Follows that mean the most to me aren't the big accounts, traumatized women and nb/trans people who follow me in spite of being a white masc-coded gamer account mean the most to me

Thanks for your trust; it means a lot and I don't take it personally when people distance from me
If you are uncomfortable with me and you block or mute me I am happy for you

Learning to set appropriate boundaries is awesome and if that means setting up boundaries from me that's still excellent practice

Especially grateful for people who block me instead of fighting me
I was raised to be a white man; that's part of who I am

If you are uncomfortable about me I understand why; if you are intolerant of men I empathize to the extent I can

Your caution and gut feeling could save your life with the wrong man and I want you to listen and trust that
Seems like the most common problem interacting with masc-coded accounts is identifying which ones will take any attention as a sign you are flirting

I am not emotionally available for romance I have walls up; I won't seek romance with anyone on here friendships are hard enough
I haven't seen any signs from anyone/don't have romantic interests on here

If you want to be overt with me you can try but please be cautious; I still have many defense mechanisms against emotional intimacy even in friendship

I have my own sexual trauma
Trying to be sensitive to people who might have a crush on me; not something I am used to considering but those pictures were pretty 🔥

Please don't wait for me or hold out hope that I change to be emotionally available; you will just miss out on opportunities with others
You are better off running into my walls a couple times than waiting for me

I will likely never initiate romance with anyone; I was taught not to act on my agency and feel shame for even desires for basic needs like extra food and sleep

That's who I actually am
I thought I was going to therapy today but I can't even keep track of the week so I was wrong

This is my guilty pleasure and treat for today instead; expressing these feelings of gratitude to people challenging themselves to trust me where I am striving to earn it

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6 Apr
If someone asks you to listen to a minority group don't respond with requests for accounts to follow

If you put in the work yourself to find who in that space fits your values and then follow/boost you will understand the discourse and issues to the point you can help inform
If you don't do this work and expect following a couple people to passively educate you on the issues of minorities you will be lead astray by the trends that erased that population from your perception in the first place
There's a high possibility the people you will be suggested will have the views of the person you asked

This means you could learn to focus on only specific issues, get a filtered and whitewashed version of the theories, or learn from a radical one-sided perspective
Read 5 tweets
7 Mar
ABA Practitioners release video stating abuse and ableism is ongoing in their field and that they can't dismiss our critiques

A little over a week later @ABAInternatl announces a panel at their digital event called
"Challenging the FDA Ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices"
Video with BCBAs trying to suggest that there always will be abuse from ABA practitioners while also suggesting they continue to accept money for these services
vimeo.com/515409708

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Here's the page for the panel "Challenging the FDA Ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices" where it defends literally Pavlovian torture methods using electric shocks
abainternational.org/events/program…

Here's the Main #ActuallyAutistic thread to boost and spread
Read 6 tweets
5 Mar
I made a Goofy fancam as a comfort character

Goofy was the closest thing to visible representation growing up

A clumsy and well-meaning character who values humility and compassion!

This short video calms me and I hope you enjoy it!
This is trauma work and I am proud of myself for making the effort

Celebrating this small victory ☺️
Jar Jar was the other character that spoke to my experiences growing up in film

Will work on a fancam with them as well, everyone seems to hate them but I legitimately channel Jar Jar in my daily life "whoopsie"
Read 4 tweets
3 Mar
Last week a group of ABA practitioners released a video acknowledging #ActuallyAutistic critiques saying #ABAisAbuse

When I replied saying that we don't accept their apology they stopped advertising it on twitter

I assume it's circulating #Autism facebook groups for PR
This is a marked charge in tactics; acknowledging our complaints and attempting to speak to them to control public perception

This is a sign they are threatened

The Autistic community has a pretty clear majority position: we need to abolish ABA and protect kids from abuse
If you are an ally that's felt comfortable joining the critique of Sia please consider taking up #ABA as a target

Autistic non-speakers are again at greatest risk here; a trend you will see repeated if you are a new ally
#ABAisAbuse
stopabasupportautistics.home.blog/2020/01/08/why…
Read 17 tweets
2 Mar
Emotional Labor and #Autism

Many Autistic people have difficulty identifying our emotional state even though we are affected by it

This means in times of conflict or crisis we may appear to be calm and confident when we are decidedly not

An #ActuallyAutistic Thread/
For Autistic people who can hide their differences there's often an incentive to be overly serious as being silly in the wrong situation leads to punishment; this makes others perceive us as emotionally strong people

This perception combined with our inability to recognize our own emotions means people often come to us first when they are upset

This is an almost universal experience for me; even strangers on the street recognize this about me and approach me with their problems
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