Now available on YouTube, a pair of #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” presentations on a fascinating movement that surged in Japan in the last two decades: Tōjisha-kenkyū, a grassroots base for peer support, advocacy & emancipation.
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Now up on YouTube, an #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” presentation: “Sensory joy to the rescue: emotional containers and portable safe spaces” by Alicja Nocon.
Watch: youtu.be/1ArUdA_ZJio
Worksheet: www.autscape.org/2025/program...
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Now online, one of the #OnlineAutscape2025 Lightning Talks: ‘Màiri Mhòr nan Òran: Gaelic poet, songwriter and activist’, by Max Marnau.
youtu.be/9E6QxbJNRSI
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At Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy, Kate Fox performed: Autistic joy and other hopeful poems. Portrait of the performer, a woman with copper-coloured long hair, wearing an owl-themed dress, looking sideways.
Now on YouTube from #OnlineAutscape2025:
On 7th Feb, autistic stand-up poet Kate Fox performed some of her pieces from the Dr Who-themed “Bigger on the Inside”, plus other poems that invoke autistic joy!
Watch it at: youtu.be/c3_aYD89TUI
#Autscape #AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic #standup
Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy. Portrait of presenter Joanna Ławicka, who presented “The joy of autistic parenting: how to build healthy and safe attachment in an autistic family”. She has her hands folded against her right cheek as she looks into the camera.
Now available on YouTube, an #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” presentation: “The joy of autistic parenting: how to build healthy and safe attachment in an autistic family”, by Joanna Ławicka, Ph.D.
Watch now at: youtu.be/0Ht86QJeiKE
#AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #parenting
At Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy, Harriet Axbey presented: Joyful Degrees: Autistic Adjustments at University. Portrait of the presenter, young female-presenting person with long dark curly hair, wearing glasses, smiling.
Now available on YouTube, an #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” presentation: “Joyful Degrees: Autistic Adjustments at University” by @draxbey.bsky.social, presented 7th February.
Watch it at: youtu.be/C35yQHSk3cw
#Autscape #AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic #autistic #autism #university
A screenshot of a Zoom gallery view with six Autscape panelists: Lyric Schranz, Martijn Dekker, Joanna Ławicka, Alicja Nocon, and Jorik Mol, plus the Autscape Chair, Kacey.
#OnlineAutscape2025 ended on Sunday with a brilliant panel, featuring Lyric Schranz, Martijn Dekker, Joanna Ławicka, Alicja Nocon and Jorik Mol – with Kacey, our Chair, moderating the discussion.
We thank all presenters, performers, participants and organisers for making it a wonderful event!
Online Autscape 2025, More Autistic Joy: Lightning Talks. Portraits of six of the lightning talk presenters. List of shortened titles: An autistic conlang; Showing joy through photos; Autistic-affirming picture boooks; Origin of Double Empathy theory; The Hammered Dulcimer; Social history and genealogy; Màiri Mhòr nan Òran: Gaelic poet; Advertising to the Spectrum; Hanging out with queer autistic folks; How AI changes computing; Rebuilding autistic joy during recovery; Squeegee Art.
Registration for #OnlineAutscape2025 closes today at 16:00 GMT, so there's just over four hours left to register!
Here's one last event highlight post. We've filled all twelve slots for five-minute Lightning Talks!
Info: www.autscape.org/2025/program...
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#OnlineAutscape2025 start times in UTC-6:
Friday 6th: 12:30pm
Saturday 7th: 6am
Sunday 8th: 4:30am (sorry about that -- we have a presenter from Japan which is at UTC+9)
Hope this helps!
Link to schedule: www.autscape.org/2025/program...
Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy. Portrait of presenter Joanna Ławicka, who will be presenting “The joy of autistic parenting: how to build healthy and safe attachment in an autistic family”. She has her hands folded against her right cheek as she looks into the camera.
#OnlineAutscape2025 starts *tomorrow*! Take your chance and register now!
On the 7th at 19:30, Joanna Ławicka, Ph.D. will present “The joy of autistic parenting: how to build healthy and safe attachment in an autistic family”.
Info: www.autscape.org/2025/program...
#AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic
Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy. Sharing our joy in music. Portraits of three of the performers: Katja Gottschewski, middle-aged woman with long black hair, playing a steel tongue drum; Meri Bourgeois, young women in a long black coat, standing up, wearing a hand bag with lots of badges and a ukulele in a case; and Martijn Dekker, middle-aged man with long grey hair in a ponytail and a grey beard, sitting down playing an acoustic nylon-string guitar.
Only three days to go until #OnlineAutscape2025! Registration remains open!
Music is an essential source of joy to many autistic people. At Online #Autscape, we will also be sharing our music!
Info: www.autscape.org/2025/program...
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#AutisticJoy #ActuallyAutistic #neurodiversity
At Online Autscape 2025 “More Autistic Joy”, Martijn Dekker will present “Report from Japan: the radically integrated approach of Tōjisha-kenkyū”, and Dr. Satsuki Ayaya will present “An autistic application of Tōjisha-kenkyū: Otoemojite self-help group, Japan”. Portraits of the presenters: photos of Ayaya, an East Asian woman dressed in black, looking into the camera, and Martijn, a white man with long grey hair in a ponytail, short grey beard, wearing glasses, looking sideways.
An #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” highlight:
On 9th Feb at 10:30 GMT/UTC, we will have a pair of presentations on a fascinating self-advocacy/research movement that emerged in Japan in the last two decades: Tōjisha-kenkyū.
Info: www.autscape.org/2025/program...
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At #OnlineAutscape2025 (7-9 Feb), we'll have #LightningTalks: participants hold five-minute talks on any topic of their interest.
We are taking suggestions for Lightning Talks until 5 Feb, 5pm GMT. Approved speakers get a £10 discount.
More at: www.autscape.org/2025/program...
#ActuallyAutistic
At Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy, Jorik Mol will be presenting: “Now I wanna think about all the good times - The joys of Breaking the Boundaries”. Portrait of the presenter, Jorik, a man in his late 30s, wearing glasses and smiling widely. Someone's hand is on Jorik's shoulder, but the owner of that hand is hidden behind him.
An #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” highlight:
On 7 Feb at 20:00 GMT/UTC, Jorik Mol will present on being a lived experience mentor of autistic higher education students, highlighting many different kinds of autistic joy.
Schedule & info:
www.autscape.org/2025/program...
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The #OnlineAutscape2025 programme schedule is nearly complete now. We even have photos! :) www.autscape.org/2025/program...
At Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy, Kate Fox will be presenting: Autistic joy and other hopeful poems. Portrait of the presenter, a woman with copper-coloured long hair, wearing an owl-themed dress, looking sideways.
An #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” highlight:
On the 7th of Feb at 20:30 GMT/UTC, autistic stand-up poet @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social will perform the Dr Who-themed “Bigger on the Inside”, plus other poems which invoke autistic joy!
Info: www.autscape.org/2025/program...
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At Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy, Harriet Axbey will be presenting: Joyful Degrees: Autistic Adjustments at University. Portrait of the presenter, young female-presenting person with long dark curly hair, wearing glasses, smiling.
An #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” highlight:
On the 7th of February at 19:00 GMT/UTC, Harriet Axbey will be presenting “Joyful Degrees: #Autistic Adjustments at #University”. It's the first presentation of the event.
Registration: www.autscape.org/2025/registr...
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![Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy.
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Emily Slater, Tokyo Attard and Lyric Schranz, presenting: Empowering Autistic Youth – Introducing the ACTIVATE Project.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kgql7tymocmsiivpswrr5yd/bafkreif3jghtlnzmp2aaic2sfc3bqehwbtgpvu7doou2q3czpvv7k7eq7a)
Online Autscape 2025: More Autistic Joy. [Portraits of the three speakers.] Emily Slater, Tokyo Attard and Lyric Schranz, presenting: Empowering Autistic Youth – Introducing the ACTIVATE Project.
An #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy” highlight:
On the 8th of February at 20:00 GMT/UTC, Emily Slater, Lyric Schranz and Tokyo Attard from Malta will be presenting “Empowering Autistic Youth – Introducing the ACTIVATE Project”.
Registration: www.autscape.org/2025/registr...
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Are you on other social media, too? Please follow #Autscape there and help us by signal-boosting #OnlineAutscape2025!
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Online Autscape 2025.
Theme: More Autistic Joy.
Friday the 7th to Sunday the 9th of February.
On Zoom and Discord.
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Autistic-friendly.
Presentations.
Music.
Comedy.
Lightning talks.
Activities.
Discussions.
Website: www.autscape.org
E-mail: info@autscape.org](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kgql7tymocmsiivpswrr5yd/bafkreifaxk7npork73rqblfqhbgagjp5knvj2dtrfjczjvnmc3pgum4xoa)
[Autscape logo: orange and black swirls] Online Autscape 2025. Theme: More Autistic Joy. Friday the 7th to Sunday the 9th of February. On Zoom and Discord. [Image of Autscape 2024 presenter Joanna Ławicka, a dark-haired woman, wearing a white shirt and black trousers, speaking into a microphone, next to a flip chart full of Post-It notes] [Image of nine Autscape 2024 participants in the park, standing near-ish each other but somewhat scattered about, apparently in conversation] Autistic-friendly. Presentations. Music. Comedy. Lightning talks. Activities. Discussions. Website: www.autscape.org E-mail: info@autscape.org
Announcing #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
Fri 7th – Sun 9th February 2025, Zoom + Discord
Featuring a performance by the great autistic stand-up poet Kate Fox, a presentation on “The joy of autistic parenting”, and much more!
Schedule and registration:
www.autscape.org/2025/registr...
Very much looking forward to more details about #OnlineAutscape2025 Travelling to events is still a challenge but I’ve been itching to get to an Autscape event.
#Autscape (the European “autistic conference” in the UK) has a brand new account on BlueSky. Please spread the word!
#OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
7th-9th Feb 2025, Zoom + Discord
In-person #Autscape2025 “Evolving Autistic Space”:
4th-7th Aug 2025 @ The Hayes, Derbyshire
