A world that prioritises capital, financial, and material interests to accumulate wealth for the very few over the holistic physical, mental, moral, and spiritual health of the many is inherently sick. The system itself is inherently sick, not we the people. #WorldMentalHealthDay

My new book about the troubled history & legacy of ABA-+ new paths forward for autism services-is available as e-book or PDF (w/hyperlinks). Great resource for advocates, parents, providers, researchers. I'm a journalist & #ActuallyAutistic advocate. booksbyanneking.com

**Dec 11 - save the date** Probably going to be the most impactful conference I've ever been honoured to be part of "Thinking differently about traditional stereotypes surrounding neurodevelopmental conditions & their relevance to psychiatry & beyond" rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confere…

I want to say something about this that I so far have not seen in any of the quote-tweets or comments. I am not advocating people do this but I want to speak about why this speaks to my sunken spirit as a poor person. 🧵

We exist because people before us survived and overcame the seemingly impossible in order to do so. I just find that helpful to keep in mind sometimes.

I know it's human nature to view the world through the lens of "your thing," and my thing only happens to be autism, but...no one who ever went up against Autism Speaks is remotely surprised today. The world was always this.

1 in 4 women screens positive for a 'personality disorder' in young adulthood, yet this rate halves in later years. Attributing these profound difficulties to 'personality'—a supposedly lifelong trait—not only contradicts the data but reflects a misogynistic framing. #TraumaNotPD

They fear and try to demonise Autistic, Neurodivergent and disabled people because of our desire for truth and justice, shining light upon corruption, lies, and hate in which they feed and rule from. Autistic, neurodivergent and disability resistance now. #ActuallyAutistic #DPAC

"Autistic culture is a world of infinite diversity beyond the neuronormative imagination..... Cultural metamorphosis requires radically reframing everything we understand about cultural adaptivity in terms of co-creating ecologies of care." AutCollab autcollab.org/2024/11/26/aut…

Autism Speaks Canada is shutting down. As a longtime autism advocate, I'm glad for 2 reasons. 1. ETHICS: In recent years, ASC supported an extremely unethical genetic data gathering project, following the lead of their US parent group that has a long history of sinking millions

Neil Renic I had a professors like that, he could not Even look in your general direction when talking to You. Best teacher I've ever had.

As an autistic academic, this is an excellent opportunity for me to share some of the positive feedback I got on my teaching this year 🧵

A compassionate frame of love as vulnerable mutual knowing is compatible with a panpsychic relational philosophy. Everyone wants their experience to be taken seriously. We are embodied spirits, compelled to make sense of this world. autcollab.org/2024/12/16/gai…

Don’t miss out! Register today for this free virtual session with the #Ausome Karen Muriuki ! Please share widely! NeurodivergentInfinity SEMA.Scot @AutisticsUnmskd NeuroClastic #StopTheShock AutCollab The Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint Autistic Self Advocacy Network aidecanada #EduTwitter #UNCRPD EnableMe Kenya

🌍✨ A year in the making. In follow-up to The ICARS Report England: Follow the Money 💰✨ Survivors, parents, educators, unions, lawmakers—it’s time to uncover the cost of the Restraint Industrial Complex in education. January 25, 2025.

Char Educators_VS_ABA Existential ÂÛtist 🕊 ∞ 💛 ABAskills, LLC autism speaks United Nations Human Rights First AutCollab Human Rights Law Centre BBC News (UK) There are always #BetterWaysThanABA for addressing road safety. Research shows ABA actually goes against how autistics best learn. And ABA is never only used for addressing very harmful behaviours.

Please, English speaking friends, could you RT these video? ⬇️ Mexican citizens took the streets yet again to protest for the attempt to end our young democracy. They chant "Democracy yes, dictatorship no!" Here the context in The Washington Post

Also, in spite of a monstruous campaign including threats and bribes, only 10% of Mexican voters showed up to the "Judicial Election". Civil disobedience. 🇲🇽 We need you and your press to make this visible, please and many thanks! 🙏 #MexicoDespierto #MexicoAwake