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my-autism-adhd-blog · 3 days

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Alexitthymia

The Autistic Teacher

#autism #actually autistic #autism awareness month #autism acceptence month #alexithymia #alexithymia explained #emotional expression #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #actually neurodivergent #feel free to reblog/share #The Autistic Teacher (Facebook)

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sandytrish008 · 2 days

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Since it's still April, I had to do another drawing dedicated to Autism awareness/acceptance month, this time, with some characters that I like and that I think (just headcanons, nothing official, just my interpretation) are on the spectrum:

- George Lundgren with his friends Fern Walters and Carl Gould (this one being canon!) from Arthur;

- Resasuke from Aggretsuko;

- Alphys from Undertale (with Undyne who 100% supports her... with a kinda tacky t-shirt, but with good intentions)

- Peridot from Steven Universe ♾

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mangedog · 23 days

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this autism month, Say No to Autism Speaks, Say Yes to Autism FREAKS

#dogpost #autism awareness month #autism month

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ka3l · 4 days

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#comics #artists on tumblr #autism awareness month #actuallyautistic #self diagnosed autism #epilepsy #seizures #aspergers mention

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4threset · 12 days

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Happy Autism Awareness Month! I AM SO TIRED OF BEING AUTISTIC!`

#ASD #autism #actually autistic #autism awareness #autism awareness month #long comic #comic #neurodivergence #yon mental health comic

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five-thousand-loaves-of-bread · 13 days

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autism awareness & autism acceptance not either or. not mutually exclusive. can coexist. need coexist.

“there enough awareness for autism already 🙄 we need acceptance”

ok. you aware of high support needs autism? aware what that even means? not “need reminder take meds need remind take shower” “high” support needs autism, but “need full physical help do bADLs lack danger awareness may accidentally hurt self or even kill self without support” high support needs autism? not just higher support needs people who can be independently online do advocacy, but those who need help from others even be online, or those who cannot be online at. all.?

aware of nonverbal nonspeaking people? not just nonverbal nonspeaking people who can write grammatically correct cannot tell apart base on writing. not just nonverbal nonspeaking people who can be online who can advocate online.

aware of nonverbal nonspeaking people who cannot communicate in way that easily understood, either for now, or ever? aware of nonverbal nonspeaking people without functional communication, aware of how without functional communication, how that drastically limit communication, even though behaviors are valid communication? aware of nonverbal nonspeaking people who may never use AAC fluently even with best support?

aware of technically verbal but very limited verbal autistics who may only able say wants & needs but not other things and certainly not online advocacy, “despite being verbal”?

aware of just how much our life depends on caregiver/carer/PCA/etc? aware how vulnerable that make us? aware of abuse from caregivers? aware of caregiver burnout from lack of support for caregivers, & how that impact our care we receive? have you even heard of term respite care? aware of those of us who cannot separate ourselves from caregiver? aware of those of us who cannot participate in autism community without caregiver?

aware of visibly autistic people? aware how we not automatically believed? aware how we often bear blunt of violence because we most easily identified target because we visible? aware visible =/= get support, aware that many those diagnosed severe who now adult so no longer qualify for services under 21 year old, languish in hospitals because nowhere to go? aware how long life saving necessary waitlists are? aware that even to this day parents have to fight school fight day service fight government fight insurance for them give their nonverbal nonspeaking child AAC & be properly taught how use it? actually, are you aware of how properly teach AAC to nonverbal nonspeaking, developmentally delayed child who may or may not have intellectual disability?

actually, aware of autistics with (correctly diagnosed) intellectual disability & how they make up big amount of autistic? aware of institutional systemic & legal impact of mental [r word] right & the human rights abuse justified using r word right? wait, you aware that r word come from old term for intellectual disability, that, actually, still in many laws because no one bothered updating, right? aware of what severe profound ID look like? and aware they real and they still human deserve education deserve life deserve care, yes?

aware of early diagnosis 20 30 or even 10 years ago, not same as now, even less resources & knowledge about autism now? aware that while gender race class 1000% impacted diagnoses, a lot of early diagnosed people early diagnosed because… they die without support unlocked by diagnosis, right? but also, aware that in old times, early diagnosis often did mean doom, not because autism bad or anything, but because severe lack of support & diagnosis can literally bar you from so many things including basic education?

aware that for many people in special education, which impact specific group of autistic people, they not get degree when graduate high school, they just get certificate, which limit their educational & employment opportunities & others?

aware of life saving importance and necessity of masking for autistic of color especially Black autistic people, despite stress inducing traumatic? aware that live in broken system be victim of hate crime & police brutality just as traumatic often even more traumatic than masking? aware that many Black & other parents of color forced to teach their child masking because of this?

are you aware of most marginalized autistic people? aware of leadership of most impacted?

aware you can and need to care about autistic experiences & form of autism you not experience? aware that you can and need to do that without try twist your experience into our experience into our words our community?

aware that advocacy goes beyond about you?

aware that you can’t speak for all autistic? aware that you shouldn’t speak for all autistic?

are you aware of when you need to stop talking & listen & amplify others? aware of when and how to decenter self?

aware that even this long post, barely scratch surface? still so much to say?

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#loaf screm #actually autistic #autism acceptence month #autism awareness #autism awareness month #high support needs #long post #nonverbal #nonspeaking #autism #autistic #autism acceptance

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spectrumgarden · 16 days

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This autism month please remember those of us who:

need verbal prompting (someone telling us each single, small step to a task) or hands on help for things like showering, getting dressed, cooking simple meals, using a toilet ....

who struggle to go outside alone or cant do it all, not out of fear or no motivation or anything but because we keep getting lost and cant find our way back, because the outside world is like a blurry maze that never becomes more logical no matter how many times we have walked that street, because we need help with mobility aids, or can not understand that cars are dangerous, other people can be dangerous, ...

whose bodies dont listen to what our brains tell it to do. Whose bodies throw things when we didnt tell it to, told it to stop. Who hit our head against the walls while wishing we could stop. Whose bodies freeze when we tell it to move. Not just for a task we are unable to start, but any movement at all. I dont mean when i'm stuck scrolling through my phone thinking about how much i should do that task but cant, I mean when im sitting on the kitchen floor and staring into space for an hour unable to even lift my hand to scratch my nose.

Those of us that will never work a job outside of sheltered workshops, if at all.

Who drool and scream and jump and hum and rock in the waiting room at the doctors office, on public transport, ...

#actually autistic #autistic adult #autistic community #actually disabled #medium support needs #autism acceptance month #autism awareness month #red instead

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autisticbokutoenthusiast · 1 year

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for this autism awareness month i present a compilation of gregory from abbott elementary being an autistic coded king!!!

#abbott elementary #gregory eddie #autistic gregory eddie #autism awareness month #gregory abbott #fancam

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liberaljane · 1 year

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Neurodivergent people shouldn’t be expected to mask for your comfort.

Digital illustration of a white fem with blonde hair and glasses wearing a beige sweater and brown jeans. She is sitting with her arms wrapped around her knees. Text reads, 'neurodivergent people shouldn't be expected to mask for your comfort.’

#art #feminism #feminist #neurodivergencies #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #autistic #autism #autism awareness month #affirmation #queer art #illustration

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todayontumblr · 1 year

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Tuesday April 11.

Autism Acceptance Month.

Today is Tuesday, April 11, which means we are eleven days into the 30 blessed days of #autism acceptance month, 2023 (previously known as #autism awareness month). April is the month and April 2nd is the day—World Autism Day, to be precise—and these first weeks of spring are a time for uplifting autistic voices of all identities, advocating for acceptance, progress, and sharing in the community's joy. It began back in 1972, as National Autistic Children’s Week, and was founded by The Autism Society to raise awareness and campaign for change in communities, schools, medical facilities, and businesses. And this same vital, wonderful work continues today, and not just for the month of April, of course—but every day of every year. The lived reality is that every day of every month is Autism Acceptance Month, and it is on all of us to do better.

Progress has been made, but there is still so much to be done in the struggle for equality and justice for all those living under the broad church of autism. And if these words sound hollow, then simply read the moving story of Debra Vines, of The Answer Inc., and of her autistic son Jason. She articulates everyday struggles that families can face, and the many joys they experience, too. Her message is simple, but powerful: don't give up on milestones.

Want to know more, get involved, or donate? Here is just some of an impressive selection of charities sourced by the fine people at the Applied Behavior Analysis Programs Guide, where you can find the complete list of 20 charities and organizations:

The Asperger/Autism Network

The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network

Autism Research Institute

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network

The Autism National Committee

Happy Tuesday, folks, and here's to better.

#today on tumblr #autism acceptance #autism acceptance month #autism awareness month #autism #aspergers #advocacy #neurodivergent #actually autistic #autistic community #autistic life #neurodiversity

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zhong-leigh · 1 year

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It is Autism Acceptance Month, so not friendly reminder to allistics & neurotypical that if you feel like an autistic person's traits are "annoying" or "stressing YOU out" then for a second imagine being autistic and living in a world where we're CONSTANTLY stressed the fuck out. You're annoyed by someone stimming? Tugging on their sleeves or rocking back and forth? Imagine how fucking stressed that person is!

You're annoyed at your autistic colleague for not functioning the same way you are able to function? IMAGINE HOW FUCKING FRUSTRATING IT CAN BE FOR THEM!! Knowing that they're disabled and people still expect them to be capable of the same shit allistics & neurotypicals are. You're frustrated by your autistic colleague or classmate frequently needing breaks or needing extra info or needing time to regulate? Imagine how motherfucking traumatising it is for a disabled person to be told that they're trouble. That they're annoying. That they just "have to try harder".

Do better people. For the love of god, DO BETTER. It's 2023.

#tw ableism #autism #actually autistic #autistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #asd #autism awareness month

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my-autism-adhd-blog · 23 hours

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‘In my day, we didn’t have all this Autism stuff’ ‘The last Asylum for Disabled people only closed in 2001’