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@clearautism.bsky.social
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Autism, Neurodivergence, Disability.

Based in Scotland, citizen of the world.

Occasional autism outreach and consulting support.

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Autistic people forgetting that autism is a devastating tragedy, ep. 50287
Image of Helen Lovejoy from The Simpsons raising her eyes to heaven in distress. Caption reads: Won't somebody please think of the parents?!
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Image from a tweet from @xkcd dated 3rd April 2023 A four panel comic entitled My Favorite Things Panel 1 has a line drawn character with musical notes around its head to show it's singing. We can see a small rose bush and a kitten beside the figure. The text reads : "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens" Panel 2 has the same figure continuing to sing. It is holding a kettle, and another kettle can be seen beside the kitten and tose bush. It's still singing. Text reads: "Bright copper kettles leave...flakes on my mittens?!" In panel 3 the figure is examining the kettle it's holding. It continues to sing. Text reads "Hey, these are stone with a copper veneer!" In the last panel the kettle is on the ground and the figure has clenched its fists in frustration. It sings, "I've been bamboozled by Ea-Nāsir!" Original tweet : https://x.com/xkcd/status/1643016339030769667
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Psychiatrist: [Young Person] does not have ADHD.

[Young Person]:
Four apples in a row on a counter. Each apple has a couple of bites out of it and the discolouration of each apple shows the different time which has elapsed since it was bitten. The apple on the left is not discoloured and the discolouration increases with each apple.
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Do they consider autistic people to be people at all...?
Black and white portrait photo of Ole Ivar Lovaas, a late middle aged white man, wearing a striped shirt, jacket and tie. There is a quote beside the photo. The text reads: "You see, you start pretty much from scratch when you work with an autistic child. You have a person in the physical sense—they have hair, a nose and a mouth—but they are not people in the psychological sense. One way to look at the job of helping autistic kids is to see it as a matter of constructing a person. You have the raw materials, but you have to build the person" Ivar Lovaas, a founder of ABA
October 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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What's your sign?

Me:
Sign outside the Indian Hills Community Center which reads: I didn't mean to push all of your buttons I was just trying to hit mute [For context, Colorado resident Vince Rozmiarek (Vince the Sign Guy on Facebook) regularly puts up funny, pun filled messages on this board. This is one example. ]
September 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Who can say.
Anime Butterfly meme A man with black hair and glasses is gazing in wonder at a butterfly and indicating towards it The man is captioned MEDIA The Butterfly is captioned FASCISM The caption below reads, "is this vandalism?"
August 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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*Waves from the UK*
Screenshot of Royal Mail website page Text reads: Disruption to USA services Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide services to the USA are temporarily suspended. You can still send goods and gifts via Evri and DPD international services, where available. Find branches with these services
August 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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I imagine you had an expression something like this when you were vindicated:
Picture of a bald eagle turning towards the camera with an accusing 'I told you so' expression on its face. The caption reads, 'Someone : "That won't work " Me after it works: [I told you so image]
August 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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But whether or not it's the intention, that's ultimately what happens with genetic research.
Photo of the Daily Mail dated Friday, July 16th, 1993 headlined Abortion hope after 'gay genes' findings By Jason Lewis Scientists in America claim to have found the first definite evidence of a genetic link to homosexuality. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute, near Washington DC, say their findings help prove that sexual orientation can be inherited. Isolation of the genes means it could soon be possible to predict whether a baby will be gay and give the mother the option of an abortion. Dean Hamer, principal author of the study published in the American journal Science, said the results do not prove (end of text on image)
August 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Repost with a tweet you still think about
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Screenshot of a quote tweet from The Pogues, @poguesofficial Text reads: Fuck off you little herrenvolk shite It's a response to a tweet by Laurence Fox @LozzaFox which reads: Here we go again. The cultural commissars at the @bbc are telling you what is an isn't appropriate for your ignorant little ears. Wouldn't it be nice if we sent the (proper) version to the top of the charts? #DefundTheBBC RT dailymail.co... Fox was referring to the announcement that BBC Radio 1 would play a censored version of The Pogues' song, Fairytale of New York, which omitted the f slur and the word "slut" from the song, although Fox didn't mention that the uncensored version would be played on other BBC Radio stations.
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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I couldn't resist trying this and -
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Screenshot of a Google search result, white text on a dark background has the search bar with "how many Bs in straw..."(berries is cropped for space reasons but the word should read strawberries) The AI Overview has the confident response which reads, 'The word "strawberries" has two "b"s ' Below the answer there is a button which reads, Dive deeper in AI mode, and underneath that in much smaller text is the warning "AI responses may include mistakes. Learn more." There is also a thumbs up/thumbs down icon.
August 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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I can't stop thinking about this.
Reading used to be like brain hydration for me. Now I'm not reading as much as I used to, and my brain feels like it's dehydrating.
Screen shot of Kindle reading insights from 2021 showing 100 books read with some of the book covers as illustration.
July 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Picture of Harvey Keitel as Winston Wolf in Pulp Fiction. Text reads: Pretty please...with sugar on top. Add alt text to your fxxking memes.
July 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I found it! There were a lot of very funny comments from autistic people making jokes about the autism spectrum train 😆

Grammar is important, people!
Screenshot of a tweet from POV on PBS White text on dark background reads: NowStreaming: Three young men falling on the autism spectrum train for fierce competition with the support of their families and team. Watch @SwimTeamTheFilm now for FREE on @POVdocs and on the @PBS app! #SwimTeamPBS to.pbs.org/2XD9brQ Timestamp is 16.16 on 9 Jul 19 5 reposts 8 quotes 9 likes 1 bookmark
July 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The quoted post was in reference to this guy, but I realise it could so easily apply to many other privileged men.

There is certainly a discussion to be had about failures on the BBC's part, but it’s more about how it has yet again enabled a toxic man to get away with harmful behaviour for years.
Instagram post by greggawallace White text on blue background Text reads: I was hired by the BBC and Masterchef as the cheeky greengrocer. A real person with warmth, character, rough edges and all. For over two decades, that authenticity was part of the brand. Now, in a sanitised world, that same personality is seen as a problem. My neurodiversity, now formally diagnosed as autism, was suspected and discussed by colleagues across countless seasons of Masterchef. Yet nothing was done to investigate my disability or protect me from what I now realise was a dangerous environment for over twenty years. That failure is now being quietly buried.
July 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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If you see this quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars," Star Trek," "Dr Who," or "Transformers."

...don't mind if I do.
Alexander Skarsgård as Murderbot in the Apple TV series Murderbot has no armour on because it is having a wound in its side repaired by a mechanical arm It is looking off screen with a neutral expression
July 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Advertise your account with just one image:
Black and white picture of a Barbie doll. Her mouth has apparently been melted away, and the resulting hole in her face resembles a silent scream. I feel ya, Babs.
July 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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one hundred thousand people have now blocked jd vance 🤣
Screenshot of the Clearsky page counting the number of accounts who have blocked JD Vance. The number is 100,000.
June 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Awright neebs?
A white floury bread roll with a slice of Lorne sausage (sometimes called square sausage because of the shape). A Scottish delicacy. A Bridie, or Forfar Bridie: a kind of meat pasty. A Scottish delicacy. A bowl of porridge with a spoon sticking out of it. A Scottish delicacy. A Mars Bar which has been coated in batter and fried, cut in half so we can see what it is. It doesn't seem to have been fried for long enough in my opinion, as ideally, the caramel has melted and is oozing out. The deep fried Mars bar is a Scottish delicacy.
June 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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#pulp
Help the aged...
Sign with text, Funny how it all falls away
June 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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@ballotbox.scot

They like to quote you but only seem to listen to you when it suits them - this is the latest leaflet from Labour for the HLS by election.

By the way, do you know who they are NOT quoting on any of their leaflets, curiously enough?
Mr Sarwar or Mr Starmer. Not even a photo.
Photo of an election leaflet for Labour There is a bar chart on the right with a red bar saying 36% and a yellow SNP bar saying 35%, source Ballot Box Scotland
May 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Hi five drowning meme, four boxes with line drawn images First box is a drawing of a hand reaching out of water as if seeking assistance from drowning, caption reads Disabled People Second box is line with a second hand reaching towards the first, caption reads Politicians Third box portrays second hand giving a high five to the first, caption reads Assisted Dying Final image shows the first hand disappearing under the water, the second hand cannot be seen, there is no caption
May 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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UK politics and journalism:
Kombucha girl meme The text beside her disgusted face reads Europe The text beside her "I'm listening" face reads Euthanasia
May 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Today's mood :
Drowning kid meme The drowning kid is captioned Disabled people The oblivious adult, captioned Politicians, is holding up another smiling child, captioned Assisted Dying
May 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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A dark blue porcelain bowl. It has been repaired in the Japanese Kintsugi style, also known as Kintsukuroi, which means that cracks and missing sections are filled with a lacquer that is mixed with gold, silver or platinum. The result is a piece that is entirely unique because no two breakages are the same and even more beautiful than the original unbroken item.
May 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM