So I'm coming up on my next CT scan to make sure the pancreatic cancer is still gone, and .. man, I really don't want to go.

Don't get me wrong, I want to make sure I'm still good... I just don't like feeling like I'm risking my life by going in to get that scan. I called to ask that hospital's current mask situation. First employee got upset at me, told me it was up to me to wear one, hung up before I could ask about staff.

Second call told me employees "are supposed to" and that "well *most* in dx imaging trend to wear them".

Great.

Ugh. Listening to @boom973 this morning, and they're centering autism moms for "Autism Awareness Day".

As an autistic, I'm so sick of the voices of autism-adjacent people being centered and elevated in matters of autism.

Autistic voices are what should matter this month! Bonus crap points for using the words "dealing with", when talking about the perspective of an Autism mom.

The only "dealing with" that should be discussed in terms of autism awareness, is all of the nonsense we have to deal with from non-autistics.

You know, I hope the politicians being targeted by Big ABA realize that what's happening to them is a demonstration of what they're doing to young kids.

A politician tweets or speaks in support of #ActuallyAutistic people, & that is a PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOUR to be extinguished. If the communication isn't what they want (support for their abuse), they seek to beat it - and the speaker - into submission.

Now imagine that you're a five year old, and that anger and hatred is being aimed at your "problematic behaviour"...

While I'm letting the world know about everything annoying me at the moment, can we talk about protests?

I have friends that were shot at in the Minneapolis protests, and it seems like no peaceful priest can happen without water cannons, gas, etc.

Even in Canada. ... but unhinged, less-than-peaceful antivax protests *at hospitals*, DURING A PANDEMIC?

Ah, just let them do their thing, I guess?

Just saw that an ABA profiteer referred to anti-ABA autistics (ie: the vast majority of us) as "the antivaxxers of the autism world".

Imagine referring to a marginalized group as the "(their oppressors) of (their) world".

That's like saying "Jews are the Nazis of Judaism". Huh? One day, I'm going to stop being surprised at how ridiculous ABA profiteers and Warrior parents are, but I'm sure there's something just around the corner that will top even this.

"Black people are the KKK of the POC world!".

Do they hear themselves? Absolutely ridiculous.

I feel like I'm not seeing many fingers pointed at @autismspeaks @autismspeaksCAN over all of the needles deaths during this pandemic.

They sowed the fear and hatred of autistics that fueled the antivax movement and allowed it to flourish, after all. Autism $peaks spawned countless "personalities", made an entire industry of screaming about how "awful" autism is.

How many people have died as a result of that movement, just so that pockets could be lined as a result of those fear/hatred campaigns, I wonder?

My day started out by reading that the org of autism "Warrior parents" that have been screaming about being silenced by those of us - that they decided to abuse - are...

... Approaching the government to cause trouble for @kemalahmedproud at a guest speaker gig.

Wow. Again, the complete lack of self awareness is stunning.

If you're a member of a majority group that is harming a marginalized group, you don't get to throw tantrums about being *silenced* when that minority group speaks up about the abuse.

Period.

While I've got the rabid "Warrior parents" freaking out at me, let me point out:

ABA is a multi billion dollar industry.

Many of the parents who attack autistic adults over it sit on boards of orgs that *raise money* to feed into Big ABA.

Autistics don't get paid to fight it. We fight it - investing our time, money, and spoons to do so - because it's the right thing to do.

We don't financially benefit, all we get is a better future for autistic kids.

And that's enough.

Follow the money, when you're looking at who is fighting for what...

Just heard of a local autism organization (not run by autistics), that's hosting an awards night to recognize - ahem -

"Autism difference makers" (sic)

Oh boy.

First off, for an org that habitually dehumanizes us, those are... Definitely a choice of words. Yikes. Secondly... Wow.

Is there any other marginalized group that's dealt with like this?

Where a group of people *adjacent* to a marginalized group hosts awards to celebrate themselves?

Imagine a group of white people having awards to recognize white "difference makers" for POC.

It is WILD to watch how poorly information is getting out about the menstruation related side effects of one (??) of the vaccines.

I posted a question about it on Facebook, and that's how one of my trans men friends found out that it was A THING ...a week after his "surprise". The stigma on discussing anything to do with gyno health is really leaving people in the dark on this.

One friend had a monster period, had no idea that was also A THING with her vaccine, and had to go through a bunch of doctor appointments and testing. IN THE USA. Yikes - $$$.

Well, April is about to start.

While this mostly means spring, fresh air, going outside, spring break, etc... for autistic people, this is the most stressful, dehumanizing, and awful time of the year.

You see, April is " #AutismAwarenessMonth ".

(Thread) You would think it would be a month about us, learning about us, coming to an understanding and maybe learning to have empathy for the #ActuallyAutistic, but - in general - that's not the case.

No, April ends up being a month to center the parents of autistic children.

So there's a lot of talk on #ActuallyAutistic twitter today about the use of the word "super power", with regards to autism.

I have some thoughts, so let me do a thread here... First off, I absolutely acknowledge that not every autistic is going to see their own autism as a super power. The thing about it being a spectrum is that how our autism manifests in us varies WILDLY from person to person.

I think of that scene in X-Men: The Last Stand...