iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Sending you all the love. We're always here if you need to vent ❤️🫂

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I hope this bought you a small moment of joy! Keep them coming ❤️

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The accessories aren't welded to Barbie - people can pick and choose what to play with. You're never going to represent everyone and they did well to consult with ASAN. At the end of the day, it is a child's toy & not designed to represent an adult with decades of honed Oscar-worthy masking skills.

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The world of so many autistic people opens up when they're given access to appropriate AAC, but far too many people are denied the basic right of communication and live a restricted, impoverished life as a result. AAC representation is a good thing and maybe it will help more people access it.

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Hoping you and your family remain safe. I grew up in the Blue Mountains and had my yard burn and was evacuated multiple times. I know how eerie and scary it can be.

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

As stated, this is an interim list which will be updated. Many people on it won't even know about the fiasco yet. People are free to make their choice, once they know about it. (What an incredible line-up has been so insulted & sabotaged. Look at this list of what the festival was going to be.)

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🐈‍⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 09/01/2026

"A Total Fire Ban will be in place tomorrow, Sat 10 January for Greater Sydney, Illawarra Shoalhaven, Far South Coast, Greater Hunter, Monaro Alpine, Southern and Central Ranges and the Southern Slopes. Hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast across much of the state, increasing the fire danger"

A Total Fire Ban will be in place tomorrow, Saturday 10 January, for Greater Sydney, Illawarra Shoalhaven, Far South Coast, Greater Hunter, Monaro Alpine, Southern and Central Ranges and the Southern Slopes. Hot, dry and windy conditions are forecast across much of the state, increasing the fire danger.

Take action now. Know your fire risk and what you will do if fire threatens. Report all unattended fires to Triple Zero (000).

For more information on Total Fire Ban rules, visit the #RFS website: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fdr

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Richard 🐗 🪵 @rogley8.ribbit.org · 09/01/2026

In an emergency the abc.net.au and emergency.vic.gov.au websites may be unavailable in your area. You can tune into the local radio stations on: Goulburn Valley: 97.7 FM Corryong: 99.7 FM Upper Murray: 106.5 FM Melbourne: 774 AM Alexandra: 102.9 FM Mansfield: 103.7 FM Eildon: 98.1 FM

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John Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Happy International People with Disabilities Day Australia!

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I'm pretty sure there was a period in the 90s where I thought this too!

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Sounds like a more preferable activity. Hope the call was brief and productive!

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Amazing 😍 Hoping it goes really well. You'll definitely have to keep us updated 💜

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Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

To honor Alice—and all our disability ancestors—is to keep building that connective tissue she described. To love fiercely, politically, on purpose. To ensure the filaments they left behind continue to glow in us, and through us, long after the world has forgotten their names. We won’t.

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Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Yes, this is what I was trying to say! Sorry if it wasn’t clear (I am much better at explaining myself with long passages rather than being succinct as is needed on social media) 😊

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

It became very apparent to me that this wasn't a reality once I began to learn about the experiences of earlier diagnosed autistics, both those of a similar age to me, and present day.

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I completely agree. I think if you're late diagnosed, it's very easy in those early days to romanticise about a life that could have been if you were diagnosed at a young age and given all the support you needed. But those supports weren't around, and generally aren't now either.

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I suspect I am reading the same book. I'm not very far in, but it otherwise seems good so far.

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Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The ASA welcomes the Albanese Government’s decision to rule out a Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception to Australian copyright law, which would have allowed for AI training on authors’ work. aapnews.aap.com.au/news/copyrig...

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Tech developers will not have a "free pass" to use creative works to train AI systems, but advocates say more protections are needed against copyright theft.

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

That sounds amazing. Maybe one day there won't be so much physical distance

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 30/10/2025

Autumn shares a poem: “Nothing about us without us means all of us together The loud, the silent, the joyous, and the somber The future is an echo that arrives before the sound”

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 30/10/2025

The first award is the Nothing About Us Without Us Award, given to self-advocates whose work fights to make sure that our community’s voices are being heard. This year, this award goes to Autumn Lauener for their tireless work supporting both the autistic and trans community across Texas.

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 30/10/2025

“Most of all, we know that, whatever laundry list of activities they can and cannot do, the life of every autistic person is worth living.” – Colin Killick, ASAN’s Executive Director

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 30/10/2025

“We know the world is full of autistic people, including those with high support needs, who do all those things amazingly, from nonspeaking poets, to policy experts with intellectual disabilities.”

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 30/10/2025

“When the government spreads lies about autism, these lies put the autistic community in danger. They threaten our access to health care, our right to make choices for ourselves, and our right to live in the community.”

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Oh that is the worst. Our next door neighbours added another whole story to their house and it was sensory hell for six months. I hope it doesn’t last too long for you.

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Yes I know! But don’t worry, the library had it back within a couple of hours of my copy arriving. I’d filled it with post-it notes marking things so had to wait for my copy to transfer them to the right spots!

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I’ve already finished, it’s fantastic! I’m working on some stuff around mis/disinformation, so it’s been super interesting and really relevant. Info dumped half the book to my partner until they said they were just going to read it too. Well written and really easy to read. Brilliant work!

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 26/10/2025

Today in Hell yes, research: "Autistic children with little to no spoken language may understand more language than they produce, which means spoken vocabulary is not a good proxy for one’s understanding of words." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity

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Conceptualizing and describing autistic language: Moving on from ‘verbal’, ‘minimally verbal’ and ‘nonverbal’ - Kristen Bottema-Beutel, Alyssa Hillary Zisk, Jordyn Zimmerman, Betty Yu, 2025

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

You know you've been taken in by a book when only a few pages in to the library copy, you buy your own. Conspiracy Nation by @arielbogle.bsky.social and @cameronwilson.bsky.social publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/...

Photo of 2 copies of the book Conspiracy Nation: Exposing the Dangerous World of Australian Conspiracy Theories by Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson. The cover is stylised with illustrations reflecting Australia and conspiracy theories in white, orange, and black. One copy displays the library's shelf number on its spine.

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

100%! and I must say your garden is looking very inviting at this time of year 🍂

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Happy napping and carving! I really hope your time stays protected so you get that much needed reset.

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I'm helping to set up a community of practice to end the bullying of autistic students in Australian schools. If you'd like to participate, please get in touch using the form below. Further details in the thread following. forms.gle/RFPJag4wffdq...

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Expression of Interest: Community of Practice to Prevent Bullying of Autistic Students

Please use this form to express your interest in joining a community of practice to help end the bullying of Autistic students in Australia. There are 11 questions on this form. 10 are compulsory a...

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I don’t have the qualifications to participate, but this is so important and I’m really glad you’re doing this. Happy to support from the fringes

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 24/09/2025

Are you autistic? What did you think of the announcement yesterday? I want to hear from you for a Guardian US article: melodyschreiber@pm.me

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The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @autisticbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I am begging people to please seek out Autistic voices if you want to learn about autism. You will find that rather than wanting our lives to be prevented or cured, we want appropriate supports for ALL Autistic people (including those with intellectual disability and other co-occurring conditions).

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The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @autisticbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Autistic people are not your tragedies and we should not be the subject of your conspiracies and dehumanising rhetoric. We are not mythical creatures to pity but real people with needs and desires, just like you.

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The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @autisticbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

It appears the foreseeable future will be even more difficult for autistic people & their loved ones because of the heinous disinformation coming from the US government &their supporters. We should not need to reiterate the humanity of Autistic people, but here we are, watching as progress is erased

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

@annmemmott.bsky.social posted on linkedin: "If it is safe for you to speak out, when such an announcement happens, please do so. If it is not safe, please take really good care of yourselves and those you love....."

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Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

This is an excellent newsletter. If you haven't already subscribed, now would be the perfect time so you can discover accurate and informative information about autism.

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John Choiniere @johnchoiniere.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Acetaminophen/paracetamol use in pregnancy doesn't cause autism, no matter what RFK says this week. This is not an unsettled question. Evidence summarized here: sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

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Tylenol and Autism

Earlier this year, HHS secretary RFK Jr. predicted that, "By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures." Scientists have been researc

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