#Autism

autisticMe

autistic_me

The reason why her 'statement' is harmful to our nonspeakers and probably also nonverbals. Please give it a readhttps://twitter.com/autisticats/status/1342166832925581312 https://twitter.com/ekverstania/status/1342206222334898176?s=

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MorlockP

1/There's a growing...I don't want to call it "point of view", bc it doesn't actually seem to have a coherent PoV or argument, but a growing...tone? I see in some

The DLD Project

TheDLDProject_

As the sun sets in Australia on International Day of People with disABILITY we wanted to pause one more time to draw attention to people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

David Gorski, MD, PhD

gorskon

You'll hear me use the phrase a lot. There ARE antivaxxers. They are the leaders of the antivaccine movement, the bloggers, the conspiracy theorists. These are not the "vaccine-averse," "vaccine

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bayagestetapang

reminder for all y'all hamilton watching mofos:hamilton was a racist slaveowner, and casting poc as white bigots isn't the reclamation you think it is. it's a romanticized telling of a

Structured Success

StructuredSucc

The discussion about the co-option of terms (such as masking) has me thinking about my own experiences with masking.How are these things related? The power of associative thinking, bbbaaabbbyyy~So, I

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!

Irwin Gill

IrwinGill

A thread on the Assessment of Need: the statutory process by which children whose parents have concerns about potential disability can be assessed. The process has recently been changed by

Riah Person

lilririah

"Matthew Rushin was having an autistic meltdown. He suffered from PTSD and traumatic brain injury caused by a car accident. Any autistic person coming in contact with this story will find

WoLF

WomensLibFront

In a few years the bar moved from saying that children weren’t undergoing irreversible procedures, to arguing in The New Yorker that children should get to sterilize themselves for life

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mamasaurusMeg

The ADA isn’t exactly titillating, but read section 2.Physical or mental impairment includes... contagious and noncontagious diseases.Wait a sec, it’s against the law to discriminate against people based on communicable

James Barry

JamesBarry1789

This is big. Seems the Sunday Times had to win court approval to publish. Here's the evidence provided by the experts to the court in the Keira Bell case.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/autistic-girls-seeking-answers-are-seizing-on-s

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.

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gwennelsonuk

More nonsense about trans healthcare:Blockers are apparently bad because they're also used for cancer, or for chemical castration of sex offenders.They're specifically used for androgen sensitive prostate cancer. Basically, blockers

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.

MacIntyre Health Team

HealthLD

Expected by heartbreaking report. Read now: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-deaths-of-people-with-learning-disabilities/covid-19-deaths-of-people-identified-as-having-learning-disabilities-summary Join us in a call to ac

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