Don't forget to vote Greater Manchester!

Top reason to pay the BBC licence fee is they commission humanising and compassionate programming like this: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Whilst Channel 4 commission divisive programming on ADHD playing on culture wars rhetoric and dismissal of a disability that affects millions.

BBC Two - Inside Our Minds, Inside Our ADHD Minds

Chris helps a tour guide connect with his parents and a project manager process her grief.

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Great fun last week explaining my unusual (you might say 'divergent') career with Sahir & Beth @smoothbrainsociety.bsky.social 🧠 audio and video here for #heritage #history #HSTM #STEM #Autism smoothbrainsociety.com/2026/07/15/9...

Newsletter has landed! Put together by our excellent intern, Matthew Kasper, who also reflects on their placement. Includes the research involvement toolkit project, our logo change, Cafe Autistique, Dr Ketan Parmar and the latest research opportunities: documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx...

I wrote this piece for @theconversationuk.bsky.social after a family trip to #ToyStory5 inspired by Bonnie and Blaze, characters who aren't explicitly #neurodivergent but whose experiences resonate, especially as a parent to 5 & 9 year old autistic kids braving the world 💞👇

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 4w ago

Bonnie’s story captures experiences that many neurodivergent families are familiar with.

I wrote this piece for @theconversationuk.bsky.social after a family trip to #ToyStory5 inspired by Bonnie and Blaze, characters who aren't explicitly #neurodivergent but whose experiences resonate, especially as a parent to 5 & 9 year old autistic kids braving the world 💞👇

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 4w ago

Bonnie’s story captures experiences that many neurodivergent families are familiar with.

Bonnie’s story captures experiences that many neurodivergent families are familiar with.

Why Bonnie from Toy Story 5 resonates with so many neurodivergent families

Bonnie’s story captures experiences that many neurodivergent families are familiar with.

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My C.V. for your consideration 😉 www.instagram.com/reel/DabVLUr...

Erin Beeston on Instagram: "My C.V. in 3 jokes for 'Research is a Laugh'... #autism #HSTM #historian #comedy"

36 likes, 0 comments - erinbeeston on July 5, 2026: "My C.V. in 3 jokes for 'Research is a Laugh'... #autism #HSTM #historian #comedy".

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Research was absolutely a laugh with this brilliant crew of clever comedians on Thursday for the Festival of Ideas in Chester 💡 (still on this wknd!)

Many Autistic people have very strong opinions about the DSM.

🆕 From the latest issue of BJHS: 🏛️⚙️ A science museum 'to rival South Kensington'? @erinbeeston.bsky.social examines how post-war Manchester used the history of science and industry to forge civic identity and inspire a new generation of scientists. 🔗 👇️

A science museum ‘to rival South Kensington’: historicizing the industrial city and galvanizing ‘modern’ science in post-war Manchester | The British Journal for the History of Science | Cambridge Core

A science museum ‘to rival South Kensington’: historicizing the industrial city and galvanizing ‘modern’ science in post-war Manchester

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Next week! 2 July join a host of funny researchers bringing you stand-up comedy at 'Research is a Laugh' FREE at the Storyhouse as past of @uochesterpress.bsky.social festival of ideas 💡 🎟️🔗 festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/resear...

Daily bunny no.3360 is doing the washing

"Neurodivergents like Musk can even be leaders, who provide an ideal for other resentful cishet neurodivergent white men to aspire to, one which seems mainly about being wealthy, powerful, cruel, and impregnating large numbers of white women."

The Far Right's Embrace of Neurodivergence

How it happened and how to fight it

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Just seen #toystory5 really enjoyable family movie, and aged 8 Bonnie is very autistic coded - not in a way that NT viewer would necessarily notice but resonated with my auti boys - the difficulties making friends, interest in toys and collectibles 'younger' than your age, being the outsider... 💞💞

What's inside? 🕸️ Global silk networks 🏛️ Museums and nuclear energy ⚙️ Science and industry in Manchester 🧬 Cold War genetics 🥔 Plant virology and regulation 🇮🇳 Science and empire in India 💊 Penicillin and Cold War diplomacy Stay tuned for article spotlights and links to each paper!

🆕 The June digital issue of BJHS is out now! This issue explores topics ranging from silk networks and museum politics to Cold War genetics, penicillin diplomacy and the history of science in India. All the articles are Open Access 🔓️ Over the coming weeks, we'll highlight each article in turn

Latest issue | The British Journal for the History of Science | Cambridge Core

The British Journal for the History of Science

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“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.” – Seneca #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

Had a heart warming time talking to lots of interesting people and chaotic kids today at the @manchester.ac.uk community festival - of course it had to be🌻at the face painting stand!

@autismmanchester.bsky.social are here at the University of Manchester Community Festival 'Universally Manchester' we're in Alliance Business School - come chat research and make a sensory bag 🛍️🎨🧶

📢 Freelance opportunity: Cultural Programmer Strawberry Hill House & Garden is seeking an experienced freelance cultural programmer to help shape our future public programme. 💼 Up to £26,000 flat fee (3 days/week, 12 months) 📅 Apply by 6 July, 12 noon www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Still tickets left for @brightclubmcr.bsky.social gig 48 'Balls' tomorrow, only £4 Ducie Arms, Manchester 👇

Bright Club Manchester@brightclubmcr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

HECK it's all gone BALLS!! Join us for some comedic own goals from Melanie Ashcroft who'll be refereeing Beth Facer, Gordon Hart, Katherine Holmes, Brian Clarke, Bruno Sanches, Alicia Archer & Mark Collinson - be there for kick off 7pm on 9 June at the Ducie Arms! www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Man...

Research Participant Request Would you like to be part of Research to Improve Cancer Care for Autistic Patients in Northwest England? Find out more: jennifer.kirton@liverpool.ac.uk

New to Latin and old handwriting (Palaeography?) in your archival work/family history/historical project? Rusty with these skills or looking to improve them? Not sure how to get started properly? Then this series of summer schools in Birmingham are for you. #Skystorians

The 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, 27-31 July 2026

The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…

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We're excited to welcome @bschillace.brandyschillace.com back to Manchester. Join us on 18 May for a couple of events, one online, the other f2f: - Coming Out As Disabled - How Typical is Typical All welcome; attendance free; registration via the link below. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2026/0...

Brandy Schillace Visit

Visiting Scholar: Brandy Schillace, 11–24 May 2026 Coming Out as Disabled. 18 May, 1-2pm How typical is typical? 18 May, 4-5:30pm

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HECK it's all gone BALLS!! Join us for some comedic own goals from Melanie Ashcroft who'll be refereeing Beth Facer, Gordon Hart, Katherine Holmes, Brian Clarke, Bruno Sanches, Alicia Archer & Mark Collinson - be there for kick off 7pm on 9 June at the Ducie Arms! www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Man...

For Mother's Day here in the U.S., we want all other moms of autistic kids to know that we see you. You are not alone. And if this day is hard for you because of your own mother, or because you are struggling to be a mother, extra empathy is coming your way. www.squidalicious.com/2019/05/dear...

Dear Other Mothers of Autistic Kids: I See You

A Mother's Day gift from Leo.  [image: Small decorated terra cotta pot with emerging seedlings. A printed icon attached to a popsicle ...

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Great paper by @manchstm.bsky.social alumna @erinbeeston.bsky.social on the history of Manchester's science museum. #HistSTM #HistSci www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Call for participants! I am researching the views of autism community on early support practices. Seeking autistic adults (self-ID or professionally diagnosed) and/or parents of autistic children (<18), UK-based. Estimated completion time: 7-40 minutes. tinyurl.com/earlysupport... Thank you!

Ooh! Article on a science museum initially shaped by 1960s academic history of science #histSTM 📜

Erin Beeston (she/her)@erinbeeston.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Chuffed* to see the first view of my article on the development of Manchester's science museum @sim-manchester.bsky.social With very big thanks to @bshsnews.bsky.social Journal crew 🎊 *pun IYKYK www.cambridge.org/core/journal...