Omg what a fantastic write up in The Observer for It’s a Superpower?? Thank you so much @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social ! Everyone go read the whole article 🥹🥹🥹 observer.co.uk/culture/audi...
Laura Richmond
@laurarichmond.bsky.social
Author of All My Worldly Joy. Writes on all things mental health and neurodiversity. Doll restorer. Reformed medievalist. #ActuallyAutistic
Today's joy: we are next to Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes on the Apple Comedy Charts. 🥰 Hello, I love you both.
An autistic woman has demolished her home and squandered her livelihood in pursuit of the source of a mysterious high-pitched buzzing noise, it has been revealed.
Autistic woman spends all her time, money, and sledgehammers seeking source of high-pitched buzzing
An autistic woman has demolished her home and squandered her livelihood in pursuit of the source of a mysterious high-pitched buzzing noise, it has been revealed. Niamh Callaghan, 43, first noticed…
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A new website has launched allowing people who like to collect dead relatives to trace the autism running through their family tree, according to a recent press release.
New genealogy website allows users to see which ancestors definitely had ye olde autisme
A new website has launched allowing people who like to collect dead relatives to trace the autism running through their family tree, according to a recent press release. After logging on to…
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An autistic man is believed to have become a bit too good at masking, since he turned bright green and started whizzing around like Taz the Tasmanian devil, reports have confirmed.
“Somebody stop me!” Autistic man masks so hard he accidentally becomes green-faced trickster
An autistic man is believed to have become a bit too good at masking, since he turned bright green and started whizzing around like Taz the Tasmanian devil, reports have confirmed. Ben Espenson, 40,…
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We have been trending in *all podcasts* on Pocketcasts the last couple of days. We are beating the major, major shows & institutions. That’ll teach people to let a bunch of autistics make comedy.
Hare Lockwood@harelockwood.com · 2w agoUm, we're beating the Wall Street Journal??
An absolutely gorgeous piece of in-depth coverage by @britishcomedy.bsky.social for It’s a Superpower?? This says everything we want to about the show and we’re so excited for you all to read all about our amazing team and our characters.
Audio sitcom for autistic people launched - British Comedy Guide
It's A Superpower??, an audio sitcom about members of an autism support group who acquire magic powers, is being released online. Guest stars include…
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This is out a little earlier than planned, but YES. Look who we've got! Look how brilliant I've been at keeping this quiet! Whole series out Monday 27th, or join us this Sunday for our premiere!
Chortle@chortle.bsky.social · 3w agoBritish autism sitcom attracts star names
In case you missed it yesterday - the little sneak previews are continuing apace on Patreon
The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com · 3w agoWho wants to be the first ever to hear a little snippet of dialogue from Chapter One of It’s a Superpower?? Extra brownie points if you just actually stuck your hand up.
An autistic woman has been winning at mental health ever since she read a science fiction novella about an order of Roman Catholic nuns being very gay on a spaceship, reports have confirmed.
Autistic woman will never be sad again after reading novel about lesbian nuns in space
An autistic woman has been winning at mental health ever since she read a science fiction novella about an order of Roman Catholic nuns being very gay on a spaceship, reports have confirmed. Miya…
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And here is the beautiful illustration created by Clin Psych Ind to make my findings more accessible!
Absolutely delighted that the third study from my PhD has now been published. This is the first study across multiple services to look at the experiences of autistic people when they access a community perinatal mental health team for support. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
‘She’s so knowledgeable about autism’: autistic women and birthing people’s experiences of specialist perinatal mental health teams | BJPsych Open | Cambridge Core
‘She’s so knowledgeable about autism’: autistic women and birthing people’s experiences of specialist perinatal mental health teams - Volume 12 Issue 4
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Kit McGodden, 25, wrote an 80,000 word introduction, at which point they realised that they had accidentally written a whole thesis as the prelude to their thesis.
Autistic person’s PhD topic so niche explaining what it is uses up entire thesis word count
An autistic PhD student has come up with a research topic so obscure and complex that it may have transcended human language, sources have claimed. Kit McGodden, 25, wrote an 80,000 word…
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A single autistic woman is much happier than expected, having rounded off witnessing a succession of other people’s engagements by taking home an enormous jug of custard, sources have revealed.
All this autistic woman’s friends suddenly engaged, but look how much custard she has
A single autistic woman is much happier than expected, having rounded off witnessing a succession of other people's engagements by taking home an enormous jug of custard, sources have revealed. Paige…
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Every day, someone is normal about us on the internet. In today’s fuckery - some very unwell person has ripped off our branding to spam Facebook with ableist crap. They’re stealing people’s selfies & AI generating images to bully people directly. Oh & some people think it’s us. Awesome.
The first ad for It’s a Superpower?? is now live! This is the first ever sitcom made by & for autistic people - please share far & wide. Search for It’s a Superpower?? on your favourite podcast platform to make sure you’re subscribed & to hear the full-length ad! 📷 @frasergeesin.bsky.social
An autistic woman’s day working from home was reportedly ruined by your request that she join a video call at short notice, you absolute psychopath.
Autistic woman asked to “jump on a quick call” suggests you jump off a quick cliff
An autistic woman’s day working from home was reportedly ruined by your request that she join a video call at short notice, you absolute psychopath. Talia Cohen, 40, was in full goblin mode when you…
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Our Patreon backers are getting soooooo many sitcom sneak previews! If you’re excited about It’s a Superpower?? and you have the means, subscribe at any paid level (starts at $1.50) to find out everything before the general public! Today - our first celebrity cameo reveal!
The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com · last mo.Who’s under the ? We’ve just revealed our first celebrity guest gracing our audio sitcom, It’s a Superpower?? exclusively for Patreon backers! If you’re on Patreon please do keep our secrets until the public announcement. We will neither be confirming nor denying! www.patreon.com/posts/163029...
Save the date - we’re launching an audio sitcom - the world’s first sitcom by and for autistic people. It’s called It’s a Superpower?? A proper announcement is coming this week but the Patreon Live launch & full-season drop for $10 backers & over will be onnnn *quiet drum roll* Sunday 26th July
Currently sitting in a cold bath eating a Calippo like an extremely low budget version of the Cadbury’s Flake advert.
An autistic lobbying group has called for all uteri to pause hostilities while heatwave conditions continue, it has been reported.
Autistics propose menstrual amnesty during heatwave
An autistic lobbying group has called for all uteri to pause hostilities while heatwave conditions continue, it has been reported. The group, known as For Uterine Calm Knowing it's Sweltering, Awful…
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Lottie Fitzgerald, 16, feels that people who post “granny chic” on social media are a bunch of amateurs who wouldn’t know a Teasmade if it treated them to a rendition of Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ and a spot of line dancing.
Nana! This autistic teen only likes things intended for the elderly
An autistic teenager has been described not just as an "old soul" but a positively geriatric one, reports have confirmed. Lottie Fitzgerald, 16, feels that people who post "granny chic" on social…
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I pointed out @laurarichmond.bsky.social ’s book at the @saloneurope.bsky.social event in Amsterdam last weekend. So if you’re interested, Salonistas, Laura is reading and signing in #woolich library tomorrow! Go along and support!
Laura Richmond@laurarichmond.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'm very much looking forward to coming to #WoolwichLibrary next week for a reading, discussion, and book signing. We'll be talking all things perinatal mental health and autism. Please do come!
I really enjoyed talking with you, and think everyone should read your book! Which is here: bookshop.org/p/books/all-... -SR
All My Worldly Joy: A Memoir of Motherhood and Mental Health
A Memoir of Motherhood and Mental Health
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"I know some other late-diagnosed autistics had a much more stressful home life. At the same time, I didn’t have the understanding and support that I needed." We talked with autistic author and comedy writer @laurarichmond.bsky.social, at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2026/06/auti... #autism
Autistic But Misdiagnosed Until Adulthood: Talking With Author Laura Richmond — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
In which we talk with comedy writer Laura Richmond about her adult autism diagnosis, and also the parts of her life that were—& are not—funny.
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Spotted in the wild! Thanks to @andyandz.bsky.social for snapping this photo of #AllMyWorldlyJoy at the American Bookshop in Amsterdam, of all places... (1/4)
Emma Bernard, 32, leaves nothing left unsaid, which, rather than leaving her with no regrets, actually leaves her with many, many regrets, while leaving others cursing her on their own deathbeds.
No one ever died wondering what this autistic woman was thinking
An autistic woman known for saying the quiet part really fucking loudly has never left anyone in doubt as to what she really thinks, feels or low-key wants to pummel, sources have claimed. Emma…
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Crime drama fans have been left bewildered by Channel 4’s latest offering, which features a sleuth protagonist so neurotypical that he is completely unrecognisable as a detective, critics have claimed.
Audiences baffled as TV detective not even a little bit autistic
Crime drama fans have been left bewildered by Channel 4’s latest offering, which features a sleuth protagonist so neurotypical that he is completely unrecognisable as a detective, critics have…
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VINTAGE LUNCHBOX MEGATHREAD! There is something deeply, nostalgic about the artwork on old lunchboxes. They meet at the crossroads of childhood, food, pop culture, & school/friends. Every day, for as long as I feel like, I'll be adding a new lunchbox to this thread! TMNT-1989 (My first lunchbox!)
