1/3 When I was put on paxil, was in my mid-20s, that stuff made me sleep all the time, I hated it. I've taken another SSRI, can't remember the name that gave me panic attacks back in 2007. So, I was a bit weary when she suggested prozac #AuDHD #AutisticWomensAlliance

1/2 My very few experiences with being on them, these drugs don't generally agree with my body well. When I was first dxd as ADD (back in the 90s), I was put on paxil, this was when prozac was all the rage #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance #AutisticBurnout

1/3 Research suggests that autistic girls aged 7-13 perform better than boys in social functioning assessments but face increased social difficulties from late childhood through adolescence #AutisticWomensAlliance #ActuallyAutistic

Towards the equal recognition of autism in girls and women Diagnosis rates between the sexes may be more equal than previously thought Autism has long been regarded as a condition that predominantly affects the male sex, with even the DSM-5 ( Diagnostic and ...

Autism research News! A Swedish study by BMJ Group shows autism prevalence is similar in boys and girls, but girls are diagnosed later, often in their teens. This emphasizes the need to understand why girls are diagnosed later.
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I'm looking at research results about autism diagnosis between boys and girls, WHOA!. I'm going to remain mysterious as this is going to hit the UK press tomorrow. Too bad this isn't going to matter in the U.S. #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance

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To donate, you can either use the donate option in Meta: www.facebook.com/donate/14297... or from our website (the donate button is top right corner): autisticwomensalliance.org #GivingTuesday #AutisticWomensAlliance #ActuallyAutistic

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Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday and we'd love for you to support #AWAVirtualCoffeeChat programs and beyond. #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance

I know that today's been a huge day!! (#NoKings!) I'm reposting this from the @autisticwomensa.bsky.social account to announce that our new website's up and running. There's a few glitchy things with two pages (working on that) also, some issues with redirects from old site #AutisticWomensAlliance

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We're excited to let everyone know that our new website's up!! (Woot Us!). We're having issues with redirects from the old website to the new one (SSL issues), here's the new URL www.autisticwomensalliance.org

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We'd like to amplify this post from @ericmgarcia.bsky.social. If you're an organization in the US that had federal funding cut that's focused on #Autism #ActuallyAutistic ppl, refer to this repost. #AutisticWomensAlliance

Forgot the appropriate hashtags #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticSky #AutisticWomensAlliance

We've decided to close up these listing on TapRoot and Idealist, as we're interviewing MailChimp partners now. Thanks to everyone that expressed interest #AutisticWomensAlliance

Reposting #AWA #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticSky #AutisticWomensAlliance

Reposting #AutisticSky #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #AWA #AutisticWomensAlliance

Yes, we are collecting email addresses, but not names in this poll (thought we'd add that). Nothing gets sold to anyone, this is so we can prioritize which topics to plan out first. Thanks #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance #AutisticSky

Some topics we have listed here we've done before, some are new ones we'd like to consider doing. The caveat, we can only do these quarterly (4 per year) with the existing resources we have currently. So you'd have to pick four. #AutisticWomensAlliance #AutisticSky #ActuallyAutistic

Virtual Coffee Chat Poll We are starting to plan out the Virtual Coffee Chats for the next 1-2 years. When we first relaunch Virtual Coffee Chats, we'll only do these quarterly for the first year (4 times during the first yea...

New Poll, we're working on planning out at least one year's worth of our Virtual Coffee Chats, We'd like to poll what are topics you're mostly interested in and which ones should belong in the same series. Here's link to Google Form #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance forms.gle/GPg15w1Go7Dj...

Isn't this an awesome banner? We're so happy with @autisticwomensa.bsky.social #DisabilityPrideMonth Banner. The logo (without the double borders) was designed by Mads Oliver and this poster/banner was designed by Stacy "Pixel" Eubanks, Happy with the work #AutisticWomensAlliance #ActuallyAutistic

Alt text: Celebrating Disability Pride, with AWA logo with text at the bottom: Proudly Autistic, Together, We Thrive with the Disability Pride Flag against gray background behind text and logo)

Disability Pride is about visibility, dignity, and collective empowerment — we're proud to be part of that journey. #DisabilityPrideMonth #AutisticSky #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance #Neurodiversity

We have a strong preference for this volunteer to be in the U.S., the time commitment is overly conservative because this may be dependent on what's proposed for the clean-up. #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance #nonprofitvolunteers

Email List Audit & Transition Coordinator (MailChimp) MailChimp Migration Project Duration: Temporary (Project-based, approx. 6–10 weeks) Location: Remote Time Commitment: Flexible (estimated 5–10 hours/week) Project Summary We are currently using Mailch

We're looking for a Mailchimp Email Audit Coordinator for a temporary project and looking to migrate off MailChimp to a cheaper platform, and need to be GDPR compliant. Here's the @idealist-espanol.bsky.social posting: #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance #NonprofitVolunteers

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Autistic peeps I've known that currently are MAGAs grew up in very MAGA families. Also when I try to have conversations about #RFKJr rhetoric around autism DOES NOT COMPUTE. This really worries me, a lot #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticSky #Autisticwomensalliance

So I'd like to ask #AutisticSky #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance especially in the US, are you concerned about alt-right beliefs within our community?

I thought that they backed off when the entire ND community and then some said Fuck no? So, were they pretending to backtrack here? (Although I knew logically they still want to put people like us on lists) #FireRFK #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance

There were folks that have been to past Virtual Coffee Chats that registered for this one that didn't make it. We made few mistakes with having incorrect dates in some places and some didn't receive their zoom links. We plan to do this again soon #AutisticWomensAlliance #ActuallyAutistic

We thank everyone who attended the AWA Virtual Coffee Chat: Neurodivergent Voices on U.S. Policy Changes. Some folks either didn't receive Zoom links or couldn't make it to today's call. We may do another one in a completely different timeslot -Stay tuned! #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance

I feel that today's event by @autisticwomensa.bsky.social is going to be the most important event that we'll ever do. #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance #Neurodiversity

Our event is tomorrow, see the entire thread for all of the details. Here's the link to register: awa-virtual-coffee-chat-nd-voices-us-policy.eventbrite.com?aff=Bluesky
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This event is tomorrow, and we'd also like to mention that we're partnering with Autism Society of America with a huge thank you for providing us with content. We'd like to update our banner to reflect our partnership with ASA for this special event #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance

I struggled with having a good statement in response to RFK's recently quackery danger, and decided to repurpose @autisticwomensa.bsky.social #AutismAcceptanceMonth theme. I feel that this captures it perfectly: Acceptance is Action #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticWomensAlliance