#Autistic

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

One way I think being autistic manifested itself in me before diagnosis is a desire to be completely nondescript at all times. A desire to blend in and not be

Chris Hatton

chrishattoncedr

Thread on new statistics published today by @NHSEngland on COVID-19 deaths of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in hospitals in England. It's a new table in their daily

Rachel Barker

RachCBarker

People who do not know much about autism, often make the mistake of assuming being autistic does not affect me very much. They are wrong but informing is more important

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ideainsert

autism speaks endorses the torture of autistic children, autism speaks endorses the killing of autistic children, autism speaks is a hate group: a thread #RedInstead torture: a$ endorses the judge

Noah Sasson

Noahsasson

A thread about our new open-access paper, just out today. We tested how well standardized measures of social cognition, social skill, and social motivation predict real-world social interaction outcomes for

girlboss, interrupted

jasproses

figuring out that i am autistic was one of those things that like made sense in retrospect but also was kind of funny in a sad way bc i had

autistictic

autistictic

Puzzle pieces are triggering for many autistic people.First they represented autism being a "puzzling" condition (because autistics were never consulted).Then it became a representation of the "missing piece" to autism...a

Elise Kumar 🤷‍♀️ Extremely Earnest 🚪👻

elisekumar

A while back I was talking to a preschool teacher. She had a background in ABA. She wasn’t Zip’s teacher but she knew Zip and commented how happy and secure

Beth Wilson

doodlebeth

I was contacted by someone about their autistic son's art. Happy to help, I went to check out the website." X was diagnosed with autism at 2 1/2 years old.

Alex Percy 🐸🦦✨

wavedwhelk

assholes are trying to say "everyone wants to be adhd/autistic online" but the truth is neurodivergent ppl are finally learning to love themselves & be open even tho we dont

Chris Hatton

chrishattoncedr

So, here's a thread on the data on deaths released by @CQCpressoffice to @BBCBreakfast this morning - thanks to @KatieLangton1 of @BBCBreakfast for tweeting the stats, which were not included

Just Heather 🏳️‍🌈

weedswildflowrs

So it's no secret that I've got a kid with autism. He's brilliant and silly and so creative. But he has a lot of obstacles that make life harder than

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ZDilton

Okay, I want to make people aware of something related to autism rq.I used to be less aware of things back in the day and said a lot of phrases

NortherlyRose #AncientAutistic

NortherlyRose

#Thread A-Z of autism from a personal autistic perspective. ‘J’s Jabberwocky, joy, and justice.#AutismAcceptanceMonth #AutismAcceptance #AutisticPride 1/ Jabberwocky might seem a strange place to start. It’s ostensibly a

C.L. Lynch-The-Bigots

lynchauthor

So I watched the first couple episodes of #LoveOnTheSpectrum and I am gutted. It feels like watching one of those true crime docs. Like, you know it’s going to upset

Sophie Williams

SophWilliams28

So #UCUstrikes @ucu are starting today.I am fully on board with the reasons for the strikes however in my first year of uni the strikes caused a lot of distress