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Rules of Engagement #WorldAutismAwarenessDay 1) foster #AutisticAcceptance 2) Believe us when we say, Puzzle Pieces DO NOT help promote #AutisticAcceptance (Dig Deeper into the very problematic history of Autism organizations to understand why)
3) Avoid using toys or childhood images to represent #Autism. #Autistics are #Autistic and will remain as such. We are #DifferentNotLess. When you use toys to represent us, it infantilizes our authentic Ways of Being. Use Rainbow Infinity or Gold Infinity symbols instead
4) Always take an #Intersectional approach to understanding #AutisticTruths. We are from all faiths, cultures, gender identities and more, but our experiences are dramatically impacted by how the world sees our diverse layers of identity and whether we are multiply marginalized
#Autism hitting the headlines & trending - good
I was diagnosed as Aspergers last year - I’m still just me
Yesterday I had a overwhelming day
Last week I had an overwhelming week
Last month I had an overwhelming month
Last year I had an overwhelming year
This sums us up 💚
I was diagnosed as Aspergers last year - I’m still just me
Yesterday I had a overwhelming day
Last week I had an overwhelming week
Last month I had an overwhelming month
Last year I had an overwhelming year
This sums us up 💚
Last decade was overwhelming at times but thankfully not all the time, just some of the time but then a breakthrough comes, it’s always does. 
I work on complexity and at times challenging assignments.
Problems so big: no-one fully understands the issues, never mind devise solutions.
Problems often rattle around for days, weeks, months, years, or decades & in one case a century.
Like I said big complex problems.
Problems so big: no-one fully understands the issues, never mind devise solutions.
Problems often rattle around for days, weeks, months, years, or decades & in one case a century.
Like I said big complex problems.
@AndreaHorwath you made a comment about autism finding in the middle of your answer to violence in schools. This is unacceptable. The association keeps the stigma going & it’s factually wrong. #Autistics are way more likely to be the victims in school than the doers. /1
We have been continually fighting for #AutismAcceptance and the understanding that our kids need acceptance & support in schools. Educators need to be trained & supported by programs like @ECHOAutismON that uses a multi-discipline approach to build capacity in educators. /2
Our kids need universal design classrooms where their educational & sensory needs are met. Where they aren’t siloed into “special education” and away from regular classrooms. This exclusion & segregation chips away over time & can effect their mental health. /3
#elxn43 leaders E are thread. Stay tuned
1 minute BS opening from “geterdone” Ford. The over use of only is irritating. Incorrect too.
Great poke at NDP/Libs by #ILikeMike
*An appeal to NON-autistic people: please take a few moments to read this thread*
We (#Neurodivergent people) were taught early in life that everything YOU (#Allistics) said and did was what WE (#Autistics etc) had to aspire to.
We weren’t even told an alternative existed. 1/9
We (#Neurodivergent people) were taught early in life that everything YOU (#Allistics) said and did was what WE (#Autistics etc) had to aspire to.
We weren’t even told an alternative existed. 1/9
Our #Autism was suppressed before we knew the word for it.
When we protested, we were met with punishment and ostracism.
When we suffered in silence, we were never rewarded for protecting YOU from our *legitimate* anger.
We were converted to #AutisticMasking to survive. 2
When we protested, we were met with punishment and ostracism.
When we suffered in silence, we were never rewarded for protecting YOU from our *legitimate* anger.
We were converted to #AutisticMasking to survive. 2
All children need mirroring for healthy development. We #Autistics received very little.
Our talents were often not recognized or acknowledged. If they were, it was not for our benefit, but for yours.
Our faults were all noted and attributed to us alone. 3
Our talents were often not recognized or acknowledged. If they were, it was not for our benefit, but for yours.
Our faults were all noted and attributed to us alone. 3
The people behind #CommunicationRights are not obstructionist behaviorists. @NeuroClastic has speech language pathologists, psychologists, educators, OTs, MTs, researchers, neuroscientists, & nonspeakers who communicate through AAC, spelling, & sign. #ActuallyAutistic #Autism
These people may have an aggressive approach to bullying autistics & our allies out of our own narratives & using their white (that's all white people) privilege to maintain the #monopoly on #Autism, but they are NOT allies. They are #oppressors. We can and do communicate. See?
We have orgs, individuals, & initiatives championing #CommunicationRights. @U4CommChoice @Communica1st @ekverstania @autselfadvocacy @awnnetwork_ @ReachEveryVoice and so many more. It's 2020, and we are #nonCompliant with a #Behaviorist agenda that parades itself as #science.
One of the responses to the misinformation in @theBarrister @BarristerMagaz1 by ABAer Team Dillenburger/Keenan.
#AutismAwareness #ABAharms @NeuroClastic @AIMautistic @AustisticUK #bcba @ChrisGPackham #BetterWaysthanABA #Autism
#AutismAwareness #ABAharms @NeuroClastic @AIMautistic @AustisticUK #bcba @ChrisGPackham #BetterWaysthanABA #Autism
Did you know ABA has no minimum requirements in the UK
The BCBA can be 4 removed from the person off the street with no experience psychologically manipulating kids as young as 1 for up to 40 hrs. And no one is required to have any autism understanding
The BCBA can be 4 removed from the person off the street with no experience psychologically manipulating kids as young as 1 for up to 40 hrs. And no one is required to have any autism understanding
Thread proves BCBAs do not need to study #autism or child dev at all
The ABA field in 5 decades have never cared to look into how ABA can harm #autistics
To platform #ABA is irresponsible.
@theBarrister @BarristerMagaz1 @barstandards @prof_standards
The ABA field in 5 decades have never cared to look into how ABA can harm #autistics
To platform #ABA is irresponsible.
@theBarrister @BarristerMagaz1 @barstandards @prof_standards
This thread is in response to a recent thread by @leoniedelt that was interesting & provocative & hopefully won’t be a magnet for trolls, but as it stands, deserves a healthy debate.
As a bereaved parent & multiple trauma survivor & a psychiatrist of 30 years & a multiply
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As a bereaved parent & multiple trauma survivor & a psychiatrist of 30 years & a multiply
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#Disabled #ActuallyAutistic & #AutisticParent, I am very accustomed to being a member of heterogenous groups that share one overarching life experience that sets them apart from the rest of society.
In a bereaved parents’ group, we are there to support one another
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In a bereaved parents’ group, we are there to support one another
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unconditionally.
Everyone is in the same boat, having suffered unimaginable loss, so it really isn’t cool to create a hierarchy of suffering based on how old your child was when they died or their cause of death or how many children died or how many are still alive or
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Everyone is in the same boat, having suffered unimaginable loss, so it really isn’t cool to create a hierarchy of suffering based on how old your child was when they died or their cause of death or how many children died or how many are still alive or
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Differences in thinking styles between #Autistics and #Neurotypicals: Table 1: Information Processing.
This is 1st of about 10 in total (to be Tweeted gradually as they become ready) - all loosely translated & adapted from document below.
Please add examples!
This is 1st of about 10 in total (to be Tweeted gradually as they become ready) - all loosely translated & adapted from document below.
Please add examples!
The MYTH of #HighFunctioningAutism
(sorry, long thread; also about #ABA, but PLEASE try to read it!)
For skeptics who believe an #Autistic with a job or a profession or a child or a relationship leads a life similar to a #Neurotypical (#Allistic), please read this./1
(sorry, long thread; also about #ABA, but PLEASE try to read it!)
For skeptics who believe an #Autistic with a job or a profession or a child or a relationship leads a life similar to a #Neurotypical (#Allistic), please read this./1
Also, to #AutismParents wanting an #Autistic child to grow up looking & acting “normal” & considering #ABA, please read on.
This is a 2-hour snapshot from my fairly functional day as an #ActuallyAutistic, outwardly very “successful” #Neurotypical-appearing health professional./2
This is a 2-hour snapshot from my fairly functional day as an #ActuallyAutistic, outwardly very “successful” #Neurotypical-appearing health professional./2
The following represents a particularly SERENE 2-hour slice of my day, a lot less harrowing than the rest of it.
In other words, this is #AutisticMasking at its LEAST taxing./3
In other words, this is #AutisticMasking at its LEAST taxing./3
Understand this
ALL over the world Autistics are being
attacked,
bullied,
silenced,
burned,
threatened,
beaten,
restrained,
locked up,
heavily medicated,
electrically shocked,
manipulated,
drowned
and pushed to suicide.
ALL IN THE NAME OF "HELPING"
ALL over the world Autistics are being
attacked,
bullied,
silenced,
burned,
threatened,
beaten,
restrained,
locked up,
heavily medicated,
electrically shocked,
manipulated,
drowned
and pushed to suicide.
ALL IN THE NAME OF "HELPING"
Autistics are being prosecuted for who we are.
We don't even have to do anything wrong, existing is enough.
We are already seen as a danger,
a nuisance
and damaged beyond repair.
This is because of Autism Speaks.
This is because of the anti vax cult.
This is because of ABA.
We don't even have to do anything wrong, existing is enough.
We are already seen as a danger,
a nuisance
and damaged beyond repair.
This is because of Autism Speaks.
This is because of the anti vax cult.
This is because of ABA.
#ActuallyAutistic are still not being heard.
Listening to our words is not enough.
Hear our needs.
Hear our fears
Hear the traumas we have already faced.
AND BELIEVE US.
#StandWithAutistics #Autistics #EndTheStigma
Listening to our words is not enough.
Hear our needs.
Hear our fears
Hear the traumas we have already faced.
AND BELIEVE US.
#StandWithAutistics #Autistics #EndTheStigma
