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I just read that sexual assault happens to approximately 90% of autistic women over 15 and yet a mere 30% of the general female population (which is still horrifying ofc). Why are we such targets and what can we do to better protect ourselves? #AskingAutistics— Little Fox (@litlfx) June 6, 2022

One problem might be that many autistics have their boundaries (for example regarding sensory issues) disrespected and ridiculed since childhood. So we learn that our boundaries are wrong and ridiculous and maybe transfer this idea also to boundaries that would protect from abuse— Autistic Science Girl 🌈 (@ScienceAutistic) June 6, 2022

I’ve always loved parallel play. My friend in elementary school was also autistic and it was natural for us, but it’s hard to find anyone who isn’t autistic who gets it. #ActuallyAutistic pic.twitter.com/48XQwcQaI3— humanbeingawkward (@ZoeYork_) June 3, 2022

I sincerely believe that addressing systemic ableism is the key to our collective futures.When every form of marginalization is meant to disable you so that discarding you is automatically justified, you must take that tool from the oppressor.— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) June 5, 2022

especially towards Black and brown and neurodivergent/disabled people.— spidey kavi (blue/blue/blues)🏹 (@aromanticnoir) June 4, 2022

let's talk about how abusive and traumatizing school is— spidey kavi (blue/blue/blues)🏹 (@aromanticnoir) June 4, 2022

read a load of people losing it over the phrase ‘identify as disabled’ & i have been viscerally reminded that abled people think that disabled people get told by a doctor that we’re disabled— Laura Elliott 💉💉💉 (@TinyWriterLaura) June 4, 2022

Nominating myself here. Also @drstevenkapp @ThrivingwAutism @KaydenStockwell @DrHannahBelcher @Hannah_Morton9 @bnachmanreports @JennyMaiPhanPhD @VancityTC @MorenikeGO @autismcrisis @HariSri108 @AutisticProf @proudmum95 @AutisticInertia and many more that I'm sure I'm forgetting— Zack Williams (@QuantPsychiatry) June 5, 2022

To answer the question "Why is ABA therapy bad?"ABA therapy for autistic people relies on one goal: Autistic people need to seem indistinguishable from neurotypical people.Then the question becomes, how do we do this?1/9— AutisticSciencePerson, MSc (@AutSciPerson) June 3, 2022

We should all know this criteria and that anyone with these symptoms needs to rest. It is largely NOT recommended people with ME exercise, esp by popular standards. If it makes your condition worse, listen to your body, please.https://t.co/41fuu0mUFE— TheDisabilityEnthusiast (@twitchyspoonie) June 5, 2022

+@anna_stenning @CAB_Research @DjzemaLouiz @dora_raymake @DrAmyPearson @DrMBotha @DrRJChapman @EloiseClinPsy @heasutherland @HRadders @JacdenHouting @krysiawally @LeahDerham @MarianthiKourti @melissachapple @milton_damian @PatrickDAutist @PiaLBradshaw @Richard_Autism @zephyrspecs— Steven Kapp (@drstevenkapp) June 5, 2022

Today, we’re launching @ursastory’s first show with @LitHub Radio — Ursa Short Fiction, hosted by Deesha and Dawnie. https://t.co/GOqiClLWhU pic.twitter.com/vUxf8Sguu7— Mark Armstrong (@markarms) June 6, 2022

I am SO fucking sick of it being labelled a "culture war"- it's a war on civil rights, a war on human rights, a war on bodily autonomy, and one side keeps bringing spoons to a gunfight. https://t.co/OeAm7VlMsP— naomi, contagiously trans🏳️‍⚧️ 🌌🐙 (@H0NEYRIVER) June 5, 2022

I really love this piece from @FrancesSSellers. But I have to disagree with the assertion that infighting is due to limited resources. Infighting is due to artificial scarcity. The resources exist. They just don’t get spent on disabled people. https://t.co/RRsfPBiPeT— Sara Luterman (@slooterman) June 6, 2022

My friend Emily caught the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics and was pissed at the overwhelming infantilization. I never watch them because these are some of the best athletes in the country and people are treating them like show and tell at the school field day. pic.twitter.com/uQMjiQZakB— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) June 5, 2022

Zach told me a couple of weeks ago he was expanding this episode into a larger conversation and I’m still proud to be a part of it. Have a listen https://t.co/zFVUrJZVwl— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) June 5, 2022

@DrAmyPearson @CeeMcGlynn @autisticgpshh @DrMBotha @milton_damian @JacdenHouting @AutSchoolStaff @KieranRose7 @DjzemaLouiz @MxOolong— Neurodivergent Dr (@autisticdoc) June 5, 2022

re: this. I am EXTREMELY honest, but I'm autistic traumatized so i barely show any kind of emotion or make eye contact, no matter what i say most people assume i'm lying. I have had to stop seeking health care entirely and I have given up speaking to people I don't know.— born to die / world is a fuck (@mall_plant) June 5, 2022

Oh wow hi, wasn’t expecting this to take off at all! Thank you all! 🥰 Literally just bought a cheap pride flag, some cheap black fabric, made & cut out a pattern and hand-sewed it on with twine. Here’s a bonus pic of it last night sans all that glare from earlier in the day 😄 pic.twitter.com/FenErwEz0X— Jules 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ (@blackgreif) June 5, 2022

As an Autistic nonbinary person, growing up, I felt trapped in a maze of locked rooms full of poorly defined expectations and unexpected hazards. That's why this Pride Month, I'm partnering with Aperture Laboratories to—— Sharyn Blum (@sleepyknave) June 5, 2022

Also, it isn't autism-specific and is being incorporated into work places as part of the benefits packages.Imagine a world where you're sent for behavioral modification because you tried to unionize, or complained about unequal salary, or set an accommodation boundary, etc. https://t.co/BVVt5dAcz9— joni elena #StopTheShock (@joni_elena) June 5, 2022

For the first week of #Pride2022: a brief thread about why the fates of LGBTQ+ and #ActuallyAutistic people are intertwined (to say nothing of LGBTQ+ autistic people). This right here is Ole Ivar Lovaas, the father of modern-day Applied Behavioral Analysis. 1/ pic.twitter.com/beWu88RSdH— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) June 5, 2022

Much of the language that conversion therapists used bears striking resemblance to retrograde ideas about autism. Joseph Nicolosi called homosexuality "an adaptation to an emotional breach with the parents," which bears similarity to "refrigerator parents" and autism.— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) June 5, 2022

People might wonder why I, a cisgender heterosexual from the suburbs of Southern California, included queer history in a book about autism. THIS is why. The same people who want to stop queer kids from being themselves are the same ones who want to stop me from flapping my hands— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) June 5, 2022

Learning about the shared DNA of gay conversion therapy and ABA reaffirmed what Martin Luther King wrote in 1963 "We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny."— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) June 5, 2022

Lovas ran a clinic at UCLA, where autistic children were slapped, administered shock therapy. LIFE Magazine profiled his practices in 1965, showing how one girl was taken to a "shock room" when she made little progress. https://t.co/q2estb85M5— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) June 5, 2022