Kevin Rutherford
@kevinrutherford.bsky.social
✔️ Autistic / monotropic
✔️ ADHD / kinetic
✔️ Mathematician / software developer
Fairly opinionated about all three.
Macclesfield, UK.
✔️ ADHD / kinetic
✔️ Mathematician / software developer
Fairly opinionated about all three.
Macclesfield, UK.
I had a lot of fun recording this. @yveshanoulle.bsky.social is a great interviewer.
Who is agile: making the invisible visible with @kevinrutherford.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQD...
Who is agile: making the invisible visible with Kevin Rutherford
YouTube video by YvesHanoulle
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I had a lot of fun recording this. @yveshanoulle.bsky.social is a great interviewer.
Reposted by Kevin Rutherford
Are you a Radiographer who has recently cared for an autistic adult?
We want to hear what you know about autism and how you support autistic adults.
💻 Our anonymous #AutRad survey takes 20 minutes: tinyurl.com/2z36bjnx
Please share with colleagues.
#Radiographers #Radiotherapy #AutRes #Rad
We want to hear what you know about autism and how you support autistic adults.
💻 Our anonymous #AutRad survey takes 20 minutes: tinyurl.com/2z36bjnx
Please share with colleagues.
#Radiographers #Radiotherapy #AutRes #Rad
September 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Are you a Radiographer who has recently cared for an autistic adult?
We want to hear what you know about autism and how you support autistic adults.
💻 Our anonymous #AutRad survey takes 20 minutes: tinyurl.com/2z36bjnx
Please share with colleagues.
#Radiographers #Radiotherapy #AutRes #Rad
We want to hear what you know about autism and how you support autistic adults.
💻 Our anonymous #AutRad survey takes 20 minutes: tinyurl.com/2z36bjnx
Please share with colleagues.
#Radiographers #Radiotherapy #AutRes #Rad
PUBLIC LECTURE:
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
Centre for Neurodiversity and Development Public Lecture
Why autism isn't what you think it is (and why that matters) - end of fellowship Public Lecture by Dr Monique Botha
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Reposted by Kevin Rutherford
PUBLIC LECTURE:
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
Centre for Neurodiversity and Development Public Lecture
Why autism isn't what you think it is (and why that matters) - end of fellowship Public Lecture by Dr Monique Botha
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
PUBLIC LECTURE:
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
My end of @leverhulme.ac.uk fellowship lecture is on the 24th of September! It will be in person at @durhampsych.bsky.social and also streamed online. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-for...
Just listened to part 1.
This podcast episode is an absolutely brilliant take-down of the ludicrous AQ "test", which assumes autistics are all equivalent to small boys who like trains.
Bravo!
This podcast episode is an absolutely brilliant take-down of the ludicrous AQ "test", which assumes autistics are all equivalent to small boys who like trains.
Bravo!
Get in, loser, we're taking the AQ together!
In this week's episode, we take everybody's favourite autism screening questionnaire - and, in true Daily Tism style, rip it to shreds.
Catch us from tomorrow morning on your favourite podcast platform!
In this week's episode, we take everybody's favourite autism screening questionnaire - and, in true Daily Tism style, rip it to shreds.
Catch us from tomorrow morning on your favourite podcast platform!
June 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just listened to part 1.
This podcast episode is an absolutely brilliant take-down of the ludicrous AQ "test", which assumes autistics are all equivalent to small boys who like trains.
Bravo!
This podcast episode is an absolutely brilliant take-down of the ludicrous AQ "test", which assumes autistics are all equivalent to small boys who like trains.
Bravo!
@pickmypostcode.bsky.social I'm getting HTTPS protocol errors from your website today -- any idea why?
May 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
@pickmypostcode.bsky.social I'm getting HTTPS protocol errors from your website today -- any idea why?
For those of you who, like me, have a mathematics or programming background: how do you interpret the choices on offer here?
May 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For those of you who, like me, have a mathematics or programming background: how do you interpret the choices on offer here?
Manchester Airport is a sensory nightmare for autistic people. Even with so-called assisted travel we're both close to meltdown now due to all the lights and noise and random busyness.
May 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Manchester Airport is a sensory nightmare for autistic people. Even with so-called assisted travel we're both close to meltdown now due to all the lights and noise and random busyness.
Actually, numbers can be irrational, perfect, etc.
So maybe I can just shout "PI" or "TWENTY-EIGHT" when I'm in those moods...
So maybe I can just shout "PI" or "TWENTY-EIGHT" when I'm in those moods...
I love the idea of making a drawing to convey emotion!
I can't draw well, so I'm wondering how to use maths to achieve something similar 😄
I can't draw well, so I'm wondering how to use maths to achieve something similar 😄
May 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Actually, numbers can be irrational, perfect, etc.
So maybe I can just shout "PI" or "TWENTY-EIGHT" when I'm in those moods...
So maybe I can just shout "PI" or "TWENTY-EIGHT" when I'm in those moods...
April 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The is great from @yellowladybugs.bsky.social
Is It Really Alexithymia—Or a Language and Cultural Barrier? Or Both?
By Katie Koullas
www.yellowladybugs.com.au/news/view?ne...
Is It Really Alexithymia—Or a Language and Cultural Barrier? Or Both?
By Katie Koullas
www.yellowladybugs.com.au/news/view?ne...
Yellow Ladybugs
www.yellowladybugs.com.au
April 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Bravo Mike!
I wrote a bunch of words trying to explain how economically incomprehensible the tariff stuff is. It explains how a 5th grader understands basic econ better than Trump and his economic advisors.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
Trump Declares A Trade War On Uninhabited Islands, US Military, And Economic Logic
There’s a fundamental problem with Donald Trump’s new trade policy: it fails a test that actual 5th graders can pass. I know this because I tried explaining his “Liberation Day…
www.techdirt.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Bravo Mike!
I have two tickets for sale: secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E0060659....
These are to see Fish (ex Marillion) at the Glasgow O2 on Monday 10th March. This is Fish's last ever concert, the final date of his Road To The Isles tour, before he retires for good. Should be a very emotional evening!
These are to see Fish (ex Marillion) at the Glasgow O2 on Monday 10th March. This is Fish's last ever concert, the final date of his Road To The Isles tour, before he retires for good. Should be a very emotional evening!
secure.ticketmaster.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I have two tickets for sale: secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E0060659....
These are to see Fish (ex Marillion) at the Glasgow O2 on Monday 10th March. This is Fish's last ever concert, the final date of his Road To The Isles tour, before he retires for good. Should be a very emotional evening!
These are to see Fish (ex Marillion) at the Glasgow O2 on Monday 10th March. This is Fish's last ever concert, the final date of his Road To The Isles tour, before he retires for good. Should be a very emotional evening!
I've been getting back into awkward scripting today. Amazing how much I've forgotten 😲
#plaintextaccounting
#plaintextaccounting
December 30, 2024 at 6:18 PM
I've been getting back into awkward scripting today. Amazing how much I've forgotten 😲
#plaintextaccounting
#plaintextaccounting
Reposted by Kevin Rutherford
I can't endorse it, but I'm intrigued by this new privacy focused home assistant. www.theverge.com/2024/12/19/2...
Home Assistant’s new voice assistant answers to ‘Hey Jarvis’
Now you can ask Jarvis to turn off your lights.
www.theverge.com
December 27, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I can't endorse it, but I'm intrigued by this new privacy focused home assistant. www.theverge.com/2024/12/19/2...
Help me choose: Alexa or Google Home?
Our primary usage will be for podcasts (I currently use Pocketcasts and keep a queue of 5-10 ready for long drives) and Spotify (mostly family playlists). We have (currently) no home automation, but we'd like to change that in 2025.
So ... help me decide?
Our primary usage will be for podcasts (I currently use Pocketcasts and keep a queue of 5-10 ready for long drives) and Spotify (mostly family playlists). We have (currently) no home automation, but we'd like to change that in 2025.
So ... help me decide?
December 27, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Help me choose: Alexa or Google Home?
Our primary usage will be for podcasts (I currently use Pocketcasts and keep a queue of 5-10 ready for long drives) and Spotify (mostly family playlists). We have (currently) no home automation, but we'd like to change that in 2025.
So ... help me decide?
Our primary usage will be for podcasts (I currently use Pocketcasts and keep a queue of 5-10 ready for long drives) and Spotify (mostly family playlists). We have (currently) no home automation, but we'd like to change that in 2025.
So ... help me decide?
This is absolutely genius. Well done sir!
And we’re back! Happy Holiday Trek 2024. 🎄🖖🏻🎄
Holiday Trek: The Motion Pictures (Captain Please Come Home)
YouTube video by John C. Worsley
youtu.be
December 15, 2024 at 8:47 AM
This is absolutely genius. Well done sir!
Reposted by Kevin Rutherford
annsautism.blogspot.com/2024/12/inap... Blog's up. My view on the 'inappropriate behaviour' alleged about our lovely autistic people. On what it might actually be. On teams who seemingly just invent ways to prove their point. And, on the damage it does.
With thanks to those who get it right.
With thanks to those who get it right.
"Inappropriate Behaviour". Is it?
In the media, a lot of current discussion about celebrities who behave very inappropriately with some others, e.g. men who target younger ...
annsautism.blogspot.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:34 PM
annsautism.blogspot.com/2024/12/inap... Blog's up. My view on the 'inappropriate behaviour' alleged about our lovely autistic people. On what it might actually be. On teams who seemingly just invent ways to prove their point. And, on the damage it does.
With thanks to those who get it right.
With thanks to those who get it right.
Fascinating 🧵
The Monotropism site houses an extensive archive of Dr Dinah Murray's writing about autism, neurodiversity and the nature of the mind.
Here is her 1992 paper for the Durham autism conference, where she introduced the idea of monotropism.
#autistic #history
monotropism.org/dinah/attent...
Here is her 1992 paper for the Durham autism conference, where she introduced the idea of monotropism.
#autistic #history
monotropism.org/dinah/attent...
Attention Tunnelling and Autism
Dinah KC Murray, 1992. From Living with Autism: The Individual, the Family, and the Professional. Durham Conference Proceedings Editor’s note: this was Dinah’s first presentation on aut…
monotropism.org
December 6, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Fascinating 🧵
Yes!!
The switch-off will reportedly be attended by British band, Girls Aquiet – who are due to perform classic pop hits such as I’ll Stim By You and Can’t Speak Neurotypical.
thedailytism.com/autistic-tow...
thedailytism.com/autistic-tow...
Autistic town to host first Christmas light switch-off
A small Northern town with an unusually high proportion of autistic inhabitants is due to take part in the first ever Christmas light switch off, according to reports. Known as the De-Luminations, loc...
thedailytism.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Yes!!
Reposted by Kevin Rutherford
Please don't share videos or images of autistic children (or adults) having meltdowns. You likely wouldn't want someone exposing your most vulnerable moments without your permission, and autistic people deserve the same respect and privacy. Spread the word. #neurodiversity #autism #autistic
December 2, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Please don't share videos or images of autistic children (or adults) having meltdowns. You likely wouldn't want someone exposing your most vulnerable moments without your permission, and autistic people deserve the same respect and privacy. Spread the word. #neurodiversity #autism #autistic
Reposted by Kevin Rutherford
‘We aren’t suggesting that good autism research can’t be done by non-autistic researchers. But autistic people should always be involved in research in a meaningful way and should be listened to at every stage’
so appreciate this discussion on such a platform! theconversation.com/why-autistic...
so appreciate this discussion on such a platform! theconversation.com/why-autistic...
Why autistic people must be at the heart of autism research
A research project led entirely by autistic people aims to change the way autism research is conducted.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM
‘We aren’t suggesting that good autism research can’t be done by non-autistic researchers. But autistic people should always be involved in research in a meaningful way and should be listened to at every stage’
so appreciate this discussion on such a platform! theconversation.com/why-autistic...
so appreciate this discussion on such a platform! theconversation.com/why-autistic...
Fun thought: has anyone written a static website builder that uses m4 as the templating engine?
November 22, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Fun thought: has anyone written a static website builder that uses m4 as the templating engine?
Reposted by Kevin Rutherford
What themes do you want to see explored more at Agile Manchester (or anywhere)?
November 20, 2024 at 3:29 PM
What themes do you want to see explored more at Agile Manchester (or anywhere)?