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Rachel Jennings

@rachisaurus

Curator of Natural History, researching colonial histories of natural history. Book nerd. Autistic. She/her.

 Margate, England
Joined August 2011
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Emily♡@ItsEmilyKaty23 Sep 2025
To seek a ‘cure’ for autism is to seek to eradicate a large percentage of the population who think differently, see the world differently and experience life differently. This is eugenics.
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Another tired yet furious reminder that the most effective way to 'stop the small boats' is to provide safe routes for refugees to enter the country and claim asylum (an act that is literally protected under international law).
Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) profile picturePippa Crerar
@PippaCrerar10 Jul 2025
Keir Starmer confirms at press conference with President Macron that pilot of small boat arrivals being “detained and returned to France in short order” will begin within weeks 👇🏼
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Hey, instead of wasting time talking about this creep and his attempts to blame his nasty abusive behaviour on undiagnosed autism, can we talk about how autistic people are disproportionately likely to be victims of sexual violence?
BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) profile pictureBBC News (UK)
@BBCNews10 Jul 2025
Gregg Wallace faces backlash over autism defence bbc.in/44GbnU6
Gregg Wallace faces backlash over autism defence

Gregg Wallace faces backlash over autism defence

The TV presenter was criticised after he appeared to link claims of misconduct to his autism diagnosis.

bbc.com
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Pretty much everything that can go wrong in a museum has gone wrong this week, but I'm very proud of our brand new exhibition of elephant-inspired work by talented young artists!
Exhibition of elephant-themed artworks displayed in an old wooden showcase and on the wall above it.

ALT Exhibition of elephant-themed artworks displayed in an old wooden showcase and on the wall above it.

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The connection here is eugenics if you were wondering This will open a door to idea that those with autism or ADHD should have their right to bodily autonomy questioned This has long been the goal of biological essentialists, pushing back reproductive and disability rights
Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) profile picturePolitics UK
@PolitlcsUK27 Apr 2025
🚨 NEW: The NHS will test all children referred to gender clinics for ‘neurodevelopmental conditions’ such as autism and ADHD [@Telegraph]
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Me, yesterday: I'm not buying any more board games until I've played all the ones I have at least once. Me, this morning: *Buys another board game* 🤦
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The badger cull is a bloodbath with ZERO scientific support. 100k signatures needed by May 28. SIGN & SHARE! 👉 petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Image from Protect the Wild (@ProtectTheWild_)
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The Eurasian blue tit has Gone Birding 🐦
Image from Claire Spiller (@claireaspiller)
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It's autism acceptance month! A month where you have to accept all of our demands. Sorry, I don't make the rules
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Having begged for a break from exhibitions after last month's mega-install, this week I started planning a new one! But only a little one. A temporary exhibitionlet.
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So when you complain that autism or ADHD are 'overdiagnosed' these days, what you're really saying is 'gee golly whizz wasn't everything better when we only had to worry about supporting little white boys with a very specific presentation'.
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The insistence that autism and ADHD are 'overdiagnosed' is incredibly sinister when you consider the fact that entire populations - women, people of colour - have historically been denied access to those diagnoses and the increase in numbers is partly due to making up that gap.
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Before, during, and after. The last few years have been a slog and I am physically and mentally exhausted, but so, so proud of everyone who has been involved in making an old museum gallery new again! ❤️
Museum gallery with animal skulls covering the walls, and spears and shields mounted on the ceiling. A large bronze lion statue stands in the middle of the space.

ALT Museum gallery with animal skulls covering the walls, and spears and shields mounted on the ceiling. A large bronze lion statue stands in the middle of the space.

Same gallery in the early stages of renovation. Internal walls that blocked the view of a largescale habitat diorama have been removed. There are boxes and a ladder in the room for packing objects. The gallery walls are still covered in animal skulls, and the bronze lion is still there.

ALT Same gallery in the early stages of renovation. Internal walls that blocked the view of a largescale habitat diorama have been removed. There are boxes and a ladder in the room for packing objects. The gallery walls are still covered in animal skulls, and the bronze lion is still there.

The same gallery this morning! An open, bright space with new vinyl wood-effect flooring, cases of African material culture lining both walls (which are no longer covered in animal skulls), and a clear view of an amazing early museum diorama showcasing animals from the Himalaya.

ALT The same gallery this morning! An open, bright space with new vinyl wood-effect flooring, cases of African material culture lining both walls (which are no longer covered in animal skulls), and a clear view of an amazing early museum diorama showcasing animals from the Himalaya.

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I hate phone calls
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This handsome chap is going back up on the wall this week, after months sitting under cover during building works. And I've just noticed he has writing in his ear! 'Painted 1967.' Must have been a spruce-up, as he was mounted by Gerrards in 1898!
Taxidermised head of a young male African forest elephant, cradled in a wooden frame.

ALT Taxidermised head of a young male African forest elephant, cradled in a wooden frame.

Close-up of the ear of our mounted African forest elephant head. 'PAINTED 1967' is written in pencil in the pink inner area of the ear.

ALT Close-up of the ear of our mounted African forest elephant head. 'PAINTED 1967' is written in pencil in the pink inner area of the ear.

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I will be 41 in a few weeks, and I just ordered myself a large plush dragon. Because why the fuck not?
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a 2005 study found an autistic reindeer herder in siberia that didnt like being around people but memorized the entire genealogical and medical history of all his 2600 reindeer, which made him a respected elder in his community
Jack (@JMB4wasHere) profile pictureJack@JMB4wasHere28 Jan 2025
What did autistic people in ancient times hyperfixate on
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