@racheliza1012.bsky.social
American immigrant in Ireland. Disability advocate/disability services fighter. Freelance writer and editor. Autistic. Slowly learning Irish. MAs in Medieval Studies & Publishing. Was once told if I could focus long-term, I would be unstoppable. I can't.
Reposted
They say “We support neurodiversity”.
But only if it sells.
Only if we mask at work.
Only if we don’t make others uncomfortable.
This isn’t liberation.
It’s marketing.
They don’t want autistic people -
they want autistic performance.
But only if it sells.
Only if we mask at work.
Only if we don’t make others uncomfortable.
This isn’t liberation.
It’s marketing.
They don’t want autistic people -
they want autistic performance.
July 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
They say “We support neurodiversity”.
But only if it sells.
Only if we mask at work.
Only if we don’t make others uncomfortable.
This isn’t liberation.
It’s marketing.
They don’t want autistic people -
they want autistic performance.
But only if it sells.
Only if we mask at work.
Only if we don’t make others uncomfortable.
This isn’t liberation.
It’s marketing.
They don’t want autistic people -
they want autistic performance.
Congress babe, wake up, new constitutional violations just dropped.
June 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Congress babe, wake up, new constitutional violations just dropped.
Dearest neurotypicals, I need social skills help, please.
I was writing an address on an envelope.
Person 1: "what are you doing?".
Me: "writing an address" (for it was what I was doing).
Them: "wow. You don't have to be aggressive".
HOW? WHAT?? I ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
#AutisticAdult
I was writing an address on an envelope.
Person 1: "what are you doing?".
Me: "writing an address" (for it was what I was doing).
Them: "wow. You don't have to be aggressive".
HOW? WHAT?? I ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
#AutisticAdult
June 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Dearest neurotypicals, I need social skills help, please.
I was writing an address on an envelope.
Person 1: "what are you doing?".
Me: "writing an address" (for it was what I was doing).
Them: "wow. You don't have to be aggressive".
HOW? WHAT?? I ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
#AutisticAdult
I was writing an address on an envelope.
Person 1: "what are you doing?".
Me: "writing an address" (for it was what I was doing).
Them: "wow. You don't have to be aggressive".
HOW? WHAT?? I ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
#AutisticAdult
Reposted
You might not need Medicaid now but you might when you’re old. You might after you lost your job and insurance. You might if something catastrophic happens. You might if you have a child with disabilities.
May 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
You might not need Medicaid now but you might when you’re old. You might after you lost your job and insurance. You might if something catastrophic happens. You might if you have a child with disabilities.
Is there an #epilepsy community here? Does anyone find their seizures are triggered by weather or temp? Still trying to figure out the small lad's triggers but absence seizures have def increased with hot, sunny weather in Ireland/his tonic clonic occured last yr on the hottest day of the yr.
May 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Is there an #epilepsy community here? Does anyone find their seizures are triggered by weather or temp? Still trying to figure out the small lad's triggers but absence seizures have def increased with hot, sunny weather in Ireland/his tonic clonic occured last yr on the hottest day of the yr.
Instruments that don't require great fine motor skills? My 10 yo, speech delayed kid has an ear for music (& can accurately impersonate sounds & voices) but struggles w/ fine motor... would love to find something he could confidently mess around on & maybe turn to lessons (if he wants). #Music
April 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Instruments that don't require great fine motor skills? My 10 yo, speech delayed kid has an ear for music (& can accurately impersonate sounds & voices) but struggles w/ fine motor... would love to find something he could confidently mess around on & maybe turn to lessons (if he wants). #Music
Reposted
Autistic people of all abilities are cool and rad and deserve to be here.
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Autistic people of all abilities are cool and rad and deserve to be here.
We're not an epidemic. We're not a disease. We've always been here.
April 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We're not an epidemic. We're not a disease. We've always been here.
Reposted
“The U.S. has seen a rise in autism rates.”
Yeah, it’s almost like increased awareness and better testing leads to more people being diagnosed.
Wild concept.
Yeah, it’s almost like increased awareness and better testing leads to more people being diagnosed.
Wild concept.
April 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“The U.S. has seen a rise in autism rates.”
Yeah, it’s almost like increased awareness and better testing leads to more people being diagnosed.
Wild concept.
Yeah, it’s almost like increased awareness and better testing leads to more people being diagnosed.
Wild concept.
This INFURIATES me. These transition programmes are so f**king important.
DOGE abruptly cut a program called Charting My Path for Future Success—a research-based effort that helped teens with disabilities transition from high school into college, work, and independent living. Now it’s gone without explanation.
April 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This INFURIATES me. These transition programmes are so f**king important.
The world feels overwhelming today.
April 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The world feels overwhelming today.
A belter of a sunset out the back garden tonight in the west of Ireland.
April 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A belter of a sunset out the back garden tonight in the west of Ireland.
🙄🙄. How can people be SO loudly wrong and double and triple down on it?
April 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🙄🙄. How can people be SO loudly wrong and double and triple down on it?
Have started checking astrology again; last did that was around 2008 😅. It's a wild time to be autistic w/ a history special interest & hyperempathy. Currently being held together by a tarot Tiktok telling me not to crash out bc good things are coming. I guess find the hope where you can 🤷🏻♀️.
April 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Have started checking astrology again; last did that was around 2008 😅. It's a wild time to be autistic w/ a history special interest & hyperempathy. Currently being held together by a tarot Tiktok telling me not to crash out bc good things are coming. I guess find the hope where you can 🤷🏻♀️.
I don't know why tariffs on pharmaceuticals just shocked me. I would think nothing would shock me anymore. But apparently I was still holding onto some kernel of hope that he wasn't totally sociopathic 🤷🏻♀️.
April 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I don't know why tariffs on pharmaceuticals just shocked me. I would think nothing would shock me anymore. But apparently I was still holding onto some kernel of hope that he wasn't totally sociopathic 🤷🏻♀️.
Truly a fine stretch in the evening these days. #TheWestOfIreland
April 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Truly a fine stretch in the evening these days. #TheWestOfIreland
If anyone was wondering the Irish sentiment today.
April 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If anyone was wondering the Irish sentiment today.
Reposted
It's Autism Acceptance Month. If you are not already accepted by an autistic person you have 27 days left.
April 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's Autism Acceptance Month. If you are not already accepted by an autistic person you have 27 days left.
Reposted
Senator Cory Booker has started his 19th hour on the Senate floor during his filibuster.
"I don't understand how we can be a nation with so much wealth and abundance and we haven't figured out a way to design a system where, when you invest in the wellbeing of people, people thrive."
Bravo, Cory!
"I don't understand how we can be a nation with so much wealth and abundance and we haven't figured out a way to design a system where, when you invest in the wellbeing of people, people thrive."
Bravo, Cory!
April 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Senator Cory Booker has started his 19th hour on the Senate floor during his filibuster.
"I don't understand how we can be a nation with so much wealth and abundance and we haven't figured out a way to design a system where, when you invest in the wellbeing of people, people thrive."
Bravo, Cory!
"I don't understand how we can be a nation with so much wealth and abundance and we haven't figured out a way to design a system where, when you invest in the wellbeing of people, people thrive."
Bravo, Cory!
Happy autism acceptance month.
No, vaccines do not cause autism. Genetics cause autism. We don't need more studies on what causes autism, we need more studies on improving life and the life expectancy of autistic people.
Broadened DSM and greater awareness have increased autism stats.
No, vaccines do not cause autism. Genetics cause autism. We don't need more studies on what causes autism, we need more studies on improving life and the life expectancy of autistic people.
Broadened DSM and greater awareness have increased autism stats.
April 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Happy autism acceptance month.
No, vaccines do not cause autism. Genetics cause autism. We don't need more studies on what causes autism, we need more studies on improving life and the life expectancy of autistic people.
Broadened DSM and greater awareness have increased autism stats.
No, vaccines do not cause autism. Genetics cause autism. We don't need more studies on what causes autism, we need more studies on improving life and the life expectancy of autistic people.
Broadened DSM and greater awareness have increased autism stats.
Reposted
Yall real silent about disability injustices because most of you don’t see disability as a thing that can happen to you.
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
March 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yall real silent about disability injustices because most of you don’t see disability as a thing that can happen to you.
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
Reposted
Yeah y’all in medicine must be like WTAF
March 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yeah y’all in medicine must be like WTAF
Reposted
Pete Hegseth: “Nobody texted war plans.”
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Pete Hegseth: “Nobody texted war plans.”