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Kate Petersen @k8petersen.bsky.social · 6h

“We need so many people to care, so many people to say that, ‘I am willing to make financial and social sacrifices, professional sacrifices, in order to build a better world.’Whoever is questioning whether or not they should do that, I want them to know that they can, and it’ll be okay”

I miss Link

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“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?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

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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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 11h

"Just to be clear: A lack of recognition, supports, & accommodations & the presence of co-occurring conditions does not mean that some people have “profound autism.” Autistic people are all autistic. Period." From @ejwillingham.bsky.social in the new TPGA newsletter.

tinyurl.com/TPGAprofoundAutism

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 6h

I had no idea this was Link's day job. Imagine being a space lawyer and a legendary shitposter

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“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?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

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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Monster-Theory Medium Dave @azzageddi.myatproto.social · 9h

This is AJ Link, known here as Łink. He's awesome. He's been permabanned for basically just making the CEO, Jay Graber, mad. This was a monumentally stupid decision that, AFAICT, may result in the collapse of Bluesky due to a loss of trust, but we'll see. The smart thing to do would be to #FreeŁink

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“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?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

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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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 9h

I don't understand how Link can be exiled. He never hurt anyone, he helps crowdfund for our most vulnerable. He tries to help. He shared a snarky meme. We all do that. Singal Inc. has led to a lot of very vulnerable people getting hurt. He gets to slither on by.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“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?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

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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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 16h

“Since this new administration took office, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities has increased at triple the normal rate of unemployment,” said Josh Josa, who worked for the federal government for over a decade. “People with disabilities, it’s harder for them to find jobs.”

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 16h

“It’s sad—the federal government was a leader for many years in hiring people with disabilities,” Sara Fernandez told me. “The disabled population is where you’ll [find] such bright, successful, creative people, and we change the world.”

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 11h

"Just to be clear: A lack of recognition, supports, & accommodations & the presence of co-occurring conditions does not mean that some people have “profound autism.” Autistic people are all autistic. Period." From @ejwillingham.bsky.social in the new TPGA newsletter.

tinyurl.com/TPGAprofoundAutism

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“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?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

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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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 16h

For National Disability Employment Awareness Month at @motherjones.com, I spoke to four disabled federal workers who were laid off about how their old jobs were very accessible—and what the federal government loses out on by having fewer disabled employees. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The human costs of Trump's war on government

For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.

www.motherjones.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20h

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 23h

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 13h

My pediatrician stopped doing COVID shots about two months before the government really announced anything. I ended up taking my daughter to a travel clinic and paying $150 out of pocket for her first shot.

I still don’t know if/when the second one in the initial series will even happen.

Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 19h

This one's for all the parents who have told me they're going through hell trying to find Covid vaccines for their children: It's not just you! Gift link:

Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall

www.nytimes.com

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

"Autistic people do not form a fixed spectrum with clear segments of 'high functioning' and 'low functioning' and 'profound.' Hope this helps." @ejwillingham.bsky.social on the autism grievance parent campaign for a #ProfoundAutism label, in today's TPGA Newsletter:

buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...

Do some tall people have "profound tallness?" (This is an autism labels side-eye)

You can’t take the tallness out of someone, not in any ethical way. “Tall” is just what they are.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“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?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

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

New to the ever-growing RFK Jr. appointee grifter list: Mark Blaxill, now a senior advisor at the CDC. Blaxill has long benefited from riding the antivaccine gravy train, & has zero other relevant qualifications. From @ejwillingham.bsky.social in the TPGA newsletter:

buttondown.com/TPGA/archive...

What a week, or the autism roundup no one should have needed

Q: Should I be concerned if I have taken acetaminophen at any point during my pregnancy? A: No.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 5d

We know that nonspeaking people have #MoretoSay. October is AAC Awareness Month, and AAC app maker @assistiveware.bsky.social is celebrating with a short AAC understanding video. Please watch, take to heart, and share.

youtu.be/jGpglhW7I54?... #AACawarenessMonth #nonspeaking #neurodiversity

Nonspeaking people have #MoretoSay

YouTube video by AssistiveWare

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 4d

On the echoes of refrigerator mothers in MAHA policy: Tiffany Hammond @fidgetsandfries.bsky.social "sees the focus on Tylenol and vaccines not only as a way to blame moms, but as a way to distract from Trump’s cuts to the services and supports families like hers need."

19thnews.org/2025/10/refr...

This isn't the first time moms have been blamed for their kids' autism

One of the earliest theories of autism is centered on “refrigerator mothers.” Echoes of it can be found in plans to Make America Healthy Again.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 4d

So many autistic people use (or don't use but could benefit from) AAC apps, whether symbol, text, or typing-to-speech. And now @assistiveware.bsky.social is having an app sale, in which all their AAC apps will be 50% off, from October 8-15.

www.assistiveware.com/aac-app-sale

#AACawarenessMonth

AAC Awareness Month Sale 2025 - AssistiveWare

Everyone has something to say. Working closely with the AAC community, we build apps and share best practice to help you communicate with the world.

www.assistiveware.com

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 4d

"For your edification and amusement (and possibly to share with the “autistic people don’t have a sense of humor” crowd), here is a link to a thread of memes on BlueSky where users are “Joining the war on autism … on the side of autism.” via @ejwilliams.bsky.social:

bsky.app/search?q=joi... #autism

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 4d

"The first of a group of undiagnosed ND friends has finally figured it out, making it only a matter of time before the others start toppling into a big heap of late-discovered burnout, reports have indicated." At @thedailytism.com, not targeting you personally…

thedailytism.com/first-domino...

First domino falls in undiagnosed neurodivergent friend group

The first of a group of undiagnosed neurodivergent friends has finally figured it out, making it only a matter of time before the others start toppling into a big heap of late-discovered burnout, repo...

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 3d

“I am begging the autism research and clinical community: Please put more efforts into autism-specific medical accommodations and training so that people like my [high-support adult autistic] son can get the medical care they need.”

www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/cli... #autism #neurodiversity

Clinicians must put more effort into autism-specific medical care

Without it, autistic adults with high support needs like my son are missing out on treatments that could reduce their suffering and improve their quality of life.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

All about apps: what are your current (ad-free) puzzle and/or soothing art or flow apps?

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

Tylenol is NOT linked to autism: “What one person who isn’t a trained scientist or physician believes should not get the same weight as what scientific evidence has found through rigorous study.”

Also please stop demonizing autistic people. Autistics > fascists.

www.thetriangle.org/news/drexel-...

Drexel professor refutes link between acetaminophen and autism - The Triangle

Dr. Brian Lee coauthored a study that concluded there is no causal link between Tylenol use and the development of autism in children.

www.thetriangle.org

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

Tylenol is NOT linked to autism: “What one person who isn’t a trained scientist or physician believes should not get the same weight as what scientific evidence has found through rigorous study.”

Also please stop demonizing autistic people. Autistics > fascists.

www.thetriangle.org/news/drexel-...

Drexel professor refutes link between acetaminophen and autism - The Triangle

Dr. Brian Lee coauthored a study that concluded there is no causal link between Tylenol use and the development of autism in children.

www.thetriangle.org

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

All about apps: what are your current (ad-free) puzzle and/or soothing art or flow apps?

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