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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

‘When former students who are ND reach out to tell me I helped them, it reminds me that even despite all the push back from my colleagues and district, I am doing the right things.’ A new NINE member #NeurodivergentInfinity

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Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @nicolefilippone.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

To the people who love to use the phrase "sometimes you have to make sacrifices..." I challenge you to live inside an autistic brain for just one day 😬

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Session 2 of Beyond Behaviourism featured Anne Borden King, Autistic advocate and author of ABA: The Troubling History and Legacy of Today’s Most Popular Autism Therapy. Anne delivered a powerful talk on the deep roots and lasting harms of ABA—and why we must move beyond it.

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

‘Beyond Behaviourism’ (Alliance Against Seclusion & Restraint) began today. Registrants get access to recordings so it’s not too late to sign up! Session 1 featured Greg Santucci, Pediatric OT,reminding us we don’t need ‘better behaviour’ —we need better understanding. #BeyondBehaviourism #AASAR

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Wet Owl @levisatyrane.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Love the lil flex when they realise they just became the most famous bird in the world.

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Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com · 08/05/2025

“Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is leading the charge to protect residents in his state from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial autism database, signing an executive order on Wednesday to shield Illinoians’ medical information from the feds.”

JB Pritzker signs order to fight RFK Jr.’s data collection on autism
The Illinois governor denounced the health secretary’s autism registry as creating “fear of surveillance or discrimination.”

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Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

New paper alert “I did what I could to earn some money and be of use”: A qualitative exploration of autistic people’s journeys to career success and fulfilment. A summary: crae.ioe.ac.uk/i-did... #AutRes 1/2

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Shannon Rosa @shannonrosa.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I have completely lost patience with deficit/medical model language in describing autistic traits. Why can't the language be neutral? Why can't we describe eye contact as "inconsistent" rather than "poor"? #INSAR2025

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John Marble @johnmarble.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Less than two days later, I’m sad to say that this piece is already outdated. The amount of damage that Secretary Kennedy is inflicting on autistic people and families is abhorrent.

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 07/05/2025

ASAN is deeply concerned about the Executive Order (EO) “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections." This explainer from AAPD talks about the EO, what's going on with voting right now, and how this impacts disabled voters. www.aapd.com/election-exe...

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Election Executive Order Explainer: What’s Going On With Voting Right Now, and How Does It Impact Disabled Voters? - AAPD

To access this resource as a PDF, click here. On March 25, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.” This EO proposes…

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Joanna Grace PhD @jo3grace.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

youtu.be/0iFCk1YcyrQ?... How do we listen to consent (assent) from people who do not use standardised forms of communication? (2min watch with chocolate! Click if you value consent for all ;-) )

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YouTube video by The Sensory Projects

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

A fellow educator witnessed a colleague stop a child from stimming—basic hand stimming. They held the child’s hands still to do this! The stimming was completely safe. No reason for alarm, no reason to stop them except the adult’s need to exert compliance to neuronormativity. This needs to STOP!

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

And the connections become clearer…. Children’s shows dare beware when they mock a tyrant.

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wfsensak @wfsensak.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

If you never watched Mr. Rodger’s testimony to Congress, then I encourage you to watch it now and show it to every Trump voter you can @pbs.org m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...

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May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications

YouTube video by Road Less Marveled

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Alt text should be as long as it needs to be in order to effectively describe the content. In some cases, this will be a few phrases. In other cases, it will take a few more sentences. Aim to be as efficient as possible without leaving out key details.

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Every morning when I have to go to an in-person setting, I play the soundtrack of Wicked. One hour of pure rhythm and feels which concludes with a battle cry by Cynthia Erivo just before I walk out the door. #AutisticTruths #AssumeWeAreInTheRoom

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Sure sounds like an #AutisticGlimmer. I think #AutisticJoy is subjectively experienced. Like when a mycophile discovers the perfection of a new mushroom or an aquaphile comes across a sparking river or waterfall (think Mel Baggs’ In My Language) or when a rock hound sees something like this:

The amazing rocks in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

A friendly reminder… while lived experience is very valuable, just because someone identifies as Neurodivergent, it doesn’t mean they are informed about current, Neuroaffirming research, practice and trauma informed care. Do your research before hiring or arranging ANY presenter.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

No matter how bad you imagine smallpox was, it was worse than that.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 03/05/2025

Tan: The involvement of autistic people with high support needs in participatory research is still lagging. We need to shift the power redistribution in research to underrepresented groups, including multiply marginalized autistic people, autistic young ppl, & autistic people with HSNs. #INSAR2025

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 03/05/2025

Kapp: It's important to include autistic people as co-researchers as well as active participants. Tan: Participatory research brings people with lived experience into the research realm. #INSAR2025

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 03/05/2025

Kapp: The #neurodiversity movement views apply to those close to autistic people with high support needs, including both parents and autistic parents thereof. The ND movement also seeks to change research paradigms to be more inclusive, including people with high support needs. #INSAR2025

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Making my way through #LoveOnTheSpectrum so I can audit their approach. It’s not all bad BUT 1) Where are the NonSpeakers? 2) more diverse Autistic representation needed! 3)Where are the highly successful professionals, academics, late Dx and divorced? 4)the music is infantalizing!

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Funding Opportunity (US): Rapid Response Research funding.. FOCUS: Has your federally funded racial or Indigenous health equity research been interrupted due to ‘federal funding shifts’? -early-to mid-career Indigenous researchers & those of color -antiracist/anticolonial health equity research

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Books for Black Kids: Representation in Literature @booksforblackkids.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Small Business Saturday 📚 Independent Bookstore Day was last week, but don't let that stop you from making another visit...check out your local Black-owned bookstores this weekend! booksforblackkids.com/black-owned-... #booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #edusky #parentsky #blackedusky

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The Ultimate List of Black-Owned Bookstores: 300+ Shops in the United States and Worldwide | Books for Black Kids

The must-read list of Black-owned bookstores in the United States and worldwide.

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

This is so true for Autistic/ADHD lives. Want help? First you have to do the thing you can't do, and then we'll give you help..perhaps.... @diversitydoodles.bsky.social

A line drawing illustration by Diversity Doodles. The picture shows an adult and a child and a huge line of hoops, with a sign in the distance saying "help with hoops this way" at the end of the line of hoops that have to be jumped through. The adult says to a child, "I see your diagnosis states you have difficulty jumping through hoops? If you could just jump through these to get over there, we MIGHT be able to give you some help".

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Autistic Adam @autisticadam.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Autistic life is getting called robotic for not fake-laughing at jokes that you simply don't find funny. If I find the joke funny I will laugh. The expectation of fake laughter at jokes that aren't funny just to be perceived a certain way is just one of many reasons that socialising is tiring.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 03/05/2025

Q2: Which topics do #ActuallyAutistic people discuss that are missing from research conversations? #AutINSAR #INSAR2025

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Ivanova Smith @ivanova1994.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

A 1 I want research things that keep us out of institutions or other abusive treatments. I want reseach that helps us keep our autonomy and freedom #AUTINSAR

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Christine Jenkins, Canada @christineajenkins.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

A1: Ageing well, dealing with trauma caused by society, neuro-affirming end of life care.

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Christine Jenkins, Canada @christineajenkins.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

A2: #AutINSAR Bullying/abuse due to insistence on compliance, isolation due to sensory overwhelm, and inability to attend #INSAR this year due to politics and lack of virtual option.

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

And would love to see more research on the extremely high overlap between the 2SLGBTQIA+ and Autistic communities. #AutINSAR #INSAR2025

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

This!! The #AutismIndustrialComplex needs to be disrupted and dismantled. At the very least, DENTED DAILY!

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Christine Jenkins, Canada @christineajenkins.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

A3: #AutINSAR I can’t see the whole program because I don’t qualify to be a member, but the biomedical stream still seems overpowering. Not enough lifespan issues (past 25 or 30 yrs of age). If we want to save lives, then Autistic people need to co-create and co-produce #ResearchAutisticsWant

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Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

A virtual version is desperately needed. But - coming from across the pond - Seattle has given me hope. There is seems to be a quiet resistance to political shenanigans that never hits our news cycle.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 02/05/2025

#INSAR2025 researchers, if you actually talk to autistic people of all ages, disability profiles, and communication profiles, you'll find that a non-innate commonality is … trauma. And as this is avoidable, this is one of the root areas from which all autism research should proceed. #neurodiversity

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 01/05/2025

Siegel doesn't understand how we can get people's needs met without the clarify of a term like #ProfoundAutism, but see @drstevenkapp.bsky.social et al on why this term hurts rather than helps autistic people with high support needs like my own son: psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-... #INSAR2025

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Ok friends and #FAumily, you got me over here on BlueSky, so now please show me what you got. #AskingAutistics, What are your research priorities, concerns and noticeable gaps in the literature? Refer to thread and respond there to @thinkingautism.com #AutINSAR #INSAR2025

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tamamamamara.bsky.social @tamamamamara.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

#AutINSAR A2: I wish people understood how painful and impactful experiences with invalidation and discrimination can be. A lot of autistic people carry trauma related to this and it can have long term effects on mental health, physical health, and access to services and to the community.

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Things that make you go hmmm.. Did you know RFK came from a family who gave a lobotomy to his 23 year old sister who they didn’t understand,even though it was a highly experimental procedure? Left unable to speak ‘intelligibly’ or walk, she was hid away in secret for decades & isolated from family

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

It’s over 2 years since I initially wrote this & began my M. Ed. It is so powerful to be living in a time of transformative change for the Autistic community, bearing witness to mobilization & collaboration, and hopefully making my own contributions count. neurorealme.wordpress.com/2024/05/08/i...

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Intentional Disruptions

As I approach the half-way point for my Master’s Programme, I am reminded once again why I am undertaking this, when many around me are preparing for retirement. Some restless scrolling through adv…

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Looking for ways to actively demonstrate #AutisticAcceptance and foster #Neuroinclusion? (beyond April 2nd!) Follow this thread. 1) Broaden the narrative. Autistics are Everywhere. I have been saying for years, ‘we are not all Rainman, Sheldon or Dr. Shaun Murphy.’

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KarenAnnTimm (Flutters are my Âûn) @kt-neurorealme.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

From X Grok, “I hear your concern about abuse on X—it’s definitely something a lot of folks have been talking about.The shift under Elon Musk has..users feeling it’s gotten messier, more aggressive, or just less enjoyable….”

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