Jo Billington
@drjobillington.bsky.social
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Autism researcher/lecturer at Uni of Reading. Co-founder of the Wellbeing Hub: https://bit.ly/4ewJP6t Personal account Interested in: #AutRes School experiences of autistic children Qual methods Equity & social justice Autistic flourishing & thriving
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drjobillington.bsky.social
Lovely to see this talk from the @craeioe.bsky.social webinar archive pop up on my feed.

The open access paper this talk is based on is published here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
drjobillington.bsky.social
If you replace the term “special educational needs” with “roughly 20% of all children in the education system” it immediately shows how nonsensical & unworkable these kinds of approaches are. There are no quick fixes. It’s all about embracing complexity, not reducing kids to a homogeneous mass.
drjobillington.bsky.social
But we DO know. There is strong, reliable evidence of no link. Same with autism and vaccines. There is no area of autism research that has been more thoroughly investigated.
This is essentially ableism and misogyny with some batshit anti-science conspiracy thrown in
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asiamireland.bsky.social
Statement from AsIAm in response to Autism misinformation by the US Government.
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amase.org.uk
Paracetamol (Tylenol) does not cause autism, and it is a source of great dismay that autism researchers and Autistic advocates still have to spend so much time battling misinformation.

Research on causes of autism systematically fails to control for the existence and behaviour of Autistic parents.
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suereviews.bsky.social
On Trump, autism and tylenol:

A student I was talking to today had it exactly right on this latest White House bullshit claim

“It’s at the perfect intersection of hating disabled people and wanting women to be in pain”

There’s not only no link, the claim is both ableist and misogynist.
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tommothecabbit.bsky.social
Autism existed before Tylenol.

That’s all you need to know.
drjobillington.bsky.social
Hope you are looking after yourself, Monique. I can’t begin to imagine the toll that constantly defending the very right of autistic people to exist must take on you.
drjobillington.bsky.social
Yes! Brilliant to hear @drmbothapsych.bsky.social just now on Radio 4. Speaking truth to bullshit about the non-existent link between autism and paracetamol.
Thank you, Monique 👊
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thinkingautism.com
"I practice self-care by turning off the news periodically, and stepping back from the world. I made the realization that in my fight for justice, I was hurting my own mental health." Autistic academic TC Waisman on self-compassion and resilience, at TPGA:

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/09/cher...
Cherishing Compassion While Autistic and Marginalized
T.C. Waisman, Monique Botha, and Wenn Lawson—three deeply compassionate autistic experts—on navigating the world while autistic.
thinkingautismguide.com
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autisticrealms.bsky.social
Hurrah!
We can finally share the animations I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social
First short film is: Discovering You're Autistic
Please do let us know what you think and share if you find valuable!

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Discovering You're Autistic
YouTube video by Thriving Autistic
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jo3grace.bsky.social
TODAY - email [email protected] if you want to come. It's been fully booked for weeks but a group had to cancel late yesterday so we've space and food for you if you want to come!
Text reads: Last minute opportunity to attend: Neurodivergent and Not Attending Thursday 18th 10:30am-2:30pm Lunch included. St Austell Conference Centre
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ianfraser.bsky.social
Channel 4 to mark Trump's state visit by dissecting more than 100 of his lies, in what the channel describes as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”.
Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’
Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements
www.theguardian.com
drjobillington.bsky.social
This is such an important point. If you’ve spent much of your life being invalidated, how do you develop the self-understanding and self-worth to self-advocate?
drjobillington.bsky.social
It was a fantastic presentation. Both moving and compelling.
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suereviews.bsky.social
So my keynote at #AECongress25 involved a lot of memes to illustrate my points about how to understand and apply the neurodiversity paradigm.

The focus is on LIBERATION from OPPRESSIVE systems and beliefs.

This will work best, I believe, when we COLLECTIVISE our action.

Here we go…
drjobillington.bsky.social
Me too! Yesterday was really uncomfortable in so many ways
drjobillington.bsky.social
Absolutely kick-ass talk from Emmie Fisher on the school experiences of autistic children.

Rigorous findings beautifully presented, and a long overdue call to action!

#AEC2025
Photo of Emmie delivering her talk on the stage
drjobillington.bsky.social
I’ll look for you, or we could arrange a time and place to meet. Whatever works for you.
drjobillington.bsky.social
I hope to see you, Jon. Happy to listen if talking things through could help.
drjobillington.bsky.social
Interesting to note the references to “the autistic community” in the opening addresses from politicians

I wonder if they are aware of the reductive connotations of that phrase?

It stands in contrast to the emphasis on individuality in Harald Neerland’s speech

#AEC2025 #AutismCongress2025
drjobillington.bsky.social
Hope we get to say hello, Becky
drjobillington.bsky.social
Hope to be able to meet you in person, Nathan.
drjobillington.bsky.social
“Inclusion is not a service. It’s a shared responsibility”

Opening address from Norma Foley, Minister for Children, Disability and Equality

#AEC2025
Norma Foley at the lectern delivering her opening address