Deep breath, self DX for autism is entirely valid, and often necessary. I was technically first diagnosed at 6, but was never told until last year, so I ended up self diagnosing, which led to a long road to getting, another, formal diagnosis at 27. 1/
Even when someone is formally diagnosed though, if we present as too "normal" we will have idiots claiming we aren't autistic, or demanding we publish our diagnosis online. Now, my diagnosis statement is long and personal. Guess what, I am not sharing it with random people. 2/
For the most part, in my own personal experience, autistic individuals want to be left alone and just accepted. Unfortunately as that isn't happening it means some of us feel the need to step forward and put ourselves out there. You know what, it sucks. 3/
Here we are though, putting ourselves out there, some wonderful people far more than I do. Why? Because autism isn't a "disease" to be cured. We aren't stupid. Everyone is different obviously, and autistic individuals do have a tendency to have other needs. 4/
All it takes for a lot of us is little adjustments though. Somehow that makes us freaks. Have you ever considered the "adjustments" we make on a daily basis for neurotypical people though? A bit of acceptance and understanding folks. It is not bloody hard. 5/

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19 Sep
Thread: Something I've been thinking a lot about this week is just how "good", for want of a better word, Home Office comms are. I mean, they're hideous, but they are also effective in their intended outcome, which isn't really to "communicate" so much as undermine opposition. 1/
The "activist lawyers" line was a masterstroke, because despite it being objectively wrong and misleading, there is no way to demonstrate that without them being able to reinforce the message to their target audience. 2/
It also provides them with the perfect cover for their claims that the asylum system is "overwhelmed" despite actual numbers of asylum seekers being down on previous years. "Don't look at us guv. Look at those activist lawyers holding up the process". 3/
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Oh FFS @MigrationWatch, sound out the words slowly and run your finger a bit further down the page. Pushbacks are highly illegal for multiple reasons, under various international laws, and vessels have a legal duty to protect life at sea, not cause people to drown.
98% of those who cross the channel seek asylum and vast majority of people who do so are granted it on either first instance or appeal. So this one is at best a highly disingenuous reading of data, at worst a flat out lie designed to stoke hatred.
Interesting that they quote the Mayor of Calais who has made it illegal of asylum seekers to be provided with food and water by NGOs, wonder if that may have something to do with it. Also France actually has higher "benefits" for asylum seekers, so again this is bollocks.
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Noticeable how already there is a slow decline of attention regarding Afghanistan, as with Syria, Yemen, Venezuela, and every refugee situation in the world. No wonder the government always feels so comfortable demonising asylum seekers. They know everyone forgets about them.
I mean, in a purely practical sense I get it. People have only so much attention span and as the news roles on they focus on the next story. Combine that with that hideous phrase "compassion fatigue", and it's not remotely surprising people forget.
Refugees don't forget about their situations though. When the cameras stop filming and the public stops caring they are still living in those situations. That's why legislation has to defend all refugees, no matter where from or how they reach the UK.
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Cannot stress how not only inhumane this is, but also massively illegal. "Pushbacks" violate international law, not to mention place people's lives in more danger. They also don't deter people trying to seek safety. 1/
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This isn't some hazy grey area of law either. While it is perfectly legal for someone to cross the channel and seek asylum, it is fundamentally illegal to penalize an asylum seeker for their manner of entry or conduct pushback operations at sea. 2/

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Right now @pritipatel has singlehandedly destroyed any last shred of credibility the UK had that it may care about the rule of law, and has further undermined the international refugee regime, placing yet more lives at risk. 3/ #r4today
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No amount of money will prevent crossings. End of the day, smugglers and traffickers just move further down the coast, making journeys longer and more dangerous. It isn't illegal to cross the channel, but it is illegal to penalise them for doing so. #r4today
There are a multitude of reasons people may feel safer in UK than France, language, family connections, not being routinely attacked by police officers. For many asylum seekers though they don't know where they will end up, and making crossings more dangerous doesn't change that.
The UK spends close to £400 million on immigration enforcement, liable to continue to rise. At a time when we are talking about "social care cost" and more that money would be better served being invested into the country, rather than into trying to keep people out.
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Thing is likes of @SimonJonesNews have to know by now that they aren't reporting "news". For the main they're just stoking hatred by reporting without context. Even the most basic of research would show some asylum seekers aren't safe in France, yet he repeats it without question
It isn't just Jones though. It is a problem endemic in many areas of the media. Shiny pictures of people landing on the beach make for great clickbait. The harm which reporting out of context does is lost on what is effectively the "ambulance chasing" variety of journalists.
This is very much why we need better regulations over how the press report on asylum seekers, and in particular children. We are talking about a vulnerable group, and the media coverage of them only ends up placing them at more risk and leading to a denial of their rights.
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