You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

Congratulations, Virginia! Republicans are trying to tilt the midterm elections in their favor, but they haven’t done it yet. Thanks for showing us what it looks like to stand up for our democracy and fight back.

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

You are not a burden

i have the coffee mug version 😍

Trump Warns Iran To Accept His Ultimatum Or Face Wrath Of Next Ultimatum WASHINGTON—Threatening to continue issuing threats if the Islamic Republic did not quickly agree to his demands, President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday to accept his ultimatum or face the wrath ...

“Lay down your weapons now or I will have no choice but to ask you to lay down your weapons later,” the commander in chief wrote on Truth Social

Good morning

I want to go back to bed

tysm for this post, and for all your advocacy!

White background. There’s a blue puzzle piece with an orange circle crossing it out. Text reads: Before you donate to Autism Speaks, Consider the facts.

White background. Text reads: Very little money donated to Autism Speaks goes toward helping autistic people and families. Only 1/10 of 1% of Autism Speaks’ budget goes towards the “Family Service” grants that are the organization’s means of funding services. Autism Speaks spent more than 188x as much on fundraising. They spent 16x as much on Facebook/ Instagram ads alone. Although Autism Speaks has not prioritized services with a practical impact for families and individuals in its budget, its rates of executive pay are the highest in the autism world: some salaries exceed $415,000 a year. Autism Speaks talks about us without us. Autism Speaks has only 2 autistic people out of a total of 27 individuals on its Board of Directors. By contrast, 16 out of 27 board members represent major corporations, including current and former CEOs and senior executives of AutoZone, Goldman Sachs, SoundCloud, White Castle, MasterCard, and S.C. Johnson & Johnson.

White background. Text at the top reads: Autism Speaks’ Budget. Source: Autism Speaks 990 Non-Profit Tax Exemption Form, 2024* There’s a pie chart with the following sections: 49.4% “Awareness” & Lobbying, 22% Fundraising, 19.4% Research, 9.1% Misc., and 0.1% Family Services. Text at the bottom reads: *“Awareness & Lobbying” figure derived from reported program service expenses on Part III, 4a & 4c less the total amount awarded in family service grants (“Family Services”) and misclassified research grants as reported in Part III, Line 4A; “Research” figure derived from reported program service expenses in Part III, 4b plus the misclassified research grant amount; “Fundraising” figure derived from reported expenses, line 25(D) in Part IX.

Blue background with white text that reads: Instead, donate to organizations that help autistic people: Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) provides support, community, and public policy advocacy, by and for people on the autism spectrum. autisticadvocacy.org Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN) seeks to share information which works to build acceptance and understanding of disability, while dispelling stereotypes and misinformation which perpetuate unnecessary fears surrounding an autism diagnosis. awnnetwork.org Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) works to ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals and are given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chance to speak up to empower themselves as everyone else. sabeusa.org

Very little money donated to Autism Speaks goes toward helping autistic people and families. This #AutismAcceptanceMonth, considering supporting groups by and for autistic people!
autisticadvocacy.org/considerthef...

had iron infusion therapy last week and the patient leaflet they gave me said
“Do not share this medication with others”
I was like ma’am this is an IV infusion what does sharing the medication with others even look like

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

husband calls me his ‘fav goldfish’ for this very reason 😭

a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is asking why is this hitting me so hard ALT: a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is asking why is this hitting me so hard

sending (very quiet) hugs 💜💜

I had a social worker say, when I referred to myself as autistic, "we don’t say autistic, we say people with autism." Fuck you bitch, we don’t.

Acceptance isn’t asking
autistic people to fit in.
It’s changing environments
so they don’t have to.

Disabled people don’t owe the masses living a humorless life.

I’m unreasonably proud of this photo choice

this would be funny if I hadn’t once been lectured abt autism by a decades-old friend whose expertise on the matter was based on her “having a nephew with autism”…
instead it’s goddamn hilarious
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

a man is sitting in a chair looking at his phone and the word me is on the bottom right ALT: a man is sitting in a chair looking at his phone and the word me is on the bottom right

this would be funny if I hadn’t once been lectured abt autism by a decades-old friend whose expertise on the matter was based on her “having a nephew with autism”…
instead it’s goddamn hilarious
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

a referee wearing a black and white striped shirt is standing on a football field .. ALT: a referee wearing a black and white striped shirt is standing on a football field ..

brb checking flights to Oregon 😂

what kind of monster posts this but not the name & address of the restaurant where nacho nirvana can be accessed
🤣🤣🤣

The Perimenopause and Late Diagnosis Pipeline Perimenopause Is Unmasking Neurodivergent Women.

"The intersection of perimenopause and neurodivergence is one of the most clinically significant and most thoroughly underexamined areas in the entire neurodiversity field."
💔
The Perimenopause and Late Diagnosis Pipeline
open.substack.com/pub/bridgett...

idk who needs to hear this but if you’ve looked everywhere & can’t find your favorite mug it’s probably in the microwave still full of the tea you reheated 3xs yesterday

Behind his smile, a silent crisis: Parents seek answers after autistic son’s suicide Autistic kids are far more likely to think about and die from suicide than their neurotypical peers. Autism researchers and advocates are working toward developing better screening tools, safety plans...

CN: Suicide

Please know that autistic children are at a higher risk for suicide than non-autistic peers, and “Even deeply attentive parents may miss signs of suicidal distress in autistic kids and teens, as they often differ from those shown by neurotypical youth.”

www.latimes.com/science/stor...

How’s your neck pain?

Specifically your SCM which runs down the side of your neck?

If you’re autistic you may find that these are often tight and tense.

Why?

Those are where your 9,10, 11 cranial nerves run thru.

The things that contribute to your general “regulation”

Former federal advisers on autism who were let go by RFK Jr. form a new committee An independent group of experts plans to offer an alternative to the Trump administration's autism agenda. The group features prominent scientists who used to serve on a federal advisory committee.

I spoke to NPR's All Things Considered about the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee, what it can accomplish, what it can't, how it can push back against RFK. Jr's lies about #autism. and why it needs better representation of hashtag#ActuallyAutistic people.
www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...

Yay Matt!! Best of luck to you!!!!

My ferritin is dangerously low so technically this is a healthy AND happy choice 👏👏👏👏

a man in a plaid shirt and tie is saying `` ohh , chills . literally chills . '' ALT: a man in a plaid shirt and tie is saying `` ohh , chills . literally chills . ''

Heck yes!!! Love how it starts off so sweet and peppy with Mine and soon after - 💣

And come to think of it I’ve been putting Innocent into my rotation a lot lately!!
(Wild that she’s older now than the man she wrote it for back then right?)