Sarah Akin

Billie Holiday - Solitude (Audio) YouTube video by BillieHolidayVEVO

I was listening to Billie Holiday...and George thought it was a cat.
(Everything I love is secretly cats.)
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Nicely done.

"The solution to the problems in autism research is not just to 'science harder.' To the contrary. Autism researchers and professionals would do well to make peace with that fact that autistic people can’t be slotted into a taxonomic flow chart as if we’re a sub-species of the human race."

Both autistic and schizophrenic people are demonized and dehumanized in our society.
Both groups are met with hostility when they appear too accepting of themselves.
Frith's statement only reveals whose humanization is most threatening to her.

Why don't we ever see this moral panic about "glamorizing" NON-autistic people?
'Cause there's a lot of that.

String is scary. I once had to pull a long string out of Emilia's mouth. I don't know if that was actually the right thing to do, but she was alright afterwards.

About this new "I-ACC" panel Alison Singer has put together to counter RFK's pseudoscience garbage vortex IACC:

This is NOT good news for autistic people, because Singer loathes (and never stops trying to smear) autistic advocates. You should always be very skeptical of her autism projects. 1/

Hi! My Emilia would sometimes eat things that weren't food. To this day, I feel anxious leaving plastic bags out.

My cat loves to play on tissue paper.
If you have some tissue paper, put it on the floor for your cat.

Illustration by Nina Denysova, 1970s

Find & apply for financial support | Lightning Reach Lightning Reach is a support portal that makes it easy for people to find and apply for a wide range financial support in one place. Get your personalised list of support, from charitable grants, loca...

I applied for help with my heating earlier in the year through a website called lightning reach and I got so many free things from it. I got draft excluders, lightbulbs, hot water bottles, a flask, a huge electric blanket and loads more. I thought I’d share incase anyone else wants to apply

Autistic stimming is functional, and can be soothing and natural. Although sometimes the function of stimming is to to indicate distress—which means the distress needs to be investigated, NOT that the stim needs to be eliminated.

Seeing what happened to people my age who *were* diagnosed as children, I don’t envy that experience.

I do wish that I’d had more effective supports younger.

It’s complicated.

Our internet was down for almost a week.
I could use my phone's data but sparingly.
I read. I cleaned. I thought my own thoughts. I played with my cat.
The burning knot in my stomach went away.
Anyway, I'm back.

Today is the disability day of mourning, a day to mourn the loss of disabled people who were killed by their caregivers, and the way that society responds to these deaths.

Twiglet the Robin in the Cherry Plum Tree last June 🪶 #birds #DDOR

Light blue ballet tutu with attached camisole with ornate gold appliqués

Remember that there is beauty in the world! Thought you would appreciate this gorgeous tutu, I get to be surrounded by eight dancers in these beauties, love my job!
🩰 #dance #ballet

Support worker held boiling kettle over autistic resident's mouth Graham Dale was employed as a support worker at Daldorch House when the incident occurred in July 2024.

#Oliverscampaign
How could anyone be so wicked?

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We do need earlier autism diagnoses so more autistic kids can get beneficial supports as early as possible. But I get irritated by these articles that hammer on about goals like mainstreaming kids, or getting them jobs. NO. Autistic kids deserve supports even if they are never "productive" FFS. 2/2

Snow covered street.

Blizzard of '26.

I feel so unsafe on social media now.
I'm grateful for the people who are just here to document their days, offer kindness, and do their very best to manage their own mental health.
But no amount of blocking, muting, and unfollowing reduces the terrifying swarm.

Why Certainty Feels Like Safety And what it costs to need it

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If it does, I'll know it's from you. 🤍

Snow covered street.

The view out my window.

🕯️ Thumbelina |Art by Arlene Graston 1974

There was always a personality type that couldn't just, say, plant a garden. They had to start shouting to everyone they met that "we need to bring back gardening!" and insist all other hobbies were inferior and worthless.

Social media allowed those people to totally take over the discourse.

SF Ballet in "Within the Golden Hour" YouTube video by San Francisco Ballet

Youtube's algorithm just randomly showed me a 13 year old ad:
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(This ballet—maybe even this video—is how I first discovered the composer Ezio Bosso.)

I'm looking for advice.

If you have a portable/collapsible washing machine for your clothes that works well for you, can you please send me your recommendation?

Thank you!

Tyra Banks' head on a stick won't solve all your problems, internet.

Painting brings joy and happiness. Happy Sunday!