A guide for non autistic people on how not to support ableism in April
Autism Speaks is bad, they want autistic people ‘cured’, otherwise known as eugenics. They are non autistic people speaking over us.
There are more horrible things AS do but this would be a very long post if I included them all.
Do not support or promote them.
ABA is a form of torture to force autistic people to mask our behaviour. It is not a helpful ‘therapy’. Even if someone didn’t have a bad experience it doesn’t negate the people who have been traumatised.
Light it up blue is an autism speaks event.
Light is up red is an autism community event in opposition to AS speaks.
Autism awareness is an autism speaks phrase. Autism acceptance is an autism community phrase.
The blue puzzle piece and puzzle pieces in general as a symbol are a red flag. It’s from the idea us autistic people are ‘incomplete‘.
We speak, sign and vocalise for ourselves. We do not need any NT people to communicate for us or decide our needs and rights.
All of Cambridge's textbooks are free until May
https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks
Get to downloading.
US Pol, Simple action needed, Mass surveillance and encryption,
Congress is using this opportune distraction to try to push for outlawing encryption. Please fill out this simple form through the EFF to prevent this from happening.
https://act.eff.org/action/protect-our-speech-and-security-online-reject-the-graham-blumenthal-bill
Seeking Intersex/XXY groups/resources
My girlfriend is XXY and has found a lot of differences in her journey and outlook compared to typical trans experiences. I was wondering if there are any groups or resources focused or strongly featuring Intersex and XXY people and their stories?
Slight preference toward groups, as I think she is really craving community right now, but certainly happy to get any resources as well!
Boosts more than welcome.
Thanks!
Unicode 13 adds Creative Commons symbols! This toot licensed under U+1F16D https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-13.0/U130-1F100.pdf
I love #emacs, #gnu, and #freesoftware
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I'm an intactivist, all children have the right to be protected from genital cutting before they can consent, regardless of their genitalia. A consenting adult has the right to do what they want with their own body. #intactivism #i2 #autonomy