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California, USA
Joined March 2013
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I am shocked and saddened to learn of the unexpected death of my friend and colleague, @stevesilberman last night. I'd always hoped for a chance to collaborate again. Co-writing this article with him was a true joy. He will be deeply missed. thinkingautismguide.com/2018…
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Those of you close to me know how long Mercury Muse has taken to grow from thought to offering. This journey! If you like to write and you are open to using astrological archetypes as oracles and muses come to my free astro-writing rituals!
It’s finally happening! The first New Moon Monday is on the 8th. If you miss it, there will be a re-play and you can join the next NMM in May. Sign up and join in, live or recorded. This ritual is free. mercurymuse.com/?page_id=31
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What if teachers were subjected to the kind of rewards-based classroom-management system (including a behavior chart) that's commonly used to control students? This thread describes the eye-opening results of a brief, informal experiment: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1…
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That article is "selling" hiring ND people to benefit from those same traits that get weaponized against us in every work place: driving us away, burning us out, killing a fair number of us.
i have found that workplaces don’t like ‘rule followers’ and those who speak up for themselves or others when there is wrongdoing. i have found it is a reason why people dislike me in workplace. so i don’t know what this article is talking about.
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I am delighted to say that we have two new papers out @journalautism! On an overlooked topic: Autistic people's financial wellbeing – or, how much people feel in control over their day-to-day finances and how much freedom they have to make choices to enjoy life 1/6
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This essay, published 2 years ago, is so well laid out, thought through, researched, and written. Planned ignoring harmed me in ways that are still disrupting my life at age 56. Planned Ignoring is Actually Emotional Abuse just1voice.com/ebih5zg0-t via @TessaTechArtist
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Something people might not realize about Florida: they don't test car emissions, cities I've lived in leave camping homeless people alone, they don't have a state income tax. Mostly FL leaves you be .....all of which highlights how brutal the active war against Trans people is.
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I've been seeing the script names and feeling frustrated because they're harder to read with my eyes. Then I saw this post and realized that's nothing compared to what a screenreader does with it
You 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 it's 𝒸𝓊𝓉ℯ to 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 your tweets and usernames 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖆𝖞. But have you 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 to what it 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 with assistive technologies like 𝓥𝓸𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓞𝓿𝓮𝓻?
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I wrote a blog post for Harvard Law's "Bill of Health" blog about autistic children and screen time.
Today in @ashleyshoo's "Addressing Technoableism" symposium: @unstrangemind on autistic screen time blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.…
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Not only a contributor; I was consulting producer for this project. So thrilled by the talented creatives we gathered and highlighted!
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Currently recruiting for lived experience advisory group (paid ✔️) for #Autistic led study on breast cancer See link👇👇
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Absolutely incredible authors' note:
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Do people realise that autistic adults were once autistic children? That just because we’re alive and communicating doesn’t mean we didn’t develop completely differently to everyone else, haven’t been traumatised at every stage of life and not constantly managing burnout. 🤦🤷‍♀️
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This important study looks promising. I hope the researchers leave space for transgender autists and autists of color to have their fully intersectional selves represented in the results. The experience of breast cancer can be very different for multiply marginalized autists.
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Here's my version of what my tone of voice is perceived as as an autistic person -
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Article interviews @milton_damian & @shannonrosa but omits both have adult autistic child who’d qualify for “profound autism”, but both oppose term. It mentions but misgenders Jim Sinclair & omits lack of speech until age 12. Neglects @aneeman’s PhD studies. Unnecessary division!
After decades of exclusion from decision-making in research, some autistic people are fiercely fighting for a seat at the table. But the issue is more complex than just a power struggle. bit.ly/3j26ReP
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Many people asking recently "why is an #hEDS diagnosis important if there's nothing I can do about it?" There's a simple answer and a complex one. Simply: because that's not TRUE - there's LOADS we can do about it. A brief 🧵
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