#light it up red

[clownrecess]

(Trigger warning!!: Autism Speaks, murder, abuse, trauma, April, Light It Up Blue, panic attacks, meltdowns)

Hi. I am a nonspeaking autistic.

In a month, it will be April (autism acceptance month!). And I am, quite honestly, terrified.

Let's talk about why.

April is autism acceptance month, however it is also considered by most to be autism awareness month. During "autism awareness month", a ton, like a ton of propaganda is spread by Autism Speaks, lots of people donate to Autism Speaks, and I see a lot of people wearing Autism Speaks shirts.

Let me make this as clear as I can, Autism Speaks is a money hungry hate group that supports eugenics and abuse.

And, well, when for an entire month everyone is encouraging everyone to go donate to them, they get more money, and more attention, which means the more of their goals they will complete.

This is terrifying.

For me, April is genuinely traumatizing. I have an intense amount of panic attacks in April. Half of the time they are in public, too. I went into a store once, to see their walls were taped with puzzle pieces and every few minutes an announcement would come on encouraging shoppers to donate to Autism Speaks.

Within around 15 minutes of me being in the store, I began getting so upset and overwhelmed by this, I collapsed, and cried, and hit myself in the head repeatedly.

This probably seems like an overreaction. But, you have to understand, that is is so so hard seeing people advocate for the murder, and abuse of people like you. It is constantly being forced down your throat all year long, but in this month, it exaggerates. It gets much more intense.

It has gotten to the point, that I am so on edge in April, that I feel physically nauseated, and terrified, whenever I see puzzles, or even just the color blue in April.

Please, please, I ask everyone wear red as much as possible in April. And if you can, donate to ASAN.

[genzforbettergenerations]

Happy Autism Acceptance Month!

[ballsalsda]

My teacher bombarded us with puzzle pieces today for autism awareness month :((

[redtail-lol]

It's autism acceptance month which means it's time to light it up #redinstead and listen to autistic voices! If you're an allistic ally or especially a parent or guardian of a child with autism, here are some things to know:

Autism speaks is an organization that has hurt many more people than it helps. We really don't like it. If you've been a well meaning donor and participant of Light it up Blue in the past, make this month the month you change that. We will forgive you for not knowing.

High and low functioning labels are disliked by the community, especially people who are considered "low functioning." Everyone can function when their needs are met. We seek to replace high functioning with low support needs and low functioning with high support needs.

You do not know your child best. Your child knows your child best. Speaking about being a parent of an autistic child is okay but don't ever use that to speak over autistic people.

Take your kids out of ABA if they're in ABA. I don't care if they behave better. They're not having the roots of the problem fixed, they're just being rewarded for suppressing their symptoms. If you really want to healthily deal with problems involving meltdowns and self harming stims (hitting themselves, banging their head on things, the like) find what's upsetting your kid that makes them do that and avoid it. If your kid doesn't speak, speaking is painful. Don't force them. Learn ASL with them, most nonverbal autistic kids can learn ASL. Other symptoms ABA is "fixing" do not need to be "fixed." People who support ABA may say it's only old ABA that's bad, and there are good results, but even without punishments, ABA just forces autistic people to mask and appear neurotypical in a way that causes them immense distress. Don't listen to the people who make money off of it. There is no good ABA. It was created by the same piece of shit that created gay conversion therapy and has the same principle: suppress your feelings and pretend to be straight even if it makes you uncomfortable and unhappy.

If your autistic kid who is NOT in ABA and never has been is not having meltdowns or hurting themselves: they're happy. You've succeeded as a parent in meeting their needs.

Picky eating can be solved by not feeding your child things they do not like. Especially older kids, they know what they do and don't like. If your child, autistic or allistic, has consistent dislikes, then stop feeding them the foods they dislike. Food texture aversion is a real sensory sensitivity and certain flavors and textures don't go together. Whatever the reason is, don't feed any child things they don't want to eat after they've passed the phase of only eating ice cream or only white food turned no white food (I had that phase.) They know what they enjoy.

When talking about the struggles of caring for moderate to high support needs autistic people, be mindful of the struggles they're going through too. It'll always be worse for them. Don't demean us, and when you talk about the struggles, add in "I know it must be much harder for them, though, and it's worth it to make my kid happy and comfortable."

Aspergers is an outdated term named after a nazi. Some autistic people may identify as people with aspergers, but avoid using the term unless you know someone considers themselves that way.

Most autistic people use identity first language. Other people with autism use person first language. Some of us don't care.

While some autistic people do want to have a cure, donating to cure research will either be wasted or, in the event one is found, will lead to cures forced onto children who cannot decide whether or not they want to be cured.

A lot of this is sentiment shared by others! Please listen to other autistics, especially higher support needs autistics!!

Oh and medical papers stop assuming the reader is a parent and can't be an autistic person looking for their own symptoms challenge. Especially when it's centered on autistic teens.

[dominicdelagol2]

19: Too Much Energy (Auctober 2024)

Occasionally, I have an awful lot of energy and I need to burn it off somehow, either my bouncing on a trampoline, running around the house, something like that.

Mercury could sometimes have lots of energy and must move around to tire himself out, if that's even possible!

Check out my comic, Element Eon!

[mctwilight-mcd]

Happy autism acceptance/awareness day! It just so happens there’s an accessibility council meeting at my school today!

Have a great day!

[rattataprincess2007]

Happy Autism Acceptance Month! Reminder that the puzzle piece is an ableist symbol associated with Autism Speaks, especially when it is a blue puzzle piece. So use the infinity symbol for autism instead.

And one more thing. Don't Light it Up Blue! Light it Up Red Instead! Light it Up Blue is also associated with Autism Speaks.

[starlitink]

So since April is Autism Acceptance Month

Let me just say

From the bottom of my heart

FUCK AUTISM SPEAKS

#lightitupred

[dudedidujust]

The daily planet runs a front page article calling superman the light of mankind

Cue the batfam launching a counter campaign in support of Signal,  the real Light of Mankind.

It starts as a joke but quickly derails into an all out war.

[slugass]

autism day

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Official, somewhat isometric 3d artwork of Rosso, a stylized boy in a cubic style with a fire hydrant for a head. His body is red, his eyes are gold with black sclera, and he is wearing a black-and-gold striped shirt with a red letter “R” on it. He is wearing black shoes.

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[clownrecess]

Self indulgent unapologetically autistic stimboard!

(To help get you through the upcoming month of April)

With themes of red, gold/yellow, and stimming!

Credits:

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X ♾ X

X X X

[teanao]

Bi Panic

[iheartfurrympreg]

The Harbinger Of Death

watch out gem and joel

close ups under cut and analysis in tags ->

[florasdreamland]

Additionally, go red or gold for autism instead of blue! Acceptance, not awareness too! Use the infinity symbol as well instead of a puzzle piece!

Hey everyone, it's Autism Acceptance Month

Meaning

Time to take down Autism Speaks

A man called David Page started this on Tiktok. His autistic son took his life, and due to that he wants to make a change, he wants to shut down the organisation Autism Speaks.

Why?

Only around ONE PERCENT of Autism Speaks' revenue goes to helping autistic people and their families.

Autism speaks supports eugenics. They want to cure or get rid of autism. Autism can't be cured, it should be accepted and accommodated.

The majority of the people working there are not autisic.

They spread misinformation and stigma that autistic people should be feared and that they ruin families.

Autism speaks silences real autistic voices

How do we shut them down?*

Call Autism Speaks' phones lines as much as you can this month and keep them busy, so that less donations go through.

Keep their website open this month to overwhelm the server.

Use the #autismspeaks on every social media for random spam, so that its harder for their content to be found.

Live stream! Post! Share other posts! Talk about why Autism Speaks is harmful! Be loud and our voices will be heard.

*I'm using the suggestions from David Page's videos

Go follow David Page!! I found him on tiktok. Share his videos on other socials.

[dominicdelagol2]

02: Special Interests (Auctober 2024)

Other than the periodic table, I suddenly became very, VERY interested in Pokémon TCG cards lately! Collecting cards is cool, though I don't think I could keep up with an actual card battle haha

Mrs. Eddant loves collecting Pokémon Cards!

Check out my comic, Element Eon!

[tubbytarchia]

got an urge to design ponies oops