💙 Dr Mel 💙
@drkittington.bsky.social
🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🏳️🌈 Autistic and (very) proud! Health service governance professional. PhD in sustainability. My agenda: science, reason, and knowledge. Also, I love cats.
Gender non-conforming femme, neurodivergent atheist with no f*cks left to give 🦖🐈🦉🚉
Gender non-conforming femme, neurodivergent atheist with no f*cks left to give 🦖🐈🦉🚉
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💙 Dr Mel 💙
@drkittington.bsky.social
· Dec 10
First post on here, so here goes. For the sake of my mental health, I have not been on any social media for almost five years. I justed to say a great, big thank you to everyone here for making me and others feel welcomed and not judged. Let's fight hard to keep it that way.
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"The theory of monotropism frames the difference in cognitive functioning between autistic and non-autistic people in a value-neutral way. However, the broader autism literature has traditionally described focused interests in a negative light"
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
Focused Interests, Motivation, and Museum/Gallery Attendance – A Mixed-Methods Survey Exploring Autistic Adults’ Experiences and Wellbeing Outcomes - Sarah Dantas, Aimee Fletcher, 2025
Focused interests are characterised by high attention and focus, and are commonly experienced by autistic people. While some research frames these interests as ...
journals.sagepub.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"The theory of monotropism frames the difference in cognitive functioning between autistic and non-autistic people in a value-neutral way. However, the broader autism literature has traditionally described focused interests in a negative light"
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
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Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins
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Sleep well, my sweet Uni
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Sleep well, my sweet Uni
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"Hush, Horatio. Did you not hear the Dark Lord's call? Go now and summon the others, for it is the time of The Reaping. Soon we shall be bathing in the blood of our enemies."
"I don't know, Max. I'm pretty sure that was just a can opener."
"I don't know, Max. I'm pretty sure that was just a can opener."
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Hush, Horatio. Did you not hear the Dark Lord's call? Go now and summon the others, for it is the time of The Reaping. Soon we shall be bathing in the blood of our enemies."
"I don't know, Max. I'm pretty sure that was just a can opener."
"I don't know, Max. I'm pretty sure that was just a can opener."
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Sadly, the brutal underground sport of kitten fighting continues to go on unabated, and remains criminally unreported.
September 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sadly, the brutal underground sport of kitten fighting continues to go on unabated, and remains criminally unreported.
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Bit of a timeline cleanse for you…
Here’s a cat on a glass table.
Here’s a cat on a glass table.
September 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Bit of a timeline cleanse for you…
Here’s a cat on a glass table.
Here’s a cat on a glass table.
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Somewhere in Iceland.
September 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Somewhere in Iceland.
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For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.
August 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.
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Follow my new Global Heroes starter pack, featuring organisations and heroes helping to make the world a better place! go.bsky.app/ML9rn6w 🌍
August 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Follow my new Global Heroes starter pack, featuring organisations and heroes helping to make the world a better place! go.bsky.app/ML9rn6w 🌍
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"People agreed strongly that research can play a powerful role in shaping good Autistic lives [but] big changes were needed [e.g.,] researchers should stop thinking about autism narrowly and in a negative way, where Autistic people are seen as the problem."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
‘We have so much to offer’: Community members’ perspectives on autism research - Tori Haar, Charlotte Brownlow, Gabrielle Hall, Melanie Heyworth, Wenn Lawson, Rebecca Poulsen, Tamara Reinisch, Elizabe...
Autism research is on the cusp of significant change. There are mounting calls from Autistic self-advocates, researchers, and other scientists for a paradigm sh...
journals.sagepub.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"People agreed strongly that research can play a powerful role in shaping good Autistic lives [but] big changes were needed [e.g.,] researchers should stop thinking about autism narrowly and in a negative way, where Autistic people are seen as the problem."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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It never fails. 😂😂
August 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It never fails. 😂😂
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Last week I met my new case manager. I told her I was autistic, she had the nerve to say "we prefer the term people with autism,' putting the person first.'" I said that we in the autistic community don’t like that term because autism is not something we have, it’s who we are. #autism
August 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Last week I met my new case manager. I told her I was autistic, she had the nerve to say "we prefer the term people with autism,' putting the person first.'" I said that we in the autistic community don’t like that term because autism is not something we have, it’s who we are. #autism
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The animal kingdom is truly miraculous! We humans have so much to learn from our animal friends… ❤️😊
August 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The animal kingdom is truly miraculous! We humans have so much to learn from our animal friends… ❤️😊
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We all need to remember the positive effect our visibility has on others.
We have integrity, we are amazing and we all rock!
We have integrity, we are amazing and we all rock!
August 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
We all need to remember the positive effect our visibility has on others.
We have integrity, we are amazing and we all rock!
We have integrity, we are amazing and we all rock!
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August 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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The shoebill stork looks like a dinosaur.. 🦖
Such a beautiful looking bird… 🐦
Such a beautiful looking bird… 🐦
July 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The shoebill stork looks like a dinosaur.. 🦖
Such a beautiful looking bird… 🐦
Such a beautiful looking bird… 🐦
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Finally some good news.
July 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Finally some good news.
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The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life
July 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life
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this made me laugh so much
July 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
this made me laugh so much
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If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄
July 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄