Jake Kastrenakes @jake--k.bsky.social executive editor @theverge.com, the best site on the internet
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
Proud queer 🏳️🌈 Trans ally 🏳️⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT
www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
@deafblinduk.bsky.social @deafblinduk.bsky.social
Chloé Nelkin Consulting @chloenelkin.bsky.social CNC specialises in PR, events and consultancy with a dedicated focus on arts, theatre, individuals, circus and opera. 📰 info@chloenelkinconsulting.com 👋🏼
Kevin Walsh @bigkevwalsh.bsky.social Executive Director & Joint CEO at Graeae. Theatre, music, books, art - I soak it all up but don't ask me to make any of it. Fired up by social justice and disability rights. Expert at surrounding myself with good people.
Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social Director, SEND and Additional Needs @ Education Policy Institute. Former government statistician.
Action Deafness @actiondeafness.bsky.social UK Deaf-led charity since 1897. Specialist services empowering Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing Communities
Services: Care | Interpreting | Hubs | SignTranslate | Learning | Employment
#DeafCommunity #BSL #DeafAwareness #Deaf
🔗 www.actiondeafness.org.uk
Deaf4Deaf @deaf4deaf.bsky.social Multi-Awards Winner. UK 1st Deaf-Led Therapy Services. Cultural, Linguistic & Affirmative Model
#DeafTherapy #DeafCounselling #Deaf
#BSL #SSE #Oral #Deafened #HardOfHearing
#SignLanguage
https://www.deaf4deaf.com/
CogNeurothemis @themiskaraminis.bsky.social Cognitive development & individual differences. Language. Perception. Autism. Proud Parent 2 of 3.
Lecturer at City St George's University of London
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.
Tania Tirraoro @tanialt.bsky.social Founder @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social, writer, #autistic, #SaveOurChildrensRights, #SENDsky #EhlersDanlos #Disability #ChildrensRights, Devoted Grandma #wheelchair user #chronicpain
Marie Tidball @marietidball.bsky.social Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge. Mum. Disability Activist. Jo Cox Women in Leadership. Yorkshirewoman.
NHS England @england.nhs.uk
Catherine McKinnell MP @cmckinnellmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Newcastle North and Minister for School Standards. https://linktr.ee/catherine.mckinnell
Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social Presenter, Radio Four’s Front Row and Start the Week.
Dr Aimee Grant @draimeegrant.bsky.social #ActuallyAutistic Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow: "Autism from Menstruation to Menopause" | Swansea Uni
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.
Louise Hickman @louhicky.bsky.social Wellcome's Early Career Award. CRASSH at the University of Cambridge.
Ellie Talks Theatre @ellietalkstheatre.bsky.social Chaotic Stagey Creator who knows that theatre is what? SUBJECTIVE! | 🏳️⚧️
London Theatre Reviews and Discussion on YouTube
Electoral Commission @electoralcommission.org.uk The Electoral Commission is the independent body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK
Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social Nonbinary actor and voice actor.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Victoria McCloud 🏳️⚧️🌈♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social Former UK Judge, now Litigation Strategist (W-Legal UK). Speaker & human rights fighter. Brought McCloud v Ministry of Justice, returning pensions to Public Sector workers. Largest State discrimination claim for all women ever.
Centre for Applied Autism Research @bathcaar.bsky.social Research that develops practical applications through participatory research to ensure Autistic people can thrive in society.
Based at the University of Bath.
NUBSLI @nubsli.com The union for British Sign Language translators and interpreters.
Maya Oppenheim @mayaoppenheim.bsky.social Journalist & author 📰 📚👩🏻💻🌎🔎
First Women's Correspondent at UK news outlet 👩🎤💃🏻🎀💭
Bylines in The Observer, The Independent, The Times, VICE, Dazed & more
Book -- The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy
Send stories to mayaruthoppenheim@gmail.com
Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk MP for #WaveneyValley.
Former charity CEO.
Need to get in touch?
📧 waveneyvalleyoffice@parliament.uk
https://linktr.ee/AdrianRamsay
https://www.adrianramsay.org.uk
Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social 🍏 Green MP for North Herefordshire and leader of the Green Party MP group in Parliament. Mum, activist, optimist!
John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Independent, and visiting professor, the Strand Group, King's College London
@uk.broadwayworld.com @uk.broadwayworld.com
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.
Georgina Russell @georginahr.bsky.social Press @ National Union of Students / Communications / formerly Media @ Liberty & Press @ NEON
Views all my own
Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social Doting grandmother, among other things.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
The Yard Theatre @theyardtheatre.bsky.social A new Yard is here. A new season is here. On-sale now. Good god.
theyardtheatre.co.uk
(We’re here on Blue Sky, just only sometimes. Very active on Instagram instagram.com/theyardtheatre)
Madeleine Brettingham @littlemaddles.bsky.social Writer. Performer. Amateur fencer. Winner of SYTYF 2025 etc
Debut show Legend at the Edinburgh Fringe this August: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:6752
About: www.madeleinebrettingham.com
Substack: https://madeleinebrettingham.substack.com
@joshuapharo.bsky.social @joshuapharo.bsky.social
Jui Sarwate @juisarwate.bsky.social Prev. investigative data journalist @cbsnews.com Columbia Data J ('22) | (she/her)
Hearing Health Foundation @hearinghealthfn.bsky.social Largest nonprofit US funder of innovative hearing loss, tinnitus, and related hearing and balance research🔬💪
Prevention | Research | Cure | hhf.org
#LoveYourEars #KeepListening
Here to share news and notes!
Zoëonpop @zoeonpop.bsky.social Pop culture & Beer. Editor of #Berkshire CAMRA Pubs & Pints Magazine. History, Architecture, Music & Transport enthusiast. #rdguk
Joe Dawson @joezdawson.bsky.social Journalist | Assistant Editor - Sky News ⚒️
Hebe Campbell @hebecampbell.bsky.social Video Journalist and Presenter at The Independent. Covering disinformation/social media.
@ryanlenney.bsky.social @ryanlenney.bsky.social
All That Dazzles @allthatdazzles.bsky.social Theatre website celebrating the best in the West End, Broadway and everything inbetween.
CONTACT/REVIEWS:
contact@allthatdazzles.co.uk
Dr. Henny Kupferstein @drhenny.bsky.social Autistic Autism Researcher, piano teacher, artist, author.
#banABA leader.
Jj Green @jjgreeen13.bsky.social Here from TikTok. Ruffling red feathers.
Freelance Opportunities! @findfreelanceopportunities.com 100s of freelance roles vetted by @kmarford.bsky.social: www.findfreelanceopportunities.com
Hire freelancers and share your brand with them: findfreelanceopportunities[at]gmail.com
@paulclements.bsky.social @paulclements.bsky.social
DaDa @dadafest.bsky.social ⚡️We are a disability and Deaf arts organisation based in Liverpool | Creators of DaDaFest International, the UK’s longest running disability arts festival #DDFI
💥 https://www.dadafest.co.uk/
Ian Ross @sheffgraph.bsky.social ianrossdesigner.com
Tim Bano @timbano.bsky.social Arts journalist and audio producer. Read me in The Standard, Independent, FT, The Stage and other places. Listen on BBC Radio 4. Contact me at timbano.com
Tinnitus UK @tinnitusuk.bsky.social We are the only registered charity in the UK solely dedicated to supporting those with tinnitus.
https://s.mtrbio.com/tinnitus-uk-charity
COCKFOSTERS @cockfostersplay.bsky.social 🚇 COCKFOSTERS - ★★★★★ sell-out smash-hit comedy returns to @swkplay from 4 Dec - 3 Jan. Tickets from £12.
https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/cockfosters/
Stratford East @stratfordeast.com Telling stories since 1884.
Up next: THE HARDER THEY COME
🎫 www.stratfordeast.com/
Blair Imani Ali @blairimani.bsky.social Los Angeles based • Let’s get Smarter one post at a time! Creator of Smarter in Seconds • Author of LA Times bestseller Read This to Get Smarter
Heini M Natri @heinimnatri.bsky.social Research Assistant Professor within the Division of Bioinnovation and Genome Sciences at the Translational Genomics Research Institute, part of City of Hope. heinin.github.io
Ant Lexa @anthonylexa.bsky.social
Sonny J Wise @sonnyjane.bsky.social queer, non-binary, disabled, defiant, Mad, neurodivergent and really tired.
author of The Neurodivergent Friendly Workbook of DBT Skills and We're All Neurodiverse.
Lizzy Luxford @lizzylux.bsky.social Mum-Mum, Mrs, Making Theatre.
“Organises the things”.
🏳️🌈
General Manager at Graeae. (@graeaetheatre.bsky.social)
Board at Square Pegs Arts.
Clore 2020.
I like the arts, social justice, singing, and kindness.
Lipspeaker UK @lipspeakeruk.bsky.social Communication Access for Deaf & Deafblind People
👄Lipspeakers
👐🏼 BSL Interpreters
📝 Translators
🗣️ STTR
💻 Notetakers
👄👀 Expert Lipreaders
https://linktr.ee/lipspeakeruk
Rain Dove @raindovemodel.bsky.social 🏳️🌈Genderless & Limitless 🏳️🌈
Come for the love, stay for a laugh
Model, actor, writer
Director of Safebow (warzone evac collective)
I believe no one should be discarded and that all people are redeemable.
Norma Night ⭐️ @normanight.bsky.social One eye!
Making music!
Queer!
Fan girl!
Sonnie (they/them) @sonniesopinions.bsky.social Marketing Strategist.
Spicy, but not in the way you want.
One of those horrible left wing extremists who cares about people.
Co-Director of Communication at @outvertising.bsky.social
Katie Munday @kmunday.bsky.social PhD Candidate, Researcher, Consultant, Human
https://linktr.ee/autisticandlivingthedream
They / he
Alasdair Lane @alasdairlane.bsky.social Freelance journalist & writer. Guardian, Economist, Politico, New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, Fortune, Atlantic, BBC, NBC, etc. I also run a journo / writer jobs newsletter – writeathome.beehiiv.com
Carl Woodward @mrcarlwoodward.bsky.social 💅🏽 https://linktr.ee/mrcarlwoodward
Solar Bear @thesolarbear.bsky.social Deaf artists leading the way - theatre, digital, outreach. #deafyouththeatre #deaftalent #deafculture #deaftheatre #deafdigitalart 🏴 www.solarbear.org.uk
Where Is Lorraine? @lorrainekwatch.bsky.social The self-appointed attendance officer of daytime TV. Satire account tracking Lorraine Kelly’s attendance. Watch #Lorraine at 9am on ITV, STV and UTV.- D Alison @deaf.bsky.social
BroadwayWorld @broadwayworld.com #1 Site for Broadway Shows, Theatre, Live Entertainment, Tickets, & More! Get in touch at social@broadwayworld.com.
Celia Ford @celiaford.bsky.social she/her/dr • trying to make the future better ✨
AI reporter @ transformernews.ai
also: thereplacement.substack.com
previously: @vox.com, @wired.com,
@theopennotebook.bsky.social
signal: @celia.08
portfolio: drceliaford.com
annalisa dinnella @annalisadinn.bsky.social TV writer #TheHack, #SexEducation #CallTheMidwife
visually impaired, she/her
Fergus Morgan @fergusmorgan.bsky.social Theatre journalist and critic. Scotland correspondent for The Stage. Words in FT, Standard, Scotsman and elsewhere. The Crush Bar on Substack: thecrushbar.substack.com
Black Autistics @blackautistics.bsky.social A Time and Space to Centre Blackness in Autism
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
Dr Audrey Cameron OBE CChem HonFRSC @aud2526.bsky.social Chancellor’s Fellow and Lecturer in Chemistry Education and Deaf Studies at University of Edinburgh
#PGDE Secondary Education
#MSc Inclusion Education
KMPR @katemorleypr.bsky.social Leading PR agency specialising in theatre and personal representation. Also on instagram @kmpr_pr
Meg Fereday is recruiting participants @meg-fereday.bsky.social Take part in my PhD research project!
16-21 year old TikTok/Instagram users needed for accessible online interviews > https://linktr.ee/nqresearch.soton
⚛️ @disconetwork.bsky.social Affiliate '25
🤝 @neuronarratives @QueerMedHums @ndhumanities.bsky.social
UK Parliament @ukparliament.parliament.uk Where the House of Commons and the House of Lords scrutinise the work of the Government. Learn more about Parliament, its people and our unique heritage.
linktr.ee/ukparliament
House of Commons Speaker @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk Sir Lindsay Hoyle | 158th Speaker of the UK House of Commons. Father, grandfather and animal lover.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/
Stonewall @stonewalluk.bsky.social We imagine a world where all lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people are free to be themselves 🌈
Scott Matthewman @greatscott.bsky.social Theatre critic (Musical Theatre Review, The Reviews Hub, Musicals Magazine), occasional writer & director. 🏳️🌈 he/him. Also a software developer (Rails/ReactJS/etc) so expect bits of everything. All opinions my own & not that of any employer.
House of Lords @houseoflords.parliament.uk News & information from the UK Parliament’s second chamber. Produced by its staff to show how the Lords checks and challenges the UK government.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/
House of Commons @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Where elected MPs represent the public, legislate, and scrutinise the Government. Find out more about their work and how Parliament happens.
Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social We challenge injustice, defend freedom and campaign so everyone in the UK is treated with dignity and respect.
Join us. Stand up to power.
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/
Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social Research to enhance the lives of autistic people; based in the UCL Institute of Education.
Olivia Guy-Evans @oliviaguyevans.bsky.social PhD Autism Researcher at University of Birmingham. Masking/camouflaging in education.
Autistic
Editor and writer for Simplypsychology.org 🧠
it’s me, aslynn @aslynnromano.com AuDHD Psych NP specializing in SPMI & adult Dx Autism
Autistic research, shitposting, mental health, bad jokes, Neurodivergence, shouty suicide awareness, NH politics, mutual aid, advocacy & love wins
abolish ICE
Southern NH DSA 🌹
✨ NeurospaceAPC.com
Velia Cardin @veliacardin.bsky.social Neuroscientist. Associate Professor at UCL's Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre
Deafness, neural plasticity & cognition.
deafbrainplasticity.com
Latinoamericana en Londres.
Alex White @alexwhitewrites.bsky.social Award-winning writer and editor, passionate about books, accessibility, disability rights and oral history. Fan of Norwich City, Sussex and England cricket. Views personal. www.AlexWhiteWrites.com
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
Stephen Hull - ITV News @stephenhull.bsky.social now: head of digital content and strategy @itvnews
was: @itn head of digital, @huffpostuk editor-in-chief, @metrouk head of content. always: domestique
Jess Austin @jessaustin.bsky.social First-person and Opinion Editor Metro
Dame Evelyn Glennie @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social Solo percussionist, composer, founder of The Evelyn Glennie Foundation and The Evelyn Glennie Collection, and host of The Evelyn Glennie Podcast. https://linktr.ee/dameevelynglennie
Tim Crouch @thistimcrouch.bsky.social Playwright • theatre maker • radio • tv • Brighton UK
Katie Marie Davies @katiemariedavies.bsky.social Journalist reporting on tech, social affairs and business, with a focus on Russia, Belarus, Central Asia and the South Caucasus☀️
Jack Gamble @jackgamble.bsky.social Director, @campaignforthearts.org
Ava Wong Davies @avawongdavies.bsky.social Industry s3 + s4 (HBO)
The Girlfriend, Rings of Power s3 (Prime)
🇬🇧 Independent 🇺🇸 WME