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david-s.bsky.social @david-s.bsky.social · 16h

"Disabled people are often on the front lines of tech users (...) Yet we are usually left out of the conversations around tech for disability."

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Another devastating blow for the disability community as this administration cuts almost every employee responsible for administering funding & oversight for IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).

Education should be a basic human right..and disabled kids are just as deserving.

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 18h

Let’s normalize bodymind breaks in schools. Take them when you need them. Take them in the bathroom. Take them in the library. Take them outside. Take them when you need to pee. Take them when you need to cry. Take them whenever you need to regulate.

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Bodymind Break

We're not minds riding around in bodies, we're bodyminds. The swells and textures of nature follow patterns that resonate with the human body through its ability to hear sound. Enjoy a sonic tribute…

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Kosjenka @kosjenka.bsky.social · 22h

Not weaponising interests

As a teacher I will think twice about utilising intense interests in the classroom.

Some of my autistic Sts report abandoning their interests due to schools using them.

Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 22h

Being “interest-led” isn’t enough.
Monotropism means honouring deep attention, autonomy & sensory safety, not weaponising interests for compliance.

https://autisticrealms.com/why-interest-led-isnt-enough-embracing-monotropism-neuro-affirming-practice/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 20h

“This neurodiversity-lite approach is often a sugar-coated version of old outdated models that still centre neurotypical comfort over authentic neurodivergent wellbeing. It’s a way of maintaining control and conformity while speaking the language of inclusion.”

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Why “Interest-Led” Isn’t Enough: Embracing Monotropism & Neuro-Affirming Practice

Being “interest-led” isn’t enough. Monotropism means honouring deep attention, autonomy & sensory safety, not weaponising interests for compliance.

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 22h

Being “interest-led” isn’t enough.
Monotropism means honouring deep attention, autonomy & sensory safety, not weaponising interests for compliance.

https://autisticrealms.com/why-interest-led-isnt-enough-embracing-monotropism-neuro-affirming-practice/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 1d

We die in committees
Apologize before you say please
Pride cuts you at the knees
—Dead Pioneers

Changelog: Added “Dead Pioneers - My Spirit Animal Ate Your Spirit Animal (Official Music Video) - YouTube” to our “Respectability Politics” glossary page.

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Respectability Politics

Our movement needs nothing of respectability politics.

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 1d

“Fractals—a way to speak of the patterns we see—move from the micro to macro level. The same spirals on sea shells can be found in the shape of galaxies. We must create patterns that cycle upwards. We are microsystems.”
—adrienne maree brown

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Behold the Spectrum

Queer and neurodivergent people are biological facts.We are stable parts of the human genome.If you believe in a Maker, Maker built us in.Look to Maker and behold the Spectrum!If you don’t subscribe…

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 1d

But the world tells us (01 01 01 01 01)
No we are not (01 01 01 01 01)
Body or head not (01 01 01 01 01)
Capacity for love not (01 01 01 01 01)
—The Spook School

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Behold the Spectrum

Queer and neurodivergent people are biological facts.We are stable parts of the human genome.If you believe in a Maker, Maker built us in.Look to Maker and behold the Spectrum!If you don’t subscribe…

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 1d

If we may, we quoted you on our “Behold the Spectrum” page.

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Behold the Spectrum

Queer and neurodivergent people are biological facts.We are stable parts of the human genome.If you believe in a Maker, Maker built us in.Look to Maker and behold the Spectrum!If you don’t subscribe t...

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 2d

It's extremely obvious to me that neurodivergence is why we are able to function as societies at all. And I mean that beyond things like exceptional thinking or hyper fixations leading to breakthroughs. I mean just in the fact that when we care for one another we thrive.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 2d

Other than the obvious eugenics, I think one of the reasons acknowledging that neurodivergence is actually a normal part of humanity is that it has led to people questioning everything from ableism to child rearing practices to education and even how society functions as a whole.

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Sarah Boon - Author @saraheboon.bsky.social · 1d

They are truly making up falsehoods out of thin air because they hate autistic people existing.

Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 2d

I still can't believe a person who is responsible for healthcare in this country said out loud and meant it that a cause of autism is children getting circumcised. I still cannot believe that this is the country, the world, that I fucking live in

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 1d

We’re here for a revival of Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality”. Install this in your soul.

Vernon still shreds. Corey still bellows. The band is tight.

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Living Colour – Cult of Personality

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 1d

“...the vast majority of philanthropical resources continue to go to the same well-resourced, established organizations that are largely not accountable to ... communities.”
—Lydia X.Z. Brown

We're not the typical. We’re tearing down walls in philanthropy. Donate to us.

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Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 1d

Changelog: Added quotes from “The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow - YouTube” to our “Enshittification” glossary page.

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Enshittification

Enshittification describes a pattern of platform decay. It proposes a reason for ubiquitous platform decay and simultaneous platform decay where all the platforms we rely on are going bad. And it…

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a great day for @moderation.bsky.app to reconsider and unban Link. He is actually a well known figure in disability advocacy and Black In Astro circles. He’s not just some guy who posts.

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🇨🇦 🇫🇯 @docautie.bsky.social · 3d

We just published "Decolonizing autism research: Integrating indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 4d

I'm team "books Covid vaccine the minute they're available" due to facts like this.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 4d

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4d

Homeless people are not the enemy.

They can’t “just try harder” their way into housing.

It’s the system that’s failing.

Most of us are one emergency away from being homeless ourselves.

We need affordable housing, universal basic income, healthcare & social supports.

We need a safety net

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 4d

I know there are lots of neurodivergent creative people here... this may interest some of you if you're in UK...

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Call for participants: Join the Neurodivergent Creative Research Community — Neurodiverse Connection

In this blog, Kay Louise Aldred , is calling for Neurodivergent adults to take part in a unique, paid research opportunity that values your lived experience and creative passions. 

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 4d

E-Book: Monotropism: Supporting Young Autistic People With Transitions At Home & School

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Monotropism: Supporting Young Autistic People With Transitions

“Embracing Monotropism & Supporting Young Autistic People With Transitions at Home and School” by Helen Edgar (Autistic Realms). This is a neurodiversity-affirming guide for familie…

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 5d

Are rising prices and inflation eating into your or a loved one’s Social Security payments? Want to talk about it with a reporter for a news article? DM or email sluterman at 19thnews dot org.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 5d

I think more people should be aware of how much cool stuff Link does in real life. He’s not just a poster.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 6d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

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Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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