#Autistic

I self diagnosed as autistic last month and have received three distinct reactions from telling people.1. Excited encouragement2. Confused acceptance3. Angry disagreement I actually thought of doing it years ago,
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Worth revisiting why I have professional concerns about the most common current version of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) for autistic people. This'll be a thread.PBS used to be affirming, equal,
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https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/improving-care/better-mh-policy/college-reports/college-report-cr228.pdf?sfvrsn=c64e10e3_2 New report out from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, about autism. Quick highlights:"It is reco
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Why Sia’s new film “MUSIC” is extremely problematic and ableist, a thread by an autistic person: So a little background: This film is about a girl on the autism spectrum,
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Just before the psychologist told me whether or not the multi-disciplinary team had concluded I was #autistic, she asked me what I thought about getting an #autism diagnosis. #AllAutistics#ActuallyAutistic 1/
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How to speak autistic. A thread.This is generalising. Different autistic cultural groups and communities will have their own nuances. But, yes, autistic communication is naturally different, and very much a
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Autistic people: "ABA is literally torture. Here are accounts of the trauma caused. Here's a study saying it doesn't even work. It violates all 4 principles of bioethics. It's conversion
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cw: ableism , self harm mentautistic people are constantly taught to be ashamed of themselves and adopt behaviours and mannerisms which are really difficult to uphold and it'll always make
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I hope my #ActuallyAutistic folks aren’t being silent, but being allies to black autistic people during this time. It’s the only way to ensure our community is for #AllAutistics Black
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Calling a 9 year old boy a sperg because he reads encyclopedias is at least as crude as calling him a manspleen.https://twitter.com/shoe0nhead/status/1387042644178530318 If a young man exhibits any degree of
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I was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome in my mid twenties. The Austrian doctor after whom Asperger syndrome is named (Hans Aspberger) was an active participant in the Nazi regime, assisting
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This is an excellent visual of the Autistic Spectrum by artist Rebecca Burgess. The spectrum definitely is not linear, or “mild to severe” Us Autistics have a range of
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kiyotaka ishimaru is autistic! (thread) (made by an autistic person)rts=OKAY! first of all, kiyotaka has a very strict rule to himself to always follow rules and guidelines. Whenever they are
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I think it should be OK to write about our autistic kids. I do. Because parents who aren't autistic themselves—or who are new to autism—need parent role models who do
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In the first couple days of Mark Rober posting #ColorTheSpectrum they raised over $900,000 & since then they only raised $30,000. It is definitely from the backlash and the fact
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im gonan make a team galactic hcs thread bc i have autism like that saturn mars and jupiter r all nonbinary . saturn uses he/they mars uses she/they and jupiter
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