Sarah Akin
@sarahakin.bsky.social
Autistic, sensitive, strange, and solitary.
INFJ, sp/sx 5w4
https://substack.com/@sarahakin/posts
The Arts, Cognitive and Social Science, Experiential Realism, Sci-Fi, Slipstream, Arthouse, Psychological Horror, Archetype, Metaphorical Mapping, Simulacra
INFJ, sp/sx 5w4
https://substack.com/@sarahakin/posts
The Arts, Cognitive and Social Science, Experiential Realism, Sci-Fi, Slipstream, Arthouse, Psychological Horror, Archetype, Metaphorical Mapping, Simulacra
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Sarah Akin
@sarahakin.bsky.social
· Nov 7
At the end of time,
In endless gray and empty rhymes,
There is a winged rush
And in the pools of ink,
A hush.
In endless gray and empty rhymes,
There is a winged rush
And in the pools of ink,
A hush.
Thread of my poetry.
Whatever the lying box says, TV dinners have to sit for at least 5 minutes. 👍🏻
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Whatever the lying box says, TV dinners have to sit for at least 5 minutes. 👍🏻
I like this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBcS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBcS...
YOU'RE NOT BROKEN
YouTube video by Wayne Goss
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I like this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBcS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBcS...
Reposted by Sarah Akin
🧚🏼♂️💮 Asako Eguchi (1952)
Japanese artist
Thumbelina
Japanese artist
Thumbelina
February 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
🧚🏼♂️💮 Asako Eguchi (1952)
Japanese artist
Thumbelina
Japanese artist
Thumbelina
If you find yourself thinking, "Oh, but I'm not like THOSE people," you're kinda being a dick to those people.
And yes, you are.
And yes, you are.
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
If you find yourself thinking, "Oh, but I'm not like THOSE people," you're kinda being a dick to those people.
And yes, you are.
And yes, you are.
Reposted by Sarah Akin
Perspectives shift when people feel
-safe
-curious
-included
-safe
-curious
-included
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Perspectives shift when people feel
-safe
-curious
-included
-safe
-curious
-included
Reposted by Sarah Akin
Brand New ABA, 2026.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Content warning for effective force feeding of tiny autistic / disabled children. Short thread.
I don't know where to start.
Goodness me.
OK...First, yes, v important that children failing to thrive can access the right food & drink/
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Content warning for effective force feeding of tiny autistic / disabled children. Short thread.
I don't know where to start.
Goodness me.
OK...First, yes, v important that children failing to thrive can access the right food & drink/
The role of re‐presentation in the treatment of liquid expulsion
Children with feeding difficulties often engage in expulsion (i.e., spitting out) of liquid. Expulsion is problematic because it limits the volume of liquid that a child will consume. Researchers hav...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Brand New ABA, 2026.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Content warning for effective force feeding of tiny autistic / disabled children. Short thread.
I don't know where to start.
Goodness me.
OK...First, yes, v important that children failing to thrive can access the right food & drink/
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Content warning for effective force feeding of tiny autistic / disabled children. Short thread.
I don't know where to start.
Goodness me.
OK...First, yes, v important that children failing to thrive can access the right food & drink/
Reposted by Sarah Akin
Vase of Flowers https://www.wikiart.org/en/odilon-redon/vase-of-flowers-9
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Vase of Flowers https://www.wikiart.org/en/odilon-redon/vase-of-flowers-9
Reposted by Sarah Akin
Art by ShouXin
February 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Art by ShouXin
Reposted by Sarah Akin
“What is, is. Accepting reality doesn’t remove frustration; it frees us from the exhaustion of fighting it.” #neurodiversityacceptance #endfrustration #acceptance #marciaeckerdphd
February 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
“What is, is. Accepting reality doesn’t remove frustration; it frees us from the exhaustion of fighting it.” #neurodiversityacceptance #endfrustration #acceptance #marciaeckerdphd
“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart!”
I have to run the faucet to keep the pipes from freezing solid and the drip, drip, dripping is slowly driving me mad.
February 2, 2026 at 11:35 PM
“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart!”
On the bright side, I was able to save a truly horrid self-inflicted haircut.
Never give up!
(No pics.)(You're welcome.)
Never give up!
(No pics.)(You're welcome.)
February 2, 2026 at 5:54 PM
On the bright side, I was able to save a truly horrid self-inflicted haircut.
Never give up!
(No pics.)(You're welcome.)
Never give up!
(No pics.)(You're welcome.)
Reposted by Sarah Akin
Illustration by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. 🧚🏼♂️🧚🏽♀️🧚
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Illustration by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. 🧚🏼♂️🧚🏽♀️🧚
ChatGPT, for me, is an accessibility tool.
I've used it to navigate technology & bureaucracy. It's demoralizing to always ask my mother for help. Half the time, she can't help anyway.
I've used it to manage compulsions (that I'm not going to tell you about).
There's a lot of nuance you're ignoring.
I've used it to navigate technology & bureaucracy. It's demoralizing to always ask my mother for help. Half the time, she can't help anyway.
I've used it to manage compulsions (that I'm not going to tell you about).
There's a lot of nuance you're ignoring.
February 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
ChatGPT, for me, is an accessibility tool.
I've used it to navigate technology & bureaucracy. It's demoralizing to always ask my mother for help. Half the time, she can't help anyway.
I've used it to manage compulsions (that I'm not going to tell you about).
There's a lot of nuance you're ignoring.
I've used it to navigate technology & bureaucracy. It's demoralizing to always ask my mother for help. Half the time, she can't help anyway.
I've used it to manage compulsions (that I'm not going to tell you about).
There's a lot of nuance you're ignoring.
A1 I'm not sure? They might be verbal tics. But I do say random words and phrases. Repeated or just from my brain. #AutChat
Q1 Do you have experience with echolalia, either immediate or delayed? Share as much or as little as you like. #AutChat
February 1, 2026 at 9:51 PM
A1 I'm not sure? They might be verbal tics. But I do say random words and phrases. Repeated or just from my brain. #AutChat
I have to run the faucet to keep the pipes from freezing solid and the drip, drip, dripping is slowly driving me mad.
February 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I have to run the faucet to keep the pipes from freezing solid and the drip, drip, dripping is slowly driving me mad.
I'm not doing so well.
I cry, and cry, and cry and I can't get it out of my body.
I cry, and cry, and cry and I can't get it out of my body.
February 1, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm not doing so well.
I cry, and cry, and cry and I can't get it out of my body.
I cry, and cry, and cry and I can't get it out of my body.
I'm having such a shit day.
It's impossible to walk around with this much anxiety.
It's impossible to walk around with this much anxiety.
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I'm having such a shit day.
It's impossible to walk around with this much anxiety.
It's impossible to walk around with this much anxiety.
Reposted by Sarah Akin
You who never arrived
-Rainer Maria Rilke (tr. Stephen Mitchell)
-Rainer Maria Rilke (tr. Stephen Mitchell)
January 31, 2026 at 10:11 PM
You who never arrived
-Rainer Maria Rilke (tr. Stephen Mitchell)
-Rainer Maria Rilke (tr. Stephen Mitchell)
Reposted by Sarah Akin
Every sci-fi show:
Episode 1 - check out this fascinating mystery! what could it be?
Episodes 2-9 - we're not going to tell you anything concrete about the mystery.
Episode 10 - still no answers, but how about a NEW mystery???
Episode 1 - check out this fascinating mystery! what could it be?
Episodes 2-9 - we're not going to tell you anything concrete about the mystery.
Episode 10 - still no answers, but how about a NEW mystery???
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Every sci-fi show:
Episode 1 - check out this fascinating mystery! what could it be?
Episodes 2-9 - we're not going to tell you anything concrete about the mystery.
Episode 10 - still no answers, but how about a NEW mystery???
Episode 1 - check out this fascinating mystery! what could it be?
Episodes 2-9 - we're not going to tell you anything concrete about the mystery.
Episode 10 - still no answers, but how about a NEW mystery???
Reposted by Sarah Akin
Reposted by Sarah Akin
A few years ago, I wrote a choose your own adventure style story about books, friends, and sadness.
Formatting this was an ordeal, so please read it! open.substack.com/pub/sarahaki...
Formatting this was an ordeal, so please read it! open.substack.com/pub/sarahaki...
Endings
An Interactive Short Story
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A few years ago, I wrote a choose your own adventure style story about books, friends, and sadness.
Formatting this was an ordeal, so please read it! open.substack.com/pub/sarahaki...
Formatting this was an ordeal, so please read it! open.substack.com/pub/sarahaki...
Well, that was on the nose.
January 31, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Well, that was on the nose.
Well, I made it through January without binge-eating.
(Or I will, because I'm not going out in the snow for Little Debbie.)
(Or I will, because I'm not going out in the snow for Little Debbie.)
January 30, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Well, I made it through January without binge-eating.
(Or I will, because I'm not going out in the snow for Little Debbie.)
(Or I will, because I'm not going out in the snow for Little Debbie.)
Reposted by Sarah Akin
Excellent work, but instead of questioning the 3 autistic non-speakers’ communication, please instead focus on their association with antivax+ pseudoscience—& how their IACC placement smacks of tokenism. Also ICYMI Alison Singer loathes autistic self-advocates. Better to cite @autisticadvocacy.org.
Me and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social have even MORE good news and it concerns exotic varieties of pseudoscience you may not have even known exist www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK’s overhauled autism committee is even worse than it looks
Kennedy has stacked another HHS panel with his fellow travelers in the anti-vaccine and pseudoscience world.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Excellent work, but instead of questioning the 3 autistic non-speakers’ communication, please instead focus on their association with antivax+ pseudoscience—& how their IACC placement smacks of tokenism. Also ICYMI Alison Singer loathes autistic self-advocates. Better to cite @autisticadvocacy.org.
Do you ever just feel like everyone but you got a bubble?
January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Do you ever just feel like everyone but you got a bubble?