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So now people have a problem with ear defenders at school?
Richard Tice was outlining Reform's Doge unit's progress:
"I'll just raise one more point, the sight of children in classes wearing ear defenders, I'm sorry, this is just insane. It's got to stop."
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Richard Tice was outlining Reform's Doge unit's progress:
"I'll just raise one more point, the sight of children in classes wearing ear defenders, I'm sorry, this is just insane. It's got to stop."
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Reform UK’s Richard Tice says children wearing ear defenders in school is ‘insane’
Tice was outlining Reform’s Doge (Department of government efficiency) unit’s progress
www.independent.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So now people have a problem with ear defenders at school?
Richard Tice was outlining Reform's Doge unit's progress:
"I'll just raise one more point, the sight of children in classes wearing ear defenders, I'm sorry, this is just insane. It's got to stop."
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Richard Tice was outlining Reform's Doge unit's progress:
"I'll just raise one more point, the sight of children in classes wearing ear defenders, I'm sorry, this is just insane. It's got to stop."
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
I see that the “hiki” app is in the news again. TLDR: it is a meetup/dating app for neurodivergents. The feedback I've heard from others that tried it:
* Too expensive
* Limited users
* Basic features are paywalled
Do your own research. YMMV
www.cbsnews.com/video/couple...
* Too expensive
* Limited users
* Basic features are paywalled
Do your own research. YMMV
www.cbsnews.com/video/couple...
Couple finds love on app designed for people living with autism
Mariah Caezza and Dominic Modugno found love in a familiar place – online. But their love story is different from many of the ones you often hear about. CBS News' Jericka Duncan reports.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I see that the “hiki” app is in the news again. TLDR: it is a meetup/dating app for neurodivergents. The feedback I've heard from others that tried it:
* Too expensive
* Limited users
* Basic features are paywalled
Do your own research. YMMV
www.cbsnews.com/video/couple...
* Too expensive
* Limited users
* Basic features are paywalled
Do your own research. YMMV
www.cbsnews.com/video/couple...
Do you ever find yourself oversharing with complete strangers in social settings?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
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#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
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November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Do you ever find yourself oversharing with complete strangers in social settings?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
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#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
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Really sad news today. We lost disability rights activist Alice Wong. If you don’t know about Alice’s journey take some time to read about her.
RIP Alice 💛
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RIP Alice 💛
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alice Wong, ‘luminary’ writer and disability rights activist, dies aged 51
Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Really sad news today. We lost disability rights activist Alice Wong. If you don’t know about Alice’s journey take some time to read about her.
RIP Alice 💛
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RIP Alice 💛
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Let’s talk tags on clothing. I hate them and they annoy me to no end. And even if I cut them off, the tiny bit remaining always manages to touch me and I hate it.
Do tags bother you?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
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Do tags bother you?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
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November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Let’s talk tags on clothing. I hate them and they annoy me to no end. And even if I cut them off, the tiny bit remaining always manages to touch me and I hate it.
Do tags bother you?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
image: unknown
Do tags bother you?
#AskingAutistics #ActuallyAutistic
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Do you ever have your need for more information mistaken for "being intentionally difficult"?
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Do you ever have your need for more information mistaken for "being intentionally difficult"?
Jordyn Zimmerman is a non-speaking autistic advocate.
In her article, "Beyond Access" Jordyn calls for a more user-centered design approach across the board, where AAC users are not merely participants, but leaders in the design and development process.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In her article, "Beyond Access" Jordyn calls for a more user-centered design approach across the board, where AAC users are not merely participants, but leaders in the design and development process.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond access: the intersecting role of AAC, literacy, and technology
As the digital landscape continues to evolve, access to communication, literacy, and technology have become essential for citizenship, community inclusion, and social and emotional well-being. This...
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Jordyn Zimmerman is a non-speaking autistic advocate.
In her article, "Beyond Access" Jordyn calls for a more user-centered design approach across the board, where AAC users are not merely participants, but leaders in the design and development process.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In her article, "Beyond Access" Jordyn calls for a more user-centered design approach across the board, where AAC users are not merely participants, but leaders in the design and development process.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
How did we get to where we are today, where anyone who is deemed "different" is often deemed bad?
Adolphe Quetelet proposed the idea of an average person using statistical analysis. In his view, people who are nearer to the average are closer to "ideal" than those who are not.
Adolphe Quetelet proposed the idea of an average person using statistical analysis. In his view, people who are nearer to the average are closer to "ideal" than those who are not.
October 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
How did we get to where we are today, where anyone who is deemed "different" is often deemed bad?
Adolphe Quetelet proposed the idea of an average person using statistical analysis. In his view, people who are nearer to the average are closer to "ideal" than those who are not.
Adolphe Quetelet proposed the idea of an average person using statistical analysis. In his view, people who are nearer to the average are closer to "ideal" than those who are not.
Deeply grateful to the Nimoy Night Foundation for honoring my autism advocacy work with the Live Long and Prosper Tribute award.
Spock has always been a hero in the #ActuallyAutistic community. Thank you!
LLAP 🖖
#LLAPTribute #RememberingLeonardNimoy #Autism
Spock has always been a hero in the #ActuallyAutistic community. Thank you!
LLAP 🖖
#LLAPTribute #RememberingLeonardNimoy #Autism
October 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Deeply grateful to the Nimoy Night Foundation for honoring my autism advocacy work with the Live Long and Prosper Tribute award.
Spock has always been a hero in the #ActuallyAutistic community. Thank you!
LLAP 🖖
#LLAPTribute #RememberingLeonardNimoy #Autism
Spock has always been a hero in the #ActuallyAutistic community. Thank you!
LLAP 🖖
#LLAPTribute #RememberingLeonardNimoy #Autism
I just finished rewatching the old 1970’s Planet of the Apes series. I fast-forwarded through most of it because it is really bad. 😅
I’m looking at my 2 cats now…and I think I would be fine if cats took over the world. At least we would all get daily cat naps. 😸
I’m looking at my 2 cats now…and I think I would be fine if cats took over the world. At least we would all get daily cat naps. 😸
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I just finished rewatching the old 1970’s Planet of the Apes series. I fast-forwarded through most of it because it is really bad. 😅
I’m looking at my 2 cats now…and I think I would be fine if cats took over the world. At least we would all get daily cat naps. 😸
I’m looking at my 2 cats now…and I think I would be fine if cats took over the world. At least we would all get daily cat naps. 😸
For many in the autistic community, having anxiety is as constant as the north star. It is there when you wake up and it is there when you go to sleep. It only varies in its intensity.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
For many in the autistic community, having anxiety is as constant as the north star. It is there when you wake up and it is there when you go to sleep. It only varies in its intensity.
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Autistic Adults Services
Autistic people are often infantilized and treated like children. Autistic adults have a hard time accessing services, healthcare, and accommodations because much of society sees autism as a childhood disorder.
image: @SensoryStories
Autistic people are often infantilized and treated like children. Autistic adults have a hard time accessing services, healthcare, and accommodations because much of society sees autism as a childhood disorder.
image: @SensoryStories
July 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Autistic Adults Services
Autistic people are often infantilized and treated like children. Autistic adults have a hard time accessing services, healthcare, and accommodations because much of society sees autism as a childhood disorder.
image: @SensoryStories
Autistic people are often infantilized and treated like children. Autistic adults have a hard time accessing services, healthcare, and accommodations because much of society sees autism as a childhood disorder.
image: @SensoryStories
Autism and Social Relationships
I used to think certain people were my friends, even though the only time they ever communicated with me was when they wanted me to do something for them. It took me a really long time to understand that I wasn't really a friend to them...just a means to an end.
I used to think certain people were my friends, even though the only time they ever communicated with me was when they wanted me to do something for them. It took me a really long time to understand that I wasn't really a friend to them...just a means to an end.
July 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Autism and Social Relationships
I used to think certain people were my friends, even though the only time they ever communicated with me was when they wanted me to do something for them. It took me a really long time to understand that I wasn't really a friend to them...just a means to an end.
I used to think certain people were my friends, even though the only time they ever communicated with me was when they wanted me to do something for them. It took me a really long time to understand that I wasn't really a friend to them...just a means to an end.
I frequently have to re-read the same paragraph over and over again before it sinks in. It is really frustrating, and makes reading a book take forever. It even happens when I’m listening to an audio book.
Do you struggle with this?
img: @NoNonsenseND
Do you struggle with this?
img: @NoNonsenseND
July 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I frequently have to re-read the same paragraph over and over again before it sinks in. It is really frustrating, and makes reading a book take forever. It even happens when I’m listening to an audio book.
Do you struggle with this?
img: @NoNonsenseND
Do you struggle with this?
img: @NoNonsenseND
Yep...about sums it up for me.
img credit - @NoNonsenseND
img credit - @NoNonsenseND
July 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Yep...about sums it up for me.
img credit - @NoNonsenseND
img credit - @NoNonsenseND
AuDHD for me:
Sometimes it feels like my brain has all the CPU it needs and no RAM.
Sometimes it feels like my brain has all the CPU it needs and no RAM.
July 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
AuDHD for me:
Sometimes it feels like my brain has all the CPU it needs and no RAM.
Sometimes it feels like my brain has all the CPU it needs and no RAM.
Hot take….autistic adults actually exist. Autistic children actually grow up to become autistic adults. RFK Junior: "I have never in my life seen a man my age with full‑blown autism." The first autistic person diagnosed, Donald Triplett, died at age 89 and worked as a banker.
June 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hot take….autistic adults actually exist. Autistic children actually grow up to become autistic adults. RFK Junior: "I have never in my life seen a man my age with full‑blown autism." The first autistic person diagnosed, Donald Triplett, died at age 89 and worked as a banker.
This t-shirt sums up how some autistics might feel about a social interaction. 😅
May 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This t-shirt sums up how some autistics might feel about a social interaction. 😅
If you live in the U.S. please consider contacting your representative and asking them to vote no on the legislation that drastically cuts Medicaid.
www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/05/15/h...
www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/05/15/h...
House Panel Green-Lights Sweeping Cuts To Medicaid Despite Outcry From Disability Advocates
In a marathon session marked by the arrest of dozens of disability rights activists, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead with plans to drastically reduce Medicaid spending.
www.disabilityscoop.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
If you live in the U.S. please consider contacting your representative and asking them to vote no on the legislation that drastically cuts Medicaid.
www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/05/15/h...
www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/05/15/h...
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A piece I wrote yesterday now live on @thinkingautism.com. #HandsOffMedicaid #Autistic #Autism #NY-11
Even in normal times, services like Medicaid are not easy to get or maintain. These are not normal times. The Federal gov't wants to cut services that let my autistic son live a life that balances safety with self-determination. @autisticenough.bsky.social:
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/05/medi...
thinkingautismguide.com/2025/05/medi...
Medicaid Is Life for My Autistic Son — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Medicaid is life for my mostly non-speaking autistic son. Cutting it would remove the services that make his interdependent life possible.
thinkingautismguide.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A piece I wrote yesterday now live on @thinkingautism.com. #HandsOffMedicaid #Autistic #Autism #NY-11
In a surprise to no one: “Experts call Kennedy’s plan to find autism’s cause unrealistic”. I can’t wait for September when RFK Jr. will let me know why I’m autistic. /s
apnews.com/article/auti...
apnews.com/article/auti...
Experts call Kennedy's plan to find autism's cause unrealistic
Many autism experts say the Trump administration's plan to find autism's causes is unrealistic. Health Secretary Robert F.
apnews.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In a surprise to no one: “Experts call Kennedy’s plan to find autism’s cause unrealistic”. I can’t wait for September when RFK Jr. will let me know why I’m autistic. /s
apnews.com/article/auti...
apnews.com/article/auti...
Seriously good news this time. HHS is now saying they will not be creating an autism registry. I’m not opposed to research, but this was not well thought out. And the NIH Council of Councils meeting on 4/21 showed that in spades.
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/hhs-...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/hhs-...
HHS Walks Back “Autism Registry” Plans - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
On Monday, April 21st, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to collect federal and private health data for upcoming autism studies. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dir...
autisticadvocacy.org
April 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Seriously good news this time. HHS is now saying they will not be creating an autism registry. I’m not opposed to research, but this was not well thought out. And the NIH Council of Councils meeting on 4/21 showed that in spades.
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/hhs-...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/hhs-...
And in other news…”a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism, which will be integrated into the data.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
www.cbsnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
And in other news…”a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism, which will be integrated into the data.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
Poetry helps me to get connected with my feelings.
"When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everthing in me that is bewildered and confused."
--Rainer Maria Rilke
"When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everthing in me that is bewildered and confused."
--Rainer Maria Rilke
March 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Poetry helps me to get connected with my feelings.
"When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everthing in me that is bewildered and confused."
--Rainer Maria Rilke
"When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everthing in me that is bewildered and confused."
--Rainer Maria Rilke