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TheAutisticAdvocate
@KieranRose7
Author, Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, Autistic Parent, Situationally Mute, Rogue researcher specialising in: #AutisticMasking #AutisticBurnout Stigma & Identity
Apr 29, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
1/8 We need to focus on the plight of #ABA practitioners from a civil rights perspective

The statistics of self harm, suicide, early death, interpersonal victimisation, mental health & systemic barriers for them are nil. Which is vast evidence of marginalisation. 2/8 Imagine being born into a lifetime of indentured slavery as an #ABA practitioner, forced to perform the same thankless tasks from dawn till dusk, over and over again, on a group of ungrateful participants who have the audacity to complain about *their* rights being violated
Jul 19, 2022 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
1/18 So today, with the support of @nicolaleaking & @BrownlessElaine, I brought the latest round of the Inside of Autism to a close.

I hate the sales pitch stuff, so this is me, just letting you know what the Inside of Autism is & letting you decide if it might be useful to you: 2/18 Non-Autistic/#Autistic people, whether you are Professionals/parents or otherwise: 'The inside of Autism' has two rounds left in 2022 (one in Sept and one in Nov).

Sept is 3/4 full already and November is 1/2 full.

Places go FAST (That's not a sales pitch, they really do)
Jul 1, 2022 • 20 tweets • 3 min read
1/20
Those that think 'Condition' (as in ASC) is a better term than 'Disorder' (as in ASD), check out their synonyms in medical terms

Disorder: ailment, complaint, complication, disease, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness

As you'd expect, right?

But what about condition? ⬇️ 2/20
Synonyms for 'condition' include:

ailment, complaint, complication, disease, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness

Wait, what?! That's the same as 'Disorder'!

Wait till you find out that condition and disorder are synonyms for each other!
Jul 1, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
1/4 The replies here are disappointing. People who think that:

A) Frustration at language use = you go around correcting EVERYBODY
B) Only people new to the narrative switch the terms, (ignoring the vast obtuse performative industry that uses it as a *nice* way to pathologise) 2/4 C) Language doesn't drive ableist rhetoric & narratives, when it evidentially does
D) It isn't important to respect terms because *you* don't care
E) Its ok to call out what they perceive as pedantism, ignoring the pedantism in their calling out
Jun 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
1/4 If any Teachers and/or Educationalists are interested I'm very happy to be speaking at the @street_trust 'Excellence in the every day' in-person conference @HardwickHHotel on November 1st

Details below ⬇️ 2/4 My talk is titled:

'What we know and what we think we know aren’t always the same thing: Supporting Educators to better understand their Autistic learners'
May 23, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Context switching (everybody behaviour) & specific lifelong developmental trauma responses of a marginalised group to direct/indirect superficialism, incompetence, arrogance, invalidation, stigma, othering, neuronormalisation & bigotry are exactly the same thing of course... Masking is neccessary, it IS a survival technique. An involuntary & damaging one with clear links to poor mental health & high suicide rates within the Autistic community.

The paradox of utilising a self destructive self defence mechanism
Dec 9, 2021 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
1/16 Because its always useful to identify people via a vague and stigmatising label, than it is to identify their actual individual support needs... 2/ And note as per usual those calling for this 'progressive' (🤮) change are not Autistic. Its doctors, caregivers, therapists, parents. Every player with a stake in the game gets a say aside from the people being used as the football.
Sep 26, 2021 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
1/ I keep being asked my thoughts on the baby research.

I'm dealing with the death of a family member right now, so am not weighing in.

But here are my brief thoughts: 2/ I've read it and while it may have been slightly misrepresented by the media, it's still underpinned by ableist, behaviourist, normative ideology.
Sep 18, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
1/10 Professionals, parents and/or Autistics: my course 'The inside of Autism' kicks off on Nov 4th 7pm (BST). Its focused on reframing the #Autism narrative from an Autistic perspective, based on current research, introducing new concepts & giving new tools 2/ I cover:
The history of Autism & the role of research, Myths, What Autism actually is (and what it isn't), Co-occurring conditions, Gender, Sex & Minority groups inc the role of racism and sexism, The Neurodiversity paradigm, The sensory system, stimming & sensory invalidation
Sep 16, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1/ "... Simon Baron-Cohen... has previously been closely associated with “debunked” theories that have led to “inaccurate & damaging stereotypes” about autistic people, such as their lack of empathy...

He strongly disputes these claims about his work."

disabilitynewsservice.com/autistic-campa… 2/ The utter audacity he has to completely rewrite history, 'forget' the multiple studies, talks, interviews & books on ToM & extreme male brain.

Its his entire back catalogue.

The extremity of self-delusion & /or lying is mindboggling.
Apr 21, 2021 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Honestly and with all due respect, if you think my work is amazing, then i've failed to teach you anything. This is one of the most dehumanising, loaded and negative questionnaires i've read in ages. When one of the first questions you ask is on 'severity' (which is not a clinical label nor has ANY clinical value), you've already set the tone because what follows is just disgusting
Apr 3, 2021 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
1. Oh was yesterday #AutismAwarenessDay? Dang. I missed it. Instead I stayed off of social Media and spent a lovely day with my #ActuallyAutistic family not waving jigsaw pieces around, turning blue or spreading misinformation around that makes money for charities. 2. Later on I did a 3hr workshop on #AutisticMasking to 400 lovely Danish people with @DrAmyPearson. I missed #AutismAwarenessDay yet still somehow managed to pass on a shitload of useful & practical #Autism knowledge to a shitload of people
Jun 19, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
A Thread:

This is an equivalent of PFL - historically society sees being Autistic as inherantly negative, ergo Autism becomes amorphous.

Talking about Autism separately & removing it abstractly from Autistic *people* is both dehumanising and non-Autistic privilege Dehumanising Autistics is nothing new, it's embedded in societal consciousness going back decades to those like Lovaas who felt Autistic people were empty shells waiting to be filled with 'normalcy'. That's perpetuated with the burden narrative and neuronormative standards.