Yellow Ladybugs

Creating an inclusive world for autistic girls, women & gender diverse individuals.
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@VictoriaPolice thanks for sharing our collab.

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Please educate yourself

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Have you ever questions the concept of #alexithymia - our conference prep has got us thinking.. what if it’s more about mismatch in understanding.

[Mary Doherty 🏳️‍🌈 @AutisticDoctor]

Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor?
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We must stop gatekeeping care based on ‘visible’ distress alone. The problem isn’t that “too many” people are being diagnosed—it’s that our systems weren’t built to support the correction coming after decades of mysoginistic healthcare
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@DrCarlHindy @Lau_Cob_ @AutisticDoctor They’re what happens when autistic girls, women and gender-diverse people are unsupported. The real issue? They don’t see the impairment—and they underestimate how life-changing it is to understand our neurology. Stop debating who gets through. Widen the funnel of support. (pt 2)

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Great article with direct quotes from autistic psychiatrists @AutisticDoctor thank you for reversing a lot of the damage happening in our community at the moment.

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@DrCarlHindy @Lau_Cob_ @AutisticDoctor Who gets to decide what “impairment” looks like? So often, it’s hidden or internalised—and because it’s not immediately visible, it’s dismissed.
Self-harm, suicidality, eating disorders, abuse and neglect aren’t separate from neurodivergence. (Part 1)

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Science is finally catching up to what autistic women have known for decades: We were never “less autistic”—we were just left out of the research.
Medical misogyny shaped the tools, the data, and the diagnoses.
Now it’s time to listen. https://t.co/fSWLT4iOWT

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It fuels discrimination and makes it harder for to access the belonging and support we deserve. Autistic lives are not tragedies. We need leaders who listen to our voices—not ones who speak over us with outdated, dehumanising narratives. We are not broken, the system is. #rfkjr

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RFK Jr.’s comments are distressing autistic people, families, and advocates who have fought for decades to dismantle harmful stereotypes.  When public figures describe autistic people as incapable of love, work, or joy, it’s not just offensive—it’s dangerous. It sets us back.

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Read the article here: https://t.co/k2jzT2N95h

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Just because the benefit might not be apparent to others, doesn’t mean it’s not significant.

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#ADHD diagnosis being a key to understanding, is not a “soft benefit.” After years of self-blame, masking, misdiagnosis, and marginalisation, it can open doors to language, support, safety, and community. It can be protective against self-harm, suicidality, abuse, and exclusion.

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@PatMcGorry

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

One reason why autistic people’s challenges are often not understood or respected is that many of them are internal/invisible. You can’t see, hear or feel someone else’s sensory overload, executive dysfunction or burnout, so most have no awareness of what these are like for us.

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@PatMcGorry Let’s ask people who’ve received a diagnosis what the true benefit is.

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@KIIS1065 @kyleandjackieo we have a make a wish style situation for our autistic teen members - as a charity we can’t make it happen for taytay. But if anyone can it’s you? These members have been party of YLB since the beginning and always helped shape the charity it is today 🙏🏻

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@kyleandjackieo we have a make a wish style situation for our autistic teen members - as a charity we can’t make it happen for taytay. But if anyone can it’s you? These members have been party of YLB since the beginning and always helped shape the charity it is today. Please 🙏🏻