Many autists would like to see it changed to Autism Acceptance Month...myself included. Too many non-autists cloud the issue with their own take on ASD, perpetuating all the tropes in regards to neurodiversity.
We need Allistics to accept us as being wired differently, but still being an integral part of human existence, and capable of contributing in an important and meaningful way. #ActuallyAutisticElder #AutisticMe @actuallyautistic @actuallyaudhd

I ventured over to reddit, after reading a comment someone made about one of my special interests.
It's a cold hole🥸 No place for Autistics. The mod bot kept knocking back my contributions. (Apparently, one needs to be on there 24/7, yet at any one time I was in the sub, out of 49,000 members, there were never more than 10 members online).
I gave up, after 3 days. April is about Acceptance, not rejection. #ActuallyAutisticElder
#AutismAcceptanceMonth.

#ActuallyAutisticElder here. Those things you have described are as much a part of being Autistic, as the stimming and being an introvert.

I sort of tick off accomplishments in my mind, as I go through the day.
• I'm up (not awake, but sort of vertical)
• Tablets taken, in juice (daily dose of Vitamin C)
• Coffee
• 2nd coffee
• Get dressed (can't rush these things)
• Assigned activity for the day
• Lunch
• Rest
• Afternoon cuppa and snack
• Rest
• Prepare evening meal and eat
• Take night time tabs in juice again.
• Have wash, or shower, and prepare for bed.
This is regular routine, with the occasional deviation. Any anomalies get noted on the whiteboard or calendar.
The older one gets, the more one's short term memory short circuits. Anything out of the ordinary...Bzzzzt, it's gone. #ActuallyAutisticElder
Possible #AuDHDer @actuallyautistic

Hello. I am an #ActuallyAutisticElder self-realised in 2022. I am 71 this year, and my siblings are sceptical. I have had almost 6 decades to mask my Autism, so it isn't surprising that they don't believe me. @actuallyautistic is a welcoming place
You can use #AskingAutistics or just the #ActuallyAutistic tag to find us.