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Louise Stone
stonelikerock94
Today I got an email at work asking that we change to using person first language. I responded cheerfully and educationally why we use identity first language. The person also
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Ann Memmott PGC🌈
AnnMemmott
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1073191120964564 Well well. The Empathy Quotient, the most popular measure of autistic alleged 'lack' of empathy, isn't fit for purpose, this says. People just assumed it was.In fact,
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The Autisticats - #StopTheShock
autisticats
My longest-lasting friendships/relationships have been with people who communicate bluntly with me. Autistic people’s communication style is often straightforward, and we can find it hard to maintain relationships with people
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Ari Ne'eman
aneeman
So few people remember the simply joys and wonders of the early Autistic community, many of which we struggle to replicate today. I fear that now that Mel is gone,
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Pete Wharmby
commaficionado
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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🇺🇦 sunflower seeds 🌻
mykola
Ok #actuallyAutistic twitter, I have a question for you: what should "Support for Adult Autistics" look like? Quote tweet with your answers!If an org wanted to raise money to support
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John Marble
JHMarble
Hi!!! A message to parents of autistic children out there:April is #AutismAwareness Month, a time when many autistic people feel marginalized from our own narrative. You’ll see us pushing back
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AutisticPB #KindnessMatters
AutisticPb
I am going to do a very short thread on what I think about the new government guidelines on autistic people leaving their homes during #lockdownuk.https://twitter.com/AutisticPb/status/1249799972423376899 Firstly, this is very
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Shannon Des Roches Rosa
shannonrosa
“My son isn’t wearing a mask. He’s not being difficult; he’s being autistic. His neurology makes him more sensitive than other people to touch & texture, & he cannot bear
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tiimo
tiimoapp
TW: ableism, eugenics.We are beyond disappointed to hear about @MarkRober's #ColorTheSpectrum fundraiser. A thread. If you’re not autistic, something you should know is that heaps of money that is fundraised
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🕸 ; gl1tt3rspook
gl1tt3rpuke
i've said it before and i will say this again.i really appreciate that there's been more autism rep in media. but like, the media only portrays like, one kind of
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jon adams
soundcube
A poll thread 4 #Autistic people about impact of #Covid19 lockdown & #MentalHealth (will inform some university coproduced #research)Please RT for wide responseQ1: Do you feel CVLD is having an
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AlisonBaiski
AlisonBaiski
@SNeurotypicals hey, it's me againI wann know how autistic people think about this:Theory of MindIt is said that autistic people lack it and therefore "can't put themselves in someone else's
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Charlie of Mystery Spring
SlowWaterMvmnt
FYI, “persecuted autism parents”, here is what is actually happening here on #actuallyautistic twitter: (thread)1. Autism parent says something dehumanizing or awful or just plain *wrong* about autistic people. Not
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Emily♡
ItsEmilyKaty
Often autistic girls get missed because their special interests seem more ‘normal’. I used to read non-stop. At the age of 8, I’d read at least one proper book every
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Sam Raaphorst🦄
IncorrectEn
I was going to pass on #WorldAutismDay . Even though I got my official diagnosis almost a year ago and had planned on joining in, I was worn out by
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