Heute wieder einen richtig tollen, geselligen Nachmittag bei der Tübinger #Autismus-Selbsthilfegruppe gehabt. =)
Da könnt ihr Gespräche und Austausch über Themen haben, die ihr sonst nirgends sonst so fändet.

Geht zu solchen Gruppen, gründet solche Gruppen in euren Städten! Mega gut!
Diese Treffs sind in der Regel auch offen für alle ohne offizielle Diagnose. Und nein, euer Hackcenter ist nicht das Gleiche! ;) Nicht zuletzt ist die Frauenquote wie von nem anderen Planeten.^^

#ActuallyAutistic

I think what they are calling an increase in severe autism cases where young adults have to wear diapers, go on the floor, break their parents bones from how violent they get, extremely aggressive, etc, I really don't think that's autism. I think something else is probably happening, and these specialists all hate us so they are labeling it autism when it's actually something else.

I think since some of what they are calling severe autism cases is non-speaking, they're just misdiagnosing those super severe cases. I saw a parent say their "autistic" kid threw them across the room and broke their ribs. Other parents said they have broken arms from how violent their "autistic" kids are. These kids they are calling "severely autistic" are incredibly violent. Autism doesn't make someone violent. It's got to be something else. And in the process they will try to eradicate us over a misdiagnosis.

What do you think?

@actuallyautistic
#ActuallyAutistic

🔸️Hospital legal will, 99.999975% chance, tell admins to follow rule of law or risk losing Medicare funding. Rule of Law is a fascist refrain.

Given HIPAA's meaningful use exemptions are a thing, that means a registry is almost a sure bet.

Speak to your doctors. Request a reevaluation if needed, 2nd opinion.

Go 'dark' now with charted neurodiversity if you can.

🔸️ ADHDers, courtesy 1971 legislation, you're probably SOL. As I am.

🔸️Nothing that they are doing changes who you know yourself to be. Remember that.

#ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #Neurodiversity

LibreWolf. Die Darstellung ist schon OK, abgesehen davon, daß die Schrift winzig ist und ich erstmal hochskalieren mußte.

Aber am Rand zappeln halt mehrere Videos und sonstige Zappelbilder herum. Für mich ist das so ablenkend, daß ich den Text nicht mehr lesen kann.

#ActuallyAutistic

Hi.

Autistic person here

RFK Jr. didn’t “misspeak” when he called autism an “epidemic” that “dwarfs COVID.”
That’s eugenicist rhetoric.

We’re not a disease—we’re people.

The spectrum includes those who need support and those building the future. Diagnoses have expanded because understanding has improved—not because autism is “spreading.”

Dehumanizing us is not health policy. It’s dangerous

#actuallyautistic

Guten Morgen 💚

Meine Zimmernachbarin hat mich gefragt, ob ich eigentlich nie einfach mal „was Leichtes" lese und ich habe darüber nachgedacht, weshalb irgendwelche Schnulzen für mich eben nichts Leichtes sind:
Weil Darstellungen von Liebe, ob in Büchern oder im echten Leben, oft auf unklaren Dynamiken und emotionalem Chaos basieren. Unausgesprochene Dinge, sprunghaftes Verhalten, wenig Logik. Das stresst mich eher, als dass es entspannt. Ich finde Ruhe in Struktur und Fakten.
#actuallyautistic

@Hans_Kastell Ah, OK.

Ich tendiere gelegentlich dazu, Aussagen wörtlicher zu nehmen, als sie gemeint sind. #ActuallyAutistic

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@actuallyautistic

I think we've probably all heard of Mr brain-worm's desire to look into the link between autism and vaccination, and thought nothing good of it. This, despite the fact that even the remotest possibilities of such a link have already been vigorously kicked to death and stomped deeply into the earth of, "not a fucking chance", by countless existing and extremely reputable studies. But, this latest announcement, that they will find the cause of autism itself, to my mind, seems to cast all of this into an even darker light.

By establishing such a ridiculously short time frame to be able to a come to a "guaranteed" conclusion, in partnership with nebulous "worldwide" sources, and within a framework that clearly indicates that they have already decided that it will be some sort of "artificial" cause, this smacks of a clear stitch up. In fact, the sort of stitch up that will make the Cass report* look like the most scholarly balanced study known to mankind. In fact, the only thing that really seems to be in question, is what cause for it they have already decided to put forward.

If whatever it is, is just to be the silver bullet they wish to use to kill off vaccinations in general, then that will be bad, and obviously ridiculous, enough. But, if it is going to be something else, that fits in even more neatly into Mr Brain-worm's hatred of not only vaccination, but it would seem anything even remotely dealing with modern medicine, and in fact modern life, then it could be truly devastating. Given the wrecking ball they are already taking to the entirety of the medical and academic authorities and institutions, I can't help feeling that the way this could go, could be extremely dark indeed. Indeed, it could be the stepping stone they intend to use to eliminate so many of the safety nets of health and mental care, that so many rely on and that are in many respects the cornerstones of citizen welfare.

I could be wrong, and I hope I am, but, this would be inline with so much of what this government seems to be aiming for. The reduction of people into worker units, who are trapped by the necessities of a lack of education and options, into doing so for minimal return, especially in terms of any real pay and continued health. Those simply being the carrots that are forever dangled before them, to keep them working on. A new class of indentured servitude, if you will, just like the good old days they seem to love.

As I said, I could be wrong. In fact, I really, really, hope I am.

#Autism
#ActuallyAutistic

* Cass report - For those who don't know, a British study presented to the former government and still supported by the current one, on Trans issues and used by them to further their transphobic policy decisions. It has been widely debunked by many other studies and a vast number of medical organisations, for its lack of representation and the way it ignored and cherry-picked the information within it, to create a highly one-sided and misleading conclusion.

gizmodo.com/secretary-brain-wo…

Secretary Brain Worm: RFK Jr. Tells Trump We'll Know the 'Cause' of Autism by Fall

Trump said autism was caused by "a shot" or something "artificial" that people are consuming.

^{Matt Novak (Gizmodo)}

how do my autistic comrades prepare for a day that they know will be "full on"?

@actuallyautistic #ActuallyAutistic

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April is Autism Awareness/Acceptance month.

Here are a few friendly reminders:

Autism Speaks is a hate group.

They have never been able to maintain having an autistic individual on their board for longer than a few months.

They refer to autistic children as a burden. Constantly.

They do not provide even the slightest amount of support to autistic young adults and adults

They're more focused on "fixing" the child in order to relieve the burden on the parents.

They rescinded a woman's job offer after she requested childcare assistance for her autistic son.

They released a documentary where one of their founders discussed contemplating a murder/suicide of her autistic daughter. IN FRONT of her autistic daughter.

They released a fearmongering documentary called "I am autism" (produced by ALFONSO FUCKING CUARON) that included such content as “I am autism…I know where you live…I work faster than pediatric AIDS, cancer, and diabetes combined…I will make sure your marriage fails.”

They want you to "light it up blue" because "Autism spectrum disorders are almost 5 times more common among boys than among girls. So the color blue represents the boys diagnosed with autism." A screenshot of the statement taken directly from the Autism Speaks website is attached if you don't believe me. This promotes the erasure of autistic women, even though there's plenty of evidence to suggest that there's actually an even split, but that autism just manifests significantly different in girls and it's much more difficult to identify due to that.

In other words, fuck your blue lights.

Also vaccinate your fucking kids.

#autism #autistic #ActuallyAutistic

Ah, it's Autism Awareness month when people pretend they care and raise money for an organization that spends donations on exec salaries, and funding tests to see if the child is autistic before it's born so it won't be born.

Let's just call this Autism Acceptance Month instead.

#ActuallyAutistic

#Hola. Toca presentarse de nuevo para #Neopaquita

Ando en proceso de migración, así que si ya me seguíais no debería hacer falta que lo hagáis por aquí.
Os dejo mi #introducción.

Podéis llamarme Ampi o Lee, o los dos nombres a la vez.

🤰Soy #matrona
🏳️‍🌈Personita #nobinarie (#nonbinary), #bi, #grisexual
🧠#SoyAutista #ActuallyAutistic
🕯️Soy pagana. #paganismo
🖊️Me considero #escritora. Escribo sobre todo #relatoscortos y #poesía // #poemas
✨Me gustan las siestas.

¡Un placer estar por aquí!

I'm working on a new blog post about me and my stimming
Asked AI to make me an image. I edited it. Then I asked AI for a good Alt text. And I guess the word "stimming" is restricted? As it was being blocked by the app and it had big issues with giving me a good description.
Never thought that the word "stimming" would be a bad one, in need of censoring...

So, sharing the image here, as I hope that @altbot will be able to help me. As I do want to add an Alt text to the image on my blog.

We live in weird times these days... We can do "roman greetings", but we can't use the word "stimming". 🤔

#ActuallyAuDHD #ActuallyAutistic

Ich finde wirklich schade, dass nicht alle Läden ein Artikelverzeichnis wie DM haben, in dem man online nachschauen kann, ob Waren im Sortiment und noch verfügbar sind.

Ich musste schon viel zu oft feststellen, das etwas nicht verfügbar ist und da ich selten häufiger als alle 2 Wochen einkaufe, bin ich auf Planbarkeit angewiesen.
Auch wegen Unverträglichkeiten und Preisen kann ich nicht einfach auf vermeintliche Alternativen ausweichen.

#ActuallyAutistic #DisabledAlltag #MECFS #Planbarkeit

Stop breaking social rules accidentally and instead break them on purpose.

We'll never be good enough for NT society. We never received the handbook and somehow it's our fault. What do you do when the game is rigged and you cannot win? You stop playing.

Stop playing by NT rules. Make up your own rules. As long as you don't deliberately hurt people *everything* is fair game. Stim in public, skip on social niceties, be blunt, *be yourself*.

(Obligatory disclaimer: stay safe while doing so. Radical visibility is not always safe.)

#neurodivergent #neurodiversity #actuallyautistic #autistic #autism #ADHD #radicalvisibility #oppression @actuallyautistic

Prior to my self-diagnosis, when I was still researching the criteria of autism, I repeatedly ran into the notion of rehearsing conversations in one's head. "Nope, I don't do that", I said to myself. Now I understand that I used to do that all the time. It just didn't fit my definition of 'rehearsing'. I still do it to some extent but to a lesser extent since I started meditating.

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic