Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird

There’s so much that’s awful in here and it barely touches the tip of the iceberg.

The Underdogs series is ready for the next stage of its journey. If you're an agent or publisher interested in representing a (completed) heartfelt neurodivergent YA dystopia saga, please do get in touch.
chrisbonnello.com/underdogs

The Unbound/Boundless chapter has now come to a predictably ugly end. The morals of the story being 1) have some basic competence when it comes to money, and 2) pay the people who feed you.

Yes, Unbound - without authors, publishing companies are nothing.

And fancy that. Now you're nothing.

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Neurodivergent Students Don’t Need a Calm Corner, They a Whole Classroom Rooted in Calm, Connection, and Compassion “Just make a calm-down space in your room!” they say, as if emotional regulation can be solved with a bean bag chair, a glitter jar, and a cute sign that says “breathe.” But here’s what so many people...

“If we truly want to support dysregulated students, especially neurodivergent ones, we need to stop putting the burden of managing big emotions solely on them and instead take a hard look at the environments we create.” From @againstrestraint.com:

endseclusion.org/2025/07/10/n... #neurodiversity

"It's easier to blame a child than to blame a system." Chris Bonnello, neurodiversity advocate and speaker

I use this line in my teacher training all the time. It's sad.

Thanks for sharing! I'd almost forgotten about this one.

Totally forgot to post this on BlueSky. Thanks Caroline!

More to carry home on the train, but so worth it.

I love the underdogs series and decided to buy my best friend Shannon the series at the autism show as she's autistic too, then realised my autistic cousin may also love them! Can't wait for them both to read them. Lovely seeing you again @chrisbonnello.bsky.social
#autistic #neurodivergent #ADHD

Honestly I can't believe how many books you and Sarah bought from me today. 😂😍 Thanks a lot!

Annual Event 2025: Nathanael Lessore, Chris Bonnello, and Bex Hogan Interview with three UKYA authors

Over on @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social: Interview with Nathanael Lessore, Chris Bonnello, and Bex Hogan

#UKYA #UKYASpotlight @chrisbonnello.bsky.social @bexhogan.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social
@hotkeybooks.bsky.social @neemtreepress.bsky.social

ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/01/a...

Annual Event 2025: Nathanael Lessore, Chris Bonnello, and Bex Hogan Interview with three UKYA authors

#UKYASpotlight Annual Event 2025: Interview with Nathanael Lessore, Chris Bonnello, and Bex Hogan

#UKYA #UKYASpotlight @chrisbonnello.bsky.social @bexhogan.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social @neemtreepress.bsky.social

ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/07/01/a...

Oh wow, thanks a lot for letting me know! Sorry to hear about your burnout and I hope you're feeling better now. Looking forward to seeing you in Manchester- and I hope Shannon (great name for an Underdogs reader) enjoys them in due course too! 😀

It happens. :) No worries.

Thanks for the tag! Much appreciated.

Oh wow. Thanks a lot for the shoutout!!

Watched it live. You were fantastic.

Just watched you on BBC News and immediately found you here. Fantastic job just now- thanks for expressing such important points so eloquently.

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.

While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.

This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

Rainbow header with a gold infinity symbol, saying Research study participants needed. The study title is "exploring autistic experiences of identity development in higher education". Info as in the post above - you need to be 18+, a UK university student and have autism diagnosis or be waiting to get one. You'll also need to be able to find, create or select images representing your experiences. More information at bit.ly/3FuX2l5, or my email address is w7r88@students.keele.ac.uk. Thank you!

I'm looking for some #ActuallyAutistic #uni students in the UK, for my MSc dissertation. You'll find or create images representing your experiences of identity development at #university. You can share ideas anonymously with other students via Discord. More info here bit.ly/3FuX2l5. Thank you!

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Oregon Trail video game graphic showing a cow pulling a wagon, with text reading, “You have listened to RFK Jr.”

Vaccine-preventable disease kills. Vaccines save (autistic) lives, and otherwise have no connection to autism.

RFK Jr. is a public health wrecking ball, and we must counter his deadly misinformation.

Image via Refutations to Anti-Vaccine Memes. #vaccinesWork

Yes please. Thanks for making this.

I had no idea there was such a huge conversation on BlueSky about all this. Thanks a lot for alerting me to it.

YouTube video by Kyle Hill Engineering Students DESTROY Rubik’s Cube Record

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This, from an engineering standpoint at least, is pretty sweet:

youtube.com/shorts/4kpLc...

A piece of technological beauty. :)

I made the image. 🙂 It's an agreement.

Two stick-figures talking to each other. Heading: SPOT THE MISTAKE. Red figure: "This poor child is struggling in school." Blue figure: "The school that chooses to have bright colours and loud noises everywhere, unwritten and unclarified social rules, inconsistent staff approaches, and demands for neuronormative conformity in both behaviour and academic study?" Red figure: "Yes. It’s such a shame his autism makes him struggle so much." Footer: I know it sounds crazy, but what if we’re just lazily blaming autism instead of addressing the problem?

Hmm...

Professionals will seriously say “look at these awful behaviours that happen when their needs aren’t met”, then blame the autism rather than the systems that consistently fail to meet the person’s needs.