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Autism: What you need to know, from autistic people, professionals, and parents. Pro-neurodiversity. Find us here, on Twitter, FB, and Instagram.
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If you can, please help TPGA contributor @cosmickarmic.bsky.social & his "normal suburban family with 3 autistic kids and 2 autistic parents" stay housed and fed, and retain vital services for their disabled kids. They "are grateful for anything you can provide."
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Stop putting autistic kids in excessive therapy hours. Research indicates that more/more intense therapies are not better, and that "practitioners recommending interventions should consider what amounts would be developmentally appropriate." Our kids need down time!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Now in French! Lire cet article en français: autisme.social/art/35
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CN: Suicide
Autistic people are at elevated risk of self-harm and suicide. Safety plans can help: They are prepared by a person at risk of self-harm or suicide before a crisis, and describe a series of steps they can follow to help keep themselves safe in a crisis.
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A reminder: “For autistic people and other people with sensory sensitivities to light and sound, as well as people with other conditions such as PTSD, fireworks are not fun, they can be sensory hell and triggering.” Some coping suggestions:
intheloopaboutneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/h...
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As parents, we need to be really careful to distinguish between “this thing is making my kid be the person I want them to be but they aren’t,” and “this thing is making my kid happy and making it easier to do things that are hard for them.” Let your autistic kids have fun, people!
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What problems are there with how behavior support services happen now? What changes could make behavior support services better? How can people with I/DD prepare for times when we might not be able to control our behavior?
Please read/share ASAN's new report:
autisticadvocacy.org/2024/05/beyo...
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On working with AAC users: "Please, please, whatever you do, please never say “I don’t think they meant it” in front of a student. I wish you wouldn’t even think it, but please don’t say it. Always respond as if your student meant it." Miss A, at TPGA:
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What do neurodivergent students themselves want from peer supports? The University of Edinburgh's NEST project worked with these same students to co-design the NEurodivergent peer Support Toolkit (NEST) to use in schools.
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/research/nes...
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Big Natural Resources
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Autistic and asshole are different conditions, and some people have both 🤷🏼♂️
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When Elon Musk announced to the world that he’s autistic on Saturday Night Live, some people claimed that this represents a noticeable step forward for autistic people in public life. But @sarahkapit.bsky.social is not celebrating. Read why, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2021/05/why-...
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Sara Luterman
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I know it’s not cool or hip or whatever to like Hannah Gadsby anymore, but the most seen I have ever felt by my mom was watching the bit in Douglas about whether you can eat the box. That was 3000% me when I was a kid and we were both just delighted.
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More reasons why autism acceptance matters: "When Autistic people perceived a lack external acceptance and/or support, they were more likely to experience internalized stigma and feelings of helplessness associated with being Autistic." Useful research:
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"If you’re not autistic yourself, you need to do the work to understand how radical, brave and important Hannah Gadsby's Netflix show Douglas is for autistic people." @soniaboue.bsky.social, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2021/02/hann... #neurodiversity
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"You can spend your time building the relationships [with students] or you can spend your time feeling like your “academic” lessons are constantly being interrupted, you’re constantly having to repeat instructions, and you’re needing to put out fire after fire."
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"You can spend your time building the relationships [with students] or you can spend your time feeling like your “academic” lessons are constantly being interrupted, you’re constantly having to repeat instructions, and you’re needing to put out fire after fire."
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"To me, Infodumping is a[n autistic] love language; not only professing the love I have for a certain topic, I am also risking the rejection that comes with hearing somebody that I admire tell me that my favourite thing is meaningless to them." By @GenkiGanbarre:
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Things non-autistics say to autistics:
"You are not autistic
"You have autism
"Don’t let it define you
"You are more than just autism
"I thought you grow out of that?
"But that’s a kid’s thing"
By Emma Dalmayne at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2021/04/they...
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“Ensuring family caregivers have proper support is very important. We encourage the IACC to keep in mind that the CDC estimates 33% of caregivers age 45 and older reported having a disability.” From ASAN’s comment for The IACC’s upcoming July 10 meeting.
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“In a system and culture that is constantly pushing for neurodivergent peoples’ independence, it's a bit rich that systems cannot even begin to facilitate the support needed for that to happen.” At Neurodiverse Connection UK:
ndconnection.co.uk/blog/hospita...
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That sucks and I'm sorry it happened to you.
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These skorts are now both available for pre-order! Please share! I need to sell 65+ of them so I can make them a reality. We're 1/3 way there. Otherwise I'll have to refund people. They are Skorts (A skirt with shorts underneath) with garter straps to hold the socks up. Which one are you getting?
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Reminding you about one of our favorite recent autism research papers: Autistic adults often prefer to eat alone not because they are being awkward or antisocial, but because they prefer to have their meals in a more "peaceful space."
www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #neurodiversity
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Celebrating those “who need centering in our consciousness for both their status as icons of LGBTQ history and as disabled people whose disabilities have either been hidden or not represented as part of their identities.”
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Hey there SLPs, OTs, & PTs: How are you incorporating sensory strategies with your autistic clients? Because "Sensory processing supports are REALLY important to Autistic people to support joyful, easeful participation in daily life."
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"With the practicalities of day-to-day life, it can be easy to forget to look after your own wellbeing needs, as well as those of your children, which can lead to feelings of stress or being overwhelmed." Parents, let us know if this is helpful for you.
www.annafreud.org/resources/fa...
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Why we question therapies like ABA as "evidence-based": "It’s hard not to notice that a very large portion of early autism intervention research is conducted by the same people who designed the interventions." A conversation with @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social:
thinkingautismguide.com/2020/05/conf...
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Reframing the way autistics move: "Some movements such as stimming have the same functions as many other ways of moving, including dancing and exercising, which could help to reduce stigma around being autistic if reflected in policy and practice."
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"We need to help caregivers understand that disability is both common and normal. We really need autism caregiver versions of Stacey Park Milburn’s 'Disability Doulas' to help ease people into the autism caregiving community."
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Shannon Rosa
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But even when we embrace inclusion as a disability rights baseline, my autistic son still doesn’t get to do all the things—but that’s because of accessibility barriers, not because inclusion itself is a flawed concept.
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"Autism varies broadly in manifestations and autistic people have wide differences in support needs, although these have too much complexity to reduce to simple terms such as " #profoundAutism' or 'low-' or 'high-functioning.'" By @drstevenkapp.bsky.social:
www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13...
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"There isn’t immediate obedience when you’re committed to parenting your children without making them afraid of you. There is cooperation, collaboration, negotiation, discussion, suggestion, support, help."
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Some parents of high-support autistics "do not believe their children are capable of having opinions about any serious or real issues." @slooterman.bsky.social argues this means working harder to understand autistic opinions—instead of dismissing their agency.
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It's #AutisticPrideDay, but if you aren't sure you're "really" autistic, you don't have local autism diagnosis professionals, and/or the autism diagnosis intake fees are unaffordable/not insured, you can always do an online autism test (NOT an official diagnosis!).
embrace-autism.com/autism-tests/
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Being an "inclusionista" means knowing that my autistic son needs me to push both for & beyond ADA accessibility in his life. It does NOT mean forcing him to be in places he doesn't like, or that will make him miserable, overwhelmed, or dysregulated. At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2021/01/note...
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It is HARD to find vacation spaces for some of our autistic loved ones, so our co-editor @autisticenough.bsky.social and her spouse created Spectrum House: An autism-friendly family vacation home that includes sensory, space, & safety accommodation features.
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Registration is open for the Stanford Neurodiversity Summit: Putting Strength-Based Approaches in Action, to be held on September 22-24, 2024. This year the summit will be hybrid, with online and IRL sessions in Palo Alto, California. Details:
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Please, please, please learn how to have your autistic child's back. We can help.
Thank you, Beth Greene Perera. Original tweet:
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Grateful to The Autistic Self Advocacy Network for continuing to fill in crucial resource gaps, now with their Easy Read guide to Barriers to Gender-Affirming Health Care. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve all the information!
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"When we trust progressive media outlets as both intellectually rigorous and socially just, their ableism goes unchecked—and so can be far more dangerous than that of their unapologetically prejudiced counterparts." At TPGA.
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Why We Need More Autistic Health Care Professionals: "Even if autistic adults are not served directly by autistic health care professionals, their presence will help change their fields for the better, which will improve health care for autistic people."
www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
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"My 40 years of life experience did not suddenly shift because of diagnostic criteria. Rather, autism explained decades of bullying & relationship abuse—and also my accomplishments." @krpgryal.bsky.social, on journalists second-guessing autistics' diagnoses.
katieroseguestpryal.com/2024/06/21/d...
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"Listen to me. Please. I went to therapy for countless hours over countless years to be able to identify and express my needs and now that I finally can, it seems like it doesn’t matter.' Autistic contributor Grace Trumpower on being denied accommodations.
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“I still struggle with navigating my experience as Black, autistic, and queer but I find I do so now not to hide or protect but, to understand myself, to allow myself the space to fail and but also to learn.” By Antonia Aluko.
ndconnection.co.uk/blog/black-h... #neurodiversity
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"Often we’re [autistics] the people who need to escape into other worlds the most, but unfortunately we don’t always get the opportunity to escape into worlds with characters that make us feel seen." Anna Zoe Quirke on their new YA novel Something To Be Proud Of.
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Stop putting autistic kids in excessive therapy hours. Research indicates that more/more intense therapies are not better, and that "practitioners recommending interventions should consider what amounts would be developmentally appropriate." Our kids need down time!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Satire: “An autistic child has issued a statement thanking his parents for increasing his future employment prospects by constantly posting videos of his most vulnerable and private moments on the Internet.” At @thedailytism.bsky.social:
thedailytism.com/autistic-chi...
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"Trying to talk with neurotypicals can be a real pain. Let’s be honest: It’s practically impossible to talk with them, even about the simplest things, without offending them in some way." Javan has some helpful hints for autistics in this position, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/06/on-t...
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Now in French! Lire cet article en français: autisme.social/art/35
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"Violent retaliation against people with IDD for non-compliance was commonplace in ABA and related interventions for years and, in some practices, remains to this day."
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