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🦋Non Speaking does not mean no communication🦋 👌🏽 I chose to write about non speaking episodes in my children’s book ‘I’m Autistic & I’m Phenomenal’ because there’s a misunderstanding that a person who is non speaking is non verbal, has no way to communicate when in reality there are many ways, drawing ✍🏽, writing things down ✍🏽, texting 💬, sign language 🤟🏽& there are many many AAC apps for adults and also kid friendly ones, AAC apps are augmentative/alternative communication programs that allow a person to communicate with those around them without speaking 🙏🏽 it’s important for these things to be normalized & not only familar to #Autistic children their families & other non speaking people ❤️❤️❤️

I wanted to see more #childrensbooks with little black #autisticgirls so I wrote (& #illustrated one) ☺️
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I’m Autistic & Im Phenomenal is a story that displays the challenges but more importantly the joys of autism through the eyes of a little autistic black girl, Experience her journey as she navigates both difficulties and the beauty of her unique perspective, shedding light on the power of acceptance and embracing differences 💜♾️

Available on Amazon #Autism #AutismSpectrumDisorder

So many things can cause an autistic person or child to become overstimulated, even non autistic people experience overstimulation, we all experience it differently and it can be triggered by different things it can be one thing a combination of different things or even just existing in our own bodies 😂 so YES I can be so overstimulated that cannot handle just stopping for a VERY SHORT amount time to even hold A VERY SHORT conversation if I’m overstimulated I’m just trying to not to faint 😂😂😂 I’m trying to avoid a meltdown or even a shutdown or even screaming in your face 🥴 its complicated we all need a little a grace 🙏🏽 but it doesn’t mean I’m acting ‘funny’ or I think I’m ’too good’ to speak I most likely want to but just cannot handle it 🫶🏽

As an autistic adult sometimes I don’t know if I’m being treated wrong but I understand how the way I’m being treated makes me feel all this to say as a child I had no idea of wrong & right I just knew I was treated different this brings me back to when the teacher choked me 🥴 I bring this up again for parents to suggest to instead of asking how was your day maybe ask how did people make you feel because not knowing if things are right or wrong you won’t know if someone is mistreating your child but if you ask them how people made them feel you may get a more accurate answer of how their day went if my friend didn’t tell my dad this teacher choked me my parents would have never known because i didn’t know it was wrong but I knew I didn’t like how it made me feel! Adults can be bullies too! #autismacceptancemonth #autismacceptance #bullyingawareness #bullying #differences #disabilityawareness #development #developmentaldisabilities #advocate #advocacy #autismadvocate #blackandautistic #autismwhileblack #blackautisticpride #blackautisticlivesmatter #educationmatters #educateyourself #autisticadult #Autism #Autistic #autizzy #autisticandblack #blackautisticwomen #blackcreatives

CRM? We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?
Ayanna- A lesson I had to unlearn was that I was unworthy and that my voice did not matter the backstory is really simple is very common for disabled people feel unseen and unheard and I was told by a professional authority figure when I was a teenager that I wouldn’t get very far or be much in life and I believed her and that stuck with me for a very long time it start to change until I received my autism diagnosis and my self love and worth journey began and I realized not only am I worthy I’m more than worthy

canvasrebel.com/meet-ayanna-davis

‘Autism is NOT a TRAGEDY but IGNORANCE is ‘ & yet the ‘autism puzzle pieces’ meaning … let’s talk about it , It was created by Gerald Gasson, a board member for the National Autistic Society. He believed that #Autistic people suffered from a "puz-zling" condition, so they adopted a logo of a puzzle piece with a weeping child, displaying the notion that autism is a TRAGEDY that children suffer from 😒 let’s not forget those autistic children turn into autistic adults 😊
My heart is not a tragedy ❤️
My JOY is not a tragedy 🫶🏽
My Art is not a tragedy 🎨
My books I illustrated, not tragedy’s 😆
My dance is not a tragedy 💃🏽
My soul, spirit and the simple fact that I exist is no tragedy and there’s nothing puzzling about me im PERFECTLY made & so are YOU 🌻💐🌻🦋
Happy #autismacceptancemonth ♾️
#AutismAcceptance #Autistic #Autism #actuallyautistic #autismadvocate #autismadvocay #blackandautistic #blackautisticwomen #autisticwomen #autisticadult #neurodiverse #neurodiversity #neurospicy #autizzy #autismawareness #redinstead

I’m Autistic & Im Phenomenal is a story that displays the challenges but more importantly the joys of autism through the eyes of a little autistic black girl, Experience her journey as she navigates both difficulties and the beauty of her unique perspective, shedding light on the power of acceptance and embracing differences 💜♾️available now
#Autism #AutismAcceptance #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ASD #AutismSpectrum #AutismInGirls #Nonverbal

Reflecting on her formative years, Ayanna shared, "I always sensed my differences but lacked
understanding. I was often perceived as the weird, awkward, black girl,' when in reality, my
struggles stemmed from anxiety and overstimulation. It was only seven years ago that I
received my autism diagnosis, and it was a complete revelation. The lack of representation for
black autistics, particularly black autistic women, inspired me to advocate for greater visibility."

I would love to share this article I was recently highlighted in link is below

www.art.alorafarm.org/features/the-beauty-of-being-different

Because I don’t mind being labeled as “high-functioning” as an autistic individual. Is that wrong?

Of course autism is a spectrum. Traits that someone does and doesn’t show doesn’t make them any less autistic. No matter if they’re labeled high-functioning or low-functioning, they’re still autistic. Of course they are!

I saw a Pinterest post showing example “A and B are both autistic” and that said “there’s no such thing as ‘high-functioning’ and ‘low-functioning’” and that “those terms are harmful to use towards the autistic community.” I do agree that it shouldn’t be used on entire groups, especially on those who don’t like it, (just like how the terms “disability” or “disorder/ASD” shouldn’t be used on everyone) but what about for those who don’t mind being labeled as high-functioning and maybe reclaim it, such as myself? Is that wrong? Because I felt kind of offended by that post.

I don’t like gatekeeping, so I hate folks/folx telling me what I should and shouldn’t be comfortable with labeling myself.

#MyAutismIsNotADisorder #question #MentalHealth #Anxiety #Autistic #IsThisRight #Labels