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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻

@beatrixbird.bsky.social

Autistic autism researcher PhD student at The University of Sheffield Laser-focused on cool things: monotropism, neurodiversity paradigm, birds & video games Multiply neurodivergent & disabled #DisabledPride She/they Views my own

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻@beatrixbird.bsky.social · 6d ago

Petition: Teach severe autism, non-verbal needs and sensory crises in PSHE⁠ We want the UK Government to mandate teaching about severe autism, non-verbal communication, sensory overload, and dysregulated behavior in the national PSHE curriculum. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/78...

Petition: Teach severe autism, non-verbal needs and sensory crises in PSHE⁠

We want the UK Government to mandate teaching about severe autism, non-verbal communication, sensory overload, and dysregulated behavior in the national PSHE curriculum.

petition.parliament.uk

Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻@beatrixbird.bsky.social · last mo.

Loved working on this paper! We mapped autistic adults’ monotropic attention as an interest-based sanctuary, and how neuronormative settings create barriers. Exploring The Phenomenology of Autistic Attention journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... free read: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/24...

Exploring the Phenomenology of Autistic Attention - Daniel Poole, Helen Molloy, Beatrix Butnicu, Elizabeth Milne, Karen Leneh Buckle, 2026

Background: Existing research has identified areas of strength and challenge in relation to autistic attention. However, this work has tended to rely on compari...

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻@beatrixbird.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The preprint I've worked on with colleagues from ShaRL and UoM is out now. "Exploring The Phenomenology of Autistic Attention". Read about how autistic adults experience hidden costs managing their attention in neuronormative world and find sanctuary in engaging with their interests.

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻@beatrixbird.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Café Autistique 3 December 2025 💜 ♾️ Autism research in a sensory friendly neuro-affirming space. We learned about the experiences of trans and non-binary autistic people as well as teachers supporting the mental health of autistic students. Thank you Autism At Manchester

A dimly lit event space with tables and chairs arranged café-style. A large projector screen at the front displays the Café Autistique logo and the text “Autism research discussed in a relaxed café atmosphere. The talks will begin shortly.” Overhead industrial ceiling fixtures are visible. Alexandra Sturrock standing on a small stage in front of the same Café Autistique projector slide. She gestures while speaking. A laptop sits on a table beside her. The room is dark with spot lighting and scattered round tables in the foreground. “A community of academics, students, professionals, autistic people, family members, and other stakeholders.” It includes contact details: the website (autism.manchester.ac.uk), email (autism@manchester.ac.uk), and social media handles (@AutismAtMCR, @AutismManchester). A laptop is on a table beside her, with black chairs and round tables in the dim room.
Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻@beatrixbird.bsky.social · last yr.

This adorable story shows how an experiment can seem to work but measure the wrong thing! A child tested if bird seeds grow birds, and birds appeared, confirming the idea. But the seeds *attracted* birds. In science that’s a threat to construct validity, and it happens to the best of scientists!

Screenshot of a tweet from user @_grimm (@ExileGrimm). It reads: “What’s the dumbest beliefs you had as a child? When I was 4–5 I swore that bird seeds grew birds, thus the name. When my parents asked me to prove it to them, I planted a pile of bird seeds. The next day there were loads of birds where I planted the seeds, showing I was right.”
Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · last yr.

Autism isn’t caused by medicine. Claims that paracetamol in pregnancy causes autism are false. We do not need to prevent or cure autism. Autistic people are valuable. Great guidance here from @contactfamilies.bsky.social for anyone who is worried or concerned with the news today.

Contact, for families with disabled children@contactfamilies.bsky.social · last yr.

Claims that paracetamol in pregnancy causes autism are false. Autism isn’t caused by medicine. For guidance visit:

Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · last yr.

So very happy to be part of the @stimpunks.org team working on this! Updated page - have a look... exciting things happening and thoughts evolving...

Stimpunks Foundation@stimpunks.org · last yr.

The landing page for our learning space is epic. Check it out. This is how we create space for the neurodivergent and disabled people most ill-served by “empty pedagogy, behaviorism, and the rejection of equity“. stimpunks.org/space/

Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · last yr.

Hope you can join us! FREE tickets! A great opportunity to watch the 2 new animations about being Autistic that I've been working on with @iara-abigalil.bsky.social, @fergus.oolong.co.uk , @scrappapertiger.bsky.social , @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social, Laura Buckland Mason & @somebodysomeone.bsky.social

Thriving Autistic@thrivingautistic.bsky.social · last yr.

FREE COMMUNITY ONLINE EVENT THIS THURSDAY! Invitation to join us for our FREE online event: Discovery Celebration: Autistic Community Shaping Neuro-Affirmative Support FREE ONLINE TICKETS 18th September 7–8:45pm Irish/UK time Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discovery-...

Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · last yr.

E-Book: Monotropism: Supporting Young Autistic People With Transitions At Home & School Hopefully helpful for the start of term!

Monotropism: Supporting Young Autistic People With Transitions

"Embracing Monotropism & Supporting Young Autistic People With Transitions at Home and School" by Helen Edgar (Autistic Realms). This is a neurodiversity-affirming guide for families, educators, and anyone supporting young autistic people.✨ Learn about monotropism — a powerful, positive theory of autistic experiences✨ Practical advice for supporting flow states, transitions, and sensory needs at home and school ✨ Ideas for creating environments where young autistic people can thrive✨ Resources, readings, and community support links included! Download now and help young people embrace their unique flow! (updated ebook originally created for PANDA charity 2024)

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Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk · last yr.

This is so important. The NHS ADHD waiting lists are years long all over Scotland, apart from places where they've been closed entirely. I got on the Edinburgh waiting list five years ago, just before a huge rise in people realising they need it; diagnosed after 4 years; still waiting on any meds.

Christine Jardine@cajardinemp.bsky.social · last yr.

I have urged the Scottish government to consider NHS prescriptions for those who undergo private ADHD assessments. theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/09/call...