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For a lot of the time that I was supposed to be in school but wasn't, I would get up, get ready, and try to go to school, but somewhere along the way would have an anxiety attack so bad that I just couldn't. I was trying so hard it was destroying me.— Aoife 🏳️‍🌈 (@AGingerxyz) September 6, 2023

For me itwas and us rejection of everything home, education and later working, so yes it can be refusal of more than just school, check to make sure nit pathological demand avoidance profile asd— alpha1 (@pdaantizio) September 7, 2023

I couldn't do the demands required if I did get to scholl but couldn't do demands at home it was never just school and later became college, my choice, then trouble working as well, whole concept of anyone telling me to do things i reject— alpha1 (@pdaantizio) September 7, 2023

I really appreciate you providing an alternative to the phrases “school refusal” and “school avoidance.” I’ve felt uncomfortable w/ those phrases as they harken back to the presumption that students just don’t want to do something or are lazy (which is false).— Jeff Callahan (@fearofquicksand) September 7, 2023

"The term ‘school refusal’ is linguistically weaponised;..implies intent & choice. It..subtly frames the child as having taken an active, conscious decision to reject school. This.. apportions blame & responsibility to the yp while.. diminishing their..distress." @stimpunks https://t.co/qeA3LORejs— Elaine Mcgreevy (@ElaineMcgreevy) September 6, 2023

Changelog: “Accommodation” Implies a Sort of Permissionhttps://t.co/gnCaHMKkbK— Stimpunks Foundation (@stimpunks) September 6, 2023

Changelog: Mass school refusal among neurodivergent children is an early form of resistance to neuronormativity.https://t.co/XaxILHi4rH— Stimpunks Foundation (@stimpunks) September 6, 2023

Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education has a new home at @RoutledgeEOE! Same book minus a typo I got to fix 😂 and currently on sale! https://t.co/Pi2n9FZ8bK— Alex Shevrin Venet (@AlexSVenet) September 5, 2023

Private education is at-will hiring for school children. Hardly a vector for equity. https://t.co/RInjszEmhq— Nick Covington (@CovingtonEDU) September 5, 2023

Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education has a new home at @RoutledgeEOE! Same book minus a typo I got to fix 😂 and currently on sale! https://t.co/Pi2n9FZ8bK— Alex Shevrin Venet (@AlexSVenet) September 5, 2023

Agreed. We quote you on our School-Induced Anxiety page, if that's okay. https://t.co/Dhaos63Akf— Stimpunks Foundation (@stimpunks) September 5, 2023

we need to build a neurodivergent class consciousness, to help those of us who refuse school to be able to see early on that we aren't individual failures but, rather, part of a tradition, with shared political interests, responding to highly specific historical circumstances.— Robert Chapman is they/them (@DrRJChapman) September 3, 2023

On October 6th, I'm giving a webinar for @therapist_ndc about neuro-affirming support for autistic people with intellectual disability. If you liked my @ITAKOM talk but wanted more about how it applies to people with ID, this is for you! Tickets here:https://t.co/97c4BEnNzv— Holly E.A. Sutherland (@heasutherland) September 5, 2023

All of this. And the unpaid labor of the #DisCo trying to navigate all these systems that are designed to fail you. #CareCantWait #LaborDay https://t.co/xAAcCmpg9h— Rebecca Cokley (@RebeccaCokley) September 4, 2023

Autistic people and Boundarieshttps://t.co/5Yip1ZbIBA#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #autisticburnout #burnout #identity #wellbeing #trauma— David Gray-Hammond (@emgntdivergence) September 4, 2023

Poll for autistic people.Have you ever been denied a diagnosis of autism, because the professional said you were too happy with your life and coping too well? Please feel free to repost or discuss below.— Ann Memmott PgC MA (She/They) 🌈 (@AnnMemmott) September 5, 2023

Autistic people and Boundarieshttps://t.co/5Yip1ZbIBA#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #autisticburnout #burnout #identity #wellbeing #trauma— David Gray-Hammond (@emgntdivergence) September 4, 2023

For #LaborDay I'm thinking -About the disabled workers forced to make #SubminimumWage -About the unmet opportunity for disabled workers in disability orgs to form/join #unions. Every movement is stronger with Labor! 1/#CareCantWait #DemolishDisabledPoverty— Rebecca Cokley (@RebeccaCokley) September 4, 2023

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"No one is..'bad with language.’ ... no language is bad. It is okay to want to change your language use if it will make you feel better. No one should make you feel badly about your language. We need a bigger & more flexible understanding of what lang is." @stimpunks https://t.co/K4XhTIRN95— Elaine Mcgreevy (@ElaineMcgreevy) September 4, 2023

Interdependence, Access Intimacy, and Crip Technoscience: Disabled people do really cool things with language if people would pay attention.https://t.co/wprMutToR1— Stimpunks Foundation (@stimpunks) September 4, 2023

As schools go back let us remind ourselves why we must push back against class/school wide and individual approaches that use behaviourist methods, such as #PositiveBehaviourSupport #ABAharms #PBSFails #edutwitter #Education #Behaviour https://t.co/BNCQpCukjK— ABA PBS Autism Controversy (@abaukdiscussion) September 4, 2023

I will never get over the fact that when we force people into psychiatric care, we are forcing them into something *known & proven through multiple layers & levels of oral history, personal testimony & scientific evidence* that doesn’t work & will VERY LIKELY make them worse.— stefanie l. kaufman mthimkhulu (@stefkaufman) September 3, 2023

Listening to the experts: person-centred approaches to supporting autistic people and people with an intellectual disability in the mental health system - pls read & share this paper for @TheBJPsych by @AQuinnUnbroken @BaronessHollins Keri Lodge & myselfhttps://t.co/DGYIcu5xio— Alicia Wood (@AliciaWood__) September 3, 2023

This is a brilliant lens. https://t.co/fkGsuMshmr— Jamie + Lion (@spacedoutsmiles) September 4, 2023

mass school refusal among neurodivergent children is an early form of resistance to neuronormativity. https://t.co/csDkJvM0ee— Robert Chapman is they/them (@DrRJChapman) September 3, 2023

National Geographic asked five autistic artists what independence means to them. Here is what a painter, photographer, animator, poet, and a filmmaker had to say. (Not new, but it is newly accessible thanks to project contributor @UnstrangeMind.) https://t.co/n6ReFEisqc #autism— Thinking Person's Guide To Autism (@thinkingautism) September 3, 2023

This piece is my 5-page attempt to urge schools to teach and model care & community accountability instead of control & punishment. Grateful to @Editorbytrade for her patience and grace in bringing it to publication. https://t.co/ktBomnxwmp— Carla Shalaby (@CarlaShalaby) September 2, 2023

“Are young people expected to bear witness to legitimate sources of grave anxiety—climate change, gun violence, legislation violating the protections of the most vulnerable—and not behave badly?” @CarlaShalaby asks tough questions about student behavior.https://t.co/b41AhP41HD— EL Magazine (@ELmagazine) August 31, 2023

This piece is my 5-page attempt to urge schools to teach and model care & community accountability instead of control & punishment. Grateful to @Editorbytrade for her patience and grace in bringing it to publication. https://t.co/ktBomnxwmp— Carla Shalaby (@CarlaShalaby) September 2, 2023