VERY URGENT & OVERDUE
A wonderful & resilient friend, who is a Black queer autistic trans woman, NEEDS our help so she can escape form an abusive home! She's been struggling so long and deserves a safe home!
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An #introduction! I’m a #disabled, #autistic, and #queer Canadian author! My latest book, Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space won the 2023 Indie Ink Award for “Writing the Future We Need: Disability representation by a Disabled Author!” I love being a disability advocate in literary spaces and really, really, really love baking!
Hiii!
I also don't take much comfort from the thought that anti-#autistic bigots like #BrainWormsJr typically deny that so-called "high-functioning" #autistics (like me) are really autistics at all, claiming instead that we are posers looking for attention and sympathy. This claim is purely a divide-and-conquer tactic, and is NOT in any way representative of how they really feel about us. When and if they think they are capable of carrying out their autistic Holocaust in earnest, they WILL include us in it.
As Amanda Forest Vivian pointed out:
'when people claim that “cure autism now” and the disease model and the Judge Rotenberg Center are not about me, well I beg to differ. The only reason they’re not about me is that I’m old and verbal enough to not be vulnerable to that kind of abuse. They would be all too happy to practice it on me if they could. Autistic people do not get abused because they are low-functioning, they get abused because they do weird things.'
She then shows a photo of an autistic kid being given an electric shock for stimming, and comments:
'If you were in the wrong place at the wrong time, the wrong age, the wrong functioning level, this could be your life.
This [is] what people like them think about people like us.'
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/0…
Autistic people do not get abused [and/or put in ABA therapy] because they are low-functioning; they get abused because they do weird things.Shannon Des Roches Rosa (Thinking Person's Guide To Autism)
Want to tell someone you're Autistic but nervous, worried, scared, anxious? Want some tips to make it go better?
Perfect timing. I'm hosting a free workshop tomorrow on that.
Inclusive. Recorded. Actually free.
#Autism #autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance #Acceptance #Understanding #Advocacy #autismawarenessmonth #AuDHD #neurospicy
Learn practical tips for disclosing your autism. What to consider, what to say, and what to avoid. Register now!Autism Chrysalis
It might be worth pointing out that not only people with visual and/or auditory impairments benefit from #AltText. It can be useful in many other ways, too.
To me, as an #autistic person whose perception and information processing work in quite different ways, it is not always clear what the point of an image is. Some good alt text can help a lot.
Some clarifying background info in alt text can also be very useful for the general public (which helps to normalise the use of alt text).
@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic #autistic #autisticMasking
I got permission from the author to bring this amazing comic about masking here.
If you like their work and want to help them you can become a Patron:
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Or check out their shop:
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And I got their book (Xmas gift)!
![There's a reason autistic people can experience burnout due to masking.
[Image description: Honeydew explains masking to a friend. The comic is titled "Masking Job" and is made by Theresa Scovil.
Panel 1:
A friend happily asks Honeydew "Could you explain masking to me? I want to have a better understanding."
Honeydew smiles.
Panel 2:
Honeydew says "Sure. Have you ever worked in retail?"
The friend looks confused as they say "Yeah?"
Panel 3:
Honeydew says "Masking is like being in perpetual customer service mode."
Panel 4:
Honeydew continues. "You have to modify your behaviour to placate everyone around you to avoid reprimand."
Panel 5:
Honeydew goes on. "You also have to endure when you're uncomfortable. Any respite is often frowned upon."
Panel 6:
Honeydew finishes off by saying "Masking is like being an unpaid retail worker."
The friend looks shocked as they say "Oh. Oh god."]](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/626926 "There's a reason autistic people can experience burnout due to masking.
[Image description: Honeydew explains masking to a friend. The comic is titled \"Masking Job\" and is made by Theresa Scovil.
Panel 1:
A friend happily asks Honeydew \"Could you explain masking to me? I want to have a better understanding.\"
Honeydew smiles.
Panel 2:
Honeydew says \"Sure. Have you ever worked in retail?\"
The friend looks confused as they say \"Yeah?\"
Panel 3:
Honeydew says \"Masking is like being in perpetual customer service mode.\"
Panel 4:
Honeydew continues. \"You have to modify your behaviour to placate everyone around you to avoid reprimand.\"
Panel 5:
Honeydew goes on. \"You also have to endure when you're uncomfortable. Any respite is often frowned upon.\"
Panel 6:
Honeydew finishes off by saying \"Masking is like being an unpaid retail worker.\"
The friend looks shocked as they say \"Oh. Oh god.\"]")
creating Autie-biographical Comics about autistic adultingTheresa Scovil (Patreon)
URGENT 
please help Dej with rent!
"still trying to get help from whatever rent assistance program my housing stabilization worker can find (no luck at all yet, i haven't heard from them since mid-november), i'm at the "how to market myself" point of my self-employment thing and haven't received the grant for that yet, and everything's still taking forever to fall into place still due to bureaucracy and everything moving really slow. i'm hoping stuff will work out fine in the new year, but...i honestly dunno what'll happen at this point."
$240/630 DUE IN 6 DAYS
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hi y'all, i'm deja! i am a 42 year-old queer person of color with disabilities. i am in n… Deja May needs your support for Please help Dej with February rent!gofundme.com
For years, we used to explain to folks that we experienced a phonological delay in processing speech or sounds, and that it was likely linked to us being autistic.
We only later worked out that we're actually AuDHD (inattentive ADHD and autistic) and that there's an actual medical term for this: auditory processing disorder.
If you're some flavour of neurospicy, you might have it too without realising. Common signs and symptoms include:
- speaking louder or softer than is situationally appropriate;
- difficulty remembering lists or sequences;
- needing words or sentences to be repeated;
- impaired ability to memorize information learned by listening;
- interpreting words too literally;
- needing assistance to hear clearly in noisy environments;
- relying on accommodation and modification strategies;
- finding or requesting a quiet work space away from others;
- requesting written material when attending oral presentations; and
- asking for directions to be given one step at a time.
It heavily overlaps with ADHD and autism 
Hope this is helpful to someone 
#ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyADHD #ActuallyAuDHD #ADHD #AuDHD #autistic #autism #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #neurospicy #APD #AuditoryProcessingDisorder
Best visualization of #auditoryProcessingDisorder lol.
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Alt text provided. #Neurodivergent #adhd #Autism #Autistic #AuDHD
My queer platonic partner Luke and I are both trans, neurodivergent, and disabled. We are currently homeless and living out of our van with our two cats.
We are in need of mutual aid donations to help us be able to afford food, gas, and other necessities, along with our phone bill on the 4th of $100.
My CashApp and Venmo links (handles:$magicalgrrrl/@magicalgrrrl respectively) and Luke's PayPal (@LouieSJ) are in my linktree: linktr.ee/magicalgrrrl
Please help a couple of homeless queers survive during #Pride month
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#MutualAid #disabled #trans #autistic #neurodivergent #queer #homeless
Pianist Thomas ‘Blind Tom’ Wiggins, who became the first African-American to perform at the White House, had his talents taken advantage of from an early age.Sophia Alexandra Hall (Classic FM)
Morgan's Wonderland is the world's first Ultra-Accessible™, family fun park located in San Antonio, Texas. Visit our park to experience accessible rides.Morgan's Wonderland
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hellooo! I'm Evel, an #autistic and disabled #Indigenous Person of Color, and everything I do is through that lens. Been on this planet-ride round the sun for near 40 years. also i'm #dyslexic so typos incoming!
#art/#design
i'm a graphic designer who used to think they were an artist. i do most things in #inkscape and insist on calling gnu image manipulation program GNU Imp! all my arty work is done on linux.
sometimes i post #publicDomain things here -> freesvg.org/by/evel
