If we want to build a stronger nation, we have to see each other as neighbors and build a future where everyone has an on-ramp to opportunity and a chance to prosper.

An autistic woman who finished her entire week’s workload in one short autism-powered sitting has been punished for her own efficiency, it has been announced. Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/autist...

sun shining, trees leafy & gorgeous, and I have hot tea on a cool morning aka it looks like my week is off to a bright start- wherever you are am hoping yours is too happy monday 💚

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

You are not a burden

i have the coffee mug version 😍

“Lay down your weapons now or I will have no choice but to ask you to lay down your weapons later,” the commander in chief wrote on Truth Social

Good morning I want to go back to bed

Very little money donated to Autism Speaks goes toward helping autistic people and families. This #AutismAcceptanceMonth, considering supporting groups by and for autistic people! autisticadvocacy.org/considerthef...

had iron infusion therapy last week and the patient leaflet they gave me said “Do not share this medication with others” I was like ma’am this is an IV infusion what does sharing the medication with others even look like

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

husband calls me his ‘fav goldfish’ for this very reason 😭

I had a social worker say, when I referred to myself as autistic, "we don’t say autistic, we say people with autism." Fuck you bitch, we don’t.

I got the biggest ass plate of nachos I have ever gotten in my life this afternoon and when the person brought them to me they said “we have a new person learning how to make the nachos” Yall it was a MASSIVE serving of nachos

Acceptance isn’t asking autistic people to fit in. It’s changing environments
so they don’t have to.

Disabled people don’t owe the masses living a humorless life.

I’m unreasonably proud of this photo choice

this would be funny if I hadn’t once been lectured abt autism by a decades-old friend whose expertise on the matter was based on her “having a nephew with autism”… instead it’s goddamn hilarious 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

"The intersection of perimenopause and neurodivergence is one of the most clinically significant and most thoroughly underexamined areas in the entire neurodiversity field." 💔 The Perimenopause and Late Diagnosis Pipeline open.substack.com/pub/bridgett...

idk who needs to hear this but if you’ve looked everywhere & can’t find your favorite mug it’s probably in the microwave still full of the tea you reheated 3xs yesterday

CN: Suicide Please know that autistic children are at a higher risk for suicide than non-autistic peers, and “Even deeply attentive parents may miss signs of suicidal distress in autistic kids and teens, as they often differ from those shown by neurotypical youth.” www.latimes.com/science/stor...

How’s your neck pain? Specifically your SCM which runs down the side of your neck? If you’re autistic you may find that these are often tight and tense. Why? Those are where your 9,10, 11 cranial nerves run thru. The things that contribute to your general “regulation”

I spoke to NPR's All Things Considered about the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee, what it can accomplish, what it can't, how it can push back against RFK. Jr's lies about #autism. and why it needs better representation of hashtag#ActuallyAutistic people. www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...

My ferritin is dangerously low so technically this is a healthy AND happy choice 👏👏👏👏

how many amazing research and art projects have been lost to the ether because an autistic person wasn't supported well thru inertia?

Hey autistic comrades - how’s your tinnitus?

Abled desires always outweigh disabled needs

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

This whole Uta Frith autism spectrum thing makes me miss @stevesilberman.bsky.social even more. I genuinely want to know what he would say and know he would say it with great moral clarity.

Rock-Paper-Scissors but with bodily functions: obvi ‘Have to Pee’ beats ‘Sleep’ But I’m stuck!! What’s a thing that trumps ‘Have to Pee’ but will always take a backseat to ‘Sleep’

A recent Washington Post headline posed the blatantly eugenicist question, “Is autism preventable in certain cases after all?” and posited its answer as “some scientists say yes.” @ejwillingham.bsky.social shreds the article to bits, in the latest TPGA newsletter: buttondown.com/TPGA/archive... 1/

Roses are red, Violets violet not blue, I am autistic, And if you like this poem you’re probably autistic too ❤️🌹🤷🏻‍♀️✨😘

facts

RFK Jr. is dangerous for families and I won’t stop talking about it. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Happy Valentine's Day from some of Austen's more underappreciated characters.

How do I convince RFK Jr. that cocaine on toilet seats causes autism?

ohhhh that’s easy: gravity!! I wanna fly so bad

like when i’ve talked about the weird bullshit people in our fields get scrutinized over for posting (especially off the clock) this is a lot of what i’m referring to like it’s actually a good thing for everyone seeking medical care if your healthcare workers are activists wrt care for all

rly sad tonight that’s it, that’s the skeet

“the word in question is wrong and not part of my vocabulary and never has been" is a weird thing to say when you're apologizing for it having been part of your vocabulary Nicole 🙄 istg HGTV better not cave and bring her back after a cooling off period www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

Thomas said: “It’s really balanced. I advise my friends on their current personal disasters, they advise me on mine, and everyone’s happy. Well, nobody’s happy, that’s sort of the point.”

why is instagram so janky today

me (via iphone, whilst soaking in lovely warm bath): hey google can u electrocute yourself by using iphone in bathtub also me: why am i still anxious after taking a long hot soothing bath

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

The Democrats idea of fighting fascism.

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart 1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks 2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

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