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AuDHD: when your neurotype is the very definition of competing access needs.— The Tweedy Mutant ♿🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (@the_tweedy) July 17, 2022

I feel like a lot of autistics struggle because, while many of us are wired to need alone time to recharge, our outlooks and goals tend to be very collaborative and community-focused.And our world is very much…not.1/🧵— Mx Kelly, M.S.Ed (& Mikka🐕‍🦺) ♿️🌈 See📌 (@AuTeacher) July 16, 2022

Here’s a group photo of some of us who were at the picnic on SaturdaySome people are dutifully looking towards the camera, and putting on their best photo face 😊Others of us were distracted by the bubbles that @MxOolong was making 🫧 🤪#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticPride pic.twitter.com/Tn5LcDSnBi— Anna Nicholson (@transponderings) July 18, 2022

Most #ActuallyAutistic people don’t know they’re autistic. This is a real problem because #autistic self-knowledge and autistic community is something all autistic people deserve. It’s a right. And it’s life changing, and life saving.— Maxwell 🏳️‍🌈 #AutisticLiberation (@maxwellaut) July 17, 2022

A family member told me that a Christian writer whom they admire went to a church meeting to pray for a cure for his #ActuallyAutistic son and it made my heart sink. The fact a church would do such a thing makes me realize how much my fellow Christians misunderstand disability 1/— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) July 18, 2022

What is Autism?What Are Autistic Ways of Being?Autistic TraitsAutism, Society, and MeAm I Autistic?What’s Next After Diagnosis?Community ResourcesRespectfully Connected: Advice to Teachers and Parents of Autistic Kidshttps://t.co/sgbKs5aTTu— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 18, 2022

Our Autism page collects community resources.https://t.co/sgbKs5aTTu— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 18, 2022

resources - https://t.co/tUQ56T30ZC— AutisticSciencePerson, MSc (@AutSciPerson) July 17, 2022

I'm going to say this once:No parent should be "grieving" their child about finding out their identity.This includes:Being ND/autisticBeing gayBeing transBeing left-handedYou are allowed to have feelings! You're allowed to process those feelings! 1/4— AutisticSciencePerson, MSc (@AutSciPerson) July 18, 2022

But, and this is the important part, you are not grieving a person.You are grieving your own expectations, and have fears and concerns about your kid growing up in this society. *That* is the loss. You lost a perception. Not the child right in front of you.2/4— AutisticSciencePerson, MSc (@AutSciPerson) July 18, 2022

Cavendish SpaceIntermittent CollaborationEdges Cases Are Stress Cases: Design is Tested at the EdgesDesign With, Not ForThe School User ExperienceStudent-Created Context & Timeless LearningChoice & ComfortHacking Schools: Getting Ourselves to Yeshttps://t.co/6ZTRIyXj9l— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 18, 2022

Important: Recent study supports idea that #autism is NOT more common in men than in women, as authorities have claimed for decades. https://t.co/hypFXWYWLI— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) July 16, 2022

Important: Recent study supports idea that #autism is NOT more common in men than in women, as authorities have claimed for decades. https://t.co/hypFXWYWLI— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) July 16, 2022

Today 3 people choosing to respond to my plea for help changed EVERYTHING. Earlier today, I fell asleep behind a month in finances. Three hours later I awakened ahead a week.— Tinu (@Tinu) July 16, 2022

I want to tell you something that many people in the autism industry don't know:Many well-known autistic activists in your local community and the international autism advocacy community ARE STILL BEING ABUSED BY THEIR PARENTS and they can't afford to tell the world.Many.— Tania Melnyczuk (@ekverstania) July 16, 2022

There are 4 classic human reactions to trauma: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. Allistic culture condemns and punishes Autistics for the first 3. I spend a lot of time with my #ActuallyAutistic clients undoing fawning patterns. Do you fawn?— You Might Be Autistic (@mightbeautistic) July 15, 2022

Shut Down the Parent Portals: The Dangers of Real-Time Data - "Surveilling students isn't in anyone's interest except the people who make the software." - from @biblioracle https://t.co/mLWhOsPdsn pic.twitter.com/c9F1AJYeSb— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) July 17, 2022

How much longer until ABA PBS parents, professionals and orgs understand that behaviourist influence is actually not improving matters here, despite all the data they collect in the name of “science”?What needs to be done 🧵🪡#BetterWaysThanABA https://t.co/uzUqdeO7fN— ABA PBS Autism Controversy (@abaukdiscussion) July 17, 2022

It's just extraordinary, isn't it.As a Commissioner wisely said to me a while back, "I'm sick of the ABA industry pretending it's got answers. It doesn't work. The kids are still stuck in these ****ing units year on year."— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 17, 2022

I used to think being openly autistic would result in people being more accepting of my differences, but years of being openly autistic has shown me that most people think acceptance is giving me more time and grace to do things *their* way, not allowing me to do things *my* way.— Callum Stephen (He/Him) (@AutisticCallum_) July 16, 2022

I used to think being openly autistic would result in people being more accepting of my differences, but years of being openly autistic has shown me that most people think acceptance is giving me more time and grace to do things *their* way, not allowing me to do things *my* way.— Callum Stephen (He/Him) (@AutisticCallum_) July 16, 2022

They whisper “sheep” as I, the only one masked in the whole store, walk by.— Kelsey (@KelseyMcRoss) July 16, 2022

And I want all of those in power to be deadly serious about it too.Because we have had decades of hell.There isn't a better way to describe it.Utter, utter hell.Here's your CAMHS commissioned starting point for change re autism: https://t.co/1VyBfEBeAv— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 17, 2022

Have a proper look at the newer research. See my profile page here.Contact @DoctorsAutistic for a modern view on autism.Contact @AT_Autism or @AFNCCF autism group or @JillCorbyn or @milton_damian @KieranRose7 @BobbVenessa @mum2aspergirl & countless others with deep expertise.— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 17, 2022

A quick thread on the breathtakingly high death rates of autistic people & people with learning disabilities...and the shocking number kept in what is (let's face it) cells in alleged 'mental health treatment' blocks, year after year. How to effect change: /— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 17, 2022

“Opening doors has become my calling."“Welcome to this house."“Find your people.”—Swamburger and Scarlet Monkhttps://t.co/ylYT8tJuOu— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 17, 2022

Wanna chat with folks who pioneered distributed work and adapted the tools and culture to indie ed-tech and human-centered learning? Join Stimpunks at our Conference to Restore Humanity track.https://t.co/eaQ6SCG5KT— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 17, 2022

Thread: here are some ways to handle a heatwave, for other #actuallyautistic people and anyone else who might need it. I’m one of those autistic people who gets really sick in the heat, so here’s what I learned living through several US heatwaves without air conditioning. >— Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) July 9, 2022

Well I’ll be! One year on, five hundred reviews, full-fat stars & one very grateful author. Anyone who’s read the book will know I do NOT have that many friends so they appear to be genuine! See what all the fuss is about why don’t you https://t.co/RhmkcGFjv1 pic.twitter.com/KBpcFHKH7S— Sara Gibbs (@Sara_Rose_G) July 17, 2022