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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream

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ESRC funded PhD student - Exploring Trans and Gender Diverse Autistic Adults Experiences of Health and Social Care Inequity https://linktr.ee/autisticandlivingthedream They / he

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · Nov 10

Hey, I'm Katie!

I'm multiply ND, queer and permanantly knackered.

I'm a community researcher on cancer service experiences of marginalised people.

I've published things and conferenced things, and now I'm doing a PhD around Autistic trans+ people's experiences of health and social care.

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. These things just seem to take longer and longer these days, but we'll get there.

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 1d

Just simply *dip* the children 🤣

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 1d

Hahaha she had the gravedigger say "alright mush" in the Portsmouth one (very Portsmouth phrase!). You wont see the same thing twice.

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 1d

The school sickness has finally made its way to us. It's Little Man's first year of school, and we have finally got a school sickness.

A 24-hour bug doesn't mean 24 hours in a #ChronicallyIll household.

Our evenings have been filled with wrestling, Boulders Gate, and feeling sorry for ourselves.

A split screen of Boulder's Gate 3. There are lots of stats on the screen. The left hand side focuses on a a druid which has turned to a Owl Bear. The right hand side shows a half orc cleric wielding a great axe

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, all the dates are sold out, apart from Bexhill. They have wait lists though.

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 1d

Fab! It was really something. I especially liked the scenes with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. And the grave digger scene. I loved all of it.

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 1d

She was brilliant. She apparently doing a tour. So definitely should be your way soon?

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 4d

Trans and Autistic: Sorting my gender after diagnosis

#InternationalComingOutDay #ComingOutDay #LGBTQIA #FromTheArchives

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Trans and Autistic: sorting my gender after diagnosis

I have always been weird. At school I always played alone at breaktimes, I talked to myself as I explored the sports field and wild areas of the playground. In my pockets I collected interesting th…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 4d

LGBTQIA+ justice involves recognising and valuing individuals in the community, aimin. It involves visibility *and* accountability within academic settings that confronts transphobia and supports trans+ individuals.
#LGBTQIA #Academic #Researcher #Student autisticltd.co.uk/2025/10/11/p...

Promoting LGBTQIA+ Equity in Education: Insights from a Researcher

LGBTQIA+ justice involves recognising and valuing individuals in the community, aiming for equity and allied liberation. The author advocates for visibility and accountability within academic setti…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 4d

We saw Suzy Izzard in her one person Hamlet, and she was phenomenal!

#Hamlet #Shakespeare #SuzyIzzard

Suzy, a tall, blond haired woman on stage. She is wearing red lipstick, red nails, a plain black jacket, and plain black leather trousers. The stage is sceneless and propless. Black curtains hang at the upstage.

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 5d

Today is the anniversary of my website Autistic and Living the Dream. I share information and personal experiences of neurodivergence, LGBTQIA+ identities, cancer care, research, and so much more.

Here is my most read piece, just in case you missed it!

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What comes under the “Neurodivergent” umbrella?

In short, probably more than most of us think! Kassiane Asasumasu, coined the term neurodivergent in the late 1990s / early 2000s, stating that the term included those “Whose neurocognitive f…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 6d

Navigating the confusing PhD application process - The barriers to PhD application for neurodivergent folk

#FromTheArchives #Paperwork #MorePaperWork #Admin #Confusion #PhD #Neurodivergent #AutRes

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Navigating the Confusing PhD Application Process

Navigating the PhD application process is convoluted, heavily reliant on administrative skills, and often leads to mismatched supervisory teams. The experience highlights systemic barriers, includi…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 8d

You can't be sad listening to The Aquabats.

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 9d

If all the bots that kept emailing me about how shit my website is *actually* visited my website, my stats would be brilliant 😎

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 10d

Tell me you have a four year old without telling me you have a four year old...

Picture shows me wearing a white Autistic and Living the Dream t shirt covered in animal stickers: a crocodile, elephant, walrus, zebra, monkey, polar bear, and a killer whale. All the classics.

Me wearing a white Autistic and Living the Dream t shirt covered in animal stickers: a crocodile, elephant, walrus, zebra, monkey, polar bear, and a killer whale. All the classics.

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 13d

A few months back, I had a conversation with a chronically ill friend that changed the way I go about my every day.

This is part of my ongoing story of using a walking stick :)

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How a Walking Stick Changed My Life with Chronic Illness

The author reflects on their journey with a walking stick, stemming from a past conversation about internalized ableism. Using the stick has improved mobility, reduced pain, and fostered support fr…

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 15d

Helping our younger selves

#FromTheArchives #Young #Disabled #CYP #Neurodivergent

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Helping our younger selves

The author shares the challenges of being a neurodivergent person who wants to support others like them. They express frustration at not being taken seriously in conversations about neurodivergent …

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 15d

#HealthyConversationSkills is about creating spaces in our everyday practice (and lives!) to talk about what makes us happier and healthier. This also appreciates that there are barriers to happier, healthier lives for too many people.

#SCDTP #ESRC

A projector with a white background. Different colour text on the slide reads:

Healthy conversation skills

MAKING EVERY CONTACT COUNT

Healthy Conversation Skills training

Developing people for health and Healthcares

29/09/25 Facilitator: Rob Anderson-Weaver Public Health Portsmouth City Council

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks, you too!

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 17d

I am keeping my weekends free of work, and that's been really beneficial. More time with my boys :)

If you can't rest, then you might as well get paid!

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 17d

You've been very busy! Great work but make sure to rest too

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 17d

Ah fab, let me know what you think!

Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 17d

I started Crip Kinship by Shayda Kafai today. It's been on my shelf for a while.

I'm twenty pages in already and seriously thought about taking it to soft play 😆

Crip Kinship, a small blue book with a beautiful cover with colourful flowers and a black person in an orange dress walking with a stick

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 17d

I have spoken at the Houses of Parliament on cancer service inequity for Disabled people. I am involved in community based research, including my PhD exploring health and social care inequity experienced by trans autistic people.

Feel free to contact me for more info at; [email protected]

Picture shows me talking at University of Portsmouth on Autistic transgender people's access to health and social care.

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · 17d

I have experience running sessions on the following:

♾️Autistic experiences of mental health
♾️Being Autistic and OCD
♾️Autistic experiences of substance use
♾️Autistic experiences of gender diversity
♾️Autistic sexuality
♾️Healthcare accessibility
♾️The intersection of Autistic and LGBTQIA+ identities /2

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