Wrote about why there are so many autistic LGBTQ people, and how implying you can't be both is an attack on autistic people's very self-determination. https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4069745-autistic-lgbtq-community-seeks-louder-voice-in-debate/
Autistic LGBTQ people are pushing back against those invoking autism as a way to limit LGBTQ rights, calling it a misunderstanding of both communities that denies their autonomy. Political figu...
Yessss thank you thank you! I'm a queer audhder who serves specifically queer neutodivergent folks and I always appreciate articles on the intersection!
"this is likely a sign of autistic people having a more nuanced understanding of their own identity" THANK YOU, Zack. I've been trying to say this for a while. Neurodiverse folks are used to thinking about our identity, so of course this makes sense that there are more of us!
Omg thank you. 👏👏👏
Important to know about “autism” and autistic people: https://keixcruick90.medium.com/blackness-x-neurodiversity-viii-the-existence-of-autism-harms-both-autistic-people-and-811e4526e9e8
Allistic people’s hostility, hatred of, and apathy towards autistic people because we socialize and communicate differently ruins them…
It’s an untold story. Love and acceptance are one in the same for people like me. A lot of my autism brethren were highly affected by the anti-trans laws because the same processes used gender affirming care are also sometimes needed to treat some cases of autism.
This is fascinating. I’m highlighting autism this week on my NeurNerd posts. Can I use it as my skeet on Saturday to highlight intersectionality?
As someone who is both gay and autistic there are no greater pieces of shit than the people claiming to "protect" me as a smokescreen for their own bigotry.