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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻

@beatrixbird.bsky.social

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Autistic autism researcher PhD student at The University of Sheffield Laser-focused on cool things: monotropism, neurodiversity paradigm, birds & video games Multiply neurodivergent & disabled #DisabledPride She/they Views my own

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · Jun 16

If you've ever zoned in so hard the world disappeared, this is for you. Check out my accessible presentation on measuring Monotropism @ Cafe Autistique in Manchester, 11 June 2025.

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Monotropism @ Cafe Autistique 2025 | Beatrix Butnicu

YouTube video by Tunnel Visionary

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 9d

Hummingbird Hawk Moth in my garden this morning!

Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 13d

Can everyone take more paracetamol please? It would really help my headaches.

/Joke

Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 17d

Just to flag another thing from my recent experience at the GP... topimarate, an epilepsy drug, is absolutely tagged by the NHS as causing autism and it is legally mandated to take a pregnancy test before starting it. But the stats are 4-9 out of 100 pregnant people + epilepsy is a co-occurant...

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 17d

Autism isn’t caused by medicine.
Claims that paracetamol in pregnancy causes autism are false.
We do not need to prevent or cure autism.
Autistic people are valuable.

Great guidance here from @contactfamilies.bsky.social for anyone who is worried or concerned with the news today.

Contact, for families with disabled children @contactfamilies.bsky.social · 18d

Claims that paracetamol in pregnancy causes autism are false. Autism isn’t caused by medicine. For guidance visit:

Pregnancy, breastfeeding and fertility while taking paracetamol for adults

NHS medicines information on paracetamol and whether you can take it while pregnant or breastfeeding.

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Dr Chris DJ Taylor @chrisdjtaylor.bsky.social · Sep 3

#TheMostInterestingThinginMentalHealth: #Insomnia is major factor contributing to many mental health problems. @ProfEspie University of Oxford
@ox.ac.uk gives top tips for clinicians at the European CBT Conference
#EABCT2025 @babcpevents.bsky.social
@babcpjournals.bsky.social @babcp.com

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 21d

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This made me cry tears of joy. So beautiful.

Discovering You're Autistic

YouTube video by Thriving Autistic

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 21d

Most beautiful video about this topic I've seen

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 21d

Hurrah!
We can finally share the animations I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social

Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic

Please do let us know what you think and share if you find valuable!

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Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic

YouTube video by Thriving Autistic

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you, yay. I am sick and couldn't attend yesterday. Glad I can still watch this!

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 22d

#glimmer I love these little raindrops.

Copper-coloured leaves with lots of little raindrops on them.

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 23d

So very happy to be part of the @stimpunks.org team working on this!
Updated page - have a look... exciting things happening and thoughts evolving...

Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org · 23d

The landing page for our learning space is epic. Check it out. This is how we create space for the neurodivergent and disabled people most ill-served by “empty pedagogy, behaviorism, and the rejection of equity“.

stimpunks.org/space/

Learning Space: At the Intersection of Dewey and Freire

Stimpunks Learning Space offers community and space for passion-based, human-centered learning with purpose.

stimpunks.org

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 23d

#glimmer my work kitchen has a beautiful bird tray and I'm so happy

Dish rack where a big white tray with colourful bird prints is sitting

Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 24d

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Very interesting. In school the girls were asked to stand up if they were Christian. Emily didn't. She said, "They thought it queer I didn't rise, I thought a lie would be queerer."

The Autistic Poetry of Emily Dickinson

YouTube video by Meeka le Fay

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 24d

Hope you can join us!
FREE tickets!
A great opportunity to watch the 2 new animations about being Autistic that I've been working on with @iara-abigalil.bsky.social, @fergus.oolong.co.uk , @scrappapertiger.bsky.social , @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social, Laura Buckland Mason & @somebodysomeone.bsky.social

Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social · 24d

FREE COMMUNITY ONLINE EVENT THIS THURSDAY!

Invitation to join us for our FREE online event:
Discovery Celebration: Autistic Community Shaping Neuro-Affirmative Support

FREE ONLINE TICKETS
18th September
7–8:45pm Irish/UK time

Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discovery-...

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · 24d

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 29d

E-Book: Monotropism: Supporting Young Autistic People With Transitions At Home & School
Hopefully helpful for the start of term!

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 families, educators, and anyone supporting young autistic people.✨ Learn about monotropism — a powerful, positive theory of autistic experiences✨ Practical advice for supporting flow states, transitions, and sensory needs at home and school ✨ Ideas for creating environments where young autistic people can thrive✨ Resources, readings, and community support links included! Download now and help young people embrace their unique flow! (updated ebook originally created for PANDA charity 2024)

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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · 29d

Seriously, please write to your MP about this, whoever they are, if you're in the UK.

Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 29d

And folks, please also write to your own MP and ask them to demand a debate on this new Code from Bridget Phillipson as well!

We’ve done a template letter here to make this really easy to do: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Parliamentary Scrutiny EHRC Code - Constituent Letter

TEMPLATE LETTER FOR CONSTITUENTS Please note that you will need to copy the text below into a separate document in order to edit and create your own version. This template is for viewing only :) Rem...

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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · 29d

This is so important. The NHS ADHD waiting lists are years long all over Scotland, apart from places where they've been closed entirely.

I got on the Edinburgh waiting list five years ago, just before a huge rise in people realising they need it; diagnosed after 4 years; still waiting on any meds.

Christine Jardine @cajardinemp.bsky.social · 29d

I have urged the Scottish government to consider NHS prescriptions for those who undergo private ADHD assessments.

theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/09/call...

Call made for NHS prescriptions for private ADHD assessments

If a person has a private Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) assessment then they should be prescribed medication on the NHS to speed up treatment and cut NHS waiting lists. Christine Jar...

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · Sep 9

I want a t-shirt of a unicorn saying "I'm Monotropic". The unicorn is not a symbol of uniqueness here, but I find that the horn coming straight out of the prefrontal cortex is a great embodied symbol for the attention tunnel. And also it's magic.

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks for confirming. Sad I missed it!

Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · Sep 8

Wait this is the same Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social from A Storm of Post It Notes!!! That's in my top 3 favourite papers of all time!!! I am too excited. Great monotropism quote!

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yes I am dying to read that!!! But do you know where Brian said the rocket fuel because I want to quote this to eternity!

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Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social · Sep 8

Had my eye on this book for a while. That's an awesome quote. Did they say that in the book?

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · Sep 5

New published blog by myself and @tanyaadkin.bsky.social for @autisticsociety.bsky.social

What is monotropism? Understanding a neuroaffirming theory of autism

www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-g...

What is monotropism? Understanding a neuroaffirming theory of autism

Monotropism is an attention-based theory of autism that is gaining increasing recognition among the autistic community, researchers and practitioners within education and workplace settings.

www.autism.org.uk

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