The Articulate Autistic
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Autistic Communication Translator/Author of “Before You Fire Them” - Out Now|Pissed-off Liberal 💙
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Difficulty understanding and communicating with your autistic employee? This book will change everything!
www.booksamillion.com/p/Before-Fir...
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#Autistic
#ActuallyAutistic
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#Employment
#Accessibility
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Does Your Autistic Loved One Appear to Talk Down to You?
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Does Your Autistic Loved One Appear to Talk Down to You? - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
Does your autistic loved one appear to talk to you in a condescending tone? It's not done out of malice. Here's what's really happening.
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/does-your-autistic-loved-one-appear-to-talk-down-to-you/
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We Don't Pretend to Be Confused
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We Don't Pretend to Be Confused - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
This is one of those things I found out about the difference between neurotypical behavior and autistic behavior that felt like a punch to the gut. Apparently, in neurotypical society, showing…
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/we-dont-pretend-to-be-confused/
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No, I Do Not Use My Emotions to Manipulate Others
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No, I Do Not Use My Emotions to Manipulate Others - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
Are autistic people manipulative with their emotions? Not as a rule! It's a common misconception that autistic people "overreact" or use emotional outbursts to get what we want. What's really…
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/no-i-do-not-use-my-emotions-to-manipulate-others/
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Why Borrowing Someone's Stapler Is Harder for an Autistic Person
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Why Borrowing Someone's Stapler Is Harder for an Autistic Person - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
I promise I’m going somewhere with this! 😄 OK, so if you’ve ever attended public or private school or had an office job, you’ll be familiar with this scenario: You’ve got a bunch of papers...
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/why-borrowing-someones-stapler-is-harder-for-an-autistic-person/
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Why Is Disappointment so Agonizing for Autistics?
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Why Is Disappointment so Agonizing for Autistics? - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
Why do autistic people seem to handle disappointment so poorly? It's a combination of being literal, needing routine to survive, and being unable to do things out of order.
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/why-is-disappointment-so-agonizing-for-autistics/
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Why Autistic Employees Need Clear, Direct Performance Feedback
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#ActuallyAutistic
#Employment
#Job
#Career
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Why Autistic Employees Need Clear, Direct Performance Feedback - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
Your autistic employee thrives on clear and direct performance feedback. Hinting or talking around an issue won't land
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/why-autistic-employees-need-clear-direct-performance-feedback/
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Why an Autistic Person May Push for a Closer Friendship Right Away
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Why an Autistic Person May Push for a Closer Friendship Right Away - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
Does your autistic loved one tend to overshare or overexplain? We don't mean to come off as desperate or creepy, we just connect differently.
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/why-an-autistic-person-may-push-for-a-closer-friendship-right-away/
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By the Time an Autistic Person Complains, They Have Already Been Suffering For Hours
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By the Time an Autistic Person Complains, They Have Already Been Suffering For Hours - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
As an autistic person, having bodily needs not only gets on my nerves, it sometimes can cause emotional instability and meltdowns. Can you relate?
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/by-the-time-an-autistic-person-complains-they-have-already-been-suffering-for-hours/
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5 Things Your Autistic Loved One Has to Consciously Focus On During Social Interactions (That Your Neurotypical Brain Does Automatically)
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5 Things Your Autistic Loved One Has to Consciously Focus On During Social Interactions (That Your Neurotypical Brain Does Automatically) - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
If your autistic loved one has difficulty with social situations, their brain may have to manually filter out info your NT brain does automatically.
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/5-things-your-autistic-loved-one-has-to-consciously-focus-on-that-your-neurotypical-brain-does-automatically/
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When a Cactus Meets a Rose - Why Autistic/Neurotypical Friendships Often Fail (And How to Prevent It)
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When a Cactus Meets a Rose - Why Autistic/Neurotypical Friendships Often Fail (And How to Prevent It) - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
Inter-neurotype friendships between autistic and neurotypical people can be a challenge, especially if you're a rose and they're a cactus.
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/when-a-cactus-meets-a-rose-why-autistic-neurotypical-friendships-often-fail-and-how-to-prevent-it/
5 days ago
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Difficulty understanding and communicating with your autistic employee? This book will change everything!
www.booksamillion.com/p/Before-Fir...
#Autism
#Autistic
#ActuallyAutistic
#Neurodivergent
#Business
#Books
#Employment
#Accessibility
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#Introverts
#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic
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ChiChi 🌷🩵 🇸🇩🇵🇸🇨🇩
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Being Black, autistic, and learning to unmask means carefully differentiating between unmasking autism and maintaining the social habits that keep us from harm as Black people. This presents another layer of unsafety in masking that non-Black autistics won’t fully understand.
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Vicki Lesley
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Short films about
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#10 This lyrical, subjective short docudrama uses narration, sensorial imagery & children's drawings to try to convey how life looks, sounds & feels to an autistic girl, particularly her experience of attending a mainstream school
#filmsky
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In My World, In Your Eyes -A Window Into Autism- 2024
YouTube video by Inclusive Arts Collective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aQqo1HaJWI
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#ADHD
#TBI
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Rosie Tennant Doran 💖💙💜💚❤️🪩🦄🎶📀🎮🌻🌈♾️
10 days ago
Meltdowns, shutdowns and burnout.
autisticgirlsnetwork.org/knowledge_ba...
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Meltdowns, shutdowns and burnout - Autistic Girls Network
Meltdowns are NOT temper tantrums, even though they can look similar; involve screaming, kicking, stamping feet etc.
https://autisticgirlsnetwork.org/knowledge_base/meltdowns-shutdowns-and-burnout/
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IFLScience
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Both girls and boys are equally likely be autistic, but this is not represented in childhood diagnosis as the latter are far more likely to be diagnosed than the former.
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Schools aren't designed for autistic children - these are the sensory challenges they face | The Conversation
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Schools aren’t designed for autistic children – these are the sensory challenges they face
Loud classrooms are a key cause of distress for autistic children.
https://theconversation.com/schools-arent-designed-for-autistic-children-these-are-the-sensory-challenges-they-face-273498
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#Trauma
#PTSD
#Memes
10 days ago
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#ActuallyAutistic
#Introvert
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This describes me to a T!
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#ActuallyAutistic
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11 days ago
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LOL! Why is this true, though?
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Wait...what?? LOL!
12 days ago
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#ActuallyAutistic
#ADHD
#BrainFog
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12 days ago
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I'm selling my digital designs on Payhip now. Most are only $1. Click the link to check them out, and update your phone background!
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12 days ago
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What an Autistic Brain Is Doing During a “Simple” Chat With a Neurotypical Person
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#AutismMom
#AutismDad
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13 days ago
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Factual Information Is Not “Rude” – An Autistic Perspective
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13 days ago
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁
14 days ago
Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed: study
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/04/autism-women-men-diagnosis-childhood-adulthood
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Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author
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"Autism is not an excuse for bad behavior" This is true. It isn't. Because autism doesn't cause bad behavior. It causes *autistic* behavior.
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Alyse
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Aliya Rahman congressional opening statement in full. Autistic with a traumatic brain injury, US citizen attacked by ICE.
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WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
https://youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?si=zZjV-yQSrxYLUeYp
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Beth Hawkins
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Heartstopping
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social
interview with Minneapolis detainee Aliya Rahman, an
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woman with a traumatic brain injury. Gets to the heart of how so many people here get labeled 'agitator' or 'domestic terrorist' for something as benign as turning onto the wrong street.
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ICE dragged me from my car after I told them I’m autistic.
Exclusive Details: Aliya Rahman speaks to Eric Garcia about her ordeals — on the streets of Minneapolis, in a grim ICE detention center where she was mocked over her condition and through the public t...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ice-aliya-rahman-minneapolis-autism-b2912407.html
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“I Didn’t Do It!” – What Your Autistic Child Might Really Mean When Saying This
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14 days ago
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An Autistic Meltdown Is Not a Tantrum – How to Spot the Difference and Avoid Further Traumatizing Your Loved One
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14 days ago
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They’re gonna f*ck with the midterms, aren’t they?
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15 days ago
This has to be right up with one of America’s darkest time. ICE KILLING Americans, arresting honest hard working immigrants, similar to the same white immigrants arresting them. DISGUSTING, HORRIBLE AND EVIL. America cannot survive as a nation with this kind of leadership.
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Factual Information Is Not “Rude” – An Autistic Perspective
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15 days ago
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Your Autistic Loved One Doesn’t Know What You’re Reacting To, and It’s Causing Trauma
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15 days ago
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8 Neurotypical Social Norms That Baffle Your Autistic Loved One
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16 days ago
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Your Autistic Student Isn’t Being Sarcastic, They Take What You Say Literally
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#SpecialEducation
#Teacher
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Your Autistic Student Isn’t Being Sarcastic, They Take What You Say Literally - Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic
Do you have a rude autistic student in your classroom? Are you sure? Learn more about autistic literal thinking and how to prevent trauma
https://www.thearticulateautistic.com/your-autistic-student-isnt-being-sarcastic-they-take-what-you-say-literally/
16 days ago
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The Interesting Link Between Neurodivergence and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
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#ADHD
#OCD
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The Interesting Link Between Neurodivergence and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - ITYIWS
Is there a connection between neurodivergence and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)? Science says yes! Learn more about how being neurodivergent can increase risk
https://itoldyouiwassick.com/the-interesting-link-between-neurodivergence-and-ehlers-danlos-syndrome/
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