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Neurodiversity

Spectrum 10k Closed: The power of community organising

Those who have been following my work for the last 5 years will know that there was a time when I was heavily involved in a campaign to stop infamous study known as Spectrum 10k. This study raised a number of ethical concerns and s0arked outrage in the neurodiversity movement.

Society

Spectrum 10k and Autism Speaks are linked: here's the things that link them

Thanks to Fierce Autie a significant revelation has happened. Spectrum 10k and Autism Speaks are connected.

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Spectrum 10k and further misleading information is circling

I'm going to start with an admission. The text-based images in this article came to me via a DM. I am yet to find their original source, and as such, I can not confirm whether the people behind Spectrum 10k wrote this. I do, however, feel that as

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Spectrum 10k will never be acceptable: Here is why

During my time in the Autistic community, I often heard murmurings of eugenics projects, but in all honesty, I was unaware of the reality of just how many sought to eradicate Autistic people. Perhaps then you can understand just how upsetting Spectrum 10k has been; not just for me, but

Autistic Rights

A brief history of Spectrum 10k

In the summer of 2021, it was announced that a new study would be seeking the DNA of 10,000 Autistic people and their families. They wanted to do this to look at co-occurring conditions amongst Autistic people and improve our wellbeing. Great right? Wrong. Upon further scrutiny, it became

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Spectrum 10k researchers have given up on hiding their eugenics agenda

CW: Termination of pregnancies, amniocentesis, pre-natal testing, eugenics Edit: This is just a focus group at this point, but it is terrifying none-the-less. Spectrum 10k is being run by a team from the Autism Research Centre (ARC) attached to the University of Cambridge. The scandalous research project has been a

Autistic Rights

10,000 to midnight: Spectrum 10k and the struggle to exist

"We have to tear down these structures, not just at the surface where projects such as S10k exist, but also at the root... Autistic people are not some sideshow exhibit, we do not exist to shock and astound you. There is beauty in our existence."

Autistic Rights

Spectrum 10k is still not acceptable, here are three reasons why

It is perhaps fitting that Spectrum 10k has reappeared during the dark months of the year. Much like the cryptids of antiquity, it inspires fear in our community, and obscures itself from the sight of all who attempt to quantify it's nature. There are no "versions"

Autistic Rights

Spectrum 10k is back, and now they want to exploit you

As you may remember from last year, Spectrum 10k was the project that "definitely wouldn't be used for eugenics" but had involvement from people with links to (you guessed it) eugenics. I won't bore you with the details of this project's history,

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Autistic people and police brutality in the UK: Baron-Cohen the aggressor

Edit to add disclaimer: Despite Simon Baron-Cohen telling us that there will be a police presence, A member of the protest team has since spoken to Cambridge Police and confirmed that no police presence is booked for the protest, although they may now send one or two officers to make

Mental Health

This one's for you Spectrum 10k

I am angry. I am beyond angry. I am angry, tired, sad, stressed, and quite frankly, sickened to my core. Since S10k was announced, I have watched as their blithe request for our DNA has traumatised a community that I love beyond measure. My friends and colleagues have poured their

Neurodiversity

On the destructive nature of humanity

As Autistic people, we are uniquely wired to find the truest forms of beauty in the world. Our eyes can catch every detail of the rainbow in the mist of water, or the delicate complexity of a spiders web. Still, many of us bring havoc, wilfully and determinedly breaking that