Want to help with autism research? The Social Experiences of Loneliness of Autistic Adults (SELA) Project at the AJ Drexel Autism Institute is forming a Community Council of autistic adults (ages 18–35) to help guide a 5-year study on loneliness and social connection. Info in flyer and alt-text.

just....enjoy this

What a beautifully written and breathtakingly honest paper. It's rare to see this level of honesty, reflexivity, and creativity in academia.

Just discovered this neurodivergent bookshop - very cool! And not just because it has our forthcoming book on neurodiversity-affirmative classrooms on their front page... @drrachaeldavis.bsky.social @claruineill.bsky.social makessensetome.co.uk

Oh look - standing up for what you believe might just be a good idea

For a bit I forgot that the current political movement was won with a weak minority and is managed by annoying dorks who nobody likes who have terrible vibes. This video has 1.3 million likes and is a good reminder that better things are possible, even for those of us outside NYC. A good night!

My painting PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Interesting article examining how a neurodiversity-informed understanding of autism does / doesn't align with both traditional and modern cognitive neuroscience models link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

A huge thank you to the Autism community, from our Editor-in-Chief @suereviews.bsky.social 🌏 Over the past two years, we’ve received over 1000 submissions from 65 countries. journals.sagepub.com...

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

You would think from this framing that "special needs children" made up the majority of that number. Or that the majority of them received single-occupancy transport. And you would be wrong on both counts. The data: explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statist...

I'm doing this talk on Friday 31st Oct. Preparing for it reminded me how much a period of burnout has set me back. That can happen to any of us. But now I should re-start taking my own advice. #AutisticElders #Autism #AutismAgeing #Autistic

📣The ARCH seminar is back! Join us on October 22nd to hear from Nell Fahey (with introduction from Dr Gavin Stewart) about their work on the social experiences of middle-aged and older autistic adults. More info on our mailout - sign up and get tickets @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arch-semin...

Really looking forward to this- we can probably accommodate a few last minute sign-ups 😊

@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!

I agree 💯% with this take. I once mentioned this on Twitter in response to people calling Donald Trump “fat” and “orange”. Some people got quite cross with me 🤷🏾‍♂️

Over 10,000 people have added their name to keep Hampstead women's pond inclusive. It only takes 1 minute. Will you join them? https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive

happy to share this new article on reporting standards in autism intervention science: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41070555/ Autistic people deserve the highest standards of evidence based practice and reporting practices in this field fall woefully short. We offer recommendations to improve that.

Want a fast and easy way to make your Indigenous Peoples Day impactful for years to come? I made this list of 100+ Indigenous Voices who post daily about our lives, our truths, and our fight. Easily auto-follow all 🪶 Come honor these beautiful Native voices!

If you want the best laughs today, read #SmeartheBejaysis tag. ( context for non-Irish folks: A ghastly politicians said his tactics to destroy socialist Catherine Connolly's presidential campaign would be to 'smear the bejaysis out of her- you'll see how people approach mockery here )

neurotypicality is a myth as in an ideal concept that cannot exist in material reality but it is also a social construct that does exist in material reality because nothing is just one thing everything is lots of things

Our first #CMHP25 keynote is Dr Mary Doherty @autisticdoctor.bsky.social Clinical Associate Professor at UCD & founder of Autistic Doctors International. She will explore how autistic psychiatrists’ insights can help improve mental healthcare for autistic people. autisticdoctorsinternational.com

Not the point of this piece exactly but a great example of how chatbot validation could increase polarization www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/w...

**CALL FOR PAPERS** Upcoming workshop at QMUL in January, looking at autism, focused interests, and communication across diverse contexts. How can we centre autistic interests as a strength rather than a symptom? Contributions outside academia welcome. Please share widely!

Amazing postdoc job with absolutely lovely Jelle Van Dijk in Twente, Netherlands Closing date October 10th Please shared widely on academic jobs lists. www.linkedin.com/posts/jellev...

Joining the war on autism, on the side of autism Training to max out RAADS-R 5 reps of infodumping

AUTISM ANNOUNCEMENT: “one of this pile of 50p pieces isn’t actually a 50p piece, it’s a minutely-different Mauritian 10 rupee piece” Sounds like a cliche?? But this happened to me today!

On Trump, autism and tylenol: A student I was talking to today had it exactly right on this latest White House bullshit claim “It’s at the perfect intersection of hating disabled people and wanting women to be in pain” There’s not only no link, the claim is both ableist and misogynist.

hi, medical toxicologist that knows a lot about Tylenol here👋 Claiming that tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism is fearmongering here's what you need to know 🧵

Greta Thunberg and the Flotilla have made their last stop, they are now less than 1000 miles from Israel Sometime within the next 6 days Israel is going to try to stop them The people of the world stand with them, it's time the Governments did, they must be protected

&stated other findings were v likely bc of confounding. Also, pet studies of theirs done by guy whose COI is “expert witness for plaintiff…on matters of general causation involving acetaminophen use during pregnancy&its potential links to neurodevelopmental disorders” buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...

Breaking News: Britain, Canada and Australia formally recognized Palestinian statehood.

Hurrah! What an honour to join @thrivingautistic.bsky.social's Discovery Celebration event last night! Read the Discovery report: www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-ev... Watch the 2 new animations about Autistic experiences: www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...

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?...

Yes! I don’t even know if he remembers he already declared “Antifa” a terrorist org more than once, but he absolutely has.

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group. There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi. He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Delighted to be at Experimental Pragmatics in Cambridge #XPRAG2025 to talk about how adopting a neurodiversity paradigm foundation combined with autistic scholarship (Milton’s double empathy problem) and participatory methods allowed us to reveal new insights into autistic communication & culture

The Wheel of Life is a popular coaching & productivity tool. Stimpunks Co-Creative Director Helen Edgar developed a "Neuro-Affirming Neurodivergent and Disabled Wheel of Life". It's a gentle, flexible tool for checking in with yourself & honouring your needs. autisticrealms.com/neuro-affirm...

It probably reflects my personal "words mean things" conviction, but this is one of my personal bugbears and whenever I see this it's like an itch I cannot scratch 😭

The words in capital say everything!

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…

Huge congrats to @drrachaeldavis.bsky.social @claruineill.bsky.social and @suereviews.bsky.social on their forthcoming book! Was such an honour to co-author a chapter with the fabulous @hjayoosi.bsky.social. Available to pre-order now! www.routledge.com/It-Takes-All...

New blog post about our qualitative study. Many thanks to @schampton.bsky.social for her incredible work on this 💙 I’ll also be at #AECongress2025 this week. If you’d like to chat more about this work (or connect about related research), I’d love to meet up — feel free to reach out!

"I believe we can be rights respecting and needs affirming at the same time. Getting the help you need is a human right, if you need help you should get it and you are equally valuable whether you need help or not." "Campaigning for neurodiversity liberation is for everyone." #AECONGRESS2025

But is it #neuro-affirming? @iancushing.bsky.social’s important critique on the Teach Like A Champion ‘deficit’ ideology suggests not! @suereviews.bsky.social’s presentation at #AEC2025 invites schools to challenge deficit-based pedagogy 🙏 bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Combining "affirm complexity" and "politicising neuro-normativity" to improve quality of life in a more broadly inclusive way that changes life on a bigger scale #AECongress2025 💜♾️

Room getting full for @suereviews.bsky.social talk on Neurodiversity: Liberation and Inclusion for all Autistics, looking forward to some incredible content! #AECongress2025 💜♾️

Post lunch, it is time for our invited speaker number 3, @suereviews.bsky.social! This talk is on neurodiversity, neuro-inclusion and liberation. It includes neurodiversity, collective liberation & power. Sue opens by saying thank you to the many people who have shaped her work. #AECONGRESS2025