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Sarah Akin

@sarahakin.bsky.social
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Autistic, sensitive, strange, and solitary. INFJ, sp/sx 5w4 substack.com/@sarahakin/posts The Arts, Cognitive and Social Science, Pragmatism, Nonviolence, Sci-Fi, Horror, Arthouse, Archetype, Metaphorical Mapping, Simulacra, AI

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♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's also understanding that autism is an intrinsic part of human diversity, of autistic people. You don't get autism outside of autistic people, and we should value and cherish them (cherish *you*) as we would any precious member of our family and society.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Emily Paige Ballou @epballou.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hi all! I'm very, very proud to have this essay in the latest issue of Wordgathering! wordgathering.syr.edu/vol20/issue1...
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Emily Paige Ballou - Wordgathering – Syracuse University
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Agnes Obel @agnesobel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the day has arrived - The Meaning of Flowers is out in the world. these songs no longer belong just to me; they are also yours now. i hope they find a quiet place to settle, and that you find yourself and your experiences reflected somewhere within them. agnesobel.ffm.to/themeaningof...
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 05/09/2026
If we don't understand WHY an autistic person is having difficulties, then we may not be teaching them useful coping skills. This is a fundamental issue with even "new and nicer" Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). From Rebecca Engle, at @endseclusion.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/QuestioningBehaviors
Graphic with a yellow background.

Text reads, "Questions to Ask About an Autistic Child’s “Behaviors”

"What is this child’s nervous system experiencing?
What sensory information is overwhelming them?
What physiological need has gone unmet?
How is chronic stress affecting executive functioning?
What developmental experiences shaped this response?"

"These questions do not reject behavior. They simply recognize that behavior is downstream from the brain."

Smaller text in the lower left reads, "Rebecca Engle at @EndSeclusionOrg
tinyurl.com/QuestioningBehaviors"

The current Thinking Person's Guide to Autism logo is in the lower right.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 20/08/2026
If your autistic child has a communication disability and can't tell you how they feel, then your best bet is to look to autistic people who *can* tell you what they are experiencing, or what they experienced when they couldn't communicate. Ask me how I know. -SR #autism #parenting #neurodiversity
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@maryfrancesness @maryfrancesness.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
▫️ suddenly we feel as if we could walk over the small rocks to cooler water and then gently swim to the other side ... ... then we switch back remembering that this is just one very small edge of a very old broken railway bridge ▫️
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#recall youtu.be/Z5940fHH0qk?...
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FDA upgrades frozen berry recall to highest risk level
YouTube video by NBC News
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I remember people calling us "the Bernie cult" or whatever. And I thought, "But we *are* allowed to criticize Bernie! And we do!" What we're *not* allowed to criticize...is the unruly mob. Which is frightening. And the unruly mob undermines leadership at every turn.
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Emily Paige Ballou @epballou.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
illusionofcompetence.blogspot.com/2012/03/reme... A mother in Rhode Island has been accused of murdering her autistic young adult daughter recently, and the comments on the Facebook post about not judging parents in her position are like the last 15 years of advocacy never happened... 1/
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Remembering George Hodgins
[I've been asked to put a disclaimer on this post letting people know that they can repost it as part of the blogaround on the subject of th...
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 06/08/2026
"It takes more work to communicate with someone whose native language isn't the same as yours. And autism goes deeper than language and culture; autistic people are 'foreigners' in any society." -Jim Sinclair, from the foundational essay Don't Mourn For Us: www.autreat.com/dont_mourn.h... #autism
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Don't Mourn For Us
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Jury duty. I'm so overwhelmed, I've forgotten how to make that into a complete sentence. I haven't had a full blown panic attack, but I can't think. I don't know what to do.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Whenever a celebrity is going through something, people talk about them being "enabled," and I get why you'd think that, particularly about a celebrity. But I think it's also possible they're being pushed too hard. The public backlash, itself, could be pushing someone too hard.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I want to do a thread of my favorite ballerinas, one a day (for your convenience), starting with the great Olesya Novikova (Russian: Олеся Новикова). ❤️ #ballet youtu.be/XB6W4ZxOTwA?...
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From Russia - with Love. Great Names of Mariinsky. Olesya NOVIKOVA, Alexander Sergeev. "Giselle"
YouTube video by passionballet.topf.ru
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
One of my very favorite #ballet companies is The National Ballet of Japan...which is incredibly frustrating! Obviously, I can't read a word of that. But the dancers are Ayako Ono and Yudai Fukuoka, and the ballet is (my favorite) Giselle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTI5...
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「ジゼル」第2幕よりグラン・パ・ド・ドゥ 小野絢子 福岡雄大 横浜バレエフェスティバル2023 ワールドプレミアム
YouTube video by SHIVERバレエチャンネル
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Odilon Redon @odilonredon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Tree Against a Yellow Background www.wikiart.org/en/odilon-redon/tre…
Tree Against a Yellow Background
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Shannon Rosa @shannonrosa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Guess it's time to revisit my piece on how even nominally progressive mainstream media outlets almost always throw autistic people under the bus—while rarely checking their ableist assumptions, or talking to neurodiversity-informed autistics or researchers: thinkingautismguide.com/2024/06/how-...
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How The Progressive Media Sells Out Autistic People — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
When we trust progressive media outlets as both intellectually rigorous and socially just, their ableism goes (dangerously) unchecked.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Three appointments this week and two of them in person. For most people, that's nothing. A physical exam is nothing. I wish I could explain how much that takes out of me.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Bananas have to be the most frustrating fruit. They taste like grass, then the whole bunch is good for one day, then they turn to mush.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I love this pas de deux. #ballet youtu.be/O6fT2uzJlqE?...
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The Seagull | Ulyana Moksheva & Alexey Putintsev | 11 Jul 2026 | Bolshoi
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
So that you might learn from my mistakes: -Pineapple goes good with coconut yogurt. -Coconut yogurt goes good with sliced almonds. BUT... -Sliced almonds don't really go that well with pineapple.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So much of children's programming pushes the idea that there are "good guys" and "bad guys," and that all will be right with the world once we defeat the bad guys. Are we priming children for war?
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Mabel keeps rubbing her face on my library book. I hope that means that, someday soon, another cat will think, "Oh, pardon me. Didn't realize this book was taken."
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I always get two or three books from the library, because I mostly don't finish the books I start. Today I got three books that all seem good. O no.
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Holly Owlet (She/They) @hlyann.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Please consider putting out some water for animals. A helpful tip is to place small rocks in a water bowl, preferably with a shallow depth, to ensure that smaller insects can access the water as well.
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Emily Hahn, MD @ehahnmd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
One of my biggest twitter fights was about the importance of comfort food in the hospital. You’re not going to impact someone’s overall health with “unhealthy” food while admitted, but you will worsens their quality of life if you force them to eat food they don’t want during a difficult time.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Coconut yogurt with sliced almonds and blueberries is delicious and nutritious. 👍🏻
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@maryfrancesness @maryfrancesness.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
over the walls across the water beyond high rocks through the lost town to the cliff top .. the sky .. .. the sea ..
... just the wonder of a wall ...
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Just read the most "liked" Goodreads review of a book with an autistic protagonist. That's my day ruined!
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_li...
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Louise Brooks at the Swimming Pool (1930)
YouTube video by Le Voyageur entre les Mondes
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I can hear the parade that used to go right past my old apartment. I miss home. (I don't necessarily miss the parade.)
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Our hutch is right next to the AC. Our cat isn't usually allowed up there, but I can't bring myself to move her from the coolest place in the apartment. Only a monster would do that.
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Lina Forrester @linaforrester.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Magnolia Cyanotype print-- stained with tea and smells like chai 🍵 🍂 I only have seven of these left and they're all different and have their own unique charm. #photography #altprocess #believeinfilm thehauntedshutter.com/shop/p/white...
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Was just dancing in the kitchen with the cat and he messed up our routine so I accused him of having two left feet which wasn't quite the insult I'd intended as that's a perfectly reasonable number of left feet for a cat to have.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This is mesmerizing. Zeinab Kone in La Bayadère. www.youtube.com/shorts/H9gTd...
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Зейнаб Коне ( Южная Африка), 15-й международный конкурс артистов балета в Москве, мл. гр. 2-й тур❤️
YouTube video by LarKon
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Update: Men keep complimenting my comfy, floral dresses. We've had this ALL WRONG.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I think it's overstated that people don't respond to facts and logic. Trouble is, you have to dig through a lot ridicule, intimidation, and emotionality before you get anywhere near anyone's actual framework. (Assuming your framework is as factual and as logical as you'd like to think.)
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Last night, while we were watching X-Files, the shower turned on by itself. Someone up there has a sense of humor.
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another morgan @mheslin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
imagining a grizzled hardboiled detective saying this while gripping some guy's lapels at a shady bar
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🎃 HellForge Props 🎃 @hellforgeprops.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Widowspire Bloom, stationary macro predator. Habitat, Death world jungles & forgotten ruins. Sustained combat stimuli triggers rapid mutation. Capture results in nutrient assimilation. Recommended response...orbital cleansing. 🔥 hellforgeprops.etsy.com/listing/4462... #tabletopterrain #wargaming
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Russia who? Lorna Feijoo and Rolando Sarabia for National #Ballet of Cuba. I don't even particularly like this piece, but they brought it to life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhQa...
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Tchaikovsky PDD (Feijoo-Sarabia)
YouTube video by reanimato1
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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 20/06/2026
SSI's asset limit is $2,000. It hasn't been updated since 1989. Saving disqualifies you. Working past a threshold disqualifies you. Getting married can disqualify you. This is not a design flaw. It is the design. stimpunks.org/philosophy/d...
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Direct Support to Individuals: The Cash Movement
We believe that direct support to individuals is the most effective approach to alleviating the barriers and challenges that prevent neurodivergent and disabled people from thriving.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Gave a cashier the wrong change today. That's my day ruined! (She was nice, at least.)
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Odilon Redon @odilonredon.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Bouquet of Flowers www.wikiart.org/en/odilon-redon/bou…
Bouquet of Flowers
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
When Google knows you.
Screenshot of a Google search bar. I'd typed "ha" and the first suggestion was "Haagen-Dazs."
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My Olesya. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkkv...
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Olesya Novikova as Aspiccia in “La Fille du Pharaon(Pharaoh’s daughter) - Mariinsky Ballet
YouTube video by lulenk
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Richard Binns @moralavenger.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"I love all the Doctors, but I've lost count now of how many of them there are." #DoctorWho
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Peter Capaldi reveals his Doctor Who exit was due to "direction" concerns and argues there have been "too many regenerations"
"I love all the Doctors, but I've lost count now of how many of them there are."
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 09/06/2026
Unhoused ND folks "described patterns of persistent exclusion—starting in early life—that had paved the way to homelessness. Once in need of housing support, they found significant barriers to accessing services that had been designed by/for neurotypical people.” theconversation.com/how-gaps-in-...
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How gaps in education, work and welfare support can push neurodivergent people into homelessness
Homelessness among neurodivergent people isn’t just about housing, it reflects repeated failures across support systems.
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Sarah Akin @sarahakin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This is a good video to watch if you're trying to find your #Enneagram type. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KulH...
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The Childhood Message That Shaped Your Enneagram Type
YouTube video by Dr. Tom LaHue
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Holly Owlet (She/They) @hlyann.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
They pin the word unstable to you like a specimen tag and call the job done. Labels fold you flat, neat enough to stack. Stigma is arithmetic , reduce a life to a hazard, subtract nuance until it fits the margin. Hope becomes a prescribed item ,
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