🧩 Therapy through the lens of autism What makes therapy feel safe & effective for autistic adults? This new qualitative study highlights the adjustments that matter most — from flexible communication to sensory-friendly environments. 🧵 THREAD #Autism #Therapy #MentalHealth

It's a type of "Quiet Quitting" from before that was even a phrase. People won't say out loud, "I don't like going to town because I hate having to plan my trip around where I can access a toilet." They just won't go to town.

Only Dublin could treat the provision of public toilets as if they were being asked to land people on Mars.

There's an enormous feeling that we just don't deserve better, being filthy little beasts with no right to wander the city.

Created by animator Iara Abigalil, @autisticrealms.bsky.social , @fergus.oolong.co.uk , @scrappapertiger.bsky.social , @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social , Laura Buckland Mason and music by @somebodysomeone.bsky.social Join us for our launch: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discovery-...

So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing. www.science.org/content/arti...

Healthcare settings tend to be designed for neurotypical patients. Neurodivergent patients can find them noisy and chaotic and so intolerable from a sensory perspective. #neurodiversity #SNS25

Stanford Neurodiversity Summit Day 2 starts now! Dr. Lawrence Fung is talking about barriers to healthcare for neurodivergent individuals across systemic levels. They include limited insurance coverage and barriers when transitioning out of pediatric care. #neurodiversity #SNS25

I'm kind of shocked that anyone is still proposing technocratic solutions to the "debate" over immigration. Even if this were a good idea (and it is not), Republican elites and media will never tell their base about it. You can't policy your way out of a propaganda problem!

#AECongress25 attendees: here's some Autism Research Starter Packs, where I've tried to collate BlueSky accounts from those who do/support/facilitate autism research. Let me know if I've missed anyone! 1. go.bsky.app/B9XV8UA 2. go.bsky.app/Pfbbvot 3. go.bsky.app/DWvXhk6

So my keynote at #AECongress25 involved a lot of memes to illustrate my points about how to understand and apply the neurodiversity paradigm. The focus is on LIBERATION from OPPRESSIVE systems and beliefs. This will work best, I believe, when we COLLECTIVISE our action. Here we go…

these are great fall outfits

The life changing Bernadette Grosjean on the myth of overdiagnosis "If you need to change the name, do that, but don't cancel us", people trying to understand their mental health and identity Is good, actually. #AEC2025

bsky.app/profile/noch... If you want to see this quilt (and lots of other equally fantastic work), you should head to the Irish Guild Of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers' 50 Years On exhibit in the Lexicon Library in Dun Laoghaire before September 19th.

Nearly all claimants with these conditions have multiple other ones - we don’t have the figures for how many with PIP but for UC health it is FIVE. So, the clinical picture is often v complicated and can’t be captured by one label. Benefits are given on *this* overall picture.

The Centre for Social Justice has just released a report called ‘Wasted Lives’ which is being picked up by the media and recommends withdrawing: “UC Health and PIP from those with milder anxiety, depression or ADHD, equivalent to around 1.1 million people”. Why is this wrong? 🧵

"I Noticed That You Mentioned Silent Films So I Wanted to Come Over and Explain a Film I am Sure You Have Never Seen Called METROPOLIS" by Berthold Woltze

Broken record territory rapidly approaching, but once again: Homelessness is not a societal inevitability. It's a policy failure. This is a solvable issue with a known solution, even under capitalism, because that solution is less expensive than the current responses. We just don't want to do it.

When a TV producer tells the team to "put in something for the Dads, if you know what I mean", they mean fig roll content. This thread is all the proof you need.

Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.

You can't call yourself "a prize for LGBTQ+ literature" and longlist a self-proclaimed terf. Anyone can give any prize to anyone they like, of course. But don't pretend you're a prize for my community when you're platforming someone who's actively fighting against it.

I wrote an essay re: my history with Brown and my own queerness and such, in response to this week's BULLSHIT.

Hello BST, #BandcampFriday has just begun. 24 hours where the platform lets the artists keep all the income. Start with some of my fave recent Irish/Irish-adjacent acts: bandcamp.com/eguinan/play...

And usually I’m still on time to stuff! But that’s because I take medication and go to therapy and have spent the last 37 years developing systems to help me. A lot of ADHD is just expending a great deal of energy to avoid shame and ridicule.

“Sarah, why do you leave for the airport three hours before the flight leaves?” Because that’s the kind of effort it takes for me to guarantee that I’ll be on time. If your thing is not important enough for me to build my entire day around it, you might have to deal with me being late.

What help is available for a 10 year old diagnosed with dyslexia?

We led out on Action 1 of the Autism Innovation Strategy by synthesising existing data on public attitudes towards autism in Ireland. Report findings say awareness has increased, but deeper understanding and inclusive practices remain urgent priorities. nda.ie/news/a1-synt...

this is getting next to no media attention and it’s horrifying. transphobes weren’t going to stop at bathrooms, no hormones for minors, they are going to keep pushing until it’s entirely illegal and no one is standing up for us other than trans people

A little math about that prison camp in Florida. $450 million per year for 3,000 people is $150,000/person per year. The cost for one person receiving SNAP for one year is $2256, yet they're telling us that's too expensive.

Things the govt has tried: * Making apartments smaller twice Things they haven't tried: * Actual bans for vulture funds * Ban people/companies owning tens or hundreds of units for rent * Make "sale agreed" actually mean something so buyers don't get screwed * Build social housing * Etc....

We reduced the minimum size of apartments already, in 2018. Did it solve the housing crisis then? Oh no wait, it absolutely did not. It just led to soaring developer and landlord profits.

In the British Journal of Occupational Therapy editorial, Discipline staff Dr. Clodagh & co-authors Dr. Eithne Hunt & Dr. Kieran Lewis discuss how occupational therapy practitioners can be changemakers in higher education in supporting students to live & learn well at college doi.org/10.1177/0308...

'The pilot scheme has supported artists to secure more sustainable housing, address health issues, start families and even establish pension schemes.' The scheme has been described as 'life-changing'. My piece on Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts. #SpeirGorm www.thebookseller.com/comment/far-...

Minister claims “there will be no downgrading to fire, accessibility or environmental standards” .. but there will be an increased fire load, less space to move around & accommodate aging/disability … & less daylight & ventilation which impacts physical & mental health, relationships & well-being

We're Hiring: The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History 🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00 📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/... #JobFairy #museumjobs

Why is self-employment so popular among neurodivergent people? Ableist and neuronormative workplaces can be impossible for many neurodivergent people to thrive in, while self-employment can play to their strengths: www.facebook.com/JadeFarringt...

We are Schrödinger’s autistics: simultaneously 1) a terrifying autism epidemic & 2) self-diagnosed trenders, not “really” #autistic at all!

The Global Garden in Clondalkin is looking for a Team Leader to support our friendly, multicultural gardening space. Scan the QR code or follow the link to learn more and register: buff.ly/Fr0XQpj #VolunteerOpportunity #ClondalkinGlobalGarden #TeamLeader

This article spends a ton of time litigating the creation of the WPATH Standards of Care and implying that the process was politicized. But it's irrelevant! The standards include a recommendation to assess kids before transition and there is NO EVIDENCE that the guideline is being ignored.

Final day of the flash sale! ⚡

Your reminder that the Irish government has known about this for YEARS, yet refuses to implement it in Ireland.

law professors have been unable to understand why people are actually concerned about this case. it’s not about nationwide injunctions per se, it’s about a court that waited until the issue hurt the GOP, and then intervened on behalf of one of the most egregious constitutional violations we’ve seen

I've always generated these super complex hypothetical topographic maps when stressed or bored in a classroom type setting. Turns out a lot of autistic people do similar things. This was part of my autistic self discovery i posted about on twitter.

Captain Planet, he's our hero He's gonna turn pollution down to zero But pollution isn't at zero. No wonder so many young men are turning to the far right please can I have a Sunday newspaper column again?

A proposal for a “Single Front Door” for ADHD. Shaped by my own lived experience, conversations with dozens navigating ADHD journeys and strengthened through generous input from experienced designers, policy thinkers and former civil servants This isn’t just a blog post. It’s a call to action.

Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Autism and stomach troubles. Not eating habits but nerve development. ”Autism gene variants disrupt enteric neuron migration and cause gastrointestinal dysmotility” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"The thing is, when it's hot, British houses retain the heat" "So they're nice and warm in the winter, then?" "Oh God, no"

Anyone who thinks sex is a binary probably needs to read this. Sex is a spectrum/continuum. Just one example: DNA testing has shown that some women, who have given birth, have male DNA. Expert biologists teach that sex is a continuum- anything else is pseudoscience. Trans rights are human rights