Mary Doherty Chris Hopson Psycho/Neuro Elite Dr K Wildschut🏌🏽‍♂️ NHS England Nuffield Trust BBC Radio 4 Today Totally agree. In our cohort of late diagnosed females being AuDHD is the norm & it would be much better for families AND long term budget if they were assessed together. Presumably this is what the Neurodivergent Conditions Screening Bill would aim for.

Mary Doherty Chris Hopson Psycho/Neuro Elite Dr K Wildschut🏌🏽‍♂️ NHS England Nuffield Trust BBC Radio 4 Today It should be fully bedded in to general psychiatric work too - diagnostic services for people who don’t need 2ry psych care but those that do should be diagnosed “in house”. This would have some impact on WL but also mean pts are assessed by people who know them well over time.

Mary Doherty Chris Hopson Psycho/Neuro Elite Dr K Wildschut🏌🏽‍♂️ NHS England Nuffield Trust BBC Radio 4 Today There is a lot of inefficiency and duplication with the same patients going through multiple pathways. We need to be moving towards holistic neurodevelopmental assessments.

Chris Hopson Psycho/Neuro Elite Dr K Wildschut🏌🏽‍♂️ NHS England Nuffield Trust BBC Radio 4 Today Wonderful to see focus on ADHD, but for max efficiency services need to be neurodevelopmental & transdiagnostic. Co-occurrence is norm, not exception. Makes no sense to have separate ADHD & autism pathways, never mind Tourette’s, dyspraxia, hypermobility. They’re all connected

Inclusive Language in Scientific Publishing: #Neurodiversity

Free online forum April 17th 9am Eastern Time (US)

From Cell Press & The Lancet with Mary Doherty Hari Srinivasan & Axelle Ahanhanzo 👏

3 short talks then Q&A

Register & more info👇
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Here’s an example of a paper written by autistic anaesthetists on caring for autistic people undergoing anaesthesia - its highly unlikely a non-autistic person, even if they have knowledge of autism through family or prof experience, could produce this 4/

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Thank you lisa chapman for #Neuroaffirmative thoughts on reducing double & triple empathy problems experienced by #Autistic people 👏

See our #TripleEmpathyProblem , Autistic SPACE Project action & other publications on improving #Autistic Healthcare 👇
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In case anyone missed our first post about this great article!

Thank you so much Siân Boyle and to all who contributed 👏

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The National Autism Trainer Programme Conference in autistic mental health

One year on: Shared learning experiences and ripples of change. 

30th April 2024
12:30 PM - 04:00 PM GMT Online

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Thank you British Journal of Anaesthesia!

Autistic SPACE Project

Great article on AuDHD - many of our members are.

Contribution from BendyBrain: Dr Jessica Eccles who is the incoming Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists ND special interest group & works in a service assessing multiple ND within one referral Sussex Partnership 👏

We’d like to see this as the norm!

This #WorldAutismDay we’re delighted that our Autistic SPACE Project framework is a year old with >22K downloads & being used in multiple settings 👏

Free graphic use when crediting the authors
Mary Doherty Sue McCowan Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈

Full publication 👇
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April is #AutismAcceptanceMonth . Studies show that people with joint hypermobility, Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), and hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) have a higher likelihood of being autistic than would be expected by chance.

Research BSMS, led by Dr. Jessica…

It’s our 5th birthday! 🎂🥳🎈

Huge thanks to our founder Mary Doherty & Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 for such wide reaching research, our Leads, everyone involved publicly & behind the scenes, & to all of our members for fantastic support within the peer groups 👏

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So key neurodivergence and long Covid symptoms are finally recognised, very familiar symptoms to us and which we've been advocating as actual user led charity in health,care, education + business for some years. Our Patron @bendybrain + their latest recent paper at BMJ. Channel 5 News

We are delighted that Dr Mary Doherty will speak about Neurodiversity in Medicine at RCSI to mark #AutismAwarenessMonth . Students and staff are welcome in person at the Albert LT or online on Thurs 18 April at 3:30. Please register here to attend: forms.office.com/e/3qzypmfn3H

Great news that an ADHD cross sector taskforce is being launched to boost care for patients in England

We hope Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland will also act

Link 👇
england.nhs.uk/2024/03/nhs-to…

#ADHD #AuDHD #Healthcare #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity

Delighted to have been able to present on #neurodiversity , #ActuallyAutistic barriers to healthcare, and Autistic SPACE Project this week at #APS2024UK , alongside the wonderful Dr Lisa Quadt Mary Doherty BendyBrain: Dr Jessica Eccles Sarah Garfinkel 😊

BSMS Autistic Doctors International

I’ll be on BBC Radio 5 Live next Monday 18th with the incredible Naga Munchetty as I guest edit a show highlighting #TouretteSyndrome . Tune in from 11am! The Neurodiversity Charity ADHD Foundation Tourettes Action

Really enjoyed the National Autism Training for Psychiatrists #NATP Foundation Course today. Interesting and thought provoking talks informed by lived experience and clinical examples. Thanks NDP SIG Regi Alexander Conor Davidson Mary Doherty BendyBrain: Dr Jessica Eccles and many others!