Nina Danon

I think it's actually something that's been a major influence on my music, yet I've only just verbalised it 😅 I suppose it's a good way to celebrate Weird Pride Day!

#WeirdPride #MusicalNeuroqueering

It's the same if I try to visualise a place, or an object. My mental picture of it is not very precise visually, yet it feels very realistic as I experience it in a multi-sensory synaesthetic way.

On the other hand, the multi-sensory experience I get from the person whose face I am trying to imagine is extremely vivid. The sensations. The smells, colours, emotions, tastes, sounds, gestures, general feelings that make up how I perceive that person.

A conversation earlier today about graphic design made me wonder how I visualise things. If I try to conjure an image in my mind's eye, there is a picture. But it's often poorly defined. If it's a face, for instance, I don't see the details.

It's my favorite holiday, WEIRD PRIDE DAY!

I'll be spending the day being weird (same thing I do every day, Pinky).

Here's a nice thread of Weird Pride events.

Or, you can celebrate Weird Pride Day by catching up on the Weird Luck webcomic!

#weird #weirdpride

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Happy Weird Pride Day to all who celebrate!

I'm really happy with how it's coming together so far. I hope we'll see a good few people posting bits of writing and videos and things today, too, besides the things I've directly organised myself (with help from many others)...

Gramsci on Madness and Fascism Hegemony and Sanist Slurs

I've published a new substack post on the ideological function of dismissing political opponents as 'mad' or 'insane'.
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We highly encourage submissions about Mad Music and less researched types of neurodivergence for the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference!

For more info and to submit an abstract, visit: theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual...

#MadStudies #Research

New study highlights the day-to-day importance of autistic flow | BPS Work by Daniella Wain and colleagues details a non-pathologising view of flow states in autistic individuals, and how they maintain wellbeing

New study highlights the day-to-day importance of autistic flow
Work by Daniella Wain and colleagues details a non-pathologising view of flow states in autistic individuals, and how they maintain wellbeing

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By Emily Reynolds
03 March 2026
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A dark teal slide themed around Alice in Wonderland. In the centre-left, a large quote in a white speech box reads: “Do you suppose she’s a wildflower?” Beneath the quote is an illustration of a colourful mushroom surrounded by flowers. On the right side is a whimsical drawing of Alice floating horizontally inside a room filled with shelves, jars, and curiosities. At the bottom left stands the White Rabbit holding a pocket watch. The title “Alice in Wonderland” appears in large text across the bottom, with “Alice” in a script-style font and “in Wonderland” in bold yellow lettering. Decorative elements include a teapot and teacup set, and an “Autistic Realms – Neurodiversity Affirming” logo in the bottom right. Small text at the bottom credits Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and notes that images were created in Canva.

Happy @weirdpride.day 2026!
'Weird Pride is a celebration, but it is also, always, a protest: an act of resistance and solidarity, in a world where nonconformity is too often punished'. Even in hostile ground, wildflowers can find a way to bloom. Join our community events
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In fact, many ideas in Autistic and, more broadly, Neurodivergent music are emerging simultaneously through various practices and disciplines.

And it is only through connection, messy experimentation, and knowledge exchange that this new field of Neurodivergent Music Studies can take shape. 4/

In this context, co-creative research methods are particularly suited to study and expand Autistic music making. 3/

I find it's the opposite. Much like "Autistic culture is rhizomatic", with "no single culture, no universal experience" (see @autisticrealms.bsky.social OG post), Autistic music evolves through horizontal interactions, simultaneously happening in multiple directions. 2/

Thought provoking article by @autisticrealms.bsky.social !

Some aspects of it resonated deeply with my own research and creative practice.

Because of all the harmful stereotypes around autistic people, there's a common belief that autistic musicians like to work in isolation. 1/

Wonderful article! And I love the concept autistic culture as rhizomatic. It definitely resonates with what I am observing in my practice and research: understanding and expanding autistic and neurodivergent creative processes happens best through a weird, rhizomatic, co-creative approach.

Why We Need More Autistic Health Care Professionals and How to Support Them - Sara Eileen O’Neil Woods, 2026 Many autistic characteristics (especially attention to detail, social nonconformity, monotropism, and knowledge of autism) set autistic health care professional...

#AutRes Being Autistic made me a better floor nurse and makes me a better prescriber & diagnostician 💯

Autistic healthcare professionals could fill the staffing shortage (read: labor crisis) if we paid fair wages, had universal healthcare, and accepted more PT positions w/in healthcare settings.

I’m doing this tomorrow after some sleep, finishing my slides, maybe washing my hair, it’s going to be fun, come along

I will not promise a complete overview of the lit on epistemic injustice because lol no fucking way but I can promise a useful introduction to epistemic oppression/ignorance

Wholeheartedly agree! I'm in the same situation, and it is so infuriating when conference organisers don't even *try* to make things hybrid and accessible. Like you said, it doesn't need to be perfect. The technology to do that is there. They just don't care.

This conference is organised by the Neurodivergent Music Network, a CHASE @chase-dtp.bsky.social Research Network.

We're a cross-disciplinary hub for ND researchers to explore the intersection between music and neurodivergence, sharing ideas and methodologies.

#Neurodivergent #Research

2026 Virtual Summer Conference Dear all, We are excited to invite you to the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st 2026 (asynchronous).  Our virtual event is held by the Neurodivergent...

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

For the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference: a two day, fully virtual conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st (asynchronous).

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#MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes #Music #Research

Grateful for my 1st paper being published

‘HOSPITAL NOISES: Sonic Autobiography and the Embodied Experience of Autistic Auditory Perception – A Transdisciplinary Arts-Practice Inquiry’ - Journal of Creative Research Methods 2:1, early view April @brisunipress.bsky.social #autism #abr #PaR #academia

I love these kinds of deep dives!!

Yes! I’m still struggling with self-acceptance but noticing moments of sensory bliss and working to make them a regular occurrence has been a really important step for me. A3 #AutChat

Self-acceptance is for when I feel good about myself.

Self-acceptance is for when I feel bad about myself.

And self-acceptance is not locked behind the approval or disapproval of others.

#AutChat A1

Beautifully said!

Also, focusing on Autistic / Neurodivergent / Crip Joy. This doesn't mean ignoring the challenging aspects of my bodymind. It is about leaning into the parts that bring me joy, such as sensory euphoria, especially when these experiences aren't recognised as joyful by normative standards. A3 #AutChat

Ah, good question! I think what is helping me the most with that is my creative practice. The more I understand how my approaches to music composition are intrinsically linked to my bodymind and incorporate that into my work, the more accepting I become of it.

#AutChat A3

To me self-acceptance means being comfortable with who I am. It isn't about making value judgements (good or bad), it just means accepting my bodymind as it is, in this moment.

A1 #AutChat

neurodivergent-bard on Tumblr - Jun 9, 2024 - Socializing while being chronically ill is fucking terrible. It hurts to cancel plans all the time bc you're sick or in pain or just have to prioritize resting instead of going out and hanging out with friends. You feel left out because you are left out. You miss out on the talks and moments and experiences with them and it alienates you from the friendships whether you like it or not. But it's not your fault. Please remember it's never your fault. You're doing the best you can. It's okay.

2026 Anti-Filicide Toolkit - Autistic Self Advocacy Network In the past five years, over 548 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Sunday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to ...

Today is March 1st, the disability day of mourning to honor victims of filicide

don’t really want to say a lot about it w/ everything but this is a bigger problem than one might expect & ASAN has tools

ok that’s enough on that today for me, thank you, I love you, please be safe & kind if you can 🫶🏻