#Autism

alice

melifiora

What is PDA/pathological demand avoidance in autism? A thread for #AutismAcceptanceMonth by an #ActuallyAutistic person![Please QRT, don’t reply.] PDA (pathological demand avoidance) is a profile or subtype of autism

rambi ✿

DETECTlVEDREAM

mcyttwt was really vocal about cc’s using the r-slur...yet, i have only ever seen my own posts talking about #AutismAcceptanceMonth so what can you do to ACTUALLY help autistics? (a

A_Typical_Psychologist

AtypicalPsychol

*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

Little Miss Contrary 🎯

EimanMunro

Late Autism assessment.Many women are diagnosed late with autism and I got to reflecting why this was. Speaking for myself I can tell you that, after a pattern of behaviour

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_cdavila

#SayNoToABA I’m an ABA therapist. I’m not telling you ABA is good- instead I’m telling you that ABA companies prey on college students by being one of the only jobs

BrokeAss Gambino

ANYAback

Amari has #autism & #COVID interrupted his entire life & his favorite class, art. He started painting & posted his art on IG. Why did my friends & co-workers contact

pied piper

heyandyy

hm , does abed stim , there was that ep where he was stimmimg with a quarter but i dont think he does any other time , do neurotypical people

VictoriaIsAutistic

AutistMakingWay

Flat affect and autismFlat affect is a trait (related, but not exclusive, to autism) where your physical emotional expression is reduced. Maybe your smile isn't smiley enough. Maybe you speak

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

Today I want to talk about using autistic children as lab rats to test drugs. Thread.This one, Bumetanide to make them less autistic (!) (I wonder if will make females

dani the anti-fascist fascist

DaniSpami

Just a friendly reminder that an official diagnosis is ableist

sie 🌙 BLM! ❤️ shoto todoroki ❤️

saranlinx

autism, how it affects me, and tips for neurotypicals: an extremely important thread to educate others (it’s simply too long for an actual thread so here’s some screenshots of what

Jenny

JennyLynnBrdar

You know, in a month, I went from seeing jumping off the dam at Enders, rope around the rafters of a round top or finding my end in a syringe

Sara Gibbs

Sara_Rose_G

You know what? No - it wasn’t my last word on the subject. I have been distressed about this Sia stuff for days. It has interrupted the one break I

Finn Gardiner • is masked up

phineasfrogg

The medical model of autism has a surprisingly narrow idea of what social skills actually are. It’s not just about eye contact and small talk; it’s about writing, word choice,

froggy @ fuit gummy ❄️

amphibianslime

i support people self dxing adhd and if you think you may have it for whatever reason definitely get it checked out if you can. but also i hate that

Mister Gorbachev, Hit These Back Walls

SAMOYEDCORE

my favorite thing to do around autistic people is to tell them that autism is the reason why they tiptoe so much because it seems like almost none of us