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@autisticrealms.bsky.social

๐Ÿ’œ โ™พ๏ธ AuDHD | Monotropic | Neuro-affirming Autism advocate & consultant. Interests: monotropism, flow, burnout & neuroqueer theory. Writer โ€ข Trainer โ€ข Resource Creator | Former SEND EY/Primary teacher โ™พ๏ธ ๐Ÿ’œ https://www.autisticrealms.com/

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Discover Dinah Murrayโ€™s concept of co-tropicality. Explore how joining Autistic children in their flow & attention tunnel builds trust, co-regulation, & deepโ€ฆ

https://autisticrealms.com/shared-flow-turning-attention-to-support-children-together/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

05.10.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Great - will read and I think @stimpunks.org may be interested in this too who I work with.... Thanks for sharing and nice to connect here :)

05.10.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooooh you are good!

05.10.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah thank you, yes I love little things like this.
Updated the web page and credited you.
Many thanks - what a wonderful glimmer to end the weekend :)

05.10.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooh i love a Haiku!

Would you mind if I added that in and credited you with a link to here?

That is super lovely!

05.10.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if you share our flow
there's no telling where you'll go
but you will learn us

#haiku4u #metaphor #parity #connection #meet_them_where_they_are (how else will you meet them?)

05.10.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@monotropism.bsky.social :)

05.10.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is inspired by Dinah Murray's 1996 Durham conference, Therapeutic Intervention in Autism: Perspectives from Research & Practice.

monotropism.org/dinah/shared...

05.10.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is inspired by Dinah Murray's 1996 Durham conference, Therapeutic Intervention in Autism: Perspectives from Research & Practice.

monotropism.org/dinah/shared...

05.10.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Discover Dinah Murrayโ€™s concept of co-tropicality. Explore how joining Autistic children in their flow & attention tunnel builds trust, co-regulation, & deepโ€ฆ

https://autisticrealms.com/shared-flow-turning-attention-to-support-children-together/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

05.10.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Why PBS is Harmful for Autistic and Neurodivergent Young People | Autistic Realms Exploring why and how Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) can harm Autistic people. #Neurodiversity #AutismAcceptance #PBS #DisabilityJustice

Many thanks!
Wishing you all the best for those conversations.
You may be interested in this too about ABA and PBS it has lots of further signposting:

autisticrealms.com/why-pbs-is-h...

05.10.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Protecting the Meaning of Neuro-Affirming Practice | Autistic Realms Discover what genuine neuro-affirming practice looks like โ€” beyond tokenism and โ€œneurodiversity-lite.โ€ Explore how to protect the heart of the neurodiversit ...

Explore what neuro-affirming practice REALLY means. Beyond behaviourism & neurodiversity-lite.

autisticrealms.com/protecting-t...

05.10.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The news is just awful and affecting so many people...let's take a moment to embrace Penguin Pebbling an Autistic love language. Share some joy & strengthen our community connections

https://autisticrealms.com/penguin-pebbling-an-autistic-love-language/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

05.10.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The news is just awful and affecting so many people...let's take a moment to embrace Penguin Pebbling an Autistic love language. Share some joy & strengthen our community connections

https://autisticrealms.com/penguin-pebbling-an-autistic-love-language/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

05.10.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Protecting the Meaning of Neuro-Affirming Practice | Autistic Realms Discover what genuine neuro-affirming practice looks like โ€” beyond tokenism and โ€œneurodiversity-lite.โ€ Explore how to protect the heart of the neurodiversit ...

Explore what neuro-affirming practice REALLY means. Beyond behaviourism & neurodiversity-lite.

autisticrealms.com/protecting-t...

05.10.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@autisticdoctor.bsky.social , @autisticdoc.bsky.social
and team are doing great work around this!

Autistic SPACE: a novel framework for meeting the needs of autistic people in healthcare settings
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37127416/

04.10.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@autisticdoctor.bsky.social , @autisticdoc.bsky.social
and team are doing great work around this!

Autistic SPACE: a novel framework for meeting the needs of autistic people in healthcare settings
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37127416/

04.10.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Autistic inertia = difficulty with starting, stopping and switching tasks

It can happen even when:

- you want to do the task
- the task is important or urgent
- you have a clear understanding of what needs to be done
- itโ€™s something as โ€œsimpleโ€ as getting out of bed or the shower

04.10.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 170    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Explore what neuro-affirming practice REALLY means. Beyond behaviourism & neurodiversity-lite.

https://autisticrealms.com/protecting-the-meaning-of-neuro-affirming-practice/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

04.10.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

โ€œTrue neuro-affirmative practice and care is not a technique or a trend; it is a relational ethic. It begins in the quiet shift that happens when we stop trying to make people fit systems and instead reshape systems to fit people.โ€

@autisticrealms.bsky.social

04.10.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing @pebbleautism.bsky.social
I will message you monday :)

04.10.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Following on from conversations with @stimpunks.org this weekend and inspired by @kieranrose.bsky.social 's recent blog....

04.10.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Following on from conversations with @stimpunks.org this weekend and inspired by @kieranrose.bsky.social 's recent blog....

04.10.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Explore what neuro-affirming practice REALLY means. Beyond behaviourism & neurodiversity-lite.

https://autisticrealms.com/protecting-the-meaning-of-neuro-affirming-practice/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

04.10.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Shared via Stimpunks following today's community solidarity session in our Discord server where we were discussing what being neuro-affirming really means to us.

04.10.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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School Refusal or School-Induced Trauma? Rethinking EBSA, EBSNA, and the harm we call help - The Autistic Advocate Kieran Rose discusses why we need to be critical of the concpets of EBSA and School Refusal; especially in relation to our autistic children.

From @kieranrose.bsky.social

"We label it 'refusal.' We call it 'avoidance.' We frame it as non-attendance. And in doing so, we miss the point entirely."

shorturl.at/HMsQp

#autism

15.06.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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"...these thousands of little witnesses..." ...and the mycilian network of my thought ancestors...

About my Autistic thought ancestors most of whom are younger than me...

open.substack.com/pub/julialee...

14.09.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

A beautiful, stunningly crafted and informative piece of writing (not just saying that because my work is mentioned in it)

23.09.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Danger of Misunderstanding Neuro-Affirming Practice - The Autistic Advocate In this balanced and reflective article Kieran Rose discusses the dangers of misunderstanding neuro-affirming practice.

โ€œIt is precisely because of this richness that the Neurodiversity Paradigm has become such a vital framework: it refuses reductionism in any direction, whether biological or environmental.โ€

We refuse reductionism in any direction.

We like the sound of that.

theautisticadvocate.com/the-danger-o...

04.10.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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