“定型”以外の人が生きづらくなる社会のかたちを変えていきたい

#AutismAcceptanceWeek
#AutismAcceptanceDay
#AutismAcceptance
#世界オーティズム受容デー
#世界自閉症啓発デー
#発達障害啓発週間

The great irony, of course, of #AutismAwarenessDay / #AutismAwarenessMonth / #AutismAcceptanceWeek is that the voices of #ActuallyAutistic people are being drowned out by the very people who are oppressing us, silencing us, abusing us, commodifying our very bodies.

@actuallyautistic

Happy World Autism Acceptance Day!

We're so happy to be in community with you and building #autismacceptance together, especially for women, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ autistic people

#AutismAcceptanceDay
#WorldautismacceptanceDay
#actuallyautistic
#autismacceptancemonth #dontlightitupblue
#nothingaboutuswithoutus #autismacceptanceweek
#autistic #autisticwomen #nonbinaryautistic
#transautistic
#autistic

Important to remind everyone on #AutismAwarenessDay that labels such as high/low functioning, support needs, speaking, masking, etc are not helpful. These things are not static. Treating them as if they are is ableist.

Every #ActuallyAutistic person can experience variations in support needs, functioning, masking, speaking, and any other label which outsiders may see as permanent. What & how one is today isn't necessarily what one will be tomorrow. Life changes us. None of that is permanent.

Just because today I am verbal and appear to be "high functioning" to you doesn't mean that I will be so next week, or even a minute from now. While you may see me as a "success" and "well adjusted" now, next month I may be in an institution, catatonic and non-verbal.

Perhaps today I am "living unmasked" but tomorrow that can be different, depending on MANY THINGS. That being said, I may not be. We are all different. Each #autistic person has their own brain and their own life. NOTHING IS PERMANENT. Lose the labels.

But to that end, this is MY take. I DO NOT speak for all autistic people, just like no one autistic person speaks for another. Our experiences are different AND shared. Respect that & if you want to learn ONE thing during #AutismAcceptanceWeek it's that we are all unique.

@actuallyautistic

自閉受容デー！ :flag_autism: :meowpride_autism: :flag_neurogender: 自閉受容週間！
よく知らない方はぜひこの機会に調べてみましょう、一緒に！ :meowraisesfist:
#AutismAcceptanceWeek
#AutismAcceptanceDay
#AutismAcceptance

RT @autismsupsoc
Star Trek has long respected the connection between Autists and Cats.

#StarTrek #AutismAcceptanceWeek #CatsOfTwitter https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1641921014446604290

@DrNicky said, “A neurocosmopolitan individual accepts and welcomes neurocognitive differences in experience,” including differences in how we experience #gender

#TransDayOfVisibility falling on #AutismAcceptanceWeek highlights the intersection between #neurodivergence and #queerness

世界自閉症啓発デー直前にふと思う http://tkt058.seesaa.net/article/498825321.html @tkt058より
#世界自閉症啓発デー #発達障害啓発週間 #発達障害 #発達障害あるある #自閉症 #自閉症スペクトラム #ADHD #アスペルガー #ADHDあるある #adhdtwitter #ADHDNews #adhdcreature #障害者 #国連 #Autism #AutismAcceptanceWeek

It's time for allistic people to step up and remove the barriers that prevent autistic people from living fulfilling lives. #AutismAcceptanceWeek #NeurodiversityMatters #AutismAcceptance #Autism https://link.medium.com/Dr9AmiGnByb

Since it’s #autismacceptanceweek, I wanted to post the art I did to celebrate me, a 23 year old with a full time job, getting a fidget spinner ring.

(Complete with a pic of me rocking the ring and headphones, with my emotional support plush griffin in the BG.)

Don’t let neurotypical standards curb your joy of “childish” things! :D

some new designs~

#NowOnRedbubble
#AutismAcceptance #AutismAcceptanceWeek
#ActuallyAutistic #auDHD

some new designs~

#NowOnRedbubble
#AutismAcceptance #AutismAcceptanceWeek
#ActuallyAutistic #auDHD

Apparently it's #AutismAcceptanceWeek and maybe I am too sensitive, but that doesn't really work for me…

Autism awareness: "OMG they EXIST"
Autism acceptance: "Okay, if you MUST"

I'd love to see #AutismAccommodationWeek. (Or year.) I know it's a lot to ask because people. So maybe #AutismEducationWeek?

Anyway, this is what an #ActuallyAutistic person looks like (dedicated to people who think "you don't look autistic" is a compliment).

RT @FORRTproject
For #AutismAcceptanceWeek, we asked some of Team #Neurodiversity’s members questions about their experiences of being autistic in academia. A 🧵 (1/7)

⬇️ First of all, what does being autistic mean to you?

@OT_Expert

So we're back to the 1980's where if you appear to be coping it's swept under the carpet and nobody bothers because you're just a bit weird instead of #ActuallyAutistic.

Which leads to burnout, mental health problems and hugely increased suicide risk in later life.

@actuallyautistic

#autism #autismacceptanceweek #HumanRights #neurodiversity

For me #AutismAcceptanceWeek still sounds quite passive.

We need a 'let's make this ableist/allistic world more accessible for all week'/year (but catchier! 😆).

The sensory overload experienced by autistic people in far too many spaces is unnecessary and only serves to further traumatise an already marginalised community.

#ActuallyAutistic

Forgot to mention that yesterday was the beginning of #AutismAcceptanceWeek. Reminder, do not support #AutismSpeaks and don’t #lightitblue, go #redinstead and follow #ActuallyAutistic pages instead.

There are so many hashtags for #AutismAcceptance / #AutismAwareness that I'm always a bit confused and overwhelmed. Awareness vs Acceptance, generic vs Day, Week, Month. And the Week starts in the month before the Month, and the Day isn't during the Week. Do we really need all this? Then there's the nascent move to #AutisticPride which isn't going anywhere yet but maybe someday. Who did this to us???

#AutismAcceptance
#AutismAcceptanceDay
#AutismAcceptanceWeek
#AutismAcceptanceMonth
#AutismAwareness
#AutismAwarenessDay
#AutismAwarenessWeek
#AutismAwarenessMonth

What's the optimal way to tag things here? Use them all at once? Pick one and hope for the best?

It was hard enough when it was just deciding among #ActuallyAutistic* vs #autistic or #autism. I think I want hashtag synonyms for explore/search, and synonym suggestions while composing a post.

* - the #ActuallyAutistic hashtag is for use only by actually autistic people to distinguish us from parents, partners, providers, and other autism-adjacent people.

I'm #ActuallyAutistic , I was DX'd in my mid 40's and I'm now 53. I have, of course, been #Autistic my entire life but #Masked too well to be detected.

Unfortunately I've NEVER come out as Autistic to my family. They would never understand and would certainly not accept the diagnosis.

I just wish for #AutismAcceptanceWeek I could tell them and know it'd go well... but it wouldn't so I won't..

Lots being said about #ActuallyAutistic humans & #autism during #AutismAcceptanceWeek. I'm not surprised to see that our voice, the voice of #autistic people is being drowned out. If you want to be an ally of autistic people, if you want to truly normalize autism, LISTEN TO US. @actuallyautistic