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Your reminder that mobility aids are beautiful. pic.twitter.com/hJArRw6RCA— Disabled_Eliza (@DisabledEliza) May 18, 2022

You know what would be an interesting piece of research? The relationship between trauma, perfectionism, and inertia for autistic people... for reasons lol*. All I'm saying is the drive to be perfect is also probably rooted in how much shit we're used to getting😒— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) May 18, 2022

My entire life I’ve felt so alone and alienated from everyone I’ve ever interacted with. Now, every single day I come on this bird app, it blows my mind how many people have the same thoughts, feelings, and experiences I do. I’m so grateful for the #ActuallyAutistic community.— Lilly (@Lilly_Jade_) May 17, 2022

The non-autistic people who insist on person first language because people “shouldn’t be reduced to their disability” are the same people who get mad when you discuss autistic strengths & autistic flourishing, because they think those things are incompatible with being disabled.— Kristen Bottema-Beutel (@KristenBott) May 18, 2022

professors don’t need to “prepare students for the real world” by withholding accommodations from disabled students, professors need to prepare THEMSELVES for the real world in which disability is ubiquitous.— Brianne Benness (@bennessb) May 18, 2022

Inclusion specialists of the world: If you are sending home envelopes filled with ripped up paper to "prove" to parents that their child with autism can't complete the same work as their peers, I can assure you – you do not, in fact, specialize in #inclusion.— Meghan Miller (@mmillerucd) May 18, 2022

Asking #AutisticsInAcademia - how do you cope with reviewing #Autism #research that is horrifically ableist? I've just spent two hours on a paper that has a lot of potential and important findings, but my god, it was based on such outdated bullshit about #Autistic people!— Dr Aimee Grant 👩‍🦼 (she/they) (@DrAimeeGrant) May 18, 2022

If you’re trying to befriend an Autistic person, picture yourselves as Lilo and Stitch.Lilo was a mess. Stitch was a mess. But they were awesome messes together. You don’t need to ‘normalize’ someone, just accept their weirdness and have adventures together.— Elora - Online 1 Room Schoolhouse (@1Schoolhouse) May 18, 2022

I will never get over the fact that my inpatient psychiatrist described my autistic meltdowns as ‘hysteric attacks when she doesn’t get her own way’ in my notes. Never.— Emily♡ (@ItsEmilyKaty) May 18, 2022

All I'm asking for is a SINGLE study that provides any evidence that ABA is any more effective than kids spending equivalent time with someone who knows nothing about ABA.If they can't show that, how on Earth do they think they can justify a multi-billion dollar industry? What? https://t.co/rPKAM74lT9— Oolong 🍉 (@MxOolong) May 19, 2022

They have all of these thousands of studies of ABA, but VERY few randomised controlled trials, and I could only find ONE where the control group received equivalent time and attention.It found no significant difference from the treatment group!— Oolong 🍉 (@MxOolong) May 19, 2022

As far as I can see, all they have managed to show is that kids make some progress, if someone who's theoretically there to help spends a lot of time with them.They're using this to justify spending billions on practices that are hated by most of the people who go through them!— Oolong 🍉 (@MxOolong) May 19, 2022

Delighted that the abstract for my systematic review on the #belonging and #inclusion of people with minority #identities has been accepted to #SocRel 2022's conference 'Disruption, Crisis and Continuity in Religion'! #PhD #AutisticsInAcademia— Krysia Waldock (@krysiawally) May 19, 2022

I'm a 50-year-old gay man. I lived through the anti-gay moral panic of the 80s and the many battles against discriminatory legislation and social injustice of the 90s and 2000s, and I'm here to tell you that what is being done to trans people today is what was done to us then.— Duncan Hothersall🌹 (@dhothersall) May 17, 2022

so i got a master’s degree this weekend. pic.twitter.com/z7W0i3Lh5x— Lauren Alexandra (Taylor's Version) (@CrippledChic) May 16, 2022

3 reasons to join us1. Neurodiversity affirmative +balanced discussion on struggles and joys of siblings' lives2. Latest evidence ands implications during covid period and implications for school and mental health professionals and policy makers3. Scottish Autism crew rocks! https://t.co/LJiyi9RTEH— Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou (she/her) (@JoPavlopoulou) May 17, 2022

Listening to my son talk about the GCSE papers he has completed this week, I can see so clearly how this form of assessment disadvantages neurodivergent learners. Time pressures, lack of thinking space, having to put yourself in the mind of the examiner...the list goes on.— Jo Billington (@MsJoBillington) May 19, 2022

Eeeeee. Today is GAAD!!!!! https://t.co/fRhKBX7UecSo many fantastic events on today. About to get started on the first one!It’s properly exciting and very bouncy making to see so many awesome folks getting together n doing stuff. Sharing our love for what we do :)— Jamie & Lion (@spacedoutsmiles) May 19, 2022

What are your experiences with ableism in mental health care and psychiatry?— Project LETS (@projectlets) May 15, 2022

The #HolisticTT recommends reading:https://t.co/VtxVB4mpnQ#pedagogy #behaviouralscience #eduaction #HRP #recommendation @HumResPro pic.twitter.com/1t0ii5AI5S— Holistic Think Tank (@HolisticTT) May 16, 2022

Worst news to wake up to: Five people I know died. Found out my favorite uncle died. I’m torn up right now.— Maverick Be $trategizin’ (🦁🐍💚) #FNDAware (@GeecheeThreat) May 15, 2022

Me, pre-autism diagnosis: WTF is wrong with me?😭Me, post-autism diagnosis: WTF is wrong with the WORLD! 😡— rekindled (@re_kin_dled) May 15, 2022

My former psychiatrist used DBT dialectics to pathologize my saying "ACAB" and my criticism of carceral psychiatry, and then weaponized my PTSD diagnosis against me because I called her a racist for doing so.Yes, she was. https://t.co/BkDvzMafRp— krish, mph is pro-abortion ☪︎ #ProtectTransKids (@KrishJBhatt) May 16, 2022

It’s rad to see this coverage of the Hearing Voices movement, ⁦@WldflwrAlliance⁩, Alternatives to Suicide and peer run respites like Afiya. Here’s hoping lots more folks discover some possibilities outside the oppressive psychiatric box today. https://t.co/OS0Jqzb5PJ— (((Leah Harris))) 🖤 (@leahida) May 17, 2022

This is a powerful and important piece. https://t.co/FCvGsBgE6b— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) May 15, 2022

“ Despite decades of usage as the primary method for this population worldwide, ABA has never been shown to be even slightly efficacious for the nonverbal Autism population.”https://t.co/uTy2kHVvn0— Lauren C. (@Lau_Cob_) May 15, 2022

I'm not sure I've ever seen a harsher abstract. Genuinely spectacular."The research utilized in the response does not pertain to thepopulation discussed, does not present any neuroscientific research, and does not address intrinsic motivation, elevated levels ofanxiety" etc https://t.co/hzDoD962Qb— Oolong 🍉 (@MxOolong) May 17, 2022

“Current Events Do Not Belong in History Class”: As laws targeting so-called divisive topics intimidate & threaten teachers for having formal curriculum on these topics, if we aren’t talking to kids about the impact of these deadly ideas, who is?https://t.co/9RYZeC6R6L— Nick Covington (@CovingtonEDU) May 15, 2022

On Feb 25th, 2022, I resigned from my position as a social studies teacher at Ankeny High School, a position I have held since 2012, effective at the end of this year. I will not be returning to the classroom this fall.— Nick Covington (@CovingtonEDU) May 15, 2022