Do NOT open your door for any authority unless they have a warrant — from a court, signed by a judge. NO warrant, NO entry. If they arrest you, you ALWAYS have the right to remain silent, even if they don’t read you any rights. The ONLY thing to say: “I want a lawyer.”

Anti-autistic ableism isn't just deadly for autistic people. When 'tackling the autism epidemic' = systematically attacking vaccines, it means anti-autistic ableism is deadly for all of society. And you can't push back against that threat without centring the fight against anti-autistic ableism.

I'd also like to mention that THIS is exactly why seemingly proposed plans to cut the Access to Work scheme and put more responsibility on employers to accommodate disabled people will NEVER work.

The doctor who claimed MMR “causes autism” lost his license for falsifying data and also had developed a vaccine to compete with MMR, so he made it up to make money. Don’t come into my mentions with this shit.

Not that this is news to many of us, but the past few months have really shone fresh light on how corporations are not and will never be on your side. They have to be forced to be even tepidly progressive and inclusive, and when that force is taken away, they'll drop everyone in an instant.

People will say "what, at a time like this, how is this your biggest issue?" and it's not my biggest thing but it's a small thing you can do in yourself that primes you for noticing things and being a better accomplice and support and community member.

(Regarding the hope that people will stop using ableist takes about evil people.) How we TALK about people shapes how we TREAT people. If you take it as a given that verbal abuse isn't right, doesn't that reinforce the idea that physical abuse isn't right?

The effect of all the worst, biggest sex pest fuckups on earth claiming autism as an excuse for their dipshittery, will be increased eugenics. Each time one of these dipshits announces autism as a justification, they cement the public perception of autism as dangerous, antisocial, predatory, etc

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The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

'Access to Work' is a badly administered and bizarrely inaccessible scheme. It's also one of the only things the UK government does to help disabled people to access work at all.

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

If the government passes the buck back to employers to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees, a proportion of employers will simply and quietly decide they'd rather not bother, and hire someone else

This is bananas. Access to Work is a scheme that specifically helps disabled people work in paid employment. The minister's comments suggest too many people know about it so it needs paring back - and responsibility shifted to employers, who as we know just lurve more responsibilities

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Every time we see reports of the number of autism diagnoses going up, I see people responding with 'alarm' and 'concern', when all I feel is relief. Because every rise in number represents less people living their whole lives struggling to understand why everything is just so much harder for them.

A fine day to remember that if you think that DEI hiring policies means that unqualified people are getting jobs, then what you actually believe is that cisallohet abled neurotypical white men are somehow naturally the only people qualified for certain jobs. And there's a fucking word for that.

All of this, and let me add... -If you are in charge of any kind of space (store, library, office, house of worship, online communities, etc), you need to be doing everything you can to make it safe for trans people AND hostile to transphobes.

So far, there's a lot more evidence that fighting back can work than that it can't, whether it's through the courts, mobilizing public opinion, or even in some reported cases GOP politicians complaining.

Ooh, wow, there's a lot of you who have accumulated whilst I've been away! Apologies for not being more active this year - I've been working on final touches for my next book (I hope to share news soon!) and dealing with a family tragedy simultaneously. Hoping to see all of you more on here soon!

Want to make friends when you're autistic but also want to be on your own is hard actually.

Pro-tip: if you're going to dramatically swan-dive arse-over-tit into a brand new hyperfixation, make sure you do it a few weeks before your birthday.

It's my 33rd birthday today, so, to celebrate, have a throwback photo of me in my natural habitat - getting very excited about finding another leaf to add to my extensive collection of leaves, rocks and twigs.

Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it. #Trans #LGBTQ #UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

When you have TWO assistants with you as you work, and they are BOTH slacking.

Whenever someone claims that Elon Musk acts 'like that' because he's autistic, I come back to this story to draw a distinction. Having strong aversions to colours? That's autism. Banning your employees from wearing safety clothes because of your aversion to a certain colour? That's NOT autism.

Doubting someone's autistic because of one specific trait, or specifically a trait that's not part of the diagnostic criteria or not common amongst others is disrespectful behaviour, please don’t do it.

💚 Good News of 2024! This year we covered feel good news via our series Three Queer Cheers presented by @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social Here are just some good news highlights! We will be back in 2025 with more mid-week pick me ups! 👇

The fireworks are ridiculous tonight, so I'm currently cranking my noise-cancelling headphones up to a (probably dangerously) high level whilst blasting a heavy playlist. Replacing loud noise I can't control with loud noise that I CAN control is sometimes the only way to get through it.

Well folks, we got through another one. Here's to surving the next as best we can. And some dogs to make all the nonsense of life just that little easier.

Okay I cannot even keep track of the number of people who have lost things in the rain in Gaza last night so I’m going to make a thread of accounts I’ve shared before who have contacted me today

For all those autistics who find Christmas difficult. I see you. Please take care and take all the time you need to rest.

This Christmas has been very weird - trying to make it as Christmassy as possible despite it very much not being so, and feeling my social battery totally zapped from navigating it all. So shout out to everyone for getting through Christmas, especially if it was a tough one for you this year.

Every time someone in a film or TV show says 'fire at will!', me, my brother, and my dad go 'oh no poor Will!'. If we're all together, it's a race to see who says it first.

Does anybody get the impression that Luna and Odin were excited about getting their Christmas Dinner?

Gentle reminder today to anyone who needs it: you can celebrate today, (or any other day, if you prefer) in any way you like, or not at all. You don’t have to live up to anyone’s expectations of you. You deserve kindness.

Just a reminder: you are NOT unusual, weird, or unlovable if you have: - no one to see on Christmas Day, - no presents, or - no contactable relatives. Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.

Dog bless us, everyone.

I'm pleased to report that my brother and I are taking Christmas Dinner preparation very seriously.

Y'all it's worth remembering we just had a prolonged period of "the queers and transes must be nice to those in power" and the hellscape we're facing now is the result.

Christmas out-of-office is on, so cheers!* *goblet is filled with water due to Erin being boring

I keep seeing “person/ people with neurodiversity” and “neurodiverse individual” come up (e.g. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...). Why does this matter? Not only is it linguistically wrong, but it also means that autistic people are unintentionally “othered” again Neurodiversity INCLUDES US ALL

Today would have been Brenda Howard's 78th birthday had she not sadly passed away in June 2005. We have a lot to thank her for. I came across this riso print while searching for a good photo of Brenda. www.whitepaperpen.com/art-shop/bre...

My autism makes going to the shops a few days before Christmas an absolute nightmare hellscape because of the sensory/social overload, but my ADHD makes going to the shops a few days before Christmas compulsory because I've predictably forgotten everything until the last minute 🙃

If you're celebrating mass deportations…

i think you should be fans of your friends. unashamedly. i think you should boost and uplift your friends every chance you get. i think it’s important to let them know that not only do you love them, but you’re also rooting for them. most of the time people need to hear it.