#autismawareness #autismawarenessweek #autismawarenessday #autismappreciation

I understand there is some tension around the phrase, "#autistic superpower", and on some points I agree. But as it is #AutismAwarenessWeek, I wanted to share how grateful I am to be able to take advantage of my traits to be able to do a job I love, reading the traffic on dublincityfm.ie

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.

World Autism Acceptance Week leads up to April 2nd, the inaugural annual World Autism Acceptance Day.

There is a higher rate of LGBTQIA+ among people with autism.

University of Cambridge research reveals that autistic people are more likely to identify with a wide range of sexual orientations than non-autistic people.

More: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/autistic-individuals-are-more-likely-to-be-lgbtq

#interpride #autism #autistic #autismawareness #autismawarenessweek

RT @Autism
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