Ira Eidle
@ieidle.bsky.social
27 He/They Autistic + Queer. Ask me about the history of neurodiversity. Grad student at Georgia State.
1 like = 1 opinion on the neurodiversity movement
August 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
1 like = 1 opinion on the neurodiversity movement
I'm a little late but I'll do this too now.
Ok, I’ll do this too. One like=one disability related thought for the anniversary of the ADA.
July 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I'm a little late but I'll do this too now.
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Moments like these, I always come back to:
"Our work continues, the fight goes on, and big dreams never die." ❤️🩹
"Our work continues, the fight goes on, and big dreams never die." ❤️🩹
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Moments like these, I always come back to:
"Our work continues, the fight goes on, and big dreams never die." ❤️🩹
"Our work continues, the fight goes on, and big dreams never die." ❤️🩹
Got a new internship at center for puppetry arts. One of my new coworkers is wearing a Star Trek Lower Decks shirt. Turns out her husband works on the show. They have tons of Moopsy plushes.
June 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Got a new internship at center for puppetry arts. One of my new coworkers is wearing a Star Trek Lower Decks shirt. Turns out her husband works on the show. They have tons of Moopsy plushes.
Burning wood. Maybe that's not unusual?
6. What is an unusual smell that you enjoy?
May 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Burning wood. Maybe that's not unusual?
Happy to see this video make rounds. I hope it means more people will use pictures of the actual Jim instead of that unrelated Canadian dude.
Nonbinary intersex activist Jim Sinclair on Sally Jesse Raphael's show in 1989
April 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy to see this video make rounds. I hope it means more people will use pictures of the actual Jim instead of that unrelated Canadian dude.
I think it’s important to keep in mind that pretty much every bad thing happening right now in America has happened before. That doesn’t make it any less abhorrent, but it does mean we’ve been here before as a country.
What did you think the Harris campaign slogan meant?
What did you think the Harris campaign slogan meant?
March 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I think it’s important to keep in mind that pretty much every bad thing happening right now in America has happened before. That doesn’t make it any less abhorrent, but it does mean we’ve been here before as a country.
What did you think the Harris campaign slogan meant?
What did you think the Harris campaign slogan meant?
Pretty sure Elon has like, 12 sockpuppet accounts on his site. I’m not wearing a tinfoil hat, am I? At the very least, there’s a bunch of accounts that seem to largely exist to boost his posts.
March 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Pretty sure Elon has like, 12 sockpuppet accounts on his site. I’m not wearing a tinfoil hat, am I? At the very least, there’s a bunch of accounts that seem to largely exist to boost his posts.
I’m at a restaurant and they’re playing Spirited Away. You could probably say this about many movies (especially Ghibli) but I feel like you can enjoy it without hearing a single spoken word. It’s so breathtaking.
February 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I’m at a restaurant and they’re playing Spirited Away. You could probably say this about many movies (especially Ghibli) but I feel like you can enjoy it without hearing a single spoken word. It’s so breathtaking.
As of this month, Autism Speaks is now 20 years old. They have remained controversial in autistic spaces since their inception. Learn why (and perhaps a few things you didn’t already know) in my new substack. open.substack.com/pub/iraeidle...
20 Years Later, When is it Time To Listen?
A walk through of twenty years of controversy within Autism Speaks
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
As of this month, Autism Speaks is now 20 years old. They have remained controversial in autistic spaces since their inception. Learn why (and perhaps a few things you didn’t already know) in my new substack. open.substack.com/pub/iraeidle...
Idk why I keep coming on here expecting things to be chill only to see probably the most dooming of any social media platform I currently use. At the very least, I see the most stuff that makes me anxious.
February 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Idk why I keep coming on here expecting things to be chill only to see probably the most dooming of any social media platform I currently use. At the very least, I see the most stuff that makes me anxious.
Thanks I hate it
RFK Jr. confirmed. There goes the health of our nation.
February 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thanks I hate it
I learned recently that there’s an artifact in my house of a “Davening Rabbi”. My grandparents acquired this on a trip to Israel circa 1971. The head can bob up and down. I believe the sculptor’s name is Frank Meisler.
February 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I learned recently that there’s an artifact in my house of a “Davening Rabbi”. My grandparents acquired this on a trip to Israel circa 1971. The head can bob up and down. I believe the sculptor’s name is Frank Meisler.
My dad likes to pronounce this app "blue-ski". What do we think of this? I disagree with him.
February 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My dad likes to pronounce this app "blue-ski". What do we think of this? I disagree with him.
AutismOne, an antivaxx curebie organization, has now ceased operations due to a lack of funding. This year has already included a surprising amount of Ws for neurodiversity. There’s still several big fights ahead. go.autismone.org
go.autismone.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
AutismOne, an antivaxx curebie organization, has now ceased operations due to a lack of funding. This year has already included a surprising amount of Ws for neurodiversity. There’s still several big fights ahead. go.autismone.org
Reposted by Ira Eidle
Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
![This is the front page of a fraudulent research article that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. The word "RETRACTED" is written across it in large red letters.
Wikipedia: On 28th February 1998, a fraudulent research paper by physician Andrew Wakefield and twelve coauthors, titled "Ileal-Lymphoid-Nodular Hyperplasia, Non-Specific Colitis, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder in Children", was published in the British medical journal The Lancet.[1] The paper falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud involved data selection, data manipulation, and two undisclosed conflicts of interest.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sox6xar4qdc3ujhi5h4whtlh/bafkreiazjyxk6foryp6lzxcqbls62uaokwhjrjmnzg5uqpdimg77xrt26a@jpeg)
February 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky
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That "telepathy tapes" BS will "further the othering of autistic people in general, treating them like they have some kind of magical power, and that can get in the way of real acceptance and accommodations for autistics of all support needs." Colin Meloy:
colinmeloy.substack.com/p/autistic-p...
colinmeloy.substack.com/p/autistic-p...
Autistic People Are Not Telepathic
And we should not believe that they are
colinmeloy.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:09 AM
That "telepathy tapes" BS will "further the othering of autistic people in general, treating them like they have some kind of magical power, and that can get in the way of real acceptance and accommodations for autistics of all support needs." Colin Meloy:
colinmeloy.substack.com/p/autistic-p...
colinmeloy.substack.com/p/autistic-p...
Amidst a chaotic 2 weeks with an avalanche of bad news, here's a little bit of good news. This may represent a culture shift on what the best autism research to conduct is (no small part thx to neurodiversity) but it's too soon to tell for sure. Genetic studies definitely still exist.
Congrats to @kmunday.bsky.social and all of us in autism community who helped to #StopSpectrum10K. Today the S10K team announced study's cancellation. See the report from Hopkins Van Mil and Karen Leneh Buckle, and a reflective blog by Simon Baron-Cohen: www.autismresearchcentre.com/projects/spe...
January 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Amidst a chaotic 2 weeks with an avalanche of bad news, here's a little bit of good news. This may represent a culture shift on what the best autism research to conduct is (no small part thx to neurodiversity) but it's too soon to tell for sure. Genetic studies definitely still exist.
Here are a few ways I’m attempting to stay silly despite the persisting horrors:
January 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Here are a few ways I’m attempting to stay silly despite the persisting horrors:
Ok I may have gone a bit too far in this post. Let me make something clear-I can disagree with someone’s decision not to vote and even be mad at them. I can’t always control how I feel about something. However, I can totally control how I act upon said feelings. Notice how I didn’t namedrop anyone.
Message to any leftists who made it a point not to vote in this election and "divest from electoral politics" (or vote 3rd party)...
You aren't "liberating" anyone by sitting on your hands during election season. Voting is a 2 way street but it isn't *not* voters' fault when 47 strips away rights.
You aren't "liberating" anyone by sitting on your hands during election season. Voting is a 2 way street but it isn't *not* voters' fault when 47 strips away rights.
January 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Ok I may have gone a bit too far in this post. Let me make something clear-I can disagree with someone’s decision not to vote and even be mad at them. I can’t always control how I feel about something. However, I can totally control how I act upon said feelings. Notice how I didn’t namedrop anyone.
Message to any leftists who made it a point not to vote in this election and "divest from electoral politics" (or vote 3rd party)...
You aren't "liberating" anyone by sitting on your hands during election season. Voting is a 2 way street but it isn't *not* voters' fault when 47 strips away rights.
You aren't "liberating" anyone by sitting on your hands during election season. Voting is a 2 way street but it isn't *not* voters' fault when 47 strips away rights.
January 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Message to any leftists who made it a point not to vote in this election and "divest from electoral politics" (or vote 3rd party)...
You aren't "liberating" anyone by sitting on your hands during election season. Voting is a 2 way street but it isn't *not* voters' fault when 47 strips away rights.
You aren't "liberating" anyone by sitting on your hands during election season. Voting is a 2 way street but it isn't *not* voters' fault when 47 strips away rights.
I'm (not) sorry but you should not, in fact, treat autistic nazis with kiddy gloves. Or any nazi with a disability. What Elon did was a dogwhistle at best.
January 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm (not) sorry but you should not, in fact, treat autistic nazis with kiddy gloves. Or any nazi with a disability. What Elon did was a dogwhistle at best.
Good article about burnout, inertia, meltdowns, and shutdowns. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Burnout, Inertia, Meltdown, and Shutdown Can Shape Autistic Lives
BIMS states can be the most destructive states in an autistic person's life, and knowing how to cope with them is important to autistic people and those who support them.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Good article about burnout, inertia, meltdowns, and shutdowns. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Reposted by Ira Eidle
There are better ways to support our communities than ABA. Learn more in our new resource, “Beyond Coercion and Institutionalization: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Need for Improved Behavior Support Services”:
Beyond Coercion and Institutionalization: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Need for Improved Behavior Support Services - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
What people call “behavior supports” covers a wide variety of services, and not all of these services are truly helpful to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. How can we move…
buff.ly
January 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There are better ways to support our communities than ABA. Learn more in our new resource, “Beyond Coercion and Institutionalization: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Need for Improved Behavior Support Services”:
I really don't like LinkedIn. I guess it's nice to have as a Google result for myself but I haven't benefitted from it professionally at all. It's more annoying than anything to get DMs from people I don't know.
January 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I really don't like LinkedIn. I guess it's nice to have as a Google result for myself but I haven't benefitted from it professionally at all. It's more annoying than anything to get DMs from people I don't know.