If you call yourself an #AutismParent, #AutismMom or #AutismDad, we'd like to help you find someone like your child.
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11 Feb 2022
Follow @kerima_cevik, @notanautismmom, @shannonrosa, @awesomebrandi, @JabulisaKhumalo, @endseclusion and other parents who learn from #ActuallyAutistic people.
Some of these parents have learned they're autistic too.
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22 Apr 2024
"Person with autism" is the language of the disability rights movement (DRM) and all our disability legislation - legacy to be proud of.
"Autistic" is identity.
I claim use both as positive usages, as proud of both legacies.
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27 Apr 2024
The Inclusive Africa Icon Award is closing entries on Saturday, 27th April 2024. Apply now if you're an African youth using assistive technology in an innovative way and making an impact in the community. š
Link: form.jotform.com/24093458180ā¦
#InclusiveAfrica2024
19 Apr 2024
š¢ Inclusive Africa Icon Award 2024 is now open for entries. We are searching for an African youth who is using assistive technology in an innovative way and making a significant impact in the community.
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27 Apr 2024
This month, we celebrate our #autistic community! Join us by (re)watching #LISTEN, the viral, award-winning short film we made by and with #nonspeaking autistic folks. Find a toolkit, transcripts, versions in different languages, and shorter versions here: lnkfi.re/listenfilm
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19 Mar 2024
What does "neurodivergent" mean? Who dies it include? The person who came up with the term explains a common misunderstanding.
The coiner her(?)self says she meant for it to be an umbrella term for any brain divergent from the norm, incl bc of trauma-related mental illness, brain injuries, neurodegenerative disorders, etc. in this post responding to exactly this misconception š:
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2 Mar 2024
This is my autistic brother Aser, he has the most angelic, & pure heart.
During war, we're unable to provide the kind of food he eats daily due to high prices & difficulties to get the food he wants, I have started a fundraiser & you can donate hereš
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_buā¦
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8 Mar 2024
This is the most utilised intervention in Irish adult disability services.
- Thereās no evidence behind its efficacy
- Several studies have shown itās harmful
- Itās based on the same ideologies of conversion therapy
- Itās a treatment used on people without their consent
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9 Mar 2024
My first issue with EIBI was a safety concern.
Is this just training my kid to behave in a certain way to please adults?
Am I opening a door for my child to be manipulated by adults?
He's Autistic. Social cues are already difficult. Blindly trusting adults is a nightmare.
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9 Mar 2024
One remarkable parent battling a dreadful system that opened the gates to and is now dominated by ABA.
A wonderful advocate for their autistic kid and wider.
PRT, PBS whatever it is called it is still ABA, the same goals, same false premisses.
Thread.
#ABAharms #TodayInABA
9 Mar 2024
My kid's teachers let me know earlier this week that the EIBI program would be by to assess him.
I let it happen. I figured when they tried to line up my kids name with a file, they'd see that it doesn't exist.
Because I fought my guts out for it to never exist.
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22 Feb 2024
Parents of autistic children understand that they are being scrutinised. The way they seek input from autistic adults and the lengths they go to to find autistic people whose struggles relate to their children's struggles reflect how they want society to treat their children.
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31 Oct 2023
I can't believe this project is ready! 20 voices from 4 continents. Autistic and Black is now available for pre-order on Amazonšš link in bio
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20 Dec 2023
Iām going to start posting some of the ridiculous targets I see in #OT #SLT #EdPsychology reports.
These will be shared with permission only and will be anonād
I hope this raises awareness of the #Trauma that #Autistic #SEN children are being faced with every day as āsupportā š§µ
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26 Jan 2024
The problem with being single and not wanting to date is that people think they're entitled to an explanation. So for convenience, you end up being tempted to lie, just to get them off your back. But that also means living inauthentically.
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26 Jan 2024
And they want me to fit into a category so that they have a clue how to approach the quandary: Are you a lesbian? Do you identify as nonbinary? (As though that makes a difference?) Do you see yourself as asexual?
Why do I need to answer questions like these? Why?
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8 May 2023
There's not a lot of research on potassium-related sensory overload in autistic people specifically (even though genes associated with hypokalaemic periodic paralysis, which also involves sensory overload) are also associated with autism...
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29 Dec 2023
After Christmas I drove 9 hrs to visit my mother who is in a nursing home. Was told just before visiting that she tested positive for Covid/ was isolated. Without seeing my mother, I drove 9 hrs back home.
Ask me again why Iām āobsessedā with masking in healthcare settingsā¦ š”
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29 Dec 2023
The nursing home is in crisis mode because so many staff are out sick. And this isnāt asymptomatic people āwithā COVID- because the staff donāt actually have to test, or even stay home if symptomatic.
The staff are literally too sick to work. š¤¦š½āāļø
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29 Dec 2023
People act like taking measures to prevent and/ or mitigate covid in health care facilities and nursing homes will lead to unnecessary isolation and neglect. But my mother is literally isolated and not receiving normal care, because of FAILURE to prevent/ mitigate covid. š¤Æ
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18 May 2023
Calling every #ActuallyAutistic advocate and every #AutismMom and #AutismDad and #AutismParent and every #neurodiversity groupie and every believer in #ProfoundAutism and everyone doing #AutismAwareness and #AutismAcceptance activities:
RETWEET
THIS
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NOW!
18 May 2023
Not all behavior is communication, & everyone from autistic advocates to professionals to researchers who neglects to learn about & understand the lived experiences of nonspeakers with severe apraxia & motor disinhibition are causing harm, no matter how "trauma-informed" you are.
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