stay not hearing.Do you want

Elle M. (they/them)

ellle_em

Hey so YA writers can we talk? Because there's something I've noticed in a lot of YA contemporary fiction that actually bothers me a bit!! Especially because like, I have

Becka awoke crying.

jinglebex

"Talk to Your Conservative Family" Doesn't Work Because They Dismiss Pathos as Identity Politics, A Thread If, like me, you have the pleasure of one or more family members being

claustrophobic psychological torture

poorlittlemeow

thinking about how insanity is a political weapon not just on the individual level where vulnerable ppl (esp women) are gaslighted into insanity to get repressed, but on much greater

Sue Fletcher-Watson

SueReviews

So Rain Man is on telly. I think I’m going to watch it... and I might tweet about it. It remains to be seen if this is a good idea!

Ada Powers (writer 4 hire)

mspowahs

The ADHD trait of "a million projects" is actually an adaptive strategy for brains that very specifically can't do what they set out to. By working "sideways" on many things,

Gender Stratocaster

Skatebutch

If we're engaging in the discourse, while I take ADHD meds and have benefited massively from both those and from DBT, I'm quite strongly opposed to about 85% of psychiatry

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

Why do #autistic students get excluded so frequently from school?Some thoughts, based on my own experiences. If we have an understanding of the 'why', it's easier to address the results.

Erika Heidewald, Proud Autistic Bitch

erikaheidewald

it’s funny when people tell me i need to learn to use person-first language. i learned about person-first language like eight years ago and asked disabled friends what they thought

Mean Fat Girl- 🏳️‍🌈💄

Artists_Ali

For the neurotypicals, a non exhaustive list of ways you can be kind and polite and express interest in other people without promising to do things you aren't going to

Erynn Brook

ErynnBrook

Perhaps the most shared characteristic of undiagnosed adult ADHD that makes me go “GET THEE TO A DOCTOR!” is this:“What if I don’t have this? What if I’m just a

Emily♡

ItsEmilyKaty

Why is there such a high prevalence of mental health problems among autistic people and what can we do about it? - a thread. /1 Research shows that 80% of

NortherlyRose 🌈 💙

NortherlyRose

A #thread about #autism and #masking, #camouflaging, #compensation.I don’t like any of these terms. Masking implies deliberate, deceitful disguise. Camouflaging conjures up images of greasy face paint. Compensation reinforces the

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