An image of a presentation slide, titled: “Historical Narratives of Autism: Hidden voices”. The speaker is Kira McCarthy
Had a fantastic time speaking at the @ukdishisthub.bsky.social
2025 Connecting and Sharing Event - many thanks for hosting this brilliant event! And thanks to all the speakers - it’s been great hearing of all the wonderful work and research people are part of in disability and heritage!
#DisHist
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PhD student researching neurodiversity and criminal justice. Yapping into the void. Sharing passing thoughts on books (mostly fantasy, mostly queer) and, from time to time, law.
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I do human rights and disability rights I am vice president of Halifax chapter of peoples 1st NS Canada
C19 tactile alphabet enthusiast, book/disability history, and otherwise doing folky things. PhD candidate in History
@sheffielduni and WRoCAH
Books about autism, written by Autistic people. Community resource website cataloguing as many of these as possible (2000+ so far).
Autistic curator (@lillyjade.bsky.social she/her).
https://linktr.ee/autisticbooks
off-message autistic researcher
Find out what you need to know about autism, from autistic people, professionals, and parents, at www.ThinkingAutism.com. Pro-neurodiversity. Even more TPGA community discussions on IG and FB.
Advocating through science based education, validation, and empathy
Nicolefilipponeauthor.com/my-links
Official BlueSky for Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice.
Editor-in-chief: Sue Fletcher-Watson (@SueReviews.bsky.social)
Social Media: Catherine Crompton (@cjcrompton.bsky.social) & Keren MacLennan (@kerenmaclennan.bsky.social)
Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh - helping autistic people to help each other.
#ActuallyAutistic #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #Scotland
https://amase.org.uk
PhD Candidate in Classics and History at Yale University. I study disability in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece!
Curatorial and Collections Assistant (Science) at UCL. PhD exploring disability histories in the British Museum collection, the ethics of representation & the impact that collaborative practice has on the narratives we construct.
Collections Engagement Officer for @paraheritage.bsky.social
Previous PhD in the history of sport wheelchair technology @ Uni of Glasgow
Check out the @ukdishisthub.bsky.social
SSF nerd / ✡️ & proud.
www.samuelbrady.wordpress.com
Historian of modern Britain and heritage person working on collections access for disabled & neurodivergent researchers. AHRC Fellow, IWM; Chancellor’s Fellow, Robert Gordon University. Will forget to post but happy to be in the room. They/them and she/her
Queer deaf PhD student in museum studies; adjunct history professor; museum accessibility consultant. Critical disability theorist supporting the radical model. r/AH mod. Genderqueer.
On the birdsite, I was @etoile.
http://meredith.cc
By Autistic People for autistic people - autistic rights group based in Scotland
We strive to improve understanding of being autistic from the various communities of the Global Majority.
www.sema.scot
Autistic Trainer, Mentor, Consultant and Co-author based in Lanarkshire, Scotland. PGCert Autism. https://linktr.ee/autisticallyscott
Monotropic writer, science tutor, autistic community organiser and independent researcher. Based in Edinburgh.
Formerly @MxOolong elsewhere.
they/them.
https://linktr.ee/0olong
