Uniform acceptance for all autistic people, resource needs addressed for ages over 21, reevaluation of autism care for ages under 21, late diagnosis taken seriously regardless of demographics, and reevaluation of the autism research knowledge base wherever published.
#Autism
@Madiii03
If autism didn’t make dating so impossible, as a guy I should add, I might have a similar story to share.
But I’m autistic, among other things. So, I don’t. Having someone devoted is splendid.
Having no one is miserable.
To some of us.
@AutisticCallum_
Even under duress, such as waiting for a relative to get a painful procedure done while awake, I’ve been known on those cases to chat it up with the nurses at the nurse’s station. My Dad does the same thing. He’ll start talking when he’s stressed.
It’s a way to preoccupy
@DrCarolineMWF
We need our stories, our care needs, to be heard and taken seriously. Such as with
#autism
.
Such as being forcibly discharged from all mental health services (US), abruptly, and after having requested accommodations.. 👇🏼
1/2
Whether you’ve been following my attempt to request accommodations and advocate for autism, or not, you want to watch this. It’s serious…
It matters to the future of autism for those on the front lines of trying to make a difference..
#ActuallyAutistic
#ActuallyADHD
Okay. Grab a tissue..
The lighter penguin is an elderly female whose partner died this year. The darker one is a younger male who lost his partner two years ago. Biologists have followed them as they meet every night to comfort each other. They stand for hours together
@AutisticCallum_
“People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are
@sensorystories_
If I may,
@sensorystories_
? Much obliged.
I would humbly like to add to the discussion by sharing my recent call for an Autism PTSD Awareness Day (April 26th). My article breaks down as many as five layers of trauma intertwined with autistic daily life. There could be more.
@AutisticCallum_
Personality traits that seem to align with a justice sensitivity. Altruism. Honesty which we naturally seem drawn to. Analytics. Preferring not to lie because it isn’t direct. It doesn’t make sense.
Honesty makes sense, as well for those of us suffering from trauma and we
@AutisticCallum_
Indeed. It is true.
Additionally, when we discover by self-awareness or late diagnosis, that we are autistic, we can feel even more stress. PTSD from masking our strongest interests with employment pursuits and simply discovering our neurodivergnce. We can experience an
@Madiii03
Pardon my words,
@Madiii03
, for dropping such a stark fact like that. Sometimes it’s hard to cope with others having companionship. I intended no offense and meant no disrespect.
While covering issues that autistic youth currently face in healthcare and education, I’ve also highlighted the emergence of the detrans movement as well.
Time to expose the truth of gender-affirming care as it relates to autism. Because they are human beings who belong here
Have you ever felt worried that you were falling behind your peers as time seemed to pass you by? Have you experienced a sense of running out of time with where you are in life? Do you experience heightened levels of depression or stress around New Years’ or your birthday?
If
For over 30 years, I have observed anecdotes of women who have endured bitter adversity. One after the other and none any less painful than the one before. These issues are made that much worse for women who are autistic because autism is not uniformly accepted yet. This
@jordanbpeterson
He’s the kind of person offering you, if you’re a kid - not necessarily little, candy from the open passenger door of a car.
Scream loud as you can and run from that man.
@autisticdoc
Unfair to others?
🐃💩
Even the playing field. A great mind is a great mind. Whether crippled or divergent, accommodate people or you won’t maximize society’s innovative output.
@Neonlime
@ask_aubry
I’ve got a better idea.
Employ more autistic people in the fields of their special interests.
That’ll advance innovation way better than high IQ babysitting.
🙌🏼
@AutisticCallum_
One of my first unaware yet autistic explanations was, “I want people to know me for who I am and to trust in that sincerity.”
I’d have to say that the majority of those have now ended up being autistic people themselves.
Imagine that.
@wizardsofautism
Or, for example, to do journaling.
Now, I don’t personally oppose those who want to do and benefit from journaling. It does legitimately help some people.
But either because I’m ADHD and/or autistic, I can’t stand the thought of or patience to write down meticulous details
@juliaisautistic
Julia is correct.
I still see the occasional use of the toxic term, high-functioning. Anything remotely similar, including stigma created by its use, hurts late-diagnosed autistic adults like Julia, myself, and many others. We are not taken seriously even by established
@Apple
Keep making the iPod Touch. Some of us don’t want everything on one device. That risks losing everything is something happens to the one device.
Whether you’ve been following my attempt to request accommodations and advocate for autism, or not, you want to watch this. It’s serious…
It matters to the future of autism for those on the front lines of trying to make a difference..
#ActuallyAutistic
#ActuallyADHD
Have you ever been persistently indecisive about what employment to pursue? When you are pressed about what to choose, have you felt empty or panicked? If you are working, do you feel an unshakeable detachment from the job choice you made? Is this strain difficult to tolerate?
@UnityNewsNet
I would go further.
As an experienced autistic advocate, each and every one of the officers present are also guilty and should be sacked. Following orders, obeying a crooked law, or not, they each could have intervened to stop this miscarriage of law enforcement.
Then, each
@auticulate
@ItsEmilyKaty
Or, rather, football is more socially acceptable and popular.
Watching planes or video game playthroughs is stigmatized as weird because it falls outside of the mainstream of social conformity.
👀
Know what I think of NT conformity?
This is a powerful lesson…
A high school class is learning about the Salem Witch Trials. Their teacher told them they were going to play a game.
"I'm going to come around and whisper to each of you whether you're a witch or a regular person. Your goal is to build the largest
@sensorystories_
I’ve been accused of being manipulative before. A few times. In neither instance did I believe I because I knew I wasn’t that kind of person. I’m a tell-it-like-it-is because I naturally can’t help it kind of person.
What will really bake their noodle later on is just how
@AutisticCallum_
Masking is as fluent as every second of every day that you see through your eyes or hear through your ears (for those who are blind). Masking isn’t just seeing yourself from someone else’s point of view.
It is you, your mind, constantly adjusting, often out of focus, causing
@Philippa_Perry
Today is my 42nd birthday. If you could only imagine what I feel from being abandoned by
#Psychology
and
#Psychiatry
…
For 20 years, I thought my
#suicide
attempt was the worst experience to have affected my life…
👀
Nope.
Not.. even… close…… to what the
@AutisticCallum_
I have been “telling it like it is” for as long as I can remember.
It has to be my most enduring description of both my personality and self-expression.
I’m 42.
So, I don’t see that changing.
👀
Ever.
🎤🕳
@AutisticCallum_
Or vibrate.
We called/texted you. Didn’t you check your phone? You should check your phone.
I had it on vibrate. I should’ve felt it. But when I’m driving I don’t check it. So… 🤷🏼♂️😅
I have spent up to five minutes looking for the contour sheet of my bed, when I changing
“Since early elementary school, I have been aware of an almost imperceptible difference in most of everything in my life.” Now that I am no longer in denial of my autistic life, this is what it all comes down to. One dreadfully simple reality. One inescapable conclusion.
This
When I realized that my late autism diagnosis, at age 37, was traumatic, it revealed something far more serious than I was expecting. Something that most, if not all, autistic people will also recognize. Particularly if older in age and late diagnosed.
We are constantly
Try.
While I’m not necessarily successful or connected (autistic advocate), I can speak to the fact of trying even when you think no one will respond or no one will offer you the assistance you need.
If you don’t try you won’t get anywhere. The easiest failure to make is
@AutisticCallum_
Or we’re just us being us.
Oh hey! How are you doing what that problem…
… not realizing there are three other random people within earshot of the awkward conversation you just started and the volume of your voice can easily be heard.
🫣👀👀🤦🏼♂️
@StephHoover8
@harryjsisson
Gas prices plummeting?
His first year in office, gas prices skyrocketed to over $5/gallon. You don’t even need to be in a political party to see that one is a lie.
Me:
🤦🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
@PicturesFoIder
Former wrestler Owen Hart died from a fall of 78 feet when his harness released prematurely.
All he hit was the top ring rope before flipping into the ring and hitting the spring-loaded canvas.
Twenty more feet in elevation and she might very well have perished. Such a small
@Nojoyinlife2
Rude.
Rude?
Step into our
#Autistic
shoes and see what the reality of our lives are like alongside hers.
Then, the very next loved one of yours who ends up disabled, or is diagnosed with a mental health condition that is not supported, or accepted, by the rest of society, and
@ADL
I fail to see how self-recorded evidence - TikTok videos, publicly available material, are false narratives.
Claiming there is a false narrative created by their own videos is simply illogical.
Explain that and, depending on the answer, I might take the ADL seriously.
@AutisticCallum_
Just when the world thinks we’re consistent and predictable…
… they forget that we can also be oppositionally defiant and unpredictable.
🤫
Two months ago, I unmasked an unsettling truth that I can no longer deny. “For most of my life, I was helpless to stop my failure to integrate into society because my autism was ignored.”
Now, I am giving this*, my second presentation, to my healthcare provider to advocate for
@autismtalknd
There are several…
I’ll be publishing Part 5 of my Autism & Denial series which covers women, autistic women, prejudice, discrimination, and abuse..
Wednesday, July 5th.
#Women
@Spectrum
🐃💩
I’m getting a seat at the table and I am bringing other autistic people with me.
It is our time and I have the irrefutable way that we need to get included.
@Jebadoo2
I would go further.
As an experienced autistic advocate, each and every one of the officers present are also guilty and should be sacked. Following orders, obeying a crooked law, or not, they each could have intervened to stop this miscarriage of law enforcement.
Then, each
I have discovered so much about autism this year that I wonder, and sometimes fear, what I will find out next. And that is exactly what has helped me see more of the truth about what life is really like for us…
What were once seemingly unrelated anxiety attacks, indecisiveness
@EvanAKilgore
@autismepi
You have no idea how wrong you are.
How do I know?
Because I had relatives who may have been autistic BEFORE Tylenol was widely used.
If it is genetic, which is the likely case, Acetaminophen cannot account for any further back than the mid-1800s.
Case closed.
I’m autistic.