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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 04/07/2026

In 1983, Oregon built a family of advocacy commissions. Today there are five. Four share an independent home. The fifth, the oldest, the one for disabled Oregonians, was sent to live inside the agency it advises. Thursday, July 16, 1 p.m., the story goes public. bit.ly/TheFifthChair

Promo graphic. A round table with five seats: four yellow chairs are pulled up, and the fifth sits apart in a dashed outline. Text reads: The Fifth Chair. A public presentation. Thursday, the 16th of July, 2026, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Pacific, on Zoom. ASL and CART provided. Free and open to the public.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 09/04/2026

With 450 objects in the Neurodivergent Compendium, deciding on a good categorization and organizational structure is essential. Looking across all of it to find the consistent themes reveals the following.

The Organizing Logic
Each category answers a distinct question:
• What lenses do we use? → Paradigms & Frameworks
• What are people? → Neurotypes & Conditions
• How do minds work? → Cognition & Processing
• Who are we? → Identity, Culture & Community
• How do we connect? → Communication & Relationships
• What does it feel like? → Lived Experience & Wellbeing
• What does the world do to us? → Systems, Structures & Ableism
• What do we do about it? → Praxis & Tools

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 23/03/2026

New abstract fit of mine lead to a great discussion with 12 yo son about representation, gender, sexual orientation, pride, and democratic systems/teams/committees. Although by “great”, may not mean he actually listened or will remember. But it ever hopeful. ❤️

A dark charcoal gray t-shirt features a graphic made entirely of colorful polka dots arranged in the shape of a lightning bolt or stylized arrow pointing right. The dots are roughly the size of large coins and densely packed together.

The dots are drawn from a wide spectrum of colors with no repeating pattern, representing many different pride flags simultaneously. Colors include red, orange, yellow, green (both bright and lime), teal, light blue, medium blue, purple, lavender, pink, hot pink, magenta, white, gray, brown, and black. This broad palette references multiple pride flags, including the rainbow Pride flag, the bisexual flag, the transgender flag, the nonbinary flag, the intersex flag, the asexual flag, and others within the LGBTQIA2+ community.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 16/02/2026

“The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.” —Maya Angelou

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 01/02/2026

Data Equity Defined Data equity transforms numbers into liberation • Who we count determines who counts • Data reveals or conceals structural inequities • Disaggregated data makes invisible communities visible

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 09/10/2025

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” —Audre Lord

B&W picture of Audre Lord looking contemplative taken in 1980 by K Kendall in Austin, Texas.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 10/07/2025

Join the Grand Re-Opening of the Bethel Family Resource Center today, 10 July, from 4-6pm. New location at the Clear Lake Community Resource Center. 4646 Barger Ave. Eugene, Oregon 97402 #Eugene #EugeneOregon #Bethel

Picture of scissors cutting a gold ribbon with the following words on top:

Bethel Family Resource Center
Don't Miss It
GRAND
RE-OPENING
We are excited to announce the Grand ReOpening of the Bethel Family Resource Center (formerly the Cascade Family Resource Center) at its new location at the Clear Lake Community Resource Center. We are excited to serve the Bethel Community in our new location.
Thursday
From 4 - 6 PM
July 10, 2025
4646 Barger Ave.
Eugene, Oregon 97402

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 16/05/2025

Oregon Summer EBT returns for 2025! Eligible students get $120 for groceries. Families on SNAP/TANF/OHP or children with free/reduced meals qualify. Benefits start May 22. Apply by Sept 3 at sebt.oregon.gov or call 1-833-673-7328.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 02/05/2025

New book just got delivered: Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism Robert Chapman #TooManyBooksToRead #CantStopWontStop

Photo of a book titled:

Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
Robert Chapman

Book features the outside of a human head filled in with a diverse scene of Audubon-like humming bird drawings.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 01/03/2025

She still pissy that the neurodivergent community came together to dissociate her name from originating the word “neurodiversity” because of her transphobia? Accountability is viscous indeed.

Screenshot of a post by “Judy Singer Australia” that says:

“I'm now blocking vicious defamers who call me "transphobic" for the simple tweet that "Trans'women' are not Women, and should find themselves another moniker. My aim was to point out the importance of self-naming for real Pride, as is done in many other non-binary cultures.
But silly me, I didnt make it clear.”

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 21/02/2025

My beloved wife got me some new buttons and a sticker. She’s so thoughtful. ❤️

Picture of a table with three buttons and a sticker. The three buttons read:

MAKE LYING
WRONG AGAIN

CURE ABLEISM
NOT AUTISM

PRO-CHOICE
PRO- LOVE
PRO-SCiENCE

And a sticker that reads:
ONE DAY
we will wake up
TO HIS
OBITUARY

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 29/01/2025

So appreciative of the @orcoastaquarium.bsky.social for working with Kulture City to be more inclusive and informed.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 27/01/2025

This should help you get started. This is part of my writeup about it.

Screenshot of write up about the BSP Disability Model
Summary
The Biopsychosocial Model conceptualizes disability as arising from dynamic interactions between biological, psychological, and social factors. Emerging from medical and social science integration in the 1970s, this framework attempts to bridge medical and social understandings of disability through a holistic, systems-based approach. It recognizes how physical conditions, mental states, and environmental factors continuously interact to shape disability experience.
While gaining influence in healthcare and rehabilitation contexts, this model offers both opportunities and challenges. It provides tools for understanding complex interactions in disability experience, while raising questions about practical implementation and assessment methods. The model continues shaping clinical practice and service delivery, particularly in settings emphasizing comprehensive care approaches, though implementation often requires significant professional adaptation. Its principles remain central to contemporary healthcare while evolving to address implementation challenges and equity concerns.
(Engel, 1977; Wade & Halligan, 2017; Imrie, 2004)
Quote
"Health and disability cannot be understood through biological factors alone - the complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social influences shapes both individual experience and societal response."
—George Engel, "The Need for a New Medical Model" (1977)
History
Key Time Periods:
- 1970s: Initial framework development
- 1980s: Healthcare integration

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 19/01/2025

And that’s it for TikTok. I’m uncomfortable with anyone relying on or making deal with Drumpf.

Screenshot of a message from TikTok indicating that the app is no longer running:

Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now
A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now.

We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!

Learn more. Close app

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 09/01/2025

Let's talk about ableism... Ableism is bias against disabled people, viewing non-disabled as superior, creating limiting barriers. It's a complicated and nuanced subject. What does ableism look like to you? What's been your experience? #Ableism #NDGlossary

Neurodiversity Glossary/Lexicon screenshot of the ableism definition: Discrimination against disabled people based on the belief that the non-disabled are superior. Ableism includes prejudiced attitudes, stereotyping, and wrong ideas about disabled people. It also creates barriers that limit opportunities for disabled people. Ableism exists at personal, institutional, and cultural levels. It often assumes that disabled people need to be “fixed” instead of being valued for their unique perspectives and contributions.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 29/12/2024

“…how diverse they are in comparison to your race, eth-nicity, age, ability, background, gender, sexual orientation, and so on. Often these exercises are surprisingly unsurprising-we surround ourselves with people who look, sound, and live like us. Familiarity equals comfort, safety, and security."

Excerpt from the book The AntiAbleist Manifesto, chapter 14. Highlighted portion reads: "If you've ever participated in unconscious bias training..you might have been asked about your closest contacts," says DEI manager Siobhán Kangataran,
"and then asked to consider how diverse they are in comparison to your race, eth-nicity, age, ability, background, gender, sexual orientation, and so on. Often these exercises are surprisingly unsurprising-we surround ourselves with people who look, sound, and live like us. Familiarity equals comfort, safety, and security."

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 29/12/2024

There’s no “higher” or “lower” on the spectrum. There are just different traits and expressions and support needs. Everyone is different.

What people think the autism spectrum looks like, vs. what the spectrum actually looks like.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 25/12/2024

Do everything you can to report this account for posting this kind of damaging and ableist crap, as well as all the science hoax info they’re posting. It harmful, hurtful and damaging.

Skydive @skydive8.bsky.social
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THE CURE FOR AUTISM IN CHILDREN AND POSSIBLY ADULTS?
jefftbowles.com/autism-cure-.
AUTISM
THE CURE FOR AUTISM IN CHILDREN AND POSSIBLY ADULTS? - Jeff T
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THE CURE FOR AUTISM IN CHILDREN AND POSSIBLY ADULTS?

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 14/12/2024

Autism isn’t an umbrella term. But neurodivergence is. Autism is a “spectrum”, but not how most people think.

Two frames comparing what Autism Spectrum means. On the left is a linear line between “more” or “less” autistic. On the right is a circular color wheel with language, motor skills, executive functioning, perception and sensory as pie wedges.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 12/12/2024

The system is designed to maintain the divide between the autism and Autistic communities to serve the gaping capitalist maw of the Autism Industrial Complex. Fear is a useful tool. This book is a good stop in the right direction.

Book cover
Title: “I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World”
Authors: Meghan Ashburn and Jules Edwards
Foreword by Morénike Giwa Onaiwu

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 09/12/2024

The gender of those providing harmful ABA therapy has never been the point. But to say any criticism of ABA is somehow a specific attack on women defies all logic.

BlueSky post by: Jennifer Fitzpatrick BCBA: “Women who provide ABA therapy, have their professional contributions devalued, and their efforts to provide evidence-based care are framed as oppressive. These self dx autistic males act like the victims but in reality, they attack and abuse aba therapy practitioners who are 85% women.”

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 09/12/2024

Don’t question this BCBA TERF or bring up harms of ABA, or the fact that ABA hasn’t passed the most demanding scientific tests, or you’ll get accused of misogyny. If you’re an autistic woman? I’m sure she’ll come up with some other accusation.

BlueSky post by Jennifer Fitzpatrick BCBA: “The criticism of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy by certain individuals, particularly self-diagnosed autistic males, reveals a deeper issue rooted in misogyny, sexism, and resistance to accountability.”

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 09/12/2024

This BCBA TERF is trying any angle she can to silence and tone police the autistic community, including creating controversies that only exist in her mind. (I’d much rather have autistic women take ownership and control of the platform than me, because old while men in general have said FAR enough.)

BlueSky post screenshot by Jennifer Fitzpatrick BCBA
“While the neurodiversity movement raises valid points about acceptance and inclusion, the way these critiques are often expressed— especially by men—reflects problematic attitudes toward women and authority rather than genuine advocacy for autistic individuals.”

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 04/12/2024

You’re going to see me using this term, “strategically undervalued”, a lot. Check out @weareautastic.bsky.social and support their important work.

I tried a new phrase in a meeting today.
Instead of "underserved," "underprivileged,"
"historically marginalized,"
Try "strategically undervalued".
I like it because it emphasizes the purposefulness of racism (rather than
'historically which gives a kind of happenstance energy) and uplifts the community by emphasizing the value of the community, rather than emphasizing the marginalization.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 04/12/2024

👨‍👦 Proud #AuDHD and #Dyslexic dad to an amazing neurodivergent son, living the Pacific Northwest dream. Husband to an honorary neurodivergent wife, cat parent to Mr. Brooks and Ms. Mittens. 2/

Two cats laying next to each other on a cushion. On the left is a white cat with brown mottled coloring, green eyes, wearing a purple collar. On the right is a tabby tiger-striped cat with yellow eyes.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 04/12/2024

Such a sad, lonely, ABA cult-member and TERF who can’t gain any engagement. So she tries to stir up controversy about autistic RESEARCHERS who SPEAK UP! OMG! Or that we ignore other “levels” of autistics. This is all meant to deny our voices, tone police and divide us. Don’t fall for it.

Jennifer Fitzpatrick BCBA @je... • 6h
The neurodiversity movement often highlights Level 1 supports but neglects the needs of those requiring Level 2 and 3 supports. Women, as primary caregivers, are left to navigate a lack of resources, fighting for their children's needs without sufficient advocacy. #Neurodiversity
#Equity

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 02/12/2024

Credit: I'd like to credit Kaligirwa Namahoro (@blackspectrumscholor on Instagram) for inspiring my journey into researching Disability Models. Their two-part series mentioning a few Disability Models which sparked my dive down a rich rabbit hole of discovery. www.instagram.com/blackspectru...

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 02/12/2024

Screenshot from their website. I love how they are non-committal and think that “autism community” is the same as “autistic community”.

Does NEXT for AUTISM have board members and employees with autism?

NEXT for AUTISM has a diverse group of advisors in our community and on our board, including many autistic voices. We are always seeking to expand our community and add additional voices. Earlier this year, we expanded our Advisory Board to include much more representation from the autism community, and have committed to including more autistic board members in the future.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 01/12/2024

Because of @audhd-psychnp.com, I’m suddenly thinking of dark star-filled skies. Four years ago, when I still had a professional camera, I tried my hand at astrophotography when wife and I visited Crystal Crane Hot Springs in Eastern Oregon.

A star filled long exposure photo of the Milk Way

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 28/11/2024

It’s more than that… Not this is from the official Neurodivergent Deciding Committee, but the following image is pretty illustrative.

The image depicts a purple umbrella with a curved handle, standing as a central symbol of neurodiversity. Around the umbrella are various terms written in different colors and orientations representing different neurodivergent conditions and experiences. These include terms like ADHD, Autism, Epilepsy, and others, scattered dynamically around the umbrella as if sheltered beneath its protective span. At the top of the umbrella, the word 'NEURODIVERGENT' is prominently displayed. At the bottom of the graphic, there's a note indicating this is a '*NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST', and it includes a credit to 'www.livedexperienceeducator.com' along with a social media handle '@livedexperienceeducator'. The design metaphorically suggests that neurodiversity encompasses a wide, interconnected range of neurological experiences and identities, all united under a single, inclusive "umbrella".

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 26/11/2024

When I’m working or representing as a public servant or community activist, I wear my identities and beliefs on my lanyard. Unfortunately not everyone feels safe or has the privilege to do this.

A rainbow infinity lanyard with various pins attached to it. One the left is an “AuDHD” pin. In the middle is a “You are SAFE with me” rainbow circular pin. On the right is an upside down Queer Pride pin, a peace dove of Palestine pin, and a Disability Pride flap pin.

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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org · 25/11/2024

And with this we wrap up a very familiar journey, like all the others before we’ve taken with BCBA’s and other ABA cult-like members that I’ve encountered over the years who feel it’s OK to talk over Autistic voices. “Your thinking is bad and you should feel bad.”

Five yellow and black cards laid out on a wooden surface, each describing a different cognitive bias such as the backfire effect, confirmation bias, and sunk cost fallacy. Part of a 'call out card' game with explanatory text about psychological biases.

Five game cards laid out on a wooden surface, each describing a different cognitive bias or logical fallacy, such as Texas sharpshooter, personal incredulity, and appeal to authority, with black backgrounds and white and red text.

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