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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
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Jezebel - Barbie Was More Than Just a Toy for a Queer, Autistic Kid Like Me

After many months of anticipation the day has finally come, the Barbie movie goes on general release today!

Jezebel let me indulge my childhood obsession with Barbies and what the Barbie movie means to me at 38 having embraced my neurodivergence and queerness. You can read the full article here 👇

jezebel.com/barbie-autism-quee

Happy Barbie Day! 👸

@actuallyautistic

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #barbie #barbiemovie

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
186 followers · 147 posts · Server mastodon.ie

This week I explore early motherloss, neurodivergent friendships and the magic of animation in animated classic The Land Before Time! 🦕 🦕🦕

You can read more here⬇

autcasts.substack.com/p/see-wi

If you like what you read, please consider subscribing (for free), it's such a boost for my writing!

@actuallyautistic

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #landbeforetime #animation #donbluth

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
186 followers · 147 posts · Server mastodon.ie
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🚨Neurodivergent reads spotlight!🚨My round up of neurodivergent reads finishes today with I Will Die on This Hill by Jules Edwards and Meghan Ashburn!

Read more from the review and recommendations for other neordivergent books below! ⬇

autcasts.substack.com/p/autcas

@actuallyautistic

#outcasts

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #pride #pridemonth #books #advocacy #bookreview #unmaskingautism

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
183 followers · 140 posts · Server mastodon.ie
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🚨Neurodivergent reads spotlight!🚨

Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be highlighting books featured in the recent neurodivergent reads round-up continuing with 'Neuroqueer Heresies'!

Read more from the review and recommendations for other neordivergent books here:

autcasts.substack.com/p/autcas

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#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #pride #pridemonth #books #writers #advocacy #bookreview

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
183 followers · 140 posts · Server mastodon.ie
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🚨Neurodivergent reads spotlight!🚨

Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be highlighting books featured in the recent neurodivergent reads round-up continuing with 'Unmasking Autism'!

Read more from the review and recommendations for other neordivergent books below!

autcasts.substack.com/p/autcas

@actuallyautistic

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #pride #pridemonth #books #writers #advocacy #bookreview

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
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To wrap up NeuroPride month, I decided to do a short round-up of some of my favourite neurodivergent reads starting with my favourite advocacy books!

You can read the full round up here or at the link in my bio!

autcasts.substack.com/p/autcas

Happy Neuropride and Happy Reading!

@actuallyautistic

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #pride #pridemonth #books #advocacy

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
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“Watching Some Like it Hot as a lost, little, neuroqueer seemed to be telling me that the rules were there to be broken!”

This week I explore transgression of gender and desire in Some Like it Hot, you can read more here ⬇

autcasts.substack.com/p/just-l

@actuallyautistic

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #somelikeithot #marilynmonroe #gender #desire #pride #pridemonth #queer #neuroqueer

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
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My obsession with The Dude, is a complicated, a lotta ins, a lotta outs and a lotta what-have-yous!

I wrote about surviving the square world as an person, work and adulting woes, comfort viewing and Echolalia in The Big Lebowski!

autcasts.substack.com/p/the-bu

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#actuallyautistic #autism #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #thedude #coenbrothers #jeffbridges #adulting #work #echolalia

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
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Is Along Came Polly "reeking, radioactive rubbish" or the most underrated rom-com of all time? I certainly think so & I am prepared to die on this hill!

I also argue that it's an unintentional meta commentary on the struggles of living as an undiagosed AuDHDer in a neurotypical world! Read more here ⬇

autcasts.substack.com/p/its-ab

@actuallyautistic

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #alongcamepolly

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
159 followers · 109 posts · Server mastodon.ie
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Is Along Came Polly "radioactive rubbish" or the most underrated rom-com of all time??? I certainly think so and I am prepared to die on this hill!

I also argue that it's an unintentional meta commentary on the struggles of living as an undiagosed AuDHDer in a neurotypical world! Read more here ⬇

autcasts.substack.com/p/its-ab

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #alongcamepolly #romcom #benstiller

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
158 followers · 103 posts · Server mastodon.ie
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🚨New Post🚨What are you doing in my swamp!?

“At sixteen my principal ambition in life was to become a hermit...." To see just how much Shrek and I have in common, you can read all about masking, social acceptance and neurodivergent dating here ⬇

autcasts.substack.com/p/what-a

@actuallyautistic

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #movies #films #shrek #masking #autismawareness #autismacceptance

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
149 followers · 88 posts · Server mastodon.ie
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#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #thetrumanshow #masking #authenticity

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
147 followers · 87 posts · Server mastodon.ie

To celebrate I took a break from talking about film for a round-up of my favourite neurodivergent podcasts, staring: You Are Good, Squarepeg Podcast, Neurodivergent Moments, Aut-Hour, Autism Through Cinema 21and Sensory

Happy listening!

autcasts.substack.com/p/autcas

#worldautismacceptanceweek #autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #podcasts

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
146 followers · 78 posts · Server mastodon.ie

I took a break from writing for the last three weeks due to extreme Autistic burnout, but I'm back just in time for with a new essay on empathy and saving the world in my favourite 90s sci-fi romp, The Fifth Element!

autcasts.substack.com/p/ive-go

#neurodiversitycelebrationweek #autism #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroPride #autcasts #empathy #scifi #savingtheworld #outcasts #movies #films #thefifthelement #throwbackthursday

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
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This week I got all teary and emotional writing about one of my favourite albums of all time, Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads, and celebrating the twitchy, angsty, weird and wonderful world of my David Byrne 💜💜💜

autcasts.substack.com/p/ive-go

#actuallyautistic #NeuroKin #autism #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #talkingheads #stopmakingsense #concert #concertfilms #davidbyrne #psychokiller #music #teenageangst

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
143 followers · 68 posts · Server mastodon.ie

I've been studying really hard for this one, I (re)watched the movie, listened to all the podcasts, went through every meme and now I'm ready to launch this week's instalment on Mean Girls, look at social missteps and queen bee sabotage in the cruel world of high school teens!


autcasts.substack.com/publish/

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #meangirls #highschool

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
142 followers · 49 posts · Server mastodon.ie

I took a break from writing last week because of a transatlantic move, but this week I nerded out on dinosaurs, colonialism and research ethics in a film which combines all my "special interests" in one: Jurassic Park

autcasts.substack.com/p/dinosa

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #dinosaurs #jurassicpark #stephenspielberg #specialinterests #newsletter #substack

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
142 followers · 47 posts · Server mastodon.ie
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Netflix just released a new musical version of Matilda, but my heart still belongs to Danny DeVito's 1996, super campy, adaptation! Here I discuss the joy of reading and rebellion Matilda and what it means to find acceptance in your chosen family 💜


autcasts.substack.com/p/ms-dif

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #films #matilda #newsletter #substack

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
109 followers · 31 posts · Server mastodon.ie

AutCasts is back for another week with an autistic read to one of my favourite movies of all time, The Matrix, exploring identity, grief and the superpower of self-acceptance...

autcasts.substack.com/p/welcom

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #matrix #neo #scifi #films #newsletter #substack

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Aisling Walsh · @aisling_walsh
105 followers · 27 posts · Server mastodon.ie

‘You’re here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life...'

The path to an autism diagnosis can be filled with twists, turns and many dead ends. This week I follow Neo through Matrix and see how deep the rabbit hole can go...

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autcasts.substack.com/p/follow

#autism #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodivergent #NeuroKin #NeuroPride #autcasts #diagnosis #AutismDiagnosis #outcasts #movies #matrix #neo #scifi #films #newsletter #substack

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