Hayley Morgan
@hayleymorganaut.bsky.social
Autistic author, PhD candidate on the autistic birth experience. Often found foraging around South Wales with an excited, oversized beagle. Taekwondo enthusiast, awful crocheter, fluent in Always Sunny quotes.
Last Saturday I enjoyed Nye at the Wales Millennium Centre starring @mchshe.bsky.social Extra special as my family friend Karen and I are two Port Talbot women who became doctors in health science to fight for change in the sector. My Mam is fighting incurable cancer via the NHS 💪🏽 #PortTalbotSteel
August 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Last Saturday I enjoyed Nye at the Wales Millennium Centre starring @mchshe.bsky.social Extra special as my family friend Karen and I are two Port Talbot women who became doctors in health science to fight for change in the sector. My Mam is fighting incurable cancer via the NHS 💪🏽 #PortTalbotSteel
Hi 👋 I’m Autistic and am completely apathetic about neurotypical acceptance of my existence. The ball is not in your court. Thanks. Cheers.
April 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hi 👋 I’m Autistic and am completely apathetic about neurotypical acceptance of my existence. The ball is not in your court. Thanks. Cheers.
April Fools’ Day is the ultimate Autism Taster Day where neurotypicals get to know what it’s like to constantly try to gauge if someone’s lying or mocking and constantly getting it wrong. Fun for all the neurotypes (!)
April 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
April Fools’ Day is the ultimate Autism Taster Day where neurotypicals get to know what it’s like to constantly try to gauge if someone’s lying or mocking and constantly getting it wrong. Fun for all the neurotypes (!)
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No, you can’t defend the PIP cuts and there’s a chunk raggedly dragged from your soul every time you try
March 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
No, you can’t defend the PIP cuts and there’s a chunk raggedly dragged from your soul every time you try
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Our #A2ndVoice chat for #AutisticElders is on Thur 13th March, from 11am-noon. If you're #autistic & aged 50+ years, you're welcome. This month we'll chat about Managing wellbeing. It's not a lecture or class, it's an informal chat. It's free, but you must register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Our #A2ndVoice chat for #AutisticElders is on Thur 13th March, from 11am-noon. If you're #autistic & aged 50+ years, you're welcome. This month we'll chat about Managing wellbeing. It's not a lecture or class, it's an informal chat. It's free, but you must register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Shame on the government
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There is a shameful tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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March 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Shame on the government
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Auditioning for the next Star Wars episode when you’re more CPTSD than C3PO.
March 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Auditioning for the next Star Wars episode when you’re more CPTSD than C3PO.
Sunshine on my poocher ☀️ 🐶 My solar-powered beagle is hoping I will leave the room, so he can eat the proving hot cross bun dough unattended on the windowsill.
March 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sunshine on my poocher ☀️ 🐶 My solar-powered beagle is hoping I will leave the room, so he can eat the proving hot cross bun dough unattended on the windowsill.
I love my St Dwynwen’s Day card from my babiest 🧊 ❤️ 🏴
February 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I love my St Dwynwen’s Day card from my babiest 🧊 ❤️ 🏴
My parrotlet Amali appreciating my Morrigan statuette. Mam’s little war bird 🥰 🦜 🏹
February 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My parrotlet Amali appreciating my Morrigan statuette. Mam’s little war bird 🥰 🦜 🏹
“Oh no, he’s crying!”
“Why do you think he’s crying, baby?” (Expecting the reason to be he doesn’t want to go to school or like the other children etc)
“Because that man isn’t his daddy. And he has NO BODY, just legs, Mum 😔that’s why he crying!”
My #ActuallyAutistic child’s perspective > yours ❤️ 🧠
“Why do you think he’s crying, baby?” (Expecting the reason to be he doesn’t want to go to school or like the other children etc)
“Because that man isn’t his daddy. And he has NO BODY, just legs, Mum 😔that’s why he crying!”
My #ActuallyAutistic child’s perspective > yours ❤️ 🧠
January 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Oh no, he’s crying!”
“Why do you think he’s crying, baby?” (Expecting the reason to be he doesn’t want to go to school or like the other children etc)
“Because that man isn’t his daddy. And he has NO BODY, just legs, Mum 😔that’s why he crying!”
My #ActuallyAutistic child’s perspective > yours ❤️ 🧠
“Why do you think he’s crying, baby?” (Expecting the reason to be he doesn’t want to go to school or like the other children etc)
“Because that man isn’t his daddy. And he has NO BODY, just legs, Mum 😔that’s why he crying!”
My #ActuallyAutistic child’s perspective > yours ❤️ 🧠
My career goal is to get to a point where I’m interviewed by Philomena Cunk about Neurodiversity. Obviously a reliable salary is also goals but let’s be realistic.
January 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My career goal is to get to a point where I’m interviewed by Philomena Cunk about Neurodiversity. Obviously a reliable salary is also goals but let’s be realistic.
Fellow MARG member Emily Lunny, an Autistic lactation consultant, has a wonderful new book! It’s currently free for Kindle users:
Breastfeeding, Autism & ADHD: Understanding extra support needs and positives for the Autistic or ADHD breastfeeding mother, parent and child amzn.asia/d/8cPuCVj
Breastfeeding, Autism & ADHD: Understanding extra support needs and positives for the Autistic or ADHD breastfeeding mother, parent and child amzn.asia/d/8cPuCVj
Breastfeeding, Autism & ADHD: Understanding extra support needs and positives for the Autistic or ADHD breastfeeding mother, parent and child
Breastfeeding, Autism & ADHD: Understanding extra support needs and positives for the Autistic or ADHD breastfeeding mother, parent and child eBook : Lunny IBCLC, Emily : Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store
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January 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Fellow MARG member Emily Lunny, an Autistic lactation consultant, has a wonderful new book! It’s currently free for Kindle users:
Breastfeeding, Autism & ADHD: Understanding extra support needs and positives for the Autistic or ADHD breastfeeding mother, parent and child amzn.asia/d/8cPuCVj
Breastfeeding, Autism & ADHD: Understanding extra support needs and positives for the Autistic or ADHD breastfeeding mother, parent and child amzn.asia/d/8cPuCVj
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Connect with fellow neurokin/auters (🦦)♥️
Aut2ask is an autism community for you.
Share to help us find eachother! 📣
IG (we hold events/zooms!):
www.instagram.com/aut2ask?igsh...
Discord: discord.gg/pMU3f2U2
Community Survey: bit.ly/Aut2ask
#autism #actuallyautistic
#autres #autsky
Aut2ask is an autism community for you.
Share to help us find eachother! 📣
IG (we hold events/zooms!):
www.instagram.com/aut2ask?igsh...
Discord: discord.gg/pMU3f2U2
Community Survey: bit.ly/Aut2ask
#autism #actuallyautistic
#autres #autsky
January 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Connect with fellow neurokin/auters (🦦)♥️
Aut2ask is an autism community for you.
Share to help us find eachother! 📣
IG (we hold events/zooms!):
www.instagram.com/aut2ask?igsh...
Discord: discord.gg/pMU3f2U2
Community Survey: bit.ly/Aut2ask
#autism #actuallyautistic
#autres #autsky
Aut2ask is an autism community for you.
Share to help us find eachother! 📣
IG (we hold events/zooms!):
www.instagram.com/aut2ask?igsh...
Discord: discord.gg/pMU3f2U2
Community Survey: bit.ly/Aut2ask
#autism #actuallyautistic
#autres #autsky
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
Rewatching Buffy for the nostalgia warm fuzzies. I’ve realised that my love for Giles’ flitting around carting books and being a boffin in tweed ‘n’ glasses has manifested into a very real career.
January 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Rewatching Buffy for the nostalgia warm fuzzies. I’ve realised that my love for Giles’ flitting around carting books and being a boffin in tweed ‘n’ glasses has manifested into a very real career.
Reposted by Hayley Morgan
Neurodivergent Led supports, advocacy, training, lots of free resources and more....
Find out more about how we can support you as an Autistic adult:
www.thrivingautistic.org
Find out more about how we can support you as an Autistic adult:
www.thrivingautistic.org
Services for Autistic Adults
We're a global team of ND psychologists & coaches providing support services to the autistic community. We work with newly diagnosed & self-identified autistic adults
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January 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Neurodivergent Led supports, advocacy, training, lots of free resources and more....
Find out more about how we can support you as an Autistic adult:
www.thrivingautistic.org
Find out more about how we can support you as an Autistic adult:
www.thrivingautistic.org
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Autism employment research often focuses on getting autistics into the workforce but overlooks a crucial aspect: career progression. While autistics "may find jobs, advancing to senior roles or transitioning out of work—such as into retirement—remains underexplored."
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Autistic Adults’ Priorities for Future Autism Employment Research
In a study of 197 autistic adults, participants stressed the need for research on how to advance in their careers and transition out of work successfully. Despite 22% of autistic adults in the UK b…
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January 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Autism employment research often focuses on getting autistics into the workforce but overlooks a crucial aspect: career progression. While autistics "may find jobs, advancing to senior roles or transitioning out of work—such as into retirement—remains underexplored."
crae.ioe.ac.uk/autistic-adu...
crae.ioe.ac.uk/autistic-adu...
Ah, the great ‘unravelling’ 🧐 I’m still working through mine 8 years post-diagnosis and probably always will be.
January 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ah, the great ‘unravelling’ 🧐 I’m still working through mine 8 years post-diagnosis and probably always will be.
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This is well worth a read.
Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school.
How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver.
How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils.
Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school.
How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver.
How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils.
Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A “Round, Bruising Sort of Pain”: Autistic Girls’ Social Camouflaging in Inclusive High School Settings - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Although autistic females often “camouflage” their autism, few studies examine the degree to which adolescent females demonstrate these behaviors in inclusive school settings. We examined: (a) the nat...
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January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is well worth a read.
Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school.
How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver.
How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils.
Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school.
How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver.
How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils.
Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🔓 New level of Autistic masking unlocked 🔓
Neurotypicals asking how your Mum is when they’ve heard the seriousness of her cancer, but they still want you to go through the social play of polite, reciprocated concern. Who are the ones with rigid ways and scripts, again? 🤔
Neurotypicals asking how your Mum is when they’ve heard the seriousness of her cancer, but they still want you to go through the social play of polite, reciprocated concern. Who are the ones with rigid ways and scripts, again? 🤔
January 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🔓 New level of Autistic masking unlocked 🔓
Neurotypicals asking how your Mum is when they’ve heard the seriousness of her cancer, but they still want you to go through the social play of polite, reciprocated concern. Who are the ones with rigid ways and scripts, again? 🤔
Neurotypicals asking how your Mum is when they’ve heard the seriousness of her cancer, but they still want you to go through the social play of polite, reciprocated concern. Who are the ones with rigid ways and scripts, again? 🤔
Proud to be serving on the front line of this genre. It’s a battle, for sure, but so worth it.
I'm quite enjoying the genre of autism research that's just checking what autistic people say is happening for us, and then putting it in a peer-reviewed journal.
Like, it sounds trivial, but this is genuinely how a lot of the most useful research on things that actually matter to us is happening.
Like, it sounds trivial, but this is genuinely how a lot of the most useful research on things that actually matter to us is happening.
January 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Proud to be serving on the front line of this genre. It’s a battle, for sure, but so worth it.
My pacific parrotlet Amali was named after characters in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, just like her partner Kass. On that basis, you’d think she’d show a little more respect to our Zelda merch 😂
January 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My pacific parrotlet Amali was named after characters in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, just like her partner Kass. On that basis, you’d think she’d show a little more respect to our Zelda merch 😂
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"You don't seem autistic."
*Turns off zoom blur, shows my incredibly visually busy office that looks like a conspiracy den from x-files and begins infodumping about Twin Peaks*
"Oh."
(Also I freaking love my office, it's so much fun to listen to Trent Reznor soundtracks in.)
*Turns off zoom blur, shows my incredibly visually busy office that looks like a conspiracy den from x-files and begins infodumping about Twin Peaks*
"Oh."
(Also I freaking love my office, it's so much fun to listen to Trent Reznor soundtracks in.)
December 19, 2024 at 1:12 AM
"You don't seem autistic."
*Turns off zoom blur, shows my incredibly visually busy office that looks like a conspiracy den from x-files and begins infodumping about Twin Peaks*
"Oh."
(Also I freaking love my office, it's so much fun to listen to Trent Reznor soundtracks in.)
*Turns off zoom blur, shows my incredibly visually busy office that looks like a conspiracy den from x-files and begins infodumping about Twin Peaks*
"Oh."
(Also I freaking love my office, it's so much fun to listen to Trent Reznor soundtracks in.)
#ResearchAdvent Day 17 Nourishment, rest and health: not something everyone in academia has access to. Students, ECRs, zero-hour contracts mean many rely on food banks, work themselves into burnout for free or low pay.
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Join in by quote posting or replying with your response to each prompt during December. Don’t forget the hashtag!
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Join in by quote posting or replying with your response to each prompt during December. Don’t forget the hashtag!
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December 17, 2024 at 12:14 PM
#ResearchAdvent Day 17 Nourishment, rest and health: not something everyone in academia has access to. Students, ECRs, zero-hour contracts mean many rely on food banks, work themselves into burnout for free or low pay.