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Helen AutisticRealms

@autisticrealms.bsky.social

💜 ♾️ Advocating for a better understanding of neurodivergence & mental health in education. ♾️ 💜
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I'm a coauthor on this paper about autism and flow states, which I think could be a really useful contribution to how autism is understood. Led by Brett Heasman, with Gemma Williams, Divine Charura, Lorna G. Hamilton, Damian Milton and me.
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NEW paper an experience sensitive approach This approach can improve the poor experiences of autistic people accessing mental health care, something which is an urgent need given the disproportionately high incidence of mental health difficulties & suicidality. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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April 2024 Book Releases Recap! Here are the books about autism, or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors, published in April! 🧵
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The open-access version of my book Narrating the Many Autisms: Identity, Agency, Mattering is now available to download: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
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More than 20 years after the term was coined, the neurodiversity movement sits at a crossroads. Our latest forum, led by Robert Chapman with responses from @catherinetan.bsky.social, @profshirleylin.bsky.social, @drstevenkapp.bsky.social, Ari Ne'eman, Liat Ben-Moshe, and Kristin Bumiller
The Future of Neurodiversity - Boston Reviewwww.bostonreview.net The movement has made important progress, but focusing on rights and representation leaves too many behind.
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38622794/ Important research about autistic people & the menopause and mid-life. We know very little about this, but the research is needed by hundreds of thousands of autistic people. Definitely one I'd recommend, with thanks to the team.
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Yeah and some of us actually experience hyper empathy I speak about it here via Aucademy www.youtube.com/live/tt-fzj_...
“Autistic people may express empathy and emotions in ways unfamiliar to others, but this doesn’t mean they don’t feel them.” Did you get your copy of John Marble et al’s #Neurodiversity For Dummies yet? www.wiley.com/en-us/Neurod...
Autistic hyper-empathy: Bobbi and Tanya educate Aucademywww.youtube.com Recorded and originally aired: 11th of June, 2022, 19:05 London BST; 11:05AM PST: *Autistic hyper-empathy: Bobbi and Tanya educate Aucademy* We created this ...
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Save the date: July 22-25. Let's reshape education together for a sustainable and just future. Join us virtually at the Conference to Restore Humanity! 5/5 #CTRH2024 #restorehumanity humanrestorationproject.org/conference
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January 2024 Book Releases Recap! Here are the books about autism, or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors, published this month! 🧵
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The language of the Neurodiversity Paradigm is soooo hot right now. But you can’t just pop some neuro-word in place of “autism” and call yourself “Neuro-affirming.” That’s the low-hanging fruit of #neurodiversitylite. #neuro-affiriming #neurodiversity #actuallyautistic
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Behaviorist education is ableist education. Learn why behaviorist education is considered ableist. Explore a brief yet extensively sourced behaviorism "Why Sheet" to understand its impact. stimpunks.org/why/behavior...
Behaviorismstimpunks.org Learn why behaviorist education is considered ableist. Explore a brief yet extensively sourced behaviorism "Why Sheet" to understand its impact.
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On this page, we get personal, we get feisty, and we get punk rock about it. We celebrate neurodiversity, disability justice, pluralism, weird pride, queer pride, and chosen family while making it clear that: We are not okay. You are killing us. stimpunks.org/together/
🌈♿️ Take Them Together: Neurodiversity and Disability Justicestimpunks.org On this page, we get personal, we get feisty, and we get punk rock about it. We celebrate neurodiversity, disability justice, pluralism, weird pride, queer pride, and chosen family while making it cle...
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We have essentially error focused expertise-professionals implementing deficit models. The ‘manufactured ignorance’ prevalent around deficit pathology models is doubling down on the harm to us neurodivergent people. It’s a form of intentional intergenerational trauma. stimpunks.org/access/educa...
Education Access: We’ve Turned Classrooms Into a Hell for Neurodivergencestimpunks.org We have autistic children who need us to support them as architects of their own liberation against the schools and clinicians and institutions and police and prosecutors who would crush and destroy t...
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