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Okay, let’s talk about how a Nonspeaking Autistic writer, Gregory Tino, just published a children’s book called The Autistic Boy in The Unruly Body, and how it’s the #1 new release on Amazon’s “Autism and Asperger’s” category. But first, a #NeuroInclusive story about #Apraxia 
We made this #NeuroInclusive story with Gregory’s permission, using illustrations from his book. 86% of autistic people have clinically significant apraxia/dyspraxia. That’s a motor planning— not motor ability— disability.
People with mild apraxia may have minor speech or bodily symptoms, and unlike autism, apraxia can be mild or severe. #Apraxia is often called #dyspraxia interchangeably or may be specified as “apraxia of speech.”
EDS Topics, & Comorbidities of EDS, ...& other similar topics likely to be seen in my Twitter: #mEDS #MyopathicEDS #hEDS #MastCellActivationSyndrome #Migranes #Dysautonomia #Erythromelalgia #Dysgraphia #Dyspraxia #Dyslexia
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HOW IT FEELS TO BE AN AUTISTIC SAVANT
A diagnosis I got in the 1970's before the DSM was used for laws and governments. Back when most hospitals still had their own diagnostic codes.
HOW IT FEELS TO BE AN AUTISTIC SAVANT
A diagnosis I got in the 1970's before the DSM was used for laws and governments. Back when most hospitals still had their own diagnostic codes.
I knew from a very young age that I was different. As young as 4 or 5. Besides the fact that I had to go to the doctor all the time, I was clumsy. All the other kids’ parents talked about me. They usually used the r-word.
In first grade, I started going to developmental disability services. I was in with all the rest of the kids that had intellectual disabilities. Again, those were not the words used at the time. I went to disability services
