🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis
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💜Award Winning Autism Avocate💜
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Host of Black Girl Diagnosed Podcast 🎙️
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Rep. Mike Lawler just introduced a resolution to make Sept 19 Black Autism Acceptance & Awareness Day inspired by my advocacy. This day is deeply needed. Getting it passed will be a major step forward in autism advocacy. 🖤 here is my interview with News12
Representation isn’t just putting Black faces in promo images. It’s making space for Black autistic leadership without punishment or policing. If your org can’t do that, it’s not inclusive it’s performative
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
When white-run disability orgs police Black autistic people’s tone, they’re not protecting “civility” they’re protecting whiteness. That kind of control is harmful as hell. It teaches us our survival stories are inconvenient, and our boundaries are a threat
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Let’s be real: policing Black autistic advocates does more damage than any external stigma. It isolates us, punishes us for being honest about racism, and uses “community standards” as a leash. That’s not safety it’s silencing. And it needs to stop 🛑
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I’m tired of watching white-led autism organizations call themselves “inclusive” while treating Black autistic people like PR risks. That policing harms our mental health, our credibility, and our access to support. Performative inclusion is just another form of discrimination
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I’m tired of watching white-led autism organizations call themselves “inclusive” while treating Black autistic people like PR risks. That policing harms our mental health, our credibility, and our access to support. Performative inclusion is just another form of discrimination
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’m tired of watching white-led autism organizations call themselves “inclusive” while treating Black autistic people like PR risks. That policing harms our mental health, our credibility, and our access to support. Performative inclusion is just another form of discrimination
Let’s be real: policing Black autistic advocates does more damage than any external stigma. It isolates us, punishes us for being honest about racism, and uses “community standards” as a leash. That’s not safety it’s silencing. And it needs to stop 🛑
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Let’s be real: policing Black autistic advocates does more damage than any external stigma. It isolates us, punishes us for being honest about racism, and uses “community standards” as a leash. That’s not safety it’s silencing. And it needs to stop 🛑
When white-run disability orgs police Black autistic people’s tone, they’re not protecting “civility” they’re protecting whiteness. That kind of control is harmful as hell. It teaches us our survival stories are inconvenient, and our boundaries are a threat
December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
When white-run disability orgs police Black autistic people’s tone, they’re not protecting “civility” they’re protecting whiteness. That kind of control is harmful as hell. It teaches us our survival stories are inconvenient, and our boundaries are a threat
Representation isn’t just putting Black faces in promo images. It’s making space for Black autistic leadership without punishment or policing. If your org can’t do that, it’s not inclusive it’s performative
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Representation isn’t just putting Black faces in promo images. It’s making space for Black autistic leadership without punishment or policing. If your org can’t do that, it’s not inclusive it’s performative
So many white-led autism nonprofits say they want “diversity,” but the moment Black autistic people speak on racism in the community, we’re labeled “divisive.” Naming harm isn’t divisive. Silencing us is 👌🏽
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
So many white-led autism nonprofits say they want “diversity,” but the moment Black autistic people speak on racism in the community, we’re labeled “divisive.” Naming harm isn’t divisive. Silencing us is 👌🏽
Black autistic advocates shouldn’t have to soften our truth to be “acceptable.” When white-run orgs tone-police us, they reinforce the same barriers they claim to fight. Our lived experiences deserve respect not surveillance
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Black autistic advocates shouldn’t have to soften our truth to be “acceptable.” When white-run orgs tone-police us, they reinforce the same barriers they claim to fight. Our lived experiences deserve respect not surveillance
It’s exhausting watching white-led autism orgs claim to “speak for the community” while sidelining Black autistic voices. Policing our tone, our stories, our existence isn’t allyship. It’s gatekeeping
December 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It’s exhausting watching white-led autism orgs claim to “speak for the community” while sidelining Black autistic voices. Policing our tone, our stories, our existence isn’t allyship. It’s gatekeeping
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Reposted by 🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis
Autistic values like honesty, fairness, and directness are powerful tools.
Use them 👌🏽
Acknowledging racism creates room for dialogue, builds trust, and helps dismantle harmful patterns in our spaces.
Step up, listen, learn, and grow ✨
Accountability is not a performance.
Use them 👌🏽
Acknowledging racism creates room for dialogue, builds trust, and helps dismantle harmful patterns in our spaces.
Step up, listen, learn, and grow ✨
Accountability is not a performance.
Accountability is not about guilt. It is about recognizing harm, learning from it, and changing behavior. An autistic community that claims to be supportive cannot ignore racial harm. Inclusion requires facing it directly.
White, autistic, and racist ? Yes, it happens & accountability matters 👍🏽 Being autistic does not erase the impact of racism. Black autistic people face both ableism AND racism, and pretending otherwise is part of the harm 👌🏽
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Autistic values like honesty, fairness, and directness are powerful tools.
Use them 👌🏽
Acknowledging racism creates room for dialogue, builds trust, and helps dismantle harmful patterns in our spaces.
Step up, listen, learn, and grow ✨
Accountability is not a performance.
Use them 👌🏽
Acknowledging racism creates room for dialogue, builds trust, and helps dismantle harmful patterns in our spaces.
Step up, listen, learn, and grow ✨
Accountability is not a performance.
White, autistic, and racist ? Yes, it happens & accountability matters 👍🏽 Being autistic does not erase the impact of racism. Black autistic people face both ableism AND racism, and pretending otherwise is part of the harm 👌🏽
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Autistic values like honesty, fairness, and directness are powerful tools.
Use them 👌🏽
Acknowledging racism creates room for dialogue, builds trust, and helps dismantle harmful patterns in our spaces.
Step up, listen, learn, and grow ✨
Accountability is not a performance.
Use them 👌🏽
Acknowledging racism creates room for dialogue, builds trust, and helps dismantle harmful patterns in our spaces.
Step up, listen, learn, and grow ✨
Accountability is not a performance.
Accountability is not about guilt. It is about recognizing harm, learning from it, and changing behavior. An autistic community that claims to be supportive cannot ignore racial harm. Inclusion requires facing it directly.
White, autistic, and racist ? Yes, it happens & accountability matters 👍🏽 Being autistic does not erase the impact of racism. Black autistic people face both ableism AND racism, and pretending otherwise is part of the harm 👌🏽
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Autistic values like honesty, fairness, and directness are powerful tools.
Use them 👌🏽
Acknowledging racism creates room for dialogue, builds trust, and helps dismantle harmful patterns in our spaces.
Step up, listen, learn, and grow ✨
Accountability is not a performance.
Use them 👌🏽
Acknowledging racism creates room for dialogue, builds trust, and helps dismantle harmful patterns in our spaces.
Step up, listen, learn, and grow ✨
Accountability is not a performance.
Accountability is not about guilt. It is about recognizing harm, learning from it, and changing behavior. An autistic community that claims to be supportive cannot ignore racial harm. Inclusion requires facing it directly.
White, autistic, and racist ? Yes, it happens & accountability matters 👍🏽 Being autistic does not erase the impact of racism. Black autistic people face both ableism AND racism, and pretending otherwise is part of the harm 👌🏽
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Accountability is not about guilt. It is about recognizing harm, learning from it, and changing behavior. An autistic community that claims to be supportive cannot ignore racial harm. Inclusion requires facing it directly.
White, autistic, and racist ? Yes, it happens & accountability matters 👍🏽 Being autistic does not erase the impact of racism. Black autistic people face both ableism AND racism, and pretending otherwise is part of the harm 👌🏽
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
White, autistic, and racist ? Yes, it happens & accountability matters 👍🏽 Being autistic does not erase the impact of racism. Black autistic people face both ableism AND racism, and pretending otherwise is part of the harm 👌🏽
It really feels like it’s the end of the world when I have my cycle lmaoo
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It really feels like it’s the end of the world when I have my cycle lmaoo
I’ll be posting less content this month, I’m letting my ‘brain rest’ & preparing myself to move through 2026, social interactions, notifications all take a toll on me cognitively if I don’t operate from a place of self care first ✨
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I’ll be posting less content this month, I’m letting my ‘brain rest’ & preparing myself to move through 2026, social interactions, notifications all take a toll on me cognitively if I don’t operate from a place of self care first ✨
People who say ‘If we weren’t related I’d date you’ are gross disgusting creeps 🤢 because you are related so why you thinking like that 🥴
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
People who say ‘If we weren’t related I’d date you’ are gross disgusting creeps 🤢 because you are related so why you thinking like that 🥴
Reposted by 🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis
I'm gonna always support St. Jude. Let me get in on this
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Send holiday wishes to the kids of St. Jude.
Choose a festive card featuring ornaments inspired by patient art, and then select a pre-written message; or write your own!
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December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I'm gonna always support St. Jude. Let me get in on this