Hi,just a quick message here about #IDPWD2020 .It's been a tough year for Disabled people, and i wanted to take this thread to reflect on this from my personal https://t.co/M6RAkbs9uh you will see certain organisations providing lip service for exposure...

...here's a reminder to listen to what Disabled people are saying on this day,to get a true perspective on what this day means to Disabled people. When we open up about difficult experiences, it's important that people listen, instead of being ignorant...
In 2020 alone,we have had to contend with Anti-vaxxers,inaccurate portrayals of Disabilities in media,Ableist slurs on both sides of the political spectrum, Parents with Disabled children who believe our views don't matter and during a pandemic, we have been forgotten about...
This highlights to me,that more work needs to be done in order to push for equality and acceptance for the Disabled communities, however Disabled people already share their stories,they already provide educational experiences,non-disabled people have to pull their weight...
...for change to have a chance of happening, so when you see,for example, the British Department of Work and Pensions suggest they support Disabled people, ask them why they are not members of the Disability confident scheme. We must ask these questions to have a chance...
...of making businesses and people actually think about how we are treated in society.
I wanted to end this on a happier note from me, since i found #DisabilityTwitter over 3 years ago,i have interacted and got to know some wonderful people from @wheelsofsteer to @queerlyautistic to @nolan_syreeta to @__INSA__ and more...the Disabled community has been...
...so incredibly welcoming and understanding...understanding that i rarely have offline and i could not ask for a better group of people to converse with.
Also to people like @FightForeverMTL and @TomMcwrestlepro ,i want to thank you also,for taking the time to listen (i feel like i do this a lot ,but i feel it's important) and you are prime examples of people who are not judgemental and try to understand and i thank you for that

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I think @SamAdlerBell in his quest to be the contrarian on Fauci gets several things wrong here. 1/


First, the failure last year actually was driven by the White House, the #Trump inner circle. Watch what's happening now, the US' scientific and public health infrastructure is creaking back to life. 2/

I think Sam underestimates the decimation of many of our health agencies over the past four years and the establishment of ideological control over them during the pandemic. 3/

I also am puzzled why Tony gets the blame for not speaking up, etc. Robert Redfield, Brett Giroir, Deb Birx, Jerome Adams, Alex Azar all could have done the same. 4/

Several of these people Bob Redfield, Brett Giroir, Alex Azar were led by craven ambition, Jerome Adams by cowardice, but I do think Deb Birx and Tony tried as institutionalists, insiders to make a difference. 5/
Before we get too far into 2021, I thought I’d write a thread recapping some of the research that came out of my lab in 2020. Most of this work was led by my talented team of graduate students, Kerrianne Morrison, @kmdebrabander, and @DesiRJones.

Back in January, a news story was published about Kerrianne’s study showing improved social interaction outcomes for autistic adults when paired with another autistic partner.

A detailed thread about the study and a link to the paper can be found here (feel free to DM me your email address if you’d like a copy of the full paper for this study or any of our studies):


Another paper published early in 2020 (it appeared a few months earlier online) showed that traditional standalone tasks of social cognition are less predictive of functional and social skills among autistic adults than commonly assumed in autism research.


Next, @kmdebrabander led and published an innovative study about how well autistic and non-autistic adults can predict their own cognitive and social cognitive performance.

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