#neuroqueering

[astuteandkind]

I love writing love letters.

So much that I made a show where I write love letters to strangers. It's going on tour to Orlando Fringe this May and you can help:

build the world of the show in a community-based, sustainable way

donate to Zebra Youth, a charity that houses LBGTQ+ young people in need of a proper, loving family

by grabbing something from the Love In x Zebra Youth Targé(t) registry here.

All set pieces donated will be treated with care through the run of the show and then brought to their forever home at the Zebra house!

And if you want me to send you a love letter as a thank you.... I'm more than glad!

[transsexualfiend]

If you want to call yourself "madpunk", "cripplepunk", "neuropunk", etc, your activism better not stop at the things you find "bad". People with no empathy. People with personality disorders. People who need their aids in daily life. People who have extreme fluctuating emotions. People with paraphilias. People with dissociative disorders. Psychotic people. People who have different modes of eating, excreting, having sex, etc. Homeless people. People who wear diapers. People who have violent urges/thoughts. People who you think are "dangerous". People who use drugs. People who need medication to survive and live. People with physical deformities. People who have delusions. People who struggle with feeding themselves, cleaning, working, etc.

If you think any of these factors make someone "abusive", you are ableist. Abusers are abusive. None of the above things make someone an abuser.

Madpunk and cripplepunk aren't just "adhd and autism punk". Or "mobility aid user punk". Keep that in mind.

[thatwritererinoriordan]

A Treatise on Chaos: Embracing the Chaotic Self and the art of neuroqueering Paperback – Large Print, January 23, 2023

(Free for Kindle Unlimited!)

[sleepycatten]

PSA

If you want to be a girl, you can just be a girl.

If you want to be a boy, you can just be a boy.

& your options aren't limited to the binary.

Maybe you're a combination of genders.

Maybe you have no gender.

Maybe your gender is fluid.

Maybe it's intrinsically linked to your neurodivergence.

Or maybe it's something else entirely.

You can just be you 💖

[anomalousmancunt]

this disability pride month i'd like to remind y'all that "visibly disabled" does not imply "mobility aid user" (nor anything else other than "people can see there is something about you that doesn't fit abled hegemony")

OP is autistic and talking about its experiences being autistic (AND multiply disabled). don't fucking touch if you have no solidarity towards autistic people.

[psychabolition]

CPA - Campaign for Psychiatric Abolition

[sophies-library]

I don't wanna be the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" that helped you find yourself again.

I wanna be the Autistic Trans Girl you asked to be your girlfriend and is always there for you, Iwanna be the Puppy Girl that you give headpats to.

I don't wanna be A Wonderful Experience, I wanna be Everything for you.

#ICantSleepAndAlliWantIsYourArmsAroundMe

[dysgeographica]

there’s nothing wrong with needing to use gps directions to get everywhere.

it doesn’t mean you’re “stupid”, it doesn’t mean you’re not trying hard enough or not paying enough attention. it doesn’t mean you’re doing something wrong or taking the easy way out. it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be allowed to be independent.

yes, even if you need it to get somewhere you’ve been a million times before. even if you need it to get around the town you’ve lived in your entire life. even if other people think you should be able to go without it.

if you wouldn’t judge another disabled person for using certain tools that let them live more independently, don’t judge yourself for doing the same.

and never ever let someone else shame you into going out into the world without the tools that allow you to feel safe.

these tools exist to be used, so use them if you need them. there’s no shame in needing help.

[fairyb0ii]

They say:

-You can't be AuDHDer because you are "normal".

-We're all a little autistic/ADHD.

-You can't be AuDHDer because you are queer and trans and you had s3x with your partner.

And stuff like that.

But when I don't mask, when I show autistic and ADHD joy, when I stim, when they see my special interests, they say I'm "weird", "childish" or "stupid".

When I show my difficulties, when I need support, when I have repetitive and racing thoughts, they say I'm "picky", "selfish", "spoiled".

When I have a meltdown or a shutdown, they say I'm "mad".

When they know that I am neurodivergent, they say I'm "ill".

I'm not ill, mad, spoiled, selfish, picky, stupid, childish or weird.

AuDHD is a disability, difficulty, joy, special interests, hyperfocus, mood swings, hypersensitivity, etc...

AuDHD is not an illness.

[sir-dyke-genderpunk]

Radfems HATE my genderfuck soft butch neuroqueer transgender swagger

Wait until they also find out I'm a furry and objectum

[teaktty]

Badges I made over the last few weeks

[astuteandkind]

Trephination for the Twenty-First Century is going on tour!

Dates across the UK have been confirmed, with ongoing talks to take the tour out to venues across Europe, and as the #TrephinationTour's ACE funding deadline approaches, your help is needed to show the Arts Council that mentally ill stories told by mentally ill people are viable investments. 

Why is Trephination going on tour?

The mission #TrephinationTour seeks to accomplish is opening conversations about mental health and phenonema freed of diagnostic labels in local communities. These conversations, sparked by the show, will be facilitated in care conversations following every staging and in workshops where Amanda will guide participants through expressing their own subjective experiences.

Why should I donate?

The projected budget for the #TrephinationTour to pay participating artists a living wage is around £20,000, and the more outside funding Arts Council England sees going into the tour, the more likely they are to invest in fully funding the show. Any amount is a show of faith in the mad liberation work of this tour, and truly makes a difference.

How will I be credited?

If you provide it, your name will be listed in the programmes handed out at performances and in the collection of "trephinations" written by audience-participants in workshops at participating venues. 

[devinsturk]

A Manifesto for the Liberated Autistic

(written by one Autistic person!)

Communication is a human right!  We demand access to whatever form of communication we choose, including unconditional access to Augmented and Alternative Communication technologies.

We demand autonomy over our own bodies and rightful decision-making powers over our own lives as we see fit.

We demand freedom from police brutality and all forms of abuse, including seclusion and physical and chemical restraint in schools and hospitals, and we demand freedom from all forms of violence, including filicide.

We demand that the shameful Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachusetts—and all other institutions like it—be shut down.  #StopTheShock

ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) is conversion therapy for autistics.  We demand freedom from all oppressive “interventions” or “treatments” and quack “cures” for Autism which seek to rob us of what—and who—we are.

We demand unsegregated access to an education alongside our peers.

We demand access to our own communities and our own cultures, and we demand access to knowledge of our people’s history!

We demand meaningful employment and an end to sub-minimum wage for all disabled people.

The way we move is political, and we demand freedom from all pressures to “behave” in accordance with neurotypical standards.  Embrace the stim!  

We must commit to cross-disability solidarity and cross-movement solidarity.

#ActuallyAutistic people are the REAL experts on Autism.

[strange-nd-creature]

I guess it’s because I’m neurodivergent, but all my internet friends think I’m significantly older than I actually am because I talk in a very formal way.

However, all my offline friends think I’m significantly younger than I actually am, because I’m also trans/genderfluid and I look like a (taller) prepubescent boy.

[rebirthgarments]

Bidding closes for disabled 🍉mom Nara’s auction Tomorrow, July 5th at 9pm central time!

We had so much fun at the virtual pool party and wanted to keep the fun going! So, tomorrow, July 5th from 1-4pm Central time, I will be joining @drdemonprince and Madeline testdevice on “The Time Theft Today” weekly Twitch stream to talk about Nara and her auction for a little home shopping network moment!

Get tickets, dough-nate, and bid on 66 amazing items at givebutter.com/c/naraparty

Time Theft Today is a weekly round-up of discourse, neurodiversity, mad pride, liberationist leftism and social media ephemera hosted by Madeline @Testdevice_ and Devon Price! We will also be hanging out while Dr. Devon does some silly interactive polls and we play around with Madeline’s .jpg dollhouse!

Event is free, but feel free to buy a sliding scale ticket since 100% goes to Nara and her family!

go to twitch.tv/drdevonprice to watch the live stream!

This photo features a bunch of examples of protest banners to inspire you when thinking about the custom vinyl protest banner that you can win at the auction! The bid for a custom banner is currently at $43!

[Image Description: a selfie of Sky wearing a watermelon free the armpit biketard, their pink scalemaille headpiece and pink queercrip earrings in xyr bathtub with vinyl banners decorating the walls for the virtual pool party. On the edge of the bath is rubber ducky shaped pop it stim toy!

Banners photographed include:

-a black holographic rectangle with pink holographic letters that says “We are Immunocompromised, Masks are Community Care”.

-A holographic gonfalon shaped banner that says “Queercrips for Pal-eh-stime” with a flag queer crip symbol in the center,

-A large Pal-eh-stimeian flag with a heart where the red triangle usually is

-A holographic gonfalon shaped banner that says “Land Back” in red letters with a small version of flag mentioned above, above it.

-A yellow irregularly shaped banner with the words “Radical Visibility” in pink letters.]

[raemoriendi]

“vampire” as in you have the kind of autism where you have to be explicitly invited to participate

“vampire” as in you wear the same outfits until they’re ancient rags, regardless of aesthetic, because they’re the clothes you’ve always worn

“vampire” as in you were always asked by your classmates why you talked funny. you thought this was just how people talked

“vampire” as in the adults always liked your jokes, but people your own age never laughed

“vampire” as in something was wrong with you, something in your very essence kept people at bay, but you swore you looked just like the rest of them

“vampire” as in you felt so disconnected from the seasons of life - your peers’ milestones, their growing up - that you felt out of joint with time itself. something ageless about you in the worst way

“vampire” as in people talked about things like you as something dangerous and sinful, something that would seduce the young and innocent

“vampire” as in you can’t remember ever getting to be either

“vampire” as in there’s a lot of time you can’t account for, actually. how old even are you?

“vampire” as in you remember the first time you looked at girls and boys with a longing, a twisting in your stomach like hunger

“vampire” as in no one else you knew liked people that way, like they wanted a taste, and you thought maybe you really were a monster

“vampire” as in your nightmares always involve a crowd of people - sometimes living, sometimes dead - finally realizing that you’re something else trying to pass yourself off as one of them, and they feel tricked

“vampire” as in you don’t know who made you this way

“vampire” as in you don’t know if everyone like you is hiding somewhere you can’t find them, or if they’re just gone. if they’ve always been gone

“vampire” as in it felt like you were alone for centuries, before you finally met another