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Mar 1, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
#DisabilityDayofMourning #DDOM2021
These are their names.

Gladys Ambert
Ruth Brown
Sirshen du Mallick
Ramdas Dahikar
Asma Akter
Damian Scott
Isabel Rosin
Kathy Erbeldig
Carolyn Walker
Louise Smith
Abigail Humes
10 year old girl
Umesh Balagi
76 year old woman
Alejandro Ripley #DisabilityDayofMourning #DDOM2021

Willow Dunn
Unknown elder woman
India Martin
6 year old girl
Waylon Mittens
28 year old woman
Apollo Harless
Avielle Harless
Esteban Harless
Penelope Harless
Billy Hopson
Kylie Mickens
Joshua Vallow
Sherrell Martin
Emi Yamamoto
Jan 22, 2020 9 tweets 4 min read
#AutismFYI
Thread on #autism, double empathy and #communication.

Most people are familiar with the idea that #autistic people are often direct when they speak and that this sometimes leads to misunderstandings, in a society like ours which values indirect communication.
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There is much less discussion around non verbal communication (NVC) for #autistic people, apart from the stereotype "they just don't get it".
Many autistic people I know are in fact experts in NVC, because they've studied it in great depth.

Does double empathy apply here too?
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