#Autism

Non-autistic people, seriously.Can we get a f*cking break right now?Just stop writing about us. Seriously. I'd rather have allistics have 0 knowledge about autistic people than have terrible stereotypes, inspiration
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A note on the term “special education professional”99% of teachers trained in special education are trained in so called “high incidence disabilities” which really means disabilities that hide in general
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AJ Mitchell, 19yo boy with autism died as a direct result of excessive police force on November 16, 2019. This hardly broke headlines. Now that more people are paying attention,
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As a kid I was autistic, wasn't diagnosed till age 12. After that I rose on the scale from a lot of help when I was taken awy though people
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It is Paper 14 of 52 today - "Autism and Christianity: an ethnographic intervention", Bustion, 2017, Journal of the American Academy of ReligionSeems appropriate for #EasterSunday #WeeklyPapers #Autism #NeurodiverseChurch I've
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1. Any "merely" cognitive theory of autism (one that treats it solely as a psychological condition) is incomplete. 2. This is bc such theories don't account for autistics' increased risk
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Books with disability rep written by disabled authors I want to make a little thread as people are looking for recommendations.Leave your own recs and posts with recs in
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Yes, this research is scientifically important, but it is also terrifying to many #actuallyautistic people, because #eugenics. (I don't normally tweet about #autism, but buckle up...)(1/)https://twitter.com/NCNDgroup_KCL/status/12755051
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So there was something that I have really wanted to try for a good while, and that is putting together a maid cafe that specifically caters to people who have
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So in case you're unaware of who Sunburn here is, he's a fan and supporter of ToonKritic (now called ZeyphrTheIndieDoggo) despite him being a pedophile, has ERPed with minors at
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I was diagnosed a few months ago.At 25.I started seeing psychologists and psychiatrists when I was 3 years old and received all different types of diagnosis, except autism - although
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HI!!! JUST A REMINDER THAT BEING INTERESTED IN SOMETHING ISNT THE SAME AS HYPERFIXATION! HYPERFIXATION INTOXICATES YOUR MIND WHERE ITS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK ABT ANYTHING ELSE!!! ITS CONNECTED TO
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There are two things I love most about all the #operationmallard stuff.1. Thousands of people are discovering how wonderful my Dad is and I just could not be prouder of
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As a major actually autistic speaker/influencer finally divorced themselves from Asperger/Aspie branding today, seems like a good time to encourage everyone else to follow suit. If you don't know, Asperger
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Parent Blaming & PDA THREAD:Unless you have an #autistic child with #PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) - it's very hard to fully understand the difficulties & complexities of day to day
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Man, no joke, I can't stand people shilling for Frank Hassle. I have no honest idea of how a man who just autistically hassles people in private property can be
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