Reading and *loving* "Neuroqueer Heresies" by Nick Walker about the paradigm of neurodiversity, autistic empowerment, and not pathologising neurodivergence. I know I'm very late to the party on this but it's such an eye-opening read for me.

#books #neurodiversity #neurodiversityparadigm #neurodivergence

https://autonomous-press.myshopify.com/products/neuroqueer-heresies

On behalf of the #ActuallyAutistic community, I am once again BEGGING journalists to learn the meaning and history of aspie supremacy.

You literally cannot understand Elmo's mindset - or longtermism - without it.

Better yet, now's the perfect time to learn about the #NeurodiversityParadigm. @DrNicky should be on your #FridayFollow list and her foundational work Neuroqueer Heresies should be on your bookshelf!

#TwitterMigration #Birdsite #Qelon #Neurodiversity #Tech #AspieSupremacy

@considermycatjohn This reframing and explanation of ADHD as KCS (or kineticism?), paralleling the reframing and explanation of autism as monotropism, looks really interesting

I need to give this more attention when I have some that I can point in the right direction 😉

#ActuallyADHD #KineticCognitiveStyle #NeurodiversityParadigm #ActuallyAutistic #Monotropism

Autistic people are born into a neuronormative world where who we are is treated as a broken object rather than a human being. We need to recognise the need for community-connectedness (Botha, 2020 discusses this in their PhD thesis) and it's importance in reducing minority stress.

#actuallyautistic #autism #autistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neuronormativity #pathologyparadigm #neurodiversityparadigm #minoritystress #community #disability

When #Autistic people spend their life being pathologised and treated like they are deficient, it affects their identity and sense of Self.

If you want to know why Autistic people are more prone to #addiction , start by looking at how you frame the #rhetoric and #language you use frames them.

#actuallyautistic #autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #pathologyparadigm #neurodiversityparadigm #differentnotdeficient #disability #socialmodelofdisability #medicalmodelofdisability

RT @_inthespincycle@twitter.com

I REALLY don’t like this message & neither do many friends in the comments.

Those of us promoting #NeurodiversityParadigm are not donning our superhero capes & leading a charge on the ‘typicals’.

Yes, I have strengths but superpowers they are not - that’s quite infantilising. https://twitter.com/theholisticpsyc/status/1593651727428829185

So it’s me @ inthespincycle from twitter swapping tweets for toots in case the bird site implodes.

I’m a late-discovered #AuDHD who made the difficult decision to take a self-care break from teaching.

Love my ND family and I’m interested in most things #Autism #Autistic #ADHD #Aphantasia #Dyslexia #Dyscalculia #SensoryProcessing #Hypermobility #hEDS #NeurodiversityParadigm #NeuroAffirming #Neurodivergent