#Actuallyautistic

#ActuallyAutistic With this whole Sia debacle, I am not supposed to be saying this yet but I feel it's a good time. I waited until today. I am an autistic

Neurodivergent Practitioner (she/her)

Saw this post shared on Neurodiverse UK. Seems r/ADHD has decided the theory that natural variations in brains exist is anti-science? I am concerned by this viewpoint. The neurodiversity movement

🇺🇦 sunflower seeds 🌻

#ActuallyAutistic friends who are multiply marginalized (women, people of color, trans folks, physically disabled, etc), quote-tweet this with something you wish ABLE-BODIED CIS STRAIGHT WHITE AUTISTIC MEN knew about your

Cait Gordon ♿️ 👽

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

Hayley- RT PINNED

As an autistic person this makes me very ...uneasy.... The wording of the shades just is .. not it and idk if I like the idea of a pallet making

kerima Cevik (On partial health hiatus)

#AutisticWhileBlack Autism mom calls mom memoir author "cerebral" for things like answering the ableist inappropriate question "Can a profoundly intellectually disabled person have a relationship to God?" First, define &

probably juniper

The worst part about being #ActuallyAutistic is that no one believes me when I say something is wrong. I guess I’m not expressive enough. I keep telling people I feel

AutisticPB #KindnessMatters

A latest study about autistic people recognising facial expressions and emotions has been published at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056499320300183?via%3Dihub. It is quite a big study! I am going to tweet my thoughts on

AutisticPB #KindnessMatters

I am going to do a very short thread on what I think about the new government guidelines on autistic people leaving their homes during #lockdownuk.https://twitter.com/AutisticPb/status/1249799972423376899 Firstly, this is very

AutisticPB #KindnessMatters

It is time for a Twitter thread on how to help autistic people during #lockdownuk. Please like, share and retweet this thread (I will keep adding to it everyday). #ActuallyAutistic

I’m deeply disgusted by what’s happened with this. They used clips from an interview Fierce Autie was in and CUT HER OUT completely and replaced her with Fiona O’Leary (she’s

Thinking about the time I tried to write Harry Potter fanfiction, but I got really caught up on details like making the flora accurate to the estimated location of Hogwarts

The Autistic Monologues

Where can I find people who are talking about South Asian autistics. Experiences of growing up with a language that has no name for adhd or autism. I think it's

The number one danger amongst autistic people is that way, way, way too many of us are naïve."I won't be mean to ABA supporters!""We lack empathy!""Wow, Biden is so cool!"Only

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

So. A parent tried to join in an autistic community here by putting #ActuallyAutistic in their own tweets of their own words.That's a hashtag for autistic people, so we can

Annie 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇪🇺

#AskingAutistics Given I am still on the waiting list for a professional DX, and the DSM isn't used much in my country, would it be wrong for me to self-describe