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.
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) |
Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social 💜 ♾️ AuDHD | Monotropic | Neuro-affirming Autism advocate & consultant.
Interests: monotropism, flow, burnout & neuroqueer theory.
Writer • Trainer • Resource Creator | Former SEND EY/Primary teacher ♾️ 💜
https://www.autisticrealms.com/
Stimpunks Foundation @stimpunks.org Stimpunks is created by and for neurodivergent and disabled people. We provide mutual aid, learning opportunities, human-centered research, and living wages for our community.
Authenticity is our purest freedom.
AMASE @amase.org.uk Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh - helping autistic people to help each other.
#ActuallyAutistic #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #Scotland
https://amase.org.uk
Laura Hellfeld of Neurodivergent Nurse Consulting @laurahellfeld.bsky.social Nurse • Author • Speaker | Supporting neurodivergent and disabled people across everyday life, healthcare & education
Scott Neilson (Autistically Scott) @autisticallyscott.bsky.social Autistic Trainer, Mentor, Consultant and Co-author based in Lanarkshire, Scotland. PGCert Autism. https://linktr.ee/autisticallyscott
Viv Dawes Autistic Advocate @vivdawes.bsky.social AuDHD PDA (she/her/they) non binary, lived experience trainer, author, consultant, anti fascist, anti racist. I specialise in autistic burnout. Founder of ABN- The Autistic Burnout Network.
www.autisticadvocate.co.uk
David Gray-Hammond (NeuroHub Community) @neurohubcommunity.org (He/They)
Independent Researcher focused on autism and substance use, neuroqueer theory, reframing neurofuturism, and systemic oppression.
Author with enough neurodivergent labels to make the system nervous.
Apostate of Normativity.
Bex Milgate ND Psychotherapist & Psychoeducator @bexmilgatetherapy.bsky.social Autistic, Synaesthesic, Dyspraxic humanistic & somatic therapist, educator, and lecturer.
www.bexmilgatetherapy.com
Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social Profoundly curious, ever-learning & generally happy to be on my journey. Family first. Lead SLT in a CAMHS service, Sensory Integration Practitioner & former teacher.
Jess @ GROVE @gr0ve.bsky.social GROVE is an Autistic / ADHD led service for neurodivergent children & young people: www.gr0ve.org
Jess (she/her) | AuDHD | Autism MA student | GROVE’s Founder
The PDA Space @thepdaspace.bsky.social Free 6th Global PDA Space Summit • Sept 2025
Created by a neurodivergent parent for PDAers, families & professionals
Honest conversations. Lived experience. Trauma-informed support.
Register: www.thepdaspace.com #PDASummit
Pete Wharmby @petewharmby.com Author, keynote speaker, geek, autistic and ADHD.
www.petewharmby.com
OT Expert @ot-expert.bsky.social Leading international occupational therapy account
Fierce but friendly advocate for us #neurodivergent and all humans
Love connecting people - Views my own
#Artist - Pencil, Charcoal...
#poet
Occupational therapist
#ADHD
#OccupationalTherapy
#Art
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
Not So NT In A ND World @not-so-nt.bsky.social He/Him
Not Neurotypical
Community diagnosed
Amplify, listen, educate, unlearn. Berkshire Uk & beyond.
I will post about many social justice issues.
Do what is right, not what is easy!
Challenging my thinking and unpacking privilege.
Neurodiverse Journeys @ndjourneys.bsky.social Neurodivergent Author, Public Speaker, Consultant, Advocate and Coach. Autistic, ADHD, PDA Parent to ND children 💚
Jorn Bettin @jornbettin.bsky.social Knowledge archaeologist & anthropologist, #AutisticHumanAnimal (they/it/he). Cocreating egalitarian cultural organisms https://autcollab.org/knowledge-repository/ecologies-of-care/. Whangārei, Aotearoa.
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
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
@autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social @autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social
Emily Katy @itsemilykaty.bsky.social AuDHD blogger 🌻, author of GIRL UNMASKED: HOW UNCOVERING MY AUTISM SAVED MY LIFE (The Sunday Times Bestseller) 📚 & Trustee of Autistic Girls Network 🦋
https://linktr.ee/itsemilykaty
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
Jade Farrington (she/her) @jadefarrington.bsky.social ♾️ Disabled, Neurodivergent counsellor & rewind trauma therapist
♾️ Ad hoc supervision/consultation for neurodiversity topics
♾️ UK-based online counselling
♾️ Home ed, LGBTQIA+ & ND affirming
♾️ www.linktr.ee/jadefarringtonlaunceston
Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social Sunday Times Bestseller. Illustrator + author + education + autism + childhood + learning + activist + art. Represented by BKS Agency
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.
Not Fine in School @notfineinschool.bsky.social Peer empowerment shared via NFIS Social Media & website. PhD research & raising awareness of family experiences resolving School Attendance Barriers.
https://notfineinschool.co.uk/home
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.
Dean Beadle @dean-beadle.bsky.social Autistic speaker, trainer, writer and singer.
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
Lilly @lillyjade.bsky.social Autistic. Interested in autism and broader neurodivergence/disability topics + misinformation. Former cog neuro/psych researcher. Attempting to write.
She/her
Curates @autisticbooks.bsky.social
On Gadigal Land
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
Aurora Autistic Consulting @auroraconsulting.bsky.social An Autistic owned business supporting organisations develop their knowledge and understanding of Autistic lived experiences.
Training, consulting, webinars, and bespoke services
www.auroraconsulting.scot
Autjoy 🎧🐦⬛ @autjoy.bsky.social Automatic Joy (The same but different) No AI used in the making of my music. Late Dx Autistic
https://autjoy.bandcamp.com
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/loves-coming-up-deeper-single/1895282124
PFP: White wispy cloud against dark grey sky.
Andy Clarke @andyclarke.bsky.social Autistic adult. Ex-Autistica (Molehill Mountain), currently at NAS. Views my own, not employers. Busy rewatching Sense8. He/him.
Liking a post doesn't endorse the person.
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.
John Greally @johngreally.bsky.social Lingering Neurodivergent, haunting spaces, acronym aficionado, co-founder ASAN (NZ), ASNZ (6k), AI (166k), AW (17k), TAC (5k), EN (2k), ANF (15k), AT, ATW (1k), Âû (8k), Coterie/Kotiri (200k), ASN - access, agency, autonomy, equity, acceptance.
Dr. Amy, PsyD @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com Psychologist, author, speaker. ADHD, autism, trauma. #ActuallyADHD, #ActuallyAutistic. Also cats. I like to think I'm funny. Beautiful middle-aged freak.
She/her
Best friend of @cmiriam.bsky.social
www.resiliencymentalhealth.com
Alex @alexharpin.bsky.social She/they.
Autistic.
Also talk about my experience with OCD, eating disorders, Axial Spondyloarthritis.
Kiwi-Brit 🇪🇺 in London, England.
Librarian.
Interests: nature, animals, my cuddly family.
Lifelong vegetarian.
All views are my own.
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/
Chris Bonnello - Autistic Not Weird @chrisbonnello.bsky.social Autism and neurodiversity advocate, speaker and former teacher, author of the Underdogs series.
https://linktr.ee/chrisbonnello
Diversity Doodles @diversitydoodles.bsky.social Doodles that, with your help, aim to spread messages about neurodiversity that I'd like the world to understand. Thank you for help making it happen.
Sofia @thendeducator.bsky.social Audhder 🏴🍉
♾️Founder @semascot.bsky.social -working towards better life outcomes for racialised autistics.
♾️Director at @LimitlessLearners.bsky.social ➡️ 👀🔎Fellow ND educators to join the directory to support ND learners.
♾️Secondary Maths
Debi Gregory @thendbee.bsky.social Obstinate, Headstrong Girl.
Connoisseur of Human Folly.
Most Ingenious Paradox.
Inconceivable.
Founding Chair-TheNeurodivergent Student Network.
https://ndstudentnetwork.wordpress.com/
Founding Chair-The Grove of Aletheia.
https://groveofa.wordpress.com/
Lyric Rivera | NeuroDivergent Rebel @neurodivergentrebel.substack.com Lyric Rivera: #GenderFluid #Pansexual #Polyamorous #NeuroDivergent, educator, artist, & best selling author
AutAngel CIC @autangel.bsky.social We are a community interest company run by and for autistic people. We contribute to culture change that enables autistic people to thrive. https://www.autangel.org.uk/
Andy @autieandy.bsky.social Autistic Founder of Spectrum Gaming, a UK charity:
http://spectrumgaming.net
Barriers to Education project lead: https://padlet.com/spectrumgaming/barrierstoeducation
Jill Holly @jillholly-ndu.bsky.social Audhd Counsellor helping the Community Heal and Thrive.
The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @autisticbooks.bsky.social Books about autism, written by Autistic people. Community resource website cataloguing as many of these as possible (2300+ so far).
Autistic curator (@lillyjade.bsky.social she/her).
https://linktr.ee/autisticbooks
Ausome Charlie AuDHD @ausomecharlie.bsky.social Neurodiversity Advocate, Neurodivergent, Queer AuDHDer with PTSD, Bi/Pan, Professional Keynote Speaker, Unintentional Comedian, Wannabe Author. My pronouns are she/her or they/them and my adjectives are Autistic, AuDHD and Awkward AF! #Neurodiversity
Spectrum Sloth @spectrumsloth.bsky.social Late diagnosed autistic. Mama bear. Ace. Cats. The sky. Painting. Sparkly things. Trains. Languages. Memes. She/her.
Actually Owltistic @actuallyowltistic.com Dia daoibh! ☘️
(Ak-shoo-uh-lee Owl-TIS-tic)
Just a bunch of Queer, Autistic owls trying to get through life via comics.
🦉🌈🍓🍉
New comics posted here, or subscribe for free on the website to see them EARLY! (She/Her)
www.actuallyowltistic.com
I've Been Autistic All Along? @autisticallalong.bsky.social Empowering late identified autistic adults through peer support and education.
Memes too!!!
Autistic. ADHD. CPtsd. OCD. Endo.
Autism Peer Support Worker. Parent. Advocate. Weirdo.
Autistic, Typing @autistictyping.bsky.social Anishinaabe
Caregiver and care worker
Writer, speaker, advocate
Co-author of "I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World"
I don't just type about autism.
Tiffany "Tiffy" Hammond @fidgetsandfries.bsky.social NYT #1 Bestseller | Speaker | Autistic Storyteller & "Autism Mom" | Consultant | Disrupting norms with a dash of humor | Pie Slayer
Represented by Annette Bourland of Bourland Strategic Advisors
Radically Sunny @radicallysunny.bsky.social Graphic Designer with a growth mindset. Forest dweller. I love frogs. Kindness as much as possible but don't ever let em take advantage of that. Always striving for the balance in life.
Zoe Williams @rekindled8.bsky.social I read a lot, listen a lot, think a lot, and write occasionally. #ActuallyAutistic
https://rekindled.carrd.co/
Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social The Human First Catalyst
TEDx Speaker | Author of Diagnosis: Human
Creating psychological safety & restoring human being #FlipTheNarrative ©
http://youtu.be/DXBdiGUQ8Lw
www.ellychapple.com
https://amzn.eu/d/dksiD2E - #DiagnosisHuman
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- C @colourblindzebra.bsky.social @colourblindzebra.bsky.social
Alice McCarron (she/her) @alicemccarron.bsky.social *NHS Clinical Practice Lead OASIS #suicide #selfharm
*Occupational Therapist
*Coaching Psychologist (www.alicemccarron.com)
*Associate with Thriving Autistic @thrivingautistic.bsky.social
*Neurodivergent *Views are my own
Gem Kennedy @gemkennedy.bsky.social Coach, Facilitator, Speaker
AuDHD ✨️ Witchy ✨️ Unschooler ✨️ Consent-Based practice
Fun Friends Club🍄
Queers and Co🎙
www.gemkennedy.com
♾️Clear Autism♾️ @clearautism.bsky.social Autism, Neurodivergence, Disability.
Based in Scotland, citizen of the world.
Occasional autism outreach and consulting support.
No reposts without image alt text.
Peel Autism Resource 🇨🇦 @peelautismresource.bsky.social With a focus on Peel Region (Ontario, Canada), PAR is an online resource providing information about autism, Special Education, government programs & community supports. Skeets are my own
https://linktr.ee/Peel_Autism_Resource
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.
Dr Chris Moore @drchrismooreep.bsky.social Educational Psychologist in Belfast. Former Classroom Assistant and ChildLine practitioner. Interested in learning, sharing, and writing about attachment, nurture, trauma, neurodiversity, and stress reduction. Helping to give psychology away. #EdPsychs
OTtheory&practice @ottheorypraxis.bsky.social Occupational Therapy, Occupational Phenomenology and Neurodiversity-affirming practice. Member of Thriving Autistic. #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD He/Him/They/Them https://viraly.bio/neurohubcommunity
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)
Neurobeautiful @neurobeautiful.bsky.social
@luis01.bsky.social @luis01.bsky.social QMU Psychology and sociology graduate 🎓 @StirlingUniCrim Msc graduate. Aspiring social researcher. Passionate about creative research methods. Substack -
Misa on Wheels @misaonwheels.bsky.social “Cosplay is for EVERYONE.” ✨👩🦽✨
Misa is a cosplayer and disability advocate based in New England.
The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social I build neuroaffirming communities by empowering my fellow autistic humans with advocacy & self-care tools for navigating a productivist society
AuDHD ♾️ 🌀 דזשענדער־טרייף
#POTS #Dyspraxia ♿️
EN/FR
theautisticcoach.com
Also @autisticrabbi.bsky.social
Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org Non-profit: restoring humanity to education. Promoting progressive ed. https://linktr.ee/humrespro
Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social Dad. Iowan. Former HS social studies teacher. (PFP illustrated by Farimah Khavari)
Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social 🌟Inviting everyone down the Rabbit Hole. Explores Autism, AuDHD, Neurodivergence, Disability, Media, Cats, and other random stuff. #ActuallyAutistic #LGBTQ+ #Pluralgang
🐈🐙
Note: Various Communcation Based Disabilites
Spectrumy @spectrumy.bsky.social AuDHD. CPTSD. Grumbler. Mum & spouse. Dog friend. She/her.
MissHalcyon @misshalcyon.bsky.social Autistic student, writer, mycology nerd, etc!
My account is 50% my special interests and 50% Autistic advocacy.
Writer for theautisticadult.org
Missy | 29 | she/her
Becky Gillespie @icarsbecky.bsky.social ICARS Team - UK Lead (International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion)
SEND_LISA @lisal24.bsky.social A mum to amazing autistic children. Advocate for #Housing #Education #CareAct #SEND #Autism #Neurodivergent #DisabilityJustice
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.
Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social UK based writer / teacher / CPD provider / presenter. I help to run a preschool. I love gardening and my allotment. She/her. Author of 30+ books for teachers.
Please contact me via my website for CPD/INSET bookings and writing queries. www.suecowley.co.uk
Holly the OT @hollytheot.bsky.social Children & Young People’s Occupational Therapist. Professional Marmite. #AuDHD. #SEND parent. MSc student. Neurodivergent realist.
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
George Watts @autgeek.bsky.social Autistic self-advocate, PhD student, parent to autistic kids. Happily obsessed with all things autistic. They/she.
Jamie And Lion (aka, SpacedOutSmiles) @jamieandlion.bsky.social Monotropic semi speaking adult writing about neurodivergent play & adventures. MTB, digital a11y, AAC user, podcast host & lion tamer (he/him)
aslynn is off-duty @aslynnromano.com AuDHD Psych NP specialized in SPMI & late ID'd autism, Autistic research, mental health, Neurodivergence, suicide awareness, NH politics, mutual aid, advocacy & love wins 🫶
🪿 CommunityFirstNH.org - Vice Chair
✨ NeurospaceAPC.com - Private Practice
Erin @eisforerin.bsky.social Creator of Tendril Theory & astrology dork please ask me about my special interests
Julia Lee Barclay-Morton @julialeebarclay.bsky.social Author THE MORTALITY SHOT (hybrid collection), coach, editor, artist, certified yoga teacher, theater maker, now working on researched memoir about liberation at 57 of being a fashionably late-diagnosed #Autistic: TheUnadaptedOnes.com
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
Wren Ashe Frey (she/they) @crippledscholar.bsky.social Disabled, Mad, Queer
Go by Wren or Ashe
Claire O'Neill @claruineill.bsky.social
Niamh Garvey @niamhgarvey.bsky.social Autistic Author, Irish.
Books published with New Island Books, and Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Rep'd by Jessica Killiney at the Bks agency, London.
She/her
niamhgarvey.com
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.
linktr.ee/BlackInNeuro
Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social Data Scientist, Award Winning Teacher, Maker, PhD Researcher 📚 #Tes #Edtech50 #Bima100 #Judge #Crafting edu/tech narrative.
Teri @ NeuroStory Collective @neurostories.bsky.social Autistic narratives specialist
I'm a neurodivergent practitioner who supports late-identified, high-masking autistic adults via a neuroaffirmative, strength-based and compassionate approach.
www.neurostorycollective.com
Connect@neurostorycollective.com
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
@spectrumgaming.bsky.social @spectrumgaming.bsky.social Hello, we're Spectrum Gaming! An autistic-led charity, based in the UK. We're on a mission to create a world where autistic young people can reach their true potential 💚
Find out more about us here: https://www.spectrumgaming.net/
NDTi @ndtihello.bsky.social The National Development Team for Inclusion. Inspiring an inclusive society where people can live the life they choose.
Autistic Parents UK @autisticparentsuk.org The only national, Autistic-led charity supporting parents who are Autistic themselves, with children of any neurotype. We offer a range of peer support services, events, training and resources: https://www.autisticparentsuk.org/