Guidelines! Autistic researchers and allies have suggestions for SLPs and other professionals re: using language “in ways that resist ableism and powerfully impact their students' educational experiences.” pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...#neurodiversity

Recognizing and Resisting Ableist Language in Schools: Suggestions for School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists and Related Professionals

Purpose: The language that school professionals use to describe disabled students can reveal and perpetuate ableist assumptions. Professionals' l...

I think people should be nicer to the Thomas the Tank Engine roleplayers. IDK if they’re on the spectrum, but I am and sometimes we have unusual interests. People should be more live-and-let-live about it.

actual tip for people new to bsky: far more than the other site Alt Text here is very widely used and encouraged on picture and gifs. it's a strong enough norm that many people literally won't quote/like/reply to an image post without it. there's an option you can set that will remind you to add it♥️

My first post has to be about #LongCOVIDwww.nature.com/articles/s41...

Long COVID science, research and policy - Nature Medicine

This Review outlines the current state of scientific evidence on long COVID, discusses its impacts on patients, health systems, economies and global health metrics, and proposes a forward-looking rese...

Everyone likes to talk about the 'six degrees of separation' when it comes to connections to famous people... ...but likes to ignore them when it comes to SARS2 chains of transmission. We are all connected. Until we remember this, we can't meaningfully protect anyone. #BCPoli

BMJ finally published our pushback against claims by witnesses to the UK Covid inquiry that high-grade (respirator) masks are no better than baggy blue surgicals. Is not true, as we set out here: www.bmj.com/content/386/...

Respirators outperform surgical masks; fit-testing is desirable but not essential

“The significance of this work is that our current public health policy surrounding COVID-19 is inadequate. People need to be informed of the risks they are incurring to their long-term health by being repeatedly infected with SARS-CoV-2.” ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/covid-1...

COVID-19 raises the stakes for heart attacks, strokes, and even death long after infection, new study finds

'You may have forgotten that you had COVID years ago, but it has not forgotten about you.'

Anyone else notice all the N95’s at #DefCon? 🤔

I've got a classroom in New England who needs to talk to someone who knows about algae, and we don't have anyone in the Skype a Scientist database at the moment who mentioned algae! Here are the kinds of questions they want answered. Are you down to talk to some kids about algae? DM me!

NPR is once again publishing irresponsible misleading garbage. An entire strain of the flu was not eliminated "thanks to covid" it was eliminated because everyone collectively masked and took measures that halted the spread of airborne disease