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12 Feb, 7 tweets, 4 min read
It's been a hard...timespan. But this week our community has done some incredible things, even in the face of all the awful the world can throw at us. Inspired by @AuroralAutistic's 🧵, I want to highlight 5 examples of Autistic Excellence that are getting me through today. (1/6)
This piece by @slooterman about guardianship. “There’s this double standard where, if you’re perceived as having a disability, your preferences are subsumed by what’s in your, quote, best interest. That’s just not how humans function.”(2/6)
newrepublic.com/article/161344…
This piece featuring @jessicalbenham talking about running for (and winning) elected office as an openly autistic candidate. Jess is already kicking ass in her new position. (3/6)

advocacymonitor.com/elevate-blog-i…
This essay by @HariSri108, which is simultaneously (1) a devastating review of Sia's MUSIC, and (2) so, so much more. (4/6)

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2021/02/06/a-b…
This jaw-dropping video, made by and with nonspeaking autistic people. This is another piece that is both a response to Sia's horrific ableism, but also something that stands on its own as a game-changing piece of media. Watch and #LISTEN. (5/6)

And finally, I am so, so proud of @SnoringDoggo and so thrilled about his upcoming project. Our community is beyond lucky to have him. (6/7)

Our community is ferocious, resilient, beautiful. We are creating amazing things and fighting for transformative change, every day. I am tired, and you might be, too. But even in the tired, there is so much to celebrate. We are *making* a better world. Thank you, all of you. 7/7

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This is very, very good. Gonna make a thread with some quotes and thoughts. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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20 Nov 20
Hi cross-disability twitter! I deeply appreciate the solidarity y’all are showing the autistic community right now. I want to ask you to engage with this beyond just “they cast a non-disabled actor!” Here’s why: 1/10
(1): Nonspeaking people are some of the most marginalized folks in our community. Nonspeaking actors exist, but it is incredibly rare for them to be hired, even compared to other disabled actors. This has real consequences for them, and makes them invisible. 2/10
By talking generally about Sia hiring a “non-disabled” or “non-autistic” person, we contribute to that erasure. We should be centering this inequity explicitly, and naming that Sia should have cast a *nonspeaking* person. 3/10
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6 Jul 20
So, this study shows that autistic toddlers may (small sample size, needs replication, etc) have brains where sensory networks are more connected than the brains of NT toddlers. I want to talk about how these findings are presented. (1/7) spectrumnews.org/news/sensory-n…
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But even more troubling is this quote from the lead investigator. "Their brain is busy with things it shouldn’t be busy with.”

This is how she chooses to characterize results that may help explain and validate the sensory experiences many autistic people report. (3/7)
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25 Jun 20
I keep coming back to this amazing thread from @slooterman about this. I want to add a couple things. People really underestimate:

(1) the reality of the *industry,* including many disability-oriented nonprofits, pushing PWD here. (1/n)
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(3) How *young* PWD start getting pushed into inspiration porn in an organized way (I know of workshops for *middle schoolers* with ID on how to Tell Your Story To Inspire Others) (3/n)
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28 May 20
The Biden disability plan is up. It is solid. There is some exciting stuff. It's much more moderate than the Castro, Warren, or Sanders plans. #CripTheVote joebiden.com/disabilities/
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--Lots of stuff the agencies can do regardless of Congress
--Including addressing guardianship!
--A White House Domestic Policy Council member focused on disability (this sounds boring but is really important and we've been asking for it for years #CripTheVote
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--Big focus on competitive integrated employment and ending subminimum wage
--Addressing violence, including sexual & domestic violence, against people with disabilities
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Mel's blog was one of the first things I found when I was googling "autism" at 15 years old, scared and not knowing what was going on with me or what kind of future I would be allowed to have. (1/4)
Mel's writings showed me that I would be okay, that there was a whole world of people like me out there, that we were worth defending and celebrating. I am struggling to find the words to describe the impact Mel had on my life. (2/4)
Over the years, Mel's example taught me disability pride, the importance of standing with our siblings with intellectual disabilities, and what it looked like to not leave anyone behind. I am who I am and I am doing what I am doing, in large part, because of Mel. (3/4)
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