#Nonspeaking

The Autisticats - #StopTheShock

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It’s a very common misconception that autistic people lack a sense of humor. While we can have trouble understanding sarcasm sometimes, more often than not, we’re very keen on making

The Autisticats - #StopTheShock

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For those who don’t know, Sia (the musician) released the trailer for a film called Music yesterday, that she directed. It’s about an autistic girl named Music, who is played

#FreeMatthewRushin

aerdnamanning

i’m a speaking autistic, so i’m not an authority on this matter. but to all of the friends/family of non speaking and ID autistics who are praising Sia and are

NeuroClastic #AutismAcceptance #banProneRestraint

NeuroClastic

I’m having a hard time with the discussion about the movie, Music, written and directed by @Sia. First, everyone is referencing NonSpeakers as “non-verbal.” NonSpeakers are nonspeaking because they are

The Autisticats - #StopTheShock

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April is just a week away, which means autistic people everywhere are bracing ourselves for what is known in non-autistic circles as “Autism Awareness Month.” Here are some things you

Steve Asbell

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If you’re wondering why #WorldAutismAwarenessDay has a rainbow infinity symbol, it’s because the majority of autistics take issue with the puzzle piece.We are not a problem to be solved.

kerima Cevik (On partial health hiatus)

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@Sia has been diagnosed with #EDS as are many women later diagnosed #ActuallyAutistic. I wonder if she knew that? A$ manages to present itself as "the" #autism organization, despite being

Meredith Ringel Morris

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Today's #chi2020 virtual reading group paper is by @pokristensson - "A Design Engineering Approach for Quantitatively Exploring Context-Aware Sentence Retrieval for Nonspeaking Individuals with Motor Disabilities" - http://pokristensson

Tania Melnyczuk

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Check your knowledge. Retweet for awareness. For nonspeaking autistic people, good fine motor skills and coordination are rare.Expressive facial communication, fancy dance movements -- these things are SUPER difficult for

Tania Melnyczuk

ekverstania

I'm probably fighting a losing battle here, but DIVERSITY is a characteristic of items in a GROUP.A single item can't be diverse (if you're looking at one trait). Example:"The biodiversity

Erika Heidewald, Proud Autistic Bitch

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I’ve been getting so furious every time I think about the concept of intelligence. We talk about it like it’s some objective measurable fact but we have no idea what

NeuroClastic #AutismAcceptance #banProneRestraint

NeuroClastic

A train analogy for autistics. I love Moby Dick. This is one of my favorite quotes. I've never found myself represented in the world around me until really reading this

C.L. Lynch-The-Bigots

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I kind of want to unpack this. Why it is ok to love myself, and like my autism, even though it causes me a lot of trouble every day.https://twitter.com/krisandjoeshow/status/1307549202520723456 People

Tania Melnyczuk

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[THREAD] If an enormous number of people end up traumatised by therapists who are doing their work by the book, within the ethical framework of their profession, then maybe there

Steve Asbell

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How Autistics Are Mistaken for Shoplifters: A THREAD.#ActuallyAutistic #AllAutistics #Retail #LossPrevention I've spent half of my life in retail, and was pretty good at spotting shoplifters. But since being diagnosed

Tania Melnyczuk

ekverstania

I am encouraging a boycott of autism research participation by autists and parents of autistic children, unless autistic people are involved in setting the goals of the studies. Don't participate