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#ActuallyAutistic • #ADHD • Parent of autists • HS Math/SpEd teacher • GameClub advisor • MTG/EDH SpIn • Fat-finger typos • Trying, but burned out • Ignorant & privileged, but learning • Minneapolis area • He/Him
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All week long, I've been explaining things and realizing I'm *past* Officially Old. Playing Run DMC's "Tricky" in Resource today, a kid excitedly proclaims, "I love that game!". Me: huh? "You know, the game. They made this song for that old snowboarding game." ... ... And something in me broke.

Wake up!!! This is the modern day #SS This is not a drill or a conspiracy . This is here and this is now . #removeRFK #autismregistry #usgovt

Can I please say, autistic kids and adults who AREN'T "loving contributors to our society" also don't deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby either.

Dear god let this man cook.

This week on Casual Magic, I'm joined by one of the brightest stars in the magic community sky, @bobbiechristine.bsky.social! We talk about making a place for ourselves in this game and creating spaces for everyone to thrive. What a joy to talk to her =) youtu.be/9kMxbqPFgvo?...

I had to explain soooooo many things yesterday (To students and staff 🫠)

We’re entering the “so much depends on whether the military will disobey orders” phase of authoritarianism. None of this is good and I wish I could say the danger of protesting and mass action isn’t rising. But it is, and yet the time for protecting and mass action is now.

One more day! ABENI and the KINGDOM of GOLD is out tomorrow 4•29•25–book 2 in the Abeni’s Song trilogy. Art by Michael Machira Mwangi #middlegradefantasy

"Practice silence and meditation to help manage ADHD." Live footage of my brain:

Well, BlueSky... how's everyone's back this morning? Take your meds?

🗣️ WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK - April 21-27 Please share this flyer far and wide! Print and post them everywhere - hand them out at your next Tesla Takedown, at your church, at your grocery store! We are all we’ve got, and everyone has something to give.

The Minneapolis area (of which Osseo is a suburb) loves its open-enrollment and charter schools. We even have Intermediate SpEd Districts for higher-needs students. The weaponization of all that "choice" is districts like Osseo pressing families at the whims of administrators, until they leave.

The #HalvarTeaches 2025 #MCTM Conference wrap-up: I make personal concessions to attend this gathering of math nerds because the potential for ideas and collaboration is worth it, especially if willing to choose the sessions that most challenge one's comfort, engage when otherwise we wouldn't. 1/

So many of us are fighting nasty autism disinfo, but we should also be proactive about sharing helpful autism info! Here are 11 ways to help make your autistic person's life easier. (Sometimes this info is helpful for autistic people, too!) thinkingautismguide.com/2017/04/elev... #neurodiversity 1/

Colleagues, the autism registry doesn’t exist without our participation Repeat after me: fuck you, make me If you care about Autistic people “Fuck you, make me.”

Yes, everything is on fire, but this is (another) big RED ALERT moment. Autistic folks are more likely to dismiss illogical rules (like gender norms), so there is correlation, but linking targeted groups is precursor to "justified" elimination, combining eugenics & genocide. We ALL stand together.

✅ hey, alt text is super helpful to include even if it's vague, please consider using it every time because it's not kind to leave people out. there's actually a button that helps you make it mandatory to either include it or actively dismiss the warning. Thanks for your consideration!

There are two Americas.

This 🧵 is exactly what happened as I hit burnout, unmasking, & retaliation from former admin. I challenged *everything.* "That's not true.* "Doesn't that violate <law>?" "That sounds racist. Can you clarify why that's funny?" "Is that your decision or the school's policy?" And wow, the squirming.

Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported

Following public false claims on autism causation and attacks on science, INSAR has released a statement that people are “born with autism” www.autism-insar.org/page/insarst.... Autism as innate and lifelong is the focus my new free paper (long thread incoming): www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...

Taps sign.

The University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy has announced the launch of the Vaccine Integrity Project. A team of health experts is launching this independent project that could start its own vaccine evaluations and guidelines — apart from federal health agencies.

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

Realizing I have become the Autistic Elder...

I have *part* of an answer. A colleague was nearly in tears today about the idea of registry & implications. I've been loud-and-proud disclosed #ActuallyAutistic / #AuDHD for years. Parent of similarly neurotyped children. 17yr teacher w/ 5 SpEd licenses. Off-record staff support group starts now.

Magneto was Right (because Magneto was based on experiences of the Holocaust) www.reddit.com/r/magnetopil...