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Nov 18, 2022

I'm hopeful and positive that we'll be here for a long, long time still. But IF Twitter will be no more: I have no words to say how important this place and the ADHD and autistic communities have been to me. Thank you everyone 💖😭 See you on Mastodon and Insta. (Handles ⬇️)

Nic Bloodhorde

@NBloodhorde

Allistics: ew, you're different from us Autistic person: I'm autistic Allistics: Allistics: like everybody else these days, you're not special twitter.com/bonbon98294579

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Absolutely breaks me when a parent/ sibling of autistic person asks how to "handle challenging behaviours", autistics respond that it's actually not random or inherent, there are causes for distress in what we are experiencing, & the family says "never thought about it like that"

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Juliaisautistic

@juliaisautistic

#askingautistic any tips on how to unmask?

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So every second Finn is autistic 🤘🏼

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Michael Hyde

@Hyde_Michael98

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Ohh, now I know why my foster parents were so afraid of Sabbath, Maiden, and Megadeth

heavy metal caused my autism twitter.com/itsemilykaty/s…

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I know my "polite" often is different to neurotypicals' "polite"; I upset people when I only mean well. That actually upsets me a lot.

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Jessica McCabe

@HowtoADHD

I seriously believe what is considered “polite” needs to move beyond neurotypical-only centered norms and consider what is “polite” in ADHD and/or autistic social circles, too.

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"Eat the frog" productivity method: do the hardest, most important task of the day first thing in the morning, before checking the news, Twitter(!) etc. Sounds novel! 😅 Have you tried? #ADHDtwitter

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Alvamiga

@Alvamiga

Feb 3

Replying to @VimtoTime

"Eat the frog" seems to be a thing to help with procrastination. Here's a web link in case you can ever get round to reading it…

todoist.com/productivity-m

Okay i loaded up the replies on this thread with a whole bunch of writings and videos and songs and interviews by nonspeakers! Please go read the links, share them, talk about them with other folks who haven't had the chance to hear from nonspeakers yet. twitter.com/FunFactsLulu/s

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The lyrics 🔥 Nonspeaker Damon Kirsebom: "Dear Autism Professional ... you might just be what's causing the pain" #ListenToNonSpeakers #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance

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how about a song? "Dear Autism Professional" is one of my favourites. It's a brutally honest song directed at folks who make their careers off autistic nonspeakers. it's by Damon Kirsebom. Damon kicks ass and his lyrics here go HARD youtube.com/watch?v=Q33rr0

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auntie histamine

@laurenancona

Feb 3

I cannot emphasize enough how ridiculous it is that anyone planning to make their living off of studying autistic people expects to be welcomed into the field by the people they are studying when they are incapable of talking about them as if they are human? twitter.com/EvdokiaAnagn/s

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I will say, Spectrum publishing non-autistics saying they prefer to work in spaces with no autistic people so they can do ableist and dehumanizing work against autistic people in peace is useful, because it shows just how callous these people are. Our lives are careers to them.

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You're joking

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What the hell???

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Autism self-diagnosis is valid. If you're against self-dg, 👋🏼 (Please unfollow me. I'm self-diagnosed.) For many reasons, not everyone has a chance to pursue an official dg. There are loads and loads of undiagnosed autistics in the world. Gatekeeping sucks. #ActuallyAutistic

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Rachel Morgan-Trimmer

@rachelmtrimmer

Jan 23

If you're autistic, you're autistic whether or not someone has diagnosed you. #Autism #Autistic #SelfDiagnosisIsValid

Autistic Max

@MaxieMoosie

Mar 14, 2022

Semi irregular reminder that Aspergers and Aspie have largely fallen out of favor among autistic people. An oft cited reason is that it's named for Hans Asperger who was a Nazi scientist and it has a eugenicist bend (this kind of autism is useful) but that's not entirely it.

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Completely forgot to have dinner today. #ADHD for ya!

Go hang up that laundry 😏

Heini Natri

@HeiniMNatri

One more thing about *that*

@Spectrum

article.

@EvdokiaAnagn

talks about how nice it is to attend a conference that is not often attended by autistic advocates. Do researchers in any other field talk about the populations they study with this much disdain and disrespect? 1/

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If I really need to concentrate, absolute silence, apart from a constant quiet sound, depending on the sound, though.

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Neuroteachers

@neuroteachers

Are you a music/ noise in background whilst working sort of an ND or an absolute silence whilst I work sort of ND? Feel free to comment

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A moving thread that shows the difference between actually helping and offering to help.

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Sheila O'Malley

@sheilakathleen

Jun 8, 2018

That's the end. The "ask for help" advice is well-meaning but not really thought through. There's shame, there's enforced helplessness, there's the feeling you're not worth it, etc. My friends didn't wait for me to ask. They showed up. They took over. They didn't ask.

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I just registered there too 🐳😅 Just in case Twitter, you know. It does sound very good, though. #Spoutible

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Christopher Bouzy

@cbouzy

Today is the start of Black History Month, and it's a special day for all of us. Later today, I will launch the first Black-owned Twitter alternative that focuses on protecting its users and providing a safe environment for marginalized communities. Let's make history together!

On Facebook I'd say "Up!" (No idea if people still do that there.)

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Jan 21

If you are against autism self-diagnosis, please unfollow me.

"The fairytale Finnish city you’ve probably never heard of" Tampere. Home. ❤️

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Times Travel

@timestravel

Ice dancing, saunas and a Moomin museum enchant @ViewfromPenge and his family — plus, four more underrated European cities thetimes.co.uk/article/the-fa

Last assignment for my neuropsychiatric coach training, about narratives, just turned in!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I'm so done studying 😅 #YayMe #ADHD

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Just turned in the book reflection assignment!

One to go!! That's due tomorrow, so tomorrow it is! Don't worry, I'll soon stop tweeting about these assignments. Just been a big deal for me. Now a few Jaffa cakes and bed. (It's midnight.) Goodnight! #YayMe #ADHD twitter.com/Finnattentive/…

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NeuroDivergent Rebel (they/them/Xe/Xem)

@NeuroRebel

Don’t tell me it’s not eugenics. eu·gen·ics /yo͞oˈjeniks/ noun The study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable. It fits the definition. twitter.com/NeuroRebel/sta

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💔 If you're on the TikTok, go follow them @/borderlineacademic ❤️ #ActuallyAutistic #Autism

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Delayed Circadian Rythmn

@dreamsaremine_

Jan 24

In case you ever wondered what it feels like to be autistic

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You Might Be Autistic

@mightbeautistic

Did you know that Eminem is #Autistic? Wordplay is a common Autistic stim. “I used to be the type of kid that, would always think the sky is falling why am I so differently wired, am I a martian what kind of twisted experiment am I involved in cause I don’t belong in this world”

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Bed, ha. Got laundry to hang still. 😣

Just turned in the book reflection assignment! 🙌🏼 One to go!! That's due tomorrow, so tomorrow it is! Don't worry, I'll soon stop tweeting about these assignments. Just been a big deal for me. Now a few Jaffa cakes and bed. (It's midnight.) Goodnight! #YayMe #ADHD

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Jan 27

Today I started and nearly finished my book(s) reflection assignment, and I already started my narratives assignment before that. They are the only ones left to turn in and I will finally get my neuropsychiatric coach certificate! I've got 4 days left,

! Been hard work.. #ADHD twitter.com/Finnattentive/…

Sounds as "easy" as my life 😩 #ADHD

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ecstasy of gold

@mahoganhogmanay

I just took mine down yesterday, and I missed all the tree pick up dates and even the deadline for the place where you can just go toss your tree in a pile, so I had to dismember my tree with garden shears and a saw so I could fit it in the compost bin also I had to go buy a saw twitter.com/Finnattentive/…

That applies to lots of other items too; those stickers and notebooks already mentioned. They can't be too nice if I actually wanna use them. I know how ridiculous this is. 🙈

I've learned that I need to buy gift bags, gift tags, wrapping paper etc that are nice but not so nice that I'd never wanna use them up. Any satin/decorative gift ribbons, no chance! It's just about not having them anymore if I do use them up, not about the gift receiver.

I don't wanna use my nice stickers, notebooks, pens etc. I know I can get new ones, but it doesn't help. I'm currently wearing all my best socks and I really want Lidl to sell them again, so I can get more before these wear out. (Socks for diabetics, comfy 🥰) #ActuallyAutistic

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Liz O

@lostwald

Replying to @mightbeautistic

There was a thread on an autistic fb group recently about the tendency to basically keep our cake instead of eating it. That is, we have the really nice pen, yarn, paint, notebook, chocolate, but we keep it instead of using it. The potential pleasure is better than the actual

The Real Theresa Weiler

@Real_Theresa

Me, and it stays up until I've finished helping

@howtoadhd

get the first half of her manuscript in.

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So, who still has their Christmas tree up?

#ADHDTwitter

I spent hours looking for vacuum cleaners online the other day. Ended up just getting a new, different nozzle. Gonna try it out now, who's gonna join me? 😀

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Jan 22

I take that back. Just broke the vacuum, the pipe came off the nozzle. So, pretty useless for a vacuum. Hurray for a new vacuum research project!

You can still do your chore!

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“ABA and behavioral techniques from the field of ABA are emerging to be recognized as ineffective at best and abusive at worst (Sandoval-Norton & Shkedy, 2019), increasing incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in people with previous ABA treatment (Kupferstein, 2018).” 🙌

So, who still has their Christmas tree up? 😀 #ADHDTwitter

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The real finding here, imho, is that female ADHDers are far more likely to be victims of statutory rape than male ADHDers or non ADHD people. We need to frame this as victimhood, not consensual risk taking behaviour.

Erin Ekins (she/her)

@QueerlyAutistic

Jan 28

If you are an autism researcher, but you can't handle the fact that autistic people may comment on, have opinions on, or criticize your work, then may I calmly but firmly suggest you try researching something else?

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