Autistic teacher running a podcast, sharing autistic voices and perspectives to fellow educators, other professionals, and allies, as part of InterACTT. She/her
Joined May 2021
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I'm on most podcast platforms or at anchor.fm/jeanne-clifton - I've done episodes on masking (& the harms it can have), the problems with functioning labels, issues with racism/sexism in autism research, and such. Transcripts for each ep are linked in the show notes.
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However autistic people want to describe themselves is totally valid. But it’s so frustrating to keep being told that your preferred way of describing yourself is wrong. By non-autistics. Especially on a thread you’ve written explaining just that!
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Not me writing a thread about what I’m fed up of hearing as an autistic person, only to have non-autistic people comment on it that they believe ‘autistic’ is offensive and objectifying, and ‘has autism’ is better. Something I talk about in the thread as fed up of hearing. 😭
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Society: autistic people are poor communicators.
Autistic me: *I say what I mean and I mean what I say, use precise and direct language, am transparent, share important details, use grammar/punctuation in text and script conversations so I won’t pause, stumble or miss anything*.
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Pressed submit today on a paper that we hope will go some way towards improving understanding of autism among healthcare providers & removing these barriers.
With @DoctorsAutistic research lead, @Autistic_Doc
New addition to my "cool autistics you should know about" list is my favorite living author for the last decade! Seriously her works are amazing and her characters feel like my dear friends, highly recommend!
YES! I am vastly more productive when I am alone and in my own space!
I've really appreciated the #ActuallyAutistic and #DisabilityTwitter spaces here and am worried about the platform - is there a general consensus on spaces to move to with more solid ground?
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Some thoughts an autistic person may have each day 💚:
ALT This is a mindmap I created that is titled ‘Daily Thoughts of an Autistic Person’. In the middle there is a human head and various arrows that point out to different thoughts. The thoughts are: What do they really mean by that and how should I respond? My stomach hurts. Can I spare the energy? I don’t want to be here. Why am I here? Time to escape! Ooh, that’s too loud/too bright! I’m overwhelmed. I need to unclench my entire face/body. I’m so burnt out. When can I rest? Who am I? I must not forget to smile! All of the font is black and the background is a very pale blue/green.
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Before Twitter implodes or disappears, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone in the autistic community who welcomed me to the community, provided resources to jump start from, and shared their own experiences.
We've done a lot as a community that I can say I'm proud of.
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We know that the ‘if you’re not looking at me, you’re not listening’ rhetoric is out-dated and incorrect. So many students (especially those with autism or ADHD) learn, listen and focus better whilst fidgeting, doodling, or doing another activity.
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Honestly this whole thing reads as:
"Which ones have human rights that we care about as people and which ones don't?
We need to know so we can figure out which ones we can 'treat' - and by 'treat' I mean experiment on (improve research) and do ABA on to 'help' their autism."
“Autism can mean genius or an IQ below 30… (&) can mean highly verbal or nonverbal”. The term “profound autism” has not been embraced by all but we do need to find accepted terminology to subgroup, just to provide appropriate support & to improve research spectrumnews.org/opinion/vie…
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PBS ('Positive Behaviour Support') is a harmful ABA-based behavioural intervention used on vulnerable children.
Planned Ignoring is used as a tactic to 'manipulate the environment' of the victim, to change their behaviour.
Some of us know what that's like. 😥
#PBSAwarenessDay
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#AutisticJoy: an unDX staff member reaching out to say they “have never felt so ‘seen’ before, or understood” after seeing Quinn @autistamatic’s Senses video which accompanied today’s #NeurodiversityEducation & #NeurodivergentAcceptance announcement from @NINE_On_Can ! #Autistic
ALT White Announcement slide for Thursday, October 19th. In top right corner is the NINE logo, a rainbow infinity symbol on a beige flecked background with Neurodivergent Infinity Network of Educators over it. Alt text for logo is below it on the slide. Below that is still image of Autistmatic’s thumbnail image for his Senses video. His logo is in the top right of the image and fiver differently coloured circles are in the middle of the image. Text on the slide will follow in tweet thread.
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My first editorial for the Autism journal, a familiar topic...
"Instead of focusing on perceived social deficits and normative remediation, [double empathy] suggests a position of humility in the face of difference, the need to build rapport and understanding and not assume a lack of capacity for understanding" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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And, sure, there's the "I wasn't talking about disabled ppl" defense, but if you were talking about things disabled ppl need while forgetting that disabled ppl exist, that's kinda the problem in a nutshell.
Again, just do better.
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Don't like how capitalism has sold disabled ppl our means for survival? Neither do we. You'd think that this would be common ground, but the solutions the left offers usually range from "don't be disabled" to "stop existing". Which is... uh, not great.
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“Professionals are the hardest to trust”
Supporting autistic Adults who have experienced interpersonal victimisation
Dr Amy Pearson (*DrAmyPearson)
Kieren Rose *(*KieranRose7 -Autistic Advocate)
Jon Rees (*Jon_C_Rees)
