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How to Embrace a Swamp Creature is a Belonging outside Belonging game about mentally ill swamp things in a deprived commuter town.
It's also a semi-autobiographical processing of feelings about growing up queer and nuerodivergent in Essex. https://t.co/NpUIuRHhrH

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2022-04-13

Masking isn't a manipulation tactic, it's a shield, and one that I hope I can put down for good some day.

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2022-04-10

Flashback Friday: Originally posted April 28th, 2019

Emotional Exhaustion is exhausting. Things such a talking, or even being in the presence of someone else is too much.

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2022-04-08

I feel that imposter syndrome within the autistic community is so common. We're constantly told "you don't look autistic" that sometimes we believe it. It's ok though. You're not alone in feeling this. Don't listen to those doubts! Embrace your autistic self!

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2022-04-06

April is Autism Acceptance month! You want to be accepting? You want to be supportive? Be accommodating.

People will say they accept autism, and then berate us for being autistic. Don’t tell us you accept us when you regularly punish us for being ourselves.

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2022-04-03

Active since 2008, Brendan is best known for writing and drawing the Autobiographical comic PANIC!

Read more 👉 https://t.co/SWvYWiRW6v

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2022-04-03

Flashback Friday: Originally posted April 7th.

Happy Autism Acceptance month! Friendly reminder that Autism Speaks is no friend to autistic people!

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2022-04-01

When I get insulted by people whose opinions don't matter to me I can shrug it off pretty easily.
When a loved one gets insulted by ANYONE I'm ready to throw down, Canadian style!

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2022-03-30

Salut

I am a 🇨🇦 award-losing comic book writer! Young women with dead dads? I am your gal!

My latest project is up for preorder 👉🏻 https://t.co/g9QgZwnSB9 👉🏻 a semi autobiographical superhero reflection of my immigration journey

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2022-03-29

And this is one reason why I still wear a mask when I go out. I never know when a random coughing fit may happen simply because I suck at swallowing my own spit.

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2022-03-27

THE SPIDERS WEB - Wounded and shamed by Robin's betrayal, Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of England welcomes a new suitor to her court https://t.co/AQ6HDQSW8A

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2022-03-27

Flashback Friday: Originally post July 7th, 2019

The downside to having the same sense of humour as someone you're close to is that they sometimes steal your jokes.

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2022-03-25

I verbally stim when I'm really happy. People used to bully me for it so I learned to be ashamed of it. Now, years later, my partner has helped me unlearn that shame, and embrace my verbal stims.

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2022-03-23

Flashback Friday: Originally post July 3rd, 2019

Nothing like having random people tell me what I should do with my body and life. Ugh.

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2022-03-18

More people getting diagnosed, especially when they're still children, is a good thing! This isn't an epidemic. This isn't over-diagnosing. This is more and more autistic people being properly diagnosed.

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2022-03-16

'Thank God I didn’t know that Fitz was merrily engaged in endorsing his reputation as a philanderer. In Lady Spencer’s circle it was reported he’d run off with the Countess of Antrim, a troubled Irish beauty...' https://t.co/wCGBTCFCYk

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2022-03-15

Functioning labels are a common way autistic people are denied support.

High functioning? You're fine without support. Low functioning? You're not high functioning enough to determine whether you need support or not.

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2022-03-13

Flashback Friday: Originally posted June 26th, 2019

I can't just sit and rest without feeling like I'm wasting time. It's like I have a choice: be productive, or be anxious.

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2022-03-11

I've been accused of being in a hate group, as well as a cult, all because of my advocacy.

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2022-03-09