Disability and trans researcher, Tromsø, Norway. Friend to a dog, runner, film-watcher, fan of mushrooms, animals and nature, and sometime radio DJ. Nice to meet you! www.rowanmaddox.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3mtirv67fts2cI am so fed up of "experts" making sweeping judgments on what constitutes a "real" condition. It happened with autism, and now it is ADHD's turn. As someone "with ADHD", I don't know the cause, but I know treatment, esp. medication, is live saving. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/aug/18/the-great-adhd-myth-review-most-controversial-show-of-the-year-channel-420 Aug 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtirv67fts2chttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3msfp5ljnfc2d I woke up wondering about smell ... 1 hour later I learnt that tobacco hawk moths likely smell with their wings (!) and that dogs, leopard slugs, certain cockroaches & hermit crabs appear to share similar behaviour to smells all with different nervous systems &that dogs may smell like dinosaurs!🤓06 Aug 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfp5ljnfc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3mqzo7r4i7226One for all my millennial mean girl (and boy and NB) Marxists out there19 Jul 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzo7r4i7226https://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3mozmsutlpk2pI spoke with journalist Simon Gramvik about my new publication, for Kilden Magasin. We discussed how autism is used in pushback against trans healthcare. Thank you, Simon, for a respectful and incisive conversation on an important topic. https://magasin.kildenkunnskap.no/nb/2026/06/forsker-skeptisk-til-bruk-av-autismediagnose-i-transdebatten24 Jun 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozmsutlpk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3mljeu4ixnc2t(update) I made myself a wee website. It has a little snapshot of my research and my current projects on trans, disability and anti-gender issues. You can find it here: rowanmaddox.com10 May 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljeu4ixnc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3mjw3rdq7jk2qI have an article out today in Culture, Theory and Critique. In it, I think about how the dominant western way that we think and construct meaning makes autism and trans identities difficult to reconcile. Open access here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14735784.2026.2647790#abstract20 Apr 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjw3rdq7jk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3mjthoblxhc2lI just want to push my fundraiser page for my dog's injuries one last time: www.spleis.no/485083?s=17765820 Any little helps me to pay back people who helped me and for his continued medical bills, so thank you for anything you can donate :) https://www.spleis.no/485083?s=1776582019 Apr 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjthoblxhc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3midslt72v22qSara E. Sellevold Orning (UiO) was kind enough to write a review of my PhD thesis for Lamba Nordica: https://publicera.kb.se/lambdanordica/article/view/64879 You can find my thesis online, but I am also currently working on turning it into a book, if you can wait 🤓31 Mar 2026 08:56 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3midslt72v22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3mh5zfeow5s2fA beautiful little fire for mice or other small creatures found in a tree aka the fungus called Clavulinopsis fusiformis (or Golden Spindles).16 Mar 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh5zfeow5s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3mftj5r4dzk2eAt the start of the year my wonderful, funny, silly dog was in a serious accident. I have made a Spleis to help with the costs of his treatment. I would appreciate if you share this in your networks :) www.spleis.no/485083 https://www.spleis.no/48508327 Feb 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftj5r4dzk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3lsvpnhjks226My new article, which explores the racial logic undergirding the ways gender-critical actors use autism to deny the existence of trans & trans autistic people, is published now through European Journal of Women's Studies. And, it is Open Access. :) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1350506825135045801 Jul 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvpnhjks226https://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3lrfh75cdfs2dIf you happen to be in Bergen this Pride week, I will be a panelist, with two exciting scholars (@majabandreasen.bsky.social ‬ and Lívia Gonçalves Buzolin), discussing the Anti-Gender movement. And, my wonderful colleague Sunniva Ária Tobiasen is a panelist on the 18th! Do come along! 🥰12 Jun 2025 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfh75cdfs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3lpoq6qjuwc27Disabled people have unnecessarily died in their 1000s because of cruel and dehumanising process of welfare assessment and the pittance given if you are deemed disabled 'enough'. The UKs recent decision to cut disability payments will only cause more death and suffering. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpoq6qjuwc27https://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3lplknd7zkc2fV. confused by this job offer at Oslo Met. Maybe I am mis-reading but it appears to critique ABA as deviating from Lovaas' guidelines - ABA legitimized electric shocks for autistic children, tried to make gay kids straight and is generally considered abusive. https://www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-openings/phd-in-applied-behavioural-analysis20 May 2025 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lplknd7zkc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/romaddox.bsky.social/post/3loxgpw2ine2wFor my first post on here I'd like to share this recent podcast episode I did with the author Luca Espseth. We talk about autism and trans, and the ways that these intersecting identities are being weaponized in the anti-trans movements. (p.s, check out Luca's new book!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2025 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:wjm6hpongq7qf2fty5fdtc2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3loxgpw2ine2w