Hurrah!
This has just been published - my copy is in the post!
Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction
by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social & @suereviews.bsky.social
Oxford Uni Press:
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
or:
amzn.eu/d/0gvTGhGE
What Would A Neuroqueer Pedagogy Be?
By @ombretarragnat.bsky.social Feb 2026
English translation with permission from Genre en Cours.
Referencing the Neuroqueer Learning Spaces and Cavendish Space work I have been working on with @stimpunks.org - thank you!
autisticrealms.com/what-would-a...
Yellow and green book on a desk next to a houseplant.
Very happy to say that Neurodiversity: A Very Short Introduction, written by @suereviews.bsky.social and myself, is out now! It was a lot of fun trying to condense neurodiversity theory, research, practice, and politics into a single, brief book. Available in all the usual places!
Incredibly proud of this new book and honoured that Robert would take me on as a co-author!
We rejected the pathology paradigm.
We rejected empty pedagogy and behaviorism.
We rolled our own education.
Here's what we learned.
stimpunks.org/space/ 🌱
Check out our ever-expanding @stimpunks.org glossary supporting and reflecting the lives of neurodivergent and disabled people - we now have 349 terms created and defined by our community!
stimpunks.org/glossary/
This is fabulous from @ndconnection.bsky.social
Five PBS and ABA blind spots: once you see it, you can't unsee it
ndconnection.co.uk/blog/pbs-aba...
Infographic titled “Words That Wound: Why Functioning Labels Harm Autistic People” by Autistic Realms and NeuroHub Community Ltd. Key message: Labels such as “profound autism,” “levels,” and “high” or “low functioning” are not neutral. They shape access to support, autonomy, and wellbeing for Autistic people. Section: “Understanding the Harm of Functioning Labels.” “Functioning labels deny needs”: These labels reduce Autistic people to simplified categories, obscuring the depth, variability, and context of lived experiences, and replacing understanding with assumptions. “Functioning labels cause harm”: They distort how Autistic people are understood, minimise real struggles, overlook strengths, and lead to unmet, delayed, or misaligned support. Images show: Two disabled people smiling and interacting (one in a wheelchair). A young child playing. A group of people in a supportive discussion circle. Final section: Moving beyond functioning labels creates space for understanding, respect, autonomy, agency, and meaningful support. Closing statement: “Functioning labels don’t describe us, they gatekeep access to support, autonomy, and opportunity.
Delighted to write this for @neurohubcomjournal.bsky.social
" Functioning labels don’t describe us; they gatekeep access to support, autonomy, and opportunity."
Read more:
news.neurohubcommunity.org/p/words-that...
We work in public. Our newsletter is one layer of that — a monthly dispatch on what we built, what we learned, and where we're headed. Follow along. 🫀🧠🌈
stimpunks.org/newsletters/
Stimpunks.org Changelog for Week 14 2026: From the Nervous System to the Funder Brief
Week 14 covered a lot of ground — from the micro to the macro, from individual glossary terms for nervous system states to organization-level pages built for funders.
stimpunks.org/2026/04/05/s...
We placed songs from our “Chronic Neurodivergent Depressed Queer Punk” playlist throughout stimpunks.org, tying them into our advocacy and research-storytelling. They collectively serve as a “Public Service Announcement, with guitar.”
stimpunks.org/psa/
So proud to be co-creative director and working with @stimpunks.org
If you can help please do - reshares are just as valuable!
If you haven't read this yet - please do!
Magnificent work!
Finland's Ministry of Education and Culture published a national vision for schools through 2045 that converges closely with our philosophy. This crosswalk maps the alignment.
stimpunks.org/space/finlan...
A spiky profile can render FSIQ completely meaningless. I know this first hand. I wish more people understood this.
“Every calibration carries context-dependent trade-offs. This is not a limitation of autistic systems; it is a fundamental feature of all biological optimization under constraint.”
—Lori Hogenkamp, Dhwani Sanghavi, Heini Natri, 2026
stimpunks.org/glossary/spi...
Interconnection is very real and nowhere more obvious than this. Good information, good people, doing good works. If you can support them, please do. And if not otherwise, by sharing information for those who can make use of it.
Thank you, Achenes.
Chosen Family provides sanctuary from minority stress. Our sanctuaries are under attack.
Learn about Chosen Family, Minority Stress, and more in our free, openly-licensed, un-gated course: Neurodiversity and Gender: Queer and Neurodivergent Liberation are Entwined
stimpunks.org/library/cour...
Check this out!
Read this awesome piece, then, if you're an author, come back to my account tomorrow to look for my post about applying for my queer disabled itch book bundle for this summer! 😀 🌈 #QueerDisabledAuthors
Queer and Neurodivergent Liberation are Entwined
stimpunks.org/library/cour...
#ActuallyAutistic #AutismMonth
🌈🌈 Neurodiversity and Gender: You Hit So Hard With All the Colors That There Are
stimpunks.org/gender/
#ActuallyAutistic #AutismMonth
Most autistic people, despite everything, actually like being autistic.
Not all, of course. But most of us.
And I don’t just mean ‘making peace with it’.
I mean: it's bound up with who we are.
A thread 🧵
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(refs at the end)
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
Today is #TransDayOfVisibility. It's important to remember that #ActuallyAutistic people are more likely to identify as gender-diverse. In addition, trans autistic people are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Few people listen to autistic transgender people or ask them theirreasons for transitioning. Their dual identities are not competing; theyare complementary. The acceptance of each affords transgender au-tistic people new freedoms they otherwise would not have. A lot ofthe bias against this population is also rooted in the idea that autisticpeople cannot understand what is in their own best interests. Thispernicious ableism compounded with transphobia implies that autisticpeople cannot understand their own gender identity.Still, autistic people know what they want and need. They are theones who know best about their identities and how to ensure that theirbodies line up with what is in their minds. The only thing they needfrom other people is affirmation and support."
FWIW, I wrote this in my book four years ago when it comes to #ActuallyAutistic transgender people. Still stand by it.
#TransDayOfVisibility
Demanding unquestioning compliance with unexplained orders, from people with no choice about being there in the first place, is abusive.
When people say “prevent Autism” …
I hear “prevent Autistic people (like me) from being born”.
#ActuallyAutistic #AutismMonth
Through the lens of ‘Autism Awareness Month‘, ‘autism‘ was treated as something to wage war with, and, as a result, parents called themselves ‘Autism Warrior Parents‘ (which has since been shortened by many to just ‘Autism Parents‘), and Autistic people became the casualties of that war.
Promotional graphic titled “Re-Storying Autism: A Framework for Families, Parents, and Carers Reimagining Support for Autistic People” by David Gray-Hammond and Helen Edgar. The design features a soft green and beige colour palette with a nature background. A central quote reads: “Many autistic people learn to mask in order to stay safe within systems that were not designed with their sensory and relational needs in mind.” Below, text advertises an on-demand video course with 7 modules and a workbook, noting it is an Amazon bestseller and licensed for professionals, with a website link for more information. The phrase “Learn at your own pace” appears at the bottom.
Our Re-Storying Autism course offers a neuro-affirming framework for families, carers, and professionals supporting Autistic people
✨ 7 modules + workbook
✨ Grounded in Autistic-led knowledge
📘 Workbook available: amzn.eu/d/0938qkqz
🌱 Find out more: neurohubcommunity.org/re-storying-...
Stimpunks.org Changelog for Week 13 2026: From Checklists to Patterns
Week 13 was about translation.
Taking what we know—about access, co-regulation, & communication—and making it actionable. Turning checklists into infrastructure. Turning citations into frameworks.
stimpunks.org/2026/03/29/s...
