Micaela Connolly
@micaelapsy.bsky.social
Psychologist, curious, Cork. She/her
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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This is wonderful by Jaime Hoerricks.
The Shape of Feeling: Alexithymia and Emotional Dysregulation
autside.substack.com/p/the-shape-...
The Shape of Feeling: Alexithymia and Emotional Dysregulation
autside.substack.com/p/the-shape-...
The Shape of Feeling: Alexithymia and Emotional Dysregulation
On growing up wordless, living attuned, and learning that what they called dysregulation was never disorder—only the body’s unbroken music, still playing beneath the noise of translation.
autside.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is wonderful by Jaime Hoerricks.
The Shape of Feeling: Alexithymia and Emotional Dysregulation
autside.substack.com/p/the-shape-...
The Shape of Feeling: Alexithymia and Emotional Dysregulation
autside.substack.com/p/the-shape-...
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Great advice about Autistic Burnout
I've just posted a new entry on my blog. This one is about "Early Warnings Signs of Burnout": www.johnpendal.com/blog.html - it's accompanied by a photo of me hitting my elbow walking through a doorway, which is a sure sign that I'm overdoing things.
Blog posts from John Pendal
Blog posts from John Pendal - useful if you're not on social media and want to see what he's been posting.
www.johnpendal.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Great advice about Autistic Burnout
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Explore my idea for SPACE-TIME, a neuroaffirming framework rooted in monotropism, for education, healthcare, and workplaces to open up community discussion about what Autistic care and support could look like.
autisticrealms.com/space-time-a...
autisticrealms.com/space-time-a...
SPACE-TIME: A Monotropism Informed Framework for Autistic People | Autistic Realms
SPACE-TIME: A Monotropism-Informed Neuroaffirming Framework for Autistic People
autisticrealms.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Explore my idea for SPACE-TIME, a neuroaffirming framework rooted in monotropism, for education, healthcare, and workplaces to open up community discussion about what Autistic care and support could look like.
autisticrealms.com/space-time-a...
autisticrealms.com/space-time-a...
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Action alert for Palestine:
- Wednesday 4th June at 1:05pm
- Take a photo of you and colleagues
- Post it on social media with #StandWithPalestine
15,000+ children have been killed in Gaza.
Let's flood online with union members demanding peace and justice.
- Wednesday 4th June at 1:05pm
- Take a photo of you and colleagues
- Post it on social media with #StandWithPalestine
15,000+ children have been killed in Gaza.
Let's flood online with union members demanding peace and justice.
June 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Action alert for Palestine:
- Wednesday 4th June at 1:05pm
- Take a photo of you and colleagues
- Post it on social media with #StandWithPalestine
15,000+ children have been killed in Gaza.
Let's flood online with union members demanding peace and justice.
- Wednesday 4th June at 1:05pm
- Take a photo of you and colleagues
- Post it on social media with #StandWithPalestine
15,000+ children have been killed in Gaza.
Let's flood online with union members demanding peace and justice.
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Toileting is not a race. Respecting your Autistic child's pace, sensory needs, communication differences & body signals can make all the difference.
autisticrealms.com/toileting-a-...
autisticrealms.com/toileting-a-...
Toileting: A Neuroaffirming Approach to Support your Autistic Child | Autistic Realms
Toileting is not a race. For many Autistic children, the journey may look different. Respecting a child's pace, sensory needs, and body signals can mak ...
autisticrealms.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Toileting is not a race. Respecting your Autistic child's pace, sensory needs, communication differences & body signals can make all the difference.
autisticrealms.com/toileting-a-...
autisticrealms.com/toileting-a-...
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Important and possibly life-saving work that helps validate the sad experience of many families.
“1 in 2 affected parents developed a new mental health condition since their child’s difficulties started"
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/04...
Well done @sineadmullally.bsky.social and Sophie Connolly!
“1 in 2 affected parents developed a new mental health condition since their child’s difficulties started"
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/04...
Well done @sineadmullally.bsky.social and Sophie Connolly!
April 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Important and possibly life-saving work that helps validate the sad experience of many families.
“1 in 2 affected parents developed a new mental health condition since their child’s difficulties started"
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/04...
Well done @sineadmullally.bsky.social and Sophie Connolly!
“1 in 2 affected parents developed a new mental health condition since their child’s difficulties started"
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/04...
Well done @sineadmullally.bsky.social and Sophie Connolly!
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Delighted to share our publication on the wider impacts of #SchoolDistress. This research sheds light on the systemic trauma parents endure, the impact of this trauma, and the urgent need for more compassionate, supportive systems #ParentBlame #MentalHealth See 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Frontiers | “I felt shamed and blamed”: an exploration of the parental lived experience of school distress
www.frontiersin.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Delighted to share our publication on the wider impacts of #SchoolDistress. This research sheds light on the systemic trauma parents endure, the impact of this trauma, and the urgent need for more compassionate, supportive systems #ParentBlame #MentalHealth See 👉 www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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“1 in2 affected parents developed a new mental health condition since their child’s difficulties started.
It suggests it’s the experience of supporting a child with school attendance difficulties that imperils parental mental health”
@sineadmullally.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/04...
It suggests it’s the experience of supporting a child with school attendance difficulties that imperils parental mental health”
@sineadmullally.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/04...
‘System rife with blame’ could threaten parents’ mental health when their kids struggle with school attendance
Research showed parents of children who struggle with attending school regularly feel the effects of school distress across all aspects of their lives, rating i
www.frontiersin.org
April 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“1 in2 affected parents developed a new mental health condition since their child’s difficulties started.
It suggests it’s the experience of supporting a child with school attendance difficulties that imperils parental mental health”
@sineadmullally.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/04...
It suggests it’s the experience of supporting a child with school attendance difficulties that imperils parental mental health”
@sineadmullally.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/04...
Inviting everyone who is interested in learning more about autistic wellbeing to an evening with myself and the wonderful Sharon McCarthy of Autism Journeys. www.eventbrite.ie/e/promoting-...
April 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Inviting everyone who is interested in learning more about autistic wellbeing to an evening with myself and the wonderful Sharon McCarthy of Autism Journeys. www.eventbrite.ie/e/promoting-...
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New blog this week: autisticrealms.com/autistic-you...
"What looks like skills regression may be a redistribution of energy resources"
#Monotropism #Autistic #Burnout #Autism
"What looks like skills regression may be a redistribution of energy resources"
#Monotropism #Autistic #Burnout #Autism
Autistic Young People: Skills Regression, Burnout or a shift in Monotropic Attentional Resources? | Autistic Realms
Be Curious Having worked in Early Years SEND settings for over twenty years, one recurring concern I sometimes heard from parents and carers was that their ...
autisticrealms.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
New blog this week: autisticrealms.com/autistic-you...
"What looks like skills regression may be a redistribution of energy resources"
#Monotropism #Autistic #Burnout #Autism
"What looks like skills regression may be a redistribution of energy resources"
#Monotropism #Autistic #Burnout #Autism
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Shared via PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide a blog by @vivdawes.bsky.social about Autistic Burnout:
Find out more:
www.papyrus-uk.org/understandin...
Find out more:
www.papyrus-uk.org/understandin...
Understanding autistic burnout | Papyrus
Understanding autistic burnout | Papyrus UK | Suicide Prevention Charity | Learn More
www.papyrus-uk.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Shared via PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide a blog by @vivdawes.bsky.social about Autistic Burnout:
Find out more:
www.papyrus-uk.org/understandin...
Find out more:
www.papyrus-uk.org/understandin...
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www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Good that this is now out. And with thanks to the excellent team. Always an honour to work with top people, creating a safer and more rights-based world for autistic people & people with a learning disability.
Good that this is now out. And with thanks to the excellent team. Always an honour to work with top people, creating a safer and more rights-based world for autistic people & people with a learning disability.
Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al | The British Journal of Ps...
Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al
www.cambridge.org
March 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Good that this is now out. And with thanks to the excellent team. Always an honour to work with top people, creating a safer and more rights-based world for autistic people & people with a learning disability.
Good that this is now out. And with thanks to the excellent team. Always an honour to work with top people, creating a safer and more rights-based world for autistic people & people with a learning disability.
Soo interesting and beautifully explained
Created as part of Dr Daniel Poole’s research, this comic may help us understand some Autistic experiences - how everyday spaces can either help or make things harder.
Seems to highlight some nice points about monotropism - what do you think?
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/distr...
Seems to highlight some nice points about monotropism - what do you think?
player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/distr...
Distraction Comix | The University of Sheffield Player
Autistic people share their experiences of distraction.
player.sheffield.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Soo interesting and beautifully explained
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Our learning pathways take you on a walk in our shoes. Learn about school-induced anxiety, neuronormative domination, behaviorism, the double empathy problem, monotropism, the neurodivergent umbrella, the neurodiversity Smorgasbord, & more in this scrollytelling adventure.
Learning Pathways: Take a Walk in Our Shoes
Our learning pathways take you on a walk in our shoes. Learn about school-induced anxiety, neuronormative domination, obstacles to neurodiversity, behaviorism, the double empathy problem,…
stimpunks.org
March 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Our learning pathways take you on a walk in our shoes. Learn about school-induced anxiety, neuronormative domination, behaviorism, the double empathy problem, monotropism, the neurodivergent umbrella, the neurodiversity Smorgasbord, & more in this scrollytelling adventure.
Thrilled to receive this amazing book and thoroughly enjoying the read @niamhgarvey.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thrilled to receive this amazing book and thoroughly enjoying the read @niamhgarvey.bsky.social
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Comrades! Now the audiobook's finally out, I have five codes for free audible copies of *Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism*. If you want one just like and share/quote this post. After 48 hours I'll pick five sharers at random to send the codes to.
March 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Comrades! Now the audiobook's finally out, I have five codes for free audible copies of *Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism*. If you want one just like and share/quote this post. After 48 hours I'll pick five sharers at random to send the codes to.
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My lovely writing group (bar @ciaraoconnor.bsky.social) at the launch of The Doomsday Club by @kmoranwrites.bsky.social 🎉
Our group began under the mentorship of @chennessybooks.bsky.social over 10 years ago.
Such a joy to celebrate Kevin and his absolutely fantastic kid's book.
Our group began under the mentorship of @chennessybooks.bsky.social over 10 years ago.
Such a joy to celebrate Kevin and his absolutely fantastic kid's book.
March 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My lovely writing group (bar @ciaraoconnor.bsky.social) at the launch of The Doomsday Club by @kmoranwrites.bsky.social 🎉
Our group began under the mentorship of @chennessybooks.bsky.social over 10 years ago.
Such a joy to celebrate Kevin and his absolutely fantastic kid's book.
Our group began under the mentorship of @chennessybooks.bsky.social over 10 years ago.
Such a joy to celebrate Kevin and his absolutely fantastic kid's book.
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Play is central to children's lives, wellbeing & quality of life
Play is a fundamental right of all children
Normative assumptions often used to describe autistic play
Need autistic understanding of play from autistic players themselves
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
youtu.be/62mVZ-VCoPw?...
Play is a fundamental right of all children
Normative assumptions often used to describe autistic play
Need autistic understanding of play from autistic players themselves
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
youtu.be/62mVZ-VCoPw?...
O'Keeffe and McNally 2025
YouTube video by Journal Autism
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Play is central to children's lives, wellbeing & quality of life
Play is a fundamental right of all children
Normative assumptions often used to describe autistic play
Need autistic understanding of play from autistic players themselves
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
youtu.be/62mVZ-VCoPw?...
Play is a fundamental right of all children
Normative assumptions often used to describe autistic play
Need autistic understanding of play from autistic players themselves
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
youtu.be/62mVZ-VCoPw?...
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@emergentdivergence.com and I have created a FREE EBOOK! The "Autism And Neurodiversity Starter Pack: Why we are burnt out and ways forward"
Free download: autisticrealms.com/projects/eme...
Link to David's website for even more resources:
buff.ly/CHkaHgl
Free download: autisticrealms.com/projects/eme...
Link to David's website for even more resources:
buff.ly/CHkaHgl
March 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
@emergentdivergence.com and I have created a FREE EBOOK! The "Autism And Neurodiversity Starter Pack: Why we are burnt out and ways forward"
Free download: autisticrealms.com/projects/eme...
Link to David's website for even more resources:
buff.ly/CHkaHgl
Free download: autisticrealms.com/projects/eme...
Link to David's website for even more resources:
buff.ly/CHkaHgl
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Free and fab
@emergentdivergence.com and I have created a FREE EBOOK! The "Autism And Neurodiversity Starter Pack: Why we are burnt out and ways forward"
Free download: autisticrealms.com/projects/eme...
Link to David's website for even more resources:
buff.ly/CHkaHgl
Free download: autisticrealms.com/projects/eme...
Link to David's website for even more resources:
buff.ly/CHkaHgl
March 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Free and fab
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Oh dear. The ABA industry's at it again.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... is a chapter of Brand New ABA 2025, in this breathtakingly expensive handbook.
This'll be a thread.
Brace yourselves, friends.
I do a standard check of such papers:/
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... is a chapter of Brand New ABA 2025, in this breathtakingly expensive handbook.
This'll be a thread.
Brace yourselves, friends.
I do a standard check of such papers:/
An Overview of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) is a comprehensive treatment package that has more than 40 years of research to support its effectiveness in individuals diagnosed with autism spect...
link.springer.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Oh dear. The ABA industry's at it again.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... is a chapter of Brand New ABA 2025, in this breathtakingly expensive handbook.
This'll be a thread.
Brace yourselves, friends.
I do a standard check of such papers:/
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... is a chapter of Brand New ABA 2025, in this breathtakingly expensive handbook.
This'll be a thread.
Brace yourselves, friends.
I do a standard check of such papers:/
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We are so proud of Radie, who has managed to work so hard while dealing with the practical and psychological difficulties of navigating this criminally broken system.
All of our love and support to her and Dan.
❤️
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
All of our love and support to her and Dan.
❤️
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
'I have begged' - Lankum's Radie Peat on fight for child's autism supports
Lankum's Radie Peat and her partner Dan Lambert, COO of Boh's and Kneecap manager, told Oliver about having to fight for services for their autistic daughter. They highlighted the struggle facing thou...
www.rte.ie
February 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We are so proud of Radie, who has managed to work so hard while dealing with the practical and psychological difficulties of navigating this criminally broken system.
All of our love and support to her and Dan.
❤️
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
All of our love and support to her and Dan.
❤️
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Will be joining Pat Kenny on @newstalkfm.bsky.social this morning to talk about *the lack of* any proposals from the HSE regarding the Extended Working Day / Week. Tune in 📻
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social
#JoinAUnion
#SpeirGorm
#TeamHSCP
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social
#JoinAUnion
#SpeirGorm
#TeamHSCP
February 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Will be joining Pat Kenny on @newstalkfm.bsky.social this morning to talk about *the lack of* any proposals from the HSE regarding the Extended Working Day / Week. Tune in 📻
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social
#JoinAUnion
#SpeirGorm
#TeamHSCP
@forsatradeunion.bsky.social
#JoinAUnion
#SpeirGorm
#TeamHSCP
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Blog and signposting with top tips for Autistic children struggling with school attendance
Listen to children
Listen to parents/carers
Do not force children school - it can exacerbate burnout Follow the child's pace and lead through everything
autisticrealms.com/supporting-n...
Listen to children
Listen to parents/carers
Do not force children school - it can exacerbate burnout Follow the child's pace and lead through everything
autisticrealms.com/supporting-n...
Supporting neurodivergent students who are struggling to attend school | Autistic Realms
Data shows that the number of pupils with identified SEND needs are rising. There is an increase in the number of pupils diagnosed as being neurodivergent e ...
autisticrealms.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Blog and signposting with top tips for Autistic children struggling with school attendance
Listen to children
Listen to parents/carers
Do not force children school - it can exacerbate burnout Follow the child's pace and lead through everything
autisticrealms.com/supporting-n...
Listen to children
Listen to parents/carers
Do not force children school - it can exacerbate burnout Follow the child's pace and lead through everything
autisticrealms.com/supporting-n...