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I know many of us have wanted to support @SFdirewolf as she recovers at home. If you are able, please consider ordering some supplies from her wishlist which will be sent directly to her home in SF. 🌈🐯🧡 https://t.co/BRMmg6dA9x— Lisa Diedrich (@lldiedrich) July 20, 2022

True story - and sometimes it starts with the question "Do you hear things other people don't?" One autistic person got misdiagnosed with schizophrenia because they answered yes - they literally heard things others didn't. Not that they were having hallucinations. https://t.co/rl8ozNTCld— AutisticSciencePerson, MSc (@AutSciPerson) July 20, 2022

People in an ableist society will not only be deeply hostile to disabled people, but be in intense denial of their own disability. They will contort their minds into pretzels to argue that they're not disabled, just a bit under the weather. Temporarily embarrassed athletes.— Anosognosiogenesis (@pookleblinky) July 20, 2022

so fucking hot out my genderfluid friends are turning into gendergas and evaporating— matt (@mattxiv) July 19, 2022

Even if you don’t live in Aotearoa, you can add your name in support of this initiative to underscore the relevance of the proposed concept to Autistic communities worldwide.— Jorn Bettin (@jornbettin) July 18, 2022

Every autistic was the whistleblower at least once in their lifetime. Autistics have been ostracizated and pathologized as rigid/uncooperative due to refusing to comply with “The Unjust”Autists don’t compromise their integrity while knowing what it costs to be the whistleblower. https://t.co/hUpILbuS0Q— AutCollab (@AutCollab) July 18, 2022

Co-creating a Centre of Autistic Culture in Auckland, Aotearoa. If you are Autistic and live in Aotearoa, and especially if you live in the Auckland region, we invite you to join us in the co-creation process, and to submit your ideas/feedback https://t.co/u0I40FHbIf @AutCollab.— Jorn Bettin (@jornbettin) July 18, 2022

The Autistic / ND whānau concept and Autistic / ND communities are important and essential building blocks of a new emerging reality. The social model of disability applies. 🧵1/ https://t.co/aM5Gm9R1NY— AutCollab (@AutCollab) July 18, 2022

Every autistic was the whistleblower at least once in their lifetime. Autistics have been ostracizated and pathologized as rigid/uncooperative due to refusing to comply with “The Unjust”Autists don’t compromise their integrity while knowing what it costs to be the whistleblower. https://t.co/hUpILbuS0Q— AutCollab (@AutCollab) July 18, 2022

Next week kicks off Conference to Restore Humanity!, and who better to set the stage than our first keynote @HenryGiroux!Join Giroux as he explains the importance of critical pedagogy in counteracting authoritarianism and fascism. 🌠https://t.co/Ock93KJuYa July 25-28 pic.twitter.com/pm2N0SCtAc— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) July 19, 2022

A lot of my experience of autism is wanting to be invited to everything, and wanting to attend nothing. 😄🤷‍♂️🤦— Pete Collins 🏳️‍🌈 (@petephilipcoll1) July 20, 2022

Next week kicks off Conference to Restore Humanity!, and who better to set the stage than our first keynote @HenryGiroux!Join Giroux as he explains the importance of critical pedagogy in counteracting authoritarianism and fascism. 🌠https://t.co/Ock93KJuYa July 25-28 pic.twitter.com/pm2N0SCtAc— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) July 19, 2022

“What’s fair depends on what people need.”https://t.co/tMWfR7bAo2— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 19, 2022

Neurodivergent and disabled students navigate two gauntlets.Education access:https://t.co/l9tsUAvUnqHealthcare access:https://t.co/RgnT3fhvkz— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 19, 2022

Is there a more satisfying feeling than when you discover a new stimmy song that you just *know* you’re going to be playing on repeat for the foreseeable future?My new on-repeat song is Mabel’s ‘I Love Your Girl’. Her vocal inflection when singing the word ‘Girl’ has me hooked.— Callum Stephen (He/Him) (@AutisticCallum_) July 18, 2022

https://t.co/iZCqFBBHGe New research. More mythbusting about #autism. No, we're not antisocial. Most are very lonely. Why? Well, from other research, we know it's the nonautistic people refusing to be friends with us, but blaming us for it. Result - anxiety, depression etc— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 18, 2022

There's exactly ONE WEEK until Conference to Restore Humanity! This virtual conference explores implementable systems of progressive pedagogy: giving you the tools to foster student/educator well-being.Learn more at https://t.co/Ock93L15PI pic.twitter.com/EwMsYFHzCG— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) July 18, 2022

Suppose you get covid 3 times, and now have disabling sequelae that makes you unable to work. It takes you 3+ years to get SSI. Your max income is now $841 a month. Max assets: $2,000, plus a car.— Anosognosiogenesis (@pookleblinky) July 16, 2022

Challenging behaviour → distressed behaviourSchool refusal → school-induced anxietyAttention-seeking → attention-needingWhat other language should we be looking to change?— GKT (@garethkthomas) July 17, 2022

https://t.co/iZCqFBBHGe New research. More mythbusting about #autism. No, we're not antisocial. Most are very lonely. Why? Well, from other research, we know it's the nonautistic people refusing to be friends with us, but blaming us for it. Result - anxiety, depression etc— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 18, 2022

If you are part of a marginalized group, you are not required to "play nice" in order to make your community "not look bad."You are not required to stop speaking up about issues.You are not required to validate other people's feelings that hurt you and your community.1/6— AutisticSciencePerson, MSc (@AutSciPerson) July 18, 2022

Here's a book trailer to kick off #AutismAcceptanceWeekThis is Speak Up! A new comic with an autistic MC, I'm pouring my personal experiences into this book 💜It's coming out Sept 13th and you can pre-order here: https://t.co/iQLWaLEppjI hope many kids feel seen in this book💖 pic.twitter.com/uc3G3hyusM— Rebecca Burgess - Speak Up! releasing Sept 13th- (@theorah) March 28, 2022

8 DAYS until our conference! Join us as we explore a sustainable, accessible, and equitable model that reimagines education and fights for student/educator well-being.Learn more and register at https://t.co/Ock93KJuYa (July 25-28, Virtual) pic.twitter.com/JVsss9UDJv— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) July 17, 2022

Me on my Soapbox: “Myths like the changeling are just ways to formalize the othering and abandonment of Autistic children.”Me at Home: “…no the Fey are clearly Autistic, look, they follow patterns you don’t grok, they have sensory issues, they speak in what you call riddles…” https://t.co/nKzDLirIwX— 🇺🇦 sunflower seeds 🌻 (@mykola) July 17, 2022

Interestingly I actually see fairies and the fey as a semi-divine aspect of the Autistic archetype.Just as robots in fiction are often a metaphor for the way Autistics are put into subservient information-processing-adjacent social roles. pic.twitter.com/wpXcdNznwz— 🇺🇦 sunflower seeds 🌻 (@mykola) July 17, 2022

I’ve said this before but the scene in Star Wars IX where 3PO is sacrificing himself for them and they just want him to hurry through his goodbyes is the bleakness in the heart of Star Wars.Autistic coded chars are comedy relief and our suffering amused y’all. pic.twitter.com/kvF4N4Gs8J— 🇺🇦 sunflower seeds 🌻 (@mykola) July 17, 2022

Some POC examples I’ve seen: - the incredibly bright and cheerful Black kid who has a massive hyperfixation on a very obscure topic but fears rejection https://t.co/SAqMCA1YvC pic.twitter.com/kTClxK99zI— The Intersectional Anansesem (@TaranTrinn) July 17, 2022

Our research page has a section on how meaningless “evidence-based practice” has become.https://t.co/NcQDpIpnne— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 19, 2022

Why “What Works” Won’t Work and Why “What Works” May Hurt: What does it mean for education to be evidence-based, and what should be the relationship of the laboratory to the classroom?https://t.co/xig9dnxGaL pic.twitter.com/Dr2sbPISLs— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) July 16, 2022