#Meltdowns

Dominick Evans

dominickevans

When I was a kid, and teenager especially, I would have outbursts where I would rant and scream at the top of my lungs and rage, particularly when I was

Kim Crawley

kim_crawley

Regarding meltdowns and Sia's toxic ableism:I'm autistic and yet I haven't had a meltdown for five years now. Because I have control of my life and almost 100% control of

autistictic

autistictic

When will parents of autistic children understand that having and spreading harmful attitudes re autism doesn‘t help them, nor their children in any way whatsoever?That all it does is harm

Kim Crawley

kim_crawley

I have many thoughts about the 13 year old autistic boy who was almost murdered by the cops, now in critical condition...1. All anger toward the cops is completely justified.

🦋 A. F. B. V. 🦋

BeAffirmed

Fandom antis strip the “fiction vs reality” argument of nuance. Decent people know not to copy unhealthy sex taboos. What about the portrayal of disability?Why is the autistic community angry

The Autisticats

autisticats

CW: autistic meltdown, prone restraint, death This is an extremely hard thing for me to write about. But in Sia’s new movie, the autistic character Music is shown having several

Mark Greene

RemakingManhood

THREAD: "Karen" mask meltdowns. These women attacking store staff for asking them to wear a mask are the result of generations of domination-based white culture. Always the rule has been

caution: extremely fluffy

deltaryz

As a kid, I cried a lot. In public. If anything stressed me out enough (and MANY things would) I would snap and go into meltdown.What I needed most in

AutisticPB #KindnessMatters 💙

AutisticPb

Here is a list of #autism traits that are frequently misinterpreted as "bad behaviour" (short thread):Firstly, stimming. It's misinterpreted as a distraction and bad behaviour but it actually helps them

lex

postlexical

Did not make it 30 minutes into convention before a caucus claimed that medicare for all is “conservative and statist” and “should be replaced by councils of disabled advocates” Before

Michael Malice

michaelmalice

We win by focusing on their tactics instead of on their alleged arguments, which they have no loyalty to and discard as soon as they are no longer of use.

ExpectedChelsea

ExpectedChelsea

Chelsea fans should not get too ahead of themselves after merely one win vs Burnley. The signs are very promising, of course, but talks of a title push and such

Jen 🤦🏻‍♀️

a_brick_house

#meltdowns from the perspective of an #ActuallyAutistic adult STOP COMPARING THEM TO TRUMP’s TANTRUMS! A VERY IMPORTANT THREAD CW/ TW: Swearing (a lot..) self-injury/ self-harm. ED. 1. It’s

Terrapod

Terrapodoic

#autism #stimming #anxiety Probably a thread.My partner just opened up to me about the fact that my stimming while talking about emotional or stressful subjects has caused her trauma. Background:

Karl Knights

Inadarkwood

So, let's recap. The lead actor of Sia's movie isn't autistic, and in preparation for her role, she watched Youtube videos of autistic children's meltdowns (undoubtedly filmed by their parents.)

GhillieGuide

Ghillie_Guide

Autistic people are, by the diagnostic criteria, disadvantaged in social situations by our inability to conform to normsWhen large celebrity accounts gaslight already angry #ActuallyAutistic advocates this is magnified 100x

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