Oh wow I’ve just seen my mentions and this has blown up. thanks everyone. It’s such a huge privilege to get to talk about these topics on This Morning ❤️🙏

this is literally all i am asking for

my problem is that if i put things away in cupboards i forget they exist but if i keep things out on display i get overwhelmed by clutter

used an overnight face tanning mist for the first time and my autistic brain woke me up FIVE TIMES because of the DIFFERENT SMELL i actually cba anymore

Candace D. My massage therapist who does not know I have EDS likes to tell me 'nice body, but made of stone' all the time and ever time she does I think to myself MY MUSCLES ARE MADE OF STONE BECAUSE MY LIGAMENTS ARE MADE OF JELLO 😭

what no-one tells you about a late autism diagnosis is that it’s near on impossible to heal from your trauma of being undiagnosed because you’re constantly dealt with more lol

honestly the last thing the autistic & adhd communities need at the moment is reality tv stars weighing in that it’s all a trend and we don’t need a diagnosis. spreading that rhetoric to hundreds of thousands of followers is so extremely damaging for us.

i know sunbeds are bad I KNOW but they are the only thing that can pull me out of a funk no matter what!!!! i wasn’t depressed i just needed to lie down in my silly little light box!!!

now let’s use this tech to allow disabled people to work remotely instead of using it solely for cheap overseas labour!!!

Autistic people are criticised for catastrophizing. The problem is not that we are wrong; thanks to our pattern recognition abilities, our predictions are usually spot on. The real issue is that we typically highlight issues that are supposed to remain hidden.

Another fantastic event looking at Autistic Joy! ellie middleton 🌻

My debilitating fatigue from having multiple chronic illnesses is not the same thing as a regular person’s tired. It is unrelenting and not fixed by anything.

Seen various articles this month referring to people ‘demanding’ an autism diagnosis.

They seem to overlook the fact that, due to the society we live in, it’s often the only way we can guarantee access to accommodations we need.

if we give the benefit of the doubt and trust that this was an honest mistake (which i hope it was!)… these mistakes will KEEP HAPPENING until you have disabled people in the room/on the team to ensure that they don’t. hire disabled talent!!! (i am ready and waiting)

#AutismAcceptanceWeek reminder to read my book ALL TANGLED UP IN AUTISM & CHRONIC ILLNESS 📖

i talk healthcare, education, sensory, medical misogyny, disability pride & more.

where most resources don’t make sense for intertwined conditions, i hope to fill that gap ✨

i am one of only 15% of autistic people in employment. i’m also incredibly privileged to be self-employed and able to work from home. even *that* is exhausting and regularly leaves me too unwell to get out of bed. full time employment is simply not accessible to autistic folks!

#AutismAcceptanceWeek

what in the man cave stag do is this

What’s it like being assessed for autism?

Listen to Ellie Middleton, an autistic and ADHD creator, writer and consultant, on the latest #BBCNewscast …

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