Forwarded from Syndiegram (lizard lady)
Twitter
Cuteosphere
Girl talk
A series of tweets from people whose usernames and icons have been censored. It says:
One of my autistic kids just walked in and was like, "Huh, I just thought of this, so I haven't thought this through, but the behaviors most associated with autism are things autistic people do when we're upset."
Not great, society.
She described a situation in which neurotypical parents were asking autistic adults questions and some parents were like, "My kid doesn't have meltdowns. Does that mean he isn't autistic?" and autistic people were like, "No, that means he's happy."
We can't distinguish autistic behavior from trauma because our current society produces no un-traumatized autistic people.
@anarkidatabase
One of my autistic kids just walked in and was like, "Huh, I just thought of this, so I haven't thought this through, but the behaviors most associated with autism are things autistic people do when we're upset."
Not great, society.
She described a situation in which neurotypical parents were asking autistic adults questions and some parents were like, "My kid doesn't have meltdowns. Does that mean he isn't autistic?" and autistic people were like, "No, that means he's happy."
We can't distinguish autistic behavior from trauma because our current society produces no un-traumatized autistic people.
@anarkidatabase
Forwarded from CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective
"The other day, our friend, who created covers for many of our books, signed himself with the pseudonym Pavel Korshunov, committed suicide. He left Russia a few years ago, fleeing repression and torture, ended up in Ukraine, unsuccessfully tried to get asylum there and was forced to flee to Poland after the start of the war. The realization of the beginning of a new legalization process and the previous negative experience turned out to be unbearable for him.
"There is a lot of bitterness and anger in us right now. We hate the state for forcing people into hiding under the threat of torture and prison. We hate the state because it breaks the psyche of our comrades. We hate the state because it has created borders that are not easy for many of us to cross. For the fact that within these boundaries we are obliged to spend our efforts on obtaining documents, instead of just living and creating. Because it starts a war, playing with our lives and destinies.
"Please live. Don't let the state finish us off."
"There is a lot of bitterness and anger in us right now. We hate the state for forcing people into hiding under the threat of torture and prison. We hate the state because it breaks the psyche of our comrades. We hate the state because it has created borders that are not easy for many of us to cross. For the fact that within these boundaries we are obliged to spend our efforts on obtaining documents, instead of just living and creating. Because it starts a war, playing with our lives and destinies.
"Please live. Don't let the state finish us off."