A_Typical_Psychologist

#ActuallyAutistic clinical psychologist 🇨🇦 #PTSD #TeleHealth #VirtualReality 👥⚓️to @AtypicalPsych Tweets are my personal opinions, not professional advice.

[A_Typical_Psychologist @AtypicalPsychol]

*An appeal to NON-autistic people: please take a few moments to read this thread*

We (#Neurodivergent people) were taught early in life that everything YOU (#Allistics) said and did was what WE (#Autistics etc) had to aspire to.

We weren’t even told an alternative existed. 1/9

[A_Typical_Psychologist @AtypicalPsychol]

@kjdelay1 Sigh... We really shouldn’t go on meeting this way.

[A_Typical_Psychologist @AtypicalPsychol]

Same sh^t, different day? Why not, it’s 2021.

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

Are there still people who believe pardoning Trump is the right thing to do? If so, why? Outline your legal, moral & ethical argument in 1 (tiny) paragraph...

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

If this is how Trump behaves after losing an election, can you imagine how bad it would have been if he’d actually WON & had a few more years of running roughshod everywhere?

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

Wow, it seems a far bigger proportion of the 🇨🇦 population supports Trump than we first realized.

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

Let’s be honest. How many of us examined our can openers this week?

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

How wonderful to have fortuitously & languorously hurkle-durkled to this delightful tweet on lucifugousness this morning! (other ref. in next tweet)

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

I do a double take every time I see @milton_damian’s #DoubleEmpathyProblem still being referred to as a “theory,” since it’s so completely in line with all of my personal & professional experiences, I’m not sure if I’ve ever encountered an exception to it!

[Lawrence O'Donnell @Lawrence]

Brilliant!

[A_Typical_Psychologist @AtypicalPsychol]

I think #Neurotypicals *understand* but can’t *accept* that we find their “easy” things difficult & vice versa. They can’t retain it b/c theirs is a binary world where development unfolds predictably & one is either FUNCTIONAL or DISABLED. They simply cannot believe they coexist.

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

This! #Neurotypicals really seem to struggle with the idea that as #Autists we often find their “difficult” things easy & their “easy” things difficult or impossible to do. I don’t understand why this straightforward mental transposition is so onerous for them.

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

Work/Life Balance - literally: Ricochet, a therapy surfing dog, works with #Autistic children & #PTSD veterans. She was supposed to be a service dog but instead found her true calling in therapy (58 seconds).

https://t.co/9qbz10IuBB

[A_Typical_Psychologist @AtypicalPsychol]

I know what you mean! I get that all the time. It’s a sweet satisfaction, isn’t it 😋

[Mary Doherty 🏳️‍🌈 @AutisticDoctor]

I must confess a slight degree of satisfaction in watching people realise they underestimated me

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

Another reason @Sia got it wrong...
#AutisticMasking is impossible for #Neurotypicals to understand, even actors.

[A_Typical_Psychologist @AtypicalPsychol]

I say, " watch the - carefully!"

[A_Typical_Psychiatrist @AtypicalPsych]

@Abebab As a psychiatrist, “normal” people worry me.

[A_Typical_Psychologist @AtypicalPsychol]

Work through your #Prejudice so that we #Autistics & other #Neurodivergent people may finally be recognized as worthwhile members of an inclusive society - DIFFERENT but EQUAL and PROUD - without fear of disclosure and ostracism or far worse.

Thank you for listening.   9/9

[A_Typical_Psychologist @AtypicalPsychol]

*An appeal to NON-autistic people: please take a few moments to read this thread*

We (#Neurodivergent people) were taught early in life that everything YOU (#Allistics) said and did was what WE (#Autistics etc) had to aspire to.

We weren’t even told an alternative existed. 1/9

[A_Typical_Psychologist @AtypicalPsychol]

We still have to hide our true selves or risk judgement or worse.

#Autistic worth is unfairly equated to monetary productivity or care.

Perhaps this widespread #Prejudice should be worked through at all levels of society from individuals to families, professions, governments .8