On World Autism Awareness Day, I want to draw attention to children with diagnoses. I have therefore started a fundraiser for @MinStoraDag . If you are able, please support my fundraiser by donating. Together we make a difference for these children!
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The EU is negotiating a #NatureRestoration Law that could revive EU #forests - but some Member States are trying to derail it.
"Europe exported a harmful forestry model worldwide but now has a chance to put a stop to it at home," says @kelsey_perlman.
https://t.co/u5ZQnI7NXd
The #SARSCoV2 virus is still evolving, and its ultimate trajectory is unknown. This brilliant review lays out how the #COVID19 virus has evolved to date, what selection pressures is responding to, & some clues to the future.
https://t.co/ws5oHYqxwN
French researchers discover #SARSCoV2 hides in mucous-protected areas of the lungs & GI tract, evading the immune system. This may be the key to #LongCOVID they say -- and be a form of diagnosis of the complex, persistent syndrome. https://t.co/bqRwGA91sS
@CraigMayhem@stevesilberman ... until I was 12 & started to ask why. By then, she had drilled the habit permanently into me. I still utilize it, even though I have dropped all the other masking that she kept pushing.
I can't confront her because of her dementia, but at least I am free to be myself now. 2/2
@CraigMayhem@stevesilberman A common pattern for autism antagonists is that someone or a few in their (extended) family (history) is/was suspected autistic & it was hushed up. My mother, a doctor, taught me how to fake eye contact when I was three and repeatedly stressed the importance of that skill ... 1/2
@sandycNY@stevesilberman@Karoli And many, especially women and AFAB people, get diagnosed late. I got confirmed ADHDer at age 40 and autistic at age 53.
RFK Jr. launches his presidential campaign by erasing generations of #autistic people. While he feigns concern, lies like RFK Jr.'s have done tremendous harm to #autistic people and their loved ones for decades.
I have reinstalled Twitter to respond to this story and make sure my voice is fully heard. I am Casey.
My real name is Alex but my mom decided it would be best to hide it for anonymity. But this is my story, not hers. This is not the free press’s story.
@BridgetSterli19 @LaurelRamoser My mom is a 90 yo Holocaust survivor. She recognized then candidate frumps word as similar to what she heard in Germany as a child. She’s been petrified, history is repeating for her. #VoteBlueNoMatterWho2020 to help us all!
@itsJeffTiedrich@maya206 US setting a wrong precedent.
An acquaintance just moved from Eastern US to Western Canada. They (parents & kids) were used to Metal detectors, verified ID, prior apptmnts to enter their kids' school, etc.
Do we forget we're teaching children.
in Nazi Germany, teachers could be fired for showing the 'wrong kind' of art. in Republican Florida, teachers are being fired for showing the 'wrong kind' of art. any questions