TWO WEEKS until our inaugural Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference! You can see our programme and register (for free!) on our website: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual... #AutRes #MusicResearch #NeurodivergentMusic #ResearchSky #PhD

2026 Virtual Summer Conference

Dear all, Our registration has opened!! Register today! Organised by the CHASE Neurodivergent Music Network, this event is entirely free, fully virtual, and designed to be an accessible,...

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Nina Danon@ninadanon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Registration for the first-ever Neurodivergent Music Studies conference is now open! Register for free here: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual...

Registration for the first-ever Neurodivergent Music Studies conference is now open! Register for free here: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual...

I am looking forward to giving a presentation on Autistic music at the next Goldsmiths/Lewisham Research Café for Autism Acceptance Month! On Wed. 29th of April at 12pm, at Goldsmiths Library @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social More info and booking (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goldsmiths...

Only 5 days left to submit an abstract for the first Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference! #AutRes #MusicResearch #PhD #AcademicSky

Nina Danon@ninadanon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you've been looking for a neurodiversity-affirming space to share your work on music and neurodivergence, our network’s first conference is accepting abstract submissions. I’d love to read what you’re working on! Deadline is April 13: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual...

One of the best parts of my PhD has been realising I'm not the only one tired of neuronormativity in neurodivergent music research. Historically this area has rarely been explored in neurodiversity-affirming ways, especially when it comes to stigmatised neurominorities.

Delighted to share this new article, led by doctoral researcher Lucie Eadon, on whether active learning approaches in higher education are enabling or disabling for autistic learners #autres journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Every now and then we post a round-up of research that's been published mentioning monotropism in recent months. As more and more is published, this becomes a harder and harder task! This one only takes us to last December. monotropism.org/2026/winter-...

Winter Research Round-Up 2025

A round-up of research and academic books related to monotropism, collated by Helen Edgar with Fergus Murray. This is just a snapshot of some things that have crossed our path between June and Dece…

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Amazing collection of some of Alice Wong’s writings. If you’re not familiar, please peruse. RIP Alice, we miss you tremendously 🖤

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 4mo ago

Thinking of my beloved tiger queen Alice Wong today, and what better a way to celebrate than with her work; Alice was so many things, and among them was an incredibly sharp, talented writer with a luminous love for words.

We encourage researchers from all disciplines to submit, including but not limited to: • #MusicPsychology & #Psychoacoustics • #MusicComposition & #Performance • #PracticeResearch • #Music #Computing • #MusicEducation • #Musicology To submit: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual...

Nina Danon@ninadanon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS For the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference: a two day, fully virtual conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st (asynchronous). theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes #Music #Research

When the Ecology Fractures: Monotropism and Autistic Burnout (Part 2) morerealms.com/when-the-eco...

When the Ecology Fractures: Monotropism and Autistic Burnout (Part 2)

Autistic burnout exploring monotropism, sensory stress, masking and relational environments. Learn why burnout happens and how support can help.

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The Neurodivergent Music Network now has its own domain name: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com The deadline to submit a paper for our inaugural conference is April 13th! #MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes

Nina Danon@ninadanon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS For the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference: a two day, fully virtual conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st (asynchronous). theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes #Music #Research

I keep thinking about the increasing push to narrow the criteria for autism diagnosis. There is a profound social impact to this: the fragmentation of Autistic communities. While this doesn't seem like the most problematic of consequences, it actually can have profound repercussions. 1/

Uta Frith's claims that autistic masking doesn't exist because of a lack of research ignores a significant body of peer-reviewed research directly linking long-term masking to burnout, depression, and suicidality. It silences the voices of autistic people who have been sharing their experiences. 1/

A most excellent response to Uta Frith's statements!

Canary SEND@canarysend.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Uta Frith said masking isn’t real, late diagnoses were probably wrong, and non-speaking autistic people who write may be lying. She admitted she had no proof. None of it was challenged. I wrote the response she didn’t get: www.canarysend.co.uk/canarysendbl...

New conference poster 🙂 Submit your abstracts for the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference here: theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #AutRes #MusicResearch #CallForPapers #AcademicSky #Neurodivergent #Music

Nina Danon@ninadanon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS For the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference: a two day, fully virtual conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st (asynchronous). theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes #Music #Research

Uta Frith said masking isn’t real, late diagnoses were probably wrong, and non-speaking autistic people who write may be lying. She admitted she had no proof. None of it was challenged. I wrote the response she didn’t get: www.canarysend.co.uk/canarysendbl...

“Masking Is a Myth, Late Diagnoses Are Wrong, and Non-Speaking Autistic People May Be Lying” - What Uta Frith Got Wrong — canary SEND

Professor Uta Frith said masking isn't real, late diagnoses were mistakes, and non-speaking autistic people may be lying. She had no evidence. Here's the response she didn't get.

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@petewharmby.com isn't active on here these days, but he, along with others, has written a response to that Uta Frith TES article www.twinkl.co.uk/news/experts...

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A conversation earlier today about graphic design made me wonder how I visualise things. If I try to conjure an image in my mind's eye, there is a picture. But it's often poorly defined. If it's a face, for instance, I don't see the details.

It's my favorite holiday, WEIRD PRIDE DAY! I'll be spending the day being weird (same thing I do every day, Pinky). Here's a nice thread of Weird Pride events. Or, you can celebrate Weird Pride Day by catching up on the Weird Luck webcomic! #weird #weirdpride weirdluck.net/weird-luck-c...

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Weird Pride@weirdpride.day · 5mo ago

We have more events happening for this year's Weird Pride Day (Wednesday) than we've ever had before. @stimpunks.org and @amase.org.uk are co-hosting a round of Lightning Talks at noon PST/8pm GMT on the day, where anyone can talk for up to seven minutes on a weirdness-related theme.

Happy Weird Pride Day to all who celebrate! I'm really happy with how it's coming together so far. I hope we'll see a good few people posting bits of writing and videos and things today, too, besides the things I've directly organised myself (with help from many others)...

Weird Pride@weirdpride.day · 5mo ago

We have more events happening for this year's Weird Pride Day (Wednesday) than we've ever had before. @stimpunks.org and @amase.org.uk are co-hosting a round of Lightning Talks at noon PST/8pm GMT on the day, where anyone can talk for up to seven minutes on a weirdness-related theme.

I've published a new substack post on the ideological function of dismissing political opponents as 'mad' or 'insane'. open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...

Gramsci on Madness and Fascism

Hegemony and Sanist Slurs

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We highly encourage submissions about Mad Music and less researched types of neurodivergence for the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference! For more info and to submit an abstract, visit: theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #MadStudies #Research

2026 Virtual Summer Conference

Dear all, We are excited to invite you to the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st 2026 (asynchronous).  Our virtual event is held by the Neurodivergent...

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Nina Danon@ninadanon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS For the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference: a two day, fully virtual conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st (asynchronous). theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes #Music #Research

New study highlights the day-to-day importance of autistic flow Work by Daniella Wain and colleagues details a non-pathologising view of flow states in autistic individuals, and how they maintain wellbeing by By Emily Reynolds 03 March 2026 www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

New study highlights the day-to-day importance of autistic flow | BPS

Work by Daniella Wain and colleagues details a non-pathologising view of flow states in autistic individuals, and how they maintain wellbeing

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Happy @weirdpride.day 2026! 'Weird Pride is a celebration, but it is also, always, a protest: an act of resistance and solidarity, in a world where nonconformity is too often punished'. Even in hostile ground, wildflowers can find a way to bloom. Join our community events weirdpride.day/2026-context

Thought provoking article by @autisticrealms.bsky.social ! Some aspects of it resonated deeply with my own research and creative practice. Because of all the harmful stereotypes around autistic people, there's a common belief that autistic musicians like to work in isolation. 1/

Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar)@autisticrealms.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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 something else Co-Authored with @neurohubcommunity.org for @weirdpride.bsky.social autisticrealms.com/weird-pride-... #neuroqueer #liminalspaces

#AutRes Being Autistic made me a better floor nurse and makes me a better prescriber & diagnostician 💯 Autistic healthcare professionals could fill the staffing shortage (read: labor crisis) if we paid fair wages, had universal healthcare, and accepted more PT positions w/in healthcare settings.

Why We Need More Autistic Health Care Professionals and How to Support Them - Sara Eileen O’Neil Woods, 2026

Many autistic characteristics (especially attention to detail, social nonconformity, monotropism, and knowledge of autism) set autistic health care professional...

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I’m doing this tomorrow after some sleep, finishing my slides, maybe washing my hair, it’s going to be fun, come along I will not promise a complete overview of the lit on epistemic injustice because lol no fucking way but I can promise a useful introduction to epistemic oppression/ignorance

Academic Audio Transcription Ltd@aat-transcribes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Are you a social researcher interested in, perhaps even applying, the notion of epistemic injustice to your work? Our Founder & CEO, Dr Zara Bain, researches this and related concepts epistemic oppression and epistemologies of ignorance. Join her for a free webinar tomorrow evening at 7pm GMT.

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS For the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference: a two day, fully virtual conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st (asynchronous). theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes #Music #Research

2026 Virtual Summer Conference

Dear all, We are excited to invite you to the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st 2026 (asynchronous).  Our virtual event is held by the Neurodivergent...

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Grateful for my 1st paper being published ‘HOSPITAL NOISES: Sonic Autobiography and the Embodied Experience of Autistic Auditory Perception – A Transdisciplinary Arts-Practice Inquiry’ - Journal of Creative Research Methods 2:1, early view April @brisunipress.bsky.social #autism #abr #PaR #academia

Yes! I’m still struggling with self-acceptance but noticing moments of sensory bliss and working to make them a regular occurrence has been a really important step for me. A3 #AutChat