@KatyElphinstone@mas.to
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5d ago
K.J. Elphinstone
@KatyElphinstone@mas.to
Thinking about humanity from an autistic perspective. #Autism #Autistic #Neurodivergent #DoubleEmpathy http://www.neurofabulous.org.uk * * * Profile picture: Me smiling, out-of-doors. I've got dark wavy hair and I'm wearing a red top. Banner: a stormy purple background with a rainbow across it. Next to it is a cartoon character reading a book, with a red heart next to it.
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Deficit or difference?
There are a few things about autism that it takes quite a lot of ingenuity to consistently frame them as negative.
I've listed some of them here...
A thread 🧵
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#Autism #Neurodiversity #Neurodivergent #ActuallyAutistic
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@jellisburgos@sciences.social
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Jun 03, 2026
J. Ellis Burgos, LPC
@jellisburgos@sciences.social
Emotionally unstable, self-castigating, exceptionally well-managed, diversely modular, polymathic genius punk dividual. Publishing under her pen name Ellis C. A. Arcwolf, J. Ellis Burgos is a Pennsylvanian, an LPC with 10+ years of experience serving at-risk populations, and a critical systems essayist. Ellis was forged in the fires of intersectionality: plural, intersex, pansexual, Latina, autistic, kinetic, & queer. Pro-nuance, pro-science, anti-dogmatic. Intolerant of policing behavior.
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Hi! I'm Ellis: a clinician, a speculative author, a philosopher, a scientist-practitioner, and a mythopoeist. By day, I serve as a mental health professional and work with high-acuity, underprivileged folks in Pittsburgh. By night, I weave legends from the transgressive reality of our cruel, uncaring world.
#Introduction #Psychology #Sociology #MentalHealth #Therapist #LPC #TraumaInformedCare #Neurodiversity #NonFiction #Essays #MentalHealthAdvocacy
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@joshsusser@autistics.life
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Apr 02, 2026
josh susser
@joshsusser@autistics.life
not your typical neuron. de gustibus non est disputandum. black lives matter. trans people are people. pronoun: he. d.e.i. #ActuallyAutistic #autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #queer #SciFi #StarTrek #webdev #RubyProgramming #pastafarian #NoBots
autistics.life
Today is officially #WorldAutismAwarenessDay, designated by the United Nations as day of recognition and appreciation. This kicks off #AutismAwarenessMonth, which many of us call #AutismBewarenessMonth because it’s always much more about “here’s how bad autism is” than “here’s how to make autistic people’s lives better”. When we want to be more positive than snarky, we call it #AutismAcceptanceMonth, because it’s better to be accepted than for people to be aware of us mainly as a set of problems.
The problem with the above is that all that awareness and acceptance is something that allistic people are supposed to do, so the occasion centers allistic people instead of autistic people. The whole month is about how allistic people think and feel about us – it’s not actually about us at all!
But over on Bluesky, Aslynn (@audhd-psychnp.com) hit on some better branding: Autistic People’s Month! I really like this, as it centers us in our own celebration. #AutisticPeoplesMonth is not about how anyone else feels about us, but about our own existence, accomplishments, problems, and all the rest. I hope this catches on, so doing my part to make it happen. April is now ours!
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@dima@dol.social
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Mar 07, 2026
Dima
@dima@dol.social
A person the world could do without. Coding since 2007. IT lover. Cyborg. 30. Addicted to #Debian, #DevOps, and new #tech toys. Fond of moody #art, #medicine, and #death studies. #php #symfony #development #sysadmin #linux #docker #kubernetes
dol.social
It's so exhausting pretending to be a normal person every single day, only to be asked: "what are you so stressed about?"
When you're literally just surviving day to day, hearing questions like that is physically painful, because it's impossible to answer them, and honestly, nobody really gives a damn about the answer anyway.
I feel like I'm trapped inside myself. The funniest part is that I can't even pull off being completely "normal" anyway - it just leads to burnout.
#asd #neurodiversity
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@grantdenkinson@mastodonapp.uk
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Feb 12, 2026
Grant Denkinson
@grantdenkinson@mastodonapp.uk
Interdisciplinary interests: science, psychotherapy, equalities especially gender sex and relationships. White English European male bisexual polyamorous bdsm / kink. Science / tech / computing background working now in counselling / psychotherapy. he/him pronouns.
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Video from a good alumni event: Bringing #Birmingham to You: Beautiful #Brains - building #neurodiverse futures https://youtu.be/8Hc19BukDsc "Our panel of academics and lived-experience experts talk about how #neurodiversity can transform #workplace culture, boost resilience, and empowers #inclusive leadership. Explore with us how widening #access to education and the workforce helps address social #inequalities. We share tips and signpost ways to properly support neurodivergent colleagues. And hear how Birmingham researchers are informing national #policy at government level."
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