Auti Thinking

Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, critical Disability Studies and Mad Studies. Katie munday is a SCDTP-funded PhD student. Their work focuses on trans+ Autistic peoples experiences of healthcare. Katie co-founded Autistic Substance Use Network. They are queer, trans, disabled, Mad, and tired. #MadCrip2025 BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION University of Southampton UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH SCDTP - South Coast Doctoral Training Programme AUTISTIC AND LIVING THE DREAM

Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies Symposium is run by three PhD students.

So... let's meet the team. First up, @kmunday.bsky.social

Following the lines of flight of Autistic workers dodging the trap of productivity ghosts 👻 Mapping the micropolitics of masking with Deleuze, affect theory, and a healthy disrespect for molar control. #UnbecomingasMethod #PostQualLife

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(3) the fear of cognitive impairment, & (4) the prospect of being put in an institution
·together these combine in the tragedy narrative of dementia
·People with dementia and their allies debunk dementia stereotypes
·Our knowledge about dementia comes not from those with dementia but from outsiders

Safeguards in MAiD Track 2 don’t protect vulnerable people from death
·Autonomy and vulnerability can conflict
·The fear of dementia that drives advance requests for MAiD grows from extreme stigma against people with dementia.
Stigma grows into: (1) systemic ableism, (2) systemic ageism…

•MAiD targets only disabled people, not other marginalized groups
·People with dementia have human rights as disabled people
·Dementia activists are creating change
· What if you change your mind? Will your new request to live with dementia be honored?

It’s important that people with dementia, their allies, and disability activists contribute their opinions. Dr Margaret Oldfield outlines below reasons to oppose passing into law the proposal for advanced requests. The full explanation of these reasons is here. Free to use for the survey

The link is here: www.canada.ca/en/health-ca... The deadline for the survey is February 14.

SURVEY 4 CANADIAN ACTIVISTS

The federal gov’t is expanding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). It’s considering advanced requests for MAiD for dementia. The gov’t has put out a survey through which Canadians can indicate whether or not this MAiD expansion should be permitted.

I’m going to start calling positive people “hope punks” now.

“It was not the epidemic that made autism visible, but the visibility of autism that made the epidemic” Gil Eyal

More people have moved on and Bluesky is more interesting now. I am finding a lot of new people who I didn’t get to meet on twit bird

Exactly. But many (non-Autistic) academics are writing articles stating that neurodiversity is only about cognitive “differences” which are not considered to be disabilities. How odd to think that! Where did they get this info from?

Awesome music 🩵💙

I will have to check that out. Thanks! 🙏

Autism Speaks Canada is closing down. Does anyone know what happened? Also wonder if they’re going to rebrand like the UK did. I would like to celebrate but I am
suspicious. www.autismspeaks.ca/autism-speak...

What is the alternative to bookmarking posts on Blue Sky? What have people been doing? I need some suggestions.

Needs more cowbell

I have been considering buying it for my son but I don’t see what the appeal is. I do like his book called “you’re my little baby” because he can touch the pages. It is sensory joy.

A trolley driving over people tied to a railroad track. A worker with their hands on a lever looks on. Caption “you can stop the trolley at any time but doing so would disrupt the service and the company would lose profits”

Where I live it has been proposed that NPs oversee Long term care (nursing) homes. Everyone is fine with it except the doctors are livid. But we have an MD shortage! The solution is easy bc they are already primary care providers. 🙄

Gotta collect ‘em all

Takes me back. I always loved the unplugged album, especially their version of the Man who sold the world.

Moustache mischief

“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”

This was probably my most viral tweet. I've seen it pop up in a lot of quote aggregators, sometimes attributed to a wonderful but definitely not-me filmmaker.

I’m reviewing the literature written about the neurodiversity movement and it’s aggravating. Where did all these misconceptions come from? Why are there academics who think neurodiversity doesn’t include disability?

If you follow me, I will follow you back. Apologies if I have missed someone. If I don’t catch you now, I’ll catch you later.

A four door sedan covered in christmas lights driving down a road at night

Some is feeling Christmas-y in my home town

Forgot alt text: a grey cat sitting on a bed wearing a party hat and puffing out a blower. Looks pretty chill, actually.

Where did all that energy go?