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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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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Today, a giant exploding nuclear fireball one million times bigger than Earth is getting blocked out... by a lump of rock one 64,000,000th its size. Just in case you think you're too small to make a difference. 😛

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Controversial take but bear with me: Maybe the *real* reason I’m “not like your autistic grandson” is because I’m 40.

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Probably the most important perspective on the "profound autism" debate I've read to date. Because it's written by a disabled autistic man who would absolutely qualify for the diagnosis if it were ever made into a thing.

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Giving neurodivergent teenagers extra time in exams for accessibility reasons is "unhealthy", according to a neurologist writing in The Times. Yes, a neurologist. Personally, I'm more interested in what *educators* have to say about the topic.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Just One Day at a Time @just1dayatatime.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

#Autism

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Thanks so much! I really appreciate the kind words. :)

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I often get pushback when I make points like this, from those dying to ask “but what about the *really* disabled autistic people?”… all assuming I don’t live with a disabled autistic teenager. I do, by the way, and she’s awesome. And she deserves better than people using her as an anti-ND argument.

Autistic people have always existed. Disabled people have always existed.
But the acceptance of autistic and disabled people waxes and wanes depending on who’s got the microphone.
Which means, if we go back to the dark days of seeing people as tragedy cases, then that’s a failure of wider society, not autism or disability.

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Make it make sense. Autism was first discovered in 1911, and Tylenol was introduced in 1955.

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

If we're all a little autistic, why is the world so cruel to autistic people? The phrase "we're all a little autistic" doesn't just trivialise autistic struggles- it's often weaponised against us. Several followers have told me their psychologists even used the line to deny them a valid diagnosis.

Blue and red stick figures talking:
Red: "Aren’t we all technically on the autism spectrum somewhere?"
Blue: "Not really. If you take a chemistry test and score 0.1%, should you call yourself a chemist?"
Red: "But if the spectrum technically includes everyone, doesn’t that mean we’re all a little autistic?"
Blue: "No."
Red: "How do you know?"
Blue: "Mostly because if everyone were a little autistic, the world would be more accepting of autistic people."
Red: "...Oh."
Blue: "Yeah. We wouldn’t be having to fight for other people’s acceptance."

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Shoutout to all the non-autistic people who make sincere efforts to listen and learn autistic people's perspectives, just as a matter of principle, despite society not really expecting them to.

Title: The Double Empathy Problem illustrated
First panel: Red stick-figure looking at blue stick-figure: "This autistic person struggles with empathy, because they can't tell how I'm feeling."
Second panel, a few minutes later: Red stick-figure looking at dysregulated blue stick-figure: "I don't get it - they're melting down over nothing!"
Caption: Autistic people do NOT generally lack empathy. But autistic and non-autistic people communicate differently, which means everyone needs to do the kind of learning, listening and 'translating' that's currently only expected of autistic people.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 03/09/2025

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Tomorrow I'm delivering training to a staff team at a college. And whilst thinking it through, I was reminded of this outstanding quote I once heard in a speech by Paul Owen, then-principal of Dover Technical College.

Black text on white background:

“I absolutely refuse to categorise an event as a ‘behaviour incident’ before I’ve established whether or not the student’s needs were being met at the time.”

Paul Owen, principal of Dover Technical College

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Relationships underpin absolutely everything as a teacher. Not just academic performance, but attendance and effective safeguarding too.

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

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

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

FREE EBOOK DOWNLOAD! Being Your Authentic Autistic Self: Top 10 Tips Inspired by the webinar delivered by Chris Bonnello for The PDA Space Click here to get your copy: autisticrealms.com/product/being-yo…

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Being Your Authentic Autistic Self Top 10 Tips

Being Your Authentic Autistic Self Top 10 Tips FREE DOWNLOAD Inspired by the webinar delivered by Chris Bonnello for The PDA Space

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Larry_in_WI @larry1504.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 18/07/2025

“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

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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...

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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

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

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Totally forgot to post this on BlueSky. Thanks Caroline!

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Luce 🌌✨️ @luce75.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

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

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

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

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

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

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! 😀

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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.

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Emma @autistic-me.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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!

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!

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

#BookSky

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 09/06/2025

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

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

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Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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

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Ruddy_Hellfire @ruddy-hellfire.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

@chrisbonnello.bsky.social This, from an engineering standpoint at least, is pretty sweet: youtube.com/shorts/4kpLc...

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Engineering Students DESTROY Rubik’s Cube Record

YouTube video by Kyle Hill

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