Twitter account for AutSPACEs 🌟 A collaboration between @turinginst, @Autistica, and you!
Joined January 2021
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1 Jul 2021
Are you signed up to our Newsletter❓It's the best place to get all project updates as well as key information about our events and community meet-ups 📧 sign up here: tinyletter.com/AutisticaTuri…
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3 Apr 2023
#citscimonth #WorldAutismDay
@AutSpaces is a project from @turinginst,
@Autistica and the #autistic community.
Creating an online platform to share resources to empower autistic people through #citizenscience!
github.com/alan-turing-insti…
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23 Mar 2023
Saw this ‘Sensory-Friendly Shopping’ initiative from @ikeauk when I was out briefly the other day. Now this is great - it’s a step in the right direction and it means a lot to me to see these sorts of signs. However… 🧵 #autism #autistic #sensoryfriendly @IKEAUKSupport
ALT Black sign on ikea shop floor saying: Sensory-friendly shopping Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th March, 10am - 12pm In our continued efforts to curate an inclusive shopping experience for all, we shall be making changes to our normal operating practices. Only essential in-store announcements will be made. Where possible, lights will be dimmed or switched off. Assisted shopping where required and dedicated check-out support. IKEA yellow and blue logo
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🔥Save the date for our Fireside Chat!
Featuring @gedankenstuecke, @marckuchner, Pen-Yuan Hsing & James Scott, co-organised with Georgia Aitkenhead of @AutSpaces at @turinginst
🗓 Friday, 28 October, 15:00 UTC
RT & Register🙏
eventbrite.co.uk/e/supportin…
ALT Supporting Citizen and Participatory Science Communities, hosted on 28 October 2022 at 15:00 UTC. Logos for The Turing Way and AutSPACEs. Featuring Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, Pen-Yuan Tsing, James Scott, Marc Kuchner, Georgia Aitkenhead, Anne Lee Steele.
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20 Sep 2022
ALL schools have a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people under the Equality Act, 2010. Here's our list of some of the adjustments that can be made to make neurodivergent pupils' school careers more equitable with their peers. bit.ly/AGNAdjustments
ALT Top-down view of school desk covered in colouring pencils and paintbrushes. In the centre of the image is a document placed on the desk titled “Reasonable adjustments possible at school. Yes, all schools!” below the title is the logo of the Autistic Girls Network.
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30 Aug 2022
In July I presented alongside @KerenMacLennan in the ‘Sensory experiences and processing’ session at the @Autistica Research Festival 2022, on the @sensory_street Oxford Uni project. We were also both on a Q&A session after and you can now watch it here: youtu.be/9SR_4CEPTq0
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14 May 2022
We are looking for participants to take part in our study on masking in autistic people. If you or anyone you know is diagnosed as Autistic and aged 18 or over, please take a minute to either share or complete the survey through the link below.
stirlingpsych.eu.qualtrics.c…
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1 May 2022
Now Wednesday is looking even more exciting!
You can join us here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-convers…
1 May 2022
After 24 intense hours, and counting, over the last 3 days, I’m hoping to be able to present a preliminary overview of these findings at the invited talk @AutisticDoctor and I are giving for @AutisticGirls_ on Wednesday
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Aut Spaces retweeted
2 Apr 2022
It's #WorldAutismAwarenessDay today, though we'd prefer Understanding!
For young neurodivergent people at school, we asked our neurodivergent followers to tell us what school was like for them and what their life is like now.
Here's #NeurodivergentLives
youtube.com/watch?v=EUZ-kd0T…
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2 Apr 2022
It’s #WorldAutismDay which means everyone gets to perceive, be aware of, accept and include us, hopefully not just today but everyday.
There are some super simple ways to do just that ⤵️
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2 Apr 2022
You can read the full blog post here.
authenticallyemily.uk/blog/w…
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2 Apr 2022
13. We are fed up of people who aren’t autistic having conversations about us without us. We deserve to be involved in discussions about us without being shut out. In fact, we must be involved. You must consult us. Autism training is not training without autistic trainers.
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2 Apr 2022
12. Everyone is not on the spectrum. The spectrum means each autistic person experiences different combinations of traits to diff intensities. Just because you share a trait (because, spoiler, we are human, so autistic traits are human traits), doesn’t mean you’re autistic.
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2 Apr 2022
11. When an autistic person tells you that they are autistic, don’t say “don’t you mean a person with autism?”. The majority of autistic people prefer identity-first language, i.e. ‘autistic person’. You shouldn’t need to be reminded that we are a person first, before our autism.
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2 Apr 2022
10. Autism is not all bad. If you could experience autistic joy, you would understand, because it is the most wonderful feeling. Our brains hyper-focus on whatever it is that is making us happy, and we are completely captivated by joy. It is all-encompassing and it is wonderful.
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2 Apr 2022
9. I don’t “live with autism”. That makes it sound like a disease. Or something that I carry around. Autism influences every part of me, how I see, understand and interpret the world and how I respond to things around me. Autism IS me. And that’s okay.
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2 Apr 2022
8. Stop blaming me for miscommunications when communication works two ways. You can’t expect me to just know what you mean if you don’t state it clearly and literally. My brain is different to yours. That does not mean my brain is in the wrong. We have to work together.
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2 Apr 2022
7. The idea that someone making eye contact means they are listening is rooted in ableism and is just incorrect. Eye contact can be painful for some autistic people. It can mean that we can’t focus on what you are saying. It’s much easier to listen by not staring at your eyes.
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2 Apr 2022
6. Autistic people can get married. We can have romantic relationships. Some of us are asexual, like some non-autistic people are asexual, and that’s okay too. But we become adults, and that means many of us are in relationships. We can still be autistic too.
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2 Apr 2022
5. Some autistic people can be super social. Not every autistic person is introverted. Not every autistic person prefers their own company. Not every autistic person hates the thought of socialising. Autistic people can have lots of friends.
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