There is no societal problem where "Take money of the most vulnerable" is a reasonable or responsible answer.

How do y'all explain to doctors that your symptoms are better because you're cutting out entire sections of your life?

Most people are not angry enough about forced car dependency for me personally. Like our cities are designed so you basically have to own expensive and dangerous heavy machinery and you're not mad??

I'm autistic and ADHD. I have an online store that is dedicated to supporting the autistic & neurodivergent community since 2021. My store is still relatively unknown. I'm hoping you can help me out with a repost, so more people can know it exists. 😊 Link below. 👇

"Family is everything" is a slap in the face to those who broke the cycle of their family using their vulnerability to hurt them.

Hey, so actually…chronically ill and disabled people wouldn’t have to talk about things so much if they didn’t have to advocate so hard. The fact that society refuses to accept and understand can put us in the position to have to try to raise awareness and understanding. If

I was chatting with a friend, a woman in her fifties, and her doctor told her there's no point seeking an autism diagnosis because it's a seven to ten year waiting list. But please tell me more about 'overdiagnosis' and how they're just handing out diagnoses these days.

Some disabled people can & do work. Some could with the right adjustments & support. Some could work but no one will employ them. Some could work but only flexibly/part-time. Some do work but shouldn’t really. Some don’t work and can’t. Some never will be able to. All are valid.

One reason why autistic people’s challenges are often not understood or respected is that many of them are internal/invisible. You can’t see, hear or feel someone else’s sensory overload, executive dysfunction or burnout, so most have no awareness of what these are like for us.

Some phrases that, as an autistic person, I find unsettling: - ‘New and improved recipe!’ - ‘You will receive a call at some point today’ (no time specified) - ‘So, there’s been a change of plan’

'But RFK Jr wasn't talking about autistic people like you...' Let me introduce you to the novel concept of caring about people who needs and experiences are different to mine, and believing that their lives are just as valuable as mine regardless of what they can or can't do.

Some are people like me, who don't "look" autistic at all. And some are people who need full time support and can't live on their own. And there are people on the "spectrum" (hence the term) everywhere in between. \2

but can we please acknowledge how bonkers it is to talk about terraforming other planets like it’s achievable and then ALSO talk about stopping climate change like it’s not??

Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 Finding decent work nowadays is hell if you're NOT disabled. How they expect unsupported disabled people to compete in the marketplace is totally beyond me.

The autistic urge to interpret phrases like: - give it your all - give 100% - try your hardest - try your best - this is super urgent; and - be as quick as you can literally and then work much harder and faster (and put in far more effort) than is actually required or expected.

This is alarming on many levels...

The issue with the idea that ableism, saneism and eugenics is okay if it's against 'bad' people is that who qualifies as 'bad' is subjective, changeable, and always at the mercy of who has power. Disabled people have been trying to tell you this the whole time.

“oh you have an answer for everything” yeah it’s called being internally consistent you should try it

Disabled people deserve to live... not just exist. In fact, everyone does

Non-autistic people LOVE to tell autistic people that we're not 'autistic enough' to talk credibly about autism, but they feel very comfortable barging into every conversation about autism with their opinions.