Thread by @ekverstania

Talking about people in their presence hurts, writes non-speaking autist Rami Kripke-Ludwig. jweekly.com/2019/04/03/i-d…

Today's featured non-speaker is Cindi, who writes about the paradoxes of her autism: "This life of mine is hard just because I have autism. The thing is autism makes my life good too. My family wants it cured. I want it channeled for success." cindisblogtwo.weebly.com/blog/poem-and-…

Damon Kirsebom writes about frustration of being autistic and a non-reliable speaker. Do NOT assume that when his mouth repetitively starts chattering away about Thomas the Tank Engine (which happens often) that he is IN ANY WAY obsessed with trains. unitedforcommunicationchoice.org/damon-kirsebom…

Graciela is a non-reliable speaker, and she's autistic. She writes about the brain-body disconnect (also called the body-mind disconnect, or autistic apraxia), and what helps her most. daretolisten.org/?p=304

"Humiliation, after all, made me a philosopher."

Non-speaking autistic author Tito Mukhopadhyay's biographical book 'Plankton Dreams; What I Learned in Special-Ed' is available to buy in hardcopy, or as a free download.

#SpecialEducation

openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/p…

“My special education teachers should have taught me typing instead of trying to restrict me to the dozen picture icons they decided I needed.”

Hari Srinivasan
University of California Berkeley student, “The Communication Conundrum,” in The Daily Cal, February 15, 2018

#autism

In 2017, nonspeaking autistic Rhema moved from pointing to a letterboard to typing on a keyboard. Here are some of the things she wrote about her faith, and being autistic. #ISTANDWITHNONSPEAKERS rhemashope.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/som…

I've shared words from both Graciela and Jordyn before (both are non-speaking autists). Here Jordyn is reblogging Graciela's latest post, explaining why it's hard to "stay focused on the positive parts of being awesomely autistic". #istandwithnonspeakers jordynsrockyjourney.wordpress.com/2019/05/03/gra…

Nonspeaking college student Hari Srinivasan writes about the variety of autistic students he has met on campus, about individual support requirements, and the demeaning low versus high functioning terminology.
#istandwithnonspeakers dailycal.org/2019/04/28/it-…

"I am getting really tired of people insinuating that I wear a puppet string because this is hard enough without people rooting against me."

- Grant Blasko, non-speaking autistic, seen here on video.
unitedforcommunicationchoice.org/grant-blasko-n…

Yesterday one of my friends got to meet non-speaking autistic Alex le Pape, and told me about this video about him, which appeared just over a week ago. facebook.com/watch/?v=46598…

I'm sharing another post by Ido Kedar today. Ido is a non-speaking autist whose big break to improved motor skills came via RPM. He now types independently. This post is from a few years ago, before his latest book and his appearance at the United Nations: idoinautismland.com/?p=235

And here are comments on Ido's blog post by another non-speaking autist, Emma Zurcher-Long. This comes from a time when her mother still wrote most of the blog. #istandwithnonspeakers emmashopebook.com/2014/06/10/ido…

At the age of three, Ben, a talkative toddler, lost his ability to speak, and from then on, people assumed that he'd also lost his ability to think. Here's a glimpse into Ben's life without speech -- in his own words. #istandwithnonspeakers
washingtonpost.com/video/entertai…

Today's I'm posting a tweet thread by nonspeaking autistic DJ Savarese (Deej) who delivered a brilliant speech about and via AAC at the United Nations last month.

https://twitter.com/DeejMovie/status/1131672823632498690

I'm also posting an important thread dealing with ableism, by nonspeaking human rights activist Amy Sequenzia (I previously had in a subthread).

https://twitter.com/AmySequenzia/status/1126135583456231425