(she/her) Lost girl, late dx ASC/ADHD - Quietly trying to make changes in the system SEMH & ASC - Stealth after years of masking, now happily authentic!
@naomicfisher@NoMoreToLose1 Great tweet but in many many cases it is not technically school refusal - it is school exclusion - square peg, round holes and all that. Inclusion? Our LA is obsessed with “inclusion” but don’t actually understand what that really looks like for many autistic YP.
@mightbeautistic In my older years, with experience, I now don’t mess around. I just say, “please stop talking to me, i need to take notes and be focused or else I will forget and you will accuse me of not listening. I know it’s rude but seems to work. Or maybe I’m just scary! 🤣
@autcareandshare That there is what’s makes it all worth it. My daughter insists I “pat” her on the head and a quick kiss. (Forehead only allowed) whenever she goes away she does this, eyeballs me (I’m the only one she has direct eye contact with and we share a thousand words) pat and away. X
@BrandedBrolly @ADHDFoundation I really like and appreciate this. But, just how far does this actually go to changing lives and making a difference to people like my diathermy and I? X
@tayl3rt0t Depends on the other stresses in my day. Wind, rain, people, pressure. I HATE my hair down when I have sensory difficult days. Like it when I have nobody around and feel no outward stress from humanity. Looks like I like my hair for me.
@Pinkautiegirl That’s concerning. The “nurse” vaccinating my consenting daughter made a big thing of checking she consented to her 2nd C19 vax (her son was autistic apparently) then proceeded to try and hold her arm and hug her. 🧐🤷♀️🙄 you know what happened don’t you? 🤣🤷♀️
@Pinkautiegirl Sorry for this comment but sick as a chip (don’t ask because I don’t know what that phrase means either) I’m about as autistic as you are ignorant! Watch the reaction. Probably don’t even get the joke. 🤷♀️ appealing from a professional. slap. Done.
@autcareandshare 💯 and the only person who knows what it is to be the autistic me is ME. That’s why we need to be heard - listened to in whatever way we communicate. X
@Magdale03028309 @gfreeman2012 @MarkAnon11 @TeacherMr_S@tombennett71@pauldixtweets Are you actually for real? Most LA’s in all honesty look at their budget and refuse based on how much money that went to save. I don’t live in Utopia. I fought an unlawful La.
As an undiagnosed #autistic my mum was my rock. She didn’t know what the word autistic was. It wasnt invented for girls 40 years ago. She still supports me now. Now, however she can refer why she does the support a certain way. She was before her time. She feels guilty. I don’t X