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maybe they’re neurodivergent 🤷🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/D3ZdSr2wnj— human barometer, M.M. (@laurenancona) February 10, 2022

Why are people allowed to work with disabled kids without any training in anti-ableism or disability rights— self-taught human (@idkmybffcal) February 9, 2022

I was off school a *lot* as a kid.I now see that was because, as an undiagnosed autistic kid in the 90s, school was just too much to handle and often terrifying, and it was so much safer to stay home and watch daytime TV with my mum.— Pete Wharmby (@commaficionado) February 9, 2022

ADHD is selective hearing but you don’t get to do the selecting.— Jesse J. Anderson • ADHD Creative (@jessejanderson) February 9, 2022

Autistic kids should be allowed mental health days off school to avoid burn out.— Dr Whom 💚🤍💜 (@yipadeedoodah) February 9, 2022

NEW PAPER ALERT 🥳 (and a content warning, that this one is unpleasant).I am delighted to finally be able to share this with you all. This study looks at interpersonal victimisation in autistic adults (a short thread incoming). https://t.co/GiExwJwnob— Amy Pearson (@DrAmyPearson) February 10, 2022

I love that @Tinu always speaks up against racism, ableism and bigotry, especially when it has to do with how people access and receive or don't receive medical care.She will never stop working to change things regarding #MedicalRacism, ableism and bigotry for everyone!#ForTinu— 💖💄 Aoife ♿💜 (@Aoiferocksitout) February 8, 2022

To wave your arms to so many and say, you are in the way, it smacks of the colonies. It smacks of eugenics. 8/8— Dr. Unburnt Poorman (@DrPoorman) February 8, 2022

monetising hobbies is also really exhausting and hard and time consuming and you're doing it all by yourself!! being a survivor is hard and I don't think people get given enough space to admit that!— The Chronic Notebook (@chronicnotebook) February 9, 2022

I have screamed at both my therapist and my doctor “Being a survivor isn’t good enough. I’n tired of surviving.” And if one more person with a home tells me I inspire them (to monetize their hobbies, apparently) I will offer to trade places with them.— joqatana (@joqatana) February 8, 2022

The safest communities aren’t the ones that are policed most heavily.They’re the ones that receive robust investments in education and quality of life.Stop pouring money into violent “solutions.” They will not free us. That was never their design.— Fierce Love Can Heal Us (@RevJacquiLewis) February 6, 2022

"Black history is not Black history if certain people are left behind–especially Black women and gender expansive people who have always been at the vanguard of movement building."Essential list of readings and resources: https://t.co/TLTuFxlHMA— Interrupting Criminalization (@interruptcrim) February 6, 2022

So the thing about conflicting access needs is naming where they exist is not actually a Get Out Of Jail Free card.Naming conflicting access needs is setting up a framework for problem-solving.— Eb (@EbThen) February 8, 2022

When you have an illness, you often get held up as example of strength, and while your condition forces you to be resilient, you are also expected to act that way. You struggle to talk about how hard it really because without realising you're so used to meeting that expectation.— The Chronic Notebook (@chronicnotebook) February 7, 2022

The concept of neurodiversity and the process of psychiatric diagnosis are fundamentally incompatible with one another.— Devon Price (@drdevonprice) February 8, 2022

I think of it this way. If you think your kid might be gay or trans, you gotta help them get to know their community. Diagnosis is often not what Autistic kids need so much as the self knowledge and acceptance that comes with actually Autistic community. https://t.co/SUIIXZzXOM— Devon Price (@drdevonprice) February 8, 2022

Correct. I don't care one iota whether a person pursues diagnosis or not. I care that we treat a benign source of human diversity like it's a disease, and keep Autistics from finding one another and themselves. https://t.co/GF4JfZfBYg— Devon Price (@drdevonprice) February 8, 2022

For decades a diagnosis of gender identity disorder was required to "really" be trans. But outside of that psychiatric gatekeeping system (which claimed absurd things like that gay trans people don't exist) there were thousands & thousands of trans people existing as themselves.— Devon Price (@drdevonprice) February 8, 2022

Self diagnosis is not just "valid" -- it is liberatory. When we define our community ourselves and wrest our right to self-definition back from the systems that painted us as abnormal and sick, we are powerful, and free.— Devon Price (@drdevonprice) February 8, 2022

You can pursue formal diagnosis if you want, for legal protection and educational access. It will never be what makes you Autistic. If you're uncertain whether you are, meet more of us and join in community with us. We need eachother far more than we need psychiatric approval.— Devon Price (@drdevonprice) February 8, 2022

I have seen folks who talk abt taking assistive technology always from kids, from teachers to parents. Everything from wheelchairs (including disconnecting batteries) to taking away hearing aides. Assistive technology is like another body part. This ableist abuse needs to stop. https://t.co/wWFkV6RrRD— See Mia Eye the Tiger 🐯 (@SeeMiaRoll) February 7, 2022

Set a reminder for our upcoming Space! Talking #ungrading and other pedagogy-focused topics with Jesse Stommel—plan to join us for this exciting format! This space will be recorded/archived: https://t.co/jKQpt2w3CS. https://t.co/yaSToMSmkP— David Buck (@dbuckedu) February 8, 2022

Autism is really cool when you don't have to deal with other people 🤭— big rock big river, ms (they/them) (@bigrockbigriver) February 5, 2022

"Autism has become a trend"I wish Autism had been a "trend" when *I* was 14 years old 😐 then I wouldn't have spent so long hating myself and wanting to be dead#ActuallyAutistic— The Irritated Autie⁷ 💙 (@AutieAdorableMC) February 5, 2022

You can create small friendship groups (I recommend no more than 5 people per group) to provide support to one another, as you strengthen from your own wounds and optimise your life.Gradually, you can use your relationships within the group to help others do the same.— Tania | Autistic Strategies Network | #BanABA 😷 (@ekverstania) February 5, 2022

The Autistic urge to wear the same outfit for days in a row because it just feels perfect— Online 1 Room Schoolhouse (@1Schoolhouse) February 5, 2022

Having to rely on conscious processes to filter out undesirable sensory input is as long-term viable & sustainable as having to remember to breathe consciously all the time.— human barometer, M.M. (@laurenancona) February 6, 2022

Do you think it's OK to force a human being into forced conversion therapy? Which is infact a form of torture, against #HumanRights & #DisabilityRightsAre you pro #Neurodivergence ♾️ and #Disability?Let's come together and end Applied Behavioural Analysis Torture #BanABA 📢 pic.twitter.com/hae4mjz9te— Existential ÂÛtist  ∞ #StopTheShock #BanABA (@ExistentialAut1) February 6, 2022

#ADHD brains are motivated by novelty, urgency, challenge, and interest. No one likes hearing it, but using urgency as a motivator isn't always the worst idea. Sometimes, it's the only motivator that will work. I say, don't fight this and instead work with urgency. (1/7)— The ADHD Academic (@theADHDacademic) February 7, 2022

I'm not successful in spite of my autism, I'm successful in spite of the whole world telling me how wrong I am all of the time, when I'm actually doing what is right for me most of the time.— Peripheral Minds (@PeripheralMinds) February 7, 2022