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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/
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I'm Helen Edgar (AuDHD), Educational Consultant & Founder of Autistic Realms.
Interests: Neuro-Affirmative Practice, Monotropism, Burnout, Disability Rights & Neuroqueer Theory.
Supporting Autistic & otherwise neurodivergent people to thrive. Lots of free resources!
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"Let's move beyond shallow awareness of autism to appreciate autistic people in the fullness and depth of their humanity"

Steve Silberman

A wonderful quote by Steve Silberman shared in Neurohub with @emergentdivergence.com community today in our peer support session.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
"Let's move beyond shallow awareness of autism to appreciate autistic people in the fullness and depth of their humanity"

Steve Silberman

A wonderful quote by Steve Silberman shared in Neurohub with @emergentdivergence.com community today in our peer support session.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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A wonderful peer support session in Neurohub today with @emergentdivergence.com & everyone!
What a great discussion about the fluidity of being Autistic, the value of community support & neuroqueering.

We meet every monday 12.30-1.30 UK time.
More info:
autisticrealms.com/join-neurohu...
Join NeuroHub Community Space | Autistic Realms
Join me & David Gray-Hammond in our new community NeuroHub. Access to exclusive webinars, resources and space to connect with others! Hope to see some o ...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
A wonderful peer support session in Neurohub today with @emergentdivergence.com & everyone!
What a great discussion about the fluidity of being Autistic, the value of community support & neuroqueering.

We meet every monday 12.30-1.30 UK time.
More info:
autisticrealms.com/join-neurohu...
Join NeuroHub Community Space | Autistic Realms
Join me & David Gray-Hammond in our new community NeuroHub. Access to exclusive webinars, resources and space to connect with others! Hope to see some o ...
autisticrealms.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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The Third Annual Disability Rights & Inclusion Conference

March 12-13, 2026. In-person and virtual options are available.

Free online registration

www.tourolaw.edu/academics/di...
Touro Law - Disability Rights & Inclusion
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January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
The Third Annual Disability Rights & Inclusion Conference

March 12-13, 2026. In-person and virtual options are available.

Free online registration

www.tourolaw.edu/academics/di...
Touro Law - Disability Rights & Inclusion
www.tourolaw.edu
January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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I am excited that @thrivingautistic.bsky.social 's Discovery Programme will be starting again!

If you are interested in finding out more about your Autistic identity in a neuro-affirming community space, there are still a few places available.
More info: www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...
Happy 2026!
A great time to discover more about your Autistic identity!
Join our Discovery Course - Spaces available for Jan, Feb & March.
Fully funded for Irish Citizens thanks to Rethink Ireland - subsidised for international participants
Find out more: www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I am excited that @thrivingautistic.bsky.social 's Discovery Programme will be starting again!

If you are interested in finding out more about your Autistic identity in a neuro-affirming community space, there are still a few places available.
More info: www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...
Happy 2026!
A great time to discover more about your Autistic identity!
Join our Discovery Course - Spaces available for Jan, Feb & March.
Fully funded for Irish Citizens thanks to Rethink Ireland - subsidised for international participants
Find out more: www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-pr...
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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“For me, every educational question comes down to access and opportunity.”

—Ira David Socol

Here’s how we build for access and opportunity in our learning spaces.

stimpunks.org/space/
Learning Space: At the Intersection of Dewey and Freire
Stimpunks Learning Space offers community and space for passion-based, human-centered learning with purpose.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Some people say there is an “autism epidemic,” but that is not true. An epidemic is when a disease spreads very fast to a lot of people. Autism is not a disease. More people are being diagnosed now because we understand autism better—not bc more people are “getting” autism. TY @autisticadvocacy.org.
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Super-interesting reflections on Sami Timimi's deeply unhelpful thoughts about 'normality', neurodiversity and mental illness.

It frustrates me so much that people coming from a 'critical psychiatry' angle get so much right, but then they just trash neurodiversity.

www.sluggish.xyz/p/are-we-all...
Are We All Just Having 'Understandable Human Reactions'?
Sami Timimi's new book paints neurodivergent and trans people as dupes of neoliberalism
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January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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@emergentdivergence.com is offering 80% off tickets to their Embracing Our Autistic Selves course for first 10 people to share the course link & comment saying they've done it.

Start Wed 7th Jan 6pm

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#ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #AutisticIdentity #AuDHD
Embracing Our Autistic Selves
The aim of this course is to help you challenge internalised ableism, and create tools and opportunities to embrace your Autistic identity.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
@emergentdivergence.com is offering 80% off tickets to their Embracing Our Autistic Selves course for first 10 people to share the course link & comment saying they've done it.

Start Wed 7th Jan 6pm

events.humanitix.com/embracing-ou...
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #AutisticIdentity #AuDHD
Embracing Our Autistic Selves
The aim of this course is to help you challenge internalised ableism, and create tools and opportunities to embrace your Autistic identity.
events.humanitix.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Tune in to reimagine possibilities for neuro-affirming classrooms!
Join us sunday on @stimpunks.org's Discord.
We host “Watch Together, Learn Together” sessions in our community Discord server every Sunday at 10AM US Central Time (4PM UTC).

Our next viewing is “Kara Dymond: Access, agency, and wellbeing: Possibilities for neurodiversity-affirming classrooms.”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYoc...
January 3, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Marge Blanc’s 2025 response redraws the boundaries of autism research—refusing to reduce gestalt language processing to protocol or lab method, and reasserting lived, longitudinal GLP coherence as theory.

open.substack.com/pub/autside/...
Who Owns Gestalt Language Processing?
Epistemic Authority, Lived Cognition, and the Limits of Protocol*
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January 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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Understanding Autism: The Ecosystemic Model Of Distress

Building on Luke Beardon's golden equation of 'autism + environment = outcome' this article proposes that distress and mental health problems are generated by the human ecosystem, highlighting that to improve the wellbeing of Autistic people…
Understanding Autism: The Ecosystemic Model Of Distress
Building on Luke Beardon's golden equation of 'autism + environment = outcome' this article proposes that distress and mental health problems are generated by the human ecosystem, highlighting that to improve the wellbeing of Autistic people we must take an approach of ecological conservation to make the ecosystem sustainable and safe for all people.
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January 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Our growing NeuroHub community has really helped me continue to develop this concept and I am really pleased to share with you my thoughts in this topic as they are so far.

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#ActuallyAutistic #EcosystemicModel #autism #Autistic #MentalHealth #AuDHD
Understanding Autism: The Ecosystemic Model Of Distress - DGH Neurodivergent Consultancy
Building on Luke Beardon's golden equation of 'autism + environment = outcome' this article proposes that distress and mental health problems are generated by the human ecosystem, highlighting that to...
dghndconsultancy.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Please note that for some people it is showing that the course lasts until 11pm UK time. This is an error and in fact it runs 6pm to 7.30pm UK time
January 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Embracing Our Autistic Selves Course

Autistic RealmsHelen Edgar Autistic Advocate, Author & ConsultantNeurodiversity-Affirming Supporting Autistic People To Grow & Thrive Welcome to Autistic Realms Newsletter! Happy New Year! I am delighted to be facilitating a new course 'Embracing our Autistic…
Embracing Our Autistic Selves Course
Autistic RealmsHelen Edgar Autistic Advocate, Author & ConsultantNeurodiversity-Affirming Supporting Autistic People To Grow & Thrive Welcome to Autistic Realms Newsletter! Happy New Year! I am delighted to be facilitating a new course 'Embracing our Autistic Selves' delivered by David Gray-Hammond starting Jan 7th 2026. Embracing Our Autistic Selves is a three-week online experience (via Zoom) starting Wednesday 7th January 2026, 6pm UK time, crafted as a space to lean into your Autistic...
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January 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Embracing Our Autistic Selves Course

Autistic RealmsHelen Edgar Autistic Advocate, Author & ConsultantNeurodiversity-Affirming Supporting Autistic People To Grow & Thrive Welcome to Autistic Realms Newsletter! Happy New Year! I am delighted to be facilitating a new course 'Embracing our Autistic…
Embracing Our Autistic Selves Course
Autistic RealmsHelen Edgar Autistic Advocate, Author & ConsultantNeurodiversity-Affirming Supporting Autistic People To Grow & Thrive Welcome to Autistic Realms Newsletter! Happy New Year! I am delighted to be facilitating a new course 'Embracing our Autistic Selves' delivered by David Gray-Hammond starting Jan 7th 2026. Embracing Our Autistic Selves is a three-week online experience (via Zoom) starting Wednesday 7th January 2026, 6pm UK time, crafted as a space to lean into your Autistic...
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January 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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@emergentdivergence.com 's new course starts on January 7th, if you haven't signed up yet, there is still time!
I am looking forward to facilitating these sessions.
More info here
events.humanitix.com/embracing-ou...
Embracing Our Autistic Selves
The aim of this course is to help you challenge internalised ableism, and create tools and opportunities to embrace your Autistic identity.
events.humanitix.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:10 AM
@emergentdivergence.com 's new course starts on January 7th, if you haven't signed up yet, there is still time!
I am looking forward to facilitating these sessions.
More info here
events.humanitix.com/embracing-ou...
Embracing Our Autistic Selves
The aim of this course is to help you challenge internalised ableism, and create tools and opportunities to embrace your Autistic identity.
events.humanitix.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Newspapers tend to focus on autistic challenges, not autistic strengths. This kind of reporting—especially in some tabloids and right-leaning newspapers—can reinforce negative stereotypes, making it harder to build a more inclusive society for Autistic people:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The relationship between newspaper reading preferences and attitudes towards autism - Marta Dickinson, Themis Karaminis, 2025
Newspapers – particularly certain tabloid and right-leaning publications – often perpetuate negative stereotypes of Autistic people. This study examined how new...
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December 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Join us sunday on @stimpunks.org's Discord.
We host “Watch Together, Learn Together” sessions in our community Discord server every Sunday at 10AM US Central Time (4PM UTC).

Our next viewing is “Kara Dymond: Access, agency, and wellbeing: Possibilities for neurodiversity-affirming classrooms.”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYoc...
Kara Dymond: Access, agency, and wellbeing: Possibilities for neurodiversity-affirming classrooms...
Access, agency, and wellbeing: Possibilities for neurodiversity-affirming classrooms & transformational teaching K. Dymond1 1University of Toronto - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,…
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January 1, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Happy New Year. A new chapter has begun!
Manage your spoons and energy to help prevent burnout.
The Neuro-Affirming Wheel of Life & Journal. Instant download.
Designed for neurodivergent & disabled people. Reflect on your energy, flow, sensory needs & more!
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Neuro-Affirming Neurodivergent & Disabled Wheel of Life: Reclaiming Flow on Our Own Terms | Autistic Realms
Neuro-Affirming Neurodivergent & Disabled Wheel of Life: Reclaiming Flow on Our Own Terms Workbook available for instant download.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM