Zoe Williams
@rekindled8.bsky.social
I read a lot, listen a lot, think a lot, and write occasionally. #ActuallyAutistic
https://rekindled.carrd.co/
https://rekindled.carrd.co/
It's upsetting to see more harmful misinformation being spread by Donald Trump et al.
UK health officials have confirmed that paracetamol remains the safest painkiller for pregnant women. There is no conclusive evidence showing that taking paracetamol in pregnancy causes autism.
September 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's upsetting to see more harmful misinformation being spread by Donald Trump et al.
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New Blog Post: Why Autistic Parents Deserve Sensory Support – and a Sensory Village
Caring for young children can be overstimulating. This may be particularly challenging for Autistic parents. Building a ‘village’ to support us and our families can enable us to thrive.
www.autisticparentsu...
Caring for young children can be overstimulating. This may be particularly challenging for Autistic parents. Building a ‘village’ to support us and our families can enable us to thrive.
www.autisticparentsu...
It’s Not Just You: Why Autistic Parents Deserve Sensory Support – and a Sensory Village
Caring for young children can cause sensory overstimulation. This can be challenging for parents, and even more so for Autistic parents who may have heightened sensitivity. Building a ‘village’ to support ourselves and our children can help make sure everyone’s needs are met and enable our families to thrive.
www.autisticparentsuk.org
July 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New Blog Post: Why Autistic Parents Deserve Sensory Support – and a Sensory Village
Caring for young children can be overstimulating. This may be particularly challenging for Autistic parents. Building a ‘village’ to support us and our families can enable us to thrive.
www.autisticparentsu...
Caring for young children can be overstimulating. This may be particularly challenging for Autistic parents. Building a ‘village’ to support us and our families can enable us to thrive.
www.autisticparentsu...
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#CRAEresearchSummaries
‘A storm of post-it notes’: Experiences of perceptual capacity in autism and ADHD
crae.ioe.ac.uk/a-sto...
‘A storm of post-it notes’: Experiences of perceptual capacity in autism and ADHD
crae.ioe.ac.uk/a-sto...
‘A storm of post-it notes’: Experiences of perceptual capacity in autism and ADHD
A large accessible survey was designed by a neurodiverse group of researchers to find out about focus and distraction. It was shared with autistic adults, adults with ADHD, autistic adults with ADH…
crae.ioe.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#CRAEresearchSummaries
‘A storm of post-it notes’: Experiences of perceptual capacity in autism and ADHD
crae.ioe.ac.uk/a-sto...
‘A storm of post-it notes’: Experiences of perceptual capacity in autism and ADHD
crae.ioe.ac.uk/a-sto...
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Send a message to Kent County Council that you believe Trans+ books are not a danger to children and should be available in public libraries.
Sign the open letter ✍️ 👇
Sign the open letter ✍️ 👇
An Open Letter to Kent County Council regarding the removal of trans books from libraries
This letter calls on Kent County Council to reverse its harmful decision to remove transgender-inclusive books from the children’s section of public libraries.
We encourage everyone to sign this lette...
docs.google.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Send a message to Kent County Council that you believe Trans+ books are not a danger to children and should be available in public libraries.
Sign the open letter ✍️ 👇
Sign the open letter ✍️ 👇
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My most in-depth discussion of the Autistic rhizome so far. I hope that people find value in it!
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/the-autist...
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticRhizome #NeuroqueerTheory #Neuroqueering #neurodiversity
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/the-autist...
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticRhizome #NeuroqueerTheory #Neuroqueering #neurodiversity
The Autistic Rhizome: Reclaiming Knowledge, Rewriting Reality
A tribute to the growth of Autistic community
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
My most in-depth discussion of the Autistic rhizome so far. I hope that people find value in it!
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/the-autist...
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticRhizome #NeuroqueerTheory #Neuroqueering #neurodiversity
www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/the-autist...
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticRhizome #NeuroqueerTheory #Neuroqueering #neurodiversity
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I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.
July 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I just voted against proscribing Palestine Action, a civil disobedience group, as a terrorist organisation. But I'm furious that in doing so, the government forced me and others to vote against proscribing two other clearly terrorist groups. Cynical and dangerous from govt.
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We’re hiring! We’re on the lookout for the perfect social media assistant to support our creative team so we can dedicate more time & attention to being salty.
All the details are here - check it out & give us a shout via the applications email if this sounds like you!
All the details are here - check it out & give us a shout via the applications email if this sounds like you!
The Daily Tism is hiring a freelance part-time social media assistant | The Daily Tism
Get more from The Daily Tism on Patreon
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July 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We’re hiring! We’re on the lookout for the perfect social media assistant to support our creative team so we can dedicate more time & attention to being salty.
All the details are here - check it out & give us a shout via the applications email if this sounds like you!
All the details are here - check it out & give us a shout via the applications email if this sounds like you!
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Government say they'll only cut benefits of future Disabled people. We won't throw future generations under the bus! MPs: Vote down the bill, come back to the drawing board with Disabled people + co-produce a genuine solution with us
#WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP #DisabilityBenefits
#WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP #DisabilityBenefits
July 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Government say they'll only cut benefits of future Disabled people. We won't throw future generations under the bus! MPs: Vote down the bill, come back to the drawing board with Disabled people + co-produce a genuine solution with us
#WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP #DisabilityBenefits
#WelfareNotWarfare #TakingThePIP #DisabilityBenefits
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🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Any MP who cares about their disabled constituents must oppose the government's amended welfare reform bill⬇️
By @disrightsuk.bsky.social, @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social, @nsunnews.bsky.social, Mad Youth Organise, Crips Against Cuts and Taking The PIP.
#DisabilityCuts #TakingThePIP
By @disrightsuk.bsky.social, @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social, @nsunnews.bsky.social, Mad Youth Organise, Crips Against Cuts and Taking The PIP.
#DisabilityCuts #TakingThePIP
June 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Any MP who cares about their disabled constituents must oppose the government's amended welfare reform bill⬇️
By @disrightsuk.bsky.social, @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social, @nsunnews.bsky.social, Mad Youth Organise, Crips Against Cuts and Taking The PIP.
#DisabilityCuts #TakingThePIP
By @disrightsuk.bsky.social, @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social, @nsunnews.bsky.social, Mad Youth Organise, Crips Against Cuts and Taking The PIP.
#DisabilityCuts #TakingThePIP
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On our blog, we're going to be showcasing some firsthand accounts of how autistic young people use digital media for engaging with intense interests
Read one account here from a young activist, who moderates online spaces to help bring people together:
autisminaffinityspaces.org/firsthand-ex...
Read one account here from a young activist, who moderates online spaces to help bring people together:
autisminaffinityspaces.org/firsthand-ex...
Firsthand experience: Creating a space for advocacy – Autism in Affinity Spaces
Read one young person's experience of using social media for advocacy and volunteering
autisminaffinityspaces.org
June 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
On our blog, we're going to be showcasing some firsthand accounts of how autistic young people use digital media for engaging with intense interests
Read one account here from a young activist, who moderates online spaces to help bring people together:
autisminaffinityspaces.org/firsthand-ex...
Read one account here from a young activist, who moderates online spaces to help bring people together:
autisminaffinityspaces.org/firsthand-ex...
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I just want to make an observation. The biggest LGBTQIA+ mass lobby in history in the UK was organised by a Trans+ led org. With minimal funding. And a heap of volunteer energy. There are much more well funded LGBTQIA+ orgs that haven’t stepped up with this level of ambition.
June 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I just want to make an observation. The biggest LGBTQIA+ mass lobby in history in the UK was organised by a Trans+ led org. With minimal funding. And a heap of volunteer energy. There are much more well funded LGBTQIA+ orgs that haven’t stepped up with this level of ambition.
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If the disability cuts were cruel and callous for existing claimants, they’re cruel and callous for future claimants too. This 2 tier system would be totally unacceptable - Labour rebels must stay firm
June 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
If the disability cuts were cruel and callous for existing claimants, they’re cruel and callous for future claimants too. This 2 tier system would be totally unacceptable - Labour rebels must stay firm
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On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
June 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
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If there's one thing in the year 2025 that needs to die, it's the "you have to resolve this customer service issue over the phone".
We live in a world where email and instant messaging exists, but I still have to endure telephone anxiety? Fuck that
We live in a world where email and instant messaging exists, but I still have to endure telephone anxiety? Fuck that
June 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If there's one thing in the year 2025 that needs to die, it's the "you have to resolve this customer service issue over the phone".
We live in a world where email and instant messaging exists, but I still have to endure telephone anxiety? Fuck that
We live in a world where email and instant messaging exists, but I still have to endure telephone anxiety? Fuck that
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Resharing this great signposting resource by Zoe Williams
Autistic-Led Organisations and support in the UK
Do you know of others - what would you add to this list?
medium.com/@zoewilliams...
Autistic-Led Organisations and support in the UK
Do you know of others - what would you add to this list?
medium.com/@zoewilliams...
Autistic-Led Organisations in the UK
A list of organisations in the United Kingdom that are led by Autistic people, for Autistic people, providing online or in-person support.
medium.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Resharing this great signposting resource by Zoe Williams
Autistic-Led Organisations and support in the UK
Do you know of others - what would you add to this list?
medium.com/@zoewilliams...
Autistic-Led Organisations and support in the UK
Do you know of others - what would you add to this list?
medium.com/@zoewilliams...
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By popular request - ‘Welcome to the UK’ peer support drop in group on Tuesday 24th June at 10am.
Run by trained #ActuallyAutistic peer supporters, who have also moved to the UK from overseas.
Sign up via our website. Select the option for ‘drop in groups': www.autisticparentsuk.org/peer-support
Run by trained #ActuallyAutistic peer supporters, who have also moved to the UK from overseas.
Sign up via our website. Select the option for ‘drop in groups': www.autisticparentsuk.org/peer-support
June 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
By popular request - ‘Welcome to the UK’ peer support drop in group on Tuesday 24th June at 10am.
Run by trained #ActuallyAutistic peer supporters, who have also moved to the UK from overseas.
Sign up via our website. Select the option for ‘drop in groups': www.autisticparentsuk.org/peer-support
Run by trained #ActuallyAutistic peer supporters, who have also moved to the UK from overseas.
Sign up via our website. Select the option for ‘drop in groups': www.autisticparentsuk.org/peer-support
Autistic Parents UK has finally arrived on Bluesky! 🎉 I am proud to be part of this amazing charity ❤️
🧵Autistic Parents UK Intro Thread 🧵
Who we are:
👉 An #ActuallyAutistic registered charity run by Autistic parents for Autistic parents.
👉 We support parents who are Autistic themselves, with children of any neurotype.
👉 We also create employment opportunities for Autistic parents.
Who we are:
👉 An #ActuallyAutistic registered charity run by Autistic parents for Autistic parents.
👉 We support parents who are Autistic themselves, with children of any neurotype.
👉 We also create employment opportunities for Autistic parents.
June 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Autistic Parents UK has finally arrived on Bluesky! 🎉 I am proud to be part of this amazing charity ❤️
"Unmasking isn’t necessarily about stopping a behaviour, shedding ourselves or suddenly letting go. ‘Unmasking’ may be more about returning to ourselves, unsuppressing and reconnecting."
"It is never as simple as ‘taking off the mask’."
"It is never as simple as ‘taking off the mask’."
Exploring masking and unmasking: reclaiming our monotropic attentional resources, reconnecting with ourselves and community
https://autisticrealms.com/unmasking-reclamaing-our-monotropic-attentional-resources/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://autisticrealms.com/unmasking-reclamaing-our-monotropic-attentional-resources/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
June 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"Unmasking isn’t necessarily about stopping a behaviour, shedding ourselves or suddenly letting go. ‘Unmasking’ may be more about returning to ourselves, unsuppressing and reconnecting."
"It is never as simple as ‘taking off the mask’."
"It is never as simple as ‘taking off the mask’."
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That autistic thing where you have an amazingly productive morning because every task on your to-do list seems highly compelling compared to that one phone call you need to make.
June 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
That autistic thing where you have an amazingly productive morning because every task on your to-do list seems highly compelling compared to that one phone call you need to make.
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This by @elsawilliams.bsky.social is a really important read, and absolute respect for writing it. If you haven't had an eating disorder or mental health issue then you don't understand what it is like to go through them. If you think people can access PIP easily, you don't know enough to comment.
Deep breath, lads.
In response to the proposed government disability cuts, I wrote a piece about my life before The Daily Tism (it includes a PIP assessment, a mental health crisis and iced Madeira cake). We’ll fight this with everything we’ve got.
#TakingThePip
In response to the proposed government disability cuts, I wrote a piece about my life before The Daily Tism (it includes a PIP assessment, a mental health crisis and iced Madeira cake). We’ll fight this with everything we’ve got.
#TakingThePip
I’m an autistic writer who is finally working. Without PIP, I wouldn’t have had a chance
How do you explain a PIP assessment to somebody who’s never had one?
medium.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This by @elsawilliams.bsky.social is a really important read, and absolute respect for writing it. If you haven't had an eating disorder or mental health issue then you don't understand what it is like to go through them. If you think people can access PIP easily, you don't know enough to comment.
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“I need to earn money to live,” Durham explained, “but I’m fundamentally unsuited to earning money, and also, arguably, to living.”
Autistic woman boldly embarks on 59th career change
An autistic woman has baffled her friends and relatives by switching career every few days, with each job more strange and confusing than the last, sources have claimed. Pippa Durham, 39, who holds a...
thedailytism.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“I need to earn money to live,” Durham explained, “but I’m fundamentally unsuited to earning money, and also, arguably, to living.”
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Resharing my starter pack of neuro-affirming Autistic advocates, orgs and charities if you are looking for a good list of people to follow
go.bsky.app/9N5UEUC
go.bsky.app/9N5UEUC
May 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Resharing my starter pack of neuro-affirming Autistic advocates, orgs and charities if you are looking for a good list of people to follow
go.bsky.app/9N5UEUC
go.bsky.app/9N5UEUC
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Along with a man and a woman who are trans, and someone who is intersex, we are suing the EHRC and the Equalities Minister in respect of the disgraceful and unlawful EHRC guidance.
In line with our transparency principles we are publishing the full 32 page legal letter. goodlaw.social/2ihj
In line with our transparency principles we are publishing the full 32 page legal letter. goodlaw.social/2ihj
We're bringing a legal challenge to the EHRC’s ‘Interim Update’
A number of trans and intersex individuals have today begun a legal challenge to the EHRC’s ‘Interim Update’ following the For Women, Scotland decision
goodlaw.social
May 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Along with a man and a woman who are trans, and someone who is intersex, we are suing the EHRC and the Equalities Minister in respect of the disgraceful and unlawful EHRC guidance.
In line with our transparency principles we are publishing the full 32 page legal letter. goodlaw.social/2ihj
In line with our transparency principles we are publishing the full 32 page legal letter. goodlaw.social/2ihj
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In which a letter from me and my amazing @transactualuk.bsky.social colleagues *is* the news
uk.news.yahoo.com/supreme-cour...
Write to Starmer.
uk.news.yahoo.com/supreme-cour...
Write to Starmer.
Supreme Court Ruling Is Anything But Clear – And Endangers All Women's Rights, Trans Group Warns
TransActual wrote to Keir Starmer about the "widespread confusion and fear" caused by the judgement.
uk.news.yahoo.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In which a letter from me and my amazing @transactualuk.bsky.social colleagues *is* the news
uk.news.yahoo.com/supreme-cour...
Write to Starmer.
uk.news.yahoo.com/supreme-cour...
Write to Starmer.
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Excited to have written this blog for @gr0ve.bsky.social
'Neuro-affirming Language & Avoiding the Harm of Neurodiversity-lite'
(Kindly edited by Jess Garner, GROVE's Founder/Director.)
Contains a useful glossary!
www.gr0ve.org/neuro-affirm...
'Neuro-affirming Language & Avoiding the Harm of Neurodiversity-lite'
(Kindly edited by Jess Garner, GROVE's Founder/Director.)
Contains a useful glossary!
www.gr0ve.org/neuro-affirm...
March 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Excited to have written this blog for @gr0ve.bsky.social
'Neuro-affirming Language & Avoiding the Harm of Neurodiversity-lite'
(Kindly edited by Jess Garner, GROVE's Founder/Director.)
Contains a useful glossary!
www.gr0ve.org/neuro-affirm...
'Neuro-affirming Language & Avoiding the Harm of Neurodiversity-lite'
(Kindly edited by Jess Garner, GROVE's Founder/Director.)
Contains a useful glossary!
www.gr0ve.org/neuro-affirm...