#ACTUALLYAUTISTIC

Abbi

AJhslt

I am an #actuallyautistic #SLT2B. And let me tell you why that was a scary thing to say. I often talk about the move to #autismacceptance not #AutismAwarenessAcceptance to

Courtney Wade

courtney_erin_w

I've known I have #ADHD for 4 years. I've known I'm #dyslexic & Autistic for 2 months. This semester, I've spent enormous time/energy understanding what this means for me. I

Elyssa

ElyssaLeopard

I think one of the main problems with being #ActuallyAutistic within mental health services is psychiatrists constantly looking for subtext even when there is none. They are trained to look

AspiRaNT

Aspi_rant

How do other #AllAutistics #ActuallyAutistic people deal with being patronised? I really hate it. It makes me disproportionately angry. I have a @Cambridge_Uni degree plus a couple of others yet

NortherlyRose #AncientAutistic

NortherlyRose

I’ve had this little red #origami horse for five years.It’s one of my most treasured possessions. This #thread is about how it came to me.#autism#AllAutistics#ActuallyAutistic 1/ Five years ago I

Iz 😈

IzntGoingAway

#AskingAutistics, can yall describe what meltdowns feel like to you? Because I'm #ActuallyAutistic but for the life of me I can't figure out if I've had meltdowns or what they

christina ⚯͛

Iucidkat

guides on how to not be ableist and support people who are neurodivergent a thread : really good for learning about autismhttps://actuallyautistic.carrd.co/ a guide on how to be sensitive and

Chris is #GoingGold for #AutisticValue

AutistTrainGuy

Yesterday when I was looking up resources for my friend who believes she's #actuallyautistic herself, the search-engine results were sobering: Autism Speaks. The WHO. Various and sundry medical schools. Various

Helen Whistberry

whistberry

I don't usually do Threads, but here's one:I often think about a "team building" exercise I once participated in. The group was asked to go stand on opposite sides of

Marieke Nijkamp

mariekeyn

Ah yes. In the middle of a worldwide crisis, it's also time for our favorite day of all: #WorldAutismAwarenessDay Oh joy.(Thread.) Let's get the awareness part out of the

Hell on Wheels🔥♿🔥

rollwthepunches

Ew. She also was encouraged to make this movie bc WHO encouraged her to????Lena fcking Dunham.The worst EDS 'face' we have, overall genuine horrid human, and who hurts everything she

Dr. Carly M. Lesoski 🏳️‍🌈😷

motheroftheses

Goddamn it Elon I did not want to wake up to the term Asp*rger trending. Hans Asp*rger was a literal nãzi who used the distinction between Autism and Asp*rger Syndrome

Asy

photon_barrier

I'm trying to figure out what to write to my internship mentor about stress.He wants me to write about how my stress can be reduced but I want to explain

Kim Crawley

kim_crawley

I need autistics with alexithymia to stop saying, "But I don't have empathy!" You are letting your internalized ableism harm all of us.A thread... #ActuallyAutistic Some autistics have alexithymia, some

Neurodivergent Rebel 🧠 🏳️‍🌈

NeuroRebel

I believe untraumatized Autistic people exist, though many are likely undiagnosed because the diagnostic manuals used to determine if a person is Autistic is a weakness model - based on

NortherlyRose #AncientAutistic

NortherlyRose

I can’t find any official confirmation #Dominicummimgs’ son is #autistic but there are lots of tweets saying:‘The medical issues Boris didnt want to discuss is that Cummings' child has autism,