Hello this month is autism awareness month or autism acceptance month. In this week's
video I'm gonna be sharing my favouring autistic creators slash social media accounts
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So to start with, I am not autistic, but I have been asked by a couple of my autistic friends
whether I was doing anything for the month or whether I would do something, so I thought
let's highlight autistic creators, and you can learn about autism from them. I have also used
content creator to mean anyone that makes any sort of social media post with the intent of educating
other people so any sort of awareness post outside of autism awareness month or autism acceptance
month. Especially if they publicly celebrate their autism. All of the links to everybody
I've talked about in this video will be down in the description below, please drop down in the
comments below your favourite autistic creators. Links aren't allowed in YouTube comments sections-
I mean it's a setting you can turn on and off, mine is off for good reason, but if you give me
a name I will find the link and I will put it in the description for you so check back there
periodically. The first person I'm gonna talk about it Paige Layle, she is an autistic TikToker
and YouTuber who makes videos celebrating her autism and talking about her experiences of autism
as a girl. On her YouTube channel she interviewed her mum and talked about parenting an autistic
child among many other topics. On TikTok, she has 2 million followers and hundreds upon hundreds of
videos about autism. Next up, Annie Elainey. Annie Elainey is a disability advocate who recently
came out as being autistic. In her coming out video she talked about the trauma of growing up
undiagnosed, internalized ableism, and how her autism affects her. Another autistic YouTuber
than I think is absolutely fantastic is Purple Ella. She also has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome like me,
so that's how I found her, She talks a lot about diagnosis, self diagnosis, and whether
it's worth pursuing a professional diagnosis. She talks in depth about specific autism traits and
the gender bias from professionals. The YouTuber Invisible I has also published a video about the
gender bias in autism diagnoses and what it's like being autistic and a girl. She also talks about
lesser known autism traits and discusses autism in both childhood and adulthood. She no longer
makes YouTube videos, but her channel is still up, and she loves that community space she has created
and that channel creates a whole wealth of knowledge that you should absolutely go and watch.
You should definitely watch her video about why she stopped making videos as it highlights some
of the problems with online spaces. The Aspie World talks about life with Aspergers syndrome
and autism as a whole, and he has lots and lots of videos on autism within marginalized communities,
with multiple videos about autism in girls and one recently about autism in the Asian community.
I will also put a link to that there. That's it for YouTubers, the search feature doesn't make
it easy to find autistic YouTubers, but lots of videos about autism from non-autistic creators
so definitely if I have missed your favourite, put them down in the comments section below,
and I will add them to my list in the description. So moving on to TikTok. There are SO many autistic
creators on TikTok, it's fantastic, and they are very easy to search for using the hashtag
AutisTikTok. I'll put that here. So let's start with iametoe, I don't know if that's how that's
pronounced, they talk about being autistic, being self diagnosed, as well as gender, sexuality, and
race. They are absolutely incredible and everybody should go and follow them immediately. The Corey
Singer shares funny relatable autistic content and makes educational skits. He also shares life
stories and answers questions about autism. He also has a few videos about autism and food which
are really insightful. Elliot over at Dykotomoy makes awesome videos about both autism and ADHD
interspersed with videos of them just living their best life, often highlighting what life is like
at the intersection of queerness and autism. Up next @selectively_cute. She is autistic and
intermittently non-verbal. She uses ASL in some videos and AAC in others, making dozens of videos
about AAC, tips and tricks, and reviews. All of her videos are voice off with text to speech
for the captions. Overall she makes incredible accessible content for everybody. Autistic.Alex
is also non-verbal and makes videos dancing, reacting to music, and he makes videos about
stimming, fidgeting, and joins in on fun TikTok trends. The last TikToker I'm gonna mention is
Jay_Will_Float_Too who also posts videos reacting to music, as well as fashion, hair, and sensory
processing. Moving away from just video content, I have a bunch of autistic accounts that I follow
on Instagram. These sometimes feature videos but more often than not it's infographics,
selfies, and just cute pictures with text captions to raise awareness. And for transparency some of
the accounts on Instagram that I'm sharing today I have only followed for a very short time,
I found a handful of them while doing my research and trying to find usernames for the people I
already followed. They are fantastic. First up, Ruby Allegra. They are, and I quote- The
autistic trans queer cripple of your dreams, and I cannot disagree. They make posts about disability,
accessibility, gender, sexuality, anti-racism, and autism. Seeing them come up on my Instagram feed
always makes me smile. Charlie Clement. Charlie is a friend of mine and I think she is fantastic.
She makes excellent infographics about autism, dyspraxia, asexuality, disability,
and chronic illness. She's also running a video series this week talking about specific autism
traits. Autism sketches is a fantastic account that I have recently started following that shares
the most adorable sketches educating about autism, how you can be an ally, and information on how you
as an autistic person can cope with different challenges that come with different traits. I've
followed this account for about 3 days and the amount of knowledge that is just there
is chef's kiss. I recommend so highly it's gone through the ceiling. Phenomenally autistic
is another autistic that shares her journey as a black autistic woman with a chronic illness. She
advocates for acceptance all year round, not just for one month a year, whether it's autism, race,
or disability. Next up, Amelia Blackwater, she runs an account dedicated to raising awareness of
congenital heart defects, autism, and mental health, she is an advocate for self diagnosis
and advocates against gatekeeping. Woo! Autistic academic puts together resources from academic
sources. They also critique America's relationship with autism. It is very America-centric,
but I very much believe that it has its applications over here in the UK. They
also give insight on their personal life in order to educate. They also pay particular attention to
the problem of asperger's syndrome specifically its name but other parts of it too, especially
its diagnostic criteria and its relationship with naziism by its name. And finally, autienelle,
I think that's how you say it. She is an autism advocate who gives out autietips and coping advice
to other autistics. She is currently working on a series critiquing functioning labels and the DSM 5
criteria. And this is 100% besides the point but her grid layout is so aesthetically pleasing,
I love it. So happy autism acceptance month, happy autism awareness month, whichever you
are personally using, I hope you've now gone and followed all these wonderful creators, especially
if you yourself are not autistic, there's gonna be a lot to learn this month so let's do it.
Don't forget to like this video, drop a comment down below with your favourite
autistic creators and make sure you go and subscribe to all of them. See ya!
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