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May 21

Important distinction btw:

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May 21

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Oh absolutely - there’s a huge difference between an autistic person excitedly recognising common traits and an NT person scathingly dismissing all poor behaviour as “must be on the spectrum”

And while we’re here, treating us cruelly, forcing us into physically painful situations, refusing to accommodate us & insisting that exposure will “fix” us isn’t you preparing us for the real world - it’s just you being a cunt. The world doesn’t *have* to be full of cunts.

I found out I was autistic because another autistic person told me I was. It changed my life. It very likely saved my life. Thank god they did it. Autistic folks suggesting others *might* be like us isn’t an insult. If you think it is, that’s your issue, not ours.

And if you’re offended at the word “autistic”, if you’re offended on someone’s behalf at the notion that they might *be* autistic, if you view autism as a pejorative, then… well, fuck you?

If your baseline is “I can do these things easily therefore if I encounter someone who can’t, they’re doing it deliberately for attention / because they’re spoiled / whatever other nonsensical reason”, you’ve got it arse backwards.

Estimates are that between 1 in 100 and 1 in 20 of us are autistic. I guarantee you’re constantly encountering many people whose legs are frantically kicking away underwater to hide how hard everyday things are for them. That’s an awful lot of us to hold to neurotypical standards

If you’re so offended at the idea of recognising common autistic traits when it’s so massively underdiagnosed that you refuse to make basic allowances & accommodations for people displaying them, you’re guaranteeing misery for vast swathes of undiagnosed autistic folks

It’s very telling how apoplectic people get when you’re like “consider someone might be undiagnosed autistic & treat them with compassion instead of judgment”

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A lot of NT folks in comments & QT asking what autism might have to do with not eating vegetables. Some autistic people have severe food aversions, sometimes related to specific tastes, textures or certain foods touching, sometimes (in my case) severely restricted diets (ARFID).

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I don’t know if the people in question are actually autistic. What I do know is they’ve expressed traits and difficulties that are extreme enough in their lives for them to find certain things incredibly challenging. Regardless of what underlies it, that should be treated kindly.

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I’d rather assume they may very well be undiagnosed autistic & approach them with the sensitivity, discretion & respect I would have loved before my diagnosis than berate them for not being able to do certain things & make them attempt very difficult things for them on TV.

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…as a baseline. Not because I am qualified to diagnose them but because when someone ticks that many boxes, they genuinely might not know & might be masking the hell out of it. When I was undiagnosed, people pressuring me to “just try a bit” in front of others was humiliating.

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This did bigger numbers than I expected so just to address a criticism: I’m not diagnosing anyone. If I encounter someone IRL with massive food aversions, special interests, a need for sensory friendly clothing, social anxiety etc. I approach their needs as if they’re autistic…

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Funny and charming and with great and accurate autistic and fat representation (I'd expect Sara to get autism right because she's autistic herself, but she gets the fat character very right as well).

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Currently reading an ARC of

's upcoming novel Eight Bright Lights. It's a romcom which is not my genre, so I don't have much baseline, but it's good enough that I'll be recommending it far and wide.

Her, sexy: “draw me like one of your French girls” Me, autistic, meeting the brief:

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“I bully my disabled students because other people might”

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The words “the worst take on the internet” are thrown around a lot these days but I think I’ve actually found it

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This is probably more likely to lead to her downfall than the fascism.

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: Suella Braverman asked Home Office civil servants to help her avoid a speeding fine and points on her licence by arranging a private one-to-one driving awareness course Serious Qs over whether she may have breached ministerial code 1/4 thetimes.co.uk/article/suella

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Also - if someone says they’re emotionally overwhelmed and need to go home and process, don’t say no and take them out to a bar full of people they have to interact with

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After promising myself I wouldn’t look at Goodreads reviews of my upcoming novel, Eight Bright Lights, I of course looked because I have no self-control & now I’m bawling. It’s been my dream my whole life & this makes it so real 💗 Pre-order link here: geni.us/EightBrightLig

Huh… not just me then

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Her, sexy: “draw me like one of your French girls” Me, autistic, meeting the brief:

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“Be yourself! No not like that!”

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Someone coming into my house, digging through my cupboards, making me justify my diet then pressuring me to try every type of fruit and vegetable in order to broadcast it on an international streaming platform is worst-nightmare stuff.

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I love Queer Eye but they urgently need training on neurodivergence because if I have to sit through them shaming one more very probably undiagnosed autistic person for not being able to eat vegetables or dressing for comfort I’m going to flip a table

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Also they clearly know fuck all about autism - springing an unsolicited phone call on me from an unknown number…

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Got a phone call from an unknown number. Didn’t answer because, you know, autism. Got a voicemail. Social services “reaching out to check in” because I’m autistic. I know it’s probably harmless but it’s freaked me out. What do they want? How did they get my number? Feels sinister

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Follow someone because I think they’re cool Forget I’ve done it Click on their profile, assume we used to be mutuals and they’ve unfollowed me Unfollow out of embarrassment and rejection sensitive dysphoria See someone else I think is cool Follow them Repeat

copywriting and copyediting job listings are like • must have 5-8 years of editorial experience with this app that is 3 years old • deep knowledge of Splooch, Gorgum, Blermun, and of course, Plern • be willing to work 24/7

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Nullen, Biscuit Overlord. Disinfo Ninja.

May 19

This is parody right? It can’t be real

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May 18

We've done it. It's been a long road, but we've found a Brexit benefit, and by jingo, it's a banger.

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Penis is an oddly formal word. It sounds like what you only call it when it’s in trouble.

When Conservative MP Daniel Kawzynski attended NatCon back in 2020 he was forced to apologise for his unacceptable appearance at the "far right" event. Three years on and not only are senior Cabinet members attending but they do so with the explicit support of the PM himself.

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Other speakers include: *A drunk, recently-divorced clown *A photo of Vera Lynne *Love Thy Neighbour box set (two videos missing) *A bowl of tapioca pudding *Ronnie Pickering *Bournemouth *Somebody feeding a kitten into a blender *Darren Grimes again (forgot he’s already been on)

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It’s the third and final day of the National Conservatism Conference Speakers include David Starkey, Lord Frost, Darren Grimes and Toby Young with a closing speech from Lee Anderson

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I’m going to exercise *my* freedom of speech to say that in addition to the sheer cuntery that comes out of his mouth, his face is so comically cunty, a casting director casting a cunt would be like “too on the nose, he looks straight out of central cunting”

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Elon Musk on Tuesday said that if his inflammatory tweets scare away advertisers from Twitter, he will accept that. “I’ll say what I want, and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it." cnb.cx/3W8ABpw

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