Semi-Verbal Autistic 🌈
@autisticventing.bsky.social
Autism is my painful special interest, I'm a L2 semi-verbal autistic 90s baby with a "Greta Thunberg complex" regarding the autism industry. ♿🩼♾️ She/Her. UK. ⚠️ I can't read DMs.
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It's not difficult to recognise autism in girls. You just need to pay attention!
Decades of suffering could be prevented if allistics stopped ignoring female autism.
Decades of suffering could be prevented if allistics stopped ignoring female autism.
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the 21st Century is a primitive, neuronormative century;
the job of this century is to create a 22nd century that looks upon us as primitive, just as we think of Victorian pseudo-science as primitive.
#ActuallyAutistic
the job of this century is to create a 22nd century that looks upon us as primitive, just as we think of Victorian pseudo-science as primitive.
#ActuallyAutistic
December 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
the 21st Century is a primitive, neuronormative century;
the job of this century is to create a 22nd century that looks upon us as primitive, just as we think of Victorian pseudo-science as primitive.
#ActuallyAutistic
the job of this century is to create a 22nd century that looks upon us as primitive, just as we think of Victorian pseudo-science as primitive.
#ActuallyAutistic
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Autism didn’t suddenly appear. Recognition did. There are whole generations who survived without language, support, or understanding, and many are still invisible. 2/2
February 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Autism didn’t suddenly appear. Recognition did. There are whole generations who survived without language, support, or understanding, and many are still invisible. 2/2
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We talk about autistic children more than autistic adults, but what about the lost generations?
How many people were mislabelled, misunderstood, or written off as “difficult,” “lazy,” or “broken” and pushed to the margins of life? 1/2
How many people were mislabelled, misunderstood, or written off as “difficult,” “lazy,” or “broken” and pushed to the margins of life? 1/2
February 6, 2026 at 9:45 AM
We talk about autistic children more than autistic adults, but what about the lost generations?
How many people were mislabelled, misunderstood, or written off as “difficult,” “lazy,” or “broken” and pushed to the margins of life? 1/2
How many people were mislabelled, misunderstood, or written off as “difficult,” “lazy,” or “broken” and pushed to the margins of life? 1/2
the NHS should have a separate team explicitly for diagnosing Autistic girls, it's the only way to prevent fascist clinicians from refusing us healthcare under the excuse of "the traditional masculine Autistics need our help more!"
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
the NHS should have a separate team explicitly for diagnosing Autistic girls, it's the only way to prevent fascist clinicians from refusing us healthcare under the excuse of "the traditional masculine Autistics need our help more!"
The NHS process taught me that autism diagnosis is not supposed to be affirming or empathetic.
Diagnosis is supposed to be abusive, exhausting, traumatic, coercive, gaslighty. It's supposed to make you feel trapped and invisible.
Diagnosis is supposed to be abusive, exhausting, traumatic, coercive, gaslighty. It's supposed to make you feel trapped and invisible.
February 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM
The NHS process taught me that autism diagnosis is not supposed to be affirming or empathetic.
Diagnosis is supposed to be abusive, exhausting, traumatic, coercive, gaslighty. It's supposed to make you feel trapped and invisible.
Diagnosis is supposed to be abusive, exhausting, traumatic, coercive, gaslighty. It's supposed to make you feel trapped and invisible.
The NHS doesn't diagnose autism.
It diagnoses masculinity.
It diagnoses middle class status.
It diagnoses verbality.
It diagnoses "irritating".
It diagnoses masculinity.
It diagnoses middle class status.
It diagnoses verbality.
It diagnoses "irritating".
February 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The NHS doesn't diagnose autism.
It diagnoses masculinity.
It diagnoses middle class status.
It diagnoses verbality.
It diagnoses "irritating".
It diagnoses masculinity.
It diagnoses middle class status.
It diagnoses verbality.
It diagnoses "irritating".
an Autistic girl is the most invisible creature on Earth
a bottle of heinz ketchup next to a plate of food
Alt: invisible person eating meal at table
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
an Autistic girl is the most invisible creature on Earth
I'm so tired of British society pretending to care about "Autistic girls" while systematically driving us to suicide every month.
TERFs can choke on their fake solidarity.
TERFs can choke on their fake solidarity.
February 5, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I'm so tired of British society pretending to care about "Autistic girls" while systematically driving us to suicide every month.
TERFs can choke on their fake solidarity.
TERFs can choke on their fake solidarity.
February 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"Disabled people who can't work are still valuable!"
My Autistic brain struggles with this, especially as people don't specify HOW.
How am I valuable when I have no purpose? The meaning of "value" is a positive attribute you bring to existence.
Plus, living without purpose is boring.
My Autistic brain struggles with this, especially as people don't specify HOW.
How am I valuable when I have no purpose? The meaning of "value" is a positive attribute you bring to existence.
Plus, living without purpose is boring.
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
"Disabled people who can't work are still valuable!"
My Autistic brain struggles with this, especially as people don't specify HOW.
How am I valuable when I have no purpose? The meaning of "value" is a positive attribute you bring to existence.
Plus, living without purpose is boring.
My Autistic brain struggles with this, especially as people don't specify HOW.
How am I valuable when I have no purpose? The meaning of "value" is a positive attribute you bring to existence.
Plus, living without purpose is boring.
Autistic alienation is caused by society failing to mirror me.
My Autistic feelings.
My Autistic needs.
My Autistic behaviours.
My Autistic interests.
And most fundamentally: my Autistic existence.
My Autistic feelings.
My Autistic needs.
My Autistic behaviours.
My Autistic interests.
And most fundamentally: my Autistic existence.
February 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Autistic alienation is caused by society failing to mirror me.
My Autistic feelings.
My Autistic needs.
My Autistic behaviours.
My Autistic interests.
And most fundamentally: my Autistic existence.
My Autistic feelings.
My Autistic needs.
My Autistic behaviours.
My Autistic interests.
And most fundamentally: my Autistic existence.
The goal of the autism industry is to make the numbers of Autistic people as small as possible, through eradication, abusive conversion therapies and diagnostic refusals.
The autism industry is not built for accurate diagnosis, it is built purely for control and eradication.
The autism industry is not built for accurate diagnosis, it is built purely for control and eradication.
The diagnostic process is a bourgeois medical appropriation of natural Autistic existence.
Gatekeeping is part of our ongoing passive genocide.
Gatekeeping is part of our ongoing passive genocide.
February 5, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The goal of the autism industry is to make the numbers of Autistic people as small as possible, through eradication, abusive conversion therapies and diagnostic refusals.
The autism industry is not built for accurate diagnosis, it is built purely for control and eradication.
The autism industry is not built for accurate diagnosis, it is built purely for control and eradication.
The diagnostic process is a bourgeois medical appropriation of natural Autistic existence.
Gatekeeping is part of our ongoing passive genocide.
Gatekeeping is part of our ongoing passive genocide.
February 5, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The diagnostic process is a bourgeois medical appropriation of natural Autistic existence.
Gatekeeping is part of our ongoing passive genocide.
Gatekeeping is part of our ongoing passive genocide.
allistics claim to have emotional intelligence ... but then they treat thousands of Autistic Deaths of Despair as a "mystery"
Dismissing minority stress as "mental illness" is greywashing.
When an Autistic person dies from systemic oppression, their death is often greywashed by services and the media as "mental health problems".
#autism
When an Autistic person dies from systemic oppression, their death is often greywashed by services and the media as "mental health problems".
#autism
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 AM
allistics claim to have emotional intelligence ... but then they treat thousands of Autistic Deaths of Despair as a "mystery"
Dismissing minority stress as "mental illness" is greywashing.
When an Autistic person dies from systemic oppression, their death is often greywashed by services and the media as "mental health problems".
#autism
When an Autistic person dies from systemic oppression, their death is often greywashed by services and the media as "mental health problems".
#autism
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Dismissing minority stress as "mental illness" is greywashing.
When an Autistic person dies from systemic oppression, their death is often greywashed by services and the media as "mental health problems".
#autism
When an Autistic person dies from systemic oppression, their death is often greywashed by services and the media as "mental health problems".
#autism
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how to cope with all the news in the galaxy
February 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
how to cope with all the news in the galaxy
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Hello tiredness
February 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Hello tiredness
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Examples of Echolalia drawn by me (featuring both external and internal types)
Echolalia can look like:
- Externally repeating comforting words ☺️
- One liners that cycle in your head internally from TV shows 🥣
#echolalia #repetition #mimic #vocalstimming #goodsoup
Echolalia can look like:
- Externally repeating comforting words ☺️
- One liners that cycle in your head internally from TV shows 🥣
#echolalia #repetition #mimic #vocalstimming #goodsoup
February 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Examples of Echolalia drawn by me (featuring both external and internal types)
Echolalia can look like:
- Externally repeating comforting words ☺️
- One liners that cycle in your head internally from TV shows 🥣
#echolalia #repetition #mimic #vocalstimming #goodsoup
Echolalia can look like:
- Externally repeating comforting words ☺️
- One liners that cycle in your head internally from TV shows 🥣
#echolalia #repetition #mimic #vocalstimming #goodsoup
🥺💖 Worf is such a darling
Commander Riker,
I regret I must cancel our game today, as you seem unwell. Beating a sick man would be dishonorable.
Worf
I regret I must cancel our game today, as you seem unwell. Beating a sick man would be dishonorable.
Worf
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
🥺💖 Worf is such a darling
The NHS confirmed my suicidal thoughts.
They confirmed that I am not welcome on this planet, I don't fit this planet, and that I don't deserve basic human rights. They confirmed that there's no meaningful pathway for me, that the autistic life is pointless.
They confirmed that I am not welcome on this planet, I don't fit this planet, and that I don't deserve basic human rights. They confirmed that there's no meaningful pathway for me, that the autistic life is pointless.
January 31, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The NHS confirmed my suicidal thoughts.
They confirmed that I am not welcome on this planet, I don't fit this planet, and that I don't deserve basic human rights. They confirmed that there's no meaningful pathway for me, that the autistic life is pointless.
They confirmed that I am not welcome on this planet, I don't fit this planet, and that I don't deserve basic human rights. They confirmed that there's no meaningful pathway for me, that the autistic life is pointless.
Autistic burnout feels like going insane. I am cosmically overwhelmed.
January 30, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Autistic burnout feels like going insane. I am cosmically overwhelmed.
I have an ongoing, rational fear of being punished by some legal apparatus of society because I'm not able to access
[insert bureaucratic thing].
It's a rational fear because it has happened before, and it will happen again.
[insert bureaucratic thing].
It's a rational fear because it has happened before, and it will happen again.
January 30, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I have an ongoing, rational fear of being punished by some legal apparatus of society because I'm not able to access
[insert bureaucratic thing].
It's a rational fear because it has happened before, and it will happen again.
[insert bureaucratic thing].
It's a rational fear because it has happened before, and it will happen again.
As I approach 30 I have realised that "this is it". There's no momentous moment where I meet a real expert in autism & autistic physiology.
There's no narrative arc towards justice. There's no apology. There's no healing. No help. Nobody is coming to save me & I will die alone at some point.
There's no narrative arc towards justice. There's no apology. There's no healing. No help. Nobody is coming to save me & I will die alone at some point.
Disabled life is so exhausting.
There is no social care and no family members to be your carer. There is no healthcare. All adaptations have to be bought yourself with £. All travel arrangements have to be organized yourself, but understanding complicated tasks is one of my disabilities.
There is no social care and no family members to be your carer. There is no healthcare. All adaptations have to be bought yourself with £. All travel arrangements have to be organized yourself, but understanding complicated tasks is one of my disabilities.
January 30, 2026 at 10:23 PM
As I approach 30 I have realised that "this is it". There's no momentous moment where I meet a real expert in autism & autistic physiology.
There's no narrative arc towards justice. There's no apology. There's no healing. No help. Nobody is coming to save me & I will die alone at some point.
There's no narrative arc towards justice. There's no apology. There's no healing. No help. Nobody is coming to save me & I will die alone at some point.
Disabled life is so exhausting.
There is no social care and no family members to be your carer. There is no healthcare. All adaptations have to be bought yourself with £. All travel arrangements have to be organized yourself, but understanding complicated tasks is one of my disabilities.
There is no social care and no family members to be your carer. There is no healthcare. All adaptations have to be bought yourself with £. All travel arrangements have to be organized yourself, but understanding complicated tasks is one of my disabilities.
January 30, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Disabled life is so exhausting.
There is no social care and no family members to be your carer. There is no healthcare. All adaptations have to be bought yourself with £. All travel arrangements have to be organized yourself, but understanding complicated tasks is one of my disabilities.
There is no social care and no family members to be your carer. There is no healthcare. All adaptations have to be bought yourself with £. All travel arrangements have to be organized yourself, but understanding complicated tasks is one of my disabilities.
The autism industry ruined "science" for me. That apparatus of oppression, appropriated from Autistic culture, is driving Autistic people to death and insanity.
How am I supposed to enjoy a subject that has been weaponized to erase the sacred truth?
#ActuallyAutistic
How am I supposed to enjoy a subject that has been weaponized to erase the sacred truth?
#ActuallyAutistic
January 29, 2026 at 6:41 AM
The autism industry ruined "science" for me. That apparatus of oppression, appropriated from Autistic culture, is driving Autistic people to death and insanity.
How am I supposed to enjoy a subject that has been weaponized to erase the sacred truth?
#ActuallyAutistic
How am I supposed to enjoy a subject that has been weaponized to erase the sacred truth?
#ActuallyAutistic