Sonny Hallett

A large wooden toy - body shaped like a black bird, wearing brown boots, head shaped like a bald man with glasses, moustache and a reddish nose

Visited the Lego House recently and can’t stop thinking about this early Lego product

How I love this dog

BBC news currently has no article on this. According to organisers, it broke their own records by far and was the biggest trans rights events in the world.

Otoh the BBC does have coverage of far right anti-refugee protests which were much, much, smaller.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Kifl hides part of her face behind her folded paws, and looks out of the corner of her eye in a way that is extremely cute but make her look kind of anxious.

I hope Kifl is okay

That’s so great to hear!

Same! I read it the first time trying to parse it that way then I was like, ‘Ohh, maybe this is monster fiction?’ and tried to parse it again before I realised it was an actual kitchen incident (and presumably not metaphor for anything) 🙃

*forgotten 🤦

Neurodiversity Is About Everyone — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM Understanding the difference between neurodiverse and neurodivergent is much more important than just splitting hairs over linguistics.

In my hurry to repost this I’d gotten that there is a version with image descriptions. Sorry about that!

Version with image descriptions:
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/07/neur...

Neurodiversity Is About Everyone — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM Understanding the difference between neurodiverse and neurodivergent is much more important than just splitting hairs over linguistics.

Update: version with image descriptions thanks to @thinkingautism.bsky.social

thinkingautismguide.com/2024/07/neur...

Time to re-share this piece I made a year ago today about neurodiversity and neurodivergence, and why the important distinctions between them is not about grammar/linguistics.

Small dog pawing at my leg insistently on the sofa as I try to rest

Came home exhausted, flopped on sofa, but:

Small dog pawing at my leg insistently on the sofa as I try to rest

Came home exhausted, flopped on sofa, but:

Neurodiversity is about Everyone A comic about why the difference between neurodiverse and neurodivergent is important.

...and the importance of understanding that neurodiversity is about everyone:
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...

Being comfortable in my body There’s been a lot of talk about gender and being non-binary lately, and what that means, and I wanted to share a quick post about my…

...and getting comfortable in your body, in a society that militates against that:
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...

Gender *gestures vaguely* I recently watched Man for a Day (2012; currently available on Netflix), a documentary following artist Diane Torr running her…

Going to share some of @scrappapertiger.bsky.social's relevant thoughts here about normativity, gender, neurodiversity and all that:
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...

There's an analogy here with gender normativity. Expecting people to conform with gender norms is pretty much universally bad.

Maybe for some, the convenience of putting people in boxes, in a hierarchy, outweighs the cost; it certainly doesn't for most people.

For some, it's relentlessly harmful.

This is right.

Society is neurodiverse: people vary a lot in how we experience and process the world, and having things set up as if there was just one 'normal' type of brain is harmful in general, because there just isn't.

🥰🥰🥰

So curly!

‘NO RETURN, ONLY HOME’

She’d rather be on the sofa 🙃

Small dog lounging cutely on her back on a blue sofa

Just look at her though
(We really ought to post some photos of her that are not on this sofa from time to time…)

Small dog lounging cutely on her back on a blue sofa

Just look at her though
(We really ought to post some photos of her that are not on this sofa from time to time…)

Small dog on a sofa, raised up slightly from lying sideways, with a questioning expression.

Hrn?

Kifl the the terrier, since her haircut she has even more splendid moustaches and eyebrows. Here her head is tucked against the side of my thigh on the sofa, one ear resting on my leg.

Hrnf.

Curled up terrier with short, brindle hair, on a sofa. She looks very neat.

The dog stands on some grass, sniffing it intently.

Close-up of the dog's fur, showcasing its brindle colouration.

Kifl got a summer haircut.

Of course.
Link to my website: autisticmentalhealth.uk/sonny/

😊
(Also currently have some space for supervisees)

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A terrier lying on her back on a sofa, looking *extremely* chilled. All her legs are up, but in relaxed positions, and you can see that her belly is surprisingly very pink.

Here is the latest from the Kifl.