Steven Kapp
@drstevenkapp.bsky.social
Autistic ADHDer autism, neurodiversity researcher. Disability rights advocate. Developmental psychologist; Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Portsmouth.
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He/him. Views my own.
My School is hiring two full-time academics on permanent contracts: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport Psychology:
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web... & L/SL in Forensic Psychology: mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
Exciting opportunity to join unique School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences.
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web... & L/SL in Forensic Psychology: mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
Exciting opportunity to join unique School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My School is hiring two full-time academics on permanent contracts: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport Psychology:
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web... & L/SL in Forensic Psychology: mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
Exciting opportunity to join unique School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences.
mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web... & L/SL in Forensic Psychology: mss.port.ac.uk/ce0732li_web...
Exciting opportunity to join unique School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences.
I delivered a webinar for AutCom on Challenging the ‘Profound Autism’ Label: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfE7... (recording).
Subtyping into "profound autism" lacks scientific validity & weakens community power for us to collectively seek the systems change autistic people need for personalized support.
Subtyping into "profound autism" lacks scientific validity & weakens community power for us to collectively seek the systems change autistic people need for personalized support.
Challenging the ‘Profound Autism’ Label: A 2025 AutCom Webinar, Featuring Dr. Steven Kapp
YouTube video by Autism National Committee AutCom
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November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I delivered a webinar for AutCom on Challenging the ‘Profound Autism’ Label: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfE7... (recording).
Subtyping into "profound autism" lacks scientific validity & weakens community power for us to collectively seek the systems change autistic people need for personalized support.
Subtyping into "profound autism" lacks scientific validity & weakens community power for us to collectively seek the systems change autistic people need for personalized support.
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This open-access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities & rationales of key leaders in their own words.
Edited by @drstevenkapp.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Edited by @drstevenkapp.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This open-access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities & rationales of key leaders in their own words.
Edited by @drstevenkapp.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Edited by @drstevenkapp.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Reposted by Steven Kapp
This....Neurodiversity-Affirming Intersectional Approaches That Target Public Policy: Moving the Focus From Changing Individuals to Changing Systems of Power.
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
SPSSI Journals
The neurodiversity movement challenges traditional deficit-oriented models of autism. However, inclusion efforts often prioritize individual attitudinal change over structural reform (e.g., policies ...
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This....Neurodiversity-Affirming Intersectional Approaches That Target Public Policy: Moving the Focus From Changing Individuals to Changing Systems of Power.
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New FORRT paper on the intersection of neurodiversity and open research is published, led by Jenny Mai Phan with @saralilplants.bsky.social @flavioazevedo.bsky.social @bethaniley.com Magdalena Grose-Hodge @sammiety.bsky.social @yskjdmmhnd.bsky.social @johnjshaw.bsky.social @helenahartmann.com.
New free @forrt.bsky.social paper co-authored by our own @drstevenkapp.bsky.social, Bridging Neurodiversity and Open Scholarship: How Shared Values Can Guide Best Practices for Research Integrity, Social Justice, and Principled Education.
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
New FORRT paper on the intersection of neurodiversity and open research is published, led by Jenny Mai Phan with @saralilplants.bsky.social @flavioazevedo.bsky.social @bethaniley.com Magdalena Grose-Hodge @sammiety.bsky.social @yskjdmmhnd.bsky.social @johnjshaw.bsky.social @helenahartmann.com.
I spoke w/ Voice of Islam Radio (UK) about scientific evidence against a paracetamol (Tylenol)-link & against ableism, & for acceptance & support autistic ppl (including w/ significant disabilities) need, & actively including autistic ppl in autism matters.
~1 hr36: soundcloud.com/voislam/brea...
~1 hr36: soundcloud.com/voislam/brea...
Breakfast Show Podcast 17-10-2025: From Bondage to Brotherhood , Islam's Forgotten Revolution & Political leaders and Fueling Misinformation - Is paracetamol linked to autism?
Introduction & NEWS
Topic I: From Bondage to Brotherhood: Islam's Forgotten Revolution
Topic 2: Political leaders and Fueling Misinformation - Is paracetamol linked to autism?
Presenters:
Waleed A
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October 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I spoke w/ Voice of Islam Radio (UK) about scientific evidence against a paracetamol (Tylenol)-link & against ableism, & for acceptance & support autistic ppl (including w/ significant disabilities) need, & actively including autistic ppl in autism matters.
~1 hr36: soundcloud.com/voislam/brea...
~1 hr36: soundcloud.com/voislam/brea...
Dangerous times - amid other cuts, the U.S. offices in charge of implementing education of disabled and other marginalized ppl were dismantled - the shutdown as an excuse to force out all the staff.
What is the shutdown accomplishing? It's not protecting healthcare...
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
What is the shutdown accomplishing? It's not protecting healthcare...
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
eu.usatoday.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Dangerous times - amid other cuts, the U.S. offices in charge of implementing education of disabled and other marginalized ppl were dismantled - the shutdown as an excuse to force out all the staff.
What is the shutdown accomplishing? It's not protecting healthcare...
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
What is the shutdown accomplishing? It's not protecting healthcare...
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Nominations for public members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee are through Monday. This is an important opportunity for U.S. citizens to influence national autism policy; we need good research and advocacy that advance needs of autistic people www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
National Institute of Mental Health, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee Call for Committee Membership Nominations
The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking nominations of individuals to serve as non-federal public members on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Com...
www.federalregister.gov
October 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Nominations for public members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee are through Monday. This is an important opportunity for U.S. citizens to influence national autism policy; we need good research and advocacy that advance needs of autistic people www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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“Autistic ppl are a natural part of the human experience & society needs to affirm the value of ppl—even with significant disabilities. I don’t think eugenics is ethical or warranted in science or research.” @drstevenkapp.bsky.social to @juliametraux.bsky.social:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Disgust, horror, and "elimination": Trump and RFK Jr.'s eugenicist autism conference
The most striking omission from Monday's White House pageant: autistic people.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“Autistic ppl are a natural part of the human experience & society needs to affirm the value of ppl—even with significant disabilities. I don’t think eugenics is ethical or warranted in science or research.” @drstevenkapp.bsky.social to @juliametraux.bsky.social:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Interviewed by @juliametraux.bsky.social for @motherjones.com.
Ableist misinformation will lead to harm of pregnant people and more eugenics, abuse, and services destruction against autistic people. We are descending to new depths, but lately I also think about old-fashioned normalization... 1/
Ableist misinformation will lead to harm of pregnant people and more eugenics, abuse, and services destruction against autistic people. We are descending to new depths, but lately I also think about old-fashioned normalization... 1/
September 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Interviewed by @juliametraux.bsky.social for @motherjones.com.
Ableist misinformation will lead to harm of pregnant people and more eugenics, abuse, and services destruction against autistic people. We are descending to new depths, but lately I also think about old-fashioned normalization... 1/
Ableist misinformation will lead to harm of pregnant people and more eugenics, abuse, and services destruction against autistic people. We are descending to new depths, but lately I also think about old-fashioned normalization... 1/
This just in: sex causes autism.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
Frontiers | Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism
While the autism diagnosis emphasizes “deficits” in social communication, the article advances that sensory–movement differences underpin autism through a re...
www.frontiersin.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This just in: sex causes autism.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
Tomorrow at 11am-1 pm ET/4-6 pm BST I'll present to Autism National Committee "Challenging the ‘Profound Autism’ Label: How Severity Scores and IQ Tests Obscure the Strengths of Nonspeaking Autistics"
Registration is free but required in advance, at autcom.org or via us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Registration is free but required in advance, at autcom.org or via us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tomorrow at 11am-1 pm ET/4-6 pm BST I'll present to Autism National Committee "Challenging the ‘Profound Autism’ Label: How Severity Scores and IQ Tests Obscure the Strengths of Nonspeaking Autistics"
Registration is free but required in advance, at autcom.org or via us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Registration is free but required in advance, at autcom.org or via us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Hi! We are a part-time (can work alongside) online ("live" *options*; costs the same in/outside the UK, can study from everywhere) MSc course on learning/intellectual disability, autism, and neurodiversity. Students have own tutor. We are recruiting for this term:
www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hi! We are a part-time (can work alongside) online ("live" *options*; costs the same in/outside the UK, can study from everywhere) MSc course on learning/intellectual disability, autism, and neurodiversity. Students have own tutor. We are recruiting for this term:
www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
Proud to teach on the MSc in Psychology and Learning Disability. @uoppald.bsky.social! It’s part-time & online, so students may meet in person for 1st time at graduation as below.
It’s not too late to apply for this term, although next week is induction week & teaching week after, so act quickly!
It’s not too late to apply for this term, although next week is induction week & teaching week after, so act quickly!
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Proud to teach on the MSc in Psychology and Learning Disability. @uoppald.bsky.social! It’s part-time & online, so students may meet in person for 1st time at graduation as below.
It’s not too late to apply for this term, although next week is induction week & teaching week after, so act quickly!
It’s not too late to apply for this term, although next week is induction week & teaching week after, so act quickly!
Someone who practiced medicine w/o a license, chemically castrating autistics, has access to vaccination data despite a lack of scientific background & skill. The antivax+ movement belongs to moral model & falsely blames parents for their decisions (Kapp, 2022).
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Controversial RFK Jr. Advisor Has Access to Private Info in CDC Vax Database
David Geier can remotely access identifiable data from the old Vaccine Safety Datalink
www.medpagetoday.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Someone who practiced medicine w/o a license, chemically castrating autistics, has access to vaccination data despite a lack of scientific background & skill. The antivax+ movement belongs to moral model & falsely blames parents for their decisions (Kapp, 2022).
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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NEW #AUTISM RESEARCH (@gavrobstew.bsky.social + @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social): Nearly 90% of middle-aged and older #autistic adults are undiagnosed in the UK; autistic adults are facing higher rates of mental and physical health conditions as they age
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/up-to-9...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/up-to-9...
Around 90% of middle-aged and older autistic adults are undiagnosed in the UK, new review finds
89 to 97 per cent of autistic adults aged 40+ years are undiagnosed in the UK, according to the largest review of its kind. The review indicated that middle-aged and older autistic adults are facing h...
www.kcl.ac.uk
August 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
NEW #AUTISM RESEARCH (@gavrobstew.bsky.social + @proffrancescahappe.bsky.social): Nearly 90% of middle-aged and older #autistic adults are undiagnosed in the UK; autistic adults are facing higher rates of mental and physical health conditions as they age
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/up-to-9...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/up-to-9...
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If you are an #Autism researcher who has had their federal research grant from NIH/HHS on autism canceled, I'd like to speak with you. My signal is Emgarcia.85 #AutismSky
August 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you are an #Autism researcher who has had their federal research grant from NIH/HHS on autism canceled, I'd like to speak with you. My signal is Emgarcia.85 #AutismSky
Jiedi Lei is hiring 3 postodcs (2 yrs w/ opp. to renew) to join a new @oxforduni.bsky.social project to develop a strengths-based assessment toolkit for neurodivergent children & youth. Apps due Sept 3 at 12 pm.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Early Years x 2
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Adolescence
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Early Years x 2
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Adolescence
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August 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Jiedi Lei is hiring 3 postodcs (2 yrs w/ opp. to renew) to join a new @oxforduni.bsky.social project to develop a strengths-based assessment toolkit for neurodivergent children & youth. Apps due Sept 3 at 12 pm.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Early Years x 2
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Adolescence
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Early Years x 2
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Adolescence
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the latest special issue in @journalautism.bsky.social is out!
The Social Model in Autism Research
guest edited by @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @dramypearson.bsky.social Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist plus @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social from the permanent editor team
journals.sagepub.com/toc/auta/29/...
The Social Model in Autism Research
guest edited by @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @dramypearson.bsky.social Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist plus @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social from the permanent editor team
journals.sagepub.com/toc/auta/29/...
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August 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
the latest special issue in @journalautism.bsky.social is out!
The Social Model in Autism Research
guest edited by @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @dramypearson.bsky.social Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist plus @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social from the permanent editor team
journals.sagepub.com/toc/auta/29/...
The Social Model in Autism Research
guest edited by @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @dramypearson.bsky.social Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist plus @kbottemabeutel.bsky.social from the permanent editor team
journals.sagepub.com/toc/auta/29/...
Reposted by Steven Kapp
💻Live Q&A - Autism, Gender and Queerness
🗓️Tuesday 12th August at 7.30pm.
With @tanyaadkin.bsky.social and @kmunday.bsky.social
#ActuallyAutistic
1/6
🗓️Tuesday 12th August at 7.30pm.
With @tanyaadkin.bsky.social and @kmunday.bsky.social
#ActuallyAutistic
1/6
August 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
💻Live Q&A - Autism, Gender and Queerness
🗓️Tuesday 12th August at 7.30pm.
With @tanyaadkin.bsky.social and @kmunday.bsky.social
#ActuallyAutistic
1/6
🗓️Tuesday 12th August at 7.30pm.
With @tanyaadkin.bsky.social and @kmunday.bsky.social
#ActuallyAutistic
1/6
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"The autism diagnosis is based on accts by largely non-autistic ppl, yet only autistic ppl possess the expertise of direct lived experience, & many autistic ppl demonstrate enhanced scientifically based understanding of autism as well." @drstevenkapp.bsky.social:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
Frontiers | Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism
While the autism diagnosis emphasizes “deficits” in social communication, the article advances that sensory–movement differences underpin autism through a re...
www.frontiersin.org
August 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The autism diagnosis is based on accts by largely non-autistic ppl, yet only autistic ppl possess the expertise of direct lived experience, & many autistic ppl demonstrate enhanced scientifically based understanding of autism as well." @drstevenkapp.bsky.social:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int...
Apps due Aug 6 for a postdoc w/ Jiedi Lei to explore character strengths in neurodivergent children & young ppl (qual & quant methods, design w/ co-production w/ CYP, their families, & practitioners, co-facilitating training workshops, creating psychoeducation content): my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Apps due Aug 6 for a postdoc w/ Jiedi Lei to explore character strengths in neurodivergent children & young ppl (qual & quant methods, design w/ co-production w/ CYP, their families, & practitioners, co-facilitating training workshops, creating psychoeducation content): my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Emily Jerram (an Autistic trainee clinical psychologist) still needs autistic men participants for an interview-based study on autism and empathy (self-ID is okay). Options incl spoken (online or near London), written, AAC, or w/ support. Please email [email protected] w/ q's or to express interest
July 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Emily Jerram (an Autistic trainee clinical psychologist) still needs autistic men participants for an interview-based study on autism and empathy (self-ID is okay). Options incl spoken (online or near London), written, AAC, or w/ support. Please email [email protected] w/ q's or to express interest
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This is really a fascinating and useful paper.
Here's a handy thread about it, because reading papers is hard (even ones like this).
Here's a handy thread about it, because reading papers is hard (even ones like this).
NEW PAPER (ish - I'm also just delayed) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Using Q Methodology, a Group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Researchers Ask: What is the Neurodiversity Movement and what should it do?
Using Q Methodology, a Group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Researchers Ask: What is the Neurodiversity Movement and what should it do?
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July 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is really a fascinating and useful paper.
Here's a handy thread about it, because reading papers is hard (even ones like this).
Here's a handy thread about it, because reading papers is hard (even ones like this).