HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY
Show love to your trans friends and educate yourself from trans creators :)
And tomorrow starts Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month, so here are some reminders :
- do NOT "light it up blue". Instead, use red (autistic people) or yellow (autistic women and non-binary people)
- do NOT use the puzzle piece to represent autism as it has eugenic, ableist and autistophobic connotations (+ it's kind of infantilizing). Instead, use the infinity symbol (rainbow for the neurodivergent spectrum in general, golden for autistic people)
- consume media from people who are actually autistic
- be careful who you support. For example, do NOT give one cent to Autism Speaks as they try to eradicate us-
- friendly reminder that we don't use terms such as "Asperger's syndrome" or "high/low functioning autism" anymore.
This month is made for us, autistic people, to be heard, whether it is with our own voices, our hands when signing, our AACs, our keyboards and chatrooms, our pencils or our paintbrushes. Listen to us, even use your platform if it can help us to be heard !
I'm open to questions, ask them in comments if you have some !
I'm planning on making things on Instagram this month, such as tips to make convincing autistic characters :)
Take care, remember we love you <3
- Bea (they/he)