#Neurotypical

People that legitimately think that autistic people aren't discriminated against perplex me. If you actually think healthy, ablebodied neurotypical people have the same struggles that we do then you are
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the school system is severely ableist, and here is a thread of just some of the reasons why: loosing marks on something because it was handed in late forced physical
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the ugly side of ocd that the “i’m so ocd!! ” people don’t know about / don’t want to talk about / deliberately ignore— a thread trigger warning for ocd
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The brand new ABA book. A further journey through contents. Warning for those, of course.Here we go.Mystery absences...The book mentions autonomy once in its 900 pages, as a single word,
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Hey, how's this for autism 'awareness' month: some percentage of you who are reading this tweet are #actuallyAutistic and aren't aware of it.I'm going to post a bunch of questions
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1/ (Thread) #NeurodiverseSquad no one has ever explained #ADHD or #executivedysfunction to me quite like Sarah Ward (@swardtherapy) and I need to share the awesome. (I'm a speech therapist with
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A significant factor in the continuation of ATU's is the othering of learning disabled people; that (sometimes unconscious) attitude that those with learning disabilities are somehow less human than the
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Christmas and New Year is always a time when I do a lot of reflection. It’s a transition of kinds. And it coincides with my birthday, another milestone. Since 2018
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adhd isn’t just “difficulty paying attention” - a thread. adhd is kind of misunderstood i think. people with add or adhd are written off as just being hyper or easily
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This thread covers topic of:EuthanasiaAbleism SiaThe use of restraints Internalised ableism So please read this with care and avoid it if any of these things trigger you. Okay so I’ve
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Time for a thread... Rationale- context- "Promoting and sustaining appropriate behaviour"-what is appropriate behaviour? This meaning can vary between each educational setting due to boards of governors issuing differing behaviour
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nam dosan is autistic and/or neurodivergent coded: a (VERY LONG) thread!#startup includes screencaps of examples! before i start, i just wanna say that as a neurodivergent person, i immediately
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ADHD THREAD 1/ Lately I've felt being open about my ADHD has blocked my progress as a #screenwriter. There's been a few 180 turn rejection moments that felt off, but
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Alright, I'm reading this rubbish Yale study with y'all, but we're gonna focus on metrics and jargon bc that's my favourite way to demystify and dismantle research conclusions (I'm not
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Unpopular opinion: From what I could see of Finding S.A.M., I didn't see a problem with it. I was an autistic middle and high school English teacher for 14 years.
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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
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