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If you like my writing, tweeting, or general badassery, please consider subscribing to my patreon! https://t.co/suB35KP9Ua To get me to come to speak at your events, contact sean @ collectivespeakers . com. @CollectiveSpkrs— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) July 11, 2022

“I sing from intelligence. I sing from letting them know that I know who they are and what they have done to my people around the world.“I don’t want them to think that I don’t know who they are.”—Nina Simonehttps://t.co/8HiEGohOyX— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 11, 2022

Orient ourselves around our interdependence.Celebrate our interdependence.Put care at the center.Our survival is bound up together.Pluralism is our reality.https://t.co/8HiEGo0dHp— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 11, 2022

To all the newly disabled: no, it’s not “all in your head.” pic.twitter.com/rH89GXVKYG— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) July 11, 2022

To all the newly disabled: no, it’s not “all in your head.” pic.twitter.com/rH89GXVKYG— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) July 11, 2022

Everything is a remix.📼 Bricolage, Remixing, and Pastiche: Behind Our Punk Rock Research-Storytellinghttps://t.co/80mDUpluQD— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 11, 2022

Our regular reminder that Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is not to be used for autistic people who do not have an intellectual disability.Source: BILD. CAPBS. Snip is from paper attached, confirming this.https://t.co/HKDbR4A0Z3 pic.twitter.com/bKFKn5h2Ze— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 8, 2022

...& my reminder that my colleagues & I in @AT_Autism, and wider colleagues/contacts across the autism fields, would prefer it wasn't used on people with intellectual disabilities either. It's an outdated & problematic approach. Much better understandings are now available.— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 8, 2022

With hundreds of votes, this snip showing a poll from 2020 gives the opinion of those autistic people voting: A strong majority 'no' to PBS. It's no use teams claiming autistic people don't know what's good for us. They simply shouldn't be using it any more. pic.twitter.com/kWn4FCrt4K— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 8, 2022

I love how every time the word "hyperlexia" crosses the timeline at least one (1) person learns something new about themselves— Maddie, Jean Grey's Lesbian Clone (She/Her) (@lisaquestions) July 8, 2022

This shows results on autism, ADHD and those with Tourette's are twice as likely to be joint hypermobile and experience much more pain than general pop. Plus more dizziness on standing https://t.co/X7GpfIqfvN pic.twitter.com/P7gZMHWaXQ— Jane Green connective 😶 (@JGjanegreen) July 8, 2022

If the world was built to include neurodivergent people, it'd be better for pretty much everybody.— Pete Wharmby (@commaficionado) July 8, 2022

Our regular reminder that Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is not to be used for autistic people who do not have an intellectual disability.Source: BILD. CAPBS. Snip is from paper attached, confirming this.https://t.co/HKDbR4A0Z3 pic.twitter.com/bKFKn5h2Ze— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 8, 2022

...& my reminder that my colleagues & I in @AT_Autism, and wider colleagues/contacts across the autism fields, would prefer it wasn't used on people with intellectual disabilities either. It's an outdated & problematic approach. Much better understandings are now available.— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 8, 2022

If the world was built to include neurodivergent people, it'd be better for pretty much everybody.— Pete Wharmby (@commaficionado) July 8, 2022

Wait till people find out that Hyperlexia was basically the difference between an autism diagnosis and the shitty old diagnosis of Aspergers - because high level reading often led to higher level spoken language use (which can also be part of Hyperlexia)— TheAutisticAdvocate (@KieranRose7) July 8, 2022

My boyfriend told me that he tries to look at things through a neurodivergent lens when things in our relationship get a bit tricky, instead of the neurotypical lens he is used to/is encouraged by his friends. And that means the world.— Emily♡ (@ItsEmilyKaty) July 8, 2022

lukewarm take almost 100% of “gifted” students are neurodivergent (particularly autistic but other conditions as well) and that seemingly universal “gifted kid burnout” is just plain ole autistic burnout— a prednisone hate account (@vvictorman_uel) July 9, 2022

In college I was literally close to death due to stress and mental health problems, both related to my Autism.But if a non-autistic looked at college me, and also a non-speaking Autistic who is thriving and healthy, they’d label me “high-functioning” and him “low-functioning.”— Elora - Online 1 Room Schoolhouse (@1Schoolhouse) July 9, 2022

Any therapy or support that focuses primarily on behaviours is likely going to be harmful to most Autistic people.— Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 (@adamfare1996) July 9, 2022

I know this is going to come off as corny, but I really do sit around thinking about how much I love the disability community, we’re so cool and goofy and kind. Gah!!!— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) July 10, 2022

Progress Report https://t.co/rn6pizp0qB— Josephmooon (@josephmooon) July 10, 2022

Time for this regular reminder: if you have persisting "untreatable" anxiety/depression, consider exploring and ruling in/out a #neurodivergent condition that you weren't aware of, such as #ADHD or #Autism.— Dr Becci Neurodivergent Coach @YourQBCoach (@chasing_ling) July 10, 2022

Progress Report https://t.co/rn6pizp0qB— Josephmooon (@josephmooon) July 10, 2022

Many autistic people are told that they have social anxiety, but what they really have is a rational and legitimate fear of being treated badly by others, who may neglect their needs or judge them for their differences - both of which have happened to them a million times before.— Callum Stephen (He/Him) (@AutisticCallum_) July 9, 2022

“The Fundamental Attribution Error is that we overestimate the power of the person and underestimate the power of the situation.”— https://t.co/8rWm4KcEQVUS culture & education are vast engines of FAE. Special Education is a gauntlet of FAE attitudes.https://t.co/M4YOuRkW5r— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) July 11, 2022

I was just thinking about the concept of online privacy and how capitalism makes it impossible for everyone but especially so for disabled and poor folks who essentially have to have our whole lives open like a book in order to build any community and benefit from mutual aid— Edgar Allan Bitch (Saf) - Local Wateringcan’t (@edgar_a_bitch) July 10, 2022

Sigh. Autistic brain events are not a choice of 'behaviour'. And most autistic people are extremely keen to follow rules and be responsible citizens. I also see this article took SBC as its expert. Mmm. pic.twitter.com/EOEiGHpcDx— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 10, 2022

Autistic empathy is deep, very real - & often very differently expressed to nonautistic empathy.We often empathise v well with other autistic people, & nonautistic people empathise extremely badly with us. So who has the deficit, eh? See @milton_damian Double Empathy Theory.— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 10, 2022

https://t.co/DdOSxosyrW A useful article on Double Empathy Theory and how nonautistic people misunderstand us (& vice-versa). Both groups benefit from learning about the other & valuing one another's differences & needs, where practical & possible.— Ann Memmott PGC MA 🌈 (They/she) (@AnnMemmott) July 10, 2022