Our Discovery Programme was on This Week in Autistic Culture! Many thanks @autisticculture.bsky.social and @angelakingdon.bsky.social The self-paced modules are free for anyone to use, including practitioners: discover.thrivingautistic.org Listen from 37:30: https://youtu.be/nfZrWpFGidE?t=2250

Know an Autistic adult looking for community? Our online meet-up, Exploring Your Autistic Identity, is on Thursday 22 October: 7pm Irish/UK (GMT+1) 2pm New York 11am California 5am Friday Melbourne Self-identified or diagnosed, all welcome. Please share! eventbrite.ie/e/1980364496519

Highlighting elements across themes that support the monotropism theory of attention within a lived and embodied subjectivity. Discussing the importance of challenging normative expectations of attention for creating neuroinclusive environments, particularly in the workplace. SUPER WORK!

Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · 3w ago

Exploring The Phenomenology of Autistic Attention Poole D, Molloy H, Butnicu B, Milne E, Buckle KL. (2026) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Here is the free version to read: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/24...

The Autistic self-advocacy movement would not exist without the work of the self-advocacy movement started by people with intellectual disabilities. Thank you @autisticadvocacy.org - honoured to be part of your network and an affiliated organisation. autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/w...

What We Believe - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Our Motto: What is “Nothing About Us Without Us”?“Nothing About Us Without Us” means that autistic people need to be involved whenever autism is discussed. When non-autistic people make decisions abou...

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The Autistic self-advocacy movement would not exist without the work of the self-advocacy movement started by people with intellectual disabilities. Thank you @autisticadvocacy.org - honoured to be part of your network and an affiliated organisation. autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/w...

What We Believe - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Our Motto: What is “Nothing About Us Without Us”?“Nothing About Us Without Us” means that autistic people need to be involved whenever autism is discussed. When non-autistic people make decisions abou...

autisticadvocacy.org

What a special evening at The National Diversity Awards. Being named a finalist in the Community and Disability category, out of over 85,000 nominations, is a real honour amongst so many amazing advocates and organisations! Congratulations to all! #NationalDiversityAwards #NDA2026 #ThrivingAutistic

What a special evening at The National Diversity Awards. Being named a finalist in the Community and Disability category, out of over 85,000 nominations, is a real honour amongst so many amazing advocates and organisations! Congratulations to all! #NationalDiversityAwards #NDA2026 #ThrivingAutistic

We're off to the National Diversity Awards 2026! Thrilled to be finalists in the Disability & Community category. This celebration is for our whole community. Thank you to everyone for being part of the journey with us! Join us live, 18th Sept, 9pm UK time. www.youtube.com/live/74G7Uvg...

We're off to the National Diversity Awards 2026! Thrilled to be finalists in the Disability & Community category. This celebration is for our whole community. Thank you to everyone for being part of the journey with us! Join us live, 18th Sept, 9pm UK time. www.youtube.com/live/74G7Uvg...

Our virtual gala is for everyone! Gala tickets are on a sliding scale, but donations are never required to attend. All donations support our advocacy work and programs for the coming year! givebutter.com/asan-20th-an...

Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)@autisticadvocacy.org · last mo.

Join us on Thursday, October 29th for ASAN’s 2026 Gala! This virtual event is an extra special celebration of 20 years of ASAN! We’ll have panels and our awards ceremony – keep an eye out for the full schedule announcement! More info and get your tickets here: givebutter.com/asan-20th-an...

Dividing up autism won’t help any autistic people! Our new plain language resource about “profound autism” explains how the term harms autistic people and why we are stronger together. autisticadvocacy.org/the-profound...

Join us on Thursday, October 29th for ASAN’s 2026 Gala! This virtual event is an extra special celebration of 20 years of ASAN! We’ll have panels and our awards ceremony – keep an eye out for the full schedule announcement! More info and get your tickets here: givebutter.com/asan-20th-an...

New blog post! Gregory Tino, a leader in the nonspeaking community, writes about his experience with Spelling To Communicate (S2C). Read his full blog post: autisticadvocacy.org/2026/09/why-...

Latine Heritage Month starts today, September 15th, and goes until October 15th. It is a time to celebrate the histories, cultures, and experiences of Latines, or people from Latin America. Here at ASAN, we celebrate and uplift disabled and autistic Latines!

Rachel Moseley and I are quoted in France's @lemonde.fr. lnkd.in/e6KTVNjr I want to bring attention to how most people wear social masks & camouflage in context to an extent, but the effects are not the same for everyone: they are worse (deadlier) for autistic ppl. 1/ www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

Autisme : faut-il redéfinir l’étendue du spectre ? Un débat médical, scientifique et sociétal

Rattrapage ou surdiagnostic ? La prévalence du trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA) a bondi depuis les années 2000, un phénomène qui conduit certains spécialistes à plaider pour une révision de sa dé...

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The UK arguably has (had) the lowest known stigma toward autism journals.plos.org/plosone/arti..., yet critics seem to think stigma has dropped too far in a world that remains too often deadly. All the retrenchment in the media and policy risks making the world a deadlier place. 8/ end

Cross-cultural variation in experiences of acceptance, camouflaging and mental health difficulties in autism: A registered report

Recent findings suggest that stigma and camouflaging contribute to mental health difficulties for autistic individuals, however, this evidence is largely based on UK samples. While studies have shown ...

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Just a friendly reminder you must register separately for each day you would like to attend 🫶🏽

🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis@ayannasanaa.bsky.social · last mo.

Join the FREE Virtual Summit Sept 19–20, 12–4 PM ET! Space is limited 🖤 Day 1: streamyard.com/watch/QhuBbd... Day 2: streamyard.com/watch/rENEym...

CN: Suicide "Autistic people face enough suicidal ideation without being asked to think of themselves as nothing more than burdens to their loved ones, & I can’t support or contribute to any conversation that increases that risk." @fodderfigure.bsky.social: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/auti...

Pushing Back on The Autism Tragedy Narrative While Autistic

Autistic people face enough suicidal ideation outside the tragedy narrative, and I can’t support any conversation that increases that risk.

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“Openness re: a child's autistic identity—particularly in parent–child conversations—may support self-understanding, self-esteem & positive framing.” New research you can use: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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@autisticsociety.bsky.social's review that autism is genetic aligns with research that autism is a lifelong neurodivergence (www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...) - as the National Autistic Society said, people are born autistic and remain autistic for life. 1/

Frontiers | Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism

While the autism diagnosis emphasizes “deficits” in social communication, the article advances that sensory–movement differences underpin autism through a re...

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Looking for recommendations for a neuroaffirming career guidance counsellor in Ireland, or who may work online? Many thanks

It’s self-defeating for autism researchers to push back against social sciences research. Most autistics aren’t even against "hard" research, really—except it tends to be cure-based not quality-of-life based. TPGA's @shannonrosa.bsky.social, to AB King: childrensrights.substack.com/p/the-ongoin...

The ongoing evolution of autism research: An interview with Shannon Rosa

Writer & advocate Shannon Rosa has been covering autism research for 20 years. We talked about autism pseudoscience & the welcome shift in autism research towards evidence-based, quality-of-life work

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Please share and tag anyone who you think may benefit from our Discovery Programme - especially valuable for late-identified Autistic adults! A free six-module journey of self-discovery for recently identified Autistic adults. Created by and for Autistic people. discover.thrivingautistic.org

Please share and tag anyone who you think may benefit from our Discovery Programme - especially valuable for late-identified Autistic adults! A free six-module journey of self-discovery for recently identified Autistic adults. Created by and for Autistic people. discover.thrivingautistic.org

Neurodiversity and Domestic Abuse: Implications for Practice, Policy, and Early Intervention Bridging the evidence gap www.makeachange.uk.net/news/neurodi...

Neurodiversity and Domestic Abuse — Make a Change

Kay Louise Aldred, Development Lead at Neurodiverse Connection, sets out what we know about neurodiversity and domestic abuse, and the actions practitioners can take to improve the accessibility of th...

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Neurodiversity and Domestic Abuse: Implications for Practice, Policy, and Early Intervention Bridging the evidence gap www.makeachange.uk.net/news/neurodi...

Neurodiversity and Domestic Abuse — Make a Change

Kay Louise Aldred, Development Lead at Neurodiverse Connection, sets out what we know about neurodiversity and domestic abuse, and the actions practitioners can take to improve the accessibility of th...

makeachange.uk.net

@thrivingautistic.bsky.social are in the National Diversity Awards 2026 Finals in the Disability & Community category! Join in our celebrations! 18th Sept 9pm UK Community is what makes us. We'd like to thank everyone for your ongoing support! Watch live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=74G7...

@thrivingautistic.bsky.social are in the National Diversity Awards 2026 Finals in the Disability & Community category! Join in our celebrations! 18th Sept 9pm UK Community is what makes us. We'd like to thank everyone for your ongoing support! Watch live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=74G7...

Our newly published study shows that virtual Community of Practice can improve autism knowledge, strengthen neuroaffirming practice and provide practitioners with practical tools for complex decision-making. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #CVE #AutismResearch #NeuroaffirmingPractice

Evaluating a national Community of Practice for supporting Autistic individuals in countering violent extremism programs

Countering violent extremism (CVE) practitioners increasingly work with neurodivergent populations, including Autistic individuals. However, practitioners have limited access to autism-specific gui...

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