#autism rights

[bumpytoad]

Some say that "special interest" isn't a good term, and that Autistics should just be considered to have interests like anyone else. I vehemently disagree with this. The term isn't just cutesy and patronizing. The term is true. When you have a special interest or special interests, these become part of you. They often can't be separated, and especially not by force or social pressure without causing severe and everlasting distress and trauma. Even if special interests do shift in the sense of changing with new encounters and being more fluid, it's still fundamentally a brain difference that deeply affects our internal perception of identity and we can't be forced to change, and we would feel empty without a special interest and we need to feel connected to it on a deeper level than just really liking something. We need to understand it on an emotional level, assimilate it into us, merge with it. These special interests are so intense as to often be completely immersive and Autistics hyperfocus on them. And while most pathologize this in an educational setting, considering these interests to be too "restricted" where the Autistic individual can't learn anything else, this is just proof that Autistics are different and that standard environments are profoundly lacking and cognitive performance tests and IQ tests can't be applied to us with accuracy. But Autistics can learn more broadly. We do it all the time, but it has to be through our special interests. Our special interests are a gateway, a window into learning so many other things that we can connect back to those main special interests. This requires time and patience in education, and most often a one on one learning experience. Though there are those who can't learn in education regardless. It's just not who they are and they don't take to it. There is no connection with the approach or the setting. Many of us like this are considered intellectually disabled, but that's only because our brains are meant to be specialized. Specialized for our special interests. There are so many skills that we have that are often completely overlooked by outsiders such as professionals just because they don't fit into boxes and standards and align with milestones. And yes, my interests are special to me, so special in fact that I am extremely defensive about them and to abuse me for them is to cut my very soul.

#autism #autistic #understanding autism #special interest #special interests #aspergers #aspie #hyperfixation #obsessions #neurodiversity #actually neurodiverse #actually autistic #autism rights #not neurotypical

[eulalielatibule]

This autism awareness/acceptance month, we NEED to start calling out people who continuously use autism and being autistic as an insult. I am seeing it way too much online, especially TikTok, and it's disgusting that y'all hate us so much.

The terms "the tism," "acoustic," and others were started on TikTok because they censor people who used autism and autistic. But the kids on there got a hold of it and used it to start bullying others. So many people are saying "oh he's got a little bit of the tism" or "it's acoustic isn't it?" to make fun of someone they don't like.

Sometimes they don't even censor it and they outright say "are you autistic?" to just make fun of people. This shouldn't be happening and this shouldn't be acceptable. Do better, stop letting this happen. I'm not in TikTok anymore but I'm sure this is happening on other platforms too.

Make the world a more loving and accepting place and stop hating us, for real.

#actually autistic #autism #autistic adult #autism awareness month #autism acceptence month #autism rights #disability rights #ableism #ableism tw

[timetofindtheacorn]

Autism Speaks™™ can fuck right off and shove their damn puzzle pieces up their asses. let autistic people speak for themselves

#autism #autism pride #actually autistic #autism rights

[spdrvyn]

happy trans visibility day and the start of autism acceptance month!!!

#vyn's testimony #trans rights #autism rights #transgender #autism #autism acceptance

[arctic-hands]

IIRC "nothing about us without us" was supposed to mean "able-bodied/healthy people stop pretending we don't exist, include us in the conversation about how to improve the world, and especially listen to us when we tell you how inaccessible the world is now and in your plans for the future, and here's what we need to make sure everyone can participate in a better society."

But ableds have their own chronic issues, and it's called "incapable of pulling their heads out of their asses and realize there is more to the human experience than their own personal body" and so the various disabled communities have to become more and more radicalized just to make sure we're not killed by apathy/contempt at best and actual life-threatening malice more often than not.

I said it last night on that other post: abled leftists are just as eugenicists as capitalists and the right as a whole. You just don't care enough about disabled people to put us and our needs and especially our safety in consideration of the Revolution and the supposed Utopia that comes after, and we're actively terrified of you and incredibly pissed off as well

#I've said before #disability is a class of its own #but also #disabilty is a political movement unto itself #like the one notable time i can think of abled leftists ever coming thru for us was #the Black Panther involvement in the 504 federal occupations #disability rights #leftism #communism #anarchy #socialism #yep even #antifa #barely shows us any thought #ableism #eugenics #cripplepunk #neuropunk #madpunk #autism rights #shite there are too many for us to list because disabled people are the worlds largest minority and unlike most ANYONE can join ANYTIME #you just don't like thinking about that #the future NEEDS to be accessible or a whole lotta people WILL die #and we're sick of dying under the current systems we have so y'all better include us now #because we WILL make ourselves heard #nothing about us without us #chronic illness #neurodivergence #mental illness #also WEAR A FUCKING MASK AND GET VACCINATED

[359thautisticmetallegion]

I want to wish you all a happy Autism Acceptance Day. I have just learned that this observance has been made official, so on this particular Autism Acceptance Day we have much to celebrate.

We autistics need to fight against ableism. Down with Autism Speaks. Down with the Judge Rotenberg Center. Down with Andrew Wakefield. Down with every government that excludes autistics from immigration. Down with companies such as Toys R Us, Panera Bread, and Home Depot, and down with Donald Trump as well, for supporting Autism Speaks. Down with all of the bigots.

For legal reasons I want to clarify that this is not a call to violence.

#autism #autistic #autism acceptance #autism acceptence month #autism acceptance day #autism awareness #for the love of god please don’t donate to autism speaks #autism rights #actually autistic #autistic community #autistic spectrum

[real-total-drama-takes]

I love them both but millie>priya

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#total drama #total drama 2023 #td Millie #td priya #autism rights

[lunathewafflelord]

I got this idea for a comic so I had to make it

Top panel starring my OC: So what are your sources showing evidence that vaccines cause autism?

Bottom panel starring the Autism Speaks logo: My source is that I made it the F@#& up

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This meme just seemed fitting, this applies to literally every other “x causes autism” claim and other nonsense Autism Speaks and similar organizations have said and done. This is literally what the guy who “proved” vaccines cause autism did though, he falsified record to prove his point - which is illegal by the way.

#autism #autism meme #comic #comics #autism rights #disability #autistic #actually autistic #autism speaks

[teachersource]

Temple Grandin was born on August 29, 1947. An American scientist, academic, and animal behaviorist. She is a prominent proponent for the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice on animal behavior, and is also an autism spokesperson. Grandin is one of the first autistic people to document the insights she gained from her personal experience of autism. In 2010, Time 100—an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world—named her in the “Heroes” category. She was the subject of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning biographical film Temple Grandin. Grandin has been an outspoken proponent of autism rights and neurodiversity.

#temple grandin #autism #autistic #autism rights #neurodiversity #neurospicy #time 100 #women in science #women in history #science #science history #science birhdays #on this day #on this day in science history

[bumpytoad]

I can apply face paint. Detailed artistic face paint. I am an artist in general. Would this be considered a "splinter skill"? The term "splinter skill" is rightfully viewed as offensive by many disabled folks though.

My manual dexterity isn't the same as others. I don't necessarily create art using the tools in the supposed "right" way. Yet I still create art. I love to create art. It is extremely tedious and time-consuming for me, but it means everything to me to create it.

My manual dexterity was always something considered greatly concerning to others, when it came to, for instance, writing with pencils or cutting with scissors. Yet I still create art my own way, meticulously. I achieve neat and clean results. I've just learned to do it somewhat differently.

I am unable to open most things on my own, such as water bottles, as well as comb my own hair, tie my own shoes, dress myself, as well as accomplish most "activities of daily living" without a caregiver.

My legs have no strength when I find myself in certain positions. No strength at all. I can't bend without getting stuck and needing significant assistance. If I fall, I can't get up on my own.

I am a physically disabled artist. My balance is incredibly poor. I am a fall risk. I can't move quickly and I often need my hand held when I'm walking over certain terrain. Walking up and down stairs is extremely difficult.

I can't cook or drive or do most things that most folks can do. I need a lot of assistance to do most things in general that are far simpler for the majority than cooking and driving.

I am proud to be me in all respects. I love being who I am and I love being alive. Being disabled isn't all doom and gloom. I am Autistic and I have "co-morbidities" (as they are called) including physical disabilities. I am Multiply-disabled.

I never want Autism to be cured, if such a thing were possible. I never want to change who I am. I never want Autism to be eliminated from the gene pool. I love being Autistic. I am proud to be Autistic.

#autistic pride #comorbid conditions #physical disability #face paint #motor skills #manual dexterity #disability rights #disability #self expression #autism #actually neurodiverse #actuallyautistic #ableism #chronic disability #born disabled #autism rights #accomodations #caregiver

[purrsongs]

on colors and being different and not being enough for yourself

(please reblog instead of liking)

#comic #vent #vent post #vent art #autism #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #neurodiverse #nd artist #therapy #therapist #disabled #disability #ableism #self esteem #i hope this reaches the right audience

[rubakans-watermelons]

I don't usually do this BUT here's a video I found and I would like to see get more attention : https://youtube.com/shorts/cN4CtMohmG0?si=OxQQQ5d06ukT_m2j

#autism #autism rights

[arthur-the-knight]

Aye, I recommend her channel to you all.

#actually autistic #autistic artist #autism rights #movies #tv shows #filmmaking

[autistic-alexithymic-female]

Capitalism is poison; what makes me livid is that women—autistic and NT—are oppressed by capitalism.

Capitalism is male.

#capitalism #autism #autistic #alexithymia #autism rights

[realbeefman]

how is this show real

#HES LITERALLY BARKING AT PATIENTS WHATSGSJGDE #WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM #ok also house autism moment tho #he cant bend to vogler bc vogler is Wrong #and house is Right #got autistic swag AND that set in stone morality #house md #gregory house #house md clip

[is-the-autism-platform-ethical]

The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network- ASAN

My rating- Proceed with caution

While perfect in all other regards, ASAN follows multiple ableist accounts, such as National Autism Society and the Global Autism Project, on social media. This could be a matter of them not looking closely as they have been openly critical of the ideals these places push, but I remain skeptical and advise you to proceed with caution.

#autistic self advocacy network #asan #autism rights #actually autistic #autism #proceed with caution