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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm so sorry. My paranoia has been pretty bad recently too. It's compounded by feeling lonely. My sympathies and solidarity x

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lately, I've seen ableism show up as the idea that people are more worthy when they're "out there in person" making & doing things, rather than "lying around at home" or on a keyboard. This framing ties our value to productivity & devalues people w chronic illness who are homebound

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sorry to hear this. I relate so much. It really does suck and I find it quite upsetting. It sometimes feels like enjoyment of life is something that I watch others having but that I'm too trapped to experience.

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

About 30,000 autistic ppl in the UK have Type 2 Diabetes, aren't on insulin, & use wearable monitors (CGMs). These save lives for those who don't spot low-sugar events / can't cope with endless painful finger prick tests each day etc. The NHS has removed funding. Now, have to pay ~ £1500/yr. /

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Joelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ADHD is a significant disability and people with it benefit greatly from treatment (not always medication, but, yes, including medication). ADHD is not laziness, is not moral failure, and is not “minor”.

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Really sorry to hear that. Sending a virtual hug if you'd like one.

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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 16/09/2026

the-art-of-autism.com/understandin...

That is why I would like to explain what is meant by 'spectrum' when we talk about the 'autistic spectrum'.
Sometimes when people think of this word, they think of the autism spectrum as being like this:
Not autistic
Very autistic
A very linear looking 'spectrum', which gives the impression that people range from being
'a little autistic' to 'very autistic'.
Hm. How can you be
'a little autistic'?
It's that vague language
that I always Find confusing.

The problem with thinking of the spectrum in this way, is that a perception of an autistic person also becomes linear.
You're only a little autistic, Archie.
Hm. I still don't understand, can you be less vague?
You're able to have a normal conversation with me and act
pretty normal! You're not severely autistic.
Not autistic
Very autistic
...Ano so you see, if someone thinks you're on a 'low end' of this spectrum, this often happens:
Archie you can handle all of this just Fine, you're not that autistic.
Situations,
LACK
'SNART
tight clothing
ROUTENE
Toadsa Call at Conversatils once
DON'T FIDGET BE MORE

Ah.
ANCTLIKE EVER
How can you be tired? everyone
FiAn!: BUTCONCE
does this every day, you're just being lazy.
nE IN
HARDER ABO
LOXMIORE
INFORMATE
AND LOoK
NORMAL W
DOING IT
Wow you're
STISRWES
PEOPL
being so over dramatic, get over if!
GET
ANG(
Woah, you're more autistic than
I thought.
And if you're seen as being on the high end' of this spectrum-
I'm gonna re-label you on this spectrum...
Since you're very autistic
I don't think you should have a job, just to be safe y'know?
It can lead to some people labeling you as being incapable of doing anything at all.
Not autistic
Very autistic

The spectrum consists of many different
'traits', or ways in which the brain processes information.
Language
•
Some traits create difficulties in every day life.
(hence being diagnosed)
motor skills
Sensory filter
•
Perception
erecutive fuction
But also many traits are useful in every day life.
Each person with autism will have a set of traits all
in different areas of the spectrum.
The areas where they don't have a trait will function no differently to a neurotypical brain, but may be affected by circumstances.
In example, I am good at making
conversation (language). But I get sensory overload in loud and crowded spaces, which then makes conversation very hard for me.

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Excellent! I'm really pleased for you. So difficult to get these things off the ground, so it's great that you've been successful in gaining funding. (I used to volunteer with a small charity so I know it's bloody hard work to get funding.)

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Ben Potts @ben-potts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We have less than two weeks left in our national survey on emergency department experiences. If you are Autistic or ADHD and have been to A&E, we would still love to hear your views and about your experience. Take part: edsurvey.link #AutRes #ADHDRes #Autism #ADHD #Neurodivergent

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A5: Sadly not. I've only been abroad a very small number of times so I did have some opportunities to use my learning but I stopped being well enough to travel a while back. There is a language club in my area, but I'm too anxious to go and I feel I've forgotten too much anyway. #AutChat

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A4 continued: What didn't help was that my relatives were pretty disinterested while simultaneously making it clear that they'd be extremely disappointed in me and angry if I didn't get good grades. It was a lot of pressure with little support, which made me stressed and anxious. #AutChat

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A4: Repetition! Re-reading vocab and grammar guides, handwriting things over and over again and speaking words and sentences numerous times. I think conversing with peers would've helped too, but I was kind of isolated at school, so there wasn't anyone to talk to. #AutChat

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A3: I found it fairly easy as a child although some of the more complex grammar took me a bit of time to figure out, but I did enjoy learning grammar. I sometimes struggled to remember which words were which gender. #AutChat

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A2: French - age 9. Other languages - age 12. I would've liked to have started earlier but there just wasn't the option. I would like to have been raised bilingual as I have a bilingual parent, but they weren't interested for whatever reason. #AutChat

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A1: I studied 4 languages at school but only 3 to the level of getting a qualification (3 at GCSE and then 2 to A-Level) as the school wouldn't let me choose all 4 languages for my GCSEs. I would like to study languages again, but I just don't have time or mental energy at present. #AutChat

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I get what you mean about the temperature in the mornings. I've had to switch to my thick dressing gown and slipper socks! It makes me a bit anxious tbh as I have Raynaud's so cold weather literally hurts. Not looking forward to winter.

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Sam Rose @samwho.dev · 06/09/2026

Weird request: we’re looking for a specific monkey teddy. We got this one when our eldest was born and he didn’t care about it until a few months ago and now he can’t exist without it. But we only have one and we want a backup. We have searched everywhere and can’t find it. Any leads appreciated 🙏

A photograph of the monkey teddy in question.

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thank you for this important thread with which I very much agree. I found the article disturbing, frankly. I've had my concerns about MIND for a very long time, although despite this I was still shocked by the views expressed in the article. My naivety, I guess.

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Inclusion London @inclusionlondon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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Turn2us @turn2us.org.uk · 01/09/2026

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ending the Need for Food Banks is requesting evidence that will help make the case to government. We’re sharing evidence on how an adequate safety net is key to helping people recover from setbacks and move forward. Share your own experiences and expertise below:

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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A4: I find that getting the right sensory environment is helpful so that I have a chance at concentrating well on what I hope to memorize. I need complete quiet, natural light and to be in a setting where I can safely talk to myself or read out loud. #AutChat

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A3: I used to find using rhyming words or phases a useful way to remember vocab when learning languages. I also find handwriting informattion multiple times can help. I don't do particularly well with mnemonics though. #AutChat

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A1: I used to be good at memorizing vocab when I was learning other languages at school. I struggle to remember spoken instructions at times. #AutChat

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Aida @aidap.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

9/ Government should be careful about where "experience" ends and productive work begins. Once someone does work the business would otherwise pay an employee for, unpaid experience stops looking like social mobility and starts looking like a labour subsidy. Especially after thousands of jobs went.

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thank you. I tried to persuade my GP to reach out to my psychiatrist but she was really pushing the medication she wanted me to take and wouldn't budge, sadly. I'll give the medication a try and we've agreed to check in after 3 weeks. I hope it helps as I'm not functioning well at present.

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Feeling very on edge at present. I'm also finding that my typing ability and dyslexia are worse. I start a new medication tomorrow which wasn't the one I wanted (due to its possible side effects) but GP said the one I was more willing to try isn't something that is prescribed in primary care.

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I see that various top names are having a bit of a disagreement. I also note that Professor Frith is in it, and now seemingly claiming that autistic researchers don't know what they're doing with autistic research, because they're...autistic. Never dull, is it... 👀

bbc.co.uk

A split in the spectrum? The ongoing battle to define autism

There is a continuing row over whether it matters if such a broad spectrum of people are defined as having autism

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 21/08/2026

"…Who benefits from me believing them? Why do these people want me to disbelieve a group of marginalised people?" TY @chrisbonnello.bsky.social: www.facebook.com/thinkingpers... 1/2

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 21/08/2026

"To those who are doubting the existence of ADHD (as if it’s a belief system rather than an established diagnosis), please ask yourselves the same Qs as we always should when the media reports negatively about a minority group: why are they telling me this? Who benefits from me believing them?" 1/2

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 20/08/2026

I tend to disagree with a lot of things in psychiatry, but here, psychiatrists and neurodivergent people are largely in agreement: Channel 4's alleged documentary on ADHD was absolute crap... Harmful crap, at that. See also @sciencemediacentre.bsky.social: www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...

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expert reaction to the TV show ‘The Great ADHD Myth? | Science Media Centre

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 20/08/2026

Well hell. Just realized we never did one of these. Represent like it's 2020, y'all! But please know: Deadly serious. And also: What else would you add? -SR #autism #autistic #neurodiversity

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David Gray-Hammond (NeuroHub Community) @neurohubcommunity.org · 19/08/2026

Last night a documentary was aired titled "The Great ADHD Myth". We are calling on Channel 4 not to air it again due.to it's harmful nature. www.change.org/StopAdhdMyth #ADHD #AuDHD #Channel4 #neurodiversity #neurodivergent

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Sign the Petition

Ask Channel 4 To Stop Airing Of "The Great ADHD Myth

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Galop @galopuk.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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Introducing the UK's first Independent Hate Crime Advocate course.

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thanks for explaining 😊 I would find it helpful to be added to the reminder. Thank you.

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Sorry to ask a silly question, but what is the reminders list? (Apologies if I'm missing the obvious 😳. I've not been consistently getting enough sleep which has exacerbated my concentration issues.)

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A3: I do feel that my interoception difficulties contribute to my ongoing and almost lifelong struggle with eating disorders.

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A2: I don't know whether or not they affect my interoception or whether they're just a lousy combination of issues, but I have an eating disorder and dysautonomia.

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A1: I find it difficult to sense hunger and fullness until the sensations are verging on painful. I also find it difficult to know whether my breathing is deep, shallow or I'm holding my breath until I start to feel really uncomfortable and a bit unwell. #AutChat

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Recovery in the Bin @ritb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Reform hate disabled people & are determined to kill as many of us as they can

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Bad Mad Autistic @badautistic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This is interesting. As a child abuse survivor myself, I definitely relate to having negative self talk and shame.

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Inclusion London @inclusionlondon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Timms review is hosting 15 national workshops online and in person to shape the recommendations that form part of its final report. We want Disabled people to be part of shaping these recommendations. There are 300 participant places available. Register as a participant here: buff.ly/ZtlUstR

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