💬Are you interested in Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning?🗨️ If so, you can attend the book launch of @krysiawally.bsky.social and I's co-edited collection.

#CRAEwebinar #archive The Impossible Subject: Autistic belonging in religious groups, with Krysia Waldock (8-May-2025) www.youtube.com/watc...#CRAEwebinar#archive@krysiawally.bsky.social‬

Row 2: Creating a Neurodiversity-Affirming Classroom: Easy Ways to Achieve Access, Agency and Wellbeing for All by @drkaradymond.bsky.social Applications and Practices for Empowering Neurodivergent Learners edited by @krysiawally.bsky.social and @keatesresearch.bsky.social cont...

Autism Non-Fiction books, written by Autistic authors (1 of 2). Published July 2025.

And it's a wrap! 👏 🎉 @keatesresearch.bsky.social and I have submitted Applications and Practices for Empowering Neurodivergent Learners this evening! 🌈 Thank you so much to the amazing authors we have worked with. [1]

Chapter accepted in Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning - being published this summer Edited by @keatesresearch.bsky.social and @krysiawally.bsky.social Info: linktr.ee/NeurodivergentBook2025

These proposed concessions to the Welfare Bill don’t go far enough. ❌ No consultation with disabled people ❌ No government impact assessment ❌ No OBR analysis ❌ No publication of PIP or Mayfield Review The Reasoned Amendment was clear. Disabled people are being ignored.

We, @krysiawally.bsky.social and I, have now officially submitted one of the two co-edited collection books! #academicwriting #OneDone Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning: 9798369380444: Education Books | IGI Global Scientific Publishing share.google/b6lNMlSwHGIV...

Delighted to announce I have written a chapter for Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning (published July 2025) edited by the fab @keatesresearch.bsky.social @krysiawally.bsky.social. So excited to get my hands on a copy soon!

Excited to say that I have a chapter in each of two books on neurodiversity & education coming out this autumn, edited by @krysiawally.bsky.social and @keatesresearch.bsky.social. 🎉 Details in following posts. 🧵

Delighted that my chapter, '“Everyone else wants cotton candy and all you want is a grape": Transforming your teaching from awareness to allyship with autistic students,' will be published in the fall in this important volume edited by @krysiawally.bsky.social and @keatesresearch.bsky.social.

We lost art history, anthropology, health & social care, journalism, music & audio technology, and philosophy & religious studies. Religious Studies in Canterbury, home of Canterbury Cathedral, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the mother church of Anglicanism world wide. Good luck, Cardiff!

We’re looking forward to hearing from Dr Krysia Waldock on Thursday! Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=rRkrjJxf1EmQdz7Dz8UrPzNFa7ljapNItVtbi6_NWAZUMlNRRklWUTJaR1NFT1ZTU1VNNTdWTFBBWC4u

I have a chapter in The Double Empathy Reader! "Whether performers across neurotypes engage in theatre as a hobby or profession, it can be valuable with the liminal experiences of respite from day-to-day existence through the imaginary fictional worlds." pavpub.com/health-and-s... #academicwriting

Massive investment in deprived communities is what will stop the turn to populist scapegoating of minorities that Reform exploits, not scrambling to reverse equality protections which a contemptible few will always resent. Labour need to wake up www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Congratulations @krysiawally.bsky.social @keatesresearch.bsky.social on all of your hard work. Really excited to read 'Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning' and 'Applications and Practices for Empowering Neurodivergent Learners' (published July 2025)

🎇Come listen to me talk religion, theology and autistic folk! 12th June 4pm BST. Link to register below. Would love to see you there! 😇 Will try to find some more of the pink dye.... or will try another colour! Or you'll have to come and see what color I dye my hair that day! ✨

🔦 Coming soon 🔦 📢 @keatesresearch.bsky.social and I have been working with 35 groups of amazing authors over the last year and have *two* edited collections about inclusive practice across lifelong learning. 💡 Our publication date is the end of July 2025! /1/

FREE COMMUNITY RESOURCE: Neuroqueer Theory Starter Pack By David Gray-Hammond & Helen Edgar What if your way of thinking, feeling, and existing wasn’t something to “normalize”but something to celebrate? What if queering your mind was a radical act of…

2 - 12th June - online @autismtheology.bsky.social - forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... #AutRes #ReligiousStudies #DisabilityStudies #Inclusion /next/

🌟New article / rant for @theconversation.com 🌟 Why it's NOT true to say "everyone's a bit Autistic" theconversation.com/everyone-isn...

Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy

Our second struggling university today is Nottingham, where the job cuts stretch as far ahead as the eye can see. Colleagues have just voted for strike action if compulsory redundancies aren't ruled out. Just another miserable day in British Higher Education. www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

UK Christians for Trans Rights — An Open Letter to MPs. Sign and share! (thanks to @msamrc.bsky.social for sending this my way) 🏳️‍⚧️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Our global list of advocacy orgs for Autistic & trans communities is growing, but we know there are still gaps, especially across Asia & Africa. 🌍 Know a neurodivergent-led, affirming nonprofit? 💌 Email us: [email protected] 🔗 www.thrivingautistic.org/advocacy-orgs/

Trans and being told by your employer you can no longer use the toilets at work (especially if not out to all your colleagues)? A cis woman who has been challenged when using the toilet? Otherwise affected by the SC judgment? Please share & fill out this form: goodlawproject.org/about/trans-...

The Library of Congress is a research library. The Congressional Research Service researches for Congress. Scholars & researchers apply for passes to research. NO children’s section. Even the general public has very limited access.

My #INSAR2025 talk - expertly tweeted by @thinkingautism.com & @aimeespeaks.bsky.social - is now available to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n4c... Focus: How I share power with lay Autistic people - including those with learning disabilities and who are non-speaking - and what they think of it /1

Do join us for our next # CRAEwebinar this Thursday at 4 to explore the inclusion and belonging of autistic people in religious groups. The 'Impossible Subjects'?, with Krysia Waldock www.eventbrite.co.uk...

I'm recovering from a breakdown at the moment and trying to get back on my feet with my workshops & Etsy. If you could maybe RT my new creative & mental health workshop (previous few posts today,Friday 25th) it would help so much to show it to a few more eyes. I'd really appreciate it, thankyou 🌿

To be clear: the EHRC are also undermining other key areas, including rejecting the notion of systemic racism, having a board member who thinks 'misogynist' and 'homophobe' are 'propaganda terms' and refusing to investigate the link between disabled people's deaths and the DWP. 3/

We are delighted to share that our next webinar will take place on the 12th June, 4pm-5:30pm (BST).

Today, I want to talk about "Those rude autistic researchers who dare to question how research is done". Typical comments paraphrased as: "I dread looking on social media, in case one of the autistic research crowd has critiqued our work in public". It's a strange thing, isn't it/

We have been uplifted by the incredible reaction to the police raid on Westminster Meeting House. Many Friends have asked us what actions they could now take to push back against the erosion of protest rights in the UK. Here are 7 ideas 👇 www.quaker.org.uk/blog/7-actio...

The DWP consultation fails to ask people to respond to: Changes to PIP scoring Abolishing the WCA Freezing the UC health element Having a single assessment for both PIP and the UC health element So you MUST write to your MP about it instead. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/dwp-lau...

Such a fun day indulging one of my favourite ever topics with the best people and the best co-organiser! @renasha.bsky.social ✨ #ReligiousStudies #DisabilityStudies #SociologyOfReligion

Our recent Response Day was filled with fascinating research and critical insights on lived experiences, structural inequalities, & the intersections of faith, neurodivergence, & social justice. Thank you to our speakers, attendees, & our keynote speaker, @naomijacobs.bsky.social

**Giveaway Alert** We have a sample of our brand new FTN t-shirt (only 3 currently in existence) and a copy of 'When God Became White'! Just like and follow. For an extra entry give us a re-post. Deadline 10th April 7pm GMT. Winner announced 12th April. (We can only post to a UK address though).

I have 2 webinars coming up where I'll be sharing my doctoral research and autoethnographic work I carried out alongside! #AutRes #ReligiousStudies #DisabilityStudies #Inclusion 1 - 8th May - online @craeioe.bsky.social - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-imposs... /next/

Out today, "The Experience of Participating in Improv Comedy for Autistic Adults," published by Sage in #Neurodiversity. It is available Open Access at doi.org/10.1177/2754... #autisticArts #Comedy #Improv #Workshops #AcademicLiterature

Whilst we're both still buzzing - it was so great to work with @renasha.bsky.social on this, thank you so much for your energy and being such a fantastic ally and 'getting' why access is so central and important to how we 'do conferences! /1/

New article out today in @theconversation.com on why Autistic people "stim", including using fidget toys and flapping our hands. It's a very important protective mechanism, so shouldn't be stopped unless it's harming someone: theconversation.com/autistic-sti...

We did it! @renasha.bsky.social and I hosted a highly successful Chair's Response Day for the BSA Sociology of Religion study group at King's College London and online with an exemplary line up of speakers for both academics and practitioners! /1/

As I said earlier (& Krysia echoed), I wish there had been this many of us researching this topic from a soc-sci & activist perspective when I started! Fantastic that there is now - when we need to speak truth to insititutional power more than ever. #Disability #ReligiousStudies #SocRelResponse25

Fantastic to be at a conf with practitioners (incl the great @jpuddlegoose.bsky.social ) & researchers (incl @pennypullan.bsky.social, @theowildcroft.bsky.social & @emmajoyswai.bsky.social ). Lots of us talking about speaking truth to power in/to institutions which should be speaking out with us 2/3

Thank you to @krysiawally.bsky.social & @renasha.bsky.social for inviting me to give the keynote at #SocRelResponse2025 on research & practice on disability, neurodivergence & religions. Themes today incl critical responses to insitutional power, challenging textual interps, agency & consent... 1/3

So much this. We need all stories, not just sanitised inspiration stories #SocRelResponse2025

It’s happening SocRel Response Day 2025 is here! Join us for a day of critical discussions on Religion, Disability, and Neurodivergence, with Dr Naomi Jacobs as our keynote speaker. @naomijacobs.bsky.social @bsasocrel.bsky.social #SocRelResponse2025 #SOCREL #Religion #Disability #Neurodivergence