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[Colourblind Zebra 🦓🌈 @ColourblindZeb]

Thank you @TruthAutistic 💜🌈

[Dysautonomia Intl. @Dysautonomia]

Do you have #POTS diagnosed by a physician? Take the Big POTS Survey, a collaboration between Dysautonomia International, Vanderbilt University & University of Calgary: https://t.co/LkOh8WmUWM. Help us document the experiences of people living with POTS. Please share widely.

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

There are times when I don’t speak for hours. Sometimes it’s because I’m distressed, but most of the time it’s because I have nothing to say and it’s not in my nature to say something of no consequence just to fill the silence. I like to really *feel* something before I say it.

[Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈🍉 @theBrianaMills]

Being COVID cautious isn’t living in fear, it’s valuing your health and safety and the health and safety of others. There’s nothing wrong with not wanting to get sick. There’s nothing irrational about fearing losing your health. That’s being aware that your body isn’t invincible.

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

You can be autistic and:

- Be solitary.
- Have one best friend.
- Have a few functional [friend/acquaintance]ships.
- Be on the outskirts of a friend group, trying to fit in yet not feeling part of it.
- Be popular, because you naturally endear people or have a vivacious mask.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Access for disabled people doesn’t come from generosity.
It comes from the blood, sweat and tears of disabled people fighting for it.

[🎏 | autistic gay wizard @wizardsofautism]

Do any other Autistics do that thing where if someone suggests changing plans suddenly you blank out for a few minutes like you're downloading the new patch update?

[Candace D. @DiaryofaSickGrl]

It took me a long time to learn not to give advice unless people are asking. It really is the best way. And if you’re not sure, you can always ask for clarification like “is it ok to give you advice right now or would you just like me to listen?” or something to that effect.

[Candace D. @DiaryofaSickGrl]

My ehlers-danlos syndrome body came with a lot of terms and conditions I did not agree to.

[Emily♡ @ItsEmilyKaty]

For all the neurodivergent people out there who are tired of all the big emotions. 💖

@/innermagicart on ig

[ellie middleton 🌻 @elliemidds]

being autistic means spending a lifetime being misunderstood.

our direct communication is misinterpreted as rudeness, our inquisitive nature is misinterpreted as being judging, and our need for quiet time is misinterpreted as being anti-social.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Stop looking at disabled people through a lens of pity and inferiority.
Start looking at disabled people through a lens of equity and humanity.

[Lauren Melissa Ellzey (she/her) @autienelle]

This Autism Acceptance week, I challenge non-autistics to:

• Learn about and embrace Autistic joy.
• Face the facts that they probably have a lot to unlearn about Autism.
• Consider how many spaces are sensorily inaccessible and take action to make them more accessible.

[ellie middleton 🌻 @elliemidds]

friendly reminder that asking a disabled person to review your course/content/website and advise as to whether it’s accessible is consultancy.

consultancy is a paid service.

please pay people for their time, skills and lived experience.

[Ru 🌸♿️ (she/they) 🎀 @RollWithRu]

“but you don’t look disabled!”

if you’re a person living with a disability that isn’t inherently obvious, it’s very likely you will have heard this remark before, and here is why it grates on me so much 👇

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

The Autistic/ADHD urge to share your entire thought process when offering advice or making a decision, so you can prove you’ve considered every variable and inspire people to have faith in what you say and not write off your opinion due to your differences.

[Candace D. @DiaryofaSickGrl]

The chronically ill urge to give up on drs and treatment forever when you reach medical burnout…

[Ru 🌸♿️ (she/they) 🎀 @RollWithRu]

happy #InternationalWheelchairDay - a reminder that wheelchairs are FREEDOM 💗

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Access in the future is no consolation to disabled people.
Access now.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Stranger to me a wheelchair user: “I will pray for you.”
Me: “Thanks. Why do I need prayers?”
Stranger: “To break free of your confinement and walk again.”

Wheelchair use is not confinement.