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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Couldn't agree more. "It feels like when there are projects to be scrapped or cuts to be made Magee is first in line"

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 21/05/2026

Grit. Growth mindset. PBIS. Every generation of education reform produces the same product: a marketable intervention that locates the problem in students' attitudes and behaviors rather than in structural conditions. Behaviorism didn't go away. It got a rebrand. stimpunks.org/access/educa...

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Education Access Series: Broken by Design, Sold a Fix, Owed Justice

Schools fail neurodivergent students. Not by accident. By design—by ideology, by architecture, by a century of assumptions about whose bodies and minds belong in a classroom. This series documents…

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

GLOBAL MAJORITY PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN I'm sharing this on behalf of Reena Anand. Reena is writing a book for the Global Majority Parents of Autistic Children. It's well underway and will be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd. Share your story here: bit.ly/43aIaSj

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Share Your Story: Raising an Autistic Child as a Global Majority (Black, Asian or Mixed Heritage) Parent

Thank you for your willingness to share your story. I’m writing a book to amplify the voices of global majority parents raising autistic children around the world. Many parents feel isolated, particul...

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Ruth Moyse @drruthmoyse.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Looking for trusted support and practical resources for those who live with, work with or love an autistic person? Visit #AutismCentral for information, guidance, and tools to support autistic people of all ages and their families. Explore more here: 👉 www.autismcentral.org.uk

Autism Central is England's Peer Education Programme, commissioned by the NHS and delivered by Anna Freud. There is a photo of a Black mother and child hugging and laughing. The text says one of the services of Autism Central is free one-to-one sessions with a peer guide, for anyone supporting an autistic person.

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Please share✨ Great opportunities for young people in Ireland. This work experience could bring your to new places, new spaces with people from so many cultures & could change the trajectory of your life 🤩💪🏾 Give it a go! #spéirghorm #EU #Disabled #ChronicIllness #MS #JobFairy

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Mandelsons fingerprints seem to be all over this questionable deal with a very problematic company. More scrutiny is needed as concerns from BMA and GPs appear to be dismissed or minimised. Where is the governance? notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

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Say no to Palantir in the NHS

NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We have availability on our Discovery Programme starting 18th Feb for 18-24 yr olds. 6 weeks Neuro-affirming exploration of Autistic identity. Online 7-8.45pm (UK) Funded spaces available thanks to Rethink Ireland Hope to see some of you there! Register here: thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...

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Martine Brennan @saytheirnamesir.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

#IrishGovernment close the loophole so that our country is not complicit in these breaches of #HumanRights

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Turning a blind eye to US shenanigans at Shannon Airport cannot be permitted to continue. Rendition flights were such a dark and shameful part of our history. #spéìrgorm www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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Use of Irish airport for US deportation flights to Israel called ‘reprehensible’

Irish politicians condemn use of Shannon airport by private jet en route to Israel, owned by Trump donor Gil Dezer

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Petition to sign, if you so wish: Merlin, who operate theme parks such as Alton Towers, apparently decided that autistic and ADHD people don't count as having real needs, and are no longer eligible for their usual ride passes if they find queues impossible. What?! Please share. c.org/4wjnPYRCPK

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Hidden Disabilities Still Need Support: Change The Ride Access Pass System Immediately

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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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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

www.bmj.com/content/392/... Autistic girls & women: By age 20, they were diagnosing pretty much equal numbers of men & women. Huge study, whole population of Sweden born 1985-2020. Not 1 in 10. Not 1 in 4. Not 1 in 3. Equal numbers, just about. 100 years of research, most based on the wrong info.

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Time trends in the male to female ratio for autism incidence: population based, prospectively collected, birth cohort study

Objectives To examine changes in the male to female ratio in diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over a 35 year period, providing temporal trends in diagnosis (incidence rate), the male to fem...

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The most gorgeous package arrived this week from @ciaraioch.bsky.social .. Mini Mná with a who's who guide for the curious young minds in the house. Beautifully packaged with a bunch of gorgeous free delights in there too. It is a treasure trove of beauty #art #speirgorm

Collection of art - a picture showing miniature portraits of important Irish women in black and white. Postcard of a crow painting another crow at an easel. Sticker with a crow and bookmark.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

www.state.gov/u-s-support-... Our gentle reminder that the US agreed the deal between the UK & Mauritius on Chagos Islands. Here, the statement by Marco Rubio on the subject, with support from POTUS. I've no idea what the US President means by it being "an act of great stupidity", therefore.

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U.S. Support for UK and Mauritius Agreement on Chagos Archipelago - United States Department of State

Today, the United States welcomed the historic agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius on the future of the British Indian Ocean Territory—specifically, the Chagos Archipela...

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Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

England's National #Autism Peer Education Programme is free for families of autistic people, their supporters and anyone who wants to be a good ally, a good friend, a good ally to #autistic people

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

📺 Today’s report: X didn’t respond to the Government or the EU - so we went to try to have a word. Meanwhile, AI Minister urges EU to immediately suspend Grok and says she’ll speak to the Taoiseach about the Government off X. 🗣️ @conorom.bsky.social @virginmedianews.bsky.social

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Brilliant thread @ciaraioch.bsky.social talked me into ordering a print this morning for the day that's in it. #NollaignamBan #spéìrgorm

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I. On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence. www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

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Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future

Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Concerning but nothing new here. Farage was also at this in his support for Irexit and was shown the door. Bannons ignorance about Ireland is telling but equally we shouldn't be complacent with open threats of interference in our democracy. #spéìrgorm www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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Steve Bannon promises ‘Irish Trump’ and says he is working to form ‘national party’ in Ireland

Former White House strategist says he is ‘behind the scenes on the Irish situation’

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Shared via @thrivingautistic.bsky.social - I have been facilitating this course over the past year or so, and highly recommend!

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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Bees, glorious bees! 🐝 #spéirghorm #Bees

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Happy Solstice! Longer, brighter days ahead 💚 #speirgorm

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dóchas is grá @dochasisgra.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

#speirgorm #spéirgorm #spéirghorm #speirghorm If you are missing the feed, it's here and once you have it pinned you don't need to worry about spelling variations as they are all incorporated, thanks to @c4itnr.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...

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John Barrington @johnbarrington.eurosky.social · 12/12/2025

Cracker of a modern Irish Christmas song from Autamata - Liberty Bell #Spéirghorm youtu.be/DWrDQ3XvIO4

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Autamata - liberty bell

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Really useful information for Trans and non-binary people published today in Ireland. www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Financial penalties for benefits claimants who miss a single Universal Credit interview are larger than the fines handed out to most criminals, &have to be repaid 9 times faster than criminal courts recommend, a report by the Public Law Project (PLP) has found. Well, that's....not good...

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Brónagh McCoy @bronaghm.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I'm looking to create an advisory group for a project on Monotropism, an attention-based theory of autism and potentially ADHD. If you or anybody you know is interested, please fill out the form below. Thank you! forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

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Microsoft Forms

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I will be sad to see Michael D go. He has been instrumental in setting the tone of discourse in this country. I'm hopeful Catherine Connolly will do the same continuing the legacy of thoughtful presidents who above all value human beings and our shared connection and experience #Spéirgorm #Áras25

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

All the biggest autism charities in England and Wales use forms of ABA e.g. PBS on autistic people in their care. Their income is more than £325 million a year between them, nearly all of it from Government sources. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... & background research by me on the others.

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Expert organisations with “challenging” and “complex” service users: Representation in English and Welsh autism charity reports and accounts

The language and imagery used in Autism charities’ communications influences societal understanding of, and attitudes towards, Autistic people. This, in turn, shapes perceptions of whether and how the...

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Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

follow @grrand-team.bsky.social for amazing research, training and a community full of heart!

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Caught the superb #LeeMillar exhibition at #TateBritain #artsky last week. Startling images from her war correspondent years have stayed with me. In a world, currently overwhelmed with disinformation journalism has a duty to bear witness to what is actually happening so it cannot ever be denied.

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Brilliant news Georgia 👏👏👏

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Brilliant day at the @at-autism.bsky.social conference #AutismArtofThePossible in London yesterday. Catching up with friends and meeting new ones. Outstanding speakers and discussions. Travelling home today with fire in the belly and ideas swirling. #Autism

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Jade Farrington (she/her) @jadefarrington.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Coming up in a week's time - free to attend! What would you like to know about unmasking safely? neurokindred.com/the-complexi...

Join Kieran Rose & Jade Farrington for The Complexity of Unmasking Safely

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Mams4TransNI @mams4transni.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

bsky.app/profile/nest... Can everyone PLEASE give our new support group for parents a share and a follow, even if this is not close to you someone who follows you could need to see us and need help or support. This is in NI. #bettertogether 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

You are invited to our Discovery Celebration: Autistic Community Shaping Neuro-Affirmative Support FREE ONLINE TICKETS 18th September 7–8:45pm Irish/UK time Discovery Programme report launch Premiere 2 animation films about Autistic experiences Community space www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discovery-...

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empoweredscotland.bsky.social @empoweredscotland.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

“We all need to do more when it comes to getting kids in and behaving. This includes mums, dads and carers, too,” Ms Phillipson said. Let the parent blaming begin.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

We are now accepting expressions of interest for our September 2025 - March 2026 Discovery Programme cohorts! Join our supportive 6-week online programme with other newly identified Autistic adults (self ID welcome!). Find out more: www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...

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Discovery Programme: Welcome to Your Autistic Self

Have you recently discovered that you’re Autistic? Would you like to learn more about your neurotype and discuss what it means for you in a supportive group with other newly identified Autistic adults...

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Constant reflection and learning 💚 "..in many ways it reflects what Neurodiversity competency looks like in practice: being able to listen, to change and to keep Autistic needs and safety at the centre of everything".

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Karen Melvin @kitmelvin.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Nature's gift to us night owls is in full flow tonight. Donegal graced with clear skies to watch the magnificent perseids 💚

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