Undercover Autie

Emma 🌼 She/her. Autistic & ADHD. ME/CFS. #NeurodiverseSquad #ADHDAutism

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

Thread 🧵 of some of the signs from my childhood that I was neurodivergent.

They’re coming from an #ActuallyAutistic and #ADHD person unlike ‘official’ lists of traits.

(I say ND not just autistic because I’ve recently been diagnosed with ADHD as well).

[Novara Media @novaramedia]

Jonathan Reynolds and two senior staff went to Glastonbury as guests of YouTube. Until then, Labour was promising to increase the digital service tax from 2% to 10%. Literally the day after the festival, it emerged that Reynolds had ditched the policy. https://t.co/LaYgCyoYb5

[Cards Against Humanity @CAH]

7 years ago, we bought a plot of land on the US-Mexico border to stop racist billionaire Donald Trump’s dumb wall.

But this year, an even richer, more racist billionaire—@ElonMusk—fucked that land with tractors and garbage, so we’re suing for $15 million. https://t.co/MzNuHAcRIo

[Georgina Durrant @senresourceblog]

Someone said to me today, if a child was upset whilst at school about going home to their parents at the end of the school day..there would be (understandably) a lot of concern from school.

YET when their child is anxious about going TO school..no one is listening.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

So Huw Edwards gets a suspended sentence for buying and making pornographic images of children, while peaceful environmental defenders seeking to prevent social catastrophe get 3, 4 and 5 years. Some justice, this.

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

@SarahJaneLeach3 Genuine question: how would you support those who fit an autism diagnosis & have those related struggles in our society if we didn’t recognise autism? Support isn’t great as it is but how would we talk about autistic people and their needs without using the word?

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

Keir Starmer says he won’t shy away from “unpopular decisions” but it’s funny how the decisions are never unpopular to the super rich. After 14 years of austerity, Labour’s “tough choices” can’t yet again fall on the working class. It’s time someone else made some sacrifices.

[smmdmm @smmdmm]

The hardest pills to swallow. #chronicillness #spoonies

[Tim Linehan @timlinehan]

5. Then the authors talk about an absence epidemic because families are not engaged. There’s little reflection on how schools or the ed system may be failing children. How they might become child ready. There is no scrutiny of the education system. Just families. And children.

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

People are very wedded to the idea that they entirely control their own destiny. If you’re ill and/or broke, it’s on you. If you’re rich and/or “successful”, it’s also on you.

Not taking into account accidents, luck, family history, privilege, genes, gender pay gap, etc…

[Claire 💙 @clairebubblepop]

There’s always so much hate towards people on benefits “who don’t pay their way” but never towards the very rich who actually don’t pay their way. I’ll never understand this need vs greed mentality where for some reason greed is perfectly acceptable and need is not. Weird.

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

@NateB_Panic I genuinely dread meeting new people because of this

[Mik Scarlet @MikScarlet]

Just saw an article stating that the PIP reforms will get people into work. Eh? PIP isn't an out of work benefit. I use mine to lease a car I use for work & to pay for equipment, such as my £6.5k wheelchair so I can work. PIP covers the extra costs of being disabled ffs.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

🚨GENERAL ELECTION CALLED ON 4TH JULY!🚨

The Tories are toast. Labour will win by a landslide.

So you can support pro-worker, pro-climate, pro-Palestinian independent and Green candidates with no risk.

End the race to the bottom >> https://t.co/DGIgk7B0Ez

@_we_deserve_

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

@Saint_Gerrard @clairebubblepop What about people who are long term benefit claimants because they are long term disabled or sick?

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

@Lukey1303 @clairebubblepop One of the issues is that many people who genuinely need benefits struggle to get them because of a perception that they don’t need them. So when public discourse is heavily focused on catching people playing the system, it feeds into these problems people already have.

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

@TinyWriterLaura I love your tweets about the primary school 🥰 I worked in one before I got too ill and kids that age are just magic

[Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @sensorystories_]

My "high functioning autism" is basically everyone else seeing me as completely normal but maybe just a bit picky/particular... while internally, it's me in constant sensory overload, social overload, and fighting against my executive dysfunction to just do stuff...

Anyone else?

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

@ProximaCB55 @adamfare1996 That’s true - it’s very unusual to have air con in UK homes.

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

@TinyWriterLaura Okay yes but also I’m really glad I’m not the only one who forgets they’re ill and has all sorts of ideas and plans before remembering they’re a fantasy 🥲

[Heather Cook 🦓🖖Autistic Coach @hmm_cook]

🧵 Are you hiding your natural Autistic reactions from people? Maybe you've done that so much, for so long, that you don't even notice anymore. Here are the top 20 signs that you might be masking your autism.

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticTwitter #ADHDTwitter #AuDHD #Neurodiversity

[Undercover Autie @UndercoverAutie]

@hmm_cook Wow wow wow… not heard of this before but yes! And now I’m wondering why? What is it about how I do chores that makes it easier to do them alone?!