#ACTUALLYAUTISTIC

The Floorist

florist_an

#ActuallyAutistic #TeamADHDWhat if I told you that you aren’t bad with plants? Because there is a really good chance you might be great at taking care of a wee green

April, Proudly Autistic

NeuroPoetica

I’m thinking today about time, repetitious thoughts and Autism.What if fixated thinking is the way our Autistic brains have rewired, as a workaround the gaps that Autism created? What if

Steve Asbell

steve_asbell

If you’re wondering why #WorldAutismAwarenessDay has a rainbow infinity symbol, it’s because the majority of autistics take issue with the puzzle piece.We are not a problem to be solved.

Steve Asbell

steve_asbell

What LOOKS like ‘stubbornness’ in an autistic is really ‘an innate need to understand the request and its reason’ before unnecessarily expending precious mental resources, wasting time and possibly subjecting

Cup of Jo

jocarys

1. I want to do a thread for #WorldAutismAwarenessDay I used to have so many misconceptions about what being autistic is like and that was AFTER I got a

Esmée 🪐🏳️‍🌈

ServillasSpeaks

Books with disability rep written by disabled authors I want to make a little thread as people are looking for recommendations.Leave your own recs and posts with recs in

Hell on Wheels🔥♿🔥

rollwthepunches

Just some of the manyyyyy inconsistencies in Sia's abysmal story.*was researching for 3 YEARS**somehow never knew Autism $peaks is a hate group**turns out she DID know they were horrid awhile

Badger North is a spooky badger 👻🦡

MxBadgerNorth

My eldest is #DiagnosedAutistic and this is how it went, within the school system (posted with consent) 1. He was distressed from the day he arrived at school2. They blamed

Steve Asbell

steve_asbell

How Autistics Are Mistaken for Shoplifters: A THREAD.#ActuallyAutistic #AllAutistics #Retail #LossPrevention I've spent half of my life in retail, and was pretty good at spotting shoplifters. But since being diagnosed

marlies

outerspace_girl

Wir müssen kurz über etwas sprechen. Ihr wisst, ich bin autistisch. Das bedeutet, dass meine Wahrnehmung von der nichtautistischer Personen abweicht. Wahrnehmung beeinflusst alles. Auch die Kommunikation. #autismus #ActuallyAutistic Es

Alaina Lavoie

alainaskeys

I’m thrilled that @refinery29 asked me, an #ActuallyAutistic journalist, to write about the ableism implicit in Sia’s upcoming film Music. #SiaDoesntSpeakForUs https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/11/10183141/sia-music-trailer-maddie-z

Stacey L. Felgate

StaceyFelgate

Yes, this research is scientifically important, but it is also terrifying to many #actuallyautistic people, because #eugenics. (I don't normally tweet about #autism, but buckle up...)(1/)https://twitter.com/NCNDgroup_KCL/status/12755051

Monroe

MonroesBodyTalk

#neisvoid Today on #MonroesBodyTalk:doctors who ignore factual information and well educated inferences from patients due to arrogance, ableism, mental health, and autism. I was just dx w/ #Raynauds and possible

NortherlyRose #AncientAutistic

NortherlyRose

#Thread. I’ve been thinking about what has changed since I discovered I’m #autistic. The most significant development is I now have an explanation for what previously seemed inexplicable. Understanding #autism

GhillieGuide

Ghillie_Guide

Autistic people can sometimes have difficulty recognizing signals from their bodyIf undiagnosed during teenage years these problems with exec functioning can permanently damage self-image and development of ego#ActuallyAutistic #myPTSDdaya

Jen 🤦🏻‍♀️😁

a_brick_house

SELF AUTISM DX:A Thread -I was initially self diagnosed. I watched my parents go through HELL with my brother. Dan was born in 1980. At the age of 3, someone