this april/autism acceptance month please consider donating to autistic people in need and to organizations that help autistic people such as the autistic self advocacy network and the autistic women & nonbinary network

please boost this toot for visibility; thanks in advance

#ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptanceMonth #Autism #Autistic #Autie #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #RedInstead #LightItUpGold #AutismAcceptance

So for #AutismAcceptanceMonth:

• Support organisations ran by and for #Autistic people, like the #AutisticSelfAdvocacyNetwork (#ASAN);

• Do not discriminate against autistic people – accomodate, listen, and understand their needs;

• Don't support Autism Speaks or use their puzzle piece symbolism or the colour blue;

• Opt for #RedInstead, #LightItUpGold, and red/gold/rainbow infinity loops, the symbol of neurodiversity;

and most importantly:

• Listen to and uplift #ActuallyAutistic voices!

Please do NOT #lightitupblue.
Instead please #lightitupred or #lightitupgold instead.

#AutismAcceptance NOT #AutismAwareness We know you're aware of us. We want to be accepted, not bullied.

Autism Speaks is a trash organisation that, for years, treated autism as a 'disease' to be 'cured'

It's loudest spokesperon, William 'Captain Kirk' Shatner openly attacks autistic people who try to educate him about Autism Speaks and autism itself. His followers often attack us too.

-Red background for #RedInstead
-the bird is gold for #LightItUpGold
-rainbow infinity sign
-the bird is, of course, a representation of flapping

#ActuallyAutistic