Neuroaffirming Autism Education

17/10/2026

Autistics don't "get used to sensory input"

Im a gen x (you know- that gen you all ignore or dont even know exist because of your ignorance or perhaps you're too busy trying to blame anyone but the current situation)... we had it worse in some ways.... but not as bad as every single gen before us in other ways.

And yet.... every gen now has sensory overload way worse than the one previous.. the world now has more noise/light/etc (cars/planes/electrical tools/phones/computers/TV's etc) than the one previous.

The amount of sensory overload and reaction to it- is in direct response to the immediate environment around us.

Why do you think there are more diagnosed people... yes- due to more understanding... but also due to our environment becoming more overstimulating and us reacting to it.

We dont just "get used to it".... we are reacting to an ever increasing toxic environment.

Do you know about the canary in the mine?... autistics are the canary- we dont get used to it- we are your first indication that something is wrong.

Start looking to the autistic community for warning signs in your community.

We react severely to things like: injustice, sensory overload, pattern recognition of bad things to come etc etc etc.

We often know before others how bad things are currently and how bad they're about to be- stop ignoring us!!! Start listening to us

17/10/2026

People who do social skills programs....
1. Don't care about the mental decline of autistic people
2. Don't understand that being autistic is a cultural difference- and not something to fix or change
3. Are actually toxic neurotorturers who dont care and dont want difference in our society
4. Are allistic supremacists who believe in the "god" of neuronormity or of the "demon" of neurodifference.

The way to exorcise these sorts of "beliefs" or EXTREME IGNORANCE from our society hasn't been discovered yet- but i hope they find a cure for these torturers soon. or... we may be forced to take our own protective measures

19/09/2026

Response to NAS statement that autism is genetic...

Well duhhhhh!!!!

For one thing, NAS has been problematic for treating their aitistic clients like animals (literally riding them).... but secondly- they are so late to the party it's ridiculous.

Everyone has been saying how great it is for groups to come out and say this... I say- too little too late.

Rfk/dump truck auti$m $peaks, ABA etc have caused more damage than any others for decades. And finally making a statement that we've all known true for decades does not excuse the harms of NAS or any other group/individual who spreads bs about autistics.

What the statement by NAS has done is bring out the looney toons in people.

I wanted to share this comment made by someone after the original poster commented on the NAS statement:

This ignorant (yet funny person) wrote: "Also don't forget those born prematurely. The earlier they were born the higher the chances of getting autism".

Have you ever read anything more funny? It made my day, I laughed so hard.

That's like saying that my premature baby would've had brown eyes (instead of his beautiful blue ones) if I'd just held him in for another 8 weeks). 😂😂🤣🤣😅😆😅🤣🤣🤣😅🤪 (laugh emojis).

People- what don't you get about autism being genetic? And what exactly do you think genetics or even autism is? Im honestly baffled by some of the comments expressed about something so simple.

18/09/2026

You know what's funny? People have been asking how to describe "people with higher support needs" by using the exact description that perfectly describes them... and their needs by saying: "people with higher support needs"

The people who are pushing "profound autism" to be a term are some of the most ignorant or perhaps naive people on the planet.... by using "profound" they are actually showing both their complete lack of understanding of what autism is, and their 'profound' hatred of us at the same time.

Autism is just your neurotype... the way you think/feel and express yourself (and its a disability because the world hates us and condemns us for those different ways of feeling/thinking and expressing).

There's no such thing as "profound" autism because you can't be more or less autistic than the next person. That'd be like saying one black is "profoundly black" compared to the rest of their community.... or one gay person is "profoundly gay" compared to the rest of their community- its fu***ng insulting.

The things that make one autistic person have more struggles than the next is due to either circumstance or cooccurring disabilities.

Circumstance: we're talking about privilege here. Your family and life circumstances, your parents education, their financial position, their power within society (socially accepted or not- discriminated against, or not). These all add struggles.

Cooccurring disabilities: these can include a number of possibly thousands of variables. The "profound" bs- is bs because it wants only autistics with ID and maybe incontinence to be added to it.... but autistics are human and come with "human variation".... so we can have all of these other cooccurring disabilities that make us higher needs than a person with just ID and incontinence... for instance you can have; epilepsy, ARFID, cerebral palsy, anorexia, apraxia, dyspraxia, motor disinhibition, f***l withholding, severe spd, diabetes, down syndrome, tourettes, dyslexia, irlens, blind, deaf, dysgraphia, glp, misophonia, apd, bulimia, pica, adhd, bipolar, bpd, schizophrenia, als, cleft, tongue tie, tethered spine, paraplegic, degenerative issues, missing chromosomes, pans, pandas, fragile x, eds, fibromyalgia, POTS, endometriosis, polycistic ovaries, low muscle tone, lupus, raynauds, hyperhydrosis, social anxiety, trauma, depression, ptsd, ibs, coeliac, anaphalaxis, etc etc etc.

What makes a person with just ID and perhaps continence issues more "profound" than a person with these other things?

If you've finally come to the right conclusion that it doesnt- I welcome you to the world of understanding.... of clarity and realising why "profound" doesn't just ' not make sense' - that its also exoffensive, segregating and weirdly supremacy thinking. To think that your child is more "special" or more deserving of supports than another child with all or some or many of these things is tgat parent just being an as***le. EVERYONE- is deserving of help. Yes, some need more- but why are the ones with one or two additional cooccurring disabilities being singled out for this dubious "honour" of being labelled as "profound" and how does it help anyone? Seriously- explain to me how it helps anyone- other than to segregate those with ID -presumably (and very likely) to eradicate them?!!!! It serves no other purpose!

Start attacking what's really the problem- peoples ignorance of autism and our struggles- and the government/insurances that deny supports or deny access to supports. Stop singling out autistics with specific cooccurring disabilities, its not fair on them- and it doesn't help them either.

21/08/2026

Its Helen Johnston and Heather McKay podcast on fibromyalgia

20/08/2026

Synaptic pruning

Does anyone else find it hilarious that the NT's will call synaptic pruning that causes Alzheimer's an "overreactive immune system" problem, but they don't call neurotypicalism synaptic pruning the same thing?

Anyone see the double standard here?

Apparently...... not overly pruning (less synaptic pruning) in youth causes ADHD and autism - which they think is bad...

but when the opposite process occurs later in life - (we prune too much) it's also bad. So whether you prune too little or too much - you are broken and bad....

but who decides how much is the right amount? and why is pruning to become NT superior? and yet the exact same pruning process to get Alzheimer's is bad. There's a double standard here - and it always benefits the typical.

I wouldn't ever want to have neurotypicalness it seems to create severe prejudices and bigotry... maybe we should cure that before anything else.

18/08/2026

Synaptic pruning at the root of autism and other neurodivergences????

The articles and studies that have found that autistics have more synaptics are ableist and offensive.

Why? Because they all suggest that pruning is good, that it's "superior" to: not prune or prune less.

But I haven't seen one study that proves WHY they consider it superior....or WHY it's better to prune all those connections.

NT's think their highly pruned brains are superior- and therefore want to force us to prune ours.

What did they do? They decided that autistics have more synapses (or different synaptic pruning to NTs) and being autistic is wrong and bad- so therefore.... a lack of pruning is bad.

Do you see the problem here? Do you see the ableism and hatred aimed at us?

Instead of trying to investigate why it might be a good thing to keep those synapses, or investigate why different brains feel the need to keep certain synaptics.... they instead assume inferiority and therefore the need to "fix" it or force us to trim our brains, our connections and/or our grey matter.

They are -as a result of their intense bigotry- looking into giving mice drugs to force them to trim synaptics so that they can one day force us to trim ours too.

How fu**ed up is that???

Human kind is not kind at all and is truly fu**ed!

15/08/2026

RIP Professor Arday.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-15/ex-cambridge-professor-in-plagiarism-scandal-found-dead/107041562

Yet another of our community has (reportedly) taken their own life due to the discrimination, segregation and hatred from NT's and the media. Btw- i dont and didn't believe any of the s**t slinging crap the telegraph and times slung at you. Hopefully they'll be held accountable.

Please take care of yourselves. Autistics are 3 to 5 times more likely to die by su***de.

I will not tell you to call lifeline- (but you very much so can), but i know the administration of my local one- and my local one is prejudiced against us (and actually recommended more harmful things than helpful). There are some good orgs out there that may help, like beyond blue etc- but i will warn you that they are trained for NTs not ND's- and may suggest things that harm instead of help (thats my experience anyway, dont let it prevent you- just be wary of nt support programs).

If youve had similar experiences to me, I recommend to get support from us - other neuroaffirming autistic people. There are support groups available out there (i run 2) in australia. In the uk- maybe reach out to groups like Autistic Inclusive Meets Community Group AIM ... BUT PLEASE.. remember you are not alone. There's also trainers like Trauma Geek - Janae Elisabeth which may be of help too

The world is truly s**tty and full of hate towards us right now, try and stay safe, stay strong- find us- we are here waiting and willing to help and support.

Im truly saddened by this news... RIP Jason.

Jason Arday, who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week amid a high-profile plagiarism storm that featured racism claims, has been found dead.

13/08/2026

Should we ban screens in schools?

F**K NO!!!!!

But probably not for the reason you think.

There is currently a group in Australia called “The Heads Up Alliance” that are trying to have screens banned for all primary schools across the country. This group is made up of teachers and parents – and has 15K followers. This group was also instrumental in the social media ban for under 16’s last year.

If you’ve read my other blogs on the social media ban – you’ll know my opinion of the harm and stupidity and direct/indirect discrimination of that ban on disabled people under the age of 16. That the ban is not about helping students, it’s about arbitrary control and limiting the ability of disabled people from communicating with the world. And that ban – added to the governments attack on autistic people and otherwise disabled people and their ability to access the community in person (by literally removing funding and supports so that we can access in person communication and supports etc) – is leading to the eradication of disabled children from society altogether. These two bans (the one above and the one below) aren’t about children at all – it’s about direct discrimination of disabled people.

Now they’re directly attacking disability tools. I have corresponded with them – but they are adamant in their ignorance that this new ban (just like the last one) is to help children, not to harm them. They also say that their petition and new ban does not affect or include the use of screens or tools for disabled children – but it does!!!!

This isn’t about children or learning – this is about a group of biased, bigoted people who hate the disabled, their tools and their ability to communicate with the world. First they tried to take their communication access to the world – now they are trying to take their access to learning tools. This isn’t about learning – this is about hatred of technology. Don’t be gullible, naive or ignorant.

When children are taught to use tools appropriately and safely – they use them appropriately and safely. There is no need to ban anything. Banning causes and forces more ignorance, it forces the dumbing down of society and the exclusion of differences and segregates certain groups or communities. This group doesn’t want learning – they want ignorance.

The teachers that they asked about this ban were in agreement – that banning screens isn’t the answer – that teaching how to use these things is the answer. Along with a curriculum that promotes equity, choice and control – while advocating for balance and proper utility of appropriate tools for appropriate learning. They agreed that banning screens will hurt children, not help them. We live in a digital world, and banning tech will force digital illiteracy and harmful use of devices – where children are not taught how to use them properly, effectively and safely.

Banning doesn’t teach. Banning forces people to be sneaky or to get around the ban. The previous under 16’s ban (thank goodness) hasn’t worked so far. But it still sets children up for digital/social media/bullying/ scamming illiteracy… and it sets up the government to be in a prime position to enforce it with fines for already destitute families, and allows the government to bring about the complete decimation of disability rights.

This group has an active petition to ban screens in schools. We don’t need to ban anything…. We need to teach about safety, which tools and mediums are great for different needs and different learning, and how to use them and be critical of what they show you.

Now – all of that are the ‘regular’ reasons why this ban is fu**ed up and harmful for all children. Let’s now talk about why it harms disabled children.

Disabled children can come with a range of disabilities, eg; blindness or sight/vision issues, Irlen’s or other processing issues, APD, hearing issues, GLP, EDS, dysgraphia, dyspraxia, apraxia and motor disinhibition etc etc etc. All of these things require different tools to help with each disability…. And most of them require screens or other mediums to learn.

When you ban a tool for NT/non disabled children but not for disabled children (as this group wants to do) they effectively make the tool inaccessible to the disabled children as well.

When my children were attending mainstream schooling, they were othered for their needs and their disabilities. That’s what this ban will do. Disabled people already feel different/ othered and ‘weird’ for their differentiated needs and different tools. My kids were picked on, bullied and physically attacked for their different tools. Even though some other children could’ve benefited from those tools being de-stigmatised and used by all.

When you ban something – you stigmatise it. You are literally saying – this tool is bad!

I directly quote the above-mentioned group here: “Our view is that reading physical books is superior to reading off a screen….. we don’t think 1:1 screens are needed at all in primary schools (except for children with special learning needs)”

The first part is extremely ableist – they are literally saying that one tool or medium is superior over disability tools…. Then the second part proves that the disabled community is an afterthought and an ‘add on’. They even comment that screens are needed for some learning needs – so how are they not needed for all. All students benefit from a differentiated medium and tool curricula and learning environment – and yet they think ‘normal’ kids should be banned from one of those tools.

They are stigmatising one type of tool over another.

Physical books are not superior. Listening to a book being read is not bad, reading on a screen is not bad, using a screen to communicate is not bad, using a screen to assist with EDS, arthritis or dysgraphia or another disability (to do with writing ability/capacity) is not bad. But when you ban it for abled people – you stigmatise it for all people – but especially for disabled people.

Let’s also look at it from yet another viewpoint.

Physical books aren’t being printed as much anymore. To get up to date/current and relevant information – you need screens. Encyclopedias and dictionaries have gone the way of the Dodo. You cannot look up a physical book anymore and know that it’s the most current and up to date information. Physical books are not superior in knowledge anymore….. and they are not in choice of medium anymore either.

Also, don’t forget that screens these days offer the latest teaching tools and ways for children to access learning right now – wherever they are.

If you are outside, and want to know what something is, you can take out your phone – use an app like google lens and snap a photo and find out. If you ban tech, the whole class would need to return to the library (which by the way don’t exist in many schools these days), and take painstaking hours to look through nature books, encyclopedias and every source in order to possibly not find the answer. Wasting the students and teachers time - time that they are severely lacking and don’t have… and time that’s need for other learning.

A note on physical libraries: In Australia, most country schools do not have physical books in the schools anymore (because of how out of date they become within the year)… these schools rely on a mobile library (a bus that has very limited number of books, that roams around the schools weekly. Each school has about an hour to look at the books available in the bus/ or van and then pick from what’s available what they want and put their names down on a wait list for a book that has been lent out to another child at another school in the district. These waitlists are 2 weeks long, and sometimes multiple children have put their names down on the list – this means the child is waiting (sometimes) a couple months for that book to become available.

In order to have learning available for these children in these schools – the school would need to be funded to the hilt – to build libraries, to buy books and to hire librarians again. The schools and the government simply don’t have these funds.

Many towns have shut their local libraries or combined their local library with the local high school – which have become dangerous places for primary school aged children to visit – due to the public and high school students using the one space. Most of these libraries have also changed over to digital. They supply computers or a computer room, they have similar waitlists for books, and these libraries are severely limited on space and funds.

Not all schools are in a close proximity to a library either. This would require more time, and more money to transport all the students to these libraries…. And then – the public is detrimented by the number of students attending these sites. A local library in a country town with perhaps 5 or 6 primary schools with maybe 500 students in each school cannot accommodate that number of students visiting their libraries weekly, or daily – as this ban would require.

Do you see the utter ignorance and stupidity of this ban yet??????

Ok let’s talk about different classes within schools.

Schools are supposed to have second language studies, but regional schools struggle to get proficient and suitably qualified and experienced teachers to teach these subjects. Having the students backed up by programs like duolingo on screens helps alleviate the strain on already under staffed/equipped schools.

How about geography. Countries change constantly – their names, their borders etc – the introduction of online maps to learn geography was a godsend – no more printed outdated maps – and the money it costs to print those outdated materials.

How about music. Musical instruments cost money. Schools have had these programs defunded over the years. Some regional schools have a wondering music teacher or wandering specialist teacher for languages or other topics these days. To keep in contact with these teachers – many students have online lessons or use apps to study or learn music and other subjects…. It’s simply not available without that online content or teacher.

News has been taught in schools since I was in primary school decades ago – they used BTN (the ABC program “Behind the News”). Will banning screens also mean getting rid of this source of information and learning?

With universities not teaching specialist subjects like science and mathematics to our teachers appropriately or thoroughly – students need some way to back up what’s being taught – screens (whether you love or hate them) are a great source of instruction for any subject that a child is missing because of the lack in the teachers skills or knowledge. This is not a rebuke of teachers – this is a rebuke of universities, and a note that all people can know everything about every topic. You ban screens, you make a teachers life harder too – and you then must require better education and resources for those teachers. But this ban does come with more education or more resources.

Please tell me you see the stupidity in this ban now? Have I explained all the dumbassery of banning a tool that is inanimate and does not hold malice as it’s goal or intent? Have I explained enough about it harms all involved – not just students, but teachers, families and especially disabled children? Have I proven that this ban is not about learning – and only about bias and hatred of a tool – not about increasing help for teachers and students? If I haven’t I’m sorry… but that’s on you not me – if you can’t see that this ban is bad for all – your more pig headed and ignorant than I thought…. Good luck to you – and your future ignorant children. Sorry – not sorry…. But banning is never the answer to anything.

13/08/2026

Just came across an Autism Mom(™) support group that ACTUALLY BELIEVE vaccines caused their child's autism 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

These as***les actually believe in stopping vaccinations.

oh well - at least the population will be culled of ignorant people - unfortunately diseases like Measels, polio & diptheria, whooping cough, rotavirus, chickenpox, tetanus and mumps don't just attack the ignorant and wilfully hateful 😥 F**K YOU, you wanksplat brainwormed dickwads.