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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great intro to the reasons for and benefits of including end users (including people with lived experience) in psychiatric genetics research by @suereviews.bsky.social at #WCPG26

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can you help us reach more people than ever before? Respond to our Trans Lives Survey today, and share on your social media, so we can get a full picture of the experiences and views of trans people in the UK. form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3

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We want to hear about your experiences as a trans person living in the UK.

It's quick, anonymous, and will help us campaign for our community!

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With alt text. I know someone who actually did this

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On my first big overseas client conference, I was at a dinner seated next to a drunk client who kept trying to fondle me under the table. I was young, distressed, and had no idea what to do. I moved my legs as far away from him as I could, moving into the space of the man next to me, who then started patting my legs! The Regional Manager was a French woman who caught my eye, gestured for me to go to the bathroom and when I came back had switched chairs with me. What happed next was epic. A few minutes after I sat back down, she raised her hand with his hand captured in hers and announced loudly "Does anyone know whose hand this is? I found it in my lap." There was dead silence at the table. She threw his hand back at him and said calmly "next time I pick it up with my fork." Then she started a new conversational thread and things moved on. After the meeting she found me, gave me a hug, and said seriously "Never be afraid to make some noise. It is their shame, not yours."

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm facilitating a 6 week group peer-support coaching workshop for late identified autistics - starting on September 24. 9 hours in total www.theautisticcoach.com/late-diagnos...

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I grieved for the Internet, I grieved for Social Media, now I grieve for universities, and their communities. This is all part of a mass-dismantling of social connection (and university leaders have been blithe to their part). What does that leave? We all become selfish? Not why I work at a uni…

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is so important. Even replacing *some* car trips with a bike has huge benefits, and it could lead to eventually going car-free in the future. Moving away from reliance on a car can start small, and e-bikes are a great way to nudge people toward behavior and lifestyle changes.

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Use code RBS20 and get 20% OFF It Takes All Kinds of Minds: Fostering Neurodivergent Thriving at School Edited By Rachael Davis, @claruineill.bsky.social , @suereviews.bsky.social With a chapter about Monotropism and Flow by myself and @oolong.co.uk www.routledge.com/It-Takes-All...

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

FREE DOWNLOAD: An Introduction to the Theory of Monotropism To Support Autistic Young People, written by @autisticrealms.bsky.social and @oolong.co.uk It includes practical, low-demand strategies for home & school, plus further reading & trusted resources. autisticrealms.com/product/an-i...

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My short book is available on Amazon. May be valuable for families and teachers preparing for the new term. Embracing Monotropism and Supporting Young People To Help Prevent Autistic Burnout www.amazon.co.uk/Embracing-Mo...

"Book cover for 'Embracing Monotropism and Supporting Young People To Help Prevent Autistic Burnout' by Helen Edgar. A sage green background features a flowing pattern of curved teal and blue-grey lines sweeping from the top left corner down to the bottom right, with a small grid of light dots in the upper left. 'Helen Edgar' appears in white text at the top right. The title is set in bold white text across the lower half of the cover."

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Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This survey on what it's like to hide parts of your identity is still open - particularly keen to hear from trans people who are not autistic please! But also open to: trans + autistic people cis + autistic people Link for full info and the survey itself is tinyurl.com/3jrfkate

This image is a recruitment advertisement for a survey study about gender identity and masking. It contains images of two people holding the trans pride flag and a QR code. The text on the advertisement states ‘participate in our survey and tell us about your experience of hiding your identity. To access the survey or learn more about the study please use the QR code below or follow this link. The link is https://tinyurl.com/3jrfkate. The main researcher for this project is Mark Somerville, a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh.

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Julia Strand @juliafstrand.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My department is hiring 2 (TWO!) Tenure Track faculty in Developmental Psych and Biological Psych, to start Fall 2027. Deadlines 9/1 (Developmental) and 10/1 (Biological). More info here: www.carleton.edu/psychology/i.... Reach out with questions! carleton.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Carlet...

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Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology

The Carleton Psychology Department is seeking candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Developmental Psychology (preferably with a focus on social, personality, and/or identity de...

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Yn a worlde where the humanityes are being systematicallye defunded by both the righte and the lefte, the internet ys one big seminar about the meaninge of *The Odyssey.* Ther ys a lesson yn thys somewher. And the lesson ys: funde the humanityes.

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Dr Gavin R. Stewart @gavrobstew.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Our new study on social connectedness and quality of life in middle-aged and older autistic adults (aged 40-93) has now been published in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social! Journal article link: doi.org/10.1177/2573... Open access version: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu... #AutRes

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

G'night friendes: 🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done? Thou art a pynke pony girl Yn the daunse at the clubbe!' 'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe On the stage yn myne heeles It ys wher Ich belonge: Downe at the Pynke Ponye Clubbe! Ich shal keep on daunsinge, Down yn West Hollywoode' [LUTE SOLO] 🎶

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Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This seems a good moment to reshare our recent editorial which summarises the overwhelming, robust and conclusive evidence that vaccines do NOT cause autism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...

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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 10/07/2026

This should horrify all of us! Women in ICE detention underwent invasive medical procedures without informed consent. Senator Jon Ossoff’s bipartisan investigation called the findings “nightmarish & disgraceful” Everyone deserves dignity, bodily autonomy & human rights! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance

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paulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

From ‘Outstanding’ and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Rounding up some translations of Count Binface that have been appearing in foreign press 🇷🇴 Romanian: Contele Tomberonez 🇫🇷 French: Comte Tête-de-Poubelle (bin-head, more accurate than bin-face) 🇮🇹 Italian: Conte Faccia-da-Bidone 🇪🇸 Spanish: "un hombre con un cubo de basura en la cabeza" (!) Cont...

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Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Really delighted to share this article written with @kabie.bsky.social reporting on their project which examined autistic parents' experiences of play with their autistic children: osf.io/r9uj4/overview Now preprinted and forthcoming in Int. Journal of Disability & Social Justice

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Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Let’s make this one of the first things the new PM receives when they take over.

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Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

With trans rights under attack as never before, we need to show our support for the trans community. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/s/d23a8a

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I stand with trans people | Good Law Project

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is bone-chilling. A conservative hedge fund manager wants to require little girls to pass genital inspections for their “safety.” And it’s only for girls’ sports. There’s a clear link between transphobia and child sexual abuse.

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 01/07/2026

Eleven years since Mike Lesser died! I wrote a poem about some of the things he taught me, published on the website we worked on together. internationaltimes.it/mike-lesser-...

Mike Lesser introduces me
to far-from-equilibrium systems
where contrasts are too great
for the stately laws of thermodynamics
to tell us much —
where messy flows
give rise to structures,
where the possibility of life
emerges from between the cracks.

He tells me of robots
programmed to travel uphill,
how they only ever get there
if they make enough mistakes.

You cannot hope
to reach the summit,
he teaches me,
by only ever going up.

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Over 100 MPs have signed an early day motion to reject the EHRC's Code of Practice. If your MP hasn't signed yet, it takes two minutes to email and ask them to take action. equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.

Hi, thanks for posting! We do appreciate you thinking of us even though we have to moderate.

Our stance on all AI generated content (Images, Video, Voiceovers, and whatever else LLM based AI gets up to in the future):

At best, they are approximations of street fighter characters as the AI has no clue what it is trying to create. Because of this, there is no street fighter content so they are not allowed. (rule 1)

Also, they aren't allowed per our source rule. As AI sources cannot be tracked, we must assume that they use uncredited sources in the learning data. (rule 5)

Finally, AI images, video, text, and voiceovers are barely any different than posting a screenshot of a google search. The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam (rule 3).

Because of these reasons, AI art and other AI content is not allowed.

If you would like to contact the moderators about this removal, you can do so here.

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Big Fez @bigfez.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The #Edinburgh feed today is about 60% Pride and 40% yesterday's knife attack. #mixedfeelings

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Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre (SMRC) @salvesenresearch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Today, we're looking back on our PsychologiCALL podcast episode with @katiecebula.bsky.social in 2020 on sibling relationships and Williams Syndrome (WS). Katie chatted with @suereviews.bsky.social about a questionnaire study she conducted on sibling adjustment and relationship quality in WS.

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Stirling Criminology @stirunicriminology.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Are you living in a low-income household in Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿? Need funding to help do a Masters at a Scottish university? The Carnegie Education Fund has launched a new Carnegie Masters Grants funding scheme to enable fair access to postgrad study. Applications now open carnegie-trust.org/new-carnegie...

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New Carnegie Masters Grants to support fair access to postgraduate study in Scotland - The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

Carnegie Masters Grants can help those from low-income backgrounds to access postgraduate study at Scottish universities

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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Look, I understand why you'd want to protect kids from social media. I really do. But the reality of modern Britain is one where teenagers no longer have their own real world space (1)

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 11/06/2026

If the NHS won’t protect trans children, we will 🩵 🩶 🩷 We are dedicating funds to support at least 10 trans kids’ gender affirming care after the NHS suddenly dropped their treatment If you'd like to help us support more trans children's access to healthcare click here👇 goodlaw.social/nl30

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Jade Farrington (she/her) @jadefarrington.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

What's happening for Autistic Pride Day on June 18th? Find webinars, articles and more in this month's biggest neurodiversity signposting resource at jadefarrington.substack.com/p/neurodiver... Subscribe to receive yours on the 1st of each month.

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🌈 Neurodiversity Newsletter June Edition

Information - Resources - Webinars - Signposting - Research - Therapy

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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Tomorrow UK's House of Lords Committee will debate the Autism Act 2009 & new autism strategy. You can attend/watch below. Dangerous time: Government harmfully claims autism may be overdiagnosed & right-wing thinktank below claims children should have (harmful) behavioural therapy, not diagnoses. 1/

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GPs 'under pressure' to diagnose autism and ADHD for benefit entitlement, report finds

GPs are ‘coming under pressure’ to diagnose conditions such as autism and ADHD that lead to benefit entitlement, a new report has found.

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Wonderful! What happened to LEANS in the wild? Capturing reported use and perceived impacts of a free neurodiversity teaching resource for children Alyssa M Alcorn, @suereviews.bsky.social , AAHH Aldebasi, C Croft research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publicati... salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/leans

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What happened to LEANS in the wild? Capturing reported use and perceived impacts of a free neurodiversity teaching resource for children

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Mattan S. Ben-Shachar @mattansb.msbstats.info · 31/05/2026

Psychologists doing clustering be like: #statsmeme

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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Good news, the audio version of Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction is out now on Audible, Spotify, etc.! I also have three codes for free Spotify copies, so we can do a competition. Just share and like this and I'll pick three people at random to get the codes this weekend.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 29/05/2026

The Centre for Mental Health has issued a warning over the new EHRC guidelines: “We believe [the code] will likely have an impact on their mental health and may make trans and non-binary people seeking support for mental distress or mental illness feel unsafe and unsupported” bit.ly/4u7VsJ9

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Centre for Mental Health and leading mental health organisations raise concerns on EHRC Code of Practice - Centre for Mental Health

The publication of the Code brings deep concerns that trans and non-binary people's lives will be negatively affected by its implementation.

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Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice. @journalautism.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

New video with @sineadmullally.bsky.social talking about the recently published paper on growing-up Autistic: sharing Autistic children's experiences and insights. Watch the full video on our YouTube: youtu.be/iJNncMrHDnI Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1177/1362... @newcastleuni.bsky.social

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Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Really proud of this special collection - a handpicked selection of articles representing some of the seminal work published in our journal over the past 30 years!

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Centre for Interaction, Development and Diversity @uopcidd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In @journalautism.bsky.social's 30th anniversary special collection w/ editor-picked papers, paper by Damian Milton, our own @eminegurbuz.bsky.social, & our Director Beatriz Lopez "The 'double empathy problem': Ten years on" was only paper selected by 2+ editors! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 21/05/2026

“With increasing numbers of autistic children attending mainstream schools, central and local governments must increase funding and support to equip schools and staff with the necessary training and resources to meet autistic students’ sensory needs.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #autism

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‘It just feels unnatural being here’: Autistic secondary school students’ experiences of sensory sensitivities in the school environment - Jennifer Price, Anna Mel Romualdez, 2025

Autistic young people often struggle to cope with the daily demands of school and are likelier to experience poorer wellbeing and educational outcomes than thei...

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 25/05/2026

Facts, Fire, and Feels brings together research, critique, and storytelling from the edges of knowledge production. We read the literature. We name the harms. We amplify the studies that treat us as whole people. We reject the ones that don’t. stimpunks.org/research/ove...

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Facts, Fire, and Feels: Research-Storytelling from the Edges

Research is not neutral. It never was. Who conducts it, who funds it, who it centers, who it harms, who it ignores — these are political choices dressed up in methodological language. The disability…

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

If the new EHRC CoP results in trans people having fewer, or weaker rights when compared to cis society, then we no longer have an Equality Act. Because if they can take rights away from one minority, they can do it to others.

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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

If academics don't always respond to your emails this is why!

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ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health @acamh.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Understand how neurotypical expectations in clinical environments can affect engagement & distress in #neurodivergent individuals, including #autistic people & those with #ADHD or #AuDHD from @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social at our upcoming International Expert Conference. Book now! bit.ly/4tgLmFs

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Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre (SMRC) @salvesenresearch.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Today we are showcasing a podcast episode from The Cool Cat Teacher Talk Podcast featuring former SMRC Director, @suereviews.bsky.social 🎉 This episode explored topics such as the double empathy problem, the importance of quiet spaces, and monotropism. www.coolcatteacher.com/neurodiverse...

Text: The Beautiful Nuance of Neurodiversity in the Classroom. Vicki Davis sits down with Vanessa Castaneda Gill and Professor Sue Fletcher-Watson to explore what teachers can do to support their students in the classroom. This podcast explores the double empathy problem, the importance of quiet spaces, monotropism and how designing learning spaces for the edges benefits all students. This episode also offers practical strategies educators can implement right away into their practice. QR code is centred underneath the text.

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