Another cool online autism summit: Autism From The Inside is "a FREE week-long, online event featuring 20+ pre-recorded sessions from expert autistic speakers from across the globe, each sharing their valuable insights and lived experience." 22-28 Sept 2025! www.autismfromtheinside.com.au/Summit25

Books about autism or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors — published August 2025! 🧵 #AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky

A review found that 90% of autistic people aged over 50 in Britain are either undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, and the same is likely true in other countries. Our middle-aged & older autistic people deserve proper supports NOW after a lifetime without accommodations. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I have written a guest blog post for the excellent @auroraautisticconsulting about the Autistic Library, you can read it at www.auroraconsulting.scot/blog/the-aut...

🌱 Looking to connect, grow, and make a difference? Join Thriving Autistic — a global neurodivergent-led nonprofit centring Autistic voices in advocacy, research, and community support. 💫 Become a member today: www.thrivingautistic.org/become-a-mem... #AutisticAdults #Neurodiversity

On communicating: Research shows it works best when EVERYONE is more considerate, for example sharing & accommodating communication modes even if alternative, and double-checking to see if a message was understood—instead of making assumptions. Holly Radford et al: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

On 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act & during the Motormorphosis Conference for Nonspeakers, a thread on my new free paper w/ @juliettegudkne1.bsky.social (pre-Ed) Strengths of Speech Divergence: Implications for Assessment and Support. researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...

The government has quietly published 12 research reports, nearly all related to disability employment, disability poverty and the benefits system, all on the same day, just 8 days after MPs voted to impose £2 billion-a-year cuts to disability benefits. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-q...

Reshare of the Autistic community e-book with contributions from @drmbothapsych.bsky.social @autisticrealms.bsky.social @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @wardasworld.bsky.social @emergentdivergence.com @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @kieranrose.bsky.social autismbooksbyautisticauthors.com/ways-of-bein...

I got fed up of people claiming ABA could be neuroaffirming, so I wrote a new blog post about it! Why ABA will never be ‘neuroaffirming’ ⬇️ autistcallysarah.com/2025/07/24/w...

Research Reshare! Experience of Autistic Joy! Embrace Monotropism! 4 Themes Autistic sensorium as a source of joy Importance of special interests Things must be right Other people need to change Wassell, E. (2025). Experiences of autistic joy. Disability & Society, 1–26. doi.org/10.1080/0968...

1d Welcome to The Autistic Library, an online neurodiversity-affirmative library for Autistic people and their supporters. I set it up to share the excellent resources created by Autistic people to educate and empower others, as well as to signpost support. Find it at theautisticlibrary.com