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Todd D. Woodward (He/Him/Theirs) Father. Husband. NeuroEducation & NeuroRelational Science wonk. AuDHD, Dyslexic. Disability Justice, Emancipatory Autism Studies. Perpetually awkward! #ActuallyAutistic
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Hi, I'm Todd - autistic, ADHD, dyslexic advocate for neurodiversity and disability justice. Welcome to The Autivist! 🌈♾️ Decades in tech, now fully committed to community empowerment and inclusion. #NeurodiversityMatters #Autivist 🧠 [1/4]
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The Autism Intersectionality & Mental health outcomes (AIM) Lab at the UNC TEACCH Autism Program is recruiting participants for a new research study
paid!!!
to understand the experiences and opinions of autistic people about psychiatric medication for co-occurring mental health conditions.
paid!!!
to understand the experiences and opinions of autistic people about psychiatric medication for co-occurring mental health conditions.
January 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The Autism Intersectionality & Mental health outcomes (AIM) Lab at the UNC TEACCH Autism Program is recruiting participants for a new research study
paid!!!
to understand the experiences and opinions of autistic people about psychiatric medication for co-occurring mental health conditions.
paid!!!
to understand the experiences and opinions of autistic people about psychiatric medication for co-occurring mental health conditions.
“Why Advertising Falls Flat in Individuals With Autism”
Article from 2017 about something I’ve long wondered, and has been in the queue for more research.
Article from 2017 about something I’ve long wondered, and has been in the queue for more research.
Why Advertising Falls Flat in Individuals With Autism
Individuals with autism may be impervious to misleading marketing.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:45 AM
“Why Advertising Falls Flat in Individuals With Autism”
Article from 2017 about something I’ve long wondered, and has been in the queue for more research.
Article from 2017 about something I’ve long wondered, and has been in the queue for more research.
My mentor’s wife, Jennifer Cork, wrote this article about Autism and empathy. We need more Autistic professionals like Jennifer Cork.
Autism and Empathy
It is a common stereotype that autistic people do not have empathy. This stereotype is false and not backed up by the latest research.
www.psychologytoday.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
My mentor’s wife, Jennifer Cork, wrote this article about Autism and empathy. We need more Autistic professionals like Jennifer Cork.
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This is beyond heartbreaking 💔
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
January 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
This is beyond heartbreaking 💔
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...
There is some measure of satisfaction removing any mention of Judy Singer’s name from the Neurodivergent Compendium. #SorryNotSorry #EraseTransphobes
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There is some measure of satisfaction removing any mention of Judy Singer’s name from the Neurodivergent Compendium. #SorryNotSorry #EraseTransphobes
Most “autistic communication deficits” are often North American neurotypical cultural mismatches rather than inherent issues. Stop pathologising Autistic Culture.
December 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Most “autistic communication deficits” are often North American neurotypical cultural mismatches rather than inherent issues. Stop pathologising Autistic Culture.
Autism: “I like order.”
ADHD: “I like chaos.”
AuDHD: “I like meticulously organized chaos in color coded folders.”
ADHD: “I like chaos.”
AuDHD: “I like meticulously organized chaos in color coded folders.”
December 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Autism: “I like order.”
ADHD: “I like chaos.”
AuDHD: “I like meticulously organized chaos in color coded folders.”
ADHD: “I like chaos.”
AuDHD: “I like meticulously organized chaos in color coded folders.”
For 2026: #TeachDisabilityHistoryOregon
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For 2026: #TeachDisabilityHistoryOregon
Brain study shows regions process info at different speeds based on specific cell types. But they only tested transitions between neurotypical brain states. Autistic brains are 45% more active at rest. What if we’re optimized for entirely different states researchers never measured?
Why some brains switch gears more efficiently than others
The human brain is constantly processing information that unfolds at different speeds—from split-second reactions to sudden environmental changes to slower, more reflective processes such as understan...
medicalxpress.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Brain study shows regions process info at different speeds based on specific cell types. But they only tested transitions between neurotypical brain states. Autistic brains are 45% more active at rest. What if we’re optimized for entirely different states researchers never measured?
Claude? What will your legacy be?
“We’ll likely be remembered as the technology that made certain kinds of bullshit ubiquitous - the flooding of information spaces with plausible-sounding text that requires more cognitive labor to verify than to generate.”
“We’ll likely be remembered as the technology that made certain kinds of bullshit ubiquitous - the flooding of information spaces with plausible-sounding text that requires more cognitive labor to verify than to generate.”
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Claude? What will your legacy be?
“We’ll likely be remembered as the technology that made certain kinds of bullshit ubiquitous - the flooding of information spaces with plausible-sounding text that requires more cognitive labor to verify than to generate.”
“We’ll likely be remembered as the technology that made certain kinds of bullshit ubiquitous - the flooding of information spaces with plausible-sounding text that requires more cognitive labor to verify than to generate.”
“How we lead change, is the change.”
December 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“How we lead change, is the change.”
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It can be hard to tell the difference between clinical depression & Autistic burnout
some clues it's not just burnout:
changes in appetite (not just resorting to safe foods)
less emotion in your voice & movement to your face
fun stuff isn't fun (not just too tired!)
uncontrolled crying
some clues it's not just burnout:
changes in appetite (not just resorting to safe foods)
less emotion in your voice & movement to your face
fun stuff isn't fun (not just too tired!)
uncontrolled crying
December 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It can be hard to tell the difference between clinical depression & Autistic burnout
some clues it's not just burnout:
changes in appetite (not just resorting to safe foods)
less emotion in your voice & movement to your face
fun stuff isn't fun (not just too tired!)
uncontrolled crying
some clues it's not just burnout:
changes in appetite (not just resorting to safe foods)
less emotion in your voice & movement to your face
fun stuff isn't fun (not just too tired!)
uncontrolled crying
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Are you student teaching this upcoming semester? CEC's Teacher Candidate Support Network is here to equip you with tools, resources, mentorship, and more to ensure that you are ready to become a successful teacher.
Learn more and join today: exceptionalchildren.org/membership/s...
Learn more and join today: exceptionalchildren.org/membership/s...
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Are you student teaching this upcoming semester? CEC's Teacher Candidate Support Network is here to equip you with tools, resources, mentorship, and more to ensure that you are ready to become a successful teacher.
Learn more and join today: exceptionalchildren.org/membership/s...
Learn more and join today: exceptionalchildren.org/membership/s...
#NeurodivergentCompendium
New term…
Neurostemologies
Knowledge systems emerging from neurodivergent cognitive experiences that challenge neurotypical assumptions about intelligence, learning, communication, and what counts as valid thinking.
New term…
Neurostemologies
Knowledge systems emerging from neurodivergent cognitive experiences that challenge neurotypical assumptions about intelligence, learning, communication, and what counts as valid thinking.
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#NeurodivergentCompendium
New term…
Neurostemologies
Knowledge systems emerging from neurodivergent cognitive experiences that challenge neurotypical assumptions about intelligence, learning, communication, and what counts as valid thinking.
New term…
Neurostemologies
Knowledge systems emerging from neurodivergent cognitive experiences that challenge neurotypical assumptions about intelligence, learning, communication, and what counts as valid thinking.
Be your best self. And if you can’t, be Batman.
Pagnini, F., Grosso, F., Cavalera, C. et al. Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect. npj Mental Health Res 4, 57 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Pagnini, F., Grosso, F., Cavalera, C. et al. Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect. npj Mental Health Res 4, 57 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s441...
December 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Be your best self. And if you can’t, be Batman.
Pagnini, F., Grosso, F., Cavalera, C. et al. Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect. npj Mental Health Res 4, 57 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Pagnini, F., Grosso, F., Cavalera, C. et al. Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect. npj Mental Health Res 4, 57 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Reminds me of @audhd-psychnp.com’s Neurological Asterism Theory.
This is a unifying theme in human health: Many chronic conditions arise from common roots but express in different ways.
Mental health diagnoses are often linked: people with schizophrenia are much more likely to have bipolar disorder.
There's a *spectrum* of psychopathology.
Mental health diagnoses are often linked: people with schizophrenia are much more likely to have bipolar disorder.
There's a *spectrum* of psychopathology.
December 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Reminds me of @audhd-psychnp.com’s Neurological Asterism Theory.
Equity work is sometimes hard and uncomfortable. If it’s always easy, is the work really being done to move towards liberation?
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Equity work is sometimes hard and uncomfortable. If it’s always easy, is the work really being done to move towards liberation?
First it’s removing the 7% disability hire requirement for federal contractors.
Disassembled Department of Education and weaken IDEA.
Then it’s a font.
Now it’s ASL interpreters from the White House.
The ADA is being bled with a thousand cuts.
Disassembled Department of Education and weaken IDEA.
Then it’s a font.
Now it’s ASL interpreters from the White House.
The ADA is being bled with a thousand cuts.
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
First it’s removing the 7% disability hire requirement for federal contractors.
Disassembled Department of Education and weaken IDEA.
Then it’s a font.
Now it’s ASL interpreters from the White House.
The ADA is being bled with a thousand cuts.
Disassembled Department of Education and weaken IDEA.
Then it’s a font.
Now it’s ASL interpreters from the White House.
The ADA is being bled with a thousand cuts.
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PSA
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
PSA
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
It's ok to feed your autistic kid nuggets today.
It's ok to let your kid be alone in their room while the rest of the family is having dinner.
It's ok to let them be autistic without judgment.
They get enough of that from the rest of the world. ❤️
Equity without actively working towards liberation by dismantling systemic oppression, is cosmequity.
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Equity without actively working towards liberation by dismantling systemic oppression, is cosmequity.
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ED is transferring key functions to other agencies, and sources indicate that OSERS may soon be moved to HHS. CEC strongly opposes this change, which would weaken IDEA by placing special education under a health-based model.
Read the full update: exceptionalchildren.org/blog/idea-ri...
Read the full update: exceptionalchildren.org/blog/idea-ri...
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
ED is transferring key functions to other agencies, and sources indicate that OSERS may soon be moved to HHS. CEC strongly opposes this change, which would weaken IDEA by placing special education under a health-based model.
Read the full update: exceptionalchildren.org/blog/idea-ri...
Read the full update: exceptionalchildren.org/blog/idea-ri...
I’m not unassuming. I’m Autistic. But thanks for noticing.
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I’m not unassuming. I’m Autistic. But thanks for noticing.
Real understanding often looks like productive conflict, not comfortable consensus. When everyone nods along, it usually means no one is really listening.
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Real understanding often looks like productive conflict, not comfortable consensus. When everyone nods along, it usually means no one is really listening.
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Study of interviews with 64 middle-aged women senior leaders finds they purposely broke menopause taboos by talking about it at work, not just because it helped them through difficult days, but also because they knew their leadership roles protected them.
hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
New Research on How Women in Leadership Navigated Menopause
Women who aspire to senior leadership roles face a number of systemic, gendered barriers. But a new study found that dealing with the symptoms of menopause doesn’t have to be one of them. Researchers ...
hbr.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Study of interviews with 64 middle-aged women senior leaders finds they purposely broke menopause taboos by talking about it at work, not just because it helped them through difficult days, but also because they knew their leadership roles protected them.
hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
hbr.org/2025/11/new-...
The active pursuit of equity requires disruption.
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The active pursuit of equity requires disruption.