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@mightbeautistic
Jun 15 • 18 tweets • 1 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Could we have a thread of #Autistic coded or canon characters who save the day by the sheer power of their pattern recognition?
Anne of Greene Gables
Eleven
Wednesday
Matilda
Maybe a stretch but I’ve always thought Shuri might be one of us.
Lilo?
Viktor from Umbrella Academy
Amelie!
Columbus from Zombieland
Wall-E
Geralt of Rivia
Jack Skellington
Yes he messed everything up but then he did save the day.
See also The Grinch (who also stole Christmas.)
Buddy in Elf is an allegory for an Autistic person in an NT world. Also saves Xmas
Riley Blue from Sense 8
Some people say Katniss
The Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Misty from #YellowJackets though she is also the cause of some problems. Lol

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Jun 4
As an Autistic psychotherapist,
I’d like to break down the diagnosis of autism through an Autistic lens.

Translating the DSM-5 language into Autistic experience really highlights the deficits 🙃 and bias.

#ActuallyAutistic 🧵
DSM🩺 1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity, ranging, for example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.
Autistic 🌕 1. I don’t have deficits in social reciprocity. I socialize in my own autistically normal way. I love discussing topics that I’m interested in and prefer deep convos to banal chit chat or small talk. I don’t always read NT social cues & they often miss mine as well.
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Apr 17
Ways to say:
I respect you in Autistic, a 🧵

Feel free to lock yourself in, we won’t bother you

Take your time in nature, we won’t hurry you

Cover your ears, we can also turn down the loud

Feel free to text

I can explain why

Feel free to explain it in detail
Self-identification is valid

I love your weird just the way you are

Tell me about your favorite things

Let’s share data/information

That IS a fun fact
Thanks for telling me about xyz, I didn’t know that before

We don’t have to talk we can just be together

If the random sounds you make bother me, I can always wear earplugs

Let’s rewatch your favorite show

Do you want to silly dance?
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Apr 2
What if I told you that so many things you think are bad or distasteful or need fixing in Autistics are actually neuronormative myths?

As an #Autistic psychotherapist, I can tell you that the following pieces of how we might be are actually quite fine and healthy.
🧵
Eye contact. Eye contact doesn’t make you a better person. It doesn’t make you honest or calm or kind. Eye contact isn’t culturally consistently polite. It doesn’t indicate mental health or connection. Ask my blind friends who do both those things just fine. Stop chasing my eyes.
Socializing with small talk, parties, vaguely, in groups of three or more, about the weather, in order to ascertain social hierarchy, w/ nonconsensual touch is not qualitatively better than connection through parallel play, infodumping, monologue, shared interests, time, or art.
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Jan 29
I have a new special interest!
Ring the bells.
I’m currently fascinated by how #Autistic and #ADHD processing can create hoarding/difficulty letting go of items/excessive acquiring. 🧵
I’m not talking about taking away beloved special interest collections but rather those who want to have more space/less clutter/use of all areas/more ease in executive functioning in their living spaces and how neurodivergent thinking impacts choice indecision around objects.
-We are “under inclusive” in how we group objects. Where an NT might see shoes 👟 they go with the shoes. NDs see 👠 that is special and could belong to dress up category, or memorabilia, or dance wear, or sexy times etc. Potentiality and specialness impact categorizing.
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