The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World)
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Todd D. Woodward (He/Him/Theirs) Father. Husband. NeuroEducation & NeuroRelational Science wonk. AuDHD, Dyslexic. Disability Justice, Emancipatory Autism Studies. Perpetually awkward! #ActuallyAutistic
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Hi, I'm Todd - autistic, ADHD, dyslexic advocate for neurodiversity and disability justice. Welcome to The Autivist! 🌈♾️ Decades in tech, now fully committed to community empowerment and inclusion. #NeurodiversityMatters #Autivist 🧠 [1/4]
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PSA
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
PSA
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
Equity without actively working towards liberation by dismantling systemic oppression, is cosmequity.
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Equity without actively working towards liberation by dismantling systemic oppression, is cosmequity.
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ED is transferring key functions to other agencies, and sources indicate that OSERS may soon be moved to HHS. CEC strongly opposes this change, which would weaken IDEA by placing special education under a health-based model.
Read the full update: exceptionalchildren.org/blog/idea-ri...
Read the full update: exceptionalchildren.org/blog/idea-ri...
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ED is transferring key functions to other agencies, and sources indicate that OSERS may soon be moved to HHS. CEC strongly opposes this change, which would weaken IDEA by placing special education under a health-based model.
Read the full update: exceptionalchildren.org/blog/idea-ri...
Read the full update: exceptionalchildren.org/blog/idea-ri...
I’m not unassuming. I’m Autistic. But thanks for noticing.
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’m not unassuming. I’m Autistic. But thanks for noticing.
Real understanding often looks like productive conflict, not comfortable consensus. When everyone nods along, it usually means no one is really listening.
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Real understanding often looks like productive conflict, not comfortable consensus. When everyone nods along, it usually means no one is really listening.
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Study of interviews with 64 middle-aged women senior leaders finds they purposely broke menopause taboos by talking about it at work, not just because it helped them through difficult days, but also because they knew their leadership roles protected them.
hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
New Research on How Women in Leadership Navigated Menopause
Women who aspire to senior leadership roles face a number of systemic, gendered barriers. But a new study found that dealing with the symptoms of menopause doesn’t have to be one of them. Researchers ...
hbr.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Study of interviews with 64 middle-aged women senior leaders finds they purposely broke menopause taboos by talking about it at work, not just because it helped them through difficult days, but also because they knew their leadership roles protected them.
hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
The active pursuit of equity requires disruption.
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The active pursuit of equity requires disruption.
I read this somewhere recently, but I forget where: “Oppression disables.” And “ableism is a form of control.” Powerful!
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I read this somewhere recently, but I forget where: “Oppression disables.” And “ableism is a form of control.” Powerful!
“Reading is first and foremost a meaning-making process. If you are not reading for meaning, then you are not reading at all.”
—P. David Pearson
—P. David Pearson
November 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Reading is first and foremost a meaning-making process. If you are not reading for meaning, then you are not reading at all.”
—P. David Pearson
—P. David Pearson
Our nearly 12yo AuDHD son already innately understands the double empathy problem and why he gets along better with fellow Autistics.
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Our nearly 12yo AuDHD son already innately understands the double empathy problem and why he gets along better with fellow Autistics.
How would you define real educational inclusion? Go!
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
How would you define real educational inclusion? Go!
The hard part of pushing for change while being a public servant with the heart of an activist, is balancing the knowledge that change takes democratic consensus building and time, with the desire to storm the castle battlements and scale the walls.
October 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The hard part of pushing for change while being a public servant with the heart of an activist, is balancing the knowledge that change takes democratic consensus building and time, with the desire to storm the castle battlements and scale the walls.
Them: “There’s this disability conference and they’re looking for presentation proposals, and I naturally thought about you.”
Me: “Thanks, but I’m not the Seeks-Out-Public-Speaking-Opportunities Autistic.”
Me: “Thanks, but I’m not the Seeks-Out-Public-Speaking-Opportunities Autistic.”
October 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Them: “There’s this disability conference and they’re looking for presentation proposals, and I naturally thought about you.”
Me: “Thanks, but I’m not the Seeks-Out-Public-Speaking-Opportunities Autistic.”
Me: “Thanks, but I’m not the Seeks-Out-Public-Speaking-Opportunities Autistic.”
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” —Audre Lord
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” —Audre Lord
And now for a local story about epistemic ableism and a form of medical ableism called medical paternalism.
‘What If It Had Been Life-Threatening?’
On the morning of Sept. 10, Sarah Reighley, a woman who was born Deaf, arrived at BestMed Urgent Care on West 11th Avenue seeking medical assistance for a bleeding head wound after hitting her head…
eugeneweekly.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
And now for a local story about epistemic ableism and a form of medical ableism called medical paternalism.
Question for today: Does Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs account for Autistic lived experience, our unique development and brains and our needs?
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Question for today: Does Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs account for Autistic lived experience, our unique development and brains and our needs?
September 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Tylenol was introduced in 1955. Autism was given diagnostic criteria in 1911. (But it’s always existed.) So logically, Autism caused Tylenol. 😂
September 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Tylenol was introduced in 1955. Autism was given diagnostic criteria in 1911. (But it’s always existed.) So logically, Autism caused Tylenol. 😂
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I am *so angry*
I just got a text from a colleague who used to work in the biggest emergency room in our area
Her colleague let her know that they're seeing an increase of people coming in with high fevers and that those people are refusing tylenol
not wanting to give a baby w/ fever due to fear
I just got a text from a colleague who used to work in the biggest emergency room in our area
Her colleague let her know that they're seeing an increase of people coming in with high fevers and that those people are refusing tylenol
not wanting to give a baby w/ fever due to fear
high fever (unlike Tylenol) is PROVEN to increase the risk of birth defects, generally congenital heart & jaw defects & Autistic people are fuckin' rad anyway ffs
September 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I am *so angry*
I just got a text from a colleague who used to work in the biggest emergency room in our area
Her colleague let her know that they're seeing an increase of people coming in with high fevers and that those people are refusing tylenol
not wanting to give a baby w/ fever due to fear
I just got a text from a colleague who used to work in the biggest emergency room in our area
Her colleague let her know that they're seeing an increase of people coming in with high fevers and that those people are refusing tylenol
not wanting to give a baby w/ fever due to fear
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Woohoo! Come, you #eugenicist people who need to think #autism is a disease or disorder... block me faster!
5 and counting.... rookie numbers, really.
The #normie #fringe getting big mad because we're not going to take being 'othered'.
Suck it, Normie. If you can't take the science, GTFO.
5 and counting.... rookie numbers, really.
The #normie #fringe getting big mad because we're not going to take being 'othered'.
Suck it, Normie. If you can't take the science, GTFO.
September 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Woohoo! Come, you #eugenicist people who need to think #autism is a disease or disorder... block me faster!
5 and counting.... rookie numbers, really.
The #normie #fringe getting big mad because we're not going to take being 'othered'.
Suck it, Normie. If you can't take the science, GTFO.
5 and counting.... rookie numbers, really.
The #normie #fringe getting big mad because we're not going to take being 'othered'.
Suck it, Normie. If you can't take the science, GTFO.
While I designed my own custom solution based on some very specific use-cases, I highly recommend neurotranslator.ai
Home | NeuroTranslator
Bridging the communication gap between autistic, ADHD, AuDHD and Neurotypical minds.
neurotranslator.ai
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
While I designed my own custom solution based on some very specific use-cases, I highly recommend neurotranslator.ai
The only cures for Autism that are needed is to cure ableism and dismantle the autism industrial complex.
the only Autistic people who support the idea of a cure are the undiagnosed grievance parents
September 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The only cures for Autism that are needed is to cure ableism and dismantle the autism industrial complex.
Dr. Mel King, played by Taylor Dearden, may be one of the most impactful representations for why neurodivergent individuals belong everywhere in professional life, in order to provide neuroaffirming care. #ThePitt
September 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Dr. Mel King, played by Taylor Dearden, may be one of the most impactful representations for why neurodivergent individuals belong everywhere in professional life, in order to provide neuroaffirming care. #ThePitt
This study frames autistic empathy as “lower” rather than DIFFERENT. It reinforces deficit-based thinking & focuses on creating diagnostic tools that could be weaponized against us. Empathy isn’t broken in autism - it’s expressed differently. #EmancipatoryResearch
Autistic individuals and those with social anxiety differ in how they experience empathy, new study suggests #Science #HealthandMedicine #MentalHealth #EmpathyResearch #Autism #SocialAnxiety
Autistic individuals and those with social anxiety differ in how they experience empathy, new study suggests
A new study published in the journal Autism Research indicates that empathy may operate quite differently in individuals with autism spectrum condition compared to those with social anxiety. Both groups...
purescience.news
September 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This study frames autistic empathy as “lower” rather than DIFFERENT. It reinforces deficit-based thinking & focuses on creating diagnostic tools that could be weaponized against us. Empathy isn’t broken in autism - it’s expressed differently. #EmancipatoryResearch
True disability justice calls for economic systems that value interdependence over independence, collective care over individual competition, and accessibility as a default rather than a costly add-on. The most transformative disability justice visions point toward post-capitalist alternatives.
September 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
True disability justice calls for economic systems that value interdependence over independence, collective care over individual competition, and accessibility as a default rather than a costly add-on. The most transformative disability justice visions point toward post-capitalist alternatives.