@luis01.bsky.social
QMU Psychology and sociology graduate 🎓 @StirlingUniCrim Msc graduate. Aspiring social researcher. Passionate about creative research methods. Substack -
Flowing in the afterglow. Monotropism, Autistic Burnout, and a connection to chemistry inspired by @oolong.co.uk today. morerealms.com/flowing-in-t...
Flowing in the Afterglow: Autistic Burnout & Monotropism
Autistic burnout, monotropism, meerkat mode, AuDHD, neurodivergent reflection, liminal states, executive dysfunction, flow state
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Actually, diagnoses too often increase access to harmful behavioural (ABA) therapy by poorly trained, undersupervised workers who game the system for profits: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/o... ABA trains autistic children to mask their autism and camouflage journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/full... 2/
Opinion | Children With Autism Lose When the Focus Is on Profits
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Delighted to write this for @neurohubcomjournal.bsky.social " Functioning labels don’t describe us; they gatekeep access to support, autonomy, and opportunity." Read more: news.neurohubcommunity.org/p/words-that...
read a bit too much psych stats and my soul quietly re-entered my body like “yeah alright this is us now” 📊
Intensive Interaction isn’t about “fixing” or prompting communication. It’s about meeting someone where they are—through connection & attunement. A neuro-affirming, relational framing to support those with PMLD, co-authored with @jo3grace.bsky.social autisticrealms.com/intensive-in...
Intensive Interaction as Neuro-Affirming Relational Practice | Autistic Realms
Intensive Interaction isn’t about “fixing” or prompting communication. It’s about meeting someone where they are—through connection, attunement, and shared ...
autisticrealms.com
Trans? Autistic? Both? This survey could be for you!
Just curious if anyone has ever tried eating disorder anonymous? ##EDRecovery
Jurgen Habermas, philosopher and German, European public intellectual has died, aged 96 (Spiegel) www.spiegel.de/kultur/philo...
Philosoph Jürgen Habermas gestorben
Jürgen Habermas ist tot. Der Philosoph und Soziologe starb heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg.
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Is the AuDHD mind at war with itself? Replacing the narrative of conflict with a single monotropic neurology jadefarrington.substack.com/p/is-the-aud... #QTWTAIN
Is the AuDHD mind at war with itself?
Challenging the narrative of conflict
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FREE ONLINE COMMUNITY EVENT Thu, Feb 19 6:00-7:30pm (GMT) Re-Storying Autism: A Framework for Families, Parents and Carers Reimagining Support For Autistic People https://autisticrealms.com/re-storying-autism-a-new-course-workbook-now-available/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
What Was The First Story You Heard About Autism? An exploration of the stories we hear about autism and what they mean to Autistic people.
What Was The First Story You Heard About Autism?
An exploration of the stories we hear about autism and what they mean to Autistic people.
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While UK is proposing to narrow diagnoses (!), our new study led by @isaacahuvia.bsky.social: adults w/ self-identified autism had more unmet needs & higher distress, & similar understanding of autism, than officially diagnosed peers. Most wanted formal diagnosis journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Identifying as Autistic Without a Formal Diagnosis: Who Self-Identifies as Autistic and Why? - Isaac L. Ahuvia, Emine Gurbuz, Josephine Cuda, Steven K. Kapp, Abigail Houck, Jacquelyn A. Gates, Jessica...
Background: Adults increasingly self-identify as autistic without a formal diagnosis, yet little research has systematically investigated (a) the unique charact...
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New signposting resource guide: Being Autistic and Eating Created with @luis01.bsky.social autisticrealms.com/being-autist...
Being Autistic and Eating | Autistic Realms
Being Autistic and Eating. Neuro-affirming resources and signposting
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1/ On health inequalities for autistic people the @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk report credited the success of the Oliver McGowan Training to coproduction and delivery, but still many autistic people struggle to access healthcare.
Autism Act 2009 - Reports, special reports and government responses - Committees - UK Parliament
Report, special report and government response publications for Autism Act 2009.
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Representatives of autistic-led organisations giving evidence to Holyrood’s health, social care and sport committee said a national plan is needed to fix significant gaps in neurodevelopmental pathways: healthandcare.scot/stories/4295...
Autistic Scots push MSPs for neurodivergent-led change
A lack of accessible diagnosis and support is driving autistic people and their families into crisis, MSPs have been told. Representatives of autistic-led organisations giving evidence to Holyrood’s ...
healthandcare.scot
This was a painful piece to write. I love horror, but it doesn’t always love me back. I wish I didn’t have to write this, but it keeps happening, often from people who should know better Tl;dr: we need more disabled writers/directors so we can tell our own stories 🙏 Please share
This is possibly THE best video about stimming I have ever seen by Sophie Broadgate. I have shared quite a lot over the past few years but may be not shared here... enjoy! pikaiafilms.co.uk/In-Motion-2022 Read more here from @stimpunks.org : stimpunks.org/glossary/sti...
In Motion (2022) — Pikaia Films
In Motion (2022) In Motion sheds light on the emotional experience of autism, normalising and celebrating different forms of stimming (self-stimulatory...
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Explore The Map of Monotropic Experiences: Reframing Autism Through A Neurodiversity-Affirming Lens. Full Training Pack Available https://autisticrealms.com/map-of-monotropic-experiences-free-open-source-training-resources/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Not every autistic person has the ability or capacity to be a "contributing member of society," and that is OK. We are all interdependent, we all depend on each other—some more, some less. That's how society should function, ideally. #neurodiversity #disability #autism
“Quite often, big social theorists actually formed their ideas in social movements, or in radical or activist spaces – what sociologists call counter-public spheres.” @alimeghji.bsky.social talks to Iris Pissaride about W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy in the Magazine’s September issue. buff.ly/BWdBY33
A FREE and by donation Conference Event Aimed at Parents, Carers, Teachers & Health Professionals This October 2nd at 4 pm GMT, @laurahellfeld.bsky.social and I will be presenting for the @panspandasuk.bsky.social Charity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neurodiver...
Neurodivergence, PANS and PANDAS with Helen Edgar and Laura Hellfield
Join Helen and Laura as they discuss neurodivergent burnout, barriers to learning and neurodiversity-affirming support
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#Neurodivergent #Autistic #ADHD #inclusion #Dyslexia crowd are you in work ? Fill this survey in. Rebecca Killick is working on figuring out what works in work! So take part in the survey here ⬇️🙏🙏🙏 www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/THRIVE_sur...
THRIVE: Neurodivergence at work
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
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BREAKING 🚨 The updated EHRC Code of Practice has now been sent to the Government. The Code is just as bad as we feared. It would mean a mandatory trans bathroom ban, and trans people's exclusion from public life. The impact would be devastating. But politicians still have time to stop this.
