Applications for @nat-taskforce.bsky.social Founder's Award close 28th Feb! The award will offer one-off financial grants to autistic people based in the UK. Applicants may apply for any amount between £100 to £1000. nationalautistictaskforce.org.uk/nat-founders...

A surge in harassment and fear has been reported by Black and brown LGBTQI+ people following the UK supreme court’s 2025 ruling on biological sex. Charities say people are facing increased scrutiny and abuse in public spaces. ✍🏼Jaheim Karim hyphenonline.com/2026/01/26/t...

I haven't been able to attend in a while, but I have thoroughly enjoyed these sessions in the past. Hope to return soon!

If you're Autistic and interested in giving a short talk on a topic that fascinates you this Thursday, please sign up using this form: forms.gle/VWcaXEbGpjNd... If you just want to watch and listen, please use the link in the quoted post!

⬇️ Great opportunity for UK link workers/social prescribers & dance teachers to join an online focus group. You can view our 3 short films (6 mins each) and written materials about #autistic adults' experiences of dance, and give feedback. Help us shape resources to make #dance more inclusive! ⬇️

Today, Leo Starrs-Cunningham is giving evidence on our behalf at the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee's Inquiry into Neurodivergence in Scotland, together with other DPOs. You can watch live (or later) here. The meeting started at 9:30. www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/equa...

Speaker update! We've added a new speaker, Danielle Baptiste, to the line-up for our seminar next week on power in autism research. Danielle is a PhD student at the University of Warwick, researching Black women's experiences around adult autism diagnosis. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quahrc-sem...

A fabulous round up of autism research from the past few years collated by @annmemmott.bsky.social annsautism.blogspot.com/2019/01/auti...

On Thurs 22nd January, we are hosting Lightning Talks with @arghscotland.bsky.social 🌩️ This will be a space for autistic and other ND folk to infodump and share the joy. Everyone is also welcome to just attend and enjoy! Talks should be up to about 7 minutes long. Sign up: luma.com/zh49tltt

Happy new year! Just under two weeks to go until our free seminar on power in autism research www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quahrc-sem...

📝 The Call for Proposals for #OnlineAutscape2026 is open! 🧭 Theme: “Evolving Autistic Space Online”. ⏳ Submission deadline: 16 January. Please spread far and wide: www.autscape.org/2026/online/... #Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #autistic #autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #neurodivergent

Remember applications close on 28th February 2026. Get your application in now! (Also still taking donations to the fund)

Interesting, useful - and welcome confirmation that I'm not alone in hating misuse of 'neurodiverse' to describe an individual!

The next session in the Global Neurodiversity Online Seminar Series will take place today at 1PM GMT. @drmbothapsych.bsky.social will talk about The Moral Costs of Dehumanizing Language: Ethical Reporting of Neurodiversity Research in a Politically-Charged Era. teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

For anyone who missed yesterday's live discussion of neurodivergence and connective tissues, here is the recording: www.youtube.com/live/bO_uV-A...

SEMA's YouTube channel is here: youtube.com/@sema_scot?s...

It's the International Day of the Disabled Person tomorrow, and so we thought we would commemorate it by talking about what doesn't get much attention. Knowing how your body and mind work is key to well-being, but most of us lack the information relevant to our specific needs.

This letter to the British Journal of Psychiatry tells us everything we need to know about current thinking in #autism research. Concise, accessible & powerful. Read it if you think autism = social deficits! #DoubleEmpathyProblem www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Among many other things, this zine includes @fergus.oolong.co.uk's speech on behalf of AMASE at this year's Pride In Our Community event.

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn those whose lives were lost to anti-trans violence. We honor those we lost by continuing our fight for justice.

We are recruiting a fully-funded 3.5yr PhD student to examine the potential genetic relationships between autism and hypermobility. Full details of the project and how to apply here ⬇️ usher.ed.ac.uk/precision-me... Deadline Jan 12th! Within the Precision Medicine DTC at Edinburgh.

Representatives of autistic-led organisations giving evidence to Holyrood’s health, social care and sport committee said a national plan is needed to fix significant gaps in neurodevelopmental pathways: healthandcare.scot/stories/4295...

This year's Edinburgh Radical Book Fair has started! On Saturday at 4pm, I'm chairing 'Divergent: Weird pride, unruliness & outsider wisdom' with @cjdebarra.bsky.social and @acaciathorns.bsky.social (frank r. jagoe can't attend in person, unfortunately). #WeirdPride @lighthousebks.bsky.social

Faith on the Margins Conference 5th-7th November 2025, 11am-5pm (GMT) 🌐 Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... Day 1: Autism and spirituality Day 2: Autism and communication Day 3: Autism and ethnically minoritised communities #autism #autismtheology #autismchurchity

Frequently asked questions for our upcoming conference! We hope this gives you all the answers you need, but please email [email protected] if you still have any questions. A full conference schedule can be found here: www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/researc... Register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

I wonder how many more people (and possibly organisations) ought to be added to the @amase.org.uk Autistic Scotland starter pack? go.bsky.app/3J2f2qP

Thread and links are all good things by an amazing group of people.

Two of our founders worked on a pair of affirming animations for @thrivingautistic.bsky.social, introducing key ideas. The first is Discovering You're Autistic, basically giving people the messages we most needed to hear when we were first realising we're Autistic... www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDv...

DARK is seeking writing submissions on a variety of topics. Email Richardamm(at)gmail.com to volunteer.

Free Disability Research zines, all made by the Disability Action Research Kollective (DARK) Find them and subscribe to new releases here : linktr.ee/disabilityark

Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says. Adds that the rise of parties like Nigel Farage’s Reform party is “completely terrifying”. Yet no end to real wage/benefit cuts; no curbs on profiteering; little redistribution.

@autismeurope.bsky.social 2025 Congress is now freely available on this website: www.autismeurope.org/what-we-do/i... Also: www.youtube.com/@AutismEurope Lots of very exciting presentations including @drmbothapsych.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social and many more!

Free gig in EDINBURGH - this WEDNESDAY

A whole series of studies of the research priorities of Autistic people have broadly reached this same conclusion. Interestingly, studies involving our family members also come out strongly in favour of research aimed at improving our wellbeing.

In two hours, Alvis Cyrille Jiyong Jang from estas will be joining us the the Old College in Edinburgh, and online, to talk about Korean culture & Autistic people in Korea. Fiona from AMASE will also give a short talk about AMASE and Scotland. We will have the help of a volunteer interpreter, Lois.

Recommend this (free) event. I came across Estas some time ago through a document they submitted to the UN Committee for the Rights of the People with Disabilities. It seems like an interesting self-advocacy group, though I couldn't find much info about it at the time.

Labour’s attacks on rights ‘have led to massive resurgence’ in disability movement, protest hears #Labour #LabConf25 www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labours-atta...

Less than a week to go! For a while yesterday, Luma was saying the event is sold out, but we have now corrected this - there is plenty of space, both online and in person!

As a Scottish organisation, it would be nice if we didn't have to worry about what the President and Health Secretary of the USA say, but unfortunately, autism misinformation affects all of us. Here is our statement about pseudoscience and its impact on Autistic people. amase.org.uk/paracetamol

When parents get info about their autistic kids from the autistic and disability communities, they will find people who think that their kids are awesome, and want their parents to feel the same way. They will NOT find this love via #ProfoundAutism groups. thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...

On the 24th, I had the opportunity to present the findings of a survey on autism assessment experiences—a vital research piece that brought together Scottish Autism, ARGH, AMASE, and SEMA. Although the research was conducted in 2023, the situation has actually declined for Autistics in Scotland.

30 September marks #InternationalTranslationDay, a celebration of the bridges language creates. At Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics (SEMA), translation is more than words. It is about ensuring autistic people from all communities can access respect, dignity, and understanding.

Ari Ne'eman's Keynote at Stanford Neurodiversity Summit: Operationalizing Neurodiversity What are some of the things we can do to make very concrete, measurable & specific changes in autism research and service provision, to better recover the true meaning of #neurodiversity? youtu.be/jKFM6D_MnmI

In two weeks, we welcome Jang Jiyong (장지용, aka Alvis) of Estas to Edinburgh, to talk about Korea and the status of Autistic people in the country. We will also talk a bit about AMASE and autism in Scotland. At the Old College and online, 1pm BST/9pm KST on Saturday 11th October. luma.com/48s9n2w2

Funny enough, the very small relationship between Tylenol and autism goes away when accounting for family-level variance jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Paracetamol (Tylenol) does not cause autism, and it is a source of great dismay that autism researchers and Autistic advocates still have to spend so much time battling misinformation. Research on causes of autism systematically fails to control for the existence and behaviour of Autistic parents.

Excited to finally be able to share these animations I’ve been working on with @fergus.oolong.co.uk , @iara-abigalil.bsky.social , @autisticrealms.bsky.social and other team members not on here. Particularly pleased to get my favourite image that I use of “thinking in constellations” in there ✨

Hurrah! We can finally share the animations I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social First short film is: Discovering You're Autistic Please do let us know what you think and share if you find valuable! youtu.be/-eDv2omDMko?...

We have signed this open letter as an organisation. Threats to trans inclusion are threats to autistic inclusion.

Anyone interested in autism research and policy (from a neuro-affirming perspective) might like to follow Aimee's live posting from #AEC2025.