Writing The Dawn @writingthedawn.bsky.social Where biodiversity, neurodiversity & creativity meet | Writing, creative workshops & coaching|For every kind of bodymind | Neurodivergent-affirming | Anti-racist| LGBTQIA+ affirming | Anti-oppression
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for autistic people.
https://autisticadvocacy.org/
Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social #SaveOurChildrensRights Parent-led special educational needs and disability #SEND website. UK-based, strategic advocacy, resources, and information to help improve the lives of children & young people with disabilities and their families. Volunteers.
Vetenskap & Allmänhet @vetenskapoallm.bsky.social Public & Science Sweden (Vetenskap & Allmänhet) is a Swedish CSO that promotes dialogue & openness between science and society. Reposts are not endorsements.
Anette Bagger @an1bagger.bsky.social Mother, wife and daughter. Professor in Education at Dalarna University and all for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for all.
Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social Psychologist at University of Oxford | Adolescence + mental health
Linktr.ee/lucyfoulkes
The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social 🌤️ Hello, I’m the Mental Elf!
🌳 Follow me to keep up to date with the latest reliable #MentalHealthResearch.
🍄 Do you need some #ElfHelp? https://elfi.sh/help
🔗 https://linktr.ee/thementalelf
Jo Painter RNMH QN @jopainter1.bsky.social Queens Nurse; Nurse Consultant, RDASH; Senior Lecturer MH Nursing, Sheffield Hallam Uni and PhD Student 😳
Chloe Apter (she/her) @chloeapter.bsky.social Autistic ADHDer, mental/physical illness, iatrogenic harm, co-production, @uoppald.bsky.social student. Views own, personal account.
SANE | Changing mental health for good @sane.org.uk Providing support, raising awareness, and hosting research ❤️
Need to talk? We support ANYONE affected by mental illness, including families, friends, and carers. Call SANEline 0300 304 7000 open 4-10pm daily http://sane.org.uk/support
Doodle Chronicles @doodlechronicle.bsky.social Student nurse. Lived experience of mental illness, inflammatory bowel disease, and gastroparesis. Undertaking EMDR therapy currently. Cat mum and animal lover.
Dr. Jamie+ Marich @drjamiem.bsky.social (she/they/we) The Unicorn System 🦄 Author 🏳️🌈 Trauma Therapist & Educator 📘 “You Lied To Me About God: A Memoir” now available from North Atlantic Books www.jamiemarich.com
Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social LMFT ~ EMDR Certified and CIT ~ She/Her ~ Intersectional Feminist ~ Embracing the both/and, nuance, and multiple truths. Therapy is political!
ALT profile pic: a white woman w make-up on is looking into the camera and smiling
Catherine Crompton @cjcrompton.bsky.social Researcher interested in diversity in communication 👩🏻💻 🧠
New parent. Queer 🏳️🌈. Tired.
Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre (SMRC) @salvesenresearch.bsky.social Based in The University of Edinburgh, our research is creating new knowledge about neurodiversity, linking research and practice, designing and evaluating ways to support people. In collaborative research partnership with the Scottish charity, Mindroom.
David Ekdahl @ekdahlprimafacie.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Aarhus University.
Online spaces, embodiment, neurodiversity
Mel Romualdez @melromualdez.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychology, dept of Psychology & Human Development, UCL Institute of Education. Director of the UCL Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE).
MGS ESRC DTP @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership - promoting & supporting social science research & researchers
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/mgsdtp/ 
Autism in Adulthood @autisminadulthood.bsky.social Autism in Adulthood is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research & scholarship on the most pressing issues affecting autistic adults. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/AUA
EIC: @cnicolaidis.bsky.social
Social Media Editors: @avanicole23.bsky.social
Emma Chubb @emmachubb.bsky.social PhD student at University of Bath, exploring digital, self-help interventions for LGBTQ+ youth mental health 🏳️🌈🧠🏴🌱
Interests: mixed methods, coproduction, intervention implementation/dissemination
Bobbi Elman @autismadvocate.co.uk #Queer #AuDHD #Coach #Presenter #Educator #PostGradAutism #LGBTQAI2S🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ #TransAlly
Board member of @aim-rainbow
#hEDS #AuDHDInfluencer
website autismadvocate.co.uk (under construction )
blog- autismadvocacylondon.co.uk
Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social Associate Prof @UoBrisEnglish 🏳️🌈 A FLAT PLACE (Hamish Hamilton/MHP 2023) HARD LANGUAGE (OUP 2022) 🐨 AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker 🐈⬛ rep: @mfredturner
Naomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social Researcher-activist, Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social #DisabilityStudies
Member, Neurodiversity Working Group of the Church of England
Co-author, At the Gates: Disability, Justice & the Churches https://bit.ly/3YMoUaE
Disabled, ND, they/them
Dr Aimee Grant @draimeegrant.bsky.social #ActuallyAutistic Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow: "Autism from Menstruation to Menopause" | Swansea Uni
Dr Emma Pritchard-Rowe @emmapritchard95.bsky.social Research Associate at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
New Open Access paper on neurodiversity-affirmative autism assessment : https://doi.org/10.1177/27546330241274674
https://linktr.ee/emmapritchard
Kieran Rose (The Autistic Advocate) @kieranrose.bsky.social Autistic, parent, author, consultant, trainer, speaker, and academic researcher, specialising in #AutisticMasking, Identity Development, Stigma & #AutisticBurnout
www.theautisticadvocate.com
The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com Independent news website. Only publishes articles written by academics and researchers. No paywall, no ads. All Creative Commons licensed.
Sign-up now for our free newsletter: https://theconversation.com/uk/newsletters/
This account is mostly automated.
Nina Danon @ninadanon.bsky.social Composer & lecturer • AHRC CHASE PhD student researching neurodivergence in composition and musical neuroqueering • Co-founder of the Neurodivergent Music Network • Kinetic (ADHD) Autistic, Neurodivergent, Disabled • she/they
https://linktr.ee/ncdanon
Independent Social Research Foundation @isrfoundation.bsky.social Dedicated to the promotion of interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. Likes/Reposts/Shared Articles are not necessarily endorsements.
George Watts @autgeek.bsky.social Autistic self-advocate, PhD student, parent to autistic kids. Happily obsessed with all things autistic. They/she.
Nathan Keates @keatesresearch.bsky.social Lecturer at the University of Sunderland in London, Consultant, and Researcher. Views are my own.
The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com Satirical news by & for autistic people (poor things). Founded by Sara Gibbs & Elsa Williams; run by Sara Gibbs & Sarah Amero
It’s a Superpower?? is out now: https://allmylinks.com/itsasuperpower
www.thedailytism.com
www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism
Beatrix Butnicu 🦆🪻 @beatrixbird.bsky.social Autistic autism researcher
PhD student at The University of Sheffield
Laser-focused on cool things: monotropism, neurodiversity paradigm, birds & video games
Multiply neurodivergent & disabled #DisabledPride
She/they
Views my own
Erin McKenney @erinmcke.bsky.social She/her. | Clinical Psych PhD | Studying wellbeing/depression risk factors and consent concerns in autistic adults
website: www.erinemckenney.com
Izy Utley @izyutley.bsky.social NHS SLT, clinical doctorate student and research fellow. Learning disability, autism and inclusive communication. Wild swimmer and travel lover based in Scotland
Mothy and the Squid @mothyandthesquid.bsky.social Autistic indie dyer who may or may not be neuroqueering their process. Proceeds from sales support my neuro-atypical family and my PhD project into neurodivergence.
Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social social epistemology & political philosophy | mama to small people | disabled, chronically ill and audhd | professionally tired | founder and director of disabled-majority transcription and closed captioning social biz @aat-transcribes.bsky.social | goof
Eleonora Marocchini, PhD @marocchini.bsky.social 🔎 Psycholinguist in autism (empathy & pragmatics), with a thing for STS
♾️ Independent researcher at IGDORE | Critical ND Studies Fellow at IMH, Durham Uni
🎤 Freelancer in SciComm as @narraction | Author of “Neurodivergente”
🌈 neuroqueer | they/she
Centre for Interaction, Development and Diversity @uopcidd.bsky.social Research into #Development #Education #Empowerment #Movement #Autism #Disability #Neurodiversity #Communication #Engagement and #Identity etc.
in the School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Portsmouth 
Anna Stenning @annastenning.bsky.social Companion to cats. State school educated. Medical humanities, literature & disability studies. Against techno-authoritarianism. Allotmenteer.
Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics @semascot.bsky.social We strive to improve understanding of being autistic from the various communities of the Global Majority.
www.sema.scot
Kyleigh Melville @kyleighmelville.bsky.social ESRC-funded PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh • Neurodiversity, Multi-Sensory Environments, Participatory Methods • Media and Comms Officer @salvesenresearch.bsky.social •🇨🇦🏳️🌈• Bookworm, Tea Addict, Amateur Knitter & Singer-Songwriter ✨
Dr Louise Creechan @louisecreechan.bsky.social Wellcome Early Career Fellow, Durham University. BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. Ginger. Dyslexic. ADHD. She/her 🏳️🌈 Neurodiversity. Victorians. Musicals. Interrupting people. 
Rachel Griffiths @rachelgexeter.bsky.social Neurodivergent senior educator developer and doctoral researcher using arts-based ways to research neurodivergent belonging in higher education. Also passionate about singing.
Helen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social Independent researcher, author, teacher, speaker. For hire worldwide. https://linktr.ee/helenkara She/her. 🌈 #ActuallyAutistic
Katie Munday @kmunday.bsky.social 3rd year PhD student,
Community research,
Trans Autistic joy 🌈♾️
https://autisticltd.co.uk/
They / he
Sarah Bloem @sarahbloem.bsky.social PhD candidate • Autism, neurodiversity and critical phenomenology • Autistic/ADHD • she/they • Linköping University, Sweden
Rose Matthews (they/them) 🏳️🌈 @rosematthews.bsky.social Autistic researcher, author, and illustrator, Durham UK.
Autistic people’s experiences of menopause, sex & relationships, work, loss, grief, ageing, palliative care, death, & dying. https://www.rosematthewsresearch.com/
#AcademicSky #AutRes #Skybrarians
TrixieLovesTrees @researchriot.bsky.social Curious neurodivergent PhD researcher & consultant exploring neurodivergent experiences of nature, wellbeing and interoception.
Passionate about punk, silliness, cats & nature.
Determined to be the change, but shy & shite at social media.
Dr. Daniel P. Jones @danielpjones.bsky.social Crip-queer disability scholar + creative practitioner | Tourette Syndrome, Creative Research Methods, Public Space (+ more) | Assistant Professor (Research) @durhamimh.bsky.social + durhamsociology.bsky.social | Co-Lead @ndhumanities.bsky.social |
Dr. Alyssa (they/them) @yesthattoo.bsky.social Autistic researcher with too many interests and no real intention of narrowing it down. Mostly AAC research at the moment. Sometimes a math teacher.
Not speaking on behalf of any companies/organizations here.
Warda Farah @wardasworld.bsky.social Interested in all things Race, Disability & Language
I write what I like, whenever I feel like it...
COFOUNDER ROUNDED
farahconsulting.my.canva.site
https://vizzy.com/@wardafarah
Jan @jan0507.bsky.social I am a late-diagnosed Autistic and ADHD EdD student in their 5th year writing up my thesis, hoping to finish by December. I am self-employed, supporting neurodivergent and disabled students in further and higher education to achieve their qualifications.
Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social Neurodiversity, disability, access, medical humanities, genre fiction. "Divergent Minds in the Archive" project PI.
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social Improving health by understanding hidden experience.
Supported by Wellcome.
durham.ac.uk/imh
medhumsplatform.org
Ombre Tarragnat (they/she) @ombretarragnat.bsky.social 🐁 PhD in Philosophy – autism and animality (EHESS, France)
🦧 Leadership team member at the Posthumanities Hub (Linköping, Sweden)
🌱 Member of Ecologies of Neurodiversity (University of Oslo, Norway)
www.ombretarragnat.com
EN/FR
Meg Fereday is recruiting participants @meg-fereday.bsky.social Take part in my PhD research project!
TikTok/Instagram users aged 16+ needed for accessible online interviews > https://linktr.ee/nqresearch.soton
⚛️ @disconetwork.bsky.social Affiliate '25
🤝 @neuronarratives @QueerMedHums @ndhumanities.bsky.social
Marie Manalili @mariemarm.bsky.social Katalonan-inspired • Tagalog • neurodivergent • siya/she/they/👉🏽 • spiky profiled frustrated therapist-researcher
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ACRKHwEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
Jess O. @justjesso.bsky.social (they/them) 🦋
service (ref)user and storyteller from the Philippines, currently based in Scotland, doing a Mad Studies PhD through creative practice research
✨ linktr.ee/justjesso
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale,
Nikki Botting @profnikkibotting.bsky.social Prof of Dev Disorders & Dev psychologist @citystgeorges.bsky.social | Mum | #Christian |She/Her
Research about #DevLangDis #autism
#BSkySpeechies #SLPeeps #Suffolk
Dr. Sarah Donald @sarah595.bsky.social Researcher interested in autism, complex support needs, language and communication.
I champion participatory, collaborative and ethical approaches to doing research better. Views my own 🙂
Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social Consultant psychotherapist/ disability activist/ bluestocking. Former Lived Experience Worker, future failed poet. Will question ideology for cake ❤️🥄💜🎭🦓🥄🏳️🌈
#MadSky #TraumaNotPD #Disability #Neurodivergent #Mad https://t.co/83d2Ztwpp2
Iris A. Croft @irisacroft.bsky.social Emerging writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Work exploring the political, philosophical and social. Some introspective work too 🦋
ICARS - International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion @againstrestraint.com Family, survivor and neurodivergent led advocacy to end restraint, seclusion and institutional abuses of children. #AgainstRestraint #SICAA SICAA Coalition.
🔗 againstrestraint.com
The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social To stimulate, catalyse, provoke, expand and intensify conversations in the critical medical humanities. Hosted by Durham University's Institute for Medical Humanities. Supported by Wellcome.
https://thepolyphony.org/
Yellow Ladybugs @yellowladybugs.bsky.social An autistic led charity changing the world. We focus on the hidden and unmet needs of #autistic girls, women and gender diverse folk. #actuallyautistic
Autism@Manchester @autismmanchester.bsky.social Bringing together academics, practitioners, autistic individuals and family members to produce high quality autism research.
WEB: http://www.autism.manchester.ac.uk/
BLOG: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/autism-at-manchester/
XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social @x1ngwu on X. I collect, translate and write about ancient Chinese folklore, mythology, and history. Love books and cats.
Mythology | Yaoguai(妖怪) | Ghost(鬼) | Art | Myth | Fantasy | History
China Daily @chinadaily.bsky.social Start a conversation as we share news and analysis from #China and beyond.
FB: China Daily
Ins: chinadailynews
Youtube: ChinaDailyOfficialChannel
Mary Doherty @autisticdoctor.bsky.social Autistic anaesthetist, ADHD, Clinical Associate Professor UCD School of Medicine, autism researcher, parent, founder Autistic Doctors International
Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social Cozy random passages from Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books. Posts auto-delete.
Dr Naomi Fisher @drnaomifisher.bsky.social Clinical psychologist, author of Changing Our Minds, When the Naughty Step Makes Things Worse and the Teenager's Guide to Burnout.
Substack: Think Again naomicfisher.substack.com. Website: www.naomifisher.co.uk.
Group for Research in Relationships And NeuroDiversity - GRRAND @grrand-team.bsky.social We conduct research on topics that matter to neurodivergent people and their allies, through working in collaboration with #autistic and #adhd people with or without learning disabilities and syndromes. Our group is based at UCL's Brain Sciences.
Diana Tan @dianatan.bsky.social Autism researcher at Macquarie University (Australia). She/Her. Views are my own.
Ivanova Smith @ivanova1994.bsky.social I am a Christian autistic person with intellectual disabilities. They or them pronouns. my passion is fighting for civil rights all people with Intellectual and developmental disabilities. Founder of WA State Nothing About Us Without Us Act.
Meng-Chuan Lai @mengchuanlai.bsky.social A clinician, researcher & lifelong learner at @CAMHnews @uoftmedicine. Rooted in Taiwan, UK & Canada. Thinking and acting globally and locally. Views are mine.
Cathy Manning @cmanning.bsky.social Research in autism, dyslexia, sensory processing and visual perception 
Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social Happy wanderer. Mentor. Neurodiversity researcher. Fool.
Kimm Curran @kimmcurran.bsky.social she/her •medievalist • monastic landscapes • experiential heritage • neurodiversity & archaeology • medieval women religious • creator #muntastic #nunscapes • SFF nerd #AuDHD Ally 🏳️⚧️🌈
🔗https://hcommons.org/members/kimmcurran
Monique Botha @drmbothapsych.bsky.social Autistic and ADHD researcher focusing on minority stress, meta-science, and dehumanization of neurodivergent people in science and research. Big believer in #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
Proudly Autistic 🌵 @proudlyautistic.bsky.social 
Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social Author of Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism and founding member of Books From Below
They/them.
RSPB @rspb.bsky.social Filling these blue skies with birds, and saving nature while doing it.
🦅🦆🦉🐦🐤🐧
Our Website: https://brnw.ch/21wQQ1O
Cover photo: Aintright 📷
Neurodivergent Humanities Network @ndhumanities.bsky.social NDHums is a safe and generative research network and space that accomodates the diverse, individual needs of scholars working in the humanities | https://ndhumanities.com | Funded by the Wellcome Discovery Platform https://medhumsplatform.org |
Kristen Bottema-Beutel @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social Professor of Special Education at Boston College. I research autistic interpersonal interaction and social development. She/her. COI log: https://t.co/YwzPvxEyVb
Autistica @autistica.org.uk The UK's leading autism research and campaigning charity. We fund research and shape policy to create the changes autistic people want to see in the world.
Erin Stevens @aclientfirst.bsky.social Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer. working with people who have experienced harm in therapy, and therapists who are interested in addressing harm. Pro-client
AuDHD she/they
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
AUTSCAPE @autscape.org Autscape, an /autistic/ conference.
For & by autistics – Est. 2005
www.autscape.org
In-person #Autscape2026 "Autism and neurodiversity in society":
17th-20th Aug 2026 @ High Leigh, Hertfordshire
Registration is open until 14th July!
Sensory Street @sensorystreet.bsky.social 🎓 Research, engagement, education
🌇 Making public places sensory-inclusive for autistic people
🤝 Working with businesses and the autism community
https://sensorystreet.uk/
Sonny Hallett @scrappapertiger.bsky.social Therapist, supervisor, trainer & consultant. Autistic, trans, mixed race. Woodland creature. They/them
https://linktr.ee/scrappapertiger
National Autistic Society @autisticsociety.bsky.social We are here to transform lives, change attitudes and create a society that works for autistic people. This is a holding account only. Please contact us through our other channels. 
Centre for Autism and Theology @autismtheology.bsky.social Resourcing Faith Communities
📚 Research | 🎙️ Autism and Theology Podcast | 📺 Webinars
Dr Aimée Fletcher (@aimee_speaks) @aimeespeaks.bsky.social Autistic autism researcher, passionate about making museums (and all of society) accessible. Lover of photography, stained glass window making, and music.
Participation Coordinator at Scottish Autism. Working to ensure all autistic people are listened to.
Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social Prof of Developmental Psychology at Uni of Edinburgh
Dean of Equity Inclusion & Community for my faculty
Editor of @journalautism.bsky.social
Creator of #AutRes and Edinburgh! feeds
Founder of SuperTroop
"a loose canon"
Queer, cis, she/her
Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social Neurodivergent. LGBTQ+ 🌈 Passionate about autism advocacy, mental health, and research. Community volunteer. Love 🐈, PPI, art and learning
Creator of this popular PPI resource (used by research orgs & universities globally):
tiny.cc/PPIdiagram