#ACTUALLYAUTISTIC

Essie 🌈🥄

essie_is_okay

Lesser known #ActuallyAutistic traits:Being intrigued by your own reflection. I see this a lot and I do it myself. There is something soothing about watching yourself in a mirror. (1/4)

fun facts with lulu

FunFactsLulu

My big brother & I are both autistic, have a lot of the same sensory & logical triggers for confusion/shutdown, and I grew up being told he needed accomodations and

Overwhelmed MS4 🏳️‍⚧️

ndmedstudent

Today, for the first time since my #autism diagnosis, I went out to get groceries. I normally go to 2 stores (similar atmospheres, different prices). So I did an experiment

Autragelly

autragelly

I'm baffled by this battle between autism parents and #ActuallyAutistic people. I'm a late dx autistic mother of an autistic child. I guess some of the autism parents would call

Heather Greatbatch

MsGreatbatch

I had planned to avoid the whole #silentcorridors debate which has cropped up yet again, but I do need to address one particular aspect of it.I very often see people

AlisonBaiski

AlisonBaiski

@SNeurotypicals hey, it's me againI wann know how autistic people think about this:Theory of MindIt is said that autistic people lack it and therefore "can't put themselves in someone else's

Emily♡

ItsEmilyKaty

Often autistic girls get missed because their special interests seem more ‘normal’. I used to read non-stop. At the age of 8, I’d read at least one proper book every

Daniel Bowman Jr.

danielbowmanjr

Yesterday, #TaylorU's Students for Education on Neurodiversity (SEND) (https://www.instagram.com/tayloruniv_send/) hosted a panel discussion on the intersections of neurodiversity and the Enneagram. @drewmoser and @sarah_duet were on hand to offe

Steve Asbell

steve_asbell

I like Pokémon Go!But you know what I really miss?Pokémon Stay At Home: Introvert Edition. [gif of person playing Pokémon Yellow on Yellow Game Boy Color] I live in a

kerima Cevik (On partial health hiatus)

kerima_cevik

@Sia has been diagnosed with #EDS as are many women later diagnosed #ActuallyAutistic. I wonder if she knew that? A$ manages to present itself as "the" #autism organization, despite being

autistictic

autistictic

Usually I don‘t mind my #echolalia - even though the reactions of other people can be really scary, and cause much harm.But when my brain keeps pushing to echo a

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polypearIs

because its autism acceptance/awareness day i thought i'd do a little thread explaining why the majority of autistics, including myself, prefer identity-first language over person-first language. #WorldAutismAwarenessDay #AutismAcceptance

kerima Cevik (On partial health hiatus)

kerima_cevik

#AutisticWhileBlack to answer @lilririah 's question about black autistic acceptance and priorities : I can't speak for all of us because we are not a monolithic group 1/ What I

liz

attackonmemory

There's a reason the approach surrounding Autistic characters in media needs to change... And that reason is rooted in real world understanding. Fiction affects reality. If people see only autistic

Heather Rose 🎹🎧🎤🎼🎶🎵

tr3kkie9rl

Yesterday I learned that there are #ActuallyAutistic (people who are now adults) who felt that ABA was extremely positive for them, some to the point of saying it was the

Zero (they/their)

ZeroWrites

All forms of ABA—"Applied Behavioral Analysis"—violate at least two out of the four fundamental principles of bioethics.(Really, it's three, but I'm willing to take the loss and allow that some