Bad Mad Autistic
@badautistic.bsky.social
Hoping, somehow.
Socialist.
Disabled:
Autistic. Cognitive Difficulties. Mad. Endometriosis. Dysautonomia.
Socialist.
Disabled:
Autistic. Cognitive Difficulties. Mad. Endometriosis. Dysautonomia.
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Exercise won’t solve the mental health problems caused by capitalism.
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Exercise won’t solve the mental health problems caused by capitalism.
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Yes. I don't believe for a second that this is 'overdiagnosed'. Partly because a recent NHS report says neurodivergence is underdiagnosed.
And partly because so many adults I know suffered & struggled through school / childhood with zero support.
And partly because so many adults I know suffered & struggled through school / childhood with zero support.
February 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Yes. I don't believe for a second that this is 'overdiagnosed'. Partly because a recent NHS report says neurodivergence is underdiagnosed.
And partly because so many adults I know suffered & struggled through school / childhood with zero support.
And partly because so many adults I know suffered & struggled through school / childhood with zero support.
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One thing that is sadly very clear, is how many people were just waiting for an excuse to openly support far right, backwards movements and views.
They never actually cared about progress.
For too many it was only ever performative.
Fascism never went away, it just went hiding.
They never actually cared about progress.
For too many it was only ever performative.
Fascism never went away, it just went hiding.
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 AM
One thing that is sadly very clear, is how many people were just waiting for an excuse to openly support far right, backwards movements and views.
They never actually cared about progress.
For too many it was only ever performative.
Fascism never went away, it just went hiding.
They never actually cared about progress.
For too many it was only ever performative.
Fascism never went away, it just went hiding.
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Don't like how quickly "ADHD and anxiety" has turned into a dogwhistle for "not really disabled".
Yes, because it's being used to undermine a much broader range of needs, but mainly because it's really cruel and unfair *to people with ADHD and/or anxiety*, both of which can be very disabling indeed
Yes, because it's being used to undermine a much broader range of needs, but mainly because it's really cruel and unfair *to people with ADHD and/or anxiety*, both of which can be very disabling indeed
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Don't like how quickly "ADHD and anxiety" has turned into a dogwhistle for "not really disabled".
Yes, because it's being used to undermine a much broader range of needs, but mainly because it's really cruel and unfair *to people with ADHD and/or anxiety*, both of which can be very disabling indeed
Yes, because it's being used to undermine a much broader range of needs, but mainly because it's really cruel and unfair *to people with ADHD and/or anxiety*, both of which can be very disabling indeed
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Monotropism Explained
Whether you are new to the theory or interested in digging deeper, there are many possible places to start.
Check out our website:
monotropism.org/explanations/
Whether you are new to the theory or interested in digging deeper, there are many possible places to start.
Check out our website:
monotropism.org/explanations/
Explanations
Whether you are new to the theory or interested in digging deeper, there are many possible places to start. In Brief… The animation below is an accessible 4-minute introduction to the key ide…
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February 3, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Monotropism Explained
Whether you are new to the theory or interested in digging deeper, there are many possible places to start.
Check out our website:
monotropism.org/explanations/
Whether you are new to the theory or interested in digging deeper, there are many possible places to start.
Check out our website:
monotropism.org/explanations/
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Disabled people are significantly more likely to be in poverty than non-disabled people.
If the benefits system was really too generous, it would be the other way round.
Stop punching down
If the benefits system was really too generous, it would be the other way round.
Stop punching down
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Disabled people are significantly more likely to be in poverty than non-disabled people.
If the benefits system was really too generous, it would be the other way round.
Stop punching down
If the benefits system was really too generous, it would be the other way round.
Stop punching down
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The way so many people think you just go to the doctors and get some help.
Too often people are overlooked, ignored, dismissed (especially true for women), professional egos get in the way, and even at best you can be waiting years before you get any answers.
Too often people are overlooked, ignored, dismissed (especially true for women), professional egos get in the way, and even at best you can be waiting years before you get any answers.
February 3, 2026 at 8:04 AM
The way so many people think you just go to the doctors and get some help.
Too often people are overlooked, ignored, dismissed (especially true for women), professional egos get in the way, and even at best you can be waiting years before you get any answers.
Too often people are overlooked, ignored, dismissed (especially true for women), professional egos get in the way, and even at best you can be waiting years before you get any answers.
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MPs will soon debate the annual benefits ‘Uprating Order' on how much benefits rise this year. But shockingly, support has never been set according to any logical calculation, like ensuring Universal Credit covers life's essentials - which @jrf-uk.bsky.social estimates cost £120 a week🧵1/4
February 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM
MPs will soon debate the annual benefits ‘Uprating Order' on how much benefits rise this year. But shockingly, support has never been set according to any logical calculation, like ensuring Universal Credit covers life's essentials - which @jrf-uk.bsky.social estimates cost £120 a week🧵1/4
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Our politics is dominated by people who have never lived on a low income and know little of what such a life involves. There are remarkably few ways for people to truly shape government decisions that will determine their own lives.
February 2, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Our politics is dominated by people who have never lived on a low income and know little of what such a life involves. There are remarkably few ways for people to truly shape government decisions that will determine their own lives.
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NEW 🚨 A South London hospital is still putting severe ME patient Savannah's life at risk and a clinician who psychologises ME might be why.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
London hospital STILL starving severe ME patient, Savannah — bias medical approach to blame
A South London hospital is still putting severe ME patient Savannah's life at risk and a clinician who psychologises ME might be why.
www.thecanary.co
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
NEW 🚨 A South London hospital is still putting severe ME patient Savannah's life at risk and a clinician who psychologises ME might be why.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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People stare if you stand, stare if you sit, stare if you rest, stare if you move “too much” or “too little.”
Our bodies become public property, open to opinions, assumptions, and suspicion.
This isn’t care. It’s control.
Our bodies become public property, open to opinions, assumptions, and suspicion.
This isn’t care. It’s control.
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 AM
People stare if you stand, stare if you sit, stare if you rest, stare if you move “too much” or “too little.”
Our bodies become public property, open to opinions, assumptions, and suspicion.
This isn’t care. It’s control.
Our bodies become public property, open to opinions, assumptions, and suspicion.
This isn’t care. It’s control.
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Disabled people live under constant surveillance, not for safety, but for judgement.
Strangers comment on mobility aids.
Professionals question pain, weight, movement, or how symptoms “should” look.
Benefits systems scrutinise every gesture.
Strangers comment on mobility aids.
Professionals question pain, weight, movement, or how symptoms “should” look.
Benefits systems scrutinise every gesture.
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Disabled people live under constant surveillance, not for safety, but for judgement.
Strangers comment on mobility aids.
Professionals question pain, weight, movement, or how symptoms “should” look.
Benefits systems scrutinise every gesture.
Strangers comment on mobility aids.
Professionals question pain, weight, movement, or how symptoms “should” look.
Benefits systems scrutinise every gesture.
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You already need a lot of medical evidence to prove eligibility for disability benefits.
You’ve always needed a lot of medical evidence to prove eligibility for disability benefits.
Politicians stating otherwise aren’t ignorant… they’re deliberately lying to stir hate.
You’ve always needed a lot of medical evidence to prove eligibility for disability benefits.
Politicians stating otherwise aren’t ignorant… they’re deliberately lying to stir hate.
January 31, 2026 at 7:59 AM
You already need a lot of medical evidence to prove eligibility for disability benefits.
You’ve always needed a lot of medical evidence to prove eligibility for disability benefits.
Politicians stating otherwise aren’t ignorant… they’re deliberately lying to stir hate.
You’ve always needed a lot of medical evidence to prove eligibility for disability benefits.
Politicians stating otherwise aren’t ignorant… they’re deliberately lying to stir hate.
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Just an FYI
You cannot claim it’s “too easy” to claim disability benefits, if you’ve never been through the process.
You cannot claim it’s “too easy” to claim disability benefits, if you’ve never been through the process.
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Just an FYI
You cannot claim it’s “too easy” to claim disability benefits, if you’ve never been through the process.
You cannot claim it’s “too easy” to claim disability benefits, if you’ve never been through the process.
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Je viens d'essayer de créer un compte Facebook sous un nom d'emprunt (prudence oblige par les temps qui courrent).
Refusé : "vous devez utiliser votre vrai nom, celui que vos amis utilisent".
Où sont-il allés cherché comment je m'appelle en vrai ?
Peut-être sur WA où je suis sous mon vrai nom ?
Refusé : "vous devez utiliser votre vrai nom, celui que vos amis utilisent".
Où sont-il allés cherché comment je m'appelle en vrai ?
Peut-être sur WA où je suis sous mon vrai nom ?
January 31, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Je viens d'essayer de créer un compte Facebook sous un nom d'emprunt (prudence oblige par les temps qui courrent).
Refusé : "vous devez utiliser votre vrai nom, celui que vos amis utilisent".
Où sont-il allés cherché comment je m'appelle en vrai ?
Peut-être sur WA où je suis sous mon vrai nom ?
Refusé : "vous devez utiliser votre vrai nom, celui que vos amis utilisent".
Où sont-il allés cherché comment je m'appelle en vrai ?
Peut-être sur WA où je suis sous mon vrai nom ?
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Migrants’ Rights Network is urging allies to flood Labour’s ‘earned settlement’ consultation — policy rooted in cruelty, racism and classism
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Earned settlement: Activists warn Labour consultation is a stitch-up
Migrants’ Rights Network is urging allies to flood Labour’s ‘earned settlement’ consultation — policy rooted in cruelty, racism and classism
www.thecanary.co
January 30, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Migrants’ Rights Network is urging allies to flood Labour’s ‘earned settlement’ consultation — policy rooted in cruelty, racism and classism
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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Hey autism research nerds, what are your go-to resources on autism and Alzheimers? This is for a recently diagnosed community member. Thanks in advance.
#autism #alzheimers
#autism #alzheimers
January 29, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Hey autism research nerds, what are your go-to resources on autism and Alzheimers? This is for a recently diagnosed community member. Thanks in advance.
#autism #alzheimers
#autism #alzheimers
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Housing is a basic human right & human need.
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Housing is a basic human right & human need.
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One disabled person doing one thing on one day, does not mean:
1. They can ever do it again.
2. They are “better”.
3. They’re faking it.
4. It was easy.
5. That another disabled person can do the same.
1. They can ever do it again.
2. They are “better”.
3. They’re faking it.
4. It was easy.
5. That another disabled person can do the same.
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 AM
One disabled person doing one thing on one day, does not mean:
1. They can ever do it again.
2. They are “better”.
3. They’re faking it.
4. It was easy.
5. That another disabled person can do the same.
1. They can ever do it again.
2. They are “better”.
3. They’re faking it.
4. It was easy.
5. That another disabled person can do the same.
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Temporary accommodation in England is ‘torture’ for neurodivergent children, report finds
Temporary accommodation in England is ‘torture’ for neurodivergent children, report finds
Exclusive: Parents said their children had become withdrawn or hypervigilant because of uncertainty, unsafe environments and removal of support
Neurodivergent children living in temporary accommodation (TA) in England are subjected to conditions that amount to “torture”, and the harm it causes them is “psychologically excruciating” and a form of “child cruelty”, a report has found.
The report by King’s College London through the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for households in temporary accommodation, found that while living in TA was damaging for any child, it had a particularly severe impact on neurodivergent children and those with special education needs and disabilities (Send). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Temporary accommodation in England is ‘torture’ for neurodivergent children, report finds
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The right is always happy to weaponise mental health and disability. It just depends on the day whether they’re arguing you’re incapable because of it or you’re faking having it.
January 26, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The right is always happy to weaponise mental health and disability. It just depends on the day whether they’re arguing you’re incapable because of it or you’re faking having it.
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Truth is that there is no such thing as a “fully accessible society”.
Not because we can’t do a lot better, but conflicting access needs mean what is accessible for one is the opposite for another.
Really it’s about flexibility & doing our best in as many situations as possible
Not because we can’t do a lot better, but conflicting access needs mean what is accessible for one is the opposite for another.
Really it’s about flexibility & doing our best in as many situations as possible
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Truth is that there is no such thing as a “fully accessible society”.
Not because we can’t do a lot better, but conflicting access needs mean what is accessible for one is the opposite for another.
Really it’s about flexibility & doing our best in as many situations as possible
Not because we can’t do a lot better, but conflicting access needs mean what is accessible for one is the opposite for another.
Really it’s about flexibility & doing our best in as many situations as possible
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Don't tell someone that is autistic to calm down if they're experiencing a meltdown. It's just not a nice thing to do. It would be like expecting a fish to breathe outside of water.
Instead show support, patience or even ask if there is anything I can do to help or just leave the person alone.
Instead show support, patience or even ask if there is anything I can do to help or just leave the person alone.
January 25, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Don't tell someone that is autistic to calm down if they're experiencing a meltdown. It's just not a nice thing to do. It would be like expecting a fish to breathe outside of water.
Instead show support, patience or even ask if there is anything I can do to help or just leave the person alone.
Instead show support, patience or even ask if there is anything I can do to help or just leave the person alone.
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Because Streeting is a crank who refuses to fund the system properly. It's cheaper for him to pretend that all ND people are hysterical liars.
This always comes down to money.
This always comes down to money.
January 24, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Because Streeting is a crank who refuses to fund the system properly. It's cheaper for him to pretend that all ND people are hysterical liars.
This always comes down to money.
This always comes down to money.