'To neuroqueer is to transform, not destroy.'

Thank you #AutisticRealms ❤️

People with Bipolar 1, what do you wish someone had told you about life with bipolar so that you didn’t have to figure it out on your own?

Are you #Autistic #ADHD & interested in the #NeurodiversityAffirming theory of #monotropism that reflects some of the inner experiences of being #neurodivergent ?
Blog summarising the #MonotropismQuestionnaire with a link to find out your own score:
autisticrealms.com/post/monotropi…
Enjoy!

Oh my god!! #Parentblame apportioned again. Why don’t you look at why children don’t want to/ can’t attend, as opposed to taking the easy way out and blaming parents! 🤬🤬🤬🤦‍♀️

Parents working from home blamed as school truancy a fifth higher on Fridays independent.co.uk/news/education…

Poll for autistic people with a diagnosis of diabetes.
How easy has it been to access the tests and treatments you need for your diabetes?
Feel free to share/discuss below.

Nothing on this thread is medical advice. I am not a medic.

Being autistic..

#Katy Elphinstone At best, the system sucks. But really, the system is evil.

#Katy Elphinstone sometimes? i like a lot of the latest kate’s ones. but a lot of inspirational things are meant to be inspiring but they’re toxic or just wrong, and those ones enrage me

#Katy Elphinstone How could I trust something that has never worked for me

#Katy Elphinstone You’ve only got to read #safeguarding advice to professionals which states that an #autistic mother is a “red flag”. The assumption is that you are guilty until proven innocent.

#Katy Elphinstone #Katy Elphinstone , Nick Walker / Bluesky: @dr-nicky.bsky.social and David Gray-Hammond discussed this on Monday. Here is my write up with links to the webinar on YouTube

medium.com/@helenrealms/n…

#AskingAutistics

Do you trust the system and feel it works for us?

#AskingAutistics

Do you like inspirational and motivational quotes?

You Might Be Autistic Honestly I think I just would not have gone to highschool

You Might Be Autistic That being different is not a moral failing and that if I be myself, there will be people who appreciate that. Some people won't, but that's ok. My people are out there and I can find them. Also that it's ok to walk away. If something is making me miserable I can always walk away

You Might Be Autistic I would tell my younger self that who he is and the way his brain works is great and he is beautiful. And that just because literally no one else in his life can see that does not mean it is not true.

You Might Be Autistic That you do not have to be in cultures that bully you. There are tons of alternative schools/unschooling/healthy communities where bullying is simply not acceptable.

Quite a stat

Creepy.org bikers have more ethics than our politicians

When you don't you are Autistic or Sensory Sensitive, you are unaware of why you are feeling so rubbish, you don't realise its the lighting, the feeling of sweat trickling down your body or the internal symptoms that are triggering your distress. It increases the fear not knowing