#Autistic

I remember being in a meeting of autisic people with @slooterman and asking “Does anyone else have an irrational fear of being killed by the police?”Every hand shot up. “It’s
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I want people to realize that when I advocate against ABA that I’m advocating for an overhaul of the system. I am well aware that ABA is the ONLY service
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Lol wait let me make a thread for thisFirst off, catradora should’ve never been canon, and if it was going to be canon catras redemption arc should’ve been a season
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Let’s image an infinitely accessible autistic dream city What is your ideal urban environment as a neurodivergent person?What kind of built landscape would accommodate your sensory sensitivities? In a city
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Autistic men are interesting. They often have valuable insights, due to being exceptionally good at logical reasoning.Psychopathic men are impressive due to their sky high stress tolerance.Narcissistic men are petty
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Actually I find reality shows like Undateables and Love in the Spectrum quite problematic in some aspects -Lack of LGBTQ people, there's a research paper indicating that almost 70% of
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What I mean when I say ‘I can’t cope with life’ as an autistic person. - a thread. /1 My existence and the world just seem incompatible with each other.
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I'm watching The Producers (2005) after not having watched it in a few years, and I'm only 15 minutes in and I've decided that Leo Bloom is an autistic icon.
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Things I can't do - a thread of potential humiliation but one that will hopefully make folk more aware of #autism and #disability generally. Feel free to add your own.
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Autistic traits I often see perceived/used as evidence that a person is “stupid”A thread for allistics Not understanding sarcasm or social cues. Not being able to “read between the lines”
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Today my 11 month old daughter was attacked by a kid who had to be about 7 or 8 years old. It all happened so fast. My daughter was bleeding
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hey, if you're thinking of watching atypical please read this thread: https://twitter.com/stageIight/status/1194666798391668738?s=20 as an autistic person reading this has left me feeling mad. for once i had thought id found
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DO NOT support AutismSpeaks! They are a Hate group1. Only 1 of the 28 board members was actually Autistic (but resigned after his advice was ignored), while 23 are representatives
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Sickle cell runs in my family. I’m not going to shame a carrier for choosing a mate that doesn’t have the gene. Ppl shouldn’t tell ppl they should be ok
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Autism Rumours Unfounded?I have looked into this to see if I could identify where it started and it appears that we could be in the realms of 2+2=5SaturdayThere are a
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#Thread Israeli forces chased down and shot to kill Iyad Hallaq, a 32-year old autistic man, the only son to his parents, a resident of Wadi il Joz, on his
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