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Being Autistic for me is so similar to having my invisible illness and being an ambulatory wheelchair user due to peoples judgements and assumptions about my disabilities and physical health.
#ActuallyAutistic #allautistics #AutismAcceptanceMonth #AutismAcceptance
(I’ve had 3 knee surgeries and will need a knee replacement eventually and I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and heart condition etc)
1. People say I don’t look Autistic.
People also say I don’t look sick or disabled. But it’s not something you can always actually physically see. You can’t see Autism just like you can’t see a lot of disabilities and physical health conditions.
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All of my work interactions are virtual at the moment, as I am sure many of yours are too. In this format I think it is even more difficult to be aware of an #InvisibleIllness or #InvisibleDisability so for #MEAwarenessHour I'd like to ask you to keep this in mind.
It will be harder for you to see if someone is facing challenges so it's perhaps even more important than ever to be kind & considerate in all of your online work interactions.
It's easy to be dismissive, to compare someone else's situation to your own, or to persuade yourself that perhaps your colleague's slow progess is because of a lack of effort. It's important to have empathy & not to judge.
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Time to do this.

CW, y'all, this one is going to be dark.

Long, dark, painful - mentions abuse/rape/trauma/child & pet abuse/death.

Avoid if you can't deal w/that or severe religious descriptions in this moment - it's ok to skip and take care of you <3 1/
I want to talk about who I saw at the Capitol on the 6th. And by "who I saw" I don't mean "I literally saw him in the crowd" - as far as I know, I don't think he was there.

But I saw him there, over and over and over again, in the faces of so many people in the footage.2/
I'm talking about my Dad.

Depending on how you know him, he's different people.

To some, he's the nice nurse anesthetist, coming in to talk to you before your surgery, assuring that you're in good hands & you'll be safe. He'll put you to sleep & check in on you in recovery. 3/
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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
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
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
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My name is Chrysty and this is Sherlock, my medical alert dog. We want to share with you why we choose @TulsiGabbard for president. #WhyTulsi

I belong to a military family and I have waited at home while my loved ones have been deployed to the Middle East too many times!(1/10)
Do you realize that later this year people who were born after 9/11 will put their lives on the line in a war that started before they were born? Tulsi pledges to put an end to regime change wars! She is a combat veteran herself and proud of her service since 9/11.She knows(2/10)
about this war!

Her commitment to prosperity through peace gives us a direction to move toward. One of the things I love the most about Tulsi is her integrity and hope! She is running a positive campaign toward a better future for us and for our children. My nieces and (3/10)
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