Vaila
@vaila.bsky.social
Autistic. Queer. Tired.
Unpaid carer. Chronic pain haver.
Interests: nature, photography, reading, languages inc BSL, queer history.
(Alt text. Profile pic is bird’s eye view of wellies standing on red sand beach. Header is blue sky with cloud.)
Unpaid carer. Chronic pain haver.
Interests: nature, photography, reading, languages inc BSL, queer history.
(Alt text. Profile pic is bird’s eye view of wellies standing on red sand beach. Header is blue sky with cloud.)
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Please spread the word: registration for #OnlineAutscape2026 “Evolving Autistic Space Online” is now open! We've got an amazing line-up of presenters & more: c.im/@autscape/11...
#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #autism #AutisticSpace #autistic #conference
#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #autism #AutisticSpace #autistic #conference
AUTSCAPE (@autscape@c.im)
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Dear Autscape attendees and allies,
We at Autscape are very happy to announce that registration for #OnlineAutscape2026 “Evolving Autistic Space Online” is now open!
The event wil...
c.im
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Please spread the word: registration for #OnlineAutscape2026 “Evolving Autistic Space Online” is now open! We've got an amazing line-up of presenters & more: c.im/@autscape/11...
#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #autism #AutisticSpace #autistic #conference
#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #autism #AutisticSpace #autistic #conference
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Save the dates for our 2026 events:
⭐ #OnlineAutscape2026: Evolving Autistic Space Online
📅 6-8 February, Zoom & Discord
⭐ #Autscape2026: Autism and Neurodiversity in Society
📅 17-20 August, High Leigh conference centre in Hertfordshire
www.autscape.org
#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #autisticspace
⭐ #OnlineAutscape2026: Evolving Autistic Space Online
📅 6-8 February, Zoom & Discord
⭐ #Autscape2026: Autism and Neurodiversity in Society
📅 17-20 August, High Leigh conference centre in Hertfordshire
www.autscape.org
#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #autisticspace
January 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Save the dates for our 2026 events:
⭐ #OnlineAutscape2026: Evolving Autistic Space Online
📅 6-8 February, Zoom & Discord
⭐ #Autscape2026: Autism and Neurodiversity in Society
📅 17-20 August, High Leigh conference centre in Hertfordshire
www.autscape.org
#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #autisticspace
⭐ #OnlineAutscape2026: Evolving Autistic Space Online
📅 6-8 February, Zoom & Discord
⭐ #Autscape2026: Autism and Neurodiversity in Society
📅 17-20 August, High Leigh conference centre in Hertfordshire
www.autscape.org
#Autscape #ActuallyAutistic #autisticspace
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Remember applications close on 28th February 2026. Get your application in now! (Also still taking donations to the fund)
Excited to announce that applications are now open for the NAT Founders Award
Started in honour of our founder, Dr Dinah Murray, this fund will offer one off financial grants to autistic people based in the UK
To learn more: nationalautistictaskforce.org.uk/applications...
Started in honour of our founder, Dr Dinah Murray, this fund will offer one off financial grants to autistic people based in the UK
To learn more: nationalautistictaskforce.org.uk/applications...
Applications Now Open for the NAT Founders Award
Started in honour of our founder, Dr Dinah Murray, this fund will offer one off financial grants to autistic people based in the UK to support them in pursuing work that would be in line with Dinah…
nationalautistictaskforce.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Remember applications close on 28th February 2026. Get your application in now! (Also still taking donations to the fund)
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Registration for #OnlineAutscape2026 is nearly ready to open!
As we wait for final confirmations to publish the whole programme, we would like to introduce our guest from Australia, Dr Sharon Zivkovic. See: c.im/@autscape/11...
#autscape #autism #ActuallyAutistic #employment #SocialEnterprise
As we wait for final confirmations to publish the whole programme, we would like to introduce our guest from Australia, Dr Sharon Zivkovic. See: c.im/@autscape/11...
#autscape #autism #ActuallyAutistic #employment #SocialEnterprise
AUTSCAPE (@autscape@c.im)
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Registration for #OnlineAutscape2026 is nearly ready to open!
The Autscape Programme Team received an abundance of high quality proposals. We have included as many as possible in ...
c.im
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Registration for #OnlineAutscape2026 is nearly ready to open!
As we wait for final confirmations to publish the whole programme, we would like to introduce our guest from Australia, Dr Sharon Zivkovic. See: c.im/@autscape/11...
#autscape #autism #ActuallyAutistic #employment #SocialEnterprise
As we wait for final confirmations to publish the whole programme, we would like to introduce our guest from Australia, Dr Sharon Zivkovic. See: c.im/@autscape/11...
#autscape #autism #ActuallyAutistic #employment #SocialEnterprise
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Day twenty-three of #ArtAdventCalendar
Here is a coloured pencil drawing of a mountain hare in the snow.
Here is a coloured pencil drawing of a mountain hare in the snow.
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Day twenty-three of #ArtAdventCalendar
Here is a coloured pencil drawing of a mountain hare in the snow.
Here is a coloured pencil drawing of a mountain hare in the snow.
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For #FrogFriday here's one from back in 2021, an Eastern Green Toad (Anaxyrus debilis debilis) from southern Texas. One of the smaller 'true toads' in the U.S. and toadally lovely. #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿
December 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
For #FrogFriday here's one from back in 2021, an Eastern Green Toad (Anaxyrus debilis debilis) from southern Texas. One of the smaller 'true toads' in the U.S. and toadally lovely. #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿
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#TigerBeetles — the #Christmas lights of the #insect world! #biodiversity
(Fig. 1 from Duran et al. 2020)
doi.org/10.3390/genes1…
(Fig. 1 from Duran et al. 2020)
doi.org/10.3390/genes1…
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#TigerBeetles — the #Christmas lights of the #insect world! #biodiversity
(Fig. 1 from Duran et al. 2020)
doi.org/10.3390/genes1…
(Fig. 1 from Duran et al. 2020)
doi.org/10.3390/genes1…
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Spring survivor #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography
An overwintered Mourning Cloak butterfly warms up in the early spring sunshine
An overwintered Mourning Cloak butterfly warms up in the early spring sunshine
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Spring survivor #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography
An overwintered Mourning Cloak butterfly warms up in the early spring sunshine
An overwintered Mourning Cloak butterfly warms up in the early spring sunshine
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Here is your Wednesday Weevil, waving. It's a broad-nosed weevil, (unsure of the species), that I spotted on a dirt road in the mountains of Colombia in '23. I initially moved to pick it up because I thought it was a small piece of trash, like a bit of shiny candy wrapper. 🐙🌿📷 #BugSky
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Here is your Wednesday Weevil, waving. It's a broad-nosed weevil, (unsure of the species), that I spotted on a dirt road in the mountains of Colombia in '23. I initially moved to pick it up because I thought it was a small piece of trash, like a bit of shiny candy wrapper. 🐙🌿📷 #BugSky
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New poll shows @scottishgreens.org on course to double MSPs
The IPSOS Mori poll shows a record Green result and puts us within touching distance of Labour in 2nd place.
People want bold solutions to the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency.
It is only Greens who are offering them.
New poll shows @scottishgreens.org on course to double MSPs
The IPSOS Mori poll shows a record Green result and puts us within touching distance of Labour in 2nd place.
People want bold solutions to the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency.
It is only Greens who are offering them.
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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New poll shows @scottishgreens.org on course to double MSPs
The IPSOS Mori poll shows a record Green result and puts us within touching distance of Labour in 2nd place.
People want bold solutions to the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency.
It is only Greens who are offering them.
New poll shows @scottishgreens.org on course to double MSPs
The IPSOS Mori poll shows a record Green result and puts us within touching distance of Labour in 2nd place.
People want bold solutions to the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency.
It is only Greens who are offering them.
Very true in my experience, the system that’s supposed to be there to help you inflicts the most horrible experiences by not believing you, manipulations, incompetence, gaslighting, and threats of lawyers. The power they hold makes everything worse. Good to know it’s recognised somewhere at least.
System-generated trauma: Dealing with the system was families' most traumatic experience. Family courts were intimidating. Iatrogenic harm from medical professionals. Structural violence (those in power cause harm by doing nothing). Change in systems can be so slow, despite research & evidence. 4/
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Very true in my experience, the system that’s supposed to be there to help you inflicts the most horrible experiences by not believing you, manipulations, incompetence, gaslighting, and threats of lawyers. The power they hold makes everything worse. Good to know it’s recognised somewhere at least.
Would recommend signing up to mailing list for these seminars, this one was excellent.
Today's seminar is from Professor Luke Clements & Dr Ana Laura Aiello @lawatleeds.bsky.social - findings from their book 'Understanding Parent Blame' - research with families on traumatising social care experiences, in policy & legal context, and campaigns for change essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/news/art...
School of Law academics tackle Parent Blame in new edited collection
Professor Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello have published a new edited book titled 'Understanding Parent Blame: Institutional Failure and Complex Trauma' with Policy Press.
essl.leeds.ac.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Would recommend signing up to mailing list for these seminars, this one was excellent.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Brutal.
“Streeting, whose Wikipedia page falsely asserts he was born “in 1983” instead of “yesterday”, has recently decided to go after the ADHDers with the same punk-rock disregard for scientific rigour and empirical evidence he applies to attacking trans and disabled people.”
“Streeting, whose Wikipedia page falsely asserts he was born “in 1983” instead of “yesterday”, has recently decided to go after the ADHDers with the same punk-rock disregard for scientific rigour and empirical evidence he applies to attacking trans and disabled people.”
Retired ghost train animatronic Streeting said: “I’m so nervous. What if he picks up? What if he’s seen this ADHD thing and gone ‘Attaboy, Streeting! Why don’t you come to the White House and play a round of golf with me and my friends? They’re your friends now, too, Wes, and so am I’?”
Streeting nervously twirling telephone cord hoping RFK Jr will finally return his calls
Wes Streeting is currently waiting by the phone hoping fellow health secretary Robert Francis Kennedy Jr has finally noticed what a special little evil boy he is, according to political sources. Stree...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Brutal.
“Streeting, whose Wikipedia page falsely asserts he was born “in 1983” instead of “yesterday”, has recently decided to go after the ADHDers with the same punk-rock disregard for scientific rigour and empirical evidence he applies to attacking trans and disabled people.”
“Streeting, whose Wikipedia page falsely asserts he was born “in 1983” instead of “yesterday”, has recently decided to go after the ADHDers with the same punk-rock disregard for scientific rigour and empirical evidence he applies to attacking trans and disabled people.”
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In the devastated city of El Fasher, satellites have spotted a network of newly dug incineration and burial pits thought to be for the disposal of large numbers of bodies. 150,000 residents remain unaccounted for since the city fell to the RSF.
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
In the devastated city of El Fasher, satellites have spotted a network of newly dug incineration and burial pits thought to be for the disposal of large numbers of bodies. 150,000 residents remain unaccounted for since the city fell to the RSF.
“Yet ADHD is significantly underdiagnosed in the UK, with only one in nine ADHD adults receiving a diagnosis. Autistic adults face similarly large gaps in identification and access to support.“
Increased rates of autism, ADHD, and other mental health conditions are evidence of decades of unmet need. Wes Streeting is missing the point, writes Rowan Humphries-Massey
Why Wes Streeting is wrong about autism and ADHD 'over-diagnosis'
www.bigissue.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“Yet ADHD is significantly underdiagnosed in the UK, with only one in nine ADHD adults receiving a diagnosis. Autistic adults face similarly large gaps in identification and access to support.“
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Deaf people who use British Sign Language face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers.
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
Deaf people who use BSL face ‘entrenched’ health and social care exclusion, say government advisers
Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL) face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers. The…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Deaf people who use British Sign Language face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers.
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
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Did you know that disabled people are far more likely to experience domestic abuse or be trapped in violent relationships?
There’s an imbalance of power when you’re depending on others for activities of daily living.
Disability also keeps you below the poverty line.
There’s an imbalance of power when you’re depending on others for activities of daily living.
Disability also keeps you below the poverty line.
December 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Did you know that disabled people are far more likely to experience domestic abuse or be trapped in violent relationships?
There’s an imbalance of power when you’re depending on others for activities of daily living.
Disability also keeps you below the poverty line.
There’s an imbalance of power when you’re depending on others for activities of daily living.
Disability also keeps you below the poverty line.
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And what autistic adults are receiving a formal diagnosis without first self-diagnosing? It's not like we go to the doctor and they notice traits and refer us for a neuropsych eval. The only difference between me with my official dx and a self-dx autistic is that I found an assessor and had money.
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
And what autistic adults are receiving a formal diagnosis without first self-diagnosing? It's not like we go to the doctor and they notice traits and refer us for a neuropsych eval. The only difference between me with my official dx and a self-dx autistic is that I found an assessor and had money.
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onlooker: [insufferable whining] but Aslynn! Self diagnosis is baaaad 😠
👏🏻 tell
👏🏻 me
👏🏻 why
when adults w/ autism self-identify, risk of suicide goes down, psychotherapy becomes more effective, people find community, insight, coping skills, forgiveness for themselves & their families because… 🧵
👏🏻 tell
👏🏻 me
👏🏻 why
when adults w/ autism self-identify, risk of suicide goes down, psychotherapy becomes more effective, people find community, insight, coping skills, forgiveness for themselves & their families because… 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
onlooker: [insufferable whining] but Aslynn! Self diagnosis is baaaad 😠
👏🏻 tell
👏🏻 me
👏🏻 why
when adults w/ autism self-identify, risk of suicide goes down, psychotherapy becomes more effective, people find community, insight, coping skills, forgiveness for themselves & their families because… 🧵
👏🏻 tell
👏🏻 me
👏🏻 why
when adults w/ autism self-identify, risk of suicide goes down, psychotherapy becomes more effective, people find community, insight, coping skills, forgiveness for themselves & their families because… 🧵
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Blackbird with a gobstopper! 😁
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶
You can buy my exclusive 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... 😊❤️
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶
You can buy my exclusive 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... 😊❤️
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Blackbird with a gobstopper! 😁
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶
You can buy my exclusive 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... 😊❤️
Taken last weekend at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶
You can buy my exclusive 2026 Birds calendars here;
www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c... 😊❤️
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Does anyone know an Autistic artist/craftsperson that does simple wood working or burning or something similar?
I need 2 tiny signs for my office doors, in/out of office, flip the sign
I have a logo and stuff but I honestly don’t care if it uses my logos/fonts/whatevs
Thank you internet pals!
I need 2 tiny signs for my office doors, in/out of office, flip the sign
I have a logo and stuff but I honestly don’t care if it uses my logos/fonts/whatevs
Thank you internet pals!
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Does anyone know an Autistic artist/craftsperson that does simple wood working or burning or something similar?
I need 2 tiny signs for my office doors, in/out of office, flip the sign
I have a logo and stuff but I honestly don’t care if it uses my logos/fonts/whatevs
Thank you internet pals!
I need 2 tiny signs for my office doors, in/out of office, flip the sign
I have a logo and stuff but I honestly don’t care if it uses my logos/fonts/whatevs
Thank you internet pals!
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Freya Emerson, 30, and her long-term hyperfixation, dinosaurs, 225 million, have reportedly been growing apart lately, with Emerson unexpectedly developing feelings for Greek mythology.
Heartbreak! Autistic woman unsure how to tell special interest she’s fallen out of love with it
An autistic woman is just going through the motions with her special interest because she doesn’t have the heart to tell it the spark is gone, sources have confirmed. Freya Emerson, 30, and her…
thedailytism.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Freya Emerson, 30, and her long-term hyperfixation, dinosaurs, 225 million, have reportedly been growing apart lately, with Emerson unexpectedly developing feelings for Greek mythology.