#Autistics

#ActuallyAutistic friends, ive hit an absolute blank. I'm brainstorming all the ways in which autistic females are disadvantaged in comparison to autistic males. the only real thing I can think
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Hi, @Sia. NeuroClastic is an autistic led non-profit organization and publication. @Communica1st is kind of the lodestar for Nonspeaking autistic rights issues. Did you happen to see their suggestions? They
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#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
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I really appreciate this article. Not only is it great to see an academic paper on autism by autistic authors, I really identify with the way they discuss masking as
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Separating the word 'meltdown' from tantrums in the general mindset is really important. The 'tantrum' conflation we have around meltdowns is one of the reasons why autistic people experiencing meltdown
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Dreaming of a world where "Autism therapy" means1. Figure out what the signals from your body mean (feelings, overload, a good stim, etc)2. Figure out how to build time for
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Can transphobic ableists stop with "confused autistic kids being transed?” So gross! I came out to my 2 autistic children over 2 yrs ago. They're still adamantly cis.Autistic ppl aren't
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The autistic community has it's own rules and language, just as any community does, and if we attack autistics who are just finding the community for not knowing those rules
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I keep thinking about this masks thing.And the way the narrative is extremely binary and I don't think that reflects reality.Like can we talk about the people who want to
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Let me explain why autistic people may perform better with robots. It’s not their “Easy to read” social cues, it’s because they’re honest and predictable. They aren’t going to give
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It is very common for autistic people to „disappear“ at school, and to then have daily meltdowns at home.Lots of us use all our strength at school to suppress and
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normalized ableism (specific to autistics) ABA (applied behavior analysis) as a form of “treatment” allistics saying they have a special interest telling us to “just get over it” in response
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What's it like being autistic in the workplace? Let's do a thread! To start with, the job application can be a mind field for us autistics. -Will the application questions
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I also hate the stereotype that Autistic people, especially those with high support needs and/or IDD are 'aggressive'. First of all, many higher support need Autistics have a strong body/mind
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I have a pet peeve when people do the whole "ND people just talk completely literally and clearly so we have perfect communication" thing. First of all its clearly equating
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A Thread:This is an equivalent of PFL - historically society sees being Autistic as inherantly negative, ergo Autism becomes amorphous. Talking about Autism separately & removing it abstractly from Autistic
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