After reading through the descriptions of the autism-related research projects that were cut, I was struck by how complicated the science is — especially when compared to the simple (and debunked) theory that vaccines cause autism. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

My latest on the Health Sec who promised to figure out what causes autism and the autism research that's been stopped along the way www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

ProPublica: RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That by Sharon Lerner bit.ly/41gy1Se

Extensive story from ProPublica about HHS staffing cuts. Outstanding reporting and a lot to digest. projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...

Heads up, team! Get it done 📣

Maybe @youthlaw.bsky.social or @aapd.com can make this story even more "exciting" by aiding this family in filing a lawsuit. Do not poke the mama bears. 🤬

Here's your #GoodTrouble homework for the day, folks. Get it done. Pass it on.

Disability advocates say that the U.S. Department of Education could cancel hundreds of grants made under the Individuals with #Disabilities Education Act in the coming weeks. #SpecialEducation

📣 NOVA schools are back in session and the Education Dept. is preparing cut their funding because they support trans students. We can't think of a better time for a reporter with some grit to tap Lindsey Burke's sis for a tell-all interview. Hot tip below 💅

It’s #AltTacoTunesday around here and as we find ourselves in these final weeks of (the weirdest ever) summer, share a tune you’ve had on replay or a brand new release you’re digging. P.S. this feels like a chilaquiles sort of day, amirite? @altstategov.altgov.info @altmomsroar.bsky.social

📣 #AltGov #AltFam #AltCitizen Regarding the arrests of D.C. homeless individuals, particularly those who are disabled, *please* drop resources we can share with their loved ones. Legal help, temporary housing, etc. in the comments 👇

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🧵🚨‼️VA/DC/MD Families: We previously shared our list of practical tips for parents and caregivers caught in a raid scenario with small children. We're both enraged & sickened to have to share these again, but we find preparedness is power in this unthinkable reality of occupation. ❤️#TheMoreYouROAR

RFK Jr. is over on Twitter telling everyone to hit the gym on the weekends. IDK it’s almost like he doesn’t know or care that: Many Americans don’t have weekends off Many Americans can’t afford gym fees Many Americans don’t have a safe place to exercise

I have a whole thread in the works about this but just didn’t have it in me this weekend y’all. Just know this “fix” isn’t gonna fix anything and will likely make things worse. I’ll try to get the thread up tomorrow to explain why. I did giggle at the headline though because it’s so true 🤣🤣🤣😩😬😑🥴😭

DC belongs to the people, not some temporary part time staffer in a borrowed house. Time to stand all the way up.

Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Yesterday, I posted the thread below about RIF’ed employees and their PMAP rewards and how fucked they were. Well, I have some new info and a hot tip on how to get that Info.

Vaccines did not cause our children's autism. We repeat: Vaccines did not cause our children's autism. Stop speaking for us, MAHA moms. Look at what you're doing to new moms. 👇 Now do TF better.

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people. We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?

Autistic @vanderbilt.edu fellow Amber Crabtree, who navigates life with a hearing disorder that makes sounds physically painful, shares how she's forging new funding pathways to help others like her in the midst of Trump's DEI funding cuts. #GoodNews Learn more about her groundbreaking research 👇

Today’s episode explores the lived experience of autistic intimacy and co-regulation, contrasting it with the often clinical and deficit-focused lens of academic autism research. open.substack.com/pub/autside/...

Rolling back into the skeet grind this morning with some tunespiration from @altstategov.altgov.info. Hey-oh! Who else is a parent desperately ready for school to start? 🤣

"You’re not 'too much.' You are navigating systems that gave you too little." Man, some powerful writing from @aut2ask.bsky.social this morning in its Substack preview piece. Give it a read 👇

New Washington Post story about NIH Director Bhattacharya [GIft Link] wapo.st/46t4Dvv More on this later...

Oh snap. It's #AltTacoTunesday. Let's gooooo! Visit the thread below to drop the beats and taco skeets. 👇

You know Ryan Walters—Mr. MAGA “I’m a God-fearing Christian,” banning books and forcing Trump Bibles into schools? He’s now under investigation after board members say naked women were playing on his office TV during a meeting. The moral crusaders are always the biggest hypocrites. Sick.

Yessssss. 🤩

Being different is good, that's why this week we are #Breakingtherules for #SensoryArt How does your art break the rules? Or... is it your subject doing the rule breaking?? No more rule of thirds here this week🤣 inspo: bit.ly/Sensoryart #EastCoastKin #Photography #painting #art #creative #design

Big boost for autism research: The Simons Foundation has pledged up to £40m to study brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders with the aim of finding new treatments for conditions such as Fragile X syndrome and SYNGAP1-related disorders. edin.ac/454Gqt4 @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social

Black-led autism research EXIST ! tackling racism in diagnosis to empowering Black families with culturally grounded care, Black researchers are leading work that truly reflects LIVED experience. 💪🏾👩🏿‍🔬👨🏾‍🔬 #blackandautistic

Disabled. Detained. Disregarded. Disabled people deserve care — not cages. Denied meds, punished for meltdowns, trapped in solitary. This is systemic ableism. Let’s name it: it’s violence. See all 9 slides for free on Substack: substack.com/@aut2ask/not... #Disability #DisSky #Disabled

Donald Trump's Medicaid cuts are cruel and will hurt so many people. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

TF? I can't imagine ICE is going to find enough illegals tied to Medicaid to make this level of access worth it. So, what is it they're really after here? Are disabled Americans the next round of captures? We welcome any insight/reassurance from those in the know. 🫤

‼️A must-read for autism advocates. "Without building deep trust and inclusion in autism research & co-creating solutions to adequate service provision and treatment, the potential ramifications will impact the efforts of both medical & education professionals to support families." #TheMoreYouROAR🌠🌈

Everyone, please repost this very important numbers. They could’ve lives.

“'Aggression'” is not an autism behavior, it is a human behavior often stemming from unmet needs." -Jeff Newman #autism #neurodiversity #autistic

📣 A #GoodTrouble opportunity for our local VA/DC/MD mama bears to rally around our TX pack at the White House next Monday in honor of those children lost to last week's floodwaters 💔. Details on how to register below 👇 Thanks @rebelfema.altgov.info!

‼️A must-read for autism advocates. "Without building deep trust and inclusion in autism research & co-creating solutions to adequate service provision and treatment, the potential ramifications will impact the efforts of both medical & education professionals to support families." #TheMoreYouROAR🌠🌈

👀 And here we thought all thou tea had spilleth. Interesting, considering the private therapy practice employing SchNABLER's wife #TrishBish closed April 25, the exact day Eric started at NIH.

👀 And here we thought all thou tea had spilleth. Interesting, considering the private therapy practice employing SchNABLER's wife #TrishBish closed April 25, the exact day Eric started at NIH.

#NIH lost a lot of good people yesterday. Eric Schnabel was not one of them. (But he was fired.)

Speaking of enablers, forgive us—the claws are out tonight. Off to hibernate before we burn anymore dens down.

📣 FACT: Vaccines don't cause autism, but measles can result in permanent intellectual disability from brain swelling. MMR vax: ✔️Protects you & immune-compromised ❌Won't make you autistic Measles risks: ✔️Death ✔️Hospitalization ✔️Encephalitis ✔️Deafness ✔️Seizures ✔️Ear infections ✔️Diarrhea ✔️Pneumonia

Even fascists need friends. Isolate it by focusing on eroding its load-bearing supports and let the weight of its inherent systemic inefficiency bring the system down.

Each and every enabler we can unseat matters. Destabilize the support network.

Can't have your cake and eat it too #TrishBish! Trish Schnabel—named by WaPo as wife of NIH COO Eric Schnabel—just tried to weasel her way into a $3.3M Autism Data Science Initiative contract with a stunning 2-for-1 conflicts prize puzzle given her private practice specializing in...🥁...autism!

🧵Take it from moms. Many adults are still in the sandbox, powered by playground politics. Like a narcissist, a bully requires reinforcement. A supporting cast of players, if you will. The bully is the finish line. The enablers are the starting point. Destabilize the enablers. Weaken the bully.👇

🧵#ROARLikeAMother, @camerasandhope.bsky.social! We're sadly not surprised by yesterday's Ed. Dept. ruling. SCOTUS is interpreting a constitution it's in direct violation of each time it plays playground politics under the guise of checks and balances to inhibit...checks and balances. It's roar time👇