9. Parents can be really, really good allies, even if they don’t use all of the right words all the time.

IMO the same can apply to some older special ed teachers and other therapists who have a lot of contact with disabled communities. And conversely, that people who use all the right terminology can still be obstructive, ableist, etc.

And also, parents of kids with disabilities face their own forms of injustice and it’s ok for some of their advocacy to focus on that.

10. I think increased focus on “masking” is mostly a way for autism professionals to make excuses for pervasive bias against autistic women and girls.

How so?

11. CART and ASL are not interchangeable. English and ASL are different languages and not everyone who needs one knows both.

And also CART is full of errors. It’s usually good enough to be useful to me, but I can really understand why someone who is fluent in ASL might find ASL much more useful than CART.

12. More workers and business owners should know the rules around service animals. They don’t actually have to tolerate poorly behaved dogs in their establishments!

13. Relatedly, there is a special circle of Hell just for people who abuse the ADA to bring their awful, barely trained pets everywhere.

14. People like to wax poetic about the bipartisanship of the ADA, but disability advocacy hasn’t been bipartisan on the federal level in a very, very long time.

15. It is still worth reporting what disabled conservatives think/believe/do. Reporting on disability accurately means reporting on the whole community, not just progressive nonprofit leaders and online influencers.

16. It isn’t really accurate to say there is a single disability community. There are, instead, many different disability communities with different beliefs and political objectives.

17. Disability rights is still useful as a framework/way of achieving change.

18. Relatedly, disability justice is not disability rights plus.

oh God yes, as someone who unfortunately doesn't sign (beyond the alphabet) but still needs hearing-related accomodations

Reading Unmasking Autism at the mp’… say more. I’m intrigued

I'm interested in more thoughts on this one as well, if @slooterman.bsky.social wants to expand! (ADHD AFAB, here)

Same, as a parent.

Undiagnosed but in treatment for AuDHD, with cPTSD (anxiety & depresssion) Queer AMAB