AUTISTICTIC

An autism blog written by an actually autistic

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WHY I DON'T CALL AUTISM AN INVISIBLE DISABILITY - AUTISTICTIC

Many people call autism an "invisible disability" because, as they say, you can't tell someone is autistic just from looking at them. I challenge that view and explain why.

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AGGRESSION - THE WEAPONIZATION OF A FALSE LABEL TO UNDERMINE DEVELOPMENTALLY/INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PEOPLE'S HUMAN RIGHTS - AUTISTICTIC

How and why people commonly weaponize the label "aggression" against developmentally and/or intellectually disabled people, why that's bad, and how to stop it.

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AUTISM AND SELF INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR - AUTISTICTIC

Self-injurious behavior gets discussed a lot - but it's not often that we hear from it from a lived experience. Lets change that and break the stigma!

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AUTISM AND RULES - AUTISTICTIC

Five things about rules and autistic people that can serve to creating a more autistic-friendly approach to rule-making and rule-teaching.

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WORTHLESS - AUTISTICTIC

Worthless. I am worthless. Worth less. It’s not just a feeling I am giving a name to. It’s a painful, lifelong reality I am speaking truth to.

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15 TIPS FOR SURVIVING THE SUMMER HEAT - AUTISTICTIC

Nobody ever taught me how to make the summer heat more bearable. I had to learn over years of suffering. Here are my 15 tips for surviving the summer heat, so that others don't suffer as I did.

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BOLTING - AUTISTIC SUDDEN FLIGHT EXPLAINED - AUTISTICTIC

Bolting - the sudden flight phenomenon in autistic people explained from lived experience and without harmful behaviorist approaches.

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Report regarding Color the Spectrum and Next for Autism detailing change effected through autistic advocacy, creating a record of events, holding NEXT for Autism accountable, and as a call to action for the future.

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AutisticSciencePerson on Twitter

“A few #ActuallyAutistic advocates have some information about the #ColorTheSpectrum event. Please share. #AutismAcceptanceMonth https://t.co/v7OttzN3o9”

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THE FLOATING NOTHINGNESS - LIFE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL TOPOGRAPHICAL DISORIENTATION - AUTISTICTIC

What is it like when "I don't have a sense of direction." isn't just a half-joking sentiment, but the disability Developmental Topographical Disorientation?

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AUTISM SELF-DIAGNOSIS...YAY OR NAY? - AUTISTICTIC

What is self-diagnosis? What is self-diagnosis not? Why do some people support it, and others oppose it? Should we accept autism self-diagnosis or not? Why?

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I CAN'T WEAR A MASK - AUTISTICTIC

Anti-Maskers are loud about not wearing masks. Pro-Maskers are loud about there not being any valid excuse not to wear a mask. What about people who legitimately struggle with masks?

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NAUTSPLAINING

(to) nautsplain PRONUNCIATION: nawt-spleyn │ / ˈnɔtspleɪn /

Blends non-autistic and explain.

VERB

[1] a non-autistic person commenting on or explaining something autism-related, usually to an autistic person. Often in a condescending, overconfident, inaccurate, or generalized manner. [2] a non-autistic person speaking for or over autistic people on something autism-related.

EXAMPLES:

This non-autistic person just nautsplained my own autism to me. Dear non-autistics, please don’t nautsplain autism. Listen to autistic people! Please stop nautsplaining.

OTHER WORDS FROM NAUTSPLAIN

nautsplainer PRONUNCIATION: nawt-spley-nuh │ / ˈnɔtspleɪnə(r) /

NOUN, singular [plural: nautsplainers]

[1] a person who nautsplains.

EXAMPLES:

That person is a nautsplainer. These nautsplainers keep talking about autism as if they know what they’re talking about.

nautsplanation PRONUNCATION: nawt-spluh-ney-shuhn │ / nɔtspləˈneɪʃən /

NOUN, singular [plural: nautsplanations]

[1] the act or process of nautsplaining.

EXAMPLES:

I am autistic, I really don’t need your nautsplanation. I wish non-autistics would stop it with their false, harmful nautsplanations.

nautsplaining PRONUNCIATION: nawt-spley-ning │ / nɔtˈspleɪnɪŋ /

NOUN, [uncounted, has no plural]

[1] the act or process of nautsplaining.

EXAMPLES:

Can non-autistic people please stop the nautsplaining?! I had to read way too much nautsplaining today.

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A NEW TERM FOR AN AGE-OLD PROBLEM (to) nautsplain PRONUNCIATION: nawt-spleyn │ / ˈnɔtspleɪn / Blends non-autistic and explain. VERB [1] a non-autistic person commenting on or explaining something autism-related, usually to an autistic person. Often in a condescending, overconfident, inaccurate, or generalized manner. [2] a non-autistic person speaking for or over autistic people on

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"SILENCING-AUTISTIC-PEOPLE" BINGO - AUTISTICTIC

The "SILENCING-AUTISTIC-PEOPLE BINGO" - a bingo card showing off 25 common silencing tactics people use against autistic people, to try to silence them.