Why “Autism Is Not A Spectrum” – But Not For the Reasons You May Have Heard By Dr Chloe Farahar | Autistic Researcher, Project Manager for Learning Disability and Autism at Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, and Founder of Aucademy CIC The Spectrum Was Never Fit For …

“And I can’t decide if Frith was being lazy, ignorant, or purposely incendiary in her interview, claiming as she did that there is no evidence or science for many of our experiences.”
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#Aucademy
#UtaFrith
#AutisticCommunity
#AutisticResearcher
#AutisticAcademic
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Why “Autism Is Not A Spectrum” – But Not For the Reasons You May Have Heard By Dr Chloe Farahar | Autistic Researcher, Project Manager for Learning Disability and Autism at Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, and Founder of Aucademy CIC The Spectrum Was Never Fit For …

“…And I can’t decide if Frith was being lazy, ignorant, or purposely incendiary in her interview, claiming as she did that there is no evidence or science for many of our experiences.”
#UtaFrith
#AutisticCommunity
#AutisticResearcher
#AutisticAcademic

aucademy.co.uk/2026/03/10/w...

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Very happy to have finished two NASA Open Science courses and added the badges to my ORCID (orcid.org/0000-0002-08...). Grateful for the chance to deepen my commitment to open, transparent research!

#OpenScience #ResearchCulture #ContinuousLearning #AutisticAcademic #WomeninSTEM #NASA #openscience

Autistic Researcher Experience starts in October....I think I might just lie on the floor until then. (With the exception of the Lex of course!)

#autisticacademic #autisticsinacademia #phdlife #postdoc #postdoclife

The spectrum maybe diverse but it is unified.

youtu.be/v19llOFdURA
#autisticacademic #actuallyautistic #autisticsinacademia #autismawareness #autismacceptance #autisticidentity

Uks Unbreakable GIF Alt: Titus Andromeda throws off his overalls to reveal a gold and spandex outfit for the song pinot noir, mid-sized car.

One week into @katelynknox.bsky.social and @allisonvandev.bsky.social thesis to book workshop.

I get a silent migraine and at the other end, brilliant new approach to in-chapter structure, how to re-write and clarity about my argument. AWESOME. So excited! #AcademicSky #autisticacademic

PERSON-FIRST LANGUAGE IS THE LANGUAGE OF AUTISTIPHOBIC BIGOTS • NEUROQUEER Nick Walker, PhD A number of autistic authors have written critiques of person-first language in the past, beginning with Jim Sinclair’s “Why I Dislike Person First Language” in 1999. While these prev...

“PERSON-FIRST LANGUAGE IS THE LANGUAGE OF AUTISTIPHOBIC BIGOTS”

#AutisticAcademic
@dr-nicky.bsky.social

#IdentityMatters
#IdentityFirstLanguage

neuroqueer.com/person-first...

A rose by any other name would smell…of stigma (or, the psychologically important difference between being a “person with autism” or an Autistic person) by Dr Chloe Farahar | UCL Unit for Stigma Rese... UCL Homepage

And one more

“A rose by any other name would smell…of #stigma (or, the psychologically important difference between being a “person with autism” or an Autistic person)”
by #DrChloeFarahar

#AutisticResearcher #AutisticAcademic

blogs.ucl.ac.uk/stigma-resea...

Does Language Matter? Identity-First Versus Person-First Language Use in Autism Research: A Response to Vivanti - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders In response to Vivanti’s ‘Ask The Editor…’ paper [Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(2), 691–693], we argue that the use of language in autism research has material consequences for aut...

“Does Language Matter? Identity-First Versus Person-First Language Use in Autism Research: A Response to Vivanti”

An example of #AutisticAcademic #AutisticResearcher and absolutely valid research showing how the researchers views us as “less than”

#MoniqueBotha

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