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So. A parent tried to join in an autistic community here by putting #ActuallyAutistic in their own tweets of their own words.That's a hashtag for autistic people, so we can
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I didn't know that the Westminster Commission on Autism …https://westminsterautismcommission.wordpress.com/about-2/ (Parliamentary MPs and related groups) was co-founded by this ABA organisation. https://thegivingtreefoundation.
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The peril of Masking Whilst Autistic.Amidst society, countless thousands of autistic adults who don't 'look autistic' and don't 'sound autistic'. Nor do we move in noticeable 'autistic ways'. In theory
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Autistic responses. Doctors.I've been watching some popular TV shows from time to time. One was a medical show, with various medical specialists explaining how they investigate a set of symptoms.
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Sigh. I see there's new books out. This is one. Apparently, the individual in the book has an immune condition which they had treated, and the family believe this is
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Today, the info showing 86 out of every 100 people is likely to have a mental health condition, before age 45. This is the link. This is one of the
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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
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How to speak autistic. A thread.This is generalising. Different autistic cultural groups and communities will have their own nuances. But, yes, autistic communication is naturally different, and very much a
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m5lh?fbclid=IwAR3wjoCtvutlRvTcSfCsYj01En-TgO5iMGEU2igovg5xDYqcpYJyttXGFPo @HappeLab discussing autistic women, and progress that's being made in understanding us as difference rather than deficit. W
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Oh dear. Things are not improving for the ABA industry.This is the Department of Defense 2020 report into ABA for Service personnel's autistic children & young people.https://therapistndc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Annual-Report
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New research. Brace yourselves. Behaviourism.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7898/ Ready? Here we go...This is about making three young autistic children play 'correctly' with play sets. (p 177 onwards in this long paper). H
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Worth revisiting why I have professional concerns about the most common current version of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) for autistic people. This'll be a thread.PBS used to be affirming, equal,
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