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Accessibility

On Being Overwhelmed By Grocery Shopping While Autistic

Posted on August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 by Ann Memmott

Autistic brains can be in danger of overload while grocery shopping. When that happens autistics needs a quiet space—fast. But there are usually none in big stores.

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Accessibility

April and Accommodations: Listen To What I Tell You!

Posted on April 6, 2022May 9, 2022 by Grace Trumpower

Listen to me. Please. I went to therapy for countless hours over countless years to be able to identify and express my needs and now that I finally can, it seems like it doesn’t matter.

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Accessibility

April and Accommodations: Accessible Health Care — Not By Phone!

Posted on April 1, 2022May 27, 2022 by Anne Borden King

Something that would make my life easier would be accessible virtual health care; in other
words, NOT by phone.

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Accessibility

Please Stop Playing “Gotcha” With Autistic Accommodations

Posted on January 18, 2022May 10, 2022 by Anne Corwin

Pro tip: it’s fine to want to understand your autistic friends’ sensory and accommodations issues, etc., but please don’t frame it as a “Gotcha.”

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Accessibility

We Asked An Epidemiologist: COVID-19 Vaccine Myths and Facts

Posted on December 16, 2020April 7, 2022 by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

“I like to remind people that health departments and institutions are not just the buildings: There’s mothers and fathers and uncles and aunts and brothers and sisters working there. And we have people who we care about, people who are from all walks of life. And we are doing it for them as well.”

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Accessibility

Understanding Competing Accessibility Needs

Posted on October 18, 2018June 14, 2023 by Brooke Winters

Accessibility is too important for us to ignore just because it can be difficult or unpopular. We also can’t choose one group and decide to make everything accessible to them, and inaccessible to other people.

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thinkingautism thinkingautism.bsky.social @thinkingautism ·
5 Dec

You will have more luck toilet training an autistic child if you understand the role of interoception, meaning how their bodies perceive and process signals. (Interoception challenges are also why some autistic adults still struggle.) By @kmahlerkmahler:

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clearautism ∞ Clear Autism ∞ @clearautism ·
5 Dec

I sometimes wonder how many "introverted autistic" types wouldn't be introverted at all if they hadn't been shamed, bullied or abused into masking when they showed their authentic selves?

The so-called social disability seems more like society's *inability* to accept difference.

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thinkingautism thinkingautism.bsky.social @thinkingautism ·
5 Dec

"#ProfoundAutism" lobbyists claim autistic advocates advocates deny intellectual disability. This is spin.

Autistic advocates like @JustStimming know the problem is that those lobbyists don't treat their kids like humans UNLESS they have "intact minds":

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shannonrosa shannonrosa.bsky.social @shannonrosa ·
4 Dec

I wrote this three years ago, still true. And really want to emphasize that "If your child does lose their ability to cope, and especially if they have a meltdown, do your best to keep them safe instead of punishing them for being overwhelmed."

Free link:

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