Thread 🧵 of some of the signs from my childhood that I was neurodivergent.
They’re coming from an #ActuallyAutistic and #ADHD person unlike ‘official’ lists of traits.
(I say ND not just autistic because I’ve recently been diagnosed with ADHD as well).
1. Didn’t sleep
As a baby I always seemed too alert and stimulated to sleep, even with the recommended routine. As a child I remember thinking of any excuse to go downstairs to see my parents.
May 11, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
A few gentle reminders (thread):
1. Neurodiversity is not ‘extremist’, it simply means humans have a variety of brains
2. Autistic people who celebrate autism and don’t want to be cured can (and do) consider autism a disability. They are not mutually exclusive views.
3. The #ActuallyAutistic hashtag means the person tweeting is autistic. That is all. This is also not ‘extremist’. (NTs please don’t misuse it - if you want our attention use #AskingAutistics 🙂)
Jan 22, 2018 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
You know what? I’m really losing my patience with “autism parents” (not a thing - your child is not autism) right now.
There are many #ActuallyAutistic people having important discussions on Twitter. We are figuring out world that was not made for us.
We are talking about things we find easy and things we find hard, our likes and dislikes, how we adapt, how we wish society would adapt to us.
These conversations are very new. Particularly for non-men. It has always been seen as a ‘male syndrome’. It is not.
