#taca

[thatblacat1254]

pinterst comments are wild

[idkwhatiwantinlife]

friendly reminder that autism is not something that needs to be cured, rather something that deserves to be accepted and accommodated

in the tags are a list of autism “charities” that suck and you should never support

and here is a link as to why:

Image description: Examples of good autism advocacy organizations at the top, such as the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autistic Inclusive

[autisticjoy]

I feel like TACA (formerly talk about curing autism now the autistic community in action) doesn't get discussed/warned about enough in autistic spaces. Because they call themselves the autistic community I thought they'd be a safe place to go for information, but then I looked at their site. It's full of infantilizing language and psuedo science and there's not one autistic person on their board or even among their "autism ambassadors".

i’ve barely heard of them and wasn’t even aware they’d changed the name, yikes

yeah, look out for TACA

[hatescapsicum]

THE ANNUAL CHOICES AWARDS

By @ellieschoices and @hatescapsicum

Stage 1

This week, vote for best artwork and best costume designing!

Before voting, please go through the instructions here.

Both the award categories are divided into three sub-categories:

Books released before 2019

Books released in 2019

Classic books

Make sure you vote in all three sub-categories in both the award categories.

The voting lines will be closed 48 hours from now (precisely at 7 p.m. on Thursday according to IST, which is GMT + 5:30)

VOTE FOR BEST ARTWORK AND BEST COSTUME DESIGNING

Once again,

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[leidensygdom]

Here’s a couple of cats for today, Taca and Beneton! They were old lady’s, and I went back home, so I’ll be missing these good kitty cats

[cozy-clown]

My name is Max.

I am autistic.

I rarely speak aloud.

I have difficulty using the toilet.

I have difficulty cleaning myself.

I have destructive stims.

I stim everywhere.

I make noises when I’m upset.

I have no interest in “adult” shows.

I am autistic.

I’m worthy of life.

Stop the functioning labels.

(Okay to reblog)

[fratboykate]

Sometimes my scripts start as the most random things. I’ll write a scene or just random lines of dialogue and then nothing more. They’re not a part of anything, I just know they’re good and they needed to be written somewhere. They stay in my brain for months or even years and then one day, out of literally nowhere, it all randomly clicks and I know exactly what that random bit is a part of. Suddenly I have a story.

I wrote a really fucking funny “short” months ago, easily six or seven months at the very least, and I immediately knew it was good. I showed it to my writing partner and he was like “I’m super intrigued, this is great but this isn’t a short this is a scene for something bigger.” I re-read and I was like...”shit you right bro” but then I didn’t know what that “bigger something” was so I let it be because I never force ideas if I don’t have them right away. Anyway...that thing sat in the back of my brain for the longest time until last week when, randomly, while I was watching something - it might have been Masterchef Junior lol - my brain exploded. I had it. I got the story. It had nothing to do with the show I was watching, nothing triggered it. It’s just how my brain works.

I’ve now been working on the world building and loose narrative and characters for the last week-ish and I have to say, I haven’t been this fucking pumped about a story in so long. This might actually be one of the best scripts I’ll ever write. It’s something totally original that I haven’t seen anywhere or done in any way. At least not that I know of, I could be wrong but *I* have never seen it. Even better I think it can EASILY translate from a short to a feature or even a pilot. There’s enough in this world and in these characters to make something way bigger. I’m not going to toot my own horn but this is kind of...insanely good.

[butterflyinthewell]

The caregivers who push cure the hardest are the ones who take care of nonverbal autistic people who need lots of daily help and can’t make their communications understood.

Autistic people who have extreme behaviors and can’t be left alone for more than a few seconds.

Autistic people who need diapers.

Autistic people who can’t feed or clothe themselves.

Autistic people who are very aggressive or very self-injurious.

Autistic people with comorbid conditions that complicate their behaviors.

Where is their choice? When do they get a say in their lives? Who listens to them. Clearly not YOU, caregivers.

Caregivers wanting to get rid of autism want to get rid of the “burden” of having to take care of somebody. If they have complex comorbid conditions, they will still be there and they will still feel miserable. You’re not going to cure their pain by curing autism.

What the world needs is better, more affordable respite care for autistic people who need it.

Create better in-home care for autistic people who need 2 to 1 and 3 to 1 support.

Create better in-home care for autistic people with complex medical needs that require nursing care.

Autistic people who have their needs met have less behavior issues and are more open to learning more understandable communication methods like typing on iPads, ASL, PECS boards, facilitated communication and just pointing to yes or no.

But caregivers won’t listen. They never do. They would rather exploit, dehumanize, ignore and dismiss us.