#Autism

Samanthropology

sammtheriault

Today is #WorldAutismAwarenessDay and I'd like to remind the museum field that we exist as your peers and colleagues, in addition to being an increasingly popular audience (yay!) for

Dr.Saima khan

DrSaimakhan3

Covid vaccines Myths DebunkedSo much misinformation,so little timeMyth 1: The vaccine causes infertility-●This is not true.Someone claimed that because the covid virus has a very short amino acid sequence (building

_Kevin_🍀

_kevin_dela

DETOXFICATION for anything (thread) There are 5 steps *Energy*Helping the organs of elimination*Gut*Immune system *Whole body detox Energy means you increase the amount of ATP (energy) the body produces. Since

WYRM 💚 catboy Hannibal's crunchwrap

Whispershahh

Neurodivergent isn't an umbrella term for all mental illnesses. It's specifically for developmental disabilities like autism and adhd. Neurodivergent means atypical neurological development. Every allistic person to "um actually" me

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el_d0g

STOP PUTTING WARNINGS ON STIMS: a thread So most of you have probably seen a tik tok that starts like this (cropped out name bc in this house we respect

A Ginger Man

IainRedbeard

#adventuresinautismI was asked (if such a thing existed), would I cure the kids' autism. The answer is yes.I post, almost exclusively, very positive moments they have, often funny ones, as

Samara-Jade Sendek — 🖤💛❤️

JadedSynic

"You don't look autistic," suddenly becomes a lot less funny when the person with ASD can shrug off serious physical harm, Terminator style. Two friends, no relation to each other,

neuroqueery

neuroqueery

"you are not a professional, you can't diagnose" is an absurd argument when we talk about autism because most professionals have no clue what autism looks like beyond stereotypes. /1

Gretta

MeikoOsiris

But see then you run the risk of those who don't LOOK disabled but ARE, making no income and being homeless. Where do we classify disability? Being able to walk?

Talia Trilogy

TaliaTrilogy

the common misconceptions of ADHD. (a thread) by a psychiatric nurse practitioner with ADHD . adhd is misunderstood. peoplewith add or adhd are written off as just being hyper or

Gabriella ♡ ally ¹ᴰ ◟̽◞̽ 9¾ (check pinned)

otbwalls_kmm

TW // SUICIDE, SELF HARM i want to tell my story with discovering Louis tomlinson.So it all started when I was 12 and my bestfriend committed suicide and i got

Emily♡

ItsEmilyKaty

Mental health professionals often use normalisation techniques. Trying to normalise someone’s experience is meant to help them feel better. But this has only ever silenced me, and made me stop

Katherine May

_katherine_may_

As #AutismAcceptanceMonth winds on, I've been thinking a lot about healing - specifically, how hard it is for autistic folk to access support for trauma and the self-destructive patterns

Brad Duplessis

DuplessisBrad

I'm sure I am not the only father of a special needs child who has explained that police officers help those in need and keep us safe—they are good—but should

ryan

ry_ndavies

my sister has an obsession with taking pictures on her ipad of her baby doll in somewhat in near death experiences LOOK HOW HIGH THAT FUCKING BABY IS a little

Erin Ekins (she/her)

QueerlyAutistic

You can spend a large chunk of your life being disabled without realising you're disabled. Only getting my autism diagnosis at 23, and then taking several years to feel comfortable