@KieranRose7

Author, Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, Autistic Parent, Situationally Mute, Rogue researcher specialising in: #AutisticMasking #AutisticBurnout Stigma & Identity

 Durham, England
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Joined November 2017
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For anyone here who has made the shift to Bluesky, if you'd like to connect there, you can find me at: bsky.app/profile/kieranrose.…
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1/3 A personal announcement. I rarely post on here these days, so I’m not entirely sure whether I’m speaking into the void, but this platform was always an important place to me until Musk fucked it, and there are still people I value on here.
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2/3 Several weeks ago I was diagnosed with high-grade, very aggressive prostate cancer. I’ve written properly about what’s happening, why I’m sharing it now, and what comes next here: theautisticadvocate.com/a-pe…
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3/3 The TL/DR is that they hope it's curable, but I have a long road of treatment & recovery with significant side effects, which are more pronounced b/c to have it at my age with this level of aggressiveness is rare, and deeply complicated by having hypermobile Elhers Danlos
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Superfially. An incredibly reductive narrative tho. Chronic stigma developmentally changes dynamics & context dramatically. Masking isn't just mimicry, & only superficially is it *just* a social narrative. Equally, if "everybody masks", how can only "those who are able" do it?
Implicit Language
@Amanda_JodehMay 7
Replying to @naomicfisher @KieranRose7
Everybody masks. I’ve gotten a lot of hate for saying that before, but it’s true. It’s just autistic people (who are able to) are pretty terrible at mimicking others.
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theautisticadvocate.com/scho… Try placing the fault where it actually lies

School Refusal or School-Induced Trauma? Rethinking EBSA, EBSNA, and the harm we call help - The...

Kieran Rose discusses why we need to be critical of the concpets of EBSA and School Refusal; especially in relation to our autistic children.

theautisticadvocate.com
Tes magazine@tesMar 26
What can schools do about emotionally based school avoidance? Educational psychologist Sue Sheppard says this is a particular problem for autistic students, and recommends ways to help them transition back into the classroom tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

How to help autistic children with EBSA back into school

Emotionally based school avoidance is often a particular problem for autistic students, writes educational psychologist Sue Sheppard, but there are ways for schools to offer support

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Sara Luterman@slootermanMar 23
I dug into Nicki Minaj’s use of the world “neurodivergent” — Where did it come from? What does it mean? And how does a very niche, 25+ year old activist word end up being used on the far right? 19thnews.org/2026/03/nicki-m…

How the term ‘neurodivergent’ moved from activists to pop culture — and politics

Nicki Minaj is one of the most recent Trump supporters to identify herself as “neurodivergent,” embracing a narrow definition of a once-niche term commonly associated with autism and ADHD.

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Damian Milton@milton_damianMar 22
Yes, Sami did ten years ago and was told that it is not a 'natural category' but a socially constructed one regarding categorical framing (which also changes over time). The biological underpinning of neurodiversity he avoids to mention. We are not all carbon copies.
sami timimi@stimimiMar 22
Is anyone asking the obvious and fundamental question: on what evidential basis can you conclude that autism represents a natural category that is ‘neuro’- based and can be differentiated from other natural categories, whether disorder or difference?
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1/2 The 1st is about treating people like valid human beings including recognising, identifying & supporting needs inclusive of social & body-based barriers The 2nd narrative of prevention, cure & disorder-based intervention is about value judgements, dehumanisation & eugenics
sami timimi@stimimiMar 21
In autism the difference activists assert they are autistic, not people with autism. Those (including parents) who considered autism a disease/disorder campaign for better recognition, prevention, treatment and support. This disagreement has become heated. Why is this?
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2/2 The disorder narrative has been the dominant narrative for the last 125 years, its clearly served us so well because so much has improved (it hasn't) Its very worrying that 'treat people like valid human beings' seems to be such an anathema to 'critical' psychiatrists.
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Grifting is a major mechanism for maintaining a false narrative. the anti-neurodiversity cult is revealing that deep down they know how fragile their construct is given the pseudo science that reigns supreme in those spaces #NothingFrithSaidWasEvidentialItJustFedYourBias
sami timimi@stimimiMar 13
Censorship is a major mechanism for maintaining a false narrative. the autism cult is revealing that deep down they know how fragile this construct is given the pseudo science that reigns supreme in those spaces
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Michelle Dawson@autismcrisisMar 10
Research note: Kanner's original N=11 autistics had extremely heterogeneous later outcomes, as generally did the autistics he reported on, as generally did diagnosed autistics in the literature before the "spectrum" became a thing (just a reminder, in case anyone's forgotten)
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Charlotte✨🐛🦋@CharlottereuletMar 10
It’s astounding! I find it fascinating when people think or portray themselves as experts while blissfully unaware how transparent their ignorance of the topic shines through the word salad. I would be utterly embarrassed if I intentionally or inadvertently behaved this way....
Dr Annie Hickox, Clinical Psychologist@DrAnnieHickoxMar 10
Replying to @Dmdav1
It’s wonderful that so many people with no expertise or lived experience of autism are able to opine so confidently on a topic they know zilch about.
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Damian Milton@milton_damianMar 10
Would be nice if people read even a little bit regarding concepts that they then go on to undermine. Just ends up in people talking past each other and straw men etc.
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Nope, not true. Autistic people spontaneously manifest.
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I'm not someone who shies away from hard conversations, but I draw the line at validating the psychology equivalent of GB News U & ur cohost, Drinkwater (who grossly misrepresented this article on LinkedIn), have proven to be nothing more than disingenious & lacking good faith
Naomi Fisher
@naomicfisherMar 7
Would you be up for explaining the problems on our podcast? We welcome a range of perspectives because we think that that is the way to learn.
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If u were interested in learning, or good faith debate, listening would come before spunking your poorly informed & misrepresentative views all over multiple social media platforms with little regard for impact Go use someone else for your grift That's a no, if it wasn't clear
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Recovery in the Bin@RITB_Mar 8
It's notable how none of the 'overdiagnosis' crowd ever targets PD. Praps there's no real scientific motivation behind overdiagnosis claims but instead moral resentment toward any diagnosis perceived to reframe disliked behaviours as needing compassion rather than judgement.
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