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Jehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social Genetic Counselor, Professor/Dept. Head (Medical Genetics) at the University of British Columbia. Editor in Chief: Journal of Genetic Counseling. Prez of International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. Unceded Coast Salish Territories.
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Lenin’s Irish accent @daddywronglegs69.bsky.social PhD researcher. I do shit, all the fucking time. Marxist-Leninist. Sé/é
Ní uasal aon uasal ach sinne bheith íseal: Éirímis.
Brian Highsmith @bhighsmith.bsky.social institutions, inequality, geography, democracy | asst law prof at UCLA
Andrew MacBride @amacbride.com biology + computers + a leavening of snark | 👨👨👧👧🏳️🌈| nanomedicine | cancer genomics 🧬 | ML | biomaterials | #compchem #matsky #chemsky #ai4science #materialsinformatics #md | startups | @Cal 🐻 @Stanford @UniversityOfOxford @OxfordNano (swimsf on the Bad Place)
UpLow @daalder.bsky.social Nobody in particular
Elizabeth @elizabethbramhall.bsky.social Biosafety•Bioaerosols•Public Health•Biodefense ☣️ 🧫🧪🧬
Hobbies
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DrPH candidate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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🇫🇮 Onkamoinen 🇺🇦 @tucmo.bsky.social Finn. Pro-globe. Anti-autocrat. Random reposter. Interests vary, but mainly circle around how “we” is even possible.
Perkelöitymisen aste vaihtelee.
Rose @nebraskaredrose.bsky.social A nurse who finally retired after 46 years DNP, RN. Long Covid changed my life. Mask up. Completed LC PT/OT and it helped a little. Now planning to experiment with an auricular vagus nerve stimulator. Hope it takes me further along in my recovery!
@rataosara.bsky.social @rataosara.bsky.social 
Brendan Bartanen @brendanbartanen.bsky.social Associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia. Stumbling my way through the AI revolution at https://brendanbartanen.substack.com/
Robert Girling @dr-r0bert.bsky.social Music archaeology and Coptic literature | early career researcher
Carro 🇸🇪🌊 @carolinesweden.bsky.social Swedish. AuDHD. PTSD. Middle-aged, early retired. Atheist .Lifelong radical left scum. Democratic socialist.💙🇨🇦🇩🇰
bioscilex @pepsci.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher in Microbial ecology at the BIAM - CEA Cadarache, France 🇫🇷
Forum Modi (he/him) 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @forumjmodi.bsky.social Came here to see what my husband is cooking, stayed for the cat pics.
A Forum that studies (queer) forums, Trans Technologies, and queer sexual education.
4th Year Informatics PhD Candidate at IU Bloomington
University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu One of the world's top schools in information science. Offering degrees in Informatics, Library and Information Science (MLIS), Information Management (MSIM), and Museology, and doctorates in information science. Seattle, WA.
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TeeJay 🦋 @notthatimportant66.eurosky.social 🇧🇪 | International Politics | Sports | Tech | I block AI bot accounts, don't even try to follow
CatBlack @catblack9.bsky.social Reasons to be cheerful 🎶
1. Books 📚
2. Fabric and quilts 🧵
3. Cake 🍰
VSA-TOE @bluetrain5.bsky.social Vector Synthesis Algorithm
Dedicated to the Cherished❤️
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Oguz Yıldız, PhD @oguzzyildiz.bsky.social Like and have a sense of humor, working as an assistant professor, saving our planet matters, follow you back
Elizabeth Grisham 💙🗳🗽 @elizabethgrisham.bsky.social Historian. Science communicator. Journalist. I have studied epidemics & public health policy for 24 years. Not here for dates or arguments. Resist. 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉😷🧷 🇺🇦
Shallom Lumor @shallomlumor.bsky.social PhD Candidate. Jesus, Women and humanity.
Nicolai Due-Gundersen @nicolaiofarabia.bsky.social Author of Defending Dictatorship @palgravemacmillan and Covidocracy @Bloomsbury #MiddleEast analyst focused on Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the GCC
Michael Hambrook @spacewhale42.bsky.social He/Him • PhD Philosophy at Exeter • Decolonising Neurodiversity • 4E Cognitive/Cultural Diversity • Eco-Socialism 💚🌏☮️🏳️🌈 • Music 🎸🪕🐋✨🎶
The Autistic Library @theautisticlibrary.bsky.social A neurodiversity-affirmative online library for Autistic people and their supporters, developed by an Autistic Librarian at theautisticlibrary.com
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Teaching in Higher Education @teachinginhe.bsky.social Teaching in Higher Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal (Taylor & Francis) focusing on critical higher education studies.
Oolong Tea @nearstoe.bsky.social // Satanist
// #yumejoshi
// doodles × digital painting
Scientific Today @scitoday.bsky.social Scientific content aggregator with custom content feeds. Science news, jobs, events and more. Sign up at https://www.scientific.today.
Sue O’Brien @suesioe.bsky.social Head of Sheffield Institute of Education at Sheffield Hallam University
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)
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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
Donna Smith @donna-l-smith.bsky.social
Researcher | Writer | Reader
PhD Psychology of Education, University of Cambridge, researching mental health in first generation students 🧠
Obsessive reader of 100+ books/year and reviewer of proofs for NetGalley 📚
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Ecila @ecilathump.bsky.social Qualified teacher but not teaching; aln/send; on my own nd discovery journey and am officially au; mh sufferer; nd mother; dysgu cymraeg; background in environmental science; nerdy geek type person...
Dr Paula Gazzard @extraneous.bsky.social Leftie neuroqueer researcher and retired HE policy wonk with a detached fascination for the politics of crazed techno-utopias, TESCREAL, technology and philosophy of mind 🏳️🌈☕ #actuallyautistic #posthumanism
Research Elements @reselements.bsky.social Web development, data management and visualizations. Consulting services for scientific and r&d communities. https://www.researchelements.org/
Dr. Max Lempriere @thephdpeople.com
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Founder of The PhD People — practical support and motivation for PhD students.
Free One Page #PhD Template: https://linkthread.eu/thephdpeople
PHE Canada @phecanada.bsky.social National organization that champions healthy, active kids by promoting & advancing quality #Health and #PhysEd opportunities & healthy learning environments.
FR: @eps-canada.bsky.social
@diversepathways.bsky.social @diversepathways.bsky.social - T @therapeuticpause.bsky.social @therapeuticpause.bsky.social
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
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Liz Pemberton @lizpemtbnm.bsky.social Anti-Racist Practice in the Early Years : www.theblacknurserymanager.com | 📍Birmingham U.K | Former Nursery Manager | Challenging the sector to think more critically about what we DO | For training & consultancy enquiries : admin@theblacknurserymanager.com
Nicole Borg @nicoleborg121.bsky.social Psychiatry Trainee | Mental Health Advocate | Lived Experience | Neurodivergent | Malta
Peter R @petermryan.bsky.social Trainee Human.
Researching interoception, sleep, and autism.
Science Events @scievents.bsky.social Science Events helps you organise a scientific conference or workshop. Use our platform to organise your next event! Visit our platform at https://www.sci.events
@josaul.bsky.social @josaul.bsky.social 
AsIAm - Ireland’s Autism Charity @asiamireland.bsky.social Working to ensure autistic people get the #SAMECHANCE. Support our work:
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Peter Crosbie @petercrosbie.bsky.social 
Tally L. Tafla @tallytafla.bsky.social Post doc researcher @ University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil.
Visiting researcher @ University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Lucila Guerrero ♾️⚜️🍁 @lucila-guerrero.bsky.social Paire aidante et soutien à la recherche participative et neuroaffirmative à Continuum Autisme, UQAT (Québec). Peer supporter. Autistic community co-researcher.
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #SantéMentale
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Adrian Carroll @adriancarroll.bsky.social Senior Policy Officer @AsIAmIreland | Board @NDAIreland | Alum @ULSchoolofLaw @NUIGCDLP | #ActuallyAutistic | Views my own
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) |
Joanna Wincenciak @asiawincenciak.bsky.social Psychologist, Senior Lecturer in Education at University of Glasgow School of Education
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social, researching Emotion & Cognition. Occasionally overwhelmed
Mum to 🧒🧒🧒 and 🐈⬛
European Disability Forum @myedf.bsky.social The European Disability Forum defends the interests of 100 million persons with disabilities in Europe. #DisabilityRights
ENIL @enil-eu.bsky.social The European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) is a Europe-wide network of Disabled People, with members throughout Europe who promote our right to Independent Living.
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EASPD @easpd.eu We are the leading voice of #disability services across Europe, representing over 20,000 services in 50 different countries.
Inclusion Europe @inclusioneurope.bsky.social Ambitions. Rights. Belonging.
20 million people with intellectual disabilities and their families from 39 countries.
#inclusion #selfadvocacy
Jenny Price @jfp88.bsky.social Year 1 Trainee Educational Psychologist at Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust; previous Assistant SENDCo and Secondary English Teacher.
Karl J.W. Johnston @kjwj.bsky.social I promote nursing and allied healthcareers in the Northwest Territories, Canada
fraut @frautsupport.bsky.social A two-person #ActuallyAutistic team, developing software to make life better for autistic people and their families. Find us online at fraut.co.uk and search for our app on Google Play (iOS version currently in development!).- N @nitsrik.bsky.social @nitsrik.bsky.social
Mary J @primaryteachermary.bsky.social Primary Teacher 🦕 #SDG obsessed. #EduSky MEd Early Years Pedagogue (dist) #MIEExpert #WakeletAmbassador #noveleffect, travelling elephants and other stuff. Was @ElliePrimary1 on that place ✝️🏳️🌈Aberdeen, Scotland
https://primary1help.wordpress.com/
Jaime Hoerricks, PhD @jaimehoerricks.bsky.social Educator, Writer, System Disruptor | No Place for Autism, Holistic Language Instruction, Decolonising Language Education, Liminal Echoes, In the Stillness of Chaos | AuDHD & Trans | Teaching & writing as resistance
Read more on AutSide.Substack.com
Chunye Eunice Chai 春烨 @cceunice.bsky.social Critical ND Studies Fellow @IMH•Durham Uni
MSc Psychology of Ed. @BristolUni explored lived experience of 🇨🇳 autistic women
Interested in autism, disability, mental health & trauma-informed practice † ♾️
#neurodivergent 🌈 ❁* #loveneverfails
Provenance Integrity Institute @provenanceii.bsky.social Provenance Integrity Institute Ltd. (NGO) | Est. 2025 | © All Rights Reserved.
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betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
@anumfarooq.bsky.social @anumfarooq.bsky.social 
J. Chris Pires @jchrispires.bsky.social Professor passionate about student success & team science #firstgen #Brassica enthusiast walking Dogs of the Plant World
#Agriculture #Food #HigherEd #EduSky #Agsky #SciComm & more
#Soil #Crop #Science ; opinions mine
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
DW - (he/him/his) @dwbaltimore.bsky.social Late-Diagnosed Autistic 🎧 Cuban-American
Advocate for Linguistically Diverse and Neurodiverse Learners
English Language Development Teacher 🇨🇺 🇺🇸
SelfDeterminedBaltimore.org
Youtube.com/@BmoreUnmaskedAutisticEducator
@emotional-lit-cwp.bsky.social @emotional-lit-cwp.bsky.social CWP- Children & Adolescent Wellbeing practitioner-CAMHS/NHS. BSc Psychology OU. PG Dip Children & YP Psychological Wellbeing Anna Freud Centre-UCL ☘️Previously worked in KS3/2/1 & EYFS, with autistic students, ADHD, SEMH & SEND in schools. ADHD adult
Hannah Wilson ACC FCCT FRSA @hannahwilson.bsky.social Leadership Development Consultant, Coach & Trainer| DEIB Strategist & Facilitator| Director Belonging Effect| Co-founder #DiverseEd & #WomenEd| Trustee & Chair SGSAT| Mentor YCDT| PCC Member ICF| FCCT| Former EHT| www.thebelongingeffect.co.uk
Dr Danny Penman @drdannypenman.bsky.social Author of the bestsellers 'Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World' & 'Deeper Mindfulness: The New Way to Rediscover Calm in a Chaotic World.' www.franticworld.com @DrDannyPenman
Matheo Angelo ♾️🌻 @matheoapd.bsky.social PhD student at ICMC-USP 🇧🇷, autistic autism researcher in participatory responsible AI and machine learning on graphs
The OEAP @theoeap.bsky.social Outdoor learning and educational visits advice and guidance
elm @autistickynotes.bsky.social stories from a BIPoC, queer, autistic, and adhd lens. direct, unfiltered, and rooted in lived experience.
https://www.instagram.com/autistickynotes
https://autistickynotes.substack.com
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
@craigtrotter.bsky.social @craigtrotter.bsky.social 
Canary SEND @canarysend.bsky.social Neuroaffirming SEND advocacy & systems navigation
Priya Lalvani @priya-lalvani.bsky.social Professor of disability studies and inclusive education. Cynical psychologist. Interests: anti-ableism curriculum, narrative identity, motherhood and disability.
Vygotsky was right about everything!
Mya Noddings-Walker @myanoddingswalker.bsky.social 
Siraluck Puttapratimonk @kaem58.bsky.social Incoming Uni Student
Environment & Well-being | Let’s talk! 🚀
Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities @dcqualitytrust.bsky.social Our mission is to be a force for change in the lives of people with developmental disabilities and their families so they can succeed, thrive, and experience full membership in the community. Learn more: www.dcqualitytrust.org.
Aaron Wahl · Autistic Mirror @autisticmirror.bsky.social I'm autistic and i`m building Autistic Mirror - an AI chat for autistic people.
Mechanism over deficit. Inner view & outer view.
No ABA. No normalization.
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 blog.autisticmirror.app/en
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Xsara Helmi 🇬🇧 🇪🇬 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 @xsarahelmi.bsky.social Visiting PhD Student, CDH, @cam.ac.uk •
@Leverhulme.ac.uk Trust #AuralDiversity (Autism & Music) •Half-Egyptian mixed Swedish-Brit • @BAFTA.org Scholar Alumna #CareExperienced
Transdisciplinary #ArtsBasedResearch
xsara.co.uk/academic
Neurodiverse Connection @ndconnection.bsky.social Supporting creation, connection, fulfilment & purpose to help people to live happy, healthy and meaningful lives.
Dr Sarah Grant @drsarahgrant.bsky.social Autism & chronic illness researcher
Jenny NTU @jennyntu.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, leading on student experience. PhD candidate exploring the autistic sexual experience. All views my own.
Neurodiverse Self Advocacy @ndsa-uk.bsky.social Autistic-led autism support and empowerment organisation improving autistic people's wellbeing and quality of life
Richard Pender @richpender.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist and autism researcher, interested in co-production and neuroaffirming mental health care
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
The PhD Place - Academic Community @thephdplace.bsky.social Community, guidance & tips for academics 🎓 Practical resources, including AI | Courses at @AcademicCourses | Led by The PhD Place Team ✨
Claudia Alvarez Carreño @claudiaalcar.bsky.social Protein structure evolution | Royal Society Newton International Fellow at UCL | she/her
Laura Crane @lauramaycrane.bsky.social Professor of Autism Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Passionate about participatory autism research that truly benefits autistic people.
Research interests include education, healthcare, employment and criminal justice. 
Goh Zhang-He @goh-zhanghe.bsky.social #chemist at A*STAR Singapore | previously a Pharmacy graduate
#preLighter at #preLights
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social Global HE news, data, insights and events