#Autistic

A question I'm getting asked a lot is "why are there more autistic people now than ever before?" and I thought I'd do another thread on it. There are several
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What Do Autistic People Want from Autism Research? That is what we discussed at #AutINSAR, a vibrant IRL +online discussion from the last three IRL @AutismINSAR meetings. We aren’t at
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Today marks 17 days since I've gone into isolation. It's also world autism awareness day, and rather than posting a message about my mood in social distancing, I thought I
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Today (as every day) is a good day to #SayNoToABAI never was in ABA therapy, but here's a secret:Internalized ableism and telling yourself you should be able to "deal with
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I’ve been thinking a bit about being openly or obviously ‘other’.My life experiences have been fairly unusual, & while I do enjoy communicating about this, it can also be quite
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If you’ll humor me for a couple minutes, a thread:I, admin Hazel, love folklore—so much so that I’m currently finishing a degree studying it. And while it’s not what my
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Autistic Commonality and the Illusion of “Quirky”: A thread from a TPGA article by @epballou!Some people insist on describing the autistic spectrum as ranging from the non-speaking and very profoundly
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-018-3710-y#Abs1 Next up for today's 'oh dear' award, this new paper on whether autistic children are better than others at detecting smells.Now, let's start by thinking about what a goo
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I saw an online questionnaire that’s supposed to help determine if one should seek an autism diagnosis. One question: Do you remember birthdays? Another: Would you rather go to a
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Yesterday I remembered that when I was around 6-7 years old, I learned how to make origami foxes in my art class at school. Then, when I got home, I
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#AutismAcceptanceMonth #AutismEmpowermentMonth [Thread]Hey everyone! As this month continues, I want to share you all my story with autism, and what I went through as a kid. As well as reflect
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Today I would like to revisit the 'independence' myth.I've just read an ABA enthusiast saying that 'many' autistic people won't be 'independent'.No-one is.It has always been a myth, this independence
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Mandatory veganism is a racist, ableist and classist ideology.It attacks indigenous food culture, people with limited dietary requirements or disabilities that affect their diet, and people that can't afford or
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Employers - please read.I had a second interview with a company that culminated in me having a serious meltdown. This could easily have been avoided.#AutismAcceptanceMonth Firstly, unlike other companies
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*An appeal to NON-autistic people: please take a few moments to read this thread*We (#Neurodivergent people) were taught early in life that everything YOU (#Allistics) said and did was what
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TW// Ableism, Various Disabilities.There's been a lot of disability jokes going around, and people aren't aware of how they impact the disabled community. Here's a thread of common jokes that you
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