#Neurotypical

Sparrow/Liz (semi-hiatus)

UntoNuggan

Hey #ActuallyAutistic Twitter, has anyone else like completely lost the ability to mask during 2020?No one knows what my face looks like. I haven't seen my friends in person. I

samantha/שֵׁײנָא✡️🏳️‍🌈🏴🚩

koshersemite

Please don't forget that the way Bean Dad abused his daughter is not just any form of child abuse, this kind of abuse is very often used against neurodivergent and

Corporate Machiavelli (Attending To Final Matters)

corporatemach

Psychopathic Men:-Inactive or Dysfunctional Amygdala-Zero Neuroticism. Zero Fear, Guilt, Sadness-Anger is an emotion psychopaths *do* experience, but, they only experience the positive aspects of anger; not the negative aspects-Zero Compass

autistictic

autistictic

Great discussion on discord about parenting whilst neurodivergent.For the first time ever I feel like maybe I COULD have children, if I have the right supports.Reading from other autistics who

Travis (not a Cylon) Kimmel

coloradotravis

Why do we like blowing bubbles?(This is not a bitcoin thread, go away)1/ So I'm not a “neurotypical” (a fact discovered late in life) and while we won't go into

The Autisticats

autisticats

Are you looking for some good autistic representation in film? Then this thread is for you! Here are 9 films and TV shows with autistic subjects/characters who are portrayed accurately

🐉Monsterfucker Jasnah🐉

atarynnosaurus

Okay I'm having some Complicated Thoughts: Ever since Renarin was confirmed as queer/m I've seen a surge in posts where any time he thinks about being different/other/not fitting in people

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

What happens if you make an #autistic person hide or mask their autistic traits?In this thread I'll try to explain....Please read and share widely. If you're autistic, feel free to

Mean Fat Girl- 🏳️‍🌈💄

Artists_Ali

Re: ADHDIf I hadn't already been thru more than one complete burnout executive function collapse, I would probably think my brain was completely broken forever.If that's what you are thinking,

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

Autistic people have empathy. In fact a lot of us have rather too much empathy and can be heavily affected by the mood around us.#autism #autistic Autistic people can have

Jude Ellison S. Doyle

sadydoyle

I think a lot about the "Tyranny of Structurelessness" -- the idea that, in groups that explicitly set out to abolish rules and hierarchies, even more unfair informal hierarchies tend

Mike Jung's writing a book, are you not impressed

Mike_Jung

Thoughts on being #ActuallyAutistic: when I started writing THE BOYS IN THE BACK ROW I didn't know I was autistic, and didn't write Matt (the MC) as autistic. However, multiple

R.B. Lemberg

RB_Lemberg

With relatively minor encouragement, Mati is independently taking notes in his biology class. It's about cellular respiration. He is doing GREAT and is genuinely interested in the topic (he checked

NortherlyRose 🌈 💙

NortherlyRose

Something autistic people often get accused of is “over sharing”. This is a curious example of a positive characteristic (openness) being pathologised. “Over sharing” is generally presented as someone failing

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

#autism and authority - a thread about, well, autism and authority. Please share, as it may be useful to people outside of my followers. Thank you! /1 So this will

Katherine May

_katherine_may_

I posted this as a sort of joke, but I’m also quite serious. When this is over, there’s a real opportunity *not* to go back to normal, and to make

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