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K.J. Elphinstone

@neurofabulous.bsky.social
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Thinking about humanity from an autistic perspective #Autism, #Autistic, #Neurodivergent, #AutismAcceptance My portrait is by Astrid Poot, astridpoot.nl www.neurofabulous.org.uk

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/09/2026
Every meal we serve means one less child worried about hunger and one more student ready to learn. That’s an investment I’ll defend every damn day. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Fewer skipped meals, less stigma: New data on the impact of Minnesota’s universal school meals
A trio of new studies shows Minnesota’s universal school meals program is providing a sense of relief to Minnesota families and students who are no longer skipping lunch and worrying less about family...
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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jason was kind, generous and gentle soul. Who was lovely to me every times we met and we talked about the pressure of being autistic in academia. He was truly one of the loveliest people you could meet. I am devastated for his family. Just devastated.
Jason Arday Jsson Arday
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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Featuring recommended reading from: @suereviews.bsky.social @claruineill.bsky.social, @neurohubcommunity.org, Kerry Murphy, @drkaradymond.bsky.social @neurofabulous.bsky.social , @thewoodbug.bsky.social , Luke Beardon, @petewharmby.com & @spectrumgaming.bsky.social
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Absolute madness on every level.
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⧖ big rock big water ⧖ (they/them) @bigrockbigwater.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Please repost the thread so we can have enough eyes on it to clear the list!!! Usually we get pretty big donations when people actually repost! ✨✨✨✨✨
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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 27/10/2024
Maybe her, too. She was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome in season 5, after all. Everyone wants to say Rose but this no bullshit witty vibe is my brand of Autism Me, socializing:
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an older woman in a yellow robe is sitting in a chair with the caption how long is this going to last
Alt: Dorothy, from The Golden Girls. an older white woman in a yellow 1980’s rob, sitting in a chair with the caption “how long is this going to last?”
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Kurchak: The Night Stalker @fodderfigure.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I appear to have gained a few hundred followers as a result of being part of an autism starter pack, so maybe now is a good time to do some kind of introduction to my life and work in that realm. Hi! I'm an autistic writer who covers autism, pop culture and the middle of that Venn diagram.
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Dr. Jen @notthatkindadr.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
For any folks who don't know of me already that may stop by, I am neurodivergent af (autism + ADHD), so my manner of speaking and responding may be different than what you are used to. Just know that I have a big big heart and a big big potty mouth. Rarely if ever do I mean any harm. Thanks.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10/04/2025
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September
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Sonido Reyes @sonidoreyes.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I feel this heavily. Every time I thought I was writing a neurotypical character I got ppl complementing me for the authentic autism rep lmao. I finally stopped trying to make characters be neurotypical hahaha
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Erika Is Still Writing @bluetit24.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
1/2 This is why my published, peer-reviewed research means so much to me. It is my contribution and some validation. But most of all important connections with wonderful fellow academics. Unfortunately on another continent. I wish my wonderful colleagues and friends knew how much I appreciate them!
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Erika Is Still Writing @bluetit24.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Thank you, @neurofabulous.bsky.social 💞 I agree with many of your statements. Although I am “on the spectrum” I am only diagnosed with ADHD. I learn a lot through our daughter’s diagnosis. The things you mention makes me a pretty good researcher. Unfortunately I don’t fit in easily; so no career.
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
♾️Ten reasons why I like being autistic♾️ Maybe surprisingly to some, being autistic isn't all bad. Here are some things that may get missed when autism is defined *only* through our difficulties & struggles. #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #AuDHD A thread 🧵 1/11
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Mark Dowhy @empiricalcuriosity.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The concern is real: Disease is considered destructive to an organism. Needs eradicated to prevent. Why do many consider autism a disease? Should we, really? Not just scientist but the general populous. Maybe reframing neurodivergent needs more emphasis to provide support and help, not eradication?
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"Autistic people aren’t afraid of genetic research – they are afraid of what scientists might do with it" #AutismResearch #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent theconversation.com/autistic-peo...
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Autistic people aren’t afraid of genetic research – they are afraid of what scientists might do with it
Most autistic people support genetic research but fear how the findings might be used. Their concerns are becoming harder to dismiss.
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
84% of autistic adults in one study reported they'd been told not to stim. Camouflaging autistic traits has been linked to anxiety, depression, and even lifetime suicidality. #Masking #Autism #MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In the UK, 89-97% of autistic adults aged 40+ may be undiagnosed. That's a whole generation being blamed for traits that weren't named. #LateDiagnosedAutistic #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In the UK, 89-97% of autistic adults aged 40+ may be undiagnosed. That's a whole generation being blamed for traits nobody named. #LateDiagnosedAutistic #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
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Dr. Kendra Preston Leonard (she/her) @kleonardphd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is why This Is Jane, my & Angela Slater’s opera about Chicago’s pre-Roe underground abortion network, is an important work of pro-choice activist art. We tell the truth & promote empathy & compassion. Abortion is healthcare.
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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 20/06/2026
some studies suggest that 25% of Autistic adults attempt suicide 1 in 4 Diagnosis of autism in adults is not attention-seeking or trend It’s the context we need to do more than just survive When you know a risk, you can lower it, and just by knowing more about ideation It’s suicide prevention
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In 46% of cases where therapy is used to stop an autistic child from stimming, the child has come out with symptoms that meet the criteria for PTSD. #ABA #Autism #Masking #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Autism is (by the serious scientists) permitted as pathology, or (by the liberal progressives) dismissed as personality. 1/3 #Autism #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD
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Christopher J Stevens @metaphysiology.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world." #AIslop #refuseresist
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Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives
As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The ‘negative or nothing’ framing sits at the heart of the clinical, medicalised model of autism. You can see it in the billions poured into the hunt for autism prevention, ‘treatments’, and biomarkers. It’s expensive, this war on autism. #AutismResearch #ActuallyAutistic Article & refs 👇
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The British regime dealing with a terrorism suspect, apparently.🤬
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Some autistic traits take more ingenuity than others to frame as out-and-out negatives. Nonetheless, they're routinely presented that way. 1/3 #Neurodiversity #Autism #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
You will note that two of the major Autism Flags use Yellow as the most dominatn color.
flag with a red stripe and orange stryle an yello band that is probley the height of three strypes then a light green srype and htna a green strpe, there is a white infinity symobel in the yellpow band A yellow gold flag inside the flag in an infinity symple, the colors of the symbol are a ranibow of cllors but they are not the typical specrum of clors they are a plightes shares that I dnkot know how to drescipe, like a pastel or a floresent variant like the blue is like a sky or aquimarine blue instead of ever being s deep blue and instead of read its lornage going into deep pink. all the colors are present as variants of a typical rainbow infintiey.
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Vaila @vaila.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Quite a fun game is to come up with any human trait and try to figure out how autism researchers would make it, somehow, be a negative strike against us.
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Deficit or difference? There are a few things about autism that it takes quite a lot of ingenuity to consistently frame them as negative. I've listed some of them here... A thread 🧵 ⬇️ #Autism #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic 1/13
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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My @uoppald.bsky.social student @chloeapter.bsky.social is seeking more participants for her study on autistic people's experiences of being assigned a label like "challenging behaviour"/"problem behaviour" etc (like her). W/ enough participants, all going well, we hope to publish. Could you repost?
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AMASE @amase.org.uk · 27/03/2026
Several of Scotland's Autistic People's Organisations have put together a joint manifesto ahead of May's Scottish Parliament elections. This is about human rights, justice and inclusion. These actions would make life better for a great many people - Autistic and not. amase.org.uk/joint-manife...
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Scottish Autistic People’s Organisations Joint Manifesto – AMASE
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 10/06/2026
An autistic man who routinely plans his conversations well in advance decided to ditch the habit of a lifetime “to see what it was like”, landing him in a Biblical underworld of Christian hell, sources have revealed.
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Autistic man neglects to plan conversation in advance, experiences literal Christian hell
An autistic man who routinely plans his conversations well in advance decided to ditch the habit of a lifetime “to see what it was like”, landing him in a Biblical underworld of Christian hell,…
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 11/06/2026
Freya Emerson, 31, reportedly grew tired of people having to find out she was autistic before shitting on her for everything she did. After some careful painting on the back of an old hoodie, Emerson now bears a visual marker of her status as everyone’s hapless buttmonkey.
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Life hack! Autistic woman paints target on her back to save time
An autistic woman has decided to cut out the middleman by painting a bullseye on her back so everyone knows who to target, it has been reported. Freya Emerson, 31, reportedly grew tired of people…
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 12/06/2026
Graeme Hart, 57, believes autism is a horrific scourge on humanity – but that there’s no reason for you, an autistic person, to be so uncivil about it.
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“We can disagree and stay friends” says man who thinks you should be eugenicsed out of existence
A man who believes you can disagree on politics and “still love each other” also believes scientists should find out what caused you so someone like you never happens again, and you, personally,…
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Edgecrusher @edgecrusherntb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
By Uta Frith's own logic, it's unscientific for neurotypicals to study neurotypicality. (genuine) I say *they* are the ones with harmful and disordered behavior. If they contradict me, it's unscientific. (sarcasm)
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Tao Neuendorffer @taonf.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Gilbert Baker later created a new 9-color version of the pride flag, adding a lavender stripe to the top of his original 1978 design to represent diversity in all its forms
Gilbert Baker sewing together a 9 stripe pride flag, diversity printed on his black shirt, each letter a color of the flagLavender represents diversity 
Pink represents sex or sexuality 
Red represents life 
Orange represents healing 
Yellow represents sunlight 
Green represents nature 
Turquoise represents magic and art 
Indigo represents serenity and harmony 
Purple represents spirit
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A "world without autism" isn't abstract. It's a world without autistic people. #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
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Delaney King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Not only have I not used generative AI... I don't have to. I can draw, paint, animate, 3D model, code, and research, and I have written five novels and dozens of fanfics, a ttrpg and a skirmish game. It's crazy what you can achieve when you actually bother learning and practising stuff.
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Many more women than men have been diagnosed over the years with ‘personality disorders’. These labels are much more personally damning than autism or ADHD - as they judge who you are, rather than explaining how you function. #Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #Sexism #Neurodivergent
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PJ Coffey - They/Them @homebrewandhacking@mastodon.ie @homebrewandhacking.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The New Scientist use to be good... until it was bought and paid for... Why yes, I am repeating myself. Until they stop disguising propaganda as science. "Softening and broadening" when "understanding the condition better" is the actual case.
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Dermot Casey @dermotcasey.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
In case anyone comes across either the ADHD is over diagnosed or Autism is over diagnosed BS. Here are two pieces I wrote that demolish both of those arguments On ADHD (which also touches on Trans & Autism) I wrote www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-e... On Autism dermotcasey.net/the-challeng...
The headline reads, “ADHD and autism are not overdiagnosed. They’re better recognised.” The poster explains that awareness is catching up, diagnostic criteria have evolved, and ADHD and autism have historically been underdiagnosed, especially in girls and women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and adults. It includes icons of a lightbulb with a brain, an open book, a diverse group of people, a heart, and a checklist. The message emphasizes that real struggles are valid, diagnosis can lead to better support, and “This isn’t overdiagnosis. This is overdue recognition.”
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
"The number of autism diagnoses has sharply risen, especially among women and girls – largely because of a softening and broadening of how we define the condition."* Softening and broadening? Interesting wording. #UtaFrith #AutismDiagnosis #ActuallyAutistic
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graemefawcett @graeme.fawcett.social · 27/03/2026
Your essay inspired bubbled.from.loss.dev/long-form/es... Your book, I'm sure, will both delight and inform. 🩷🐘 was here unexpectedly so I've not had a chance to open it
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Some things common in autistic people, like: - trouble sleeping - digestive / eating problems - repetitive actions - a need for routine can be at least partly anxiety-driven. But anxiety in autism isn’t talked about much, despite affecting most autistic people. #Anxiety #GAD #Autism #AuDHD
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Kenneth Freeman @kencf0618.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Blast from the past. www.librarything.com/work/4259596...
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I'm OK—You're OK by Thomas A. Harris
I'm OK—You're OK by Thomas A. Harris
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Jo MacD @jomacd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
That’s *Doctor* “pretending to be okay when I’m actually not”. I’ve been a parent for 35 years and you could count on one hand the number of times my kids have seen me cry - and one of them was watching Obama’s inauguration. My parents emoted all over the place. I will not.
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I think a lot of autistic people must have like a Masters degree in "pretending to be okay when I'm actually not." Becoming such a constant that you literally don't know what it feels like to not be doing this. 😬 #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Anxiety #MentalHealth #Masking #Neurodivergent
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Flash qFiasco @flashqfiasco.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
There have always been neurodivergent people; it's nothing new. It's just that some cultures know/knew better than others how to integrate them and appreciate their special abilities.
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K.J. Elphinstone @neurofabulous.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The world, to autistic people: "How can someone be struggling in society, need support - and there not be anything wrong with them?" Autistic people: Gesturing around... genuinely puzzled... #Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #AuDHD
Blaze in California, La Tuna.
Photo is of a lot of smoke coming up behind a building - a school - with mountains behind.
Photograph by Chris Yarzab, reproduced with permission.
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