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We. Should. Wear. Masks. In. Healthcare. Settings. Forever.— Stephanie Wyeld (@steph_the_twit) June 7, 2022

Gentle reminder:Autistic consultants are not a free resource.I get a stream of well paid professionals asking me to give them free advice.It's very inappropriate.Please respect autistic time and energy.I'm also taking a break from work for health reasons.Thank you.— Ann Memmott PGC🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) June 7, 2022

It is estimated that ADHDers receive twenty-THOUSAND more negative messages about themselves by the age of 12 than other kids their age. If you want a clue of where RS and RSD can come from.Some math: there are about four-thousand days a twelve-year-old has lived.— Zero (they/them) (@ZeroWrites) June 7, 2022

What is progressive education? How do we avoid the "buzzword trap" and realize actual change the classroom? Check out our overview of progressive education in our Primer, available for free on our website: https://t.co/ydjDXoAxjp #restorehumanity pic.twitter.com/kBt14wAmsN— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) June 8, 2022

"The next time you are tempted to tell an Autistic person their interest is silly, trivial, a waste of time, weird, or pointless, stop—and remember why we love what we love. We are somebody, too, and we must be respected." @UnstrangeMind:https://t.co/yNods7oLMV #neurodiversity— Thinking Person's Guide To Autism (@thinkingautism) June 9, 2022

"As others emerge from isolation & 'return to normal,' we will be retreating to our own normals: isolation, inaccessibility, debility, exclusion... unless we reimagine alternative futures & fight for them in the present."@DisInHigherEd / @DisabledAcademhttps://t.co/0ZMKvQcU8c— E Krebs, PhD🧂 (@SaltySicky) June 1, 2022

Welcome to the late-diagnosed section of the #ActuallyAutistic community!It can be a bit of a rollercoaster emotionally, like those movies with a plot twist at the end causing you to reconsider the entire movie in its light.Again, welcome 💜🤗💜— Leah McElrath 🏳️‍🌈 (@leahmcelrath) May 31, 2022

I’m quoted in here https://t.co/ep6jhqCobE— Melinda (@melwedde) May 31, 2022

This is the hardest thing I’ve ever posted. I need to finally be honest with you all and myself. I don’t know how this will go over. I have no idea if this will lose me followers or job offers. I’m terrified, I really am.But this is who I am. pic.twitter.com/Gu0Ny6KyRa— Amanda Rose (@AmandaGolf59) May 31, 2022

Me, at home this morning. Since I'm the only human here and I'm at home, avoiding COVID. Hopefully I will never get COVID. pic.twitter.com/qwQHLl0QVL— Kim Crawley (@kim_crawley) May 31, 2022

Hey! Welcome to the #ActuallyAutistic community. Come on board. We have plenty of room. Including plenty of #ActuallyAutistic women like @haleymossart, who is also a Gator.— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) May 31, 2022

The irony of 'experts' dictating to us about screen use and who deliver this 'expertise' to us with no knowledge of our neurological, social and communication needs and deliver it to us using a variety of screens...— TheAutisticAdvocate (@KieranRose7) May 29, 2022

tw: suicide , gun violence We talk about making it harder for mentally ill people to get guns in order to protect other people, and I get where it comes from, but the main people at risk from mentally ill people with easy access to guns are the mentally ill people themselves.— Erin Ekins (she/her) (@QueerlyAutistic) May 30, 2022

ABA is literally gay conversion therapy. And they’re gonna start using it on all the socially “unwanted” people.You can bet there are ABA shops right now doing Trans Conversion Therapy on innocent kids.— 🇺🇦 sunflower seeds 🌻 (@mykola) May 30, 2022

tw: suicide , gun violence Restrictions on guns should be talked about in terms of saving vulnerable and mentally ill people, as much as (if not more than) it is talked about in terms of protecting the rest of society FROM these vulnerable and mentally ill people.— Erin Ekins (she/her) (@QueerlyAutistic) May 30, 2022

This is such important work. Huge thanks to you and the fine team members. As you rightly say from the findings, gaming increases wellbeing and agency, in so many cases. It's not a 'problem behaviour'.— Ann Memmott PGC🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) May 29, 2022

New quals paper publication with Claire Usher and @DrAmyPearson #autistic #gaming Open Access. https://t.co/lIuPXDFghA@AutismPractice @AT_Autism @AnnMemmott @grrand_ioe @IoeResearch @AMASEdin @VivianEdPsych @KieranRose7 let us know what you think ;)— Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou (she/her) (@JoPavlopoulou) May 28, 2022

NEW ARTICLE 🎉on autistic adolescent boys' perceptions of gaming, with @JoPavlopoulou and Claire Usher.Thread belowOpen access: https://t.co/kfhwM07A93— Amy Pearson (@DrAmyPearson) May 30, 2022

Autism Speaks has maybe another ten years in power, max. Half of that will be mired in controversy.They can’t keep doing this ABA shit to us, but now they’re trialing it for non-autistic “behavioral problems”.Do see this front in the war yet?— 🇺🇦 sunflower seeds 🌻 (@mykola) May 30, 2022

tw: suicide , gun violence The biggest impact of the intersection of easy gun access and mental illness is not these awful, terrible mass shootings, but the tens of thousands of vulnerable people who use those weapons to hurt themselves. That's just as great a tragedy.— Erin Ekins (she/her) (@QueerlyAutistic) May 30, 2022

tw: suicide , gun violence And guns aren't just able to be used in a split second, they're also devastating in ways other methods aren't. 85% of suicide attempts with a gun end in death. Overdose, the most common method, has a 3% fatality rate. https://t.co/yhFF93AHtq— Erin Ekins (she/her) (@QueerlyAutistic) May 30, 2022

The jump to blame mental illness on gun violence will do nothing but inflict more violence and trauma on mentally ill ppl, especially those of color, and give way to new reasons for the state to restrict their bodily autonomy thru policing— Amy Gaeta (@GaetaAmy) May 30, 2022

Dear good folks of Twitter looking for spouses: Please marry @EricMGarcia (women) and @JHMarble (men). They're both brilliant, goodhearted, hot, funny, #autistic, and committed to changing the world for the better. Stop wasting time on those dating apps. Listen to yenta Steve.— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) May 30, 2022

I will keep saying this until you listen. DV is the most common warning sign for a mass shooting. Misogyny is a gateway to online radicalization & white supremacy. Sexist online harassment leads to real world violence. Don’t tell us to just ignore the trolls— Dr. Mia Brett (@QueenMab87) May 28, 2022

I’m trying to see the positive side of this platform. But I keep getting harassed and essentially bullied. If my content is valuable or has been helpful to you in any way I’d love to know. 💜 #ActuallyAutistic— Honest Autistic (@HonestAutistic) May 30, 2022

Autism is not the latest fad that all the young people are into.It's not trendy to:- Be unemployed- Die young- Have lots of mental and physical health problems- Have meltdowns and Autistic burnout- Have differences that people mockNo-one is choosing disability for fun.— Charlie Park (she/they) ♿🌈🥄😷 (@ParkTheCharlie) May 30, 2022

No single person could ever accurately represent every conceivable viewpoint. The only person who can accurately represent a viewpoint is the person who has it, so imo, the focus should be on encouraging everyone to share their viewpoint and raising their voices so they’re heard.— Callum Stephen (He/Him) (@AutisticCallum_) May 30, 2022

I’d like to address being told I do nothing and get overwhelmed by nothing. I am disabled, okay, I don’t function ‘normally’, I am constantly overstimulated overwhelmed and burnt out because life is anything but ‘nothing’ to my brain, nevertheless I always try… #ActuallyAutistic— Honest Autistic (@HonestAutistic) May 30, 2022

Autism is a unique experience for every autist and we all deserve representation and a voice. I feel uncomfortable with the idea of policing how anyone talks about their experience, or chastising them because others aren’t represented by their personal viewpoint.— Callum Stephen (He/Him) (@AutisticCallum_) May 30, 2022

Just me promoting this essay again: I put a lot into exploring grief stories as a genre, why we read them, and how we need to do better on processing grief. https://t.co/wikCCf4qIa— s. e. smith (@sesmith) May 28, 2022