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Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 21h

Respirators protect against the spread of airborne viruses isn't a political statement. 😷 COVID is a dangerous airborne pathogen isn't a political statement. 🦠😷

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Good Samaritan @goodsamaritanhq.bsky.social · 17h

I love when a recipe says “prep time: 10 minutes.” Ten minutes for WHO? A professional chef with eight hands? It takes me ten minutes to find the paprika. Then another five staring into the fridge hoping the ingredient I forgot to buy will spontaneously appear out of shame.

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Nathan Summers @rockwlrs.bsky.social · 5h

This sounds very cool. Too bad I haven't conlanged in a long time or had a need to create one.

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🫜Prof Emily🫜 @professoremily.bsky.social · 8h

Hey everyone! This October I'm hosting #Conlangity, a game about fictional languages! The goal is to help total newbies craft a conlang that is realistic & usable! It will hopefully be accessible to non-linguist people, but it won't be for the faint of heart. Prepare for a challenge! MORE INFO👇🧵

Prompt list for #Conlangity, a game for building a fictional language! Hosted by @professoremily.bsky.social. Light yellow text printed in two columns over an orange background showing a faint photo of a large open dictionary.

1. CULTURE: Name & speakers of your language
2. SOUNDS: Basic sounds or units of speech
3. SOUNDS: Rare/never used sounds
4. SOUNDS: Rules of pronunciation, emphasis & tone
5. CULTURE: How did your language develop & what is it for?
6. VOCAB: greetings/farewells

7. GRAMMAR: Word order
8. GRAMMAR: Compound words, prefixes & suffixes
9. GRAMMAR: Noun modification (number, case, gender, articles)
10. VOCAB: Words/phrases about relationships

11. GRAMMAR: Pronouns
12. GRAMMAR: Descriptive words
13. VOCAB: Words/phrases about location and direction

14. GRAMMAR: Verbs
15. GRAMMAR: Verb conjugation & other variations
16. GRAMMAR: Verbals (infinitives, gerunds, participles)
17. VOCAB: Words/phrases about time

18. GRAMMAR: Prep-/Postpositions
19. GRAMMAR: Negations & Comparisons
20. VOCAB: Words for numbers

21. GRAMMAR: Subordinate Clauses
22. GRAMMAR: Asking questions, giving commands, speaking in hypotheticals
23. VOCAB: Words/phrases about food & drinks

24. GRAMMAR: Common abbreviations & mutations
25. VOCAB: Common slang, idioms, cursing
26. VOCAB: Words/phrases about animals and plants

27. VOCAB: Words or phrases that a tourist would need to know
28. CULTURE: A word with an interesting etymology
29. CULTURE: Writing system

30. VOCAB CHALLENGE: Translate song lyrics into your language
31. FREE DAY: Something that wasn’t covered/how you plan to use the language in your work?

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8h

A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Clara Belle Drisdale [1885-1993], the first African-American graduate of New Mexico State University. Many of her professors would not allow her inside the classroom, she had to take notes from the hallway www.reddit.com/r/Minority_S...

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Pru @prufrockluvsong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Please stop calling me on my phone that's not what it's for

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

malcolm harris showing yall how to ally once again

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And I really do think that's what most of our disabled comrades are complaining about, insofar as they are. Not that we haven't eliminated all health risks in our spaces but that we don't behave like this stuff matters for all of us as a movement...

*We're" the ones who force them into having to consider their health individually when we decline to think about it collectively, rather than working with our disabled comrades to make reasonable choices re: weighing risks. Something they have more experience with anyway!

And yeah when you put people in that position, you are only gonna hear from certain people. You aren't gonna hear from people who don't want to talk about their personal needs in an organizing context, they'll just be quiet and protect themselves. Which is a big loss.

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Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

COVID-caused brain damage for those who keep asking for proof. 😷

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

9/28/1865 — b. Emma Guy Cromwell, American #gov official, suffragist, #womensrights activist. Early female Kentucky politician; KY state librarian(1896). First KY wmn state office holder as sec of state (1923), treasurer (1927), director of libraries+archives ('37) #womenshistory #LibrarySky #PolSky

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Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I wish I could get my doctors to understand I'm a very unreliable reporter about my symptoms. "Do you have X?" Honestly, I'm not connected well enough with my body to know. Some of the ways I wish the medical world would work with autistic folk: (thread)

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

✨ NEW ✨ Banned Books Club design 🛒 bit.ly/WNDB-store

Graphic with a light wash wood grain background. There is a mock-up spiral-bound bullet journal open at the center of the graphic. The open page is titled “New Design: Banned Book Club”. Beneath the title text is an image of a mock-up baseball tee with green colored long sleeves. On the tee is an illustration of a raccoon reading a book while leaning against a stack of books. Arched text above the raccoon says “Banned Book Club” and subtitle text beneath the raccoon says “Read Freely” and “We Need Diverse Books”. There is a chart under the shirt noting that this design is available as a Premium Unisex Tee, Women’s Slim Fit Tee, Cotton Ringer Tee, Premium Youth Tee, Premium Long Sleeve, Eco Triblend Raglan, ¾ Sleeve Baseball Tee, Softstyle Pullover, and Premium Drop Shoulder Sweatshirt.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Gear up for the Fall season — and #BannedBooksWeek — with new WNDB merch! Whether you want to show your support for the freedom to read or show off your love of books, we have three new designs available in a variety of styles! Check out our Bonfire store for listings. 🛒 bit.ly/WNDB-store

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Siobhán @shibbi.me · 24/09/2026

> In particular, researchers have found that the puzzle is readily solved when the imagined context is policing a social rule. maybe meat brains were a mistake

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck the federal government for making it easier to lock up people who did nothing wrong.

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m genuinely shocked at the people on here who think long covid isn’t real. Seriously? Your actuaries, departments of health even the freaking department of defense know it’s real. Apparently people used to think MS wasn’t real. There’s a long history of telling sick people they’re crazy.

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Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It reminds me of a blind friend who gets letters periodically from USA social security that make her prove that Jesus didn't return and rub some spit and mud on her eyes to give her sight. You know, just in case. Apparently ADHD and autism work the same way.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 24/09/2026

Access to Special Ed should not depend on effective parent advocacy: "When schools rely on parents to push for services using sophisticated advocacy skills, that widens inequities for children whose caregivers lack time, resources or English proficiency." www.the74million.org/article/why-...

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Why Access to Special Education Depends Too Much on Parents

Richards: The biggest predictor of whether children receive special education services shouldn't be how effectively their parents can advocate.

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Birdie, Beginning @srslymagenta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yes. Those who are not disabled are only pre-disabled. Eventually you are disabled, then dead, or you skip disability and are just dead. If you live long enough, you _will_ have disabilities. Some of us are just prodigies.🙃

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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

you are not better than someone who has to fight for their ability to be in public. you are not safe from becoming completely dependent on accommodations to live. i hope you remember the way you're acting right now when this all becomes obvious to you.

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Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Mask are effective. Even part-time mask use has some use -- your chance of catching COVID is in part related to length of exposure, it's not "if even one virus particle is inhaled, the person is sick." It's "your chance of getting sick goes up with more intense and longer exposures."

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Peter Griffith @carboncyclist.org · 18/09/2026

If you know me, you know I love NASA. I'm glad that this can be posted at all. I'm sad that they can't say "climate change" science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...

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Summer Goes Out With a Heat Dome - NASA Science

Temperature records toppled across the central and southern U.S. as the autumnal equinox approached.

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𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔 | 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 @farismoonknight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We DO have paid leave in America. We just reserve it for 84-year-old men. 92 days to recover from being old, 0 days to recover from actually giving birth. But sure, tell me again how we can't afford it.

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Les-Boogie @lesboogie.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026

September 17th, 1849. Harriet Tubman escapes a Maryland plantation with two of her brothers, but returns after the men have second thoughts.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Disabled people are forced to regularly “prove” they’re still disabled to maintain the meagre benefits they receive. Mitch McConnell doesn’t even have to prove he’s competent in order to vote & be paid. There’s no transparency. This should enrage you.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Join us on 9/24 for Show Up, Speak Up: Vote for the Freedom to Read — a virtual variety show featuring a star-studded lineup of freedom to read champions celebrating books, authors, and readers. Let’s make our voices heard in this collective call to action! Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/ShowUpSp...

Dark turquoise graphic with an illustration of hands holding up paper ballots and picket signs that say, “Vote”. The graphic is titled, “Show Up, Speak Up! Vote for the Freedom to Read”. Beneath that is a gold bubble displaying the date September 24th, 2026. A subtitle says, “A virtual community action telethon featuring a star-studded lineup of freedom to read champions celebrating books, authors, and readers.” And below that is a custom URL that will direct users to register for this event: “tinyurl.com/ShowUpSpeakUp”.

Dark turquoise graphic with an illustration of hands holding up paper ballots and picket signs that say, “Vote”. This graphic outlines which featured speakers will be present at the Show Up, Speak Up event, including: Jerrold Connors, Jerry Craft, Alan Gratz, Shannon Hale, Martha Hickson, Ellen Hopkins, Adib Khorram, Maris Kreizman, Sarah MacLean, Don Martin, Julie Miller, Ann Patchett, Amanda Timpson, and Edward Underhill. Below the author list is a custom URL that will direct users to register for this event: “tinyurl.com/ShowUpSpeakUp”.

Dark turquoise graphic containing all the logos for: Red Wine & Blue Civics, Florida Freedom to Read Project, Authors Against Book Bans, Texas Freedom to Read Project, Seat, EveryLibrary, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Let Utah Read, Freedom to Read Project, Arkansas Right to Read Project, PENAmerica, We Are Stronger Than Censorship, I Support #FReadom, Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans, Lee & Low Books, LibroFM, We Need Diverse Books, Judging By the Cover Bookstore, The Novel Refuge, Eureka Books, The Book Wyrm and Other Oddities, Literally A Bookshop, The Authors Guild, American Library Association, Office for Intellectual Freedom, Zinn Education Project, Pagestreet Publishing, All She Wrote, Garden Wall Bookshop, Azantian Literary Agent, Diversity Awareness Youth Literary Organization, Lioness Books, Children’s Book Council, California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Steamy Lit, and American Booksellers Association.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Celebrate #LatineHeritageMonth by reading (or pre-ordering!) these 2026 releases by Latine authors and artists! 2026 has been an incredible year for new Latine book releases, and we’ve compiled 27 of those releases here that we think would make the perfect additions to your TBR—or wishlist!

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

⛰️ COVER REVEAL ⛰️ We’re so excited to reveal the cover for PROJECT JUNI by Kaitlyn San Miguel, an exhilarating new verse novel forthcoming from Lerner Books in March 2027! 🎨 Cover design by Viet Chu 🛒 bit.ly/ProjectJuniBook

Green graphic with an illustration of a dark blue mountain dominating the background. Bold text at the top of the graphic says, “Cover Reveal”. Beneath the text is a mock-up hardcover book displaying the cover for “Project Juni” by Kaitlyn San Miguel, forthcoming from Lerner Books on March 2nd, 2027. The cover illustration has a bright lime green background and a blue water droplet at the center which says, “Project Juni”. There is a bright pink silhouette of a rock climber appearing to scale the droplet on the left hand side.

Green graphic with an illustration of a dark blue mountain dominating the background. This slide contains the following synopsis for “Project Juni”: “Rock climbing is seventeen-year-old Junilyn's lifeline—a way for her to feel in control of something and connect with her much-older sister, Bea. But now Bea has moved away and Juni's relationship with her boyfriend is deteriorating, throwing her post-high-school plans into doubt. After the latest explosive fight with her boyfriend, she embarks on a solo rock climb to clear her head. On a cliffside she's never tried before. Without telling anyone where she is. As a storm rolls in. During the dangerous climb, Juni wrestles with her past, present, and future, explored through a dual timeline in this taut verse novel.”

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Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A lot of people have averted their gaze from the numbers of kids being crushed and flung aside by mainstream schooling so long as they can look at the results of the survivors and tell themselves that they are achieving exceptional outcomes. They were officially rewarded for doing so.

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Anna Freud @annafreudcharity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You very often get autistic children saying it’s too busy, or too noisy, or too hot or cold. And we’ll look round and think, no it’s not! But they are speaking their truth. It’s very real for them. And we need to support them with that. Watch our new video with @petewharmby.com:

autismcentral.nhs.uk

Video: 5 things I wish teachers knew about autism | Autism Central

In this video autistic author Pete Wharmby shares five things he wishes every teacher understood about autistic young people - from understanding sensory differences to allowing more time for tasks an...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

People are more than their jobs They’re more than their “economic activity” They’re more than their ability to produce under capitalism Those in power want to convince you that anyone not pulling their weight is a drain on the system Expendable It makes culling us easier No one is expendable.

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 10/09/2026

A photosensitive autistic woman who wears her sunglasses inside is frequently misdiagnosed as super mega very awesome, it has been rumoured. Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism...

A very cool-looking woman wears sunglasses while surrounded by bight coloured lights

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nobody says "you have asthma, you must be lazy." Nobody says "you have tinnitus, you're clearly a horrible person who won't listen." But an autistic nervous system reacts to stimuli and suddenly it's a character flaw. Stop moralising our nervous systems!

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Pete Wharmby's new book is out! His first two were excellent, and this one is badly needed: a book about why so many autistic kids are struggling, especially at school, from one of the people best-placed to explain it (and guide people to fix it). Very pleased to see he narrates the audiobook, too!

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Different Minds Audiobook on Libro.fm

If you have an autistic child in school, you may be painfully aware that mainstream education wasn’t built with them in mind.In Different Minds, former teacher and neurodivergence campaigner Pete Whar...

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Isabelle Finn-Kelcey @isabellefk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#Neuro-affirming guidance for The Knowledge Hub: If a child stares out of the window while a teacher is explaining something, this might be because they process auditory info better that way. Autism Central (NHS, @annafreudcharity.bsky.social) run free neurodiversity training for schs ✨

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Use code RBS20 and get 20% OFF It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School Edited By Rachael Davis, @claruineill.bsky.social , @suereviews.bsky.social With a chapter about Monotropism and Flow by myself and @oolong.co.uk www.routledge.com/It-Takes-All...

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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @railfocus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Without wanting to sound like a conspiracy theorist. It definitely seems like disabled, ADHD, Autistic people are being fitted up so they can be blamed for society's ills. Being disabled isn't "trendy" but journalists attacking disabled people definitely seems to be a new trend. 1/2

Headline reads; young women, nicknamed sickfluencers are turning chronic illness into a lifestyle trend and entrenching a culture of economic inactivity

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emotions scrapbook @affectingbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

See? It’s not weird to smile.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

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Andrew Fox Ⓥ @foxphorescence.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"are you published?" 'No.' "what if you write all these books and you never sell a single one?" 'Still worth it.' Most people will never understand. #WritingCommunity

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Siobhán @shibbi.me · 09/09/2026

Prevent the bad future. Make no mistakes. Do a breakthrough. … please.

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On this day in 1834, an angry white mob attacked the school that Prudence Crandall had opened to educate African American girls in Connecticut. The mob destroyed furniture & smashed most of the school’s windows. A few months earlier, Connecticut had arrested Crandall & placed her on trial. #WeTheMen

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 10/09/2026

“Women and girls have been known for about 100 years to have subtler but not necessarily “milder” challenges for conditions like autism, but awareness and diagnostic practices5 are only beginning to catch up.” From @drstevenkapp.bsky.social: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...

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expert reaction to study of changes in characteristics associated with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnoses over time | Science Media Centre

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You’re invited to become a Story Defender! 🛡️📚 The Story Defenders are WNDB's community of monthly donors. These are the supporters who show up not once a year, but consistently — giving every month to make sure we can say yes to as many requests that come our way. 💻 diversebooks.org/giv...

Dark blue graphic with sun rays emerging from the center and white clouds dotting the border. The graphic is titled “Become a Story Defender” and displays an illustration of a young Black girl sitting cross-legged and reading a book silently to herself. There are stacks of books behind her. A subtitle says, “WNDB’s community of monthly donors—now with exclusive perks and gifts!” Bright blue bubbles surrounding the reading girl denote special perks that come with becoming a WNDB Story Defender, such as: limited edition swag items, exclusive insider updates, and Bonfire discount codes. At the bottom of the graphic is bold text that says, “Join Today” and the following URL: “DiverseBooks.org/give-monthly”.

Dark blue graphic with open books along the borders and an illustration of a young family reading together as they sit together in front of colorful bookshelves. Body text says, “We recently launched The Story Defenders, WNDB's community of monthly donors. These are the supporters who show up not once a year, but consistently — giving every month to make sure we can say yes to the writer who needs a mentor, the teacher who needs books, the teen who needs to see themselves in a story.”

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/09/2026

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:

Handwritten notecard. Prompt at the top asks: What object was most devastating for you to lose, and how have you been coping? Answer below: Dentures. Were thrown away and coping isn't somthing I can do. It’s made me feel ugly, unworthy, can’t go get a job with no teeth. So how can get off the streets until another pair can be made?

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Rachel @rachelneedsanap.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Yet more evidence that autistic people are not “damaged.” Not by vaccines, not by pesticides, not by “toxins” of any kind. We were simply born Like This.

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