LAURA PhD students @laura-phd-salford.bsky.social Hi everyone! We are LAURA (Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub) — organisers of the Aural Diversity Conference 2026 at the University of Salford, MediaCity 🎓
https://laura.salford.ac.uk/news/save-the-date/
https://laura.salford.ac.uk/
Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Views my own
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.
kategray @revkategray.bsky.social Activist. Practitioner Pastor. Dr. Theologian. Researching faith responding to poverty in the UK & trauma theology. Interest in politics, climate crisis, overcoming exclusion, faith capture & fascism. #Manchester #UnitedReformedChurch
Brónagh McCoy @bronaghm.bsky.social Researcher @ IoPPN, King's College London. Cognitive neuroscience, computational psychiatry, data science. Attention, learning, autism research. Scientist by day, luddite by night.
MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social Mind Center for Outreach, Research & Education - Penn's hub for the integrative study of the mind. 
Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social Open research person | feminist | writer
Loves books and cats
Monica Ross @drmonicaross.bsky.social Visiting Scholar @ UC Berkeley CSTMS/OHST. Psychotherapist–writer. Philosophy of science • Philosophy of psychiatry • STS. Interpretation • Classification • Institutional Authority. 🏳️🌈 Website: drmonicaross.com
methods@manchester @methodsmcr.bsky.social methods@manchester is a Faculty of Humanities initiative promoting The University of Manchester's expertise in research methods and interdisciplinarity.
Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social Director of Language & Genetics at Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen.
Tracing the complex connections between genes, brains, speech & language.
Website: https://www.mpi.nl/people/fisher-simon-e
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3132-1996
Louise Beattie @beattiel.bsky.social Chartered psychologist and research associate. Mental health, early intervention in psychosis, insomnia, emotion, autism, digital. Mainly fun local photos. 🌈 ♾️
Lauren Hall-Lew @lhlew.bsky.social Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Anti-racist, pro-trans, pro-housing, adoption-critical, Gàidhlig learner, BSL learner, musician, Trekkie, dysthymic, bleeding-heart cynic. She/her.
Kosjenka @kosjenka.bsky.social Autistic teacher • HoH🦻🏻• Education • Participatory Research • Books & Music • s/weary • she/her
every day is a perfect day for bananafish
🏳️⚧️ you are loved
Zagreb, Croatia
Ailbhe McKinney @ailbhemckinney.bsky.social Post-doctoral researcher on the START trial University of Oxford https://startproject.info
| PhD about the transition to adolescence in neurodivergent girls (puberty, camouflaging) |
Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social Lecturer in Psychology at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Does social psychology & qualitative methods, interested in identity in diaspora. Lives in Cork. Spends more time on the N20 than is good for me.
Josephine Flockton @jflockton.bsky.social incoming Cog Neuro Postdoc @ Tübingen 🇩🇪 Using fMEG & OPM on brains in utero 🧠 Interests: Predictive Coding, AI/ML, Sensory Integration, Haptics, & Consciousness⚡
Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social Advancing safety assurance of autonomous systems, AI, and robotics across the globe. A partnership between Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the University of York. Contact us for research projects, training and workshops, or consultancy on safety assurance.
Dr Jenny Allen @drjennyallen.bsky.social Reader in Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Bath.
Family-based Intervention for Child and Adolescent Mental Health textbook out now: http://cambridge.org/9781108706063
Dr Claire Planner @claireplanner.bsky.social Health services researcher @manchester.ac.uk | she/her | views my own |
The M-WAY Study @mwaystudy.bsky.social Researching environmental factors that influence the Mental health and Wellbeing of Autistic Young people (M-WAY). Based at UCL
Sarah Hampton @schampton.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at UCL. Interested in neurodiversity, mental health, healthcare, mixed methods #autistic #queer she/her
Patrick McKelvey @pmckelveyphd.bsky.social
Performance historian, disability historian.
Disability Works: Performance After Rehabilitation (NYU, 2024)
30% off with code NYUP30
https://nyupress.org/9781479824878/disability-works/
https://linktr.ee/patricktmckelvey
Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social Lecturer/Assistant Prof in Gender, Women’s Studies & Philosophy at UCC. Posthumanities Hub, Eco- & Bioart Lab & Posthumanism Research Institute affiliate. PhD UC Santa Cruz.🦄
https://linktr.ee/egeerts
Meme queen, cat crazy & neurospicy. She/they.
SWAN Autism (Scotland) @swanautismscotland.bsky.social Autistic-led Charity run by & for autistic women, girls & non-binary people across Scotland | Proud to be Autistic Led | info@swanscotland.org
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.
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.
Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social Words for sale.
Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/KieronGillen/
Comics: https://bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6kLb
Website: www.kierongillen.com
Max Alexander @playradical.bsky.social Scotland based artist, playworker, consultant and writer 🌲👽✌🏿️ Neurodivergent play, culture and joy 🦆🌞🌱
🏳️⚧️❤️🔥🇵🇸
"The Joys and Shapes of Autistic Play" out now! https://playradical.com/the-joys-and-shapes-of-autistic-play/
linktr.ee/Playradical
Lloyd Meadhbh Houston @lejhouston.bsky.social IRISH MODERNISM AND THE POLITICS OF SEXUAL HEALTH (OUP); Director and Qualitative Research Lead of Transnnual; BAIS and BSLS Executive; Co-host of 'Censored'; FRHistS and FHEA.
Dr. Erin Giglio 🏳️🌈 @eringiglio.bsky.social UMN postdoc of indeterminate discipline and indiscriminate interests. neurodivergence, disability, decision-making, behavioral states, gender, metabolism, leptin, queerness, computing, sexuality, politics, general yelling. I like dogs a normal amount. she
Incy Wood She/They @incywood.bsky.social Free AND accessible education for all!
Trans rights are human rights!
Tax the rich!
💚 Vote Green! 💚
Promoted by Incy Wood on behalf of Charles McKinney, Yvette McKinney and Incy Wood (Green Party) all at PO Box 78066, London, SE16 9GQ
El Dewar @el-dewar.bsky.social #ActuallyAutistic Disabled Neurodivergent philosophy PhD candidate. Exploring Neurodivergences, Neuroqueering, disability, education, gender & international development. They/Them
Muchomůrka 🏳️⚧️ @muchomurka.bsky.social She/her; philosopher, semiotician, and wannabe theologian; dissenting Catholic; AuDHD; D&D; cooking; Lego, poetry, and ending capitalism.
Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social Improving health by understanding hidden experience.
Supported by Wellcome.
durham.ac.uk/imh
medhumsplatform.org
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 |
Dr David Jackson-Perry @davidjackson-perry.bsky.social Late-diagnosed as an academic | Visiting scholar Neurodiversity Studies @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social | HIV @Lausanne University Hospital | Queerhood | Intensely interested in failure, but will it last...?
Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social A grassroots movement turned non-profit organization with a mission to diversify the neurosciences by building a community that celebrates and empowers Black scholars and professionals in neuroscience-related fields.
Host a meet-up: linktr.ee/BlackInNeuro
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
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.
@luis01.bsky.social @luis01.bsky.social QMU Psychology and sociology graduate 🎓 @StirlingUniCrim Msc graduate. Aspiring social researcher. Passionate about creative research methods. Substack -
Aisling Walsh @aislingwalsh.bsky.social Writer & Researcher
Sociology post-doc at University of Galway
Fiction Reader at Anomaly Litmag
I write about movies and neurodivergence at: https://autcasts.substack.com
Proud #NeuroQueer (She/Her)
Karen Barto @karenbarto.bsky.social Neurodivergent applied linguist in international education (academic writing, editing, TESOL and FL instruction, EMI professional development; neurodivergence and ethics of AI), unschooling my artist linguist kiddo, studying Turkish. Consistently curious.
The Autistic Book Club @autisticbookclub.bsky.social The Original Autistic Book Club est. 2021 - On #goodreads 📚 #autism #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic 📖
We run international Zoom Book Clubs, find us on Meetup.
Also on Goodreads, all links below
https://linktr.ee/AutisticBookClub
Dr. Amy, PsyD @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com Psychologist, author, speaker. ADHD, autism, trauma. #ActuallyADHD, #ActuallyAutistic. Also cats. I like to think I'm funny. She/her
Best friend of @cmiriam.bsky.social
www.resiliencymentalhealth.com
Shannon Rosa @shannonrosa.bsky.social Thinking Person's Guide to Autism. She/Her. Neutral Good. Earnest AF. Likes cephalopods. Targ herder. “A Vulcan should have a more resilient bladder.” So mamy typos.
SEDSConnective @sedsconnective.org The first hypermobility neurodivergence charity BrainBody AUTISM ADHD Dyspraxia Dyslexia EDS HSD Dysautonomia
Chair @JGjanegreenmbe.bsky.social
Patrons:
Dr Eccles Dr Spititos
Web: www.sedsconnective.org
Link: https://linktr.ee/SEDSConnective
Dr Jennifer Huffman, Neurodivergent Neuropsychologist @drjenniferhuffman.bsky.social Neurodivergent Neuropsychologist with a #PDA #Autistic brain. Private practice owner, Author of Unlocking the Power of My PDA Brain; Associate Editor Autistic Revolution Magazine; Clinical and educational consultant on PDA, Autism, Trauma and 2e.
Aut2Ask 🦦 @aut2ask.bsky.social Autistic led grassroots activism. Amplifying voices.
With goal that we will be heard& be able to bring about better awareness and more supports
Has worked with: Bustle, Salon, Flutie Fdn, *the* White House(!), and Netflix.
See📌🧵DMs open
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.
Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social Sunday Times Bestseller. Illustrator + author + education + autism + childhood + learning + activist + art. Represented by BKS Agency
@autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social @autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social 
Neurodivergent SLT Network @ndsltuk.bsky.social A network for supporting ND speech and language therapists and promoting ND allies in the workplace. Http://linktr.ee/ndsltuk
Laura Hellfeld of Neurodivergent Nurse Consulting @laurahellfeld.bsky.social Neurodivergent Health Educator, Co-Author of ‘Creating Safe Spaces for Autistic People’ and 'Gabby's Glimmers' and Associate Editor at Autistic Revolution
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
Dr Rosalie Warnock @rosalie-warnock.bsky.social British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geography at KCL. Welfare | Bureaucracy | Austerity | Urban Inequality | Family Homelessness | Neurodiversity | SEND | Care I Emotions.
Prof Katherine Brickell FBA @kbrickell.bsky.social Prof Urban Studies + Associate Dean (Impact & Innovation) KCL | Author Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State (2025) | Housing/Home/Law | UK & Cambodia | Editor TIBG | Views own | https://www.debt-trap-nation.org/book
Zoe Rogers @zcrogers.bsky.social Autistic autism researcher | neuroaffirmative counseling and mental health support💕 | currently obsessed with: my kitty and gelato making🍨
Brinna Mawhinney @brinnamawhinney.bsky.social Psychology Masters student KU Leuven | Former Project Coordinator at Center for Open Science
Dr Emily Grossman 🧬✍️🎤✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♾️🐱 @dremilygrossman.bsky.social Award-winning science communicator, bestselling author, TV personality & co-founder of Scientists for XR - making STEM fun, fighting misinformation & advocating for diversity.
AuDHD, she/her
2x TEDx speaker, 4x cat lover
www.emilygrossman.co.uk
rainbowjam @rainbowjam.bsky.social Lover of beautiful, silly, and thought-provoking stuff. Learned Elvish, fashioned a lightsaber from a broom handle as a teen. Theologian with a ph.d. who almost studied meteorology. Gardener, baker, cloud appreciator, weirdo.
Leanne Naudusevics @leannenaud.bsky.social PhD student at The University of Nottingham. Researching mixed neurotype social interactions and camouflaging.
Marcia Eckerd, Ph.D. @doctormarcia.bsky.social Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and specializing in diagnosing autism in women. 
Gail Alvares @gailalvares.bsky.social Autism researcher at The Kids Research Institute Australia
Brian Irvine @brianirvine.bsky.social Happy wanderer. Mentor. Neurodiversity researcher. Fool.
Adrian Kind @philpsy.bsky.social Postdoc in Philosophy @Charité & @DZPG | Clinical Psychologist | Involved in Mental Health Care Policy | „How Does The Psychiatrist Know?“ (Transcript 2025) 🔓| More: https://linktr.ee/adriankind
Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social Featuring an 8-page colour photo insert of thrilling images from the hit movie!
😈 Critical Autism & action studies researcher and screenwriter in Naarm. We wish to stay at the inn; our opinions are our own.
Autonomous Press @autonomouspress.bsky.social Weird books for weird people.
autpress.com
emma machado @emmachados.bsky.social (she/her) wannabe PhD wrangler | Sociothings and discourse analysis enthusiast | Exploring queer linguistic identity at the University of Salamanca | Fueled by cats and cinema | ES/EN
Katy Higgins Lee @tendingpaths.bsky.social Katy Higgins Lee, MFT (she/her)
Multiply Neurodivergent therapist and unschooling parent
Neuroqueering
Practicing anti-racism
https://linktr.ee/tendingpaths
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
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
Ryan Boren @ryanboren.bsky.social Co-Creative Director @stimpunks.org
I helped start WordPress.org, WordPress.com, WordCamp.org, and Automattic.com.
Ari Star @ari-star.bsky.social Autistic autism research assistant
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aristar1/
Ros Malcolm @roslynmalcolm.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology (@DurhamU) thinking about bodies, minds, hormones, environments, more-than-human sociality.
She/her
Profile: scholar.google.com/citations?user=liDxrvsAAAAJ&hl=en
Adam Hunt @realadamhunt.bsky.social Researcher at Cambridge. PhD in evolutionary psychiatry. Explaining neurodiversity, improving methods & stigma. 'Evolving Psychiatry' podcast host.
LEADING Study @leading-study.bsky.social Lived experience of EAting Disorders In Neurodivergent and Gender-diverse people (LEADING) Study
https://linktr.ee/leading_study
Danna Oomen @oomendanna.bsky.social Postdoc Leuphana Uni 🇩🇪, previously: Ghent Uni 🇧🇪, Leiden Uni 🇳🇱| Social perception (social interaction, biological motion 💃🏻, imitation), autism, and replication studies. Using behavioural and neurophysiological measures (RT, EEG, HR, SC)
Sam (formerly Barisan Hantu) 🇸🇬🍉 @neuroliminality.bsky.social AuDHD | Neurodivergent | Neuroliminal
Mainstream and SPED teacher
Chinese Singaporean
They/Them
neuroliminality.carrd.co/#
Rachel Sievers @sieversslt.bsky.social Speech and language therapist committed to raising awareness of the needs and strengths of people with developmental language disorder (DLD).
Charlotte Bush @charlottebush.bsky.social Commissioning Editor for Research Methods at Sage | she/her | views my own.
Dr. Robert J. Proverb, Jr. @robertproverb.bsky.social Sociologist
Digital Research/Analysis
(Disability in Society)
https://linktr.ee/robertproverb
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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk News & information from the Lords Committee on the Autism Act 2009. Produced by staff on behalf of the committee. The committee has now completed its work.
Lauren Walker @laurenwalker3.bsky.social Lecturer in Mental Health at UWS
Neurodiversity, Autism, Disability, Inclusion, Mental Health
📚☕️🌿✨
Prof. Lucy Cheke @lucycheke.bsky.social Cambridge psychologist studying learning & memory. Focus on translational cognitive tests and batteries across animals, AI and humans to help us understand all kinds of intelligence and where it goes wrong
A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social Associate Professor, History of Religion. Migrant. Bad at gender, worse at writing bios. I do stuff involving religion and literature and genocide, usually all at once. Posts mostly in English, ibland på svenska, ובעברית רק כדי לספר בדיחות
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Sophie Rae Lichterman @whysophiewhy.bsky.social Dog Mom to Anderson & Truman, Head of Creative & Managing Executive Producer at Cool Zone Media. She/Her.
https://www.coolzonemedia.com/
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social 🖥️ Gaming Youtuber, Media Critic, Philosopher King 🤴
💙 Patreon.com/Hbomb
📩 Enquiries to contact@hbomb.zone
Maisie Roberts @working-scripts.bsky.social Autistic/ADHD-er writer, sociologist of the workplace and coach interested in neurodivergent sociality, relationships, cultures, advocacy and workplace politics
she/they
Sinead O'Brien @sineob.bsky.social Autism PhD candidate and Maker, exploring how technology can be used to improve the well-being of autistic people, especially children. 
Rachael Davis @drrachaeldavis.bsky.social Developmental psychologist & senior lecturer.
Mostly talking about neurodivergence, education, cognition, bilingualism.
Editor @journalautism.bsky.social
Datawrapper @datawrapper.de Enrich your stories with charts, maps, and tables – interactive, responsive, and on brand. Questions? Write us: datawrapper.de/contact-us
AT-Autism @at-autism.bsky.social Neuro-affirmative, non-profit autism NGO & network. Partnership of autistic and non-autistic experts. UK/international. CPD training/clinical/consultancy/events/prog evaluation- Synergy & SPELL: Proud members of @autismeurope.bsky.social
Alejandro Vázquez M. @tormentas.bsky.social Empiricist in recovery, working on applied epistemology and cognitive diversity.
UNAM, Mexico City. https://unam.academia.edu/vazquezdelmercado
Marjolein Mues @marjoleinmues.bsky.social Postdoc at Vanderbilt University | Interested in the neurobiology of (a)typical language development | 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 🇺🇸
Jessica Bojkwansikwé Kitchens @bojkwansikwe.bsky.social Therapist, Speaker, Autistic and Indigenous (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) Advocate, Consultant, Author, and PhD candidate.
Research interests: Autism, Neurodiversity-affirming and Strength-based practices, Inclusive, Indigenous, and Decolonial Leadership.
Dr Rebecca Sutherland @becsutherland.bsky.social Speech pathologist and senior lecturer at the University of Sydney. Interested in autism, disability, telehealth, language and literacy among other topics.
The Madd Philosopher, himself 🇺🇦 @brianarchibald.bsky.social Natural metaphysician exploring consciousness and the radical Possibilities of Existence.
Morality is fundamental, and ethical judgment is commanded simply in virtue of our Being forever within our I-Thou relation.
Andrew Brandel @aobrandel.bsky.social Anthropologist; politics of language; translation; literature; anticolonialism; ordinary language philosophy
New book is out now:
https://utorontopress.com/9781487543693/moving-words