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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ep 59 is out with the incredible Kalyce Carter! One of our favourite conversations ever! Do yourself a favour and listen :) youtu.be/ttsankQWRmw?...

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Ep 59: Inclusion, Intersectionality, & Imagining (with Kalyce Carter)

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In our latest episode of Autistic Tidbits & Tangents, Bruce gets me to weigh in on my recent career change, attempting to find balance, imposter syndrome, and so much more! On YouTube: youtu.be/gcuvgbjK4QI?... And Spotify....

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Ep. 58 - Allergies, Adjustments, & Academia

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Bruce, Maja, and I chatted w Michelle Garnett and Tony Attwood abou changes in conceptualizations of autism over 80+ combined years of clinical practice and to be processing late diagnosis? We talk about autistic joys, working in pathologizing systems, and our hopes for change. youtu.be/PZ0SsT5ynhc

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Ep 57: Paradigms, Pathologization, & Possibilities (with Prof. Tony Attwood & Dr. Michelle Garnett)

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Almost everyone becomes disabled. Disability justice impacts all of us. Fight with us for better social supports. Better safety nets. Universal healthcare. Paid time off. Don’t leave us behind.

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Peel Autism Resource 🇨🇦 @peelautismresource.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Educators - Don't post photos of destroyed classrooms or messes made during a child’s worst, most dysregulated moments. It doesn't bring "awareness" Those photos don’t tell the story of trauma, unmet needs, communication barriers or a nervous system in crisis #OntEd #autism 1/3

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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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Peel Autism Resource 🇨🇦 @peelautismresource.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Many IEP goals I've seen are centred around learning neurotypical social skills. This is ableist IEPs should enable access to education not force compliance #OntEd #autism #disability #neurodiversity

Red graphic titled "Stop Putting Goals in IEPs Just Because the Learner Has an IEP." Text advocates for appropriate educational goals, questioning if they address actual disability-related needs. Tone is critical yet informative.

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Peel Autism Resource 🇨🇦 @peelautismresource.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Aggression from dysregulated children is an involuntary, overwhelmed response of the nervous system - not a planned, goal-directed action. Their brain is in a state of high alert or "fight-or-flight". The cognitive, rational centres responsible for premeditation & impulse control are "offline"

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 05/04/2026

“Terms such as ‘profound autism,’ ‘high functioning,’ or ‘levels of autism’ […] maintain systems of categorisation and segregation that prioritise some needs over others, without addressing the structural changes required to support all Autistic people.”

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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Very happy to say that Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction, written by @suereviews.bsky.social and myself, is out now! It was a lot of fun trying to condense neurodiversity theory, research, practice, and politics into a single, brief book. Available in all the usual places!

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

We all need support and there’s nothing shameful about it

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Argh. I am so sorry you experienced this.

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Fabulous resources from @ndconnection.bsky.social Interactive toolkit: A practical approach to neurodiversity-affirming care and support It brings together five practical tools to support wellbeing, safety, and coordinated, consent-based, relational care: ndconnection.co.uk/resources/p/...

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Interactive toolkit: A practical approach to neurodiversity-affirming care and support — Neurodiverse Connection

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

autistic people speak for ourselves. even without words. sometimes with assistance from our support people. but never by silencing us.

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The irony of Naomi Fisher saying that autistics speaking out against the ableist and violent comments of Uta Frith are “silencing autism” - they literally want to redefine autism to mean anyone who can’t advocate for themselves. Chilling

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Andrew Dobbie @a-dobbie11.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

#LongCovidAwarenessDay is not a happy day. It shouldn't be needed. All levels of government, medical support workers...(humans) must accept the truth. Too many are still in denial. They claim the truth is too hard to accept. Long COVID reality can happen to anyone. Act to prevent it. #N95 #CleanAir

March 15, 2026 is Long Covid Awareness Day

Every Covid infection causes damage to multiple body systems.
It is not just a respiratory virus.
It caused my heart attack.

The number of people becoming disabled or dying due to Long COVID complications increases with every Covid Infection.
You can't get Long Covid if you prevent Covid infection.

Long Covid is a post viral condition that is caused by Covid infection.
It is a multi-systemic infection that can manifest with more than 200 different symptoms.
Honestly, almost any novel illness-related symptoms these days tend to be related to a previous COVID infection.

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

We only dipped our toes in the water of this conversation on educational ableism! Time just flew, as usual. Thanks, @endseclusion.bsky.social - so much more to say and I'm grateful you create these forums! The full conversation is available: www.youtube.com/live/yR4BvnB...

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Fighting Ableism and Exclusionary Practices in Schools: A Conversation with Kara Dymond

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Casey Doherty @caseydoherty.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

“COVID-aware communities must provide safe spaces for generationally disabled families to celebrate access justice and radical inclusion." "A core principle of disability justice is cross-disability organizing. Fighting for collective liberation is essential.”

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I still struggle with this, intensely. I discussed with a young student struggling with this today how important it is to resource ourselves, to get angry and fear out of our bodies when we can, to exercise, to sing, to rest... Do I take my own advice? Not enough.

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

New study highlights the day-to-day importance of autistic flow Work by Daniella Wain and colleagues details a non-pathologising view of flow states in autistic individuals, and how they maintain wellbeing by By Emily Reynolds 03 March 2026 www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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New study highlights the day-to-day importance of autistic flow | BPS

Work by Daniella Wain and colleagues details a non-pathologising view of flow states in autistic individuals, and how they maintain wellbeing

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

And meanwhile they're counting the days precisely between refills to make sure we're not abusing them because stimulants are addictive for others.... Lollll... Nope, still not forming habits!

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I wish I could say this was unbelievable... I wouldn't have imagined I could dislike testing more but someone figured out how to Frankenstein it with a behaviorist stoplight system!

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I am comforted by zooming out to realize how small I am, and how much was here before and will go on after. I marvel to bear witness to stars, some of which are already extinguished. I am steadied by the trees I talk to, and the lasting topographies that perhaps observe us the way we do stars...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

You can become disabled or homeless at any time. They aren’t moral failings. You can’t “just try harder”. All it takes is one accident, one illness, one catastrophic event and your life changes forever. It’s a minority group you can join at any time.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

He broke the law. She was illegal. They’re a criminal. This is what people say when we point out the abuse & atrocities in the ICE camps. No one should be treated this way. No one should be denied food, water & medical care. No one should be denied due process.

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I just never seem to pick good pears. However there is a pear and apple orchard near me and I have wanted to go the last two years, and just always seem to go when they are out of season!! Lol...

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Pembroke Publishers @pembrokepublish.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

"As teachers, we know it’s important to connect with students. We know having a good relationship makes everything else easier…" — Kara Dymond, bit.ly/4kpejv6 #QOTW #profdev #autism #TheAutismLens #teaching #learning #education #edusky

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

So excited about this new publication published today written by me, Lincoln S. Smith, PhD, and Dr. Kathy Broad entitled "Resisting Hegemony in Teacher Education: Possibilities for Transformational Teaching and Learning Within Neoliberal Systems". It's open access: repamjournal.org/index.php/RE...

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Resisting Hegemony in Teacher Education: Possibilities for Transformational Teaching and Learning Within Neoliberal Systems | Research in Educational Policy and Management

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I emailed them and they claimed to have not heard of this happening and it must have been incorrectly stored (it was not, at least on my end). Meanwhile, I went down a Reddit rabbit hole and saw plenty of people with the same or close to the same batch numbers had also complained...

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I love mine! Although I had one whole box of tests that gave invalid results and weren't expired.

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I wanted to see how far it is (not very) and pulled it up on a map. There was a nice heritage home as the small image in the corner. I clicked on it and was very amused and even more eager to visit!!

A screenshot of a regional map showing Paris Ontario. There is a small photo icon in the bottom left corner that looks like a heritage House.

A screenshot of what opens. It is a heritage house decorated for Halloween one assumes. There are multipe skeletons scaling the walls of the house.

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Sounds like you've got your priorities straight and I have a new place to visit 🤣

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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 17/02/2026

Heads up if you have a disability... @aircanada.bsky.social is charging my wife and I hundreds of dollars extra because she uses a wheelchair and they won’t provide an accessible airport transfer (which we paid for in the package) that she can use unless we pay more.

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Thank you for all the good you put out in the world! It is so needed.

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

His response is NY? This suggests there were other colluding gynecologists in other cities.

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

A joyful, heartfelt conversation and the only proof needed of the importance of the arts. 20 min mark sets up a brilliant performance but the whole interview will bolster you.

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Brave, powerful testimony. As an autistic person I acutely feel her confusion and overwhelm and inability to process. I experience visceral flashes of memories like she describes. Watch the video of her illegal detainment. I can't word now. Horrified. Not just a body. Thank you, Aliya Rahman.

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Red @redpainter1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Aliya Rahman is giving truly powerful and terrifying testimony An American citizen attacked, assaulted and detained by her own country. A woman with physical disability MOCKED by ICE. They called detainees "bodies". They didn't see them as human. They were just BODIES. I am gutted hearing her.

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Want to engage deeply with my book, or concepts like UDL, accessibility, and neurodiversity-affirming pedagogy? Sign up for a book study! I'll be joining the final session and look forward to hearing your ideas - let's imagine and actualize better together. learning.endseclusion.org/courses/2026...

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Book Study for Kara Dymond's new book

Book Study for Kara Dymond's Creating a Neurodiversity-Affirming Classroom. Includes weekly live meeting and asynchronous access to content on our learning management platform. Weekly Meeting: 5/13, ...

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Beautifully written and resonates with me as a human, as a teacher, and as a learner. I have been discussing with my co-researcher about the privileging of speed and knowing, rather than relational process and learning, despite most of us believing the factory model is not what education should be!

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Each time, some will find the mental gymnastics required to disbelieve their eyes impossible. Every act of murder, cruelty, and kidnappings of children will only whittle away their base. They are not adding to their numbers, only to their own opposition. They are hacking away at their own stilts.

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Curated realities mean some folks will never see true images or will doubt their veracity. But humans are curious. The more propaganda countering truth w rage-baiting narratives, the more a subsection of their base will want to see for themselves what is happening. It won't be everyone, but...

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Dr. Kara Dymond @drkaradymond.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

All of today's recording devices and social media documenting the horrors of state-sanctioned violence is creating resistance and martyrs. State controlled "news" won't show these in full/undoctored. But the harder they protest about counter narratives (the truth), the more they garner interest...

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