Erin Ekins (she/her)
@QueerlyAutistic
33. Queer autistic loner. Fangirl. Wearer of fabulous earrings. Author of 'Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum'.
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Want to help Gazans? Then stop using UK bases to surveil gaza and share intelligence with israel, stop supplying the IDF with the components it needs to keep its fighter jets and military equipment running, and stop approving new arms export licenses like the 108 granted in 2024
Israel must allow aid in over land to end the starvation unfolding in Gaza. The situation is desperate. We are working with Jordan to get aid into Gaza. We are urgently accelerating efforts to evacuate children who need critical medical assistance to the UK for treatment.…
defeatists say: oh look the flotilla got stopped, it didnt work even if it doesnt work, the point is to DO & to TRY & to EXPOSE the repression & to FORCE everyone to see & reckon with the extermination you are not accountable for results as much as you are accountable for DOING
It should not take longer to qualify for income supports to survive than it takes to qualify for assisted death There shouldn’t be 24/7 phone lines for MAiD when people can’t access crisis lines, healthcare or support with all this paperwork We gatekeep support more than death
Right now, it's faster for a disabled person in Canada to get approved for MAID than it is to be approved for the federal Disability Tax Credit. The DTC is a pre-requisite for applying for the newly released federal Canada Disability Benefit.
Access to LGBTQ help subbreddits banned Footage of footage of the current Gaza genocide banned Footage of protests banned But sure let's focus on the fact that some porn sites require ID which will inevitably lead to kids making their way onto more dangerous sites
"modern puritanism" and it's not giving porn to minors 🙄
the day people actually acknowledge that autism is a developmental disorder that literally impacts how your brain is structured and not just “bad at socializing disease” is the day i can rest
Autism means I struggle to process information as it's coming at me, regardless of what I already understand intellectually. I do know social rules. I can not perform them.
Online age verification is like giving your ID to the bartender except the bartender gets to keep an exact copy of your ID for a significant period of time(months, possibly years, maybe even forever) and anybody who breaks into the bar can steal your ID.
ID verification for websites is flawed because when you have to show ID in real life it tends to just involve a person looking at it for 2 seconds with their own eyeballs before it goes right back into your wallet, instead of being scanned and uploaded to god knows where.
Girls with ADHD are 3x more likely to be misdiagnosed than boys—often labelled as having borderline personity disorder instead. Because we miss the signs: quiet daydreaming, messy brilliance, sensitivity, deep confusion. Decades of damage, all preventable. #ADHDNotPD
Right now, it's faster for a disabled person in Canada to get approved for MAID than it is to be approved for the federal Disability Tax Credit. The DTC is a pre-requisite for applying for the newly released federal Canada Disability Benefit.
I need everybody to get a bit smarter and realise when you randomly start seeing loads of adverse media about a celebrity who’s publicly stood up for trans rights, palestine ect it is likely a paid smear campaign to discredit them and their views…
You’re telling me there’s a PR firm that was hired to attack Pedro Pascal?
If the government really want to make people's mental health better, they could start by making things less shit.
Every editor who canceled a story about Palestine brought us here. Every boss who censored an employee. Everyone who said “not this way” to protesters. Every university admin calling the cops. Bloody. All your hands are bloody, and we will never forget.
First time in Brighton with @AIMautistic's Autistic Pride and Craft Fair tomorrow! If you're around, please come and say hi, hear some fab speakers, and support autistic creatives.
Tomorrow!
Everybody is talking about the porn ban but nobody is discussing the literal fact that the government has already extended the censorship to cover multiple SFW hobby spaces, multiple sites discussing quitting smoking/drinking and are actively looking at ways to censor Wikipedia.
No one is given a free car by the DWP. People choose to spend their PIP mobility entitlement.. that they have to actually qualify for through an arduous process… on a car lease. If they don’t choose a Motability vehicle, they get the SAME ANOUNT of money in their bank instead.
The fact that literally just a source of information has been got by this law should tell you everything about it. It was never about "protecting children", it was about censoring that which the government does not want you to see.
Wikipedia is currently in a legal battle with the UK government to try and stop the platform being censored in the UK - or even completely blocked - thanks to the Online Safety Act.
Wikipedia is one of the few remaining unalloyed Good Things about the internet... so *of course* it's being put at risk by the Online Safety Act.
Wikipedia is currently in a legal battle with the UK government to try and stop the platform being censored in the UK - or even completely blocked - thanks to the Online Safety Act.
I had to verify my age to join a support group for disabled adults. Not only can I not access services, I have to dox myself to get peer support.
Well done to everyone who campaigned to ensure age verification for pornography was in the Online Safety Act! Today it comes into force and while no doubt there will be some who get around it, it means young kids in particular won’t be stumbling on violent and harmful porn.
Autism means I struggle to process information as it's coming at me, regardless of what I already understand intellectually. I do know social rules. I can not perform them.
People need to realize that unless u are severely (like non verbal) autistic, being “socially awkward” is something you can fix with practice. Social skills are like any skills: some people are born w natural ability, most people have to learn thru practice