Amy Bourre

Hi❤. Have Autism? Not sure? Love a child with ASD💕? Most of my tweets are about Autism/Asperger & what might help ❤ Scroll as needed ❤ #SelfDiagnosis 🌈Ally❤

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

Hi <3 I'm okay...AWESOME/AUSOME actually. Hoping you all feel the same way =) HUGS!! Amy

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

Hello&hugs❤If you want to know more about Autism feel free to follow me.I will not be on Twitter for personal reasons but what I've learned & what has helped me & my children will stay.I hope it will be a safe and helpful space for all.#Autism #aspergers #ASD #ActuallyAutistic

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

I see how it has the potential to do amazing things & bring people together.I need to focus on other things. The info & tips will remain.I hope they help you & that you won't be shy about sharing it in SOME way so it helps others too. Hugs to those I bonded with❤. #Autism #hugs

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

@AnonAutie Maybe Twitter is too much for me. I may have to just leave this page. Not sure I can handle this emotionally. the information will always be there, so long as Twitter remains here. Thanks & hugs to those who have been kind❤️.

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

Felt attacked in DM.Reacted.I try to be considerate & respectful.I encourage others to do the same.Attacking e/o over words & labels divides us,when we NEED e/o. I feel bad for reacting.Still crying over their reaction. It's not nice to yell at someone who's trying to help others

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

@AnonAutie Hugs❤. Will try.

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

@Mirror6161 Well put. I was already afraid to speak, especially about Autism... And I have been ghosted, excluded, abandoned, rejected over words... But to have it happen from what I feel is my tribe...😢❤️

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

@eexistentialist I didn't say I would personally tattoo a swastika on myself. I understand why you're upset, I THINK... Please try to understand I am not my tattoos, the same way I am not my wrinkles, or fat, or stims, or the colour of my skin, or the few words I try to speak, or my past, etc❤️.

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

All of the above is common in Autism❤.If you relate to much or most of it, you likely have ASD❤.The Autism community now accepts self-diagnosis❤. Please help to raise awareness❤. #Autism #aspergers #ActuallyAutistic #SelfDiagnosis #AutisticAF #ASD #autistic #AutismAwareness

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

AUTISM:little professor;delayed Echolalia;spirit fingers/ jazz hands;chronic depression&anxiety;SPD/SID; intense interests/obsessions;miss social cues;dif.eye contact;dif.volume 4 situation;seeming to lack/"too much"empathy;int.adv/emo.behind;extreme intro/ extrovert;pencil grasp

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

love hard&fast,strong online connections,meds might not work,need extra Vit.B/D/Melatonin,guilt&shame, bedwetting,road rage/never driving,laugh when inappropriate,nausea,Cannabis use,regressing,night terrors,dealing w gaslighting,hair loss,ability to read upside down,Therian++

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

I'd like to point out, there are MANY who ALREADY have symbols now considered to be "offensive" to the Autism community. They belong too, regardless of how they "talk" about it. No? Honestly hoping for an open discussion. This is common. It hurts all of us. ❤️

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

If I decided to get a puzzle piece tattooed on my body somewhere, would that make me offensive to the Autism Community also? I understand...It's been taken too far though. It should be about LOVE & acceptance. #Autism #aspergers #label #JustWords #Symbol

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

@eexistentialist I find it interesting that you say I would be offensive. Not just the tattoo. ME. For marking my own body with a symbol that to me celebrates Autism and self-diagnosis, and self-discovery, and amazing people; one that raises awareness, instantly recognizable.❤️Food for thought❤

[Amy Bourre @bourre_amy]

@eexistentialist The Swastika was a holy image before Nazis used it. Symbols are powerful. For me the puzzle piece represents different things. It's not really a "community" if something so small can leave you ostracized... I listen. I care. Sad that's taken so badly.