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Finally ready to share my new website! Presenting my very own Squarespace. Check out the variety of items! I'm constantly adding more, and am also open to custom requests!
I'm not in any dire financial straights, but I have no other income. Every purchase will be supporting me and helping me not have to struggle with being a disabled/mentally ill employee in the United States of Capitalism hahaha.
Same exact playbook, down to the "but it was based on a lie."
literally the same people doing it as well
I cannot overstate how much the modern conversion therapy movement is about 50 people who all have names and addresses and who simply will. not. fuck. off.
crossposting from bsky - glad I stopped using spotify when I did and that I unlinked it from my discord, but still
[ reddit thread | bsky post ]
Everything after (and including!) the question mark is the identifier. Destroy it!
Autistic people when they start seeing those fuckass puzzle pieces popping up everywhere on April 1st
please stop treating the word neurodivergent like it means the overlap between autism and adhd
i dont know how to articulate this well but some of you act like neurodiversity starts with adhd and ends with autism. you talk about "the neurodivergent experience" and everytime you mean "the overlapping experience of adhd and autism."
please remember us when talking about neurodiversity. ocd, dyslexia, dyscaculia, personality disorders, tourettes, intellectual disabilities, schizo-spec disorders, etc. all fall under neurodiversity.
please stop saying neurodivergent when you mean "autism and adhd."
this post is okay to reblog but do not clown on it
I am once again adding this graphic from Lived Experience Educator
National Voter Registration Day!
Are you registered? Have you registered? Do you want to, but your state government is being a dick about it? Do you need ID?
Don't worry--get help
Register to vote in your state -Vote.gov
How to register to vote - USAgov
Now, both of those are US government websites, so if you like, go to them for information but then go to your individual state's voting registration website. You know, if you distrust this federal government for some reason....
Check your voter registration status
Find out how to register in your state: some offer online, some require by mail or in person.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia --this is not the state website. the state website was down every time I tried it
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina --heads up! Even if you are already register to vote in NC, check again. They are "cleaning up" the voter rolls.
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington --if you have an enhanced ID, you are probably already registered to vote. But check your status anyway.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Military and absentee voting
Washington, D.C.
...I don't have all the rules for voting in the various territories. You can register to vote there, but usually you cannot vote in certain elections. Which is bullshit if you pay taxes. Ditto for D.C. Still bullshit too.
If you are registered to vote, I still urge you to check your status every few months. Some states are purging voter rolls or trying to end overseas military voting or something, so keep an eye on things.
Also, some states are purging voters who have not voted recently. So you might be registered now, but if you didn't vote last year, they could bounce you.
Vote this election in November. Register now if you haven't, because the cut off date to register to vote this year varies state to state, but it's soon.
Also check out:
Voteriders - an org to help people get their IDs
Fair Elections Center
League of Women Voters
Native American Rights Fund
NAACP - resources
The ACLU has a page devoted to voting rights, how to register, what to do at the polls etc. Know your rights.
If you don't care about national politics (....) you should still vote in your local elections.
Applied behavior analysis has long been considered the gold standard. Now, people who have been through it are pushing back.
"Based on data gleaned from the nearly 10 million military dependents it insures, the U.S. Department of Defense has repeatedly called the evidence supporting ABA “weak,” noting there is no research to determine whether the small number of participants who show improvement — 15% — do so because of treatment or simply because a child has matured. After a year of the therapy, the department reported to Congress in 2019, 76% of 16,000 participating autistic children saw no change, and 9% worsened."
Okay before we get anyone on here saying "water is wet", here are some other bullet points about the article.
The article uses proper terminology and actually defines stimming, masking, and many other words that neurotypical people may or may not know (re autism)
The data that the article is based off of includes first hand accounts from autistic people who have gone through ABA. The researchers even used ASAN (autism self advocacy) as a resource! Actual autistic people shared their stories!!! And they believed us!!!!!
It explains WHY autistic people have a hard time with ABA, which is incredible. Not just the fact that it's akin to training a dog, but the psychology of it, and how it's overstimulating and degrading
There's a part that does quote from Auti$m $peaks spokespeople, BUT it's because they're leading into how neurotypical parents see ABA most often as a "saving grace" to get a "normal child" and then goes on to tell more about how autistic children perceive ABA, both during and after treatment
One family's story tells of how a mother noticed her autistic son would actually hide when she went to turn the computer on for ABA therapy (this was during COVID lockdown) and how she realized something was off because of that. She canceled ABA and found an alternative (called Floor Time) where the child actually directs the play, and the therapist/teacher goes along with what the kid wants/does!
There's a really cool bit on why ABA is usually the only thing available to parents, and the answer is Shitty American Healthcare/Insurance Companies!
It notes that ABA therapists don't really have strict training requirements. You can do a quick online course and become an ABA therapist. It does not require a college degree. That should horrify you.
There's another parallel study with its own data coming out in 2025
Honestly, this whole article is a gem. Remember, while "water is wet" studies seem trivial, we need them in order to get our side of the story taken seriously. Research with credible data that backs up what we've been saying is important!
TL; DR?
Huge study with lots of input from autistic people tells us ABA sucks!
Thank you for this addition. A better encouragement for this article than I managed!
Applied behavior analysis has long been considered the gold standard. Now, people who have been through it are pushing back.
"Based on data gleaned from the nearly 10 million military dependents it insures, the U.S. Department of Defense has repeatedly called the evidence supporting ABA “weak,” noting there is no research to determine whether the small number of participants who show improvement — 15% — do so because of treatment or simply because a child has matured. After a year of the therapy, the department reported to Congress in 2019, 76% of 16,000 participating autistic children saw no change, and 9% worsened."
Okay before we get anyone on here saying "water is wet", here are some other bullet points about the article.
The article uses proper terminology and actually defines stimming, masking, and many other words that neurotypical people may or may not know (re autism)
The data that the article is based off of includes first hand accounts from autistic people who have gone through ABA. The researchers even used ASAN (autism self advocacy) as a resource! Actual autistic people shared their stories!!! And they believed us!!!!!
It explains WHY autistic people have a hard time with ABA, which is incredible. Not just the fact that it's akin to training a dog, but the psychology of it, and how it's overstimulating and degrading
There's a part that does quote from Auti$m $peaks spokespeople, BUT it's because they're leading into how neurotypical parents see ABA most often as a "saving grace" to get a "normal child" and then goes on to tell more about how autistic children perceive ABA, both during and after treatment
One family's story tells of how a mother noticed her autistic son would actually hide when she went to turn the computer on for ABA therapy (this was during COVID lockdown) and how she realized something was off because of that. She canceled ABA and found an alternative (called Floor Time) where the child actually directs the play, and the therapist/teacher goes along with what the kid wants/does!
There's a really cool bit on why ABA is usually the only thing available to parents, and the answer is Shitty American Healthcare/Insurance Companies!
It notes that ABA therapists don't really have strict training requirements. You can do a quick online course and become an ABA therapist. It does not require a college degree. That should horrify you.
There's another parallel study with its own data coming out in 2025
Honestly, this whole article is a gem. Remember, while "water is wet" studies seem trivial, we need them in order to get our side of the story taken seriously. Research with credible data that backs up what we've been saying is important!
TL; DR?
Huge study with lots of input from autistic people tells us ABA sucks!
Thank you for this addition. A better encouragement for this article than I managed!
"Pride month is over"
WRONG! Your pride month is over! Me and all the other disabled queers are having pride month two: disability edition
Reblogging this again bc people in the notes are asking a lot of "Am I included? Am I disabled if I have x?" and I just wanted to add the flag here to show people who the pride month is for.
This is the new flag, the old one was more vivid and in a z shape, but it's been made more neutral to be inclusive of people with seizures or sensory issues.
Each stripe represents a different aspect of disability:
Red: Physical disabilities
Yellow: Cognitive & intellectual disabilities
White: (And this is the key one I think) Invisible AND undiagnosed disabilities
Blue: Mental illnesses
Green: Sensory disabilities
If you're autistic or have ADHD? this is your pride month. If you have a mental illness, it's your pride month. If you're hard of hearing, this is your pride month. If you have an autoimmune disorder, this is your pride month. If you are not diagnosed with anything but you know something is up with you: THIS IS STILL YOUR PRIDE MONTH.
Autism Speaks (AS) is not a ableist organization, and here's why!
Hi! I am a autistic person who has studied autism and our community for years. I have noticed that most autistic people have a negative view on autism speaks, and i don't understand why. I personally think autism speaks is very helpful, and they definitely brought me further in my knowledge about autism. I have heard many explanations from autistic people on why autism speaks is a ableist organization, but most of it was outdated information.
I've had many arguments about why autism speaks is a ableist organization, and i had to explain myself over and over again, so i decided to make this post about why autism speaks is not a ableist organization. This post will include debunking arguments on why autism speaks is a ableist organization and a explanation of what autism speaks is. I wrote this when i was sick and very tired, so please ignore any bad grammar!
What is autism speaks?
Autism speaks (AS) is a american awareness organization of the condition autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is the largest autism research organization in the united states, founded in febuary 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright, after their grandson was diagnosed with autism. Over the years AS has gotten alot of criticism from the autism community due to some horrible mistakes they have made, such as the "i am autism" ad, promoting a cure and supporting eugenics. Fortunately, they have listened to the criticism, and they have improved alot.
Debunking arguments on why autism speaks is a ableist organization.
There are many arguments on why AS is a ableist organization, or a hate group against autistic people. Here are some of the reasons. When i hear more reasons, this list will get updated.
AS promotes a cure.
AS supports eugenics.
Only 1% of the money donated to AS goes to the autism community.
They don't listen to the autism community.
AS has made a horrible ad that treat autism as a disease that should be feared.
I will be going over these reasons and explain why these are outdated information.
Reason 1: AS does not promote a cure anymore. They have removed the word "cure" from their mission years ago, and they have improved alot. (Proof).
Reason 2: AS does not support eugenics. This is outdated information, and they have improved alot. (Proof).
Reason 3: This is not true at all. Only 7% of the money donated to AS goes to fundraising, only 3% of the money donated to AS goes to management & general, and 90% of the money donated to AS goes to research, services, advocacy and programs, including the autism community. (Proof).
Reason 4: AS does listen to autistic people. Infact, AS has autistic people on their board of directors in leadership positions. They work with many autistic people, and try their best to listen to autistic people. (Proof).
Reason 5: AS has deleted their "i am autism" video from all of their channels when they realized that it offended the autism community, and they apologized multiple times. (Proof).
All of this is out dated information. It is important to remember that AS has improved alot, and they apologized multiple times for their mistakes.
The improvement of autism speaks.
AS was founded in 2005, a time with extreme lack of knowledge about autism. Due to this lack of knowledge, AS has done some terrible mistakes, such as promoting a cure and making harmful ads. They have received alot of criticism from the autism community, and fortunately they listened to the criticism. Throughout the years they improved alot. They have deleted their harmful ads, they have apologized for their mistakes, they changed their logo into a welcoming and inclusive logo, they have changed their mission from trying to find the causes of autism and a possible cure to trying to create a inclusive world for all autistic people through advocacy, services, supports, research and innovation, and advances in care for autistic individuals and their families, they have introduced a new AS in 2020, 90% of the money donated to AS goes to the autism community, they work with many autistic people and they listen to the autism community.
Does autism speaks help the autism community?
It's AS their mission to help autistic people, and they can be very helpful to the autism community. On their website, there are many tool kits that can help autistic people, such as the ATN/AIR-P medication aid, the adult autism diagnosis tool kit, the 100 day kit for school age children, the 100 day kit for young children, a parent's guide to autism first concern to action tool kit, and much more. (Proof).
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I think it's your own choice if you do not want to forgive AS despite their improvement and apologies. Your opinion does not give you the right to hate on those who disagree. AS can actually be very helpful to alot of autistic people and their families, and trying to take this away from them is disrespectful.
I deeply apologize for any bad grammar! Like i've said before, i wrote this when i was sick and very tired. I hope this post was helpful for some people!
This has given me a lot to think about. I had not heard any of these changes.
I haven't purchased a HP item in close to a decade - I use the books I already had as doorstops or to prop a laptop up for meetings nowadays.
There is NO "death of the author" with JK Rowling - she controls and continues to profit from her IP, and uses that money to fund hate groups.
When one person can give £70,000 to a hate group's legal funds, maybe it's time to bin the Dobby plushies.
Here's your periodic reminder of why it's so important not to buy any Harry Potter merch or watch anything JKR profits from.
It isn't about cancelling problematic media, idgaf. We're capable of reading books we already own with a critical eye.
It's about not giving more power to someone who is using it to materially harm our community.
And yes that includes that shitty video game, yes that includes the Lego sets, yes it includes visiting the theme park. Stop giving Transphobia Georg money.
Fighting Fake Anti-Trump News
In the interests of not spending the next four years fact-checking my own side, I would like very much if we could all exercise good judgment on what we reblog.
I’m pissed off about the trend of twitter screenshots posing as “news” with no source. I’m also pissed off about people posting their own unsourced, inaccurate summaries of something they heard somewhere. This makes us look no better than Trump supporters sharing lies on Facebook, and it often causes unnecessary fear. Here’s a guide on what I want people to do instead.
Easy Mode: If there’s no source, don’t reblog it. This requires no effort on your part, but it’s still helpful. Don’t disseminate information that could be inaccurate.
Regular Mode: Add a source. Google some key words. If it’s legitimate, you should find news stories about it. Reblog and add some source links. While I’m not a huge fan of how the mainstream media has been handling things lately, for this purpose I recommend sticking to established print media, because they have better fact-checking than Internet-only outlets and they’ve been firmer in their opposition than TV news.
If it’s not legitimate, reblog anyway and add sources refuting it. You don’t have to write up a whole explanation if you don’t want. Linking to a source with the note “This shit didn’t happen” will suffice.
Hard Mode: Question the source. If there is a source link, check it. If it’s from some outlet you never heard, of or one that you don’t feel is reputable (like, say, The Daily Mail), go see if they have sources to back themselves up. They may not. Google key words again. See if anyone else is reporting on their claims. If not, wait a bit. It’s possible they have an exclusive scoop. It’s also possible they’re fearmongering based on misunderstood or inadequate information, or they’re just flat making shit up. Don’t discount the possibility of fake “progressive” outlets run by the opposition to discredit us. And remember, The Onion is not the only parody news site out there – not by a long shot.
Again, though, if you do nothing else, stop reblogging unsourced stories. It’s already going to be a long, bad four years. We don’t need to make it worse.
I forgot “unsourced screenshots that look like they’re from a reputable news outlet” in my list of Shit That Pisses Me Off
Photoshop is a thing, everybody, please don’t take that stuff at face value either
and please keep spreading this post, people need to do their due diligence. we need to know what we’re actually fighting. we need to not be afraid without cause (since there’s plenty of good cause) and we need to not celebrate victories that didn’t happen.
Every time I checked the notes on a weird post this week, someone was in there posting extensive(!!) proof that it’s fake. Sometimes it only takes one click and some scrolling to avoid making yourself a source of bad info.
The Internet Is Full Of Lies And Sociopaths, Guys. Don’t give them traction.
Bringing this back because here we go again (sigh)
@syls-uplink makes a very important point here! It's always good to be wary of things that gets you outraged AND neatly fits your pre-existing worldview.
Which is why I googled the headline. And I found the article.
It is in fact real and very recent. September 16 2024. The full story is more centered on how autistic adults communicate their emotions and how neurtypicals misinterpreting autistic people causes issues.
Though it did also have this "fun" quote:
Now if I'm sharing that quote, I do feel compelled to also share this conclusion, which I did quite like.
And for good measure, here is the link, so you can read the article yourself :] It is not actually very long
Contrary to common perceptions and years of research that autistic people can't describe their emotions or often have muted emotional respon
"you should be at the club" incorrect "you should be at pirate weekend at the renn fair" well this we cannot refute.
i feel like a lot of you are not using the reverse chronological dash and it’s stressing me out tbh
so one of the things that makes tumblr so tumblr-y is that the userbase has historically been very resistant to being served posts via algorithm. most of us prefer to carefully curate our dashboards by choosing who we follow ourselves and viewing new posts as they come in, without tumblr telling us what we should enjoy first.
what this means from a marketing perspective, however, is that there’s a steep learning curve for new users, so in order to retain them, tumblr has introduced a number of algorithmic features over the years but still allows us to opt out of them.
for the best tumblr experience, my advice is to spend most of your time on your Following tab
the For You and Your Tags tabs can have fun stuff in them, but that’s not where i spend most of my time
but within that tab, there’s still settings that ensure you’re seeing it unmodified. you can change these by going to general settings
then dashboard preferences
then turning off the top four toggles
this may be slightly different on desktop.
obviously, this is a recommendation based on my personal preference, and others may disagree. but i do believe that the reverse chronological (i.e. whatever was posted most recently is on top, regardless of popularity), self selected (i.e. posts made by tumblrs you intentionally followed for this purpose rather than whatever the algorithm thinks you’ll like) dashboard is what makes this place so much better than other social media.
for it to be fun, you have to put some effort in first - make sure to follow tumblrs you think you’ll like, unfollow anyone who annoys you, occasionally search the tags and the other tabs for new additions. reply to people’s posts, reblog with tags, engage! the more you do it, the more fun you’ll have.
