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Simple ways to explain Autistic experiences to non-Autistics 🧵— Elora - Online 1 Room Schoolhouse (@1Schoolhouse) August 18, 2022

What most of us believe about "evolution" & biology is fundamentally flawed and indivisibly rooted in eugenics & white supremacy. The tendency to associate evolution with improvement has been a pet peeve of mine for years, but since the pandemic it has become *concerning*— Amber 🐱🐝 Chisholm (@Weakshine) August 18, 2022

“Language is also a place of struggle.”—bell hookshttps://t.co/gnlvREqcnX— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 21, 2022

As a clinical psychologist, I'm often asked what to do about school refusal. By which adults usually mean, how can we get the children to go to school and stop protesting? Here's why our kids need us to think differently. 1/— Naomi Fisher (@naomicfisher) August 18, 2022

As a clinical psychologist, I'm often asked what to do about school refusal. By which adults usually mean, how can we get the children to go to school and stop protesting? Here's why our kids need us to think differently. 1/— Naomi Fisher (@naomicfisher) August 18, 2022

Would you pay $180/month for your child to go to take classes online at their own pace with full support from a teacher and all supplies included? #homeschooling #education #unschooling— Kristina Daniele Randomly Tweets (She/Her) (@KristinaDaniele) August 18, 2022

Bro rationalists bothering you? Hit ‘em with this.https://t.co/NcQDpIpnne— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 20, 2022

And I don’t mindOur strange astrologyI hope we findYou bring the best out in me—Strange Astrology by @SLOTHRUSThttps://t.co/rAQKpIUCcG— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 20, 2022

"'Our community has engaged in a generations-long struggle for bodily autonomy — something that marginalized people… & the disability community in particular, have had a hard time securing in the United States,' [ASAN legal director] Taylor-Parker said." https://t.co/9mWVvrAAXY— Autistic Self Advocacy Network (@autselfadvocacy) August 19, 2022

“Interdependence is the only way out of most of the most pressing issues we face today. If we do not understand that we are interdependent with the planet we as a species will not survive.”https://t.co/mYFWpCTMSwhttps://t.co/xL1KUiuwb9— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 19, 2022

Omega hai foleet, Warriors and Weirdos.Thanks for helping us tell our story and find our people, @AURORAmusic.https://t.co/QhxpRQRBTB— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 19, 2022

Jasmine is a neurodivergent and disabled artist and mother and a friend of Stimpunks. She and her child deliver care packages to hospitalized and chronically ill people. Send some mutual aid her way. https://t.co/mZ5Z1ctzpb— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 19, 2022

the autistic experience of everyone thinking you're hilarious when you're not trying to be funny and the excruciatingly awkward silence that follows when you are trying to be funny— lazy perfectionist (@grumpyshrubbery) August 18, 2022

Can you please repost? I Doordash & my radiator fan in my car went out. I need to get it repaired as I drive my child to and from school daily. I'm also in need medication & funds for bills. Anything helps. My venmo is jasmine-slater-10 #mutualaid #settlersaturday #friday pic.twitter.com/iIw5TWeIVW— Jas (@jasdwrites) August 19, 2022

I know that “non-speaking” is the preferred term over “non-verbal,” but does that apply too when it’s situational? I know that “selective mutism” isn’t particularly favored, but what is the replacement term? “Situational mutism?” “Situationally non-speaking?” Please help.— Elora - Online 1 Room Schoolhouse (@1Schoolhouse) August 18, 2022

This collects resources on situational mutism.https://t.co/osRwGizcM5— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 18, 2022

Here you go - first hand Explanations:https://t.co/Pgv2RLjZCJ— fun facts with lulu (@FunFactsLulu) August 18, 2022

A thread about why the US medical profession urgently needs to face some hard truths about its ethical status and role in American society. Most doctors believe we belong to one of the most virtuous, caring, and progressive professions; reality has long been very different. 1/— Eric Reinhart (@_Eric_Reinhart) August 18, 2022

A thread about why the US medical profession urgently needs to face some hard truths about its ethical status and role in American society. Most doctors believe we belong to one of the most virtuous, caring, and progressive professions; reality has long been very different. 1/— Eric Reinhart (@_Eric_Reinhart) August 18, 2022

If a neurodivergent person cannot focus on something they do not like, it is probably not because they are being lazy, rude or insubordinate; it is because their brain genuinely finds it hard - maybe even impossible - to focus on things that do not stimulate it.— coby watts (@cobywatts3) August 18, 2022

I like 'situationally mute'. It seems clear and unproblematic to me and I've never seen anyone object to it, but take that with a pinch of salt; it doesn't describe me.— Oolong (@MxOolong) August 18, 2022

Remember when I told y’all disability is a moving baseline based on culture. https://t.co/Brkd5j0YAK— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) August 18, 2022

Just read the phrase ‘person of transition’ and person first language has gone too far! What the fuck.— Beth Wilson (@doodlebeth) August 18, 2022

Added: More DisCrit, more Critical Race Theory, more music, a CrashCourse video, quotes from “Superior: The Return of Race Science” & “Killing the Black Body”.We live in an era of unvarnished eugenics, and neurodiversity is our most powerful response.https://t.co/Qqbal869VB— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 18, 2022

“The strategies that played out in Octavia’s books included adaptability and interdependence—often through the practice of repeated vulnerability.”—Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worldshttps://t.co/xL1KUiv40H— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 18, 2022

We have “created chosen families and homes, not rooted in geography, but in shared passion, imagination, and values.”https://t.co/ua3wuI3AhR— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 17, 2022

New glossary page: Intermittent Collaborationhttps://t.co/Vf9iCOYNH2— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 17, 2022

Cavendish Space: psychologically & sensory safe spaces suited to zone work, intermittent collaboration, and collaborative niche construction.https://t.co/6ZTRIyXj9l— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) August 17, 2022

[1/2] Very important article about how ABA "treatment" for #autism (which many #autistic people recall with trauma) has become a cash cow for private equity firms. @STATnews, please consider dropping the paywall for this. https://t.co/QrkYugcza0— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) August 16, 2022