#Disabilities

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

I'd like to talk about fearmongering re violence.I was looking at some older data in a paper. Tiny writing, but here it is. About behaviour from people with an intellectual

The Maybe Film Critic

FilmCriticMaybe

During the whole SIA debacle (don't worry this isn't about that lol) one of the things I noticed from autism activists on Twitter is that they stressed that it was

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

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Hey guess what? We have a homeschool-to-prison pipeline now.https://www.propublica.org/article/a-teenager-didnt-do-her-online-schoolwork-so-a-judge-sent-her-to-juvenile-detention1/ Grace is a 15-year-old with ADHD and a long history of beha

Charles Walters (He/Him)

cwalterswrite

Special education things that shouldn't be hot takes. A short thread.(1)If your social validity assessments for ABA interventions/research are not driven by the #ActuallyAutistic folks you are trying to support,

gloom is in the heart

jgoldschrafe

Some number of years ago, I read a tweet about how many kitchen gadgets are designed for people with disabilities, but aren't marketed this way for a number of reasons.

Evander v ♿

soul_into_hades

a friend i thought I was close with turned on me nearly six years ago for rting something about white australians [which, looking back, wasn't my place but that wasn't

Clark Kent Hugging Martha & Lois

thebravestheart

The tragedy of Justice League is not just about artistic integrity, director control, or a movie a bunch of people want to see.It is about a culture of over-zealous NDAs,

Lilo the Autistic Queer

A_Silent_Child

I was close to the fire. I could smell it and see it. So I'm telling you all for a fact I HEARD the flash bombs go off & knew

Mpilo

MpiloNdlovu_

You know what deserves unpacking? The dark skinned folks whose response was "We're not a charity case/tokens/woke trophies".I think most of it was just people actively misinterpreting something to create

autistictic

autistictic

Today I am going to share something very personal with you all, because I know I am not the only one experiencing this but it is not talked about enough:Why

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

Reminder for those wondering what my position is, re autism.I'm autistic.I'm a parent of a fab autistic son who has higher support needs and works with me and our team.For

Buzzy Nutkins

buzzynutkins

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/one-special-day-2020?partner=buzzyn Hey y'all, there's a special, one-day bundle over at Humble Bundle, and it's to benefit Special Effects. I care about this charity a lot, and I feel they des

Rachel Thomas

math_rachel

Things to know if you work on medical ML:- Medical data can be incomplete, incorrect, missing, & biased- Medical system is disempowering & often traumatic for patients- Crucial to involve

Thinking Person's Guide To Autism

thinkingautism

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

Juuso Henrik Nieminen

JuusoNieminen

My New Year's resolution was to turn all my research articles into memes to answer my friends' question of 'what do you actually work with'. Because academia needs more memes,