Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye. Ther ys no part of thee that evir koude be wrong. 132288
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 09/10/20267. Here's what makes certain people uneasy: To accept reality of ADHD is to accept the system itself is disabling, which means the structures must change, & that threatens those who benefit most from them. Easier to deny ADHD than to accept structural change 113937
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026##AutismResearch I am a proponent of having multiple ways of supporting folk. Do (as researchers) we need to ‘sub-type’ people to create the many supports needed; or do we just need to create the helps… and then let them choose? 122
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sub-types don't work IMO. Create the helps and let people choose what they need rather than deciding what help goes with which sub-type. 000
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️lil vashling being spoopy @r4nd00mstuff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026it's so hard for these people to understand that adhd and autism are a normal part of humanity 😩 142
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Dominika Noworolska @dominikanow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ah, of course. Even though it says the exact opposite 🤦♀️ they specifically distinguish between population prevalence of ND & administrative prevalence of diagnoses in the narrative of the report; and that the latter hasn’t yet met the former even with the increase rates of diagnoses. So irresponsible 1104
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I managed to read it from the link posted earlier? 110
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You just know when the Prof says "with respect" he really means "where did they find that guy" lmao The misrepresentation of his report is predictable but horrendous. Are they even reading it? 140
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What a ridiculous clickbait headline. The actual point being made is that support is contingent on diagnosis, and as waiting lists are *so* long, support should be more easily available. It doesn't show overdiagnosis at all. Are ADHD and autism being over-diagnosed? news.sky.com/share/13596635news.sky.comAre ADHD and autism being over-diagnosed?Recognition of ADHD and autism has risen dramatically but continuing as we are is not sustainable, an Independent review into mental health, ADHD and autism has found 2185
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The way it's being framed in the media is concerning, to say the least... bsky.app/profile/clea... 120
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What a ridiculous clickbait headline. The actual point being made is that support is contingent on diagnosis, and as waiting lists are *so* long, support should be more easily available. It doesn't show overdiagnosis at all. Are ADHD and autism being over-diagnosed? news.sky.com/share/13596635news.sky.comAre ADHD and autism being over-diagnosed?Recognition of ADHD and autism has risen dramatically but continuing as we are is not sustainable, an Independent review into mental health, ADHD and autism has found 2185
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ivan Turgenev's "Execution of Troppmann" is a short essay, published in 1870, that gives a first-hand account of the writer attending a public execution in Paris. Turgenev's details how the drunk, unruly crowd turned a somber moment into a carnival. A deeply moving essay; I encourage you to read it. 432002507
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Boulidi - Autistic Self-Advocate ♾️ @boulidi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Autism is a multi-dimensional neurodevelopmental condition, which is what a spectrum is. And not a simple line from like "high-functioning" to "profound", which is just lazy. Please check out the truth that @autisticadvocacy.org laid out a while ago: autisticadvocacy.org/the-profound...autisticadvocacy.orgThe “Profound Autism” Label Hurts Autistic PeopleFunctioning labels don’t help autistic people get what we need. They hurt us. Recently, some people have started using a new functioning label called profound autism. 031
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Buried lede: It seems that it was actually a *high court judge* who told the police they didn't need a particular kind of warrant (which they had in fact applied for) and gave them a different one instead. As it turned out, they actually did need it. Why did the high court judge tell them otherwise? 000
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 08/10/2026"Autistic kids are not untapped markets. Their needs are not opportunities for maximizing billable hours. Families should never have to wonder whether a recommendation was made because it was the best choice for their child or the best return for an investor." www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/...washingtonpost.comWhen private equity came for the clinic where I workedAutistic children are not untapped markets. Their needs are not opportunities for maximizing billable hours. 25519
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I would have thought Disability Scoop would know about the principle, "nothing about us without us" and yet here we are. 010
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Reminder: a spectrum, especially the autistic spectrum, doesn't have "ends". If it did have ends, it would be a SCALE. But we don't refer to the autistic scale, do we? 152
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Challenge is good; it helps us to hone our message and our advocacy" 👏 Thank you. 010
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 08/10/2026"Having AAC and sign language in my life has allowed me and my thoughts to fly with ease when unreliable spoken speech fails." Kaishawna Fleming, at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/08/yes-... #AACawarenessMonththinkingautismguide.comYes, Multimodal Communication Is Imperative — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISMMany autistic people need multimodal communication, for accessibility. Fleming discusses why this is important for disability representation. 0289
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Reminder: a spectrum, especially the autistic spectrum, doesn't have "ends". If it did have ends, it would be a SCALE. But we don't refer to the autistic scale, do we? 152
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I mean they only refer to a small group with an undefined number of autistic people in it. They do not clarify how many autistic people are in that group, nor now many of those autistic people actually voted in favour of this. For all we know none of them did, and they were in the proportion against 110
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh FFS we TRIED that already and it didn't work, can these people just get over it? 010
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"More than 70 researchers, caregivers, individuals with autism and clinicians weighed in, with 76% voting in favor of the proposal." So a grand total of around 55 people, ~not all of whom were autistic~ voted for this, and we're supposed to take it seriously as a proposition? Can they just stop? 150
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"It's not love that makes you blind, it's the police" Paris, Gare de Lyon, October 2026. 110
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Historically the interventions that have had most benefit for socio-economically disadvantaged children have not been targeted/means tested interventions (eg SureStart-missed so many) but universal ones: •Universal education •Health visiting •childhood immunisation •Universal child benefit •The NHS 063
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Roger Watt @rjwatt42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is a beautiful test case. Part of it goes like this LLMs can produce the answer to “add 2 and 2”, *but* they don’t use their fingers,actually or metaphorically, to get the answer and in that sense, there is no understanding whatsoever. All they are doing is repeating something they heard. 4323
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Ember Green @embergreen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I actually think that “disabled people exist” is a useful reminder. Because honestly a lot of you forget. 110724
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 191114773122
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️AuDHDreadPirateRoberts 🇯🇲🇧🇧🪮♾️🕋 (Not quite a Bluesky elder) @audhdeepdive.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026Autism: In an emergency, I follow the steps. ADHD: In an emergency, I finally feel calm. AuDHD: I handled the whole emergency perfectly, then fell apart over a spilled drink the next day (Dr. Kojo Sarfo) 56314
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How I arrived on blueskystatic.klipy.comAustin Powers Remember Me SceneAlt: Austin Powers is in a nightclub wearing a red jacket and white shirt with frilly cuffs and cravat (I think). He is waving around in front of his hands dramatically, ending with them on his head like rabbit ears. The caption reads Remember Me 041
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Since 9/21, high schoolers across France have shut down more than a thousand schools, demanding teachers, smaller classes, and buildings that aren't falling apart. The state answered with tear gas and nearly 2,000 arrests in a single day. Here, a right-wing reporter getting schooled by a HS student 18763317
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026France, pays des droits de l'homme [femmes, enfants et personnes racisées s'abstenir] 010
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And also, WHO is it for? Going out on a limb here and suggesting: Not At All For The Disabled Child. Have these people never heard the expression, 'choose your battles' because that one just seemed incredibly pointless. 050
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 17/09/2023[an awkward minute passes as Death struggles to pick up change from the countertop] Death: (embarrassed) ha ha slippery coins Drugstore Clerk: nah man it’s cuz you got them bone hands 122741602
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well of course their opponents will do that? Obviously? The actual definition is almost irrelevant. It's the fact that knowing this tactic would be used, why then would the Greens give them a golden opportunity to use it? It doesn't make sense to me. Was there no other way to formulate it? 010
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It doesn't matter. The point is they should know that their opponents will make use of the ambiguity. 110
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In your screenshot it literally says "for other uses see Zionism (disambiguation)" before the definition. Surely that would suggest that the term is indeed ambiguous? 110
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I think autism gets misinterpreted more often than it gets missed by others. There are plenty of inaccurate labels out there which are more readily applied because the autistic person in question doesn't fit an obsolete stereotype. 020
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It is not your fault you didn't have the safety & support you needed to develop realistic tools to manage how you feel & what you do. They're going to make you feel like it is, but it's not. You literally couldn't have generated support & safety alone, even if you'd wanted to. 08327
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 29/09/2026 2537174
Reposted by ♾️Clear Autism♾️Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 05/10/2026 2412128
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 05/10/2026'Autism is an invisible disability' said no autistic person who was bullied at school, ever. All this is, of course, is professionals blaming autistic people for masking (a survival mechanism) when what they actually mean is they don't have an up to date idea of what autism is or looks like. 2395
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As it turned out (and as many neurodivergent people had already observed), the parent was in fact neurodivergent themselves, and therefore likely had their own preferred method for opening presents which they felt was the "proper" way to do it... 110