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Expression of Interest: Community of Practice to Prevent Bullying of Autistic Students Please use this form to express your interest in joining a community of practice to help end the bullying of Autistic students in Australia. There are 11 questions on this form. 10 are compulsory a...

I'm helping to set up a community of practice to end the bullying of autistic students in Australian schools. If you'd like to participate, please get in touch using the form below. Further details in the thread following.
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I don’t have the qualifications to participate, but this is so important and I’m really glad you’re doing this. Happy to support from the fringes

Are you autistic? What did you think of the announcement yesterday? I want to hear from you for a Guardian US article: melodyschreiber@pm.me

I am begging people to please seek out Autistic voices if you want to learn about autism. You will find that rather than wanting our lives to be prevented or cured, we want appropriate supports for ALL Autistic people (including those with intellectual disability and other co-occurring conditions).

Autistic people are not your tragedies and we should not be the subject of your conspiracies and dehumanising rhetoric. We are not mythical creatures to pity but real people with needs and desires, just like you.

It appears the foreseeable future will be even more difficult for autistic people & their loved ones because of the heinous disinformation coming from the US government &their supporters. We should not need to reiterate the humanity of Autistic people, but here we are, watching as progress is erased

@annmemmott.bsky.social posted on linkedin:
"If it is safe for you to speak out, when such an announcement happens, please do so.
If it is not safe, please take really good care of yourselves and those you love....."

This is an excellent newsletter. If you haven't already subscribed, now would be the perfect time so you can discover accurate and informative information about autism.

Tylenol and Autism Earlier this year, HHS secretary RFK Jr. predicted that, "By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures." Scientists have been researc

Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

It's the worst 😭 I have very specific cups/glasses/mugs for different types of drinks and I'd really rather go without if I can't access the 'correct' one

Cherishing Compassion While Autistic and Marginalized T.C. Waisman, Monique Botha, and Wenn Lawson—three deeply compassionate autistic experts—on navigating the world while autistic.

"I practice self-care by turning off the news periodically, and stepping back from the world. I made the realization that in my fight for justice, I was hurting my own mental health." Autistic academic TC Waisman on self-compassion and resilience, at TPGA:

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/09/cher...

They're so great, aren't they!

...and struggle to access appropriate medical care, therapy, and supports.

The need for neurodiversity is because we ARE struggling, not because we're not.

This is something that really gets me. That as neurodiversity proponents still get accused of being privileged or "very high functioning" or of looking at autism through rose-colored glasses... a ton of us still live in poverty, are marginally employed...

YouTube video by Thriving Autistic Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic

The other animation is Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic.

So much about Autistic experience is still missing from most professional accounts, which have been formulated from the outside.

Many people talk about all these little epiphanies: 'I thought it was just me!'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6h...

YouTube video by Thriving Autistic Discovering You're Autistic

First up is Discovering You're Autistic, about the experience of realising you're autistic, and the things we've found most valuable for anyone starting out on that journay.

Realising that there are many other people out there with similar experiences is so powerful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDv...

Educational Animation Videos about Autistic Experiences Our two new neuro-affirming educational animation videos celebrate Autistic experiences and perspectives.

I'm so excited to finally be able to share these animations!

Here's the @thrivingautistic.bsky.social page about them, along with the companion blogs (two of which I wrote myself).

Please share them widely, if you like them. 😊
www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...

Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism | BPS Fergus Murray – science teacher, writer and 'autist' – on single attention and associated cognition in autism; a theory with a family connection… Now with 2025 update.

Me and Monotropism: A unified theory of autism.
@fergus.oolong.co.uk – science teacher, writer and 'autist' – on single attention and associated cognition in autism; a theory with a family connection…
Now with 2025 update.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Stanford Neurodiversity Summit #SNS25 Day 3 starts now, with Dr. @cnicolaidis.bsky.social's keynote. Dr. Nicolaidis is the founding editor of @autisminadulthood.bsky.social (highest rated for impace of all autism journals) and also runs the AASPIRE project with Dora Raymaker.

#neurodiversity

Worth a read

Next at #SNS25: Sensory Differences in Neurodivergent Individuals (featuring at least one autistic clinical psychologist, Dr. Megan Anna Neff, so that's cool)

Excited to be attending #SNS25 online!

Follow @thinkingautism.com for live posting.

Also we'll be live-skeeting the Stanford Neurodiversity Summit this weekend (Sat, Sun, Mon Pacific Time), so please follow along to hear neurodivergent insights as well as neurodiversity-informed best practices. #autism #neurodiversity

They know the climate chaos coming, they know their decision will make it worse, and kill any hope of mitigation, but they did it anyway - for their own benefit.
Not a principle among them.

this is really the whole thing, isn't it? we, as a culture, are so fucking hooked on the prosperity doctrine that we have to find failings in ourselves and others to explain problems our *children* have. stop trying to sound sciency when you mean to ask "why would God inflict autism on good parents"

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Our Special Issue on The Social Model in Autism Research is now available online & all articles are free until 11th September!

journals.sagepub.com/toc/AUT/curr...

Here are some of the brilliant things you can find in it...

#AutismResearch #AutRes

"In a village, we believe in independent and interdependent ways of being. One person can make a change, but we also all need to work together and depend on each other."

TC highlights the role of interdependence in our culture.

#AECONGRESS2025

Thank you so much for live-posting! I’m very appreciative (and of the effort it takes too).

How to reduce stress:
- reducing cortisol (healthy diet, exercise, sleep, feel good experience & community)
- energy accounting (mental & physical health, balanced daily tasks, personalised wellbeing goals)
- individual tools, adaptions & needs as priority: "what is right for me"

#AECONGRESS2025

"So what does this mean for autism?" Toudal explains impact of stress on Autistic people:
- sensory sensitivities
- social stressors with others
- loss of sense of control (of others)
- processing differences

"Could these experiences influence how autistic people experience stress?"
#AECONGRESS2025