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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 Personal: @todd.woodward.social
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Dec 26
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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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 5h
Our nearly 12yo AuDHD son already innately understands the double empathy problem and why he gets along better with fellow Autistics.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 6d
How would you define real educational inclusion? Go!
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 6d
Agreed! 💯
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 17d
FYI: Out of deep respect I need to note I made a typo in her last name. It’s “Lorde”. Look her up. Read about her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_L...
Audre Lorde - Wikipedia
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 17d
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.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 18d
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.”
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 19d
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” —Audre Lord
B&W picture of Audre Lord looking contemplative taken in 1980 by K Kendall in Austin, Texas.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 28d
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…
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 29d
It’s not my intention to find a positive in everything about being Autistic. Sometimes it’s difficult to find a positive on the worst days. But often a reframe is needed to remember the function.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 29d
Question for today: Does Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs account for Autistic lived experience, our unique development and brains and our needs?
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 28
I see it differently, as an expression of our Autistic Integrity Function. It serves a purpose, even if it’s not welcome all the time or potentially debilitating.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 28
A classy woman smoking a cigarette with the words, “Make Art, Do Spells, Fuck the System” surrounding her.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 26
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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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 23
You could totally eventually have a side business helping practices with business plans and websites.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 23
Even though I’m biased, I have to say your website is one of the best designed and consistent practice websites I’ve ever seen. If you ever decide to switch careers and be a web designer…
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aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · Sep 23
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
audhd-psychnp.com aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · Sep 23
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
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 23
A colleague said: “Just say paracetamol and they’ll think it’s something different.”
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Yeshes.Online 📎🌻🖖♾️ @yeshes.online · Sep 23
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.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 22
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.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 22
The only cures for Autism that are needed is to cure ableism and dismantle the autism industrial complex.
audhd-psychnp.com aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · Sep 22
the only Autistic people who support the idea of a cure are the undiagnosed grievance parents
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 22
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
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 19
Better research would: involve autistic researchers as equals, use participatory methods, focus on our STRENGTHS, ask how we experience empathy in our own terms, & work toward changes that improve our lives. #AutisticResearchers #EmancipatoryResearch​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 19
Study ignores the double empathy problem - that neurotypical & autistic people struggle equally to understand each other. Instead it reinforces the harmful stereotype that we “lack empathy” - one of the most damaging myths about autism.
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 19
No autistic researchers involved = research ON us, not WITH us. This maintains power imbalances & excludes our expertise about our own experiences. We’re treated as subjects to study rather than knowledgeable partners. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · Sep 19
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
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