Dear Rest of Humanity, Great Britain in Particular: We ARE fighting back. Thanks for Benny!

That would make autism neurotypical.

We've all heard that there is no free lunch. Well, guess what? There is no free 747 either.

#AskingAutistics Looking for a Discord for high school students who are looking to connect with other autistic high schoolers. Our students are in a more restricted environment, and for our more academically inclined students, social interactions can seem imbalanced.

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.” Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

When I forget to switch over from the discover feed, I occasionally get some sex worker person spamming my feed. I block. Why be unkind? They are taking advantage of a free site to conduct business. If you were selling laundry service I’d report your ass too. You have to PAY for ads.

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

The ceiling fan. Spousal units CPAP. Elderly dog breathing noises. The high pitched tone I’ve lived with for 25 years, and the new transient lower one, electric vehicles driving by on the next block. Sprinklers come on. #IndustrialMusic #Hyperacusis #AutisticElder

Explore what neuro-affirming practice REALLY means. Beyond behaviourism & neurodiversity-lite. autisticrealms.com/protecting-t...

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

Dear #medsky I have cancer. I also have a whole bunch of other chronic stuff that was hard to diagnose, won’t kill me, and requires multimodal treatment. There is a whole book about to be written in the different treatment experience. For one thing, for once, no one is telling me to lose weight.

#AutisticProblems So, I have to remember that not everyone has insomnia and works at 2:30 on Sunday morning, and maybe parents and staff won’t want text/email notifications at this hour.

Many of my students cannot access appropriate care because they require restraint or sedation, and those pose risks of their own. My students attend school with physical maladies that would have many adults home in bed for days. We have a quiet room with the giant Costco squishmallows.

So many autistic people use (or don't use but could benefit from) AAC apps, whether symbol, text, or typing-to-speech. And now @assistiveware.bsky.social is having an app sale, in which all their AAC apps will be 50% off, from October 8-15. www.assistiveware.com/aac-app-sale #AACawarenessMonth

I will cheerfully take that NOW at age 60, with 38 years in. Please and thank you.

Spousal unit gets me. Hybrid journaling. #UDL

#OldPeopleProblems #EDS The problem with screens and progressive lens glasses is that to read, you need to look down. My lids droop so much they blur the text. This is the only weight related skin surgery I’d consider because of poor healing, and it would be to improve vision.

This #AutisticElder is getting a 4XS lung nodule biopsied on Tuesday. So I think I’m going to rant about the state of diagnosed #YAAutistics because I am tired of the drama. It will distract me.

Fact. Or Malort. Actually, Malort for colonoscopy prep.

#AskingAutistics #AutisticElders #medsky @annmemmott.bsky.social Any materials on navigating cancer with autism? Biopsy is Monday, and until then I am surviving on “May the odds be ever in your favor” vibes.

Personally I think the main cause of autism isn't Tylenol but that we're such insatiable thirst traps we keep breeding

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

The banality of evil…tacit complicity.

There are many things that my friends and I experienced in the 1970s and 1980s as children and teenagers that I would have to report as a mandated reporter today. I would be demanding prosecution for some adults. Adult males pretty much did whatever the hell they wanted to young women. Still do.

So the Bloom Squad is learning a line dance/sign language to this song to help us internalize a message about bullies. Lots of my kids get dirty looks or rude comments in public. Thanks, #XAmbassadors for the #BoomBoomBoom May our national pain be gasoline. youtube.com/watch?v=mXLR...

The pain this is going to cause in my classroom because my diverse autistic/ID students don’t understand what the adults are fighting about, and I’ve been teaching X Ambassadors “Boom” as a line dance against bullying as a protective charm. “My feet go zoom, zoom, zoom, walking away from you…”

Autism is a common comorbidity of EDS and hEDS. For many of us with both, chronic pain is an issue. Hernias, prolapses, migraines, ruptures, dislocations, sprains, and weak ligaments are common. I feel internally shaky all the time. No one believed me, so I stopped believing my body and abused it.

People are very afraid of Virginia Woolf on socials. Limited characters and stream of consciousness are a poor combination. Random thoughts may or may not be brought to you courtesy of pain medication this morning. Also, we made 2 ingredient gummies in class with 100% juice and halaal gelatin.

Random very early morning post about why I won’t delete my X account: it’s a documentation, in bursts, of everything leading up to and through my hospitalization and early recovery from autistic burnout.

they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law. they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence. the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear. do not offer it to them.

the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok

All they had to do to circumvent the 1st Amendment was outsource the censorship to the oligarchs. The oligarchs have seized control of not only the media but the very platforms and algorithms used to disseminate information itself. www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...

Ahem: Dear Behavioral Aides: Do not loudly complain (in front of students) that parents are not raising their children properly. You work at a school for children whose autism causes such significant maladaptive behavior that they can’t attend public school. Your client can’t live with his parents.

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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#AutisticElder #ChronicPain #GenXMusic #StimRocking youtu.be/76_PP5jKbng?...

Because they are as well. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Dear Typical people: CW TW: Atypical brain/body things. Definitely not #TraumaDumping The interesting thing about being a #ChronicIllnessElder is that now I am told that these symptoms are to be expected in my geriatric state. First, I am 60. Second, they started in my 20’s.

So does what is #RLS that happens all day and progresses to pain called? I need a new neurologist.

From communication supports to movement breaks, here are practical strategies schools and families can put into practice right away. Save this post for later and follow us for more tools, training and support. #Inclusion #SEND #InclusiveEducation #BeyondAutism #IncludedNotExcluded

Can we go back to oversharing about our personal lives, please?

I’ve been avoiding routine care for three years because of medical trauma. It’s boob compression day, and the earliest appointment I could get was 3. I need a Sham Wow onesie and a personal Febreze small spaces to carry around today. IYKYK. #mammogram #GenXAttitude #Chronicillness

A guy on Fox said on air that we should kill mentally ill & homeless people if they refuse services via involuntary lethal injection today & I guess that’s just not gonna be a news story.

I am a white human being living in California. I believe that I am going to begin speaking in a very obvious foreign accent around federal immigration officials whenever possible. I suggest that all of my fellow white Californians do the same. #ReallySCOTUS @governor.ca.gov

Hey #EDS humans, do I have any body experienced with #CSVD ? Every radiologist has noted it in small print. No neurologist has mentioned it.