I was interviewed for Noncompliant, a Canadian podcast by Anne Borden King. We had a good chat about #monotropism, #WeirdPrideDay, #Autscape, @amase and inclusive education.

https://noncompliantpodcast.com/2023/04/14/talking-about-neurodiversity-monotropism-more-with-scottish-activist-fergus-murray/

A little late for the day itself, but in time for the tail end of #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek, I'd like to introduce you all to the new #WeirdPrideDay site:
https://weirdpride.day

我不喜歡穿裙子、休閒鞋、牛仔褲、一些大家常穿但我不怎麼喜歡的服飾，我喜歡穿吸濕排汗、防風材質的衣服褲子、運動鞋，還有制服。

我介於一般人與自閉(症)者/障礙者之間，有時候，我甚至覺得自己不屬於任何一方。

雖然我的怪，常常為自己帶來麻煩、劣勢，招來別人異樣的眼光，甚至造成極大的痛苦。我曾被同學、老師和家人質疑、排擠、嘲笑過，但我從來不恥於叫自己怪咖，因為那就是我。

也許我的有些怪，你也有，或曾經歷過。

也許你也因為你的怪，而有不好的經驗。

但在這一天，我想分享自己的怪，鼓勵有意願的你，說出自己的怪，讓更多(害怕、排斥怪咖)人知道，這世界上有各式各樣的人，多樣本身就是常態。也能讓孤單的怪咖們，看見有人和他很像。

我希望有一天，我們都不再因為自己的怪，遭受不合理、不公平的對待。

我希望有一天，我們都能活出自己的姿態，為自己感到滿意、自豪。

我希望有一天，這個社會成為接納、包容所有人的溫暖所在，大家不再追求正常，而每個人都很特別，也很幸福。

Happy #WeirdPrideDay !✌️

I know #WeirdPrideDay was yesterday but I think every day should be #WeirdPride day and we should embrace our weirdness unapologetically, all the time. 🙌🌈

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雖然對於位在UTC+8時區的人來說，這天已經過去了，但還是要介紹這個特別的日子——每年3月4日的 #WeirdPrideDay (無正式中文翻譯，暫譯為「怪咖自豪日」)！

簡單來說，這就是個 #我怪我驕傲 的日子，可以大方地分享自己的怪異之處。

所謂的“pride”，並不一定是要感到驕傲，更重要的意義在於「拒絕為此感到羞恥」。不知從何時起，每個人都在追求「正常」，碰到和自己不一樣的人，便(出於防禦機制地)排擠、攻擊他們，包含LGBT+者、神經多樣者(自閉、ADHD、學習障礙……)、移民、身心障礙者、邊緣宗教信徒等。這個日子的存在，便是希望每個人都能接納自己的怪/獨特、拒絕對「怪異」的污名化，在安全、不危害他人的前提下，自在地展現獨特！ :blackcat_11127:

想知道更多，可以閱讀@ferrous@neurodifferent.me 的文章：
https://oolong.medium.com/weird-pride-day-232465b67dd9

如果今天有空，我也會透過嘟文，分享自己的「怪」 :blackcat_11113:

It's #WeirdPrideDay in the UK!

Confession: I'm weird, despite being a boring #neurotypical. With role models like #OliverSacks, #AllenGinsberg, and #DavidCrosby, what did you expect - that I'd be normal?

(See more about #WeirdPrideDay: https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/weird-pride-day-2023-tickets-527751558117…)

Bud is here for Weird Pride Day because he's weird. Alpha Cat Types care the least about foolish conformist nonsense.

Embrace the weird. It's here to help.

#WeirdPrideDay #Caturday #HelpItsAnAlpha

Happy #WeirdPrideDay, everyone!

As long as people don't accept weirdness - their own and other people's - folk who have no choice but to be the way they are will be rejected, punished and discriminated against.

On Weird Pride Day, stand up and say you're weird and you're proud!

Meanwhile, spare a thought for those who aren't yet able celebrate their oddness safely - where social or psychological barriers mean that they feel they have to hide important parts of who they are.

#WeirdPride Day is for them too - for a world where one day, they won't have to.

I made a TikTok video explaining #WeirdPrideDay.

I'm old enough to be baffled by TikTok, but hopefully this will go down okay...

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYD86YG2/

What are some good @actuallyautistic accounts to follow on #TikTok? Or just generally good accounts to follow?

This is me, for anyone who'd like to add me on there. No idea how much I'll use it, but I'm uploading a #WeirdPrideDay video now, anyway...
https://www.tiktok.com/@ferrousmu

@amase I’ll have to think about whether I want to share my weirdness again – and which aspects of it I’d like to reveal 😉

(Of course, if there are loads of people who want to talk, I’ll defer to those who haven’t had the chance before)

Looking forward to the third #WeirdPrideDay :octo_happy:

Emergent Divergence will be hosting a Facebook Live event for #WeirdPrideDay (the 4th of March) at 2pm GMT.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0g5yP4pXjSKPcdw6XE7KRQSy7zw5JnrgyvX7TchqPoCRdhSx1NeggeYchYH3YjFpal&id=101326881593362&sfnsn=scwspmo

Only 22 days until #WeirdPrideDay 2023!

We're running #WeirdPride Lightning Talks together with ARGH. At least one other online event is happening on the day, too - as well as the standing invitation for everyone to share their weirdness publicly!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weird-pride-day-2023-tickets-527751558117

¡Y también! #OrgulloDeSerRaro, #WeirdPrideDay en español:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Canenbmv2sV/

Here are some talks from last year's #WeirdPrideDay event with @amase and ARGH:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtFIPo2yp-y16ScqWfHdqzWp25X-wqcKm

Here's a video of me explaining why #WeirdPrideDay is a thing, and why it's important:
https://youtu.be/X-5K13UWzXY

I guess I should have linked something about #WeirdPrideDay! Here's my main post about it:

https://link.medium.com/SjwBiWAXtwb

Starting to think seriously about this year's #WeirdPrideDay, which is now less than two months away (on the 4th of March).

I'm going to try and pull together some resources for schools to use.

One thing that could be useful on that front would be a list of #kidLit (and other things aimed at children) with clear #WeirdPride themes.

There are a lot of them out there, I know! But I'm not someone who keeps super up to date with such things.

Would you be able to recommend anything with central themes around accepting and celebrating difference?

As of tomorrow it's just three months until the third #WeirdPrideDay! Must be nearly time to start making plans.

@stimpunks put together an entry on weirdness and #WeirdPride:
https://stimpunks.org/glossary/weird/