- Use Autism **Acceptance** Month (as opposed to Autism Awareness Month).
- NO “light it up blue” or puzzle pieces. Google “Autism Speaks hate group” to learn more.
- Use red or gold instead, which are colors supported by the autistic community.
- Use identity-first language (most autistic people prefer “autistic” instead of “person with autism”), but don’t police the language of someone who prefers to be called a person with autism.
- NO scare terms like “suffering with autism” or “afflicted with autism.”
- Avoid functioning labels like “high functioning” or “low functioning.”
- If autistic voices are not at the center of your efforts, you’re doing it wrong.
- When in doubt, ASK AN AUTISTIC PERSON.
- To learn more about autism, visit autistic-run organizations like the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) and Autism Women’s Network (AWN).
Tag: acceptance
✨ happy autism acceptance month! ✨
here are my favorite autistic characters, both canon and headcanon! allistics are welcome to reblog + link to list of characters used here + link to roseytones’s post + link to some further reading
For any lesbian, gay, bi, transgender folks alone for the holidays…
http://www.yourholidaymom.com/ is a blog run by a bunch of moms (and sometimes other parents) who will post a letter to you daily until Christmas with words of acceptance and welcome. It was designed specifically as a project for kids and adults who face rejection over the holidays because of their sexuality or gender. This meant a lot to me the first year that I was isolated by my family, and I wanted to share it with all of you.
LET IT GO; ”You, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” [LISTEN]
human – christina perri / i’m only human and I crash and I break down
let it go – disney /let it go, let it go and i’ll rise like the break of dawn
brave – sara bareilles / maybe one of these days you can let the light in, i want to see you be brave
be still – the killers / when they knock you down don’t break character, you’ve got so much heart
roar – katy perry / i went from zero, to my own hero.
breakaway – kelly clarkson / i’ll spread my wings and i’ll learn how to fly i’ll do what it takes til’ i touch the sky
who says – selena gomez/ who says, who says you’re not perfect?
beautiful -christina aguilera / you are beautiful no matter what they say. Words can’t bring you down.
born this way – lady gaga / don’t hide yourself in regret, just love yourself and you’re set
perfect – pink / please don’t you ever, ever feel like you’re less than fucking perfect
i am not a robot – marina and the diamonds/ you are not a robot, you’re lovable, so lovable but you’re just troubled
shake it out – florence and the machine / and it’s hard to dance with a devil on your back so shake him off, its always darkest before the dawn
Holding the Bowl 