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"Like the leaders of any other community your child belongs to but you do not, autistic and disability advocates have beneficial insights & learned wisdom that non-autistic parents simply cannot provide (and that, as a bonus, research supports)." At TPGA:https://t.co/lOS7jQjt83— Thinking Person's Guide To Autism (@thinkingautism) March 20, 2023

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS!The time has finally come for me to put together a Neuroqueer Theory handbook. I'm accepting chapter proposals from now through the end of May.#neuroqueer #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #queer #books #creativity https://t.co/EGa77Tpm7p— Nick Walker (@WalkerSensei) March 20, 2023

Kindly reminding people whose response to„This person in my life is bad for me, how can I cope?“is always„Cut ties! Find better people!“that disabled people who are dependent on others exist.Not everyone can just 1. cut ties and 2. find other people.#disability— autistictic - #EndAutmisiaNow #StopTheShock (@autistictic) March 19, 2023

The Medical Model wants evidence based "treatment package" for #Autistic preschoolers. Is it good enough, pragmatic, to offer parent-child interaction therapy that is based on the idea that Autistic ways of being are not valid, even if it is now being repackaged as ND Affirming?— Elaine Mcgreevy (@ElaineMcgreevy) March 19, 2023

On the first day of the semester I tell my students that they do not owe me details of their lives and they do not need to perform their trauma to me. I will believe whatever they say they have going on in their lives. They are always shocked to hear this.— Jesiqua Rapley (@JesiquaR) March 19, 2023

Today I am a little way through reading hundreds of personal accounts of experiences of ABA and PBS and I am in tears.I think it may be a mix of under-estimating the extent their issues and hitting a raw nerve as I have my own personal experiences of these. So triggering.— Fiona Clarke (@Fiona_Clarke_) March 19, 2023

Everytime I see a take about how 30 years ago we didn't have X or Y or Z and it's about autism, ADHD, or any form of neurodivergence and or mental illness, I'm just absolutely dead at how steadfast it ignores the most shocking violence of institutionalization.— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) March 19, 2023

I left @ITAKOM_CONF thinkingwhen will we see in ADHD research the shift we witness in autism research. Why we dont have more ADHD research that is affirmative and humanised? And then I wrote to my colleagues.— Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou (she/her) (@JoPavlopoulou) March 19, 2023

Everytime I see a take about how 30 years ago we didn't have X or Y or Z and it's about autism, ADHD, or any form of neurodivergence and or mental illness, I'm just absolutely dead at how steadfast it ignores the most shocking violence of institutionalization.— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) March 19, 2023

I've compiled a list of common questions I get asked. What's wrong with Social Skills Training? What's the alternative to #PECS? Why is diagnosing #Autistic children with Language Disorder problematic? Why is ToM research flawed?#SLT #SEND #OThttps://t.co/S6apVOHgQB— Emily Price (Lees) (@EmilioLees) March 19, 2023

This is part of what I mean when I say "don't be a trauma detective" and encourage teachers to build and maintain boundaries. No one owes you their story. https://t.co/CFHc9GMzJK— Alex Shevrin Venet (@AlexSVenet) March 19, 2023

hardest shit i've ever seen.@KublaiKhanTX at @LDBFest pic.twitter.com/PYbC93FLjs— hate5six (@hate5six) March 19, 2023

- Evidence-based Practice & Autism Research- Evidence-based Practice & Education- Complexity Reduction- Adverse Events & Unintended Consequences- Lived Experience Informed Practicehttps://t.co/hd4zRQZvUN— Stimpunks Foundation (@stimpunks) March 19, 2023

Our spiky profiles need anti-ableist space that isn't designed against us. We need space without behaviorism, segregation, or ableism. We need human-centered space designed to our edges. #DIYEdge #Stimpunks #RollinOnOurOwn https://t.co/VDnICeyJhs via @stimpunks— David OKAND K.... (@Ociardubain) March 19, 2023

"Autism is not defined by an absence. It is defined by vividness. I see the world in all its colours and sounds. You see 20 shades of green. I see 200. I notice the things that others don't. It is chaotic, but it's vivid. - by @ItsEmilyKaty / Thanks I CAN Network Ltd for the post pic.twitter.com/eAa6MKxdzp— Born Fabulous Podcast (@PodcastBorn) March 18, 2023

Schools create losers out of otherwise wonderful and valuable human beings. All the advocates for schooling need to recognize that. https://t.co/XdTjbVJ3Kf— Abrome (@AbromeEd) March 18, 2023

Teachers are pressured to adopt the experimental methodologies & random control trials of the laboratory to figure out “what works” in education. But what does it mean to be “evidence-based”? What are the side-effects of turning classrooms into labs? https://t.co/5oIQ8eaIqH— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) March 19, 2023

"Autism is not defined by an absence. It is defined by vividness. I see the world in all its colours and sounds. You see 20 shades of green. I see 200. I notice the things that others don't. It is chaotic, but it's vivid. - by @ItsEmilyKaty / Thanks I CAN Network Ltd for the post pic.twitter.com/eAa6MKxdzp— Born Fabulous Podcast (@PodcastBorn) March 18, 2023

ICYMI: We are fortunate to have added 2 incredible contributions to our writing page last week:From @MrAleoSays on the Silent Crisis of the humanities: https://t.co/WJxNVXin12 And @Mathgarden on "The Wrath Without the Math": https://t.co/Uve3c96Yvx #K12 #education #edutwitter pic.twitter.com/7f7IgsCMad— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) March 18, 2023

Schools create losers out of otherwise wonderful and valuable human beings. All the advocates for schooling need to recognize that. https://t.co/XdTjbVJ3Kf— Abrome (@AbromeEd) March 18, 2023

If I may say so, the groups who I most want to read #Untypical (or indeed any book by an autistic author) are those who work in health, education, social care and the police.Just saying.— Pete Wharmby (@commaficionado) March 18, 2023

"Promise to expose your non-speaking autistic children to stories and ideas. By making this promise the only thing you risk losing is regret." Christine Stephan, at TPGA: https://t.co/PIo01hHduR #Neurodiversity— Thinking Person's Guide To Autism (@thinkingautism) March 19, 2023

The neurotypical art of knowing when they have enough social capital to break the rules…So damn successful.And I am blindsided every time!🤣#autistic— Neurodivergent Dr (@autisticdoc) March 19, 2023

Here's the video of my #ITAKOM23 conference presentation, "Expanding the Creative Potentials of Human Neurodiversity."#ITAKOM #Neurodiversity #Neuroqueer #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #NeurodiversityWeek #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek2023https://t.co/9aE5pvg8gM— Nick Walker (@WalkerSensei) March 19, 2023

Our spiky profiles need anti-ableist space that isn't designed against us. We need space without behaviorism, segregation, or ableism. We need human-centered space designed to our edges. #DIYEdge #Stimpunks #RollinOnOurOwn https://t.co/VDnICeyJhs via @stimpunks— David OKAND K.... (@Ociardubain) March 19, 2023

I’m thankful to @AbbottElemABC for telling the truth about charter networks that come to ‘save’ communities:‘School choice’ means schools choose their students, not the other way around. This is ESPECIALLY true of students who struggle in traditional classroom settings.— The Madwoman in the Classroom (@heymrsbond) March 16, 2023

A massive congratulations to @commaficionado for this wonderful book. Happy publication day Pete! Everyone go and grab your copy! 💜 pic.twitter.com/xkFWoAFWLf— Emily♡ (@ItsEmilyKaty) March 16, 2023

#WokeDefined Amen to what has been shared here. That’s why I’m gonna #StayWoke until the day I die; the word #woke has decades of meaning in the Black community. Educate yourselves before appropriating and co-opting terms and misusing them.Your inner colonizer is showing, folx. https://t.co/PWDVqkSRpF— Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD (she/they) (@MorenikeGO) March 17, 2023

This is the true origin of "Stay Woke"#BlackHistory #StayWoke ✊🏾❤️🖤💚✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/wNcdM68Iwg— Unapologetically Black & Positive (@KimWrites4U) March 16, 2023