Non-autistic parents and professionals are lobbying for the term "profound autism." But autistic people themselves think the label is dangerous & will lead to autistic people with more needs getting less help. In @autisticadvocacy.org's #ProfoundAutism toolkit: autisticadvocacy.org/the-profound...
The “Profound Autism” Label Hurts Autistic People
Functioning labels don’t help autistic people get what we need. They hurt us. Recently, some people have started using a new functioning label called profound autism.
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It always struck me as an underappreciated consequence for descendants of enslaved people not to be able to trace a family history. I am very glad that Ancestry has made slavery records from the 19th century searchable. It's a good thing I think, way overdue. www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...
Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 - Ancestry
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@adhd-alien.bsky.social has written/drawn an amazing book, which left me crying in many places at how beautiful it is and how seen I felt while not leaving me feeling left out when my own experience has been different. This is a book that I think a lot of people would benefit from reading. 5 stars.
We have less than two weeks left in our national survey on emergency department experiences. If you are Autistic or ADHD and have been to A&E, we would still love to hear your views and about your experience. Take part: edsurvey.link #AutRes #ADHDRes #Autism #ADHD #Neurodivergent
If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...
An open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLI
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th...
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Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Genuinely not sure whether to laugh or cry. I mean, it's funny but it's not wrong and it's so fucking bleak. You want to shout "these idiots, their money will mean nothing when the earth burns!" but... it will. Because it will keep them alive for longer, and that's all they care about.
Honest Government Ad | Ai Data Centres
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gamelab.virtxgroup.com Got a kid - 8-17 - who is interested in writing computer games, this might be a fab thing for them this summer.
VirtX Game Lab · Summer 2026
Your child becomes a Global Tech Creator this August.
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Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
“Who knows what other childhood curiosities are quietly growing into world-changing ideas right now in bedrooms, backyards and notebooks across the globe? The next big breakthrough might not come from a high-tech lab. It might come from a 10-year-old who just can’t stop wondering about butterflies”💖
Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 3mo agoI don’t know why this post doesn’t give his name, but it’s Jo Nagai. This is a true story. medium.com/@zehraanjum2...
Olivia Buckingham, 7543, reportedly experiences time in what scientists are calling an “eternal relentless slog continuum”.
36-year-old woman actually 7543 in autistic years
An autistic woman whose birth certificate claims she is 36 is actually several thousand years old in autistic years, researchers have discovered. Olivia Buckingham, 7543, reportedly experiences time…
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“Left to itself, power moves to protects the institution, not the child”
Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · 3mo agoFrom @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social SEND families know all too well the methods LA SEND departments use to delay support. Now, Measure what Matters and ITV share the testimony of a whistleblower who describes a system that condones toxic misconduct. www.specialneedsjungle.com/toxic-cultur...
Some wonderful people are working on a new game. If you are interested in fantasy RPG video games and have a few minutes, you could fill out a survey here - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F..., or sign up for more info here - sycoraxgames.co.uk/titles
Help Shape Our Next Game
We're an independent games studio crafting a fantasy RPG. It features 3D turn-based combat in highly polished arenas. Narrative elements are delivered via lavishly illustrated, 2D, interactive graphic...
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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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GOD. DAMN. This Louisiana man fucking COOKED like I’ve seen very few people cook before.
Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.
Have you watched a video of a bat eating a banana lately? If not, don't you think it's about time? youtu.be/S8zhnXZdTFM?...
'He's Cranky': Rescued Bat Enjoys Banana
YouTube video by Storyful Viral
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the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
Today is Long Covid Awareness Day. Long Covid is not over - especially for healthcare workers. They were there for us. Today, we are here for them. #LongCovidAwarenessDay #SafeAir4All Read more: shh-uk.org/working-i...
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, We recognise that in its seventh year, Covid continues to devastate lives. #LongCovid #EveryHeartbeatCounts #LongCovidStandUp #fundlongcovidresearch @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @carladenyer.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social
Spotlight on @weirdpride.day: I wrote a piece for @jadefarrington.bsky.social's excellent newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/jadefarr...
Spotlight on Weird Pride Day with Fergus Murray, AuDHD Writer, Community Organiser and Science Educator
Celebrating Weird Pride Day on March 4th
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Weird Pride is a practice of becoming. A feral devotion to staying alive as ourselves in a world that keeps trying to make us something else autisticrealms.com/weird-pride-... Free Tickets to @ndhumanities.bsky.social More Than Neurodiversity Event Wed 4th March www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...
Weird Pride in a Hostile World | Autistic Realms
Weird Pride is a practice of becoming. A refusal to shrink. A quiet, feral devotion to staying alive as ourselves in a world that keeps trying to make us so ...
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I let out an audible gasp. What in the absolute fuck. There's a dark, dark, history of this. Of forced sterilization. I am so, so sick.
Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 8mo agoUnder a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially. transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...