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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream

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ESRC funded PhD student - Exploring Trans and Gender Diverse Autistic Adults Experiences of Health and Social Care Inequity https://linktr.ee/autisticandlivingthedream They / he

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hey, I'm Katie!

I'm multiply ND, queer and permanantly knackered.

I'm a community researcher on cancer service experiences of marginalised people.

I've published things and conferenced things, and now I'm doing a PhD around Autistic trans+ people's experiences of health and social care.

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 1h

Navigating the confusing PhD application process - The barriers to PhD application for neurodivergent folk

#FromTheArchives #Paperwork #MorePaperWork #Admin #Confusion #PhD #Neurodivergent #AutRes

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Navigating the Confusing PhD Application Process

Navigating the PhD application process is convoluted, heavily reliant on administrative skills, and often leads to mismatched supervisory teams. The experience highlights systemic barriers, includi…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 1d

You can't be sad listening to The Aquabats.

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 2d

If all the bots that kept emailing me about how shit my website is *actually* visited my website, my stats would be brilliant 😎

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me you have a four year old without telling me you have a four year old...

Picture shows me wearing a white Autistic and Living the Dream t shirt covered in animal stickers: a crocodile, elephant, walrus, zebra, monkey, polar bear, and a killer whale. All the classics.

Me wearing a white Autistic and Living the Dream t shirt covered in animal stickers: a crocodile, elephant, walrus, zebra, monkey, polar bear, and a killer whale. All the classics.

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 6d

A few months back, I had a conversation with a chronically ill friend that changed the way I go about my every day.

This is part of my ongoing story of using a walking stick :)

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How a Walking Stick Changed My Life with Chronic Illness

The author reflects on their journey with a walking stick, stemming from a past conversation about internalized ableism. Using the stick has improved mobility, reduced pain, and fostered support fr…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 8d

Helping our younger selves

#FromTheArchives #Young #Disabled #CYP #Neurodivergent

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Helping our younger selves

The author shares the challenges of being a neurodivergent person who wants to support others like them. They express frustration at not being taken seriously in conversations about neurodivergent …

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 8d

#HealthyConversationSkills is about creating spaces in our everyday practice (and lives!) to talk about what makes us happier and healthier. This also appreciates that there are barriers to happier, healthier lives for too many people.

#SCDTP #ESRC

A projector with a white background. Different colour text on the slide reads:

Healthy conversation skills

MAKING EVERY CONTACT COUNT

Healthy Conversation Skills training

Developing people for health and Healthcares

29/09/25 Facilitator: Rob Anderson-Weaver Public Health Portsmouth City Council

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks, you too!

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 10d

I am keeping my weekends free of work, and that's been really beneficial. More time with my boys :)

If you can't rest, then you might as well get paid!

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 10d

You've been very busy! Great work but make sure to rest too

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 10d

Ah fab, let me know what you think!

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 11d

I started Crip Kinship by Shayda Kafai today. It's been on my shelf for a while.

I'm twenty pages in already and seriously thought about taking it to soft play 😆

Crip Kinship, a small blue book with a beautiful cover with colourful flowers and a black person in an orange dress walking with a stick

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 11d

I have spoken at the Houses of Parliament on cancer service inequity for Disabled people. I am involved in community based research, including my PhD exploring health and social care inequity experienced by trans autistic people.

Feel free to contact me for more info at; [email protected]

Picture shows me talking at University of Portsmouth on Autistic transgender people's access to health and social care.

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 11d

I have experience running sessions on the following:

♾️Autistic experiences of mental health
♾️Being Autistic and OCD
♾️Autistic experiences of substance use
♾️Autistic experiences of gender diversity
♾️Autistic sexuality
♾️Healthcare accessibility
♾️The intersection of Autistic and LGBTQIA+ identities /2

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 11d

Consultancy and training

I consult on autism and ADHD research, accessibility in further education and healthcare, and supporting LGBTQIA+ people and neurodivergent people.

I have published on accessibility in gender identity healthcare, substance use services, and cancer services. /1

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 12d

The importance of Autistic-led training and research

#AutResearch #Autistic #FromTheArchives

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The importance of Autistic-led training and research

The struggle for Autistic trainers is common as non-Autistic individuals often take precedence. Organizations claim to support #AutismAwareness but refuse to pay Autistic individuals for their expe…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 12d

I think your blog speaks to the issue of autistic-normativity as well as more general conformity. I really do understand.

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks for sharing. Why would you not have the opportunity to contribute? (Feel free to ignore this question)

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 12d

A neuodivergent, chronically ill trans+ person.

I also *hate* interviews with a passion and so many social norms that I dont understand and hate in equal measure.

Maybe I should do a postdoc...

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 12d

Doing a PhD is its own full-time job. Trying to work out what I want to do once I finish is a whole other thinking task I'm not up for.

This involves networking, continuing my other research work, and thinking about finances. And the little thing of going back into work as an out trans+ person

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 12d

Things to think about before getting involved in autism research.

#AutResearch

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Things to think about before getting involved in autism research

I have been a participant in a fair amount of Autistic experience research (what others may call autism research) and I’ve led and assisted on a few more besides. There’s a few things I look for wh…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 13d

You've done some incredible work with the support of some amazing people.

Hopefully, you have some time to recharge for a bit now.

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 14d

I've recently updated my blog on screen readers and alt text.

Let me know your thoughts

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Alt text and screen readers

Image description: a green and white poster labelled ‘Designing for users of screen readers’. The poster is split in half with a list of Dos which reads; describe images and provide tra…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 15d

I've got too many things to say about the ignorant claims about autism. And how these interact with the US government's obsession with policing women's and gender minority's bodies.

Instead of talking about paracetamol, I'll re-share this.

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Fighting for the right to exist

Advocating for yourself and others – in whatever way you do it – is one of the hardest jobs a person will ever do. We go about our everyday lives overly aware that we live within system…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks :)