Update -- 28-Oct-2018

i'm amazed that this is still getting a fair amount of attention, more than a year after i originally posted it! every once in a while it gets a new favourite over here or on deviantart, and on tumblr it has over 7500 notes ( https://damondear-art.tumblr.com/po...../159129970859/ )

due to its popularity, i figured it couldn't hurt to add it to my redbubble & teepublic shops:
https://www.redbubble.com/people/da.....66-red-instead
https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/3.....46-red-instead

it’s available on a variety of different products, including shirts, stickers, notebooks, mugs, and more!

both sites offer a lot of the same products; i personally prefer teepublic but redbubble is bigger and more well-known and has more product options, so i use both – feel free to buy from whichever site you want; either way you’re supporting me & i appreciate it immensely 💕

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happy Autism Acceptance Month y'all

how to support autistic people this month:

- don’t support Autism Speaks – it’s an awful “charity” that harms autistic people more than it helps them

- do support organisations run by and for autistic people, such as the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network and the Autism Women’s Network

- don’t “light it up blue” for “autism awareness” – these things are heavily associated with Autism Speaks, and with the dangerous misconceptions it spreads about autism

- do use the hashtag #RedInstead to fight back against #LightItUpBlue

- do promote and celebrate autism acceptance (not just awareness!)

and, most importantly:

- do listen to what actual autistic people have to say – we know better than our family members, “autism experts”, or any non-autistic person!!


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