Neurodiversity movement: accommodations, income support, services, community living, supported decision-making, AAC, freedom from abuse.. Under review: ND views apply to ppl close to autistics w/ high support needs, common in autistic parents of autistics. bostonreview.net/forum_response…

📅 Next week! Don't miss our #CRAEwebinar on June 6th at 4PM GMT. Emine Gurbuz on collaborative research with autistic students aimed at flourishing at university. Discover tools and insights for better inclusion. 🌟 Register now: crae.ioe.ac.uk/events/

🌟New research🌟

Autistic people (who have been pregnant)'s experiences of Autism Health Passport.

Summary: they're not routinely used; there are *many* barriers.

Full text: doi.org/10.1371/journa…
Blog: autismmenstruationtomenopause.com/blog/blog-post…

Read on for a 🧵

An earlier draft of my response similarly (?) argued for policy incrementalism in neurodiversity movement: 'Its ideas would seem to extend to prison abolition, but meanwhile support for measures such as the abolition of private prisons would be pragmatic.' bostonreview.net/forum_response…

Important CBS Evening News story on nursing home quality. For-profit ownership & lack of accountability are big part of the issue. As I told lisaling, 'We don't know how they are using public dollars and whether they are going into direct resident care.'

Thank you to sloth communism for writing an essay on the future of the neurodiversity movement and to Boston Review for inviting me among the scholars to respond. I am looking forward to reading the other responses and the Sloth Communist's. bostonreview.net/forum/the-futu…

Our paper, led by Themis Karaminis has been published! We analysed a corpus of British print media mentions of autism & autistic people using a stereotype content model approach rating for the warmth and competence autistic people were portrayed with.
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97 years ago, SCOTUS decided Buck v. Bell, holding that the forced sterilization of an incarcerated disabled person is constitutional. SCOTUS never overturned that decision. Disabled people continue to face sexual + reproductive oppression. #TheBuckStopsHere #DisCoRepro

Almost 11 years ago, an anesthesiologist advocated to sterilize me.

Read my story & my family's story today, for #DisCoRepro

cnn.com/2017/12/20/opi…

I filled in the form. I did everything I was meant to. Nothing. No response from Qatar Airways about my damaged wheels. Still chasing. Airlines and baggage handlers should have to face actual consequences for damaging mobility aids, and should have strict time frames to respond

We’re looking for #AuDHD folks to join an online discussion to help us develop a grant proposal!

If you have an autism + an ADHD diagnosis, or identify as both, or you’ve explored both

come along and tell us what you think defines the #AuDHD experience!

docs.google.com/document/d/1Bj…

How has my research (papers, book, book chapters etc.) since 2019 influenced your work (preferably beyond academia) or life? It could help me build testimonies for an impact case study (examples: port.ac.uk/research/resea…) for REF 2029. Lmk/email [email protected]. Thank you🙂

In case anyone is wondering if Steven Pinker is worth listening to on this topic, here is another one of his quotes about autistic people:

Codesign of peer support program: Jade Davies (she/her) describes codesign of support for autistic young people navigate their identity to adulthood. Attendees valued connections & self-discovery Ambitious about Autism Lucy Portway Will Mandy

NEW, FREE to 31 May:

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The UK Government is holding an 'open consultation' on their plan to scrap direct payments to disabled people to help with our higher costs of living. There is an opportunity to respond here online to express your views: gov.uk/government/con…

When we are thought of as reducible to zebra fish, genetic code, mice models, or anything else; when we are abstracted from social and cultural levels of analysis, then we are not even being afforded even the most minor subjectivity. We are not even subjects.

Why autistic people must be at the heart of autism research theconversation.com/why-autistic-p… via The Conversation

New paper reporting a participatory study on autistic motherhood, drawing on double empathy theory. Pleasure working with Dr Farzana Sutcliffe-Khan(she/her) and Fionnuala Larkin on this

We're receiving ✨contributions to the IJDSJ's 'reflections' piece on #LaughingBoy - TY!

This play by Stephen Unwin, is based upon the book by Prof Ryan, about the life and death of her beloved son Connor Sparrowhawk

😍Keep them coming! How to submit 👇

#Autism #Disability

‘We have so much to offer’: Community members’ perspectives on autism research

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New & open access from Liz Pellicano and colleauges