You can mess a kid up more by being an inconsistent, unpredictable parent than by being a fully absent one.

Doctor Naomi Dow, standing on stage, talks in front of a screen. She has long red hair, and wears a purple top and black midi-skirt. The screen shows the following visible text: Psychology: a very good place to start. Accepting change is hard. What do we need? Psychological safety, humility, logical information. When we know better, we can do better!

Doctor Naomi Dow, standing on stage, talks in front of a screen. She has long red hair, and wears a purple top and black midi-skirt. The screen shows the following visible text: The Role of Confirmation Bias. "People's tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with their existing beliefs. This biased approach to decision making is largely unintentional, and it results in a person ignoring information that is inconsistent with their beliefs".

Doctor Naomi Dow, standing on stage, talks in front of a screen. She has long red hair, and wears a purple top and black midi-skirt. The screen shows the kit for fetal blood sampling, a diagram of the procedure, and the following visible text: "New evidence can reveal harmful practices: An updated evidence review found no evidence that TG monitoring with fetal blood sampling improved outcomes for women and babies when compared with CG alone and indeed was associated with a reduced 5 minute Apgar score, This may be due to the fetal blood sampling procedure delaying birth."

One of the many cool things at this conference: a frank discussion about the importance of challenging assumptions and biases in the pursuit of better science and more beneficial outcomes. An important discussion for many, many contexts. (She says, not looking at anyone specifically…)

Yes! Name the systems of power. The neuronormative paradigm is one of THE systems of power yet it has gone unnamed.

The history of schooling is the history of the neuronormative paradigm and neuronormative domination.

What happens to disabled people WILL ALWAYS happen to you.

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts - Wikipedia

Just finished reading final student reflections after my AfAmStudies students finished reading “Wake” by @wakerevolt.bsky.social

This book hits so hard; both the stories of women-led revolts and the story of the persistence of Dr Hall inspired my students.

Y’all should read this book. #APAFAM 🗺️

Layover from Turkey?

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: if it matters to your organisation, you have to fund it like it matters. If you don’t consistently dedicate resources to engaging the autistic community as an autism research institution, it shows in your output. We see it, and you.

Also: still autistic, still incredibly lucky to be one of the 22(ish)% of uni-educated autistic adults in employment, but no longer working in autism research because I couldn’t find a single community engagement role hiring, and even if I could’ve, I was unbelievably burnt out by the experience.

Right now I am on a train to my org’s annual conference, having left coordination of the kids with Olí (mostly) and their other parent (somewhat), and taking a moment to feel grateful and so, so loved. Olí met me at the station with my suitcase, a coffee, and a kiss. I can go be good at my job now.

Other good things have happened - we’re in the process of buying a house, which we will be renovating to our preferences. Arthur’s back on a football team (though has switched to goalkeeper?!) and I’m gonna start Evie in theatre in the new year. Life keeps on doing life things, as it does. 2/3

Been a while, but: hi! I took a break from social media while dealing with unemployment and immigration systems and the mental health stuff that accompanies those things. The state of things now: kids are both back in the UK and on my visa! I’m employed (at UNICEF, even!) and mostly functional! 1/

The crafting space is quietly being decimated as a consequence of no fucking regulation on private equity and it’s INFURIATING

LA Olympics need to be boycotted now.

dude you won't believe it. that violently insecure mad king? he had a falling out with that super annoying failed jester he made grand vizier

I need you all to know that there is a very specific era of Hoosier Millennial who grew up with the Pacers-Knicks rivalry and is watching all of this unfold with genuine childlike wonder.

It’s great cause we’re not yet the age where this is bad for our hearts.

Lucky Day “An existential masterwork that, like life, is equal parts atrocity and delights."—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of DeathLuc...

it has been declared LEGALLY HOMOPHOBIC to not preorder 'lucky day' during pride month us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A GIF from an episode of Dropout's 'Make Some Noise', featuring Erika Ishii asking, 'You, boy, what day is it?'

A GIF from an episode of Dropout's 'Make Some Noise', featurning Brennan Lee Mulligan responding to the previous GIF with 'It's pride, bitch!'

An edit of the "Don't Make Me Tap The Sign" meme from The Simpsons saying "Corporations do not care about you and you should support independent queer artists and creators and give them your money instead of these companies who will end up fucking them over because they don't care about the LGBTQ+ community"

Pride Month starts tomorrow.

I'm going to post this once again.

genuinely the presentation by @ifycomedy.com on smartypants is pure genius and i co-sign every word

SMOOCH YOUR HOMIES

Square Canva graphic with a salmon-to-yellow horizontal gradient background. Black text reads, "Today in hell yes, research" "If autistic people feel the same emotions but express them differently, they may not get the same emotional support that a nonautistic person would.” "@ThinkingAutism" and "tinyurl.com/AutisticRapport"

"I was told by clinicians that I’m ‘too empathetic’ to be autistic. That invalidating, alienating experience shaped my research: I want to better understand why nonautistic people assume there’s an empathy deficit.” -Sarah Foster

news.utdallas.edu/health-medic... #autism #neurodiversity

"All participants self-reported identifying as autistic & 453 (66%) reported professional Dx of ASD

***There were NO significant differences***
between those with & without a formal diagnosis

in regard to the number of trauma types participants directly experienced or were exposed to."

#AutRes

Alexander Skarsgård on Murderbot YouTube video by In Creative Company

This is a really fun interview with Alexander Skarsgård about Murderbot. Fun insights into his interpretation of the character. Mad props to him for being 100% consistent about Murderbot's "it" pronouns, and you can watch the interviewer picking it up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGxK...

I’ve got a lot of potential things in the pipeline, but if you know of an opportunity that might fit my skillset, please reach out!

Just wrapped up my last day working as Autism Community Engagement Coordinator at the ARC at the University of Cambridge and I’m having some Big Feelings about a lot of it. Three years is a long time to work anywhere these days, and I’m nervous (and excited) for whatever comes next.

Nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls Eventbrite - UCL Centre for Research in Autism & Education CRAE presents Nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls - Thursday, June 5, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.

Join us on Thursday at 4pm, as Holly Radford leads us for a #CRAEwebinar

Nonverbal behaviours and first impressions during video calls Between autistic and non-autistic adults.

Booking:
www.eventbrite.co.uk...

you know the jokey thing where people are like 'i could not have predicted the next word in this sentence as i was reading it'

BarbariansProf's comment on "Why is there such a large amount of misinformation on ancient germanic peoples?" Explore this conversation and more from the AskHistorians community

/u/BarbariansProf penned a multi part series on the trouble with fully identifying ancient identities, subjective borders, DNA discoveries, ancient Aryans & racial sciences. A truly fantastic thread!

finally watched murderbot and you guys that is my emotional support autistic android

bc i'm tired of hearing about this and elon musk's hair plugs, let's get this out of the way: every single ban on trans healthcare includes carveouts for the exact same medications but for cisgender people