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Our over 50's #Autistic adults meet up is on Thursday 23rd July, 11am-12. All autistic people aged 50 or over are welcome to this informal peer group chat. This month we're talking about Circles of Trust. It's free. Register for a link at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

From the CRAE archives: “Trapped in a no-win situation” a qualitative exploration of autistic adult's experiences of loneliness Grace et al. 2025 crae.ioe.ac.uk/trapp... #SummarisedByHumans #CRAEresearchSummaries

How about a cute ☺️ #RedFox 🦊 for #WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #ECK #photography

Autism: my safe food is toast ADHD: I require variety and novelty AuDHD:

For the attention of: the Labour Party.

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · last mo.

I know this is a big ask but hear me out. what if they tried: having a set of beliefs informed by a thoughtful moral framework. and then they just stuck to them.

Muppets Pride and Prejudice with Janice as Jane, Camilla the chicken as Charlotte Lucas, Floyd Pepper as Mr Bingley, Pepe the king prawn as Mr Darcy, and Miss Piggy as Mrs Bennett. The only human character is Lizzie.

Ryan Whatever@silberwhatever.com · 2mo ago

What should have been the third literary adaptation to finish the MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL and MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND trilogy?

Who needs another Black-necked Stilt? #birds

Black autistic people deserve more than symbolic visibility. We deserve leadership opportunities, fair compensation for our expertise, and a seat at the table where decisions are made not just a photo opportunity after the fact

“Harmful medical experiences, stigma, misinformation and lack of transparency have all made it hard to talk about being intersex, difficult to access safe, informed and accessible services, and hard to collect data on the experiences and needs of adults with innate variations. This needs to change.”

What people with intersex traits want you to know

People born with variations of sex characteristics have bodies that are a little different to social and medical expectations.

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Nice sky as we were waiting for the football to start last night. #Sunset #SkySky #Scotland

some studies suggest that 25% of Autistic adults attempt suicide 1 in 4 Diagnosis of autism in adults is not attention-seeking or trend It’s the context we need to do more than just survive When you know a risk, you can lower it, and just by knowing more about ideation It’s suicide prevention

it’s me, aslynn@aslynnromano.com · 2y ago

"Diagnosis is inaccessible and expensive...Autistic adults are more likely to have chronic illness and mental health conditions...Suicide is one of the leading causes of premature death in people with autism. Questioning diagnosis denies the data and the difficulties that autistic people live with."

No, BBC news platforming bloody John Curtice again, the Aberdeen South result is not Scotland's verdict on transition away from oil, it's the verdict of the single geographical group of people most personally invested in continuing the oil industry.

For #wildlifewednesday, here is a naughty little Red Squirrel 😜 You can tell he's a troublemaker! 😂 #Wildlifephotography #Naturephotography #photography #mammals #Minnesota #SquirrelLove

Quite a fun game is to come up with any human trait and try to figure out how autism researchers would make it, somehow, be a negative strike against us.

K.J. Elphinstone@neurofabulous.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Deficit or difference 🧵 Autistic deficit no.1: Preferring clear, direct communication. In the “negative or nothing” model of autism, this is framed as rudeness, and social failure. 2/13

TEENY TINY TOAD ALERT!!!!! It was so small I thought it was a little jumping spider. But I was right next to the creek where the toads mate so I looked more carefully. I can not believe I actually got a decent photo. It was less than a centimeter from nose to butt & ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!! #herps 🌿

I figured we could all use a little smile at the end of the week. This little black bear cub was an absolute joy to watch. He/she was having a blast running up and down trees while their mom munched on grass. #mammals 🌿

I've just realised it is #WoodpeckerWednesday so I had better let this green woodpecker come out and say hello! Photographed on Monday in Scotland. #UKwildlife #birds

Feeling really exhausted by bullshit this morning. All the decades of misinformation and misdirection on migration. The endless lies about trans people. Professors of politics still pretending they can't understand why people hate Starmer so much... This stuff is so pervasive, and SO wearying. 😖

This women's group wanted to raise £1,000 to help the victims of last night's attacks in Belfast. It's already at £56,000. chuffed.org/project/1854...

Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks

We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.

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A gentle reminder: Some kids and adults never use the toilet independently and that should be OK! Some take longer than their peers to become independent and that should be OK! Some can lose those skills when stressed or ill and that should be OK! #disability #neurodiversity #toileting

I shared a post yesterday asking if anyone would be interested in participating in a study looking at the causal link between autism and cPTSD... I now have over 1,400 people signed up to be notified when I am ready to move forward. I am floored.

Starting now.

Learning Disabilities & Autism at Manchester Met@learningmet.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our next research seminar is next Weds 10th June at 12 (online). We'll be hearing from Amanda Hill about research with family members into their experiences of the Court of Protection - an under-researched area - which is rooted in Amanda's own experiences. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-exp...

"Which is to say it was a perfectly normal morning, no better or worse than any parent of any kid might have. Normal is not what we would have predicted in those first 24 hours. But normal is what we have." This is one of two messages on this. I wrote about #DownSyndrome and prenatal testing.

Perry: An influencer couple had an abortion, then spread misinformation about Down syndrome

Last week, YouTuber Jesse Ridgway (McJuggerNuggets) and his wife Ashley announced she had an abortion earlier in the week after a prenatal diagnosis of Down's. But the debate that followed was full of...

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"The second: In our lives together, in fact, pretty much the only times that Down syndrome becomes a real problem, let alone a crisis, is when we encounter a system not designed to support our lives. To fix the ableist systems and ideologies everywhere, that’s the work."

I’ve been photographing a lot of big things this past week, but sometimes it’s the little things that really catch my eye. 🌿

“The fact that Budapest Pride – and hopefully Pécs Pride – can now take place freely, is a shared success for everyone who has spoken out on this case.” Excellent news from Hungary. Pride remains as important as ever. We need to organise so all LGBTQ+ folks can thrive with safety and freedom. 🇭🇺🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Hungary: Dropping of charges against organisers of Budapest and Pécs Pride a testament to the power of solidarity

JOINT PRESS RELEASE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUNGARY, HATTER SOCIETY, HUNGARIAN HELSKINI COMMITTEE & HUNGARIAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION The courage of

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The EHRC code of practice frames appearance based gendered assumptions i.e. assumptions around what are masculine and feminine traits at the centre of how you determine biological sex. It's not just that the code is segregationist and harmful to trans people. It is also hideously patriarchal.

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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CN: eating discorders. Autistic &/or ADHD patients who have eating disorders [ED] have more psychological distress & worse functioning, esp. if AuDHD. We should be screening for neurodivergence in ED services to improve individualized care and improve outcomes. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Frontiers | Time to notice neurodiversity in eating disorder services: a three-year real-world analysis of autism, ADHD, and AuDHD

IntroductionAutism and ADHD frequently co-occur and each of them are overrepresented in clinical eating disorder (ED) services, where they are associated wit...

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