My mom, frustrated with me as a kid: "Why are you such a literal, black and white thinker?!" Me, undiagnosed: "I'm not, I think in color!"
me before dx: “i can’t be autistic i don’t take things literally” also me before dx: *thought that “only in theaters *insert date*” meant the movie would only be shown on that date*
finally got back into my account! hi friends 👋🏾
i start my new job tomorrow and i’m very nervous for the new venture but also so very excited. i was unemployed for almost 6 months, applied to more than 100 jobs and spent many, many nights in tears. this is a good and welcomed change but still scary
I can finally say i’m a disability educator for a living 🥹 i found a government job creating courses on disability for everyone from fire fighters and police officers to post office workers and librarians. it’s literally a dream come true
It was probably less than a year ago that I put it out into the Universe that I wanted to give a TED talk one day. This May I did just that. That day was so surreal, so incredible, so life changing. https://youtu.be/zHPeKqqvdrA
Autistic people exist in all communities, across all gender identities, races, tax brackets and the sooner society acknowledges this, the better we can work ...
www.autisticsunmasked.org we have some exciting things planned for this year, especially if you’re located in our home city of Boston, MA. check out our website for information on our first fundraiser happening this october
Autistics Advocating for Autistics
itching to announce something i can’t yet
Donate me codes and I’ll bring over explicitly and only BIPOC trans folks because huge swaths of them got left out in the first waves of Bluesky invites 😌
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