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For anyone who has struggled with where they belong, and whether you even want to belong. Brilliant discussion.

Tickets are still available for the @stimpunks.org + @amase.org.uk Lightning Talks in 51 minutes, and there's actually still one slot available for someone to give a talk if you're very quick...

bsky.app/profile/weir...

A lot can change in ten years!

Bigger on the Inside, @katefoxwriter75.bsky.social: www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/big...

The Autistic Alice:
www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...

Alice Lowe on Book Shambles (@cosmicshambles.com): castamatic.com/podcast/epis...

On Becoming a Person, Carl Rogers: www.hive.co.uk/Product/Carl...

Some Things That Make Me Weird (Or: Some Things That Make Me Me)

Works referred to:

Some Things That Make Me Weird, @scrappapertiger.bsky.social: medium.com/@sonnyhallet...

Letters to my Weird Sisters, @jlimburg.bsky.social: atlantic-books.co.uk/book/letters...

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, @robinince.bsky.social: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/robi...

Happy Weird Pride Day, everyone!

This is just premiering right now. 😁🎉🐙

Monstrous Pride YouTube video by 0olong

'Monstrous Pride' with @fergus.oolong.co.uk, @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social, @kikutowne.bsky.social, Nat Paterson & Sumita Unjumbled premières at 6pm GMT (10am PST) tomorrow - in time to give a bit of a break before the Lightning Talks hosted by @amase.org.uk + @stimpunks.org.
youtu.be/0KjgcBFYhAQ?...

We have more events happening for this year's Weird Pride Day (Wednesday) than we've ever had before.

@stimpunks.org and @amase.org.uk are co-hosting a round of Lightning Talks at noon PST/8pm GMT on the day, where anyone can talk for up to seven minutes on a weirdness-related theme.

I will say over and over again, you cannot have #accessibility without #diversity, #equity, and #inclusion. It just doesn't work.

Weird Pride Day is coming up next week (the 4th of March)!

@fergus.oolong.co.uk wrote a post for Edinburgh's radical bookshop, @lighthousebks.bsky.social about how it came to be, and why this year's theme is Weird Pride in a Hostile World. With many book recs!
lighthousebookshop.com/posts/weird-...

Weird Pride Day 2026 — March 4 March 4 is Weird Pride Day. We need Weird Pride more than ever in this moment defined by mass behaviorism, rising compliance culture, and the return of unvarnished eugenics.

March 4 is Weird Pride Day.

We need Weird Pride more than ever in this moment defined by mass behaviorism, rising compliance culture, and the return of unvarnished eugenics.

stimpunks.org/2026/02/23/w...

Reminder: Applications close on 28th Feb - get your application in now!

NAT Founders Award The National Autistic Taskforce was founded in 2018 by Dr Dinah Murray, a well known autistic community member and an independent researcher and campaigner. Dinah died in 2021 and is sadly missed p…

Applications for @nat-taskforce.bsky.social Founder's Award close 28th Feb!

The award will offer one-off financial grants to autistic people based in the UK.

Applicants may apply for any amount between £100 to £1000.

nationalautistictaskforce.org.uk/nat-founders...

How the supreme court's gender ruling affected people of colour - Hyphen Trans and non-binary people — particularly those whose gender, racial and religious identities intersect — are facing increased harassment

A surge in harassment and fear has been reported by Black and brown LGBTQI+ people following the UK supreme court’s 2025 ruling on biological sex.

Charities say people are facing increased scrutiny and abuse in public spaces.

✍🏼Jaheim Karim
hyphenonline.com/2026/01/26/t...

Short as in 7 minutes or shorter.

I haven't been able to attend in a while, but I have thoroughly enjoyed these sessions in the past. Hope to return soon!

While we would go futher in avoiding the pathologisation of neurodivergent people, in many respects we are broadly aligned with the Royal College of Psychiatrists' proposals on supporting neurodevelopmental people in Scotland.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...

We also have some Lightning Talks on our YouTube account from Weird Pride Day. We usually don't get this many poems!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Buffalo words YouTube video by Autscape

You could get a general idea of how the format works by watching these Lightning Talks from @autscape.org:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p43...

If you're Autistic and interested in giving a short talk on a topic that fascinates you this Thursday, please sign up using this form: forms.gle/VWcaXEbGpjNd...

If you just want to watch and listen, please use the link in the quoted post!

⬇️ Great opportunity for UK link workers/social prescribers & dance teachers to join an online focus group. You can view our 3 short films (6 mins each) and written materials about #autistic adults' experiences of dance, and give feedback. Help us shape resources to make #dance more inclusive! ⬇️

While we support any moves to ensure that adjustments and support do not depend on formal assessments, and the neurodiversity movement has always been critical of the role of medical professionals in 'diagnosing' neurodivergent people, in our present society, formal assessment is often necessary.

ADHD and autism waiting lists hit crisis point as psychiatrists demand urgent national plan Scotland is facing a “system-wide crisis” when it comes to support for people with conditions such as ADHD and autism, psychiatrists have warned.

First to give evidence is @rcpsych.bsky.social in Scotland, who have been calling for serious action to bring waiting times down.

There are believed to be 65,000 people, including 42,000 children, currently waiting for an assessment for one or more neurodivergence.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/devo...

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

Today, Leo Starrs-Cunningham is giving evidence on our behalf at the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee's Inquiry into Neurodivergence in Scotland, together with other DPOs.

You can watch live (or later) here. The meeting started at 9:30.
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/equa...

QUAHRC Seminar: Rethinking Power in Autism Research Rethinking Power in Autism Research: Intersectional, Participatory, and Afrocentric Futures?

Speaker update!

We've added a new speaker, Danielle Baptiste, to the line-up for our seminar next week on power in autism research. Danielle is a PhD student at the University of Warwick, researching Black women's experiences around adult autism diagnosis.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quahrc-sem...

Autism: Some Vital Research Links. Updated January 2026 Autism. Here we are, 100 years on from the work of Sukhareva, and 80 years on from the original misunderstandings ...

A fabulous round up of autism research from the past few years collated by @annmemmott.bsky.social

annsautism.blogspot.com/2019/01/auti...

Lightning Talks with AMASE & ARGH Scotland · Zoom · Luma On Thursday, 22nd of January, 7:30-8:30pm GMT, the Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh (AMASE) and ARGH Scotland are running a Lightning Talks event…

On Thurs 22nd January, we are hosting Lightning Talks with @arghscotland.bsky.social 🌩️

This will be a space for autistic and other ND folk to infodump and share the joy. Everyone is also welcome to just attend and enjoy!

Talks should be up to about 7 minutes long.

Sign up: luma.com/zh49tltt

Happy new year! Just under two weeks to go until our free seminar on power in autism research www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quahrc-sem...

A laptop on a bed with a book and a cup of coffee. The laptop's screen shows green sparklies in the dark with the Autscape logo superimposed on it.

📝 The Call for Proposals for #OnlineAutscape2026 is open!
🧭 Theme: “Evolving Autistic Space Online”.
⏳ Submission deadline: 16 January.
Please spread far and wide: www.autscape.org/2026/online/...

#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #autistic #autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #neurodivergent

Remember applications close on 28th February 2026. Get your application in now! (Also still taking donations to the fund)