The ‘people with allism/neurotypicality’ meme, turning the tables on allistics/neurotypicals, feels more pointed when the phrase is ‘people with not-autism’

Or it could just be the way Purple Ella does it: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJgptdJ7/ 🪢

(CW: eye contact)

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticAdvocacy #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #AutismSpeaks

The ‘people with allism/neurotypicality’ meme, turning the tables on allistics/neurotypicals, is more pointed when the phrase is ‘people with not-autism’

Or it could just be the way Purple Ella does it! 🪢

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJgptdJ7/

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticAdvocacy #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #AutismSpeaks

In this TikTok video, Jeremy Andrew Davis nicely demonstrates the inherent biases in so-called artificial intelligence: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremyandrewdavis/video/7264601875066998058

#ableism #racism #sexism #ageism #AutismSpeaks #Midjourney #plagiarism #ML #AI

I just watched Neuroscientifically Challenged’s YouTube video on autism – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEBsTX2OVgI – part of a playlist on ‘Pathology & Disorders’

By watching the 2-minute video, I hoped to gain some insight into my neurology, or at least enjoy learning some new brain facts. I was disappointed, and left this comment:

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I have been binge-watching your 2-minute and 10-minute neuroscience videos for the last couple of days, and have found them very educational and enjoyable. I’ve only just dipped into the ’Pathology & Disorders’ playlist, and thought it would be interesting to know more about what neuroscience currently says about Autistic brains and how they are different from allistic (non-Autistic) brains (or at least what can be said in 2 minutes).

So I was dismayed to see my neurology so lazily characterised.

• Autistic brains are neurodivergent (differing from the neurotypical ‘average’ brain), not ‘disordered’. This is a biased value judgement.

• Having an Autistic brain is not a disease, so there are no ‘symptoms’. Traits perhaps.

• I don’t have ‘impairments’ in social communication and interaction. I simply communicate differently from neurotypical people. See for instance research by Catherine Compton at the University of Edinburgh: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1362361320919286 and https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586171

• So-called ‘restrictive and repetitive behaviours’ are actually either things that we’re passionately interested in, and things that give us pleasure, or coping mechanisms we resort to when we’re under extreme stress, which may go unnoticed by neurotypical people because of our very different sensory profiles.

• We are not ‘individuals with autism’. We are Autistic people. There are many reasons the vast majority of Autistic people prefer this way to describe ourselves, the main one being that most of us couldn’t imagine being, and wouldn’t wish to be, anything other than Autistic: there is no ‘autism’ we ‘have’ that we could do without.

• Talk of the ‘risk of autism’ plays to this idea that being Autistic is undesirable. (Oh, and the risk of being neurotypical is also strongly influenced by genetics!)

• My brain probably looks a lot like yours: it certainly isn’t made out of brightly coloured jigsaw pieces. The so-called charity that this imagery is linked to is reviled by the Autistic community. We prefer to use our own symbols, notably the gold infinity sign.

I hope you can take these comments on board in the spirit of constructive criticism. I really appreciate the rest of your videos that I’ve watched thus far.

#ActuallyAutistic #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #neuroscience #pathology #AutismSpeaks

@actuallyautistic

Good article about lack of accessibility in #threads. Except for one problem. Why is the reporter talking to User Way, a wweb overlay company whose marketing emphasizes avoiding lawsuits, as their source? Why not talk to blind #accessibility advocates?
By the way, User Way seems happy to amplify the fact that #AutismSpeaks uses their product for its website, which tells you everything you need to know about #UserWay and Autism Speaks.
https://mashable.com/article/threads-accessibility-twitter-alternatives

I am sure most people know this by now, but #AutismSpeaks is so vile that I consider it to be a hate group. It is based upon eugenics in regard to autistic people.

I am sure most people know this by now, but #AutismSpeaks is so vile that I consider it to be a hate group.

Still enjoying the afterglow of the fantastic "Light up the blues" concert at the Greek Theatre in L.A. last weekend. Truly enjoyed to witness Neil Young in various stunning duets with Stephen Stills for the first on-stage performance in four years. The appearances of outstanding artists such as Joe Walsh, Willie Nelson, David Crosby’s son James Raymond & many others made this evening even more memorable! 🎸 #concert #legends #autismspeaks

To be clear: I'm very happy that
#StephenStills and #NeilYoung
played together last night, and that the great James Raymond,
#DavidCrosby's son and chief collaborator for 30 years, was included. I'm not a fan of #AutismSpeaks - my book #NeuroTribes can tell you why. This was not an event for Croz, but a benefit. But I'm hoping that any future tribute events to
Croz also include his bandmates from the #Lighthouse and #SkyTrails Bands. I'll be there. #music #autism

From an organisation called "Autism Speaks" you'd expect atistic people speaking up for their community. It's actually non autistic people pushing the agenda of eugenics against autistic people. Disgusting...

#autism #autismspeaks #discrimination #eugenics

for those who still dont know how shit #AutismSpeaks is: https://youtu.be/lIvAbbVznl0

Was trying to take a mirror selfie of the cool shirt my friend bought me. (Marked as sensitive for people who have a phobia of dolls.) But my smile is strained because my mom was trying to talk to me about #AutismSpeaks and didn't believe me when I said they want to kill all #Autistic people & how they've flat out murdered children via electroshock therapy. She thinks I should join a group that wants people like me & my great nephew dead. #actuallyautistic #RedInstead

@andrewducker

Hmm. That seems like it might be relevant to people following these hash tags.

Are you aware of any websites which can be pointed to as evidence that these people shouldn't be let in the door with their outlandish reputation?

#AutismSpeaks #AutismSpeaksSucks #AutismSpeaksCanada #Autism #AutismSpeaksIsEvil

2 must-watch videos re: #AutismSpeaks by iilluminaughtii:

• The Horrors of Autism Speaks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Va_XXoD5LE
• Autism Speaks’ Electrifying Past (content warning: discussion of torture) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXcegduzhdE

#Autism #Autistic

This #AutismAcceptanceMonth, as an #ActuallyAutistic person, I'll be lighting it up #RedInstead in protest of #AutismSpeaks.

They have a history of harmful messaging of #Autistic people being "costly burdens", and that #Autism is an "epidemic" that needs to be "cured".

#RedInstead counteracts the #LightItUpBlue campaign of #AutismSpeaks, and empowers #Autistic people everywhere that we are not burdens, we are not "puzzles" to be "solved", and there is nothing wrong with us! #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.

As an autistic person, let me remind you that Autism Speaks is a horrible organization that advocates for shock therapy and pushes 'asperger' diagnosis to separate autistic individuals with high need from those who are able to 'work.'

Fuck #AutismSpeaks. They are like the #peta of mental health organizations

PSA: do not buy a #Galaxy S23! #Samsung has made the unfortunate decision to support #AutismSpeaks Canada. Please find another brand of phone to purchase if you need to upgrade, there are many viable alternatives.
https://news.samsung.com/ca/samsung-and-autism-speaks-canada-are-keeping-students-connected-through-technology
#autismspeakssucks #autismspeaksisevil #GalaxyS23 #samsunggalaxy #AutismSpeaksCanada #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autistic #boycottSamsung #boycottautismspeaks #Android

There's a difference between supporting #AbortionRights and advocating for #eugenics projects to eliminate a minority group.

In 1948, the #UnitedNations said "Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group" classifies as genocide.

That includes prenatal screenings for #Autism

About a decade ago, @DrNicky wrote, "The social dynamics that manifest in regard to neurodiversity are similar to the social dynamics that manifest in regard to other forms of diversity," so we should have no trouble recognizing that what #Google and #AutismSpeaks are doing with #MSSNG is eerily reminiscent of when the #DailyMail newspaper promoted the queerphobic desire "to predict whether a baby will be gay and give the mother the option of an abortion.”

https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/08/30/gay-gene-newspapers-1993-daily-mail-ian-mckellen/

#Autism #Autistic #AutismSpeaks #IAmAutism
Here is a link to Autism Speak's Autism Hate Propaganda. Do not allow children to see this video. Please proceed with caution if you intend to watch it.
https://t.co/lyc8IGPRPk