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HHS Walks Back “Autism Registry” Plans - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

On Monday, April 21st, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to collect federal and private health data for upco

“This turbulent week has shown that the administration has lost the trust of the entire autism community. HHS’ walk-back is a success for our advocacy; it shows that our community has power, and that it is vital to speak up when potential threats emerge."

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“i love you” as in

i will help you bear the load

i will cheer you on from the sidelines

i will give you the world

i will make wishes on stars for you

i will be there in the darkest of nights and brightest of mornings

Autism is Not a disease

— Nikita Gill

if your response to "diagnosed autistics in the US are having HIPPA violated to have their names put on a list by the government" is "so happy i was never diagnosed!"... then you are actually not helping in the slightest.

most of us with diagnoses were diagnosed as children, we didn't get a choice. and now we are getting put on a list, with those who are high support needs facing the most danger from said lists.

rubbing it in our faces that you won't be on said list is hurtful. its not funny. its not cute.

I am Deeply Uncomfortable with

the Passage of Time

and also, you know, just in general

seeing people my age talk about how scared they are of memory loss, which they only associate with old age, is so surreal to see as a 24 year old who has actively experienced memory loss for a long time now

there are causes for memory loss besides dementia and alzheimer’s, i hope y’all know that. dissociative disorders, trauma, brain injuries, thyroid problems, even just stress and lack of sleep can fuck up your ability to store, process, and access memory. and that’s just a few of the many causes i can think of off the top of my head right now.

please stop treating disabled people like some scary “other” that you might become only in the distant, decades-away future. we are your age, too. you may become one of us sooner than you know. stop acting like memory loss marks the end of a life, when so many of us have so much living left to do!

Some doodles of Maize, my sweet weird corn snake..

I'm obsessed. He's my muse. I love his funky jaw and the silly faces he ends up making while worming about