Disability Awareness
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If I Were to Tell You... The Best New Comic on the Scene is young man with "Non-Verbal - Cerebral Palsy", You Would Think I'm Crazy, Right??? Now... Tell Me I'm Crazy. @ahrenbel...
Hi again @elonmusk 👋 I hope you are well. I’m fine too. I’m thankful for your interest in my health. But since you mentioned it, I wanted to give you more info. I have muscu...
People are rightfully mocking the shit out of this scrawny dude, but he's an interesting example of a birth defect called Poland Syndrome, in which all or part of the pectoral musc...
@juristhedragon @SonjaMynd Ok …. We imagine there is some confusion going on here so we are going to try to elaborate … - Anyone with a DX of ASD is Autsitic. - Not all Autists...
This confuses a lot of people so please take note. "Subclinical Autism" is NOT a functioning label. It is a direct reference to a manifestation of Autism that does not meet the...
@AmandaQuirky I cannot support abandoning a DX … and that is part of the nuance that I am encountering in attempting to raise awareness of these issues.
Very much please. We actually enjoy learning that we are wrong because we get the excitement of improving ourselves and not being wrong anymore. Please note that like many Auti...
@mmm_t___ @AutismGene Hello. Our tweets are a description of the DSM-5 diagnosis of ASD. Our account sharing facts regarding the severity levels listed in the DSM-5 diagnosis o...
We are operating and account while openly disabled. And it helps us to navigate this but talking about it. We do our best to make clear, when we fail to navigate a situation with...
#ActuallyAutistic What Masking Means to Me🧵 1) It may be easy but it will be uncomfortable. 2) It’s probably not easy but it gets easier as you do it. 3) It’s done unconsciously...
A lot of people don’t realize how easy it is to become disabled. Mine started out at 21 as a herniated disk in my back from lifting wrong. That became years of being told “you’re...
1/6 A note for parents and carers of disabled kids and the language you’re using… “You’re not disabled you’re differently-abled” “You’re not disabled you’re special” “You’re...
fun royal family fact: queen elizabeth had two severely disabled first cousins who were publicly pronounced dead in 1940 and 1961 respectively, but they both actually lived in a ca...
A friend asked me if I believed everyone would get COVID eventually. I said yes. So he asked why he couldn't just stop wearing his mask & go ahead & get it over with. His questio...
This Friday is the International Day of Disabled Persons. FC Barcelona's commitment to this group is part of its way of doing things on a day-to-day basis. Here are some examples:...
Nk Gajendra Singh of Indian Army sold a plot & took loans from bank as well as friends to fund his para-athlete wife Simran Sharma's training who became the 1st Indian woman to qua...
Autistic behaviours that are generally discriminated against, despite being harmless and just how we are. A thread🧵
The MTN Foundation is commemorating the International Day for Persons with Disability #IDPD2020 today by 10am in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disa...
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct, @MoMAlearning is taking over the feed today to share a new video series. Hear firsthand from New Yorkers abo...
