Karen Barto
@karenbarto.bsky.social
Neurodivergent applied linguist in international education (academic writing, editing, TESOL and FL instruction, EMI professional development; neurodivergence and ethics of AI), unschooling my artist linguist kiddo, studying Turkish. Consistently curious.
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Reclaiming Rest: Autistic Burnout, Monotropism, and Resistance
Free training resource slide deck in blog.
https://autisticrealms.com/reclaiming-rest-autistic-burnout-monotropism-and-resistance/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Free training resource slide deck in blog.
https://autisticrealms.com/reclaiming-rest-autistic-burnout-monotropism-and-resistance/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I can't wait to read this chapter and the larger volume when it comes out!
Really excited to have a chapter in the UK edition of Someone Like Me, an anthology of writing by autistic women and gender minorities (me being nonbinary/genderqueer).
My chapter is titled 'Growing up with Monotropism and Weird Pride'.
The book is out 2025-09-25.
vervebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php...
My chapter is titled 'Growing up with Monotropism and Weird Pride'.
The book is out 2025-09-25.
vervebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php...
August 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I can't wait to read this chapter and the larger volume when it comes out!
I love this idea of enactivism as a lens to understand monotropism. So much about my environment and forced schedule has drastically impacted my experience of the world and my cognitive and emotional experiences due to my access (or lack thereof) to flow states.
Hurrah! Fabulous and interesting insights from @luis01.bsky.social !
"By viewing monotropism through an enactivist perspective, we can move beyond deficit-based models and celebrate the strengths of autistic ways of being"
"By viewing monotropism through an enactivist perspective, we can move beyond deficit-based models and celebrate the strengths of autistic ways of being"
Exploring Enactivist Accounts of Monotropism open.substack.com/pub/luis2201...
August 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I love this idea of enactivism as a lens to understand monotropism. So much about my environment and forced schedule has drastically impacted my experience of the world and my cognitive and emotional experiences due to my access (or lack thereof) to flow states.
Reposted by Karen Barto
2 HOUR PANIC.
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Still at $320 of $700 rent due 11AM today. My life depends on staying housed, and while hotel staff are kind, their managers might not allow THEM to keep giving extra time.
#PleaseShare, and help if able?
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#MutualAidRequest
#HelpSky
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Still at $320 of $700 rent due 11AM today. My life depends on staying housed, and while hotel staff are kind, their managers might not allow THEM to keep giving extra time.
#PleaseShare, and help if able?
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#MutualAidRequest
#HelpSky
Multiply disabled heart patient in need of support!
$700 rent weekly, due 11AM Sundays
$300 monthly bills (phone, storage)
Please help if you can? I cannot survive the street AT ALL- need hygiene and privacy to eat and sleep.
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EL5EB7BDZ3GTW
cash.app/$FalcoSkyWolf
$700 rent weekly, due 11AM Sundays
$300 monthly bills (phone, storage)
Please help if you can? I cannot survive the street AT ALL- need hygiene and privacy to eat and sleep.
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EL5EB7BDZ3GTW
cash.app/$FalcoSkyWolf
July 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
2 HOUR PANIC.
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Still at $320 of $700 rent due 11AM today. My life depends on staying housed, and while hotel staff are kind, their managers might not allow THEM to keep giving extra time.
#PleaseShare, and help if able?
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#MutualAidRequest
#HelpSky
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Still at $320 of $700 rent due 11AM today. My life depends on staying housed, and while hotel staff are kind, their managers might not allow THEM to keep giving extra time.
#PleaseShare, and help if able?
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#MutualAidRequest
#HelpSky
Pre-order now available for @emergentdivergence.com's new book on Autistic pride!
On 8 pre-orders! Would love some more to help with visibility!
Pre-order for my new book about #AutisticPride! There will be a paperback too but there's no pre-orders for that!
Pre-order is for kindle only at the moment. This is a short book (print version is about 90 pages) laid out in larger font + double spaced for accessibility.
mybook.to/unashamed-au...
Pre-order is for kindle only at the moment. This is a short book (print version is about 90 pages) laid out in larger font + double spaced for accessibility.
mybook.to/unashamed-au...
July 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Pre-order now available for @emergentdivergence.com's new book on Autistic pride!
Another chapter from @fergus.oolong.co.uk in what looks to be an amazing book all around! On my list to read after its release!
Really excited to have a chapter in the UK edition of Someone Like Me, an anthology of writing by autistic women and gender minorities (me being nonbinary/genderqueer).
My chapter is titled 'Growing up with Monotropism and Weird Pride'.
The book is out 2025-09-25.
vervebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php...
My chapter is titled 'Growing up with Monotropism and Weird Pride'.
The book is out 2025-09-25.
vervebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php...
July 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Another chapter from @fergus.oolong.co.uk in what looks to be an amazing book all around! On my list to read after its release!
Ooh, I can't wait to read this!
✨ Reimagining education through a neuroqueering lens with @autisticrealms.bsky.social & @stimpunks.org
Neuroqueer Learning Spaces is a free, open-source training for creating flexible, embodied, radically inclusive learning.
Start here 👉 stimpunks.org/library/cour...
Neuroqueer Learning Spaces is a free, open-source training for creating flexible, embodied, radically inclusive learning.
Start here 👉 stimpunks.org/library/cour...
Neuroqueer Learning Spaces: Free Training for Reimagining Education
In mainstream classrooms across the globe, neurodivergent children and their families are continually navigating and battling through systems not designed with them in mind. Our Neuroqueer Learning Sp...
stimpunks.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Ooh, I can't wait to read this!
This bug music has been helping me regulate and focus, and is really cute sometimes too. Highly recommend. And curious -- do you use music to regulate and focus too?
youtu.be/GPZYeLzDE-Y?...
youtu.be/GPZYeLzDE-Y?...
Entomongaku (full album)
YouTube video by Chypho
youtu.be
July 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This bug music has been helping me regulate and focus, and is really cute sometimes too. Highly recommend. And curious -- do you use music to regulate and focus too?
youtu.be/GPZYeLzDE-Y?...
youtu.be/GPZYeLzDE-Y?...
I'm honored to be a part of @autisticrealms.bsky.social new starter pack--check it out!
A Saturday reshare of this week's new starter pack inspired by @ndhumanities.bsky.social's Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference 2025
go.bsky.app/6ftC1uS
go.bsky.app/6ftC1uS
June 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I'm honored to be a part of @autisticrealms.bsky.social new starter pack--check it out!
Can't wait to read upcoming chapters on neurodiversity and education from @fergus.oolong.co.uk and co-authors!
The first book is Neurodivergent Education and Lifelong Learning, and my chapter is co-written with Debi Gregory, @thendbee.bsky.social
It's titled "Neurodiversity in Higher Education: Reflections from Lived Experience" - we met through the Neurodivergent Student Network she set up.
It's titled "Neurodiversity in Higher Education: Reflections from Lived Experience" - we met through the Neurodivergent Student Network she set up.
June 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Can't wait to read upcoming chapters on neurodiversity and education from @fergus.oolong.co.uk and co-authors!
Beautiful, thoughtful, and extremely useful approach to transitions for monotropic folks. All educators, partners, carers, and friends should know about this and work to employ it with more monotropic compatriots.
The work of @tanyaadkin.bsky.social in conceptualising Monotropic split, has been an incredibly meaningful idea for the neurodivergent community. How do we fix it?
This is a solution to Monotropic split.
emergentdivergence.com/2025/06/07/l...
#ActuallyAutistic #monotropism
This is a solution to Monotropic split.
emergentdivergence.com/2025/06/07/l...
#ActuallyAutistic #monotropism
Lilipadding for Autistic People: Reducing Transitional Trauma for Monotropic Minds - Emergent Divergence
Monotropism, and the subsequent work of Tanya Adkin in conceptualising Monotropic split, has been an incredibly meaningful set of ideas for the neurodivergent community. One of the most common questio...
emergentdivergence.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Beautiful, thoughtful, and extremely useful approach to transitions for monotropic folks. All educators, partners, carers, and friends should know about this and work to employ it with more monotropic compatriots.
Monotropism and moss 💜💚
An exploration of moss & monotropic ways of being. An invitation to slow down, sink in & reconnect through sensory depth & shared presence in liminal spaces.
https://autisticrealms.com/mossy-minds-monotropism/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://autisticrealms.com/mossy-minds-monotropism/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
June 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Monotropism and moss 💜💚
@neuroqsolarpunker.bsky.social This looks great!
My next virtual public event will be a presentation on NEUROQUEERING SOMATICS, in conversation with @tendingpaths.bsky.social
Thursday, June 26, 9am Pacific / noon Eastern. FREE!
#neuroqueer #somatics #neurodiversity #psychology #somaticpsychology #embodiment #cognition
ismeta.org/events#!even...
Thursday, June 26, 9am Pacific / noon Eastern. FREE!
#neuroqueer #somatics #neurodiversity #psychology #somaticpsychology #embodiment #cognition
ismeta.org/events#!even...
ISMETA Worldwide Somatic Movement Events Calendar
Events, workshops, performances, trainings, webinars, conferences and meetings hosted by ISMETA and Approved Training Programs.
ismeta.org
June 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
@neuroqsolarpunker.bsky.social This looks great!
Watching the Drawfee Va-Pride-ety Stream, which is raising money for Trans Lifeline. It's lovely analog art and variety entertainment, check it out and donate! 💜☺️
m.twitch.tv/drawfeeshow?...
m.twitch.tv/drawfeeshow?...
drawfeeshow - Twitch
The Drawfee Va-Pride-ity Hour
m.twitch.tv
June 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Watching the Drawfee Va-Pride-ety Stream, which is raising money for Trans Lifeline. It's lovely analog art and variety entertainment, check it out and donate! 💜☺️
m.twitch.tv/drawfeeshow?...
m.twitch.tv/drawfeeshow?...
Improv!
I make podcasts, specializing in comedy (audio dramas and improv).
I’m also resuming my neurodivergent-y podcast on Monday (Your Improv Brain).
stereoforest.com
I’m also resuming my neurodivergent-y podcast on Monday (Your Improv Brain).
stereoforest.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Improv!
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Have you been through Autism or ADHD assessment in England? Your voice matters. Help us understand the system by sharing your experience in this quick, anonymous survey:
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#Autism #ADHD #NeurodivergentVoices #AssessmentInsights
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#Autism #ADHD #NeurodivergentVoices #AssessmentInsights
June 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Have you been through Autism or ADHD assessment in England? Your voice matters. Help us understand the system by sharing your experience in this quick, anonymous survey:
forms.gle/wrhf5B9i2fvJ... 🧠💬
#Autism #ADHD #NeurodivergentVoices #AssessmentInsights
forms.gle/wrhf5B9i2fvJ... 🧠💬
#Autism #ADHD #NeurodivergentVoices #AssessmentInsights
I really enjoyed this piece from @allan-white.bsky.social about some ways people misunderstand him due to their being uninformed about dyspraxia. substack.com/@plainslefty...
Lost in Translation
My Most Misunderstood Dyspraxic Quirks
substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I really enjoyed this piece from @allan-white.bsky.social about some ways people misunderstand him due to their being uninformed about dyspraxia. substack.com/@plainslefty...
I know there is a lot wrong in the world right now, and we have a lot of work to do. But also, equids. Enjoy.
youtube.com/@newmexequid...
youtube.com/@newmexequid...
NewMexEquids
Merida the Big Red Horse and her three donkey friends hanging out and being weird in the desert of New Mexico.
youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I know there is a lot wrong in the world right now, and we have a lot of work to do. But also, equids. Enjoy.
youtube.com/@newmexequid...
youtube.com/@newmexequid...
Yes, this should be required reading for everyone. It's astonishing (and not in a good way) how much has been normalized in our societies based on relatively recent ideas about what "normal" is or should be (or even to bother thinking about "normal").
Given the way things are going with 'productivity' becoming the defining measure of worth. It would pay for everyone read...
The Empire of Normality by Dr Robert Chapman to know how that has historically worked out.
The Empire of Normality by Dr Robert Chapman to know how that has historically worked out.
May 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Yes, this should be required reading for everyone. It's astonishing (and not in a good way) how much has been normalized in our societies based on relatively recent ideas about what "normal" is or should be (or even to bother thinking about "normal").
All of this.
Feed: "Autistic Realms"
By: Helen Edgar on Sunday, May 4, 2025
By: Helen Edgar on Sunday, May 4, 2025
Reclaiming Rest: Autistic Burnout, Monotropism, and Resistance
Rest can become a radical act in a world that often equates our worth with productivity, especially for Autistic or otherwise neurodivergent people - our wa ...
autisticrealms.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
All of this.
Reposted by Karen Barto
This April, please do what you can to ensure that Autistic people are listened to about autism - and beware that too much awareness can be wearing.
We're all aware of autism by now, but most have very little understanding of it. Perhaps listening to autistic people could help | Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk
Autism understanding time
We're all aware of autism by now, but most have very little understanding of it. Perhaps listening to autistic people could help
bylines.scot
April 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This April, please do what you can to ensure that Autistic people are listened to about autism - and beware that too much awareness can be wearing.
This is so interesting. It immediately makes me think of the patterns we can feel in music, especially when there are a few overlapping.
I love this by Becca Cook shared from @stimpunks.org
"Art made through monotropism tends to be layered and complex... The art becomes a mirror, a map, a code"
stimpunks.org/2025/04/09/m...
"Art made through monotropism tends to be layered and complex... The art becomes a mirror, a map, a code"
stimpunks.org/2025/04/09/m...
Monotropism Reflected in the Communication Style of Artistic Expression
Becca Cook is an AuDHD artist, animal communicator, and writer. Monotropism is a cognitive tendency often present in autistic individuals, characterized by an intense focus on one or two interests at a time. My attention feels like a narrow beam of light, bright, deep, and consuming. This focus creates a rich inner world, one where […]
stimpunks.org
April 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is so interesting. It immediately makes me think of the patterns we can feel in music, especially when there are a few overlapping.