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♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 5h

Why are some people STILL finding ways to divide (and try to conquer) #Autistic people by categorising them into #ProfoundAutism (tragic! bad!) and "Highly Sensitive People" (barely autistic at all! far more acceptable!)

We've a better way of explaining neurological variety now:

Neurodiversity.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 18h

"Because of the media's relentless negativity, fearmongering, & pseudoscience in covering autism, “ #profoundAutism " communities are often magnets for parents whose goal is to cure or treat autism, instead of understanding how to support an autistic child."

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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 20h

We just published "Decolonizing autism research: Integrating indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 29m

Unfounded claims about an “autism epidemic” usually come from news or media outlets that are trying to sell stories, or from grievance parent-led orgs that focus more on eliminating autism than on supporting autistic people. At TPGA.

thinkingautismguide.com/2023/03/auti... #autism #neurodiversity

Autism Rates Are Now 1 in 36. Here's Why That Is a Good Thing.

The new 1 in 36 autism rate means the CDC is getting better at finding and diagnosing existing autism, not finding higher autism rates.

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 17h

President Trump and Secretary RFK Jr. continued to spread untrue info about autism today. They said people who were circumcised were more likely to be autistic. This is not true. It is another example of lies that hurt autistic people and our families.

Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 15d

Monday’s press conference with President Trump, RFK, and other members of HHS leadership contained false and harmful information about autism, acetaminophen, and vaccines. Read our full statement in formal language and plain language here: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/09/asan...

ASAN Condemns Administration's Rampant Misinformation about Autism, Acetaminophen, and Vaccines; Calls for Respectful, Fact-Based Approach - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

On September 22nd, President Trump, RFK, and other members of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leadership held a press conference that contained false and harmful information about…

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 18h

The circumcision comment is gutter antisemitism

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 15h

6 in 10 adults disapprove of Kennedy's work; even among MAHA supporters, 30% disapprove. via @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/h...

Trust in federal health leadership is failing under RFK Jr., new poll finds | CNN

Most of the American public does not approve of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running the nation’s health agencies, according to a new KFF poll, and there’s erosion of trust in reliable vaccine inf...

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 18h

YES: “If parents get their information about parenting autistic kids from the autistic community, they will find people who think their kids are awesome and deserve to be happy, and want their parents to feel the same way. The parents will learn about autism from people who had autistic childhoods.”

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 18h

"Because of the media's relentless negativity, fearmongering, & pseudoscience in covering autism, “ #profoundAutism " communities are often magnets for parents whose goal is to cure or treat autism, instead of understanding how to support an autistic child."

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 18h

"Because of the media's relentless negativity, fearmongering, & pseudoscience in covering autism, “ #profoundAutism " communities are often magnets for parents whose goal is to cure or treat autism, instead of understanding how to support an autistic child."

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 18h

"The 'autism epidemic' is a non-problem. Autism has always existed and it always will. To throw precious resources into trying to prevent its very genesis is not only futile but grossly wasteful." -Wendy House

www.dukechronicle.com/article/who-... #autism #neurodiversity

On Tylenol, autism and medical anti-intellectualism

Recent Tylenol-acetaminophen linkage announcement belies and aims to conceal the decay of research being perpetrated by the Trump administration.

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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 1d

Language hack - When talking about "autism", replace autism with "tall" and see if it makes sense:

"The tall community has opinions about new tall research that came out recently, about the increased risk of tall."

Now write it correctly, using tall, and then replace "tall" with "autistic".

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

Neurodiversity-Lite is a diluted, performative version of #Neurodiversity —using its language without its substance; followed & practiced by those who wield its concepts superficially, without understanding them or why they matter. By @kieranrose.bsky.social:

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The Danger of Misunderstanding Neuro-Affirming Practice - The Autistic Advocate

In this balanced and reflective article Kieran Rose discusses the dangers of misunderstanding neuro-affirming practice.

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David L 🏳️‍⚧️ @finitisminmath.bsky.social · 1d

Link, truly the Hero of Time. #freelink

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

"If you removed our autism you would remove us. Everything you love &hate about us would be gone. We'd fundamentally be completely different ppl. So if you love an autistic person, their autism is part of what you love about them." By @autiebiographical.bsky.social:

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Autie-biographical Comics

You can't love someone but hate their autism. It's a part of who we are. Yes, you can dislike parts of our autism, like I'm sure there are parts of other people you don't like. However, the parts of.....

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

TPGA wouldn't be TPGA without you, Carol. xoxoxox

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

Neurodiversity-Lite is a diluted, performative version of #Neurodiversity —using its language without its substance; followed & practiced by those who wield its concepts superficially, without understanding them or why they matter. By @kieranrose.bsky.social:

theautisticadvocate.com/the-danger-o...

The Danger of Misunderstanding Neuro-Affirming Practice - The Autistic Advocate

In this balanced and reflective article Kieran Rose discusses the dangers of misunderstanding neuro-affirming practice.

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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 1d

„Space law impacts your ability to see the night sky when you go camping. It impacts your ability to navigate around the world, your phone’s GPS, who has access to that, and who doesn’t. Space is a place where we have an opportunity—though it’s fading—to fight for a different type of humanity.“

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 3d

Are rising prices and inflation eating into your or a loved one’s Social Security payments? Want to talk about it with a reporter for a news article? DM or email sluterman at 19thnews dot org.

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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 2d

“We need so many people to care, so many people to say that, ‘I am willing to make financial and social sacrifices, professional sacrifices, in order to build a better world.’Whoever is questioning whether or not they should do that, I want them to know that they can, and it’ll be okay”

I miss Link

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

"Just to be clear: A lack of recognition, supports, & accommodations & the presence of co-occurring conditions does not mean that some people have “profound autism.” Autistic people are all autistic. Period." From @ejwillingham.bsky.social in the new TPGA newsletter.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 2d

I had no idea this was Link's day job. Imagine being a space lawyer and a legendary shitposter

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Monster-Theory Medium Dave @azzageddi.myatproto.social · 2d

This is AJ Link, known here as Łink. He's awesome. He's been permabanned for basically just making the CEO, Jay Graber, mad. This was a monumentally stupid decision that, AFAICT, may result in the collapse of Bluesky due to a loss of trust, but we'll see. The smart thing to do would be to #FreeŁink

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 2d

I don't understand how Link can be exiled. He never hurt anyone, he helps crowdfund for our most vulnerable. He tries to help. He shared a snarky meme. We all do that. Singal Inc. has led to a lot of very vulnerable people getting hurt. He gets to slither on by.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 2d

“Since this new administration took office, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities has increased at triple the normal rate of unemployment,” said Josh Josa, who worked for the federal government for over a decade. “People with disabilities, it’s harder for them to find jobs.”

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s sad—the federal government was a leader for many years in hiring people with disabilities,” Sara Fernandez told me. “The disabled population is where you’ll [find] such bright, successful, creative people, and we change the world.”

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

"Just to be clear: A lack of recognition, supports, & accommodations & the presence of co-occurring conditions does not mean that some people have “profound autism.” Autistic people are all autistic. Period." From @ejwillingham.bsky.social in the new TPGA newsletter.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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