Autistic Perspectives

If you call yourself an #AutismParent, #AutismMom or #AutismDad, we'd like to help you find someone like your child.

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Follow @kerima_cevik, @notanautismmom, @shannonrosa, @awesomebrandi, @JabulisaKhumalo, @endseclusion and other parents who learn from #ActuallyAutistic people.

Some of these parents have learned they're autistic too.

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@Autisticatastro @AutisticDancer @EdwardTedC @ekverstania @MikaelaHobart @auticulate @soundcube Yes.

[Hari Srinivasan @HariSri108]

"Person with autism" is the language of the disability rights movement (DRM) and all our disability legislation - legacy to be proud of.

"Autistic" is identity.

I claim use both as positive usages, as proud of both legacies.

[inABLE.org @inABLEorg]

The Inclusive Africa Icon Award is closing entries on Saturday, 27th April 2024. Apply now if you're an African youth using assistive technology in an innovative way and making an impact in the community. 🙂
Link: https://t.co/RJJiaD579e
#InclusiveAfrica2024

[CommunicationFIRST @Communica1st]

This month, we celebrate our #autistic community! Join us by (re)watching #LISTEN, the viral, award-winning short film we made by and with #nonspeaking autistic folks. Find a toolkit, transcripts, versions in different languages, and shorter versions here: https://t.co/HRyfSPtnZF

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@Dan60036994 @ekverstania What did you think of the linked tweets? Not convincing?

[AJ+ @ajplus]

These people had to eat locusts to curb their hunger.

War in Sudan has put nearly 5 million people on the brink of starvation – and only 5% of the country can afford a meal a day.

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@THEDURAZZO Why did you want her to know that?

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@Octoblu0 @ekverstania 😄

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@catreeneyy @ekverstania Maybe this will help?

https://t.co/SLVcOd2ocZ

[𖦹᪤꩜ Mickey “The Mug & the Maiden's #1 Fan” ꩜᪤𖦹 @MikaelaHobart]

@NeuroArchie @ekverstania The coiner her(?)self says she meant for it to be an umbrella term for any brain divergent from the norm, incl bc of trauma-related mental illness, brain injuries, neurodegenerative disorders, etc. in this post responding to exactly this misconception 🙂:

https://t.co/V9MP2p1Fvs

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@ChaosRocket @ekverstania Here's what the person who invented the word originally meant by it.

https://t.co/SLVcOd2ocZ

[𖦹᪤꩜ Mickey “The Mug & the Maiden's #1 Fan” ꩜᪤𖦹 @MikaelaHobart]

@NeuroArchie @ekverstania The coiner her(?)self says she meant for it to be an umbrella term for any brain divergent from the norm, incl bc of trauma-related mental illness, brain injuries, neurodegenerative disorders, etc. in this post responding to exactly this misconception 🙂:

https://t.co/V9MP2p1Fvs

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@THEDURAZZO What was the purpose of "calling her out", as a matter of interest?

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@Kristin67377787 Wording matters, yes. Your wording was clear enough. Your no meant yes, many people just misunderstood it, thinking that no meant no. But you cleared that up for us in multiple explanatory posts.

This is the correct understanding now, no?

https://t.co/tL1Itu8qr9

[Autisticat @Autisticatastro]

@Kristin67377787 @LansleyAnna @NeuroArchie @ekverstania Thank you for the explanation.

I now understand that these words actually mean, "YES, it is developmental conditions AND brain damage. The thing about fried brains is actually pretty insulting to those on the spectrum AND to people with brain damage."

https://t.co/xZws8CX0f7

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@LansleyAnna @NeuroArchie @ekverstania It does apply to people with acquired conditions.

https://t.co/0VXbu8O4Ka

[Kristin 🇺🇦🇵🇸❤️🌈🌊🌥 @Kristin67377787]

@ekverstania No. neurodivergent is developmental conditions, not brain damage. This is actually pretty insulting to those on the spectrum

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@LansleyAnna @CTreesNotForest @ekverstania So "extremely disabled" is too many syllables?

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@Kristin67377787 You no longer believe this, do you?

https://t.co/0VXbu8O4Ka

[Kristin 🇺🇦🇵🇸❤️🌈🌊🌥 @Kristin67377787]

@ekverstania No. neurodivergent is developmental conditions, not brain damage. This is actually pretty insulting to those on the spectrum

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@Kristin67377787 So you're basically shifting now to talk about a different aspect of the post, so you don't have to continue defending what you originally said about the term 'neurodivergent'?

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@LansleyAnna These people?

https://t.co/9sQMmn3Bl0

[𖦹᪤꩜ Mickey “The Mug & the Maiden's #1 Fan” ꩜᪤𖦹 @MikaelaHobart]

@NeuroArchie @ekverstania The coiner her(?)self says she meant for it to be an umbrella term for any brain divergent from the norm, incl bc of trauma-related mental illness, brain injuries, neurodegenerative disorders, etc. in this post responding to exactly this misconception 🙂:

https://t.co/V9MP2p1Fvs

[Autistic Perspectives @AutismInspired]

@Kristin67377787 @ekverstania Their lack of understanding may explain why they asked the question about the term in the first place. If they understood, they wouldn't have needed to ask, probably. Unless they were just doing it for effect.

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@Kristin67377787 OK. So brain damaged people are accepted—they just need that extra word ('acquired')—as long as you don't call autistic people brain damaged, unless their brains are damaged, because it's insulting to confuse disabilities, like calling people with brain damage autistic?

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@Kristin67377787 @ekverstania Or maybe you changed your views based on this conversation?

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@Kristin67377787 @ekverstania So you don't have brain damage, but you think differently; but some people do have brain damage and they think differently; and it's a problem to you that the word 'aquired' was not used to set you apart from them?