@NeuroRebel Let alone how inaccessible it is on my bad days, when access requires me to be deadnamed and deadname myself multiple times, and confirm that all the information is accurate, and be called sir, and i just. Cant.
Becausevof covid, i have been waiting for a name change gender marker to be approved by a judge for over a year, because its not a criminal case. Because of my invisible disability, failure to navigate these things is seen as a personal defecit, not systemic exclusion.
I sure wish accessing healthcare or services like AAA didn't require me to be on hold with an automated sytem that comes to a halt when "i dont know" isnt an option, and requires multiple instances of being deadnamed/ having to deadname myself.
@EricIdle The idea that the actual Eric Idle, progenitor of arguably the first scientifically relevant, rhyming educational music video safe for children, is fielding thank yous still on some corner of twitter 🥰. Thank you Eric! I first saw that at a sleepover in 4th grade and mind blown!
@NeuroRebel My twin recently told me about meeting an autistic, whose hand shake was distracted and who "couldnt even bring himself to look me in the eye," and he kept insisting how rude it was.🙄😔Internalised ablism like that comes from being punished for not making eye contact as a child.
@NeuroRebel I swear, they dont all know they are autistic. Remember what it was like right before discovering the truth? Obsessed with enforcing rules that were personally learned the hard way, controlled by shame, triggered when someone did something ive been punished without warning for...
@cspranklerun Omg i remeber at gp san francisco when you broke out the elspeth cosplay, there was like, a foot between you and the crowd. I wonder if that was reverance or the sheer heat of the costume 😅
@cspranklerun Also, you are amazing and i love your work! I actually did get hella drymouth, that wasnt like, a vulgar reference- that was the sativa. A coincidence, maybe. Why do i feel compelled to confess...
📍LET THIS SINK IN—When 8 infants die, 3 million pillows are immediately recalled. Nobody says, “But but but… We need to learn to live with pillows that suffocate babies!” ➡️Meanwhile, 480 kids have died of #COVID19–an astounding 20 died last week alone! https://t.co/7XECRLkM4t
I wish @telegraph would just listen instead of moving the goalposts.
Autism isnt something you develop either!! Autism is like natural blonde hair, or freckles. Dont be ignorant in this, lives are at stake.
@DanielJHarrisUK @Telegraph They didnt really even fix it. Autism isnt something you come down with or develop.
If you replace the word autism with "homosexuality" or "natural red hair" you can see the fallacy.
@NeuroRebel I feel like the trauma of our society leads some autistics to gatekeep. Just a feeling. Like, the privelige of formal diagnosis doesnt occur to them as a privelige.
Saying a diagnosis is needed 4 respect is the same as saying sexual preference or gender needs a diagnosis IMO.
@AliEldrazi The act of not hugging someone because they buy cheap chicken sandwiches from a place that contributes to political campaigns across the world that push for the death penalty as a punishment for being gay was still in the cards on 9/12.