Elinor Lim (she/her)

okay so my live posting skills are awful, but the symposium was not! thanks to the organisers and everyone who turned up in-person or online — today was a lovely day of learning and chatting and badge-making! #MadCrip2025 @cripmadsymposium.bsky.social

A pink, purple and blue graphic with the funder's logos at the bottom. Large black text at the centre simply says: Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who came, spoke, engaged with and communed at #MadCrip2025 today.

It was made so comfortable, beautiful and interesting by you all.

More info to come to you all next week but for now the @cripmadsymposium.bsky.social team needs to process and come down.

PDF zine: But what can I do? How to fight the trans panic This is the latest version of a zine I have distributed at wormboys gigs over the last couple of years. I’ve recently updated it to address recent events, including the April 2025 Supreme Cou…

I made a new zine! It's full of advice on how allies can work alongside trans people to take action in the current moment, lovingly cut-and-pasted over the words of my enemies. Plus lots of nice pictures and memes.

Available as a free PDF! Read online or print your own copy! Share with everyone!

Good morning! #MadCrip2025 symposium is off to a great start with @drrobertchapman.bsky.social’s opening keynote — I hadnt heard of the Ranters before this but I will definitely be going down a wikipedia rabbit hole afterwards

This image has a cork board themed background with illustrations of ripped pieces of paper, push pins and a various pictures of people. The black text reads: The Power of Communities - Queer Brown Stories, Trans Pride 2024, Portsmouth Pride 2024, Cryptid Queers. “The power of communities” reflects the diversity and richness within LGBTQIA+ communities, from the grassroots to the global, celebrating our varied and intersecting backgrounds, identities, and experiences. The theme for 2025 highlights the strength and resilience that emerges from our collective solidarity, recognising the contributions of human rights defenders, LGBTQIA+ civil society groups, allies, and millions of people in our communities who support human rights and collective liberation.

"The Power of Communities" reflects the diversity and richness within LGBTQIA+ communities, from the grassroots to the global, celebrating our varied and intersecting backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

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The influence of indoor temperature and noise on autistic individuals - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - The influence of indoor temperature and noise on autistic individuals

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Useful new research showing that autistic people do indeed struggle with temperature changes and sudden loud noises.
Very relevant to buildings, workplaces, and home design for autistic people.

BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION University of Southampton UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH SC.DTP. South Coast Doctoral Training Partrership Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies and Mad Studies. Free one-day hybrid symposium for PGR researchers Centenary Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ 11th June 9.30-4.30 #MadCrip2025 What you'll hear Session 1 What can Sociology learn from Crip Theory and Critical Disability Studies? Session 2 Mad studies and knowledge creation inside and outside of the academy Session 3 What's missing, what's unsaid? Identifying issues and opportunities in Critical Disability Studies What to expect Refreshments - including vegetarian, vegan and GF options. Informal atmosphere - move and be as you need to. A quiet space. BSL interpretation Accessible parking and toilets. Opportunities for creativity. https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/intersections-of-sociology-with-crip-theory-critical-disability-studies-and-mad-studies/

Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory and Critical Disability Studies and Mad Studies

Tickets are here!!! 📣

📆 June 11th

⏰️ 9.30 - 4.30

💵 Free

3 amazing sessions, 2 unmissable keynote speakers, 1 amazing creative workshop, 2 BSL interpreters... #MadCrip
www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...

Had a wonderful 5 days in Helsinki at #NNDR2025 and the pre-conference course with fellow PhD students. Grateful for the chance to share some of my research, and excited to have met so many passionate disability researchers. Thanks to my supervisors and @scdtp.bsky.social for their support!

I'll be presenting findings from my PhD research at #NNDR2025 ("The role of family in autistic students’ university journeys: A mixed-methods investigation"; session 5.13 Neurodiversity: Education, Friday 9–1030am, U4080, Main Building). Feel free to say hi if you see me around!

Arrived in Helsinki today ahead of #NNDR2025! Excited for a full week of conference activities, beginning tomorrow with Day 4 of the pre-conference PhD course 🤓

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Had the privilege of meeting @hattdesigns.bsky.social, Jess, & Sarah from Uni Melb Neurodiversity Project (www.unimelb.edu.au/neurodiversity) on Friday. A wonderful valentine’s day spent hearing about the excellent work this team is doing, and getting to know one another over good food and coffee 🤓

Closing Spectrum 10K: A Victory for Autistic Advocacy Today the Autism Research Centre have published the Spectrum 10K consultation and what they plan to do next. During their consultation period they hear from over 500 Autistic people and parents/carers of Autistic children.The gap between the consultation finishing and their making the consultation public has been a long one (read Unpaused and Still Unethical). The ARC has suggested that changes in their study plans are due to the "considerable" advances in autism research since the study was announced five years ago.

AMAZING NEWS EVERYONE.

#StopSpectrum10K #BoycottSpectrum10K
#WeActuallyStoppedSpectrum10K

A really important topic, especially considering how normalised physical discipline is in many societies, including Singapore. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to work alongside this wonderful team of researchers 🤝

“The Pain is on All of Us”: A Qualitative Study of Parents’ Experiences Using Physical Punishment on Children - Journal of Child and Family Studies Physical punishment is associated with numerous negative child outcomes, including poor adjustment, antisocial behavior and poor parent-child relationships. Despite the extensively documented negative...

Our latest paper is out! In this article, we explore parents' experiences of physically disciplining their children. This piece stems from a broader set of studies examining physical punishment from parents' and young adults' (retrospective) perspectives.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Poster for research study. Black text on pink and white background. Graphics are a purple megaphone in top left, person at a computer in top right, and QR code at bottom right. Study title is understanding family support for autistic university students in the UK. Researchers are inviting autistic university students, graduates, and leavers who have completed at least one full time on campus term of an Undergraduate or Taught Masters course at a UK university to complete an online survey. Survey takes about thirty minutes. Graduates and leavers must complete the survey within one calendar year of leaving university. To sign up, scan the QR code which generates an email and send it to the researcher. Alternatively, email elinor dot l i m at port dot a c dot u k. Researcher will send further instructions.

📢 Inviting autistic uni students/graduates/ex-students
- Have done ≥ 1 full-time on-campus term of undergrad/Taught Masters course @ UK uni
- Grads/ex-students to complete survey within 1 calendar year of leaving uni
Poster below; DM me or scan QR code to email me to sign up!
#autism #research

👋I finally made the move over here! A little late but #SCDTPCon2025 was a great time seeing familiar faces, meeting new people, and learning about everyone's research 🎓