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A lot of autistic people find eye contact during an interaction to be extremely uncomfortable - from feeling too 'intimate' somehow, to being too 'intense' and even painful. However, eye
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What is #autism?A thread. Please share as my mission is to raise awareness and acceptance. There are a lot of myths and misconceptions around autism - this is something that
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What's the impact of communication issues on #autistic people over time?A thread where I explore my own experience. Please share and add to it as you wish. /1 #thread #autism
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My favourite autism metaphors, a list - because contrary to popular belief we are not entirely unable to grasp the metaphorical - more likely we may just want to check
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#Autism can often feature an incredible strong sense of natural justice. As such, #autistic people can be very clear in their moral thinking, making us often very intolerant of lies,
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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
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I look back at things I did when younger, not knowing I was autistic, wondering how on earth I managed.Truth is, I assumed everybody felt extreme anxiety and physical discomfort
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Look, I'm autistic. I like rules (reasonable, sensible rules at least) to be followed and the spirit of them held up. I don't like people who find loopholes or abuse
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How #Autistic students can get a raw deal at school - a thread taken from my talk at the National Autistic Society conference. Please share widely if you can. /1
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Can't sleep. Right here goes.Everything today - all the anger, the rage, the attacks on Cummings and Johnson will be met tomorrow with the revaluation that Cumming's son is #autistic.This
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If #Cummings does play the #autism card, here's how I think he'd expect it to pan out.First it'll generate pity for him and his wife. It shouldn't - we know
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Seems the next stage in the Cummings defence is to invoke the 4 year old son being autistic. Don't know what the truth is but it's not good, invoking autism
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