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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Our Discovery Programme was on This Week in Autistic Culture! Many thanks @autisticculture.bsky.social and @angelakingdon.bsky.social The self-paced modules are free for anyone to use, including practitioners: discover.thrivingautistic.org Listen from 37:30: youtu.be/nfZrWpFGidE?t=2250

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Know an Autistic adult looking for community? Our online meet-up, Exploring Your Autistic Identity, is on Thursday 22 October: 7pm Irish/UK (GMT+1) 2pm New York 11am California 5am Friday Melbourne Self-identified or diagnosed, all welcome. Please share! eventbrite.ie/e/1980364496519

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Take care @autisticrealms.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹 Thank you for all you do for our community

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Highlighting elements across themes that support the monotropism theory of attention within a lived and embodied subjectivity. Discussing the importance of challenging normative expectations of attention for creating neuroinclusive environments, particularly in the workplace. SUPER WORK!

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Birthday! Thank you for all your support and all the work you do sharing affirming and meaningful posts on here. Hope you have a lovely day!

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Autistic self-advocacy movement would not exist without the work of the self-advocacy movement started by people with intellectual disabilities. Thank you @autisticadvocacy.org - honoured to be part of your network and an affiliated organisation. autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/w...

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What We Believe - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Our Motto: What is “Nothing About Us Without Us”?“Nothing About Us Without Us” means that autistic people need to be involved whenever autism is discussed. When non-autistic people make decisions abou...

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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What We Believe - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

...Living Without Limits, Omraw Khan, Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, Amanda Elwen, Jenni Pettican, Katie Callaghan, Kirstyn Oliver and so many others! Congratulations to everyone!

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lovely to share this special event with so many others including @autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social , @petewharmby.com, Trevor Lyttleton MBE, Bradley Riches, Manchester Airports group, Black Child Down Syndrome, Newham Nurture, African Rainbow Family, Freedom Charity, Independ-Dance.....

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What a special evening at The National Diversity Awards. Being named a finalist in the Community and Disability category, out of over 85,000 nominations, is a real honour amongst so many amazing advocates and organisations! Congratulations to all! #NationalDiversityAwards #NDA2026 #ThrivingAutistic

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Nothing about us without us! Lovely to finally meet some of our team after working online together for so long too! @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social @gemkennedy.bsky.social @autisticrealms.bsky.social, Jen Mckean and Silvia Plaza Martin!

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A special shout-out to our amazing CEO, @taraodk.bsky.social founder of Thriving Autistic, whose commitment and passion for building neuro-affirming support and networks for Autistic adults has positively changed so many people's lives across Ireland, UK and our wider global community!

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Congratulations to every winner and nominee. Thank you to the organisers and sponsors who keep building a space where difference isn't just accepted, it's celebrated. This nomination is for everyone in our Thriving Autistic community.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're off to the National Diversity Awards 2026! Thrilled to be finalists in the Disability & Community category. This celebration is for our whole community. Thank you to everyone for being part of the journey with us! Join us live, 18th Sept, 9pm UK time. www.youtube.com/live/74G7Uvg...

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 16/09/2026

Our virtual gala is for everyone! Gala tickets are on a sliding scale, but donations are never required to attend. All donations support our advocacy work and programs for the coming year! givebutter.com/asan-20th-an...

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 17/09/2026

Dividing up autism won’t help any autistic people! Our new plain language resource about “profound autism” explains how the term harms autistic people and why we are stronger together. autisticadvocacy.org/the-profound...

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Fabulous! Looking forward to joining you!

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 10/09/2026

Join us on Thursday, October 29th for ASAN’s 2026 Gala! This virtual event is an extra special celebration of 20 years of ASAN! We’ll have panels and our awards ceremony – keep an eye out for the full schedule announcement! More info and get your tickets here: givebutter.com/asan-20th-an...

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 11/09/2026

New blog post! Gregory Tino, a leader in the nonspeaking community, writes about his experience with Spelling To Communicate (S2C). Read his full blog post: autisticadvocacy.org/2026/09/why-...

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 15/09/2026

Latine Heritage Month starts today, September 15th, and goes until October 15th. It is a time to celebrate the histories, cultures, and experiences of Latines, or people from Latin America. Here at ASAN, we celebrate and uplift disabled and autistic Latines!

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Latine is a word for people who are from Latin America. It also includes people whose ancestors come from Latin America.
There are other words that some people use for this month. Some people use “Hispanic Heritage Month,” “Latino Heritage Month,” or “Latinx Heritage Month.”
Hispanic means people who are from Spanish speaking countries. Some people do not like the term Hispanic because it focuses on the relationship to Spain. Some Indigenous people from Latin America do not like being called Hispanic. Hispanic includes people from Spain. It excludes people from Latin America who don’t speak Spanish. For example, the official language of Brazil is Portuguese. So Brazilians are from Latin America, but aren’t Hispanic.

Light blue textured background. Text reads: Latino is another word for people who are from Latin America. Spanish is a gendered language. This means that some words are feminine and some words are masculine. Words that end in “o” like Latino are masculine. They also can refer to groups of people that include men and other genders. Words that end in “a,” like Latina, are feminine. Latina means a woman from Latin America.
Some people think gendered language promotes the gender binary. The gender binary is the idea that there are only two genders: men and women. This is wrong. There are more than two genders.
Some people who are not men or women do not feel like they are Latino or Latina. This is why people have started to create more gender neutral words. Gender neutral language does not assign genders to words. It doesn’t exclude people who are outside of the gender binary.
Latinx is one gender neutral term for people from Latin America. Some people identify as Latinx. “X” is hard to

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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Rachel Moseley and I are quoted in France's @lemonde.fr. lnkd.in/e6KTVNjr I want to bring attention to how most people wear social masks & camouflage in context to an extent, but the effects are not the same for everyone: they are worse (deadlier) for autistic ppl. 1/ www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

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Autisme : faut-il redéfinir l’étendue du spectre ? Un débat médical, scientifique et sociétal

Rattrapage ou surdiagnostic ? La prévalence du trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA) a bondi depuis les années 2000, un phénomène qui conduit certains spécialistes à plaider pour une révision de sa dé...

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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The UK arguably has (had) the lowest known stigma toward autism journals.plos.org/plosone/arti..., yet critics seem to think stigma has dropped too far in a world that remains too often deadly. All the retrenchment in the media and policy risks making the world a deadlier place. 8/ end

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Cross-cultural variation in experiences of acceptance, camouflaging and mental health difficulties in autism: A registered report

Recent findings suggest that stigma and camouflaging contribute to mental health difficulties for autistic individuals, however, this evidence is largely based on UK samples. While studies have shown ...

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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Just a friendly reminder you must register separately for each day you would like to attend 🫶🏽

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 16/09/2026

CN: Suicide "Autistic people face enough suicidal ideation without being asked to think of themselves as nothing more than burdens to their loved ones, & I can’t support or contribute to any conversation that increases that risk." @fodderfigure.bsky.social: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/auti...

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Pushing Back on The Autism Tragedy Narrative While Autistic

Autistic people face enough suicidal ideation outside the tragedy narrative, and I can’t support any conversation that increases that risk.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 16/09/2026

“Openness re: a child's autistic identity—particularly in parent–child conversations—may support self-understanding, self-esteem & positive framing.” New research you can use: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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

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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@autisticsociety.bsky.social's review that autism is genetic aligns with research that autism is a lifelong neurodivergence (www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...) - as the National Autistic Society said, people are born autistic and remain autistic for life. 1/

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Frontiers | Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism

While the autism diagnosis emphasizes “deficits” in social communication, the article advances that sensory–movement differences underpin autism through a re...

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Co. Cork. or online would be fine - thank you! We do have a sister directory of neuro-affirming practitioners but struggling to find people for this - feel free to share if people want to join too. neurodivergentpractitioners.org

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Neurodivergent Practitioner Directory

Find neurodiversity-affirming support worldwide. Search our global directory of neurodivergent therapists, coaches, psychologists, peer support and more.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thank you! Will dm you when I know more. Many thanks Helen

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Looking for recommendations for a neuroaffirming career guidance counsellor in Ireland, or who may work online? Many thanks

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 13/09/2026

It’s self-defeating for autism researchers to push back against social sciences research. Most autistics aren’t even against "hard" research, really—except it tends to be cure-based not quality-of-life based. TPGA's @shannonrosa.bsky.social, to AB King: childrensrights.substack.com/p/the-ongoin...

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The ongoing evolution of autism research: An interview with Shannon Rosa

Writer & advocate Shannon Rosa has been covering autism research for 20 years. We talked about autism pseudoscience & the welcome shift in autism research towards evidence-based, quality-of-life work

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Please share and tag anyone who you think may benefit from our Discovery Programme - especially valuable for late-identified Autistic adults! A free six-module journey of self-discovery for recently identified Autistic adults. Created by and for Autistic people. discover.thrivingautistic.org

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Your insights will help shape the future of this important work, ensuring that Make a Change is accessible for everyone. Please contact makeachange@respect.org.uk with ‘My Story’ in the subject line to share your story.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Respect’s Make a Change team invites survivors of all neurotypes who have experienced harm from a Neurodivergent partner to be part of a focus group or an individual interview on your experiences.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For practitioners, the task is clear: adapt systems, challenge myths, and embed neuroinclusive practice across domestic abuse responses. Doing so is not an optional adjustment; it is essential to safety, equity, and effective practice.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Neurodivergence does not cause domestic abuse. However, exclusionary systems, inaccessible services, and misguided assumptions increase risk and limit access to support.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@thrivingautistic.bsky.social are in the National Diversity Awards 2026 Finals in the Disability & Community category! Join in our celebrations! 18th Sept 9pm UK Community is what makes us. We'd like to thank everyone for your ongoing support! Watch live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=74G7...

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ooh this is good. It's much more than just a list of suicide hotlines; it starts with 5 second grounding exercises and goes into a ton of depth.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you need to connect with someone right away, text HELLO to 50808 in Ireland, text SHOUT to 85258 in the UK, or text HOME or HOLA to 741741 in the US and Canada for free, nonjudgmental 24/7 support Global hotlines are also listed here on @stimpunks.org website: stimpunks.org/fieldguide/c...

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Regulation & Coping

Here are some people, tools, concepts, and techniques that help us cope as embodied beings.

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

World Suicide Prevention Day 10th September 2026 Autistic people are up to 7x more likely to die by suicide than non-Autistic people (Mosely et al., 2026). We're spotlighting the Suicide Prevention for Autism Neuro-affirming (SPAN) Toolkit. www.spantoolkit.com

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Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Regulation & Coping

Here are some people, tools, concepts, and techniques that help us cope as embodied beings.

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