@sparkliebrain.bsky.social
Dachshund enthusiast, autistic educator, neurodiversity cultural responsiveness trainer, but mostly, dachshunds
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
Black and Brown people. PLEASE, PLEASE for the love of us all do not allow yourself to be interviewed if SNAP benefits don't come on November 1. Make the white folks do the interviews. They love getting Black folks to do these interviews so that people think we are the only ones hurt.
26.10.2025 21:27 β π 2592 π 841 π¬ 73 π 53Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Pet food is usually not covered by SNAP (depending on where you are), but needing to cover more groceries may take up what you would have spent on it. Many animal shelters have pet food pantries, so check your local if you're struggling to feed your pets.
26.10.2025 06:07 β π 663 π 419 π¬ 22 π 28Quick adoption
12.10.2025 23:19 β π 973 π 166 π¬ 34 π 18Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
13.10.2025 14:19 β π 2376 π 863 π¬ 33 π 10This Is Fascism
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#AutRes Results and Importance: The findings indicate that peer-support programs generally have a positive impact, including improved self-esteem, academic performance, and overall well-being.
10.10.2025 02:37 β π 21 π 10 π¬ 1 π 1This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Our friend @ericmgarcia.bsky.social is my go-to on Autism issues, and does a great job here on Canada's Forum Daily News
youtu.be/du5AeRvHvDs?...
If James Lankford wants to know why we have more cases of autism, he can read the CDC's own report, which says that improved screening has led to more diagnoses of autism, particularly among Black, Latino, Asian-American and low-income people.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
βIf you find out that youβre Autistic later in life, it does not change who you are. In fact, it doesnβt change who you are regardless of βifβ or βwhenβ you find out.β From Reframing Autismβs
Starter Pack:
reframingautism.org.au/service/welc... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity
"Every dollar spent relitigating the disproven vaccine-autism link is a dollar stolen from research that could actually help people with autism β studies on support services, educational interventions, employment programs and other factors behind autism" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
19.08.2025 19:49 β π 310 π 114 π¬ 8 π 17Interviewed someone for a position as peer mentor in our Neurodiversity Navigators program because they found us in your book! They were so excited! (They got the job!)
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My first book We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation came out four years ago this month. It simultaneously feels like it came out yesterday and a century ago. I did it in hopes that people would take the needs of #ActuallyAutistic people seriously 1/
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
Babbling in sign language to her deaf grandparents: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...
This book is available on Kindle Unlimited
08.06.2025 17:19 β π 4223 π 1165 π¬ 121 π 30Thank you for sharing this!!
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I'm autistic and own Autistic at Work LLC! I provide workshops in Neurodiversity Cultural Responsiveness for universities and corporations. www.autisticatwork.com
07.06.2025 03:09 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1I donβt know how this got past the TikTok censors, but what a treasure.
To anyone in the military right now, or anyone who knows someone serving at home and abroad, please share this video. Thank you for your time and attention.
"fit so sexy it pisses off the prosecution" is like a legally blonde bit, i can't believe it's real
27.03.2025 01:11 β π 5562 π 1218 π¬ 50 π 22Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as youβd imagine.
βDeport Elon, Deport Elon!β
Watch to the endβ¦
My kid confirmed this on multiple other social media posts. It's a known glitch, we can breathe a bit
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Square Canva graphic with a yellow background. Black text at the top reads, "βAutistic adults described the primary characteristics of Autistic Burnout as chronic exhaustion, loss of skills, and reduced tolerance to stimulus." The words "Autistic Burnout" are in red. A black inset box at the bottom has a picture of a flaming smoking match on the left. A nested white inset box has black text reading, "They described burnout as happening because of life stressors that added to the cumulative load they experienced, and barriers to support that created an inability to obtain relief from the load. @ThinkingAutism tinyurl.com/RaymakerAutisticBurnout"
Today in Hell Yes, Research!
Do you know what autistic burnout is? βAutistic adults described the primary characteristics of Autistic Burnout as chronic exhaustion, loss of skills, and reduced tolerance to stimulus.β Classic work by Dora Raymaker:
www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.... #neurodiversity
The COVID pandemic was a mass disabling event, and COVID infections continue to present a risk of disability and death.
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Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. Rogers
Defense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers
Defense.gov 404 - Page Not Found
https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Please listen and shareβthis is a very serious situation. This is extremely alarming! The Trump administration, across two agencies, is considering bringing criminal charges against employees simply for doing their jobs.
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Once again, you can buy my book to explain why Trumpβs numbers about autism are just not true and he is distorting the history
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
βWe need lots of people to tell their legislators that the federal government should not make it harder for people to get Medicaid services. Your legislators need to know how important Medicaid is!β But how can you do that? @autisticadvocacy.org has guidelines:
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/02/tell...
