🌟Aoibheann Barnes is our Neuro-Affirming Neurodivergent Practitioner of the Week 🌟 They are registered in our international Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory Find out more & search for a practitioner or register yourself as a professional neurodivergentpractitioners.org/listing/aoib...

Join our Thriving Autistic community for a relaxed monthly meet-up. Connect, share & explore with Autistic professionals and peers! Exploring Your Autistic Identity: November Meet-Up for Autistic Adults FREE or by donation online event Nov 20th 7- 8:15pm GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...

Join our Thriving Autistic community for a relaxed monthly meet-up. Connect, share & explore with Autistic professionals and peers! Exploring Your Autistic Identity: November Meet-Up for Autistic Adults FREE or by donation online event Nov 20th 7- 8:15pm GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...

On autism and loneliness: "Many autistic people want to build connections with people, but this can so easily become overstimulating and exhausting. This creates a vicious cycle. Autistic processing may intensify this cycle." From @craeioe.bsky.social: crae.ioe.ac.uk/trapped-in-a... #neurodiversity

This open-access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities & rationales of key leaders in their own words. Edited by @drstevenkapp.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

“Community needs to be something we keep tending every day.” We were delighted to have attended @autisticadvocacy.org 2025 gala last week celebrating Autistic self-advocacy, mutual aid, and community power. Well done to all the Awardees! autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/

“Community needs to be something we keep tending every day.” We were delighted to have attended @autisticadvocacy.org 2025 gala last week celebrating Autistic self-advocacy, mutual aid, and community power. Well done to all the Awardees! autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/

🌟Pete Tobias is our Neuro-Affirming Neurodivergent Practitioner of the Week 🌟 They are registered in our international Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory Find out more & search for a practitioner or register yourself as a professional neurodivergentpractitioners.org/listing/coun...

🌟Pete Tobias is our Neuro-Affirming Neurodivergent Practitioner of the Week 🌟 They are registered in our international Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory Find out more & search for a practitioner or register yourself as a professional neurodivergentpractitioners.org/listing/coun...

Our second gala panel brings together AJ Link, Autumn Lauener, and Ren Koloni, to speak on taking action now in our communities. This panel will spend time on the power of building community. Get your tickets today! secure.everyaction.com/bs4aLF5-m0m1...

The 2025 ASAN Gala begins later today! There’s still time to register — and save your spot for our giveaway. We can’t wait! Register here:

Looking forward to joining @autisticadvocacy.org's 2025 Gala later today! autisticadvocacy.org/2025/10/join...

Looking forward to joining @autisticadvocacy.org's 2025 Gala later today! autisticadvocacy.org/2025/10/join...

Inside and Out: Rethinking Hygiene, Autonomy and Expression open.substack.com/pub/laurahel... #neurodiversity #education #parenting #healthcare

As part of my work for Thriving Autistic, I have helped develop these resources from community feedback What would you add?

"Autism and disability aren’t insults. They’re realities. They’re languages of access, of shared experience, of boundaries learned the hard way. ... Because every time we distance ourselves from disability, we reinforce the very structure that made distance necessary in the first place.

bloody hell this is a good piece of writing

Rethinking autistic "regression": Research shows autistic people have noticeable sensory & movement differences from day one, e.g. autistic babies smile at least as much as non-autistic ones—just less in response to parent social cues. @drstevenkapp.bsky.social: www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...

Ableism and ageism - We have groups for specific ages, including over 55s. Find out more in the Discovery Programme for Autistic adults Fully funded 6 week course for Irish citizens thanks to Rethink Ireland www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...

Sharing: The Autistic Substance Use Network (ASUN) was created in response to the emerging research highlighting that substance use is an intersection of concern for Autistic people. Find out more: autsunorg.wordpress.com

Sharing: The Autistic Substance Use Network (ASUN) was created in response to the emerging research highlighting that substance use is an intersection of concern for Autistic people. Find out more: autsunorg.wordpress.com

Ableism and ageism - We have groups for specific ages, including over 55s. Find out more in the Discovery Programme for Autistic adults Fully funded 6 week course for Irish citizens thanks to Rethink Ireland www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...

Learning about autism in a neutral and non-stigmatizing manner, through the lens of autistic lived experience, benefits autistic children’s self-understanding, emergent autistic identity, sense of belonging, and communication/self-advocacy skills. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #neurodiversity

"When I began saying 'I’m autistic& disabled' something shifted. I stopped apologizing for my limits& started protecting my capacity. I stopped pretending my energy was endless& started recognizing it as finite, sacred& worth conserving." @lovettejallow.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/lovettej...

Towards autistic flow theory: A non-pathologising conceptual approach onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A final descent into Skinner’s empire of control—tracing how behaviourism’s gospel of obedience became doctrine, how freedom and dignity were declared obsolete, and how autistic meaning endures as heresy, coherence, and life. open.substack.com/pub/autside/...

🖤🩶🤍💜 As a black autistic ace woman , I’ve learned that my way of loving, connecting, and existing doesn’t have to fit anyone else’s script. Ace pride is about honoring quiet forms of intimacy, deep care, and the freedom to define love on my own terms #acepride #aceprideweek

We’ve been asked to share this autistic survey ! Are you autistic 18 or over? Do you want to feed back on your care over the last 12 months? OR a radiographer experience of radiography or radiotherapy as a patient 20-minute, online, anonymous survey For autistic adults tinyurl.com/5x89thpb

@thrivingautistic.bsky.social has a new resource signposting page about: Masking, Emotional Regulation & Self-Care, Internalised Ableism, Sensory, Self-Advocacy, Intersectionality, Imposter Syndrome, Disclosure, Monotropism, Relationships, Burnout & more! www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...

What other resources would you add? Please share your top neuro-affirming websites, podcasts, books, videos and other resources with us!

We have a new open-access signposting resource page to support our Discovery Programme for Autistic adults. Topics include: Masking, Emotional Regulation & Self-Care, Internalised Ableism, Sensory, Intersectionality, Imposter Syndrome, Monotropism & more! www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...

What other resources would you add? Please share your top neuro-affirming websites, podcasts, books, videos and other resources with us!

We have a new open-access signposting resource page to support our Discovery Programme for Autistic adults. Topics include: Masking, Emotional Regulation & Self-Care, Internalised Ableism, Sensory, Intersectionality, Imposter Syndrome, Monotropism & more! www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...

Every person, including intersex & disabled people deserves affirming and knowledgeable healthcare rooted in the right to make decisions for their own bodies. We show up to demand an end to medical violence and to create systems where intersex rights are honored. #WhyWeShowUp #IntersexAwarenessWeek

Plain Language is really important to ASAN and our community. Learn about what Plain Language is and why it matters in this post! We want to make more of our social media Plain Language. It is important for our posts to be accessible to more people!

"Everyday life, from communication within social interaction and societal expectation, interoception experience, outer sensory experiences and those of Object Permanence impact differently upon Autistic people than they do for non-autistic people." -Wenn Lawson: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

If you'd like to know a bit more about this animation & its themes, former AMASE Chair @fergus.oolong.co.uk wrote a pair of blog posts about it. This one's aimed at the community: www.thrivingautistic.org/discovering-... The other is aimed at professionals: www.thrivingautistic.org/discovering-...

Bridging neurodiversity and open scholarship: How shared values can guide best practices for research integrity, social justice, and principled education. Important new paper from Phan, J. M. et al., (2025). doi.org/10.1111/josi... Shared via @stimpunks.org

More new research! Challenges, Strengths, and Joys of Autistic Parents: An abductive qualitative content analysis of parent interviews. Thom-Jones, S., Brownlow, C., & Abel, S. (2025).https://doi.org/10.1177/25739581251385735

Learn more about these animations - and the Discovery Programme they're part of - with the recording of the event they were launched at. bsky.app/profile/thri...

Check out @thrivingautistic.bsky.social's 2 new neuro-affirming educational animation videos celebrating Autistic experiences and perspectives. www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...

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...

Find out about how @thrivingautistic.bsky.social can support you as an Autistic person & info about our Discovery Programme. Also 2 new neuro-affirming animations created by a fab team including @iara-abigalil.bsky.social @fergus.oolong.co.uk @scrappapertiger.bsky.social @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social

Worth watching if you have the time.

Now available to watch for anyone that missed our event: "Discovery Celebration: Autistic Community Shaping Neuro-Affirmative Support"- open access youtu.be/kz7S8BDnd88?...

Now available to watch for anyone that missed our event: "Discovery Celebration: Autistic Community Shaping Neuro-Affirmative Support"- open access youtu.be/kz7S8BDnd88?...

🌟Amy - is our Neuro-Affirming Neurodivergent Practitioner of the Week 🌟 They are registered in our international Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory Find out more & search for a practitioner or register yourself as a professional neurodivergentpractitioners.org/listing/amy-...

🌟Amy - is our Neuro-Affirming Neurodivergent Practitioner of the Week 🌟 They are registered in our international Neurodivergent Practitioners Directory Find out more & search for a practitioner or register yourself as a professional neurodivergentpractitioners.org/listing/amy-...