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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Registration for the first-ever Neurodivergent Music Studies conference is now open! Register for free here: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual...

Text reads: "Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference. Jun 26th & Jul 1st, Virtual. Music and neurodivergence. Interdisciplinary welcome. Explore the interconnection between music and neurodivergence. Questions? Contact the Neurodivergent Music Network at neurodivergentmusicnetwork@gmail.com". A QR Code welcoming participants to scan is available. The top depicts logos for The Neurodivergent Music Network, UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council, and CHASE Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England.

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I am looking forward to giving a presentation on Autistic music at the next Goldsmiths/Lewisham Research Café for Autism Acceptance Month! On Wed. 29th of April at 12pm, at Goldsmiths Library @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social More info and booking (free): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goldsmiths...

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Only 5 days left to submit an abstract for the first Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference! #AutRes #MusicResearch #PhD #AcademicSky

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

One of the best parts of my PhD has been realising I'm not the only one tired of neuronormativity in neurodivergent music research. Historically this area has rarely been explored in neurodiversity-affirming ways, especially when it comes to stigmatised neurominorities.

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Laura Crane @lauramaycrane.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Delighted to share this new article, led by doctoral researcher Lucie Eadon, on whether active learning approaches in higher education are enabling or disabling for autistic learners #autres journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Monotropism.org @monotropism.org · 21/03/2026

Every now and then we post a round-up of research that's been published mentioning monotropism in recent months. As more and more is published, this becomes a harder and harder task! This one only takes us to last December. monotropism.org/2026/winter-...

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Winter Research Round-Up 2025

A round-up of research and academic books related to monotropism, collated by Helen Edgar with Fergus Murray. This is just a snapshot of some things that have crossed our path between June and Dece…

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TORO @destinytoro.com · 25/03/2026

Amazing collection of some of Alice Wong’s writings. If you’re not familiar, please peruse. RIP Alice, we miss you tremendously 🖤

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

We encourage researchers from all disciplines to submit, including but not limited to: • #MusicPsychology & #Psychoacoustics • #MusicComposition & #Performance • #PracticeResearch • #Music #Computing • #MusicEducation • #Musicology To submit: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com/2026-virtual...

Text reads: "Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference. June 26th & July 1st, Virtual. Music and neurodivergence. Interdisciplinary welcome. Explore the interconnection between music and neurodivergence. Questions? Contact the Neurodivergent Music Network at neurodivergentmusicnetwork@gmail.com". A QR code welcoming participants to scan is available. The top depicts logos for The Neurodivergent Music Network, UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council, and CHASE Networks.

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The Neurodivergent Music Network now has its own domain name: www.neurodivergentmusicnetwork.com The deadline to submit a paper for our inaugural conference is April 13th! #MusicSky #AcademicSky #AutRes

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I keep thinking about the increasing push to narrow the criteria for autism diagnosis. There is a profound social impact to this: the fragmentation of Autistic communities. While this doesn't seem like the most problematic of consequences, it actually can have profound repercussions. 1/

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Uta Frith's claims that autistic masking doesn't exist because of a lack of research ignores a significant body of peer-reviewed research directly linking long-term masking to burnout, depression, and suicidality. It silences the voices of autistic people who have been sharing their experiences. 1/

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A most excellent response to Uta Frith's statements!

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

New conference poster 🙂 Submit your abstracts for the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference here: theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #AutRes #MusicResearch #CallForPapers #AcademicSky #Neurodivergent #Music

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Canary SEND @canarysend.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Uta Frith said masking isn’t real, late diagnoses were probably wrong, and non-speaking autistic people who write may be lying. She admitted she had no proof. None of it was challenged. I wrote the response she didn’t get: www.canarysend.co.uk/canarysendbl...

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“Masking Is a Myth, Late Diagnoses Are Wrong, and Non-Speaking Autistic People May Be Lying” - What Uta Frith Got Wrong — canary SEND

Professor Uta Frith said masking isn't real, late diagnoses were mistakes, and non-speaking autistic people may be lying. She had no evidence. Here's the response she didn't get.

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Harriet Cannon @harrietcannon.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

@petewharmby.com isn't active on here these days, but he, along with others, has written a response to that Uta Frith TES article www.twinkl.co.uk/news/experts...

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

A conversation earlier today about graphic design made me wonder how I visualise things. If I try to conjure an image in my mind's eye, there is a picture. But it's often poorly defined. If it's a face, for instance, I don't see the details.

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Nick Walker @dr-nicky.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It's my favorite holiday, WEIRD PRIDE DAY! I'll be spending the day being weird (same thing I do every day, Pinky). Here's a nice thread of Weird Pride events. Or, you can celebrate Weird Pride Day by catching up on the Weird Luck webcomic! #weird #weirdpride weirdluck.net/weird-luck-c...

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Weird Luck Chapter List • Weird Luck

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 04/03/2026

Happy Weird Pride Day to all who celebrate! I'm really happy with how it's coming together so far. I hope we'll see a good few people posting bits of writing and videos and things today, too, besides the things I've directly organised myself (with help from many others)...

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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I've published a new substack post on the ideological function of dismissing political opponents as 'mad' or 'insane'. open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...

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Gramsci on Madness and Fascism

Hegemony and Sanist Slurs

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We highly encourage submissions about Mad Music and less researched types of neurodivergence for the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference! For more info and to submit an abstract, visit: theneurodivergentmusicnetwork.weebly.com/2026-virtual... #MadStudies #Research

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2026 Virtual Summer Conference

Dear all, We are excited to invite you to the Neurodivergent Music Studies Conference on June 26th (synchronous) and July 1st 2026 (asynchronous). Our virtual event is held by the Neurodivergent...

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

New study highlights the day-to-day importance of autistic flow Work by Daniella Wain and colleagues details a non-pathologising view of flow states in autistic individuals, and how they maintain wellbeing by By Emily Reynolds 03 March 2026 www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

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New study highlights the day-to-day importance of autistic flow | BPS

Work by Daniella Wain and colleagues details a non-pathologising view of flow states in autistic individuals, and how they maintain wellbeing

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Happy @weirdpride.day 2026! 'Weird Pride is a celebration, but it is also, always, a protest: an act of resistance and solidarity, in a world where nonconformity is too often punished'. Even in hostile ground, wildflowers can find a way to bloom. Join our community events weirdpride.day/2026-context

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Thought provoking article by @autisticrealms.bsky.social ! Some aspects of it resonated deeply with my own research and creative practice. Because of all the harmful stereotypes around autistic people, there's a common belief that autistic musicians like to work in isolation. 1/

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 22/02/2026

#AutRes Being Autistic made me a better floor nurse and makes me a better prescriber & diagnostician 💯 Autistic healthcare professionals could fill the staffing shortage (read: labor crisis) if we paid fair wages, had universal healthcare, and accepted more PT positions w/in healthcare settings.

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Why We Need More Autistic Health Care Professionals and How to Support Them - Sara Eileen O’Neil Woods, 2026

Many autistic characteristics (especially attention to detail, social nonconformity, monotropism, and knowledge of autism) set autistic health care professional...

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I’m doing this tomorrow after some sleep, finishing my slides, maybe washing my hair, it’s going to be fun, come along I will not promise a complete overview of the lit on epistemic injustice because lol no fucking way but I can promise a useful introduction to epistemic oppression/ignorance

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Xsara Helmi 🇬🇧 🇪🇬 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 @xsarahelmi.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Grateful for my 1st paper being published ‘HOSPITAL NOISES: Sonic Autobiography and the Embodied Experience of Autistic Auditory Perception – A Transdisciplinary Arts-Practice Inquiry’ - Journal of Creative Research Methods 2:1, early view April @brisunipress.bsky.social #autism #abr #PaR #academia

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Camden @camdenluxford.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Yes! I’m still struggling with self-acceptance but noticing moments of sensory bliss and working to make them a regular occurrence has been a really important step for me. A3 #AutChat

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Solveig ⚧ - Autistic Acceptance Worldwide @autisticb4mmr.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Self-acceptance is for when I feel good about myself. Self-acceptance is for when I feel bad about myself. And self-acceptance is not locked behind the approval or disapproval of others. #AutChat A1

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Ah, good question! I think what is helping me the most with that is my creative practice. The more I understand how my approaches to music composition are intrinsically linked to my bodymind and incorporate that into my work, the more accepting I become of it. #AutChat A3

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

To me self-acceptance means being comfortable with who I am. It isn't about making value judgements (good or bad), it just means accepting my bodymind as it is, in this moment. A1 #AutChat

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 01/03/2026

Today is March 1st, the disability day of mourning to honor victims of filicide don’t really want to say a lot about it w/ everything but this is a bigger problem than one might expect & ASAN has tools ok that’s enough on that today for me, thank you, I love you, please be safe & kind if you can 🫶🏻

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2026 Anti-Filicide Toolkit - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

In the past five years, over 548 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Sunday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to ...

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T. Keith Edmunds @tkedmunds.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Dozens more journals added to this list today. Ideas and suggestions always welcome. #AcademicSky #Academics #PhDLife #HigherEd #Research

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Classical Crescendo @classicalcrescendo.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

#News French composer Éliane Radigue has died aged 94. A onetime collaborator of musique concrète pioneer Pierre Schaeffer, she became a major voice in electronic music, later embracing Tibetan Buddhism and, from 2004, writing only for acoustic instruments. #ClassicalMusic #ExperimentalMusic

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

#Neurodivergent composers: what are your preferred notation systems? Do you find graphic scores more efficient in representing your sensory experiences? #Synaesthesia #Composer #NeurodivergentMusic #ClassicalMusic #MusicSky #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

In respects to auditory processing: pretty much everywhere! Education, work, social occasions... I still struggle with it sometimes, but I am much more confident with taking the time I need to process information, and not being as afraid of making mistakes. Sort of 😅 #AutChat A2

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Auditory processing differences. Until I realised I was autistic a few years ago, I had no idea why I was struggling with processing speech. My first memories of masking: being laughed at in school for this, and trying my best to hide it ever since (spoiler alert: not a good idea!) #AutChat A1

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Routledge Books @routledgebooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Highlighting the LGBT+ community's past, present, and future. Our editors have curated a collection of books on LGBTQ+ history, culture, identity, and the ongoing equality movement. spr.ly/63328h5YJn @thisiskryss.bsky.social

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Women working in the music industry will not be the least bit surprised to discover that a bunch of rich men talked about buying a record label because of the access it would give them to women Epstein also talked about buying model agencies and fashion houses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Epstein eyed record label investment to access women, files suggest

His associate said the music industry was

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Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A year ago I gave this talk on Musical Neuroqueering 👇🏻 I really enjoyed discussing my research, diving into the connection between #music & #neurodivergence and how we can dismantle neuronormative standards through creative practice. #NeurodivergentMusic #AcademicSky #MusicResearch

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 17/02/2026

Patients were forced to go private at great personal cost because NHS assessments for ADHD have waitlists up to 8 years long. And now, despite having those diagnoses, GPs are just refusing to give people meds they need for a diagnosis they have because... fuck you, that's why. Cool!

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Monique Botha @drmbothapsych.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Participants wanted! 👥 Take part in an online survey on minority stress & neurodiversity (20–40 mins), inc. focus on burden from administrative systems! Open to neurotypical & neurodivergent adults (18+), English proficient, no location limits 🌍 🔗 durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Research Reshare! Wain, D. et. al., (2026) Transitioning in and out of autistic flow: A qualitative study presenting a non-pathologising approach to neurodivergent wellbeing and conceptualising autistic ways of being in clinical and therapeutic settings. kar.kent.ac.uk/112495/ #flow #monotropism

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