OMG ENOUGH WITH THE PROUD PARENTS. You all can't have the floor on our behalf, speak over us after a token few phrases, and decide our futures without our input. Cut that %h!t out. #NationalAutismConference2022 This old, straight, allistic, whyte male member of parliament is telling the entire country that his "not-normal" autistic son is great. Well bully for you. How about walking the talk by INCLUDING our voices? This is inclusion 101. What's the holdup, huh?

Just a few more thoughts on #AsWeSeeIt because I'll bust if I keep them in...

Harrison says no suit. But apparently that's unimportant because it's "his sister's big day!" JFC how about we show people giving an inch rather than shoving a mile. Acceptance looks like a clean tee. Violet "thought they were in love". Well, did anyone take time to discuss relationships? Did anyone have a safer sex talk? Or did they expect a grown woman not to have a sex life? The messaging here is so wrong here on such a grand scale. #AsWeSeeIt

As with "Love On The Spectrum" before this, I'm needing to take frequent rage breaks as I screen #AsWeSeeIt. The infantilizing. The do-gooding. The dismissiveness. Perpetuating that we are odd, difficult burdens only serves to make the audience feel good about themselves. For the record, casting authentically is great. Great! But without us in creative positions, the narrative is still the same old othering we've seen forever. #AsWeSeeIt

I finally took an improv class at @SecondCityTO. It was super fun b/c the instructor let me observe rather than interact so I was able to learn a bunch of really useful info. Then came the angry abusive desk clerk who unloaded on me saying I'd been "aggressive this whole time"... @SecondCityTO When I gave my credit card to pay, he refused to give it back because "collateral" then threatened to call the police. I have no idea what he was on but it was terrible. I told him he could us inclusivity training because he was treading in lawsuit territory. His response was...