Delighted to receive a University of Bristol PhD scholarship to further research the Internal Profile of Autism Checklist which is part of Autistic Girls Network white paper, under the supervision of Laura Hull and Dr Felicity Sedgewick from September.

A great #NATPMentalhealth event today with our esteemed partners the Anna Freud . Our very own Dr Ruth Moyes chairs the final panel with Co - lead Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou . Chris Atkins, Venessa Bobb-Swaby, Alexis Quinn, Ann Memmott, Hasan Wasir and Andrew Carpenter

I have a relatively small following, but I need to speak on this. Mental illnesses does exist, my sibling took his life because his suffering was unbearable. He was not a happy, kind or loving human but denying the truth about mental illness diminishes his short life and…

Catherine Dakin (she/her), NHS Psychiatrist, sharing her experiences of being part of our community and her determination auditing her clinical practice moving from #NATPmentalhealth  training to implementation of real world changes to improve outcomes for #autistic people. #AnnaFreud

Final check ✔️ ✅️ 👌 💯 before we welcome our internal guests f2f and another 520 folks online to share passion and expertise.
With Alexis Quinn Unbroken ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️ Anna Freud #NATPmentalhealth

Stay alive for future you, who is grateful that you made the choice to stay.

#GirlUnmasked 🤍

Yesterday on the 5th Birthday of our Autistic Med Students group we remembered Braden Peters - our founding member who sadly passed away

Thank you Braden - you are not forgotten

Thanks to Braden’s family for agreeing this public post

Join us via the Facebook link or website

There’s still time to register for this webinar with Amanda Mc Guinness and Dr.Rachel O’Connor- Fostering Healthy Friendships in Adulthood

Last chance to join our FREE webinar conf, commissioned by NHS England, celebrating one year of delivery, which will showcase the impact of the programme to date.  #NATPmentalhealth

Well done to Dr Tom Clonan in highlighting. I’m well aware of the circumstances of this particular case and the whole thing has been handled appallingly from start to finish. Now isn’t the time for NCAD simply to double down.

A wonderfully nuanced paper looking at autistic people in ICU, both patients & staff using Autistic SPACE Project
Also includes the support needs of NT staff who may equate accommodating autistic needs with patient neglect
By Autistic Doctors International ICU lead Rosie Baruah
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

'If parents get their information about parenting autistic kids from the autistic community, they will find people who think that their kids are awesome, and deserve to be happy, and want their parents to feel the same way.' At TPGA.

tinyurl.com/ProfoundAutism #ProfoundAutism

I share much of this with Mary Doherty. If you had seen me in this week's post-London, you wouldn't have recognized me either.
I didn't talk for few days but i type often....not always though. You missed the years I was younger and in the hospital, nonverbal and stressed, or…

This is what an autistic person's pain scale looks like, sometimes I look even -more- neutral when I'm in SEVERE pain because I can't mask or mimic NT pain expressions, or even remember to say 'ow.'

Believe autistic people's pain.

I cried after Thursday’s Waterstones #GirlUnmasked event, because seeing autistic young people meet each other, swap contacts, and tell me that the evening made them feel less alone, meant the world to me. That’s what we all needed (& maybe still need). To know we aren’t alone.

Weaponised heterogeneity only harms the most vulnerable autistic people

'Autistic people with the greatest challenges and support needs benefit from autistic-led research, when those caring for them are open to autistic community wisdom and scholarship'
spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpo…

One of our anaesthetic colleagues Dr Manuela Afrasinei is missing, please share and contact the helpline listed if you have any information.
irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4138…

We kind of buried the lede, but I wish more people were reading this because the quotes we got from Judy Singer are astonishing. 19thnews.org/2024/04/neurod…

Well this is exciting. My book has been relaunched with a new cover and a new chapter. Here I look at healthcare and the importance of braving every autistic person's nightmare: booking a GP appointment 😱Orion Delwaterman Orion Delwatermanspring

Here’s a thread I’ve written for psychiatrists to help them pick up recognise when their patients are autistic, because 1 in 5 are!