In this meta-analysis of 40 studies incl 5,619,584 participants we found that #autistic individuals are more than 2X likely to have had at least 1 adverse childhood experience, incl all types of abuse, neglect, violence, bullying etc., than a non-autistic person.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
me, reading all of you on bluesky: the american experiment is over. we know not what hell we enter over the coming years
me, writing an email: Hi! I hope this finds you well.
7) Use the phrase "might as well" to call when you have time. Doesn't have to be a big deal / planned scheduled thing. On a lunch break? call yr reps. Taking the dog out? Call yr reps. Smoke break? Plz consider quitting but also call your reps.
8) Validate your anxiety. It's ok to be nervous!
4) Walk around & PACE if that helps you. Keep your mind focused on moving your body so it isn't overthinking the call
5) If you get nervous & hang up that's ok. You're helping by lighting up those phone lines.
6) The busy signal is a sound of VICTORY, not a clue your call is a bother. Keep it up!
Tips for Autistics to shake phone anxiety & call reps:
1) Body double, live or virtual. Have a friend call!
2) Have a written script! it's ok to sound like you're reading directly from it. You don't need to mask, but you DO need to be clear
3) Have 1-3 SPECIFIC issues to address. Ex: DOE & RFK!
Let’s talk burnout #actuallyautistic #autism #burnout
hate it when i stand up too quickly and i get dizzy and society collapses
![This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters.
Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sox6xar4qdc3ujhi5h4whtlh/bafkreiazjyxk6foryp6lzxcqbls62uaokwhjrjmnzg5uqpdimg77xrt26a)
This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters. Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.
Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
wow just logged off and there are problems there too
Whenever this comes up I think about how the first person diagnosed with autism was alive until 2023
I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
“They will never, no matter what happens, take trans joy away.”
Our resilience is in our joy. No politician can take that from us.
I hope you will all join me in expressing your thanks to the NIH and NSF staff who are working in an impossibly difficult and chaotic environment to keep science going in our country.
Satire: I dream of a world where every neurocutie can recognise our unique strengths, & realise autism doesn’t have to hold us back! If we all just had the right support & £10K from our parents, we’d be free to be our neurosquiggly selves. @thedailytism.bsky.social:
thedailytism.com/neurozesty-n...
Autistic Lexicon
Autism Community vs. Autistic Community.
The *Autistic* Community is inclusive of anyone who is Autistic (with a diagnosis of ASD or not)
The *Autism* Community is arguably anyone/anything that has any connection to Autism and is a much larger.
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
RFK Jr. wants evidence that vaccines do not cause autism.
The evidence is there. He refuses to see it.
I've spent the last decade chronicling how the lies of people like RFK Jr. has actively harmed #ActuallyAutistic people and their loved ones. I spent Kennedy's confirmation with his biggest fans as they repeated his lies.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
An illustration of a tiger protecting cubs colored in Trans and nonbinary flag colors. Says: "protect trans & nonbinary kids!"
We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
if it wasn't they wouldnt try so hard to take it from you everyday
This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
Autism advocates say they are fearful that if RFK Jr. is confirmed, it could undermine years of progress in unlinking autism and vaccines, while potentially diverting research dollars to a theory already discredited by hundreds of studies worldwide.
You don’t always have to try your best, sometimes you can even try your worst just as a little treat
many people are saying www.congress.gov/contact-us
Can’t even begin to imagine the pain of that, but thank you for being a voice for us right now
Want to get through to your elected officials, but not sure how? Check out our toolkit all about civic engagement!
So Trump's shutting down of the entire government's funding system for American projects is literally so he can go line by line and target transgender people and other minorities.
When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.
we could sit together and do nothing all day— i'd still be the happiest
Please share our FREE support group guide for anyone wanting to create affirming spaces for autistic transgender and gender diverse young adults. Thank you! #AutRes #Autism #LGBT
