protect neurodivergent kids with disorders other than just depression and anxiety 2k15
Tag: autism
April is Autism Awareness Month, launched by Autism Speaks, an organization masquerading as a charity that has harmed autistic people and spread misinformation about autism for the last 10 years. Instead of supporting Autism Speaks and their campaigns, take some time out of April 2016 to educate yourself on why you shouldn’t support Autism Speaks and spread the word.
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This April, don’t support an organization that harms autistic people.
[crossed out logo for Autism Speaks]
Support one built by autistic people, for autistic people.
[logos for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and the Autism Women’s Network]
so im looking at the new sesame street books about an autistic girl and, i think i love them
I’m here for the autistics who don’t have “cute” or acceptable stims/body focused repetitive behaviors
who have “gross” bfrbs like picking their nose or chewing on their nails or touching their eyes
who have “unacceptable” stims like pulling their clothing off/tighter or hitting themselves
who have “annoying” echolalias or bfrbs like whistling, singing, snapping, or clapping
i’m here for the autistics that are ostracised for the things that make them feel comfortable, or even punished for it
you’re not broken, gross, or annoying. you’re a good person, and you don’t deserve the way they make you feel
keep stimming how you need to, i love you
22 People With Autism Answer the Question, ‘What’s It Like?’
“Children who are victims of autism”
that’s a slightly new one
i was attacked by an autism at birth and that’s why i’m an autism now
I’m a mild autism for 3 weeks of the lunar cycle but at night, during the week of the full moon, I am transformed into a SPICY autism.
Everything changed when the autism attacked
Michigan official rejects recommendation to add autism to medical marijuana law
Serious question for those in the autism community around Tumblr… how do you feel about the idea of using medical marijuana?
Michigan official rejects recommendation to add autism to medical marijuana law
I want people to be less afraid of autism.
Autistic kids need to be taught that they aren’t broken. Verbal or nonverbal, they can live happy lives and experience everything at the same capacity as everyone else. Autistic kids need to know this so that they don’t grow up into self hating adults, adults who grow up hating themselves for being a burden on their families or on society.
I want autistic kids that aren’t afraid of themselves.
I want therapy that can teach autistic kids to be the best autistic kids they can be. I want nonverbal autistics to find a way to communicate in a way that’s comfortable for them. I want autistics to learn how to advocate for themselves and I want them to learn to love themselves and show themselves instead of repressing who they are.
Parents of autistic kids need to be taught that their kid can live a fulfilling and happy life, because the current media representation of autistics is so bleak. The panicking, the feeling that they’ve somehow “lost” a child, is something that can be prevented with education and support. They need to see autistic adults on different ends of the spectrum, doing well and having fulfilling lives even if they aren’t fitting the neurotypical version of happy. I want parents that aren’t afraid of their children. want the anti-vaccine movement to be shut down, both for its poor science and for its ableist attitudes. I want children to survive deadly diseases instead of endangered by the fear of becoming like us.
I want autistic people to be more than “empty shells”, “changelings”, “stolen”, “missing”, “broken”. I want people to stop seeing murders as “justifiable” because they’re so, so afraid of disabled people.
Most of all, I want autistics to be seen as people.
I want a world that’s different from the one we grew up in, where neuroatypical children have the chance to be themselves without fear.
Holding the Bowl 