Chris Connor
@cdconnor.bsky.social
Autistic, Dyslexic, and Neurodivergent. Disability Rights and Housing. Genderfluid, pronoun pliable.
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Chris Connor
@cdconnor.bsky.social
· Nov 16
My starter pack for social housing professionals who are interested to learn about Neurodiversity go.bsky.app/NjU29FV
Mansion tax but cannot get rid of the bedroom tax. Reeves as to go!
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mansion tax but cannot get rid of the bedroom tax. Reeves as to go!
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What does this mean for SEND & education? From the OBR report
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What does this mean for SEND & education? From the OBR report
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November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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It ain’t the first time RFK has prompted this kind of enemy of my enemy statement, but it’s good to see each time.
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It ain’t the first time RFK has prompted this kind of enemy of my enemy statement, but it’s good to see each time.
Wakefield can do humanity a favour by crawling back under his rock and keeping the hell away from public life!
Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wakefield can do humanity a favour by crawling back under his rock and keeping the hell away from public life!
Spend most the day reading the full report from the house of Lords on the autism act. Spotted this gem of research in the written evidence submissions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Housing as a site of epistemological injustice: how can research policy advance neurodivergent inclusion?
Published in Housing and Society (Vol. 52, No. 1, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Spend most the day reading the full report from the house of Lords on the autism act. Spotted this gem of research in the written evidence submissions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It was 49 years ago, guessing very little has changed in Farage's attitude over that course of time.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It was 49 years ago, guessing very little has changed in Farage's attitude over that course of time.
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Today, @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk published their report, 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy'.
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people - Committees - UK Parliament
This is the key conclusion reached by the House of Lords special inquiry committee on the Autism Act 2009 in its report ‘Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy’.&...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today, @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk published their report, 'Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy'.
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
Access the full report and recommendations (including easy read report, video from the Chair, and shorthand story) here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... [1/4]
Watching this right now, Best in Show. Perfect for dog loves.
Best in Show (2000) Official Trailer - Catherine O'Hara Movie
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Watching this right now, Best in Show. Perfect for dog loves.
Great question to the leadership of Russian UK. Or should that be Rubles OK?!
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Great question to the leadership of Russian UK. Or should that be Rubles OK?!
Ten and half years jail sentence for taking bribes, not a good day for Rubles OK.
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ten and half years jail sentence for taking bribes, not a good day for Rubles OK.
Its the messenger not the message that is the issue here. Platforming a message and messenger as an exercise in reputation management. Laundering reputation does very little to address the sector's toxic culture. #ukhousing
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Its the messenger not the message that is the issue here. Platforming a message and messenger as an exercise in reputation management. Laundering reputation does very little to address the sector's toxic culture. #ukhousing
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The latest Cloudflare and Amazon outages have got me thinking about utilities. We can't build modern software without dependencies. The days of running entirely on the client are over, which I see as a good thing. The cost is that we rely on infrastructure.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The latest Cloudflare and Amazon outages have got me thinking about utilities. We can't build modern software without dependencies. The days of running entirely on the client are over, which I see as a good thing. The cost is that we rely on infrastructure.
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Ear defenders have a valuable use in blocking out the nonsense that comes out of Dick Lice's mouth.
I think you can get the measure of the deadness of someone's soul from the fact they kick up a stink about [checks notes] autistic kids wearing ear defenders
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ear defenders have a valuable use in blocking out the nonsense that comes out of Dick Lice's mouth.
One of those cases of a dog food vendor warning about their own brand and type of dog food.
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, Google boss tells BBC
Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google's models.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
One of those cases of a dog food vendor warning about their own brand and type of dog food.
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Wow. Pope Leo XIV with one of the most eloquent and profound statements about algorithms, art and cinema you are likely to read.
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Wow. Pope Leo XIV with one of the most eloquent and profound statements about algorithms, art and cinema you are likely to read.
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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This made me wonder about the etymology of quack.
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This made me wonder about the etymology of quack.
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
“…short for quacksalver (1570s), from obsolete Dutch quacksalver (modern kwakzalver), literally ‘hawker of salve’”
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I don’t want McSweeney sacked because of this briefing ‘war’. I want him sacked because he’s steered Labour down such an awful, xenophobic path and paved the way for Farage in number 10.
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I don’t want McSweeney sacked because of this briefing ‘war’. I want him sacked because he’s steered Labour down such an awful, xenophobic path and paved the way for Farage in number 10.
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Streeting vs Starmer, a Morgan "Baldrick" McSweeney Production.
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Streeting vs Starmer, a Morgan "Baldrick" McSweeney Production.
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Our new research paper is out!
" ‘A Lovely Safe Umbrella to Describe Yourself With’ or ‘Meaningless’: An Online Survey of UK-Based Neurodivergent Adults’ Views of Neurodiversity-Related Terminology." In Neurodiversity Journal, 3. doi.org/10.1177/2754...
" ‘A Lovely Safe Umbrella to Describe Yourself With’ or ‘Meaningless’: An Online Survey of UK-Based Neurodivergent Adults’ Views of Neurodiversity-Related Terminology." In Neurodiversity Journal, 3. doi.org/10.1177/2754...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Our new research paper is out!
" ‘A Lovely Safe Umbrella to Describe Yourself With’ or ‘Meaningless’: An Online Survey of UK-Based Neurodivergent Adults’ Views of Neurodiversity-Related Terminology." In Neurodiversity Journal, 3. doi.org/10.1177/2754...
" ‘A Lovely Safe Umbrella to Describe Yourself With’ or ‘Meaningless’: An Online Survey of UK-Based Neurodivergent Adults’ Views of Neurodiversity-Related Terminology." In Neurodiversity Journal, 3. doi.org/10.1177/2754...
American Healthcare Policy 2025
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
American Healthcare Policy 2025
Brainworm host, a real life "Brave" Sir Robin!
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Brainworm host, a real life "Brave" Sir Robin!
Another reason why creative industries need disabled voices and those industries need to remove barriers for disabled people to work and succeed in those industries.
This was a painful piece to write. I love horror, but it doesn’t always love me back. I wish I didn’t have to write this, but it keeps happening, often from people who should know better
Tl;dr: we need more disabled writers/directors so we can tell our own stories 🙏 Please share
Tl;dr: we need more disabled writers/directors so we can tell our own stories 🙏 Please share
November 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Another reason why creative industries need disabled voices and those industries need to remove barriers for disabled people to work and succeed in those industries.