I am so fed up of "experts" making sweeping judgments on what constitutes a "real" condition. It happened with autism, and now it is ADHD's turn. As someone "with ADHD", I don't know the cause, but I know treatment, esp. medication, is live saving. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The Great ADHD Myth? review – the most controversial show of the year is here

Dr Max Pemberton isn’t uncompassionate or especially radical, but he assembles a team of medics whose stance on the condition is clear from the off. This is a documentary that will incense and offend ...

theguardian.com

I woke up wondering about smell ... 1 hour later I learnt that tobacco hawk moths likely smell with their wings (!) and that dogs, leopard slugs, certain cockroaches & hermit crabs appear to share similar behaviour to smells all with different nervous systems &that dogs may smell like dinosaurs!🤓

One for all my millennial mean girl (and boy and NB) Marxists out there

I spoke with journalist Simon Gramvik about my new publication, for Kilden Magasin. We discussed how autism is used in pushback against trans healthcare. Thank you, Simon, for a respectful and incisive conversation on an important topic. magasin.kildenkunnskap.no/nb/2026/06/f...

Forsker skeptisk til bruk av autismediagnose i transdebatten

Flere studier tyder på at autisme er mer utbredt blant transpersoner enn i befolkningen ellers. Nå blir diagnosen brukt som et argument for hvorfor noen ikke kan være trans, mener forsker.

magasin.kildenkunnskap.no

(update) I made myself a wee website. It has a little snapshot of my research and my current projects on trans, disability and anti-gender issues. You can find it here: rowanmaddox.com

I have an article out today in Culture, Theory and Critique. In it, I think about how the dominant western way that we think and construct meaning makes autism and trans identities difficult to reconcile. Open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Representationalism and the impossibility of autistic transgender identification

The ‘trans debates' have proliferated widely, and autism is frequently brought into these discussions. Autism researchers have begun to explore the perceived over-representation of autistic people ...

tandfonline.com

I just want to push my fundraiser page for my dog's injuries one last time: www.spleis.no/485083?s=17765820 Any little helps me to pay back people who helped me and for his continued medical bills, so thank you for anything you can donate :)

Help Rowan Cover Vet Bills for Arnold After His Serious Injury

All money collected will be used to cover Arnold's medical bills and repay the people who have already helped

spleis.no

Sara E. Sellevold Orning (UiO) was kind enough to write a review of my PhD thesis for Lamba Nordica: publicera.kb.se/lambdanordic... You can find my thesis online, but I am also currently working on turning it into a book, if you can wait 🤓

A beautiful little fire for mice or other small creatures found in a tree aka the fungus called Clavulinopsis fusiformis (or Golden Spindles).

At the start of the year my wonderful, funny, silly dog was in a serious accident. I have made a Spleis to help with the costs of his treatment. I would appreciate if you share this in your networks :) www.spleis.no/485083

Hjelp Arnold og Rowan å dekke medisinsk behandling for Arnold

All money collected will be used to cover Arnold's medical bills and repay the people who have already helped

spleis.no

I'm proud to be a co-writer of this opinion piece published in Aftenposten today. My colleagues and I raise our concern for the spread of anti-gender politics in Norway and how this creates a discourse of hate towards especially queer and trans people. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

Trump-retorikken mot LHBTQI+ vokser raskt i Norge

Vi vil understreke alvoret i situasjonen i Norge ved å se den i sammenheng med internasjonale bevegelser og kampanjer. Det som skjer her, er ikke isolert, skriver innleggsforfatterne.

aftenposten.no

My new article, which explores the racial logic undergirding the ways gender-critical actors use autism to deny the existence of trans & trans autistic people, is published now through European Journal of Women's Studies. And, it is Open Access. :) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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If you happen to be in Bergen this Pride week, I will be a panelist, with two exciting scholars (@majabandreasen.bsky.social ‬ and Lívia Gonçalves Buzolin), discussing the Anti-Gender movement. And, my wonderful colleague Sunniva Ária Tobiasen is a panelist on the 18th! Do come along! 🥰

Disabled people have unnecessarily died in their 1000s because of cruel and dehumanising process of welfare assessment and the pittance given if you are deemed disabled 'enough'. The UKs recent decision to cut disability payments will only cause more death and suffering.

Pluto Press@plutopress.bsky.social · last yr.

“The horrifying practices of the DWP are brought into sharp focus, the consequences so predictable it is difficult to conclude they were not deliberate.” The Department by John Pring reviewed in Counterfire

V. confused by this job offer at Oslo Met. Maybe I am mis-reading but it appears to critique ABA as deviating from Lovaas' guidelines - ABA legitimized electric shocks for autistic children, tried to make gay kids straight and is generally considered abusive. www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-...

PhD in Applied Behavioural Analysis

Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with 23,000 students and over 2,600 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conduct...

oslomet.no

For my first post on here I'd like to share this recent podcast episode I did with the author Luca Espseth. We talk about autism and trans, and the ways that these intersecting identities are being weaponized in the anti-trans movements. (p.s, check out Luca's new book!)

Luca Dalen Espseth@bestmedbart.bsky.social · last yr.

Made a little podcast about trans and autism. Check it out. open.spotify.com/episode/0gtS...