One of the loveliest experiences at the ITAKOM was everyone in the audience, silently waving their hands instead of clapping. So simple, so ND-friendly and so, so warm and unifying. An incredibly moving experience. 💕

Absolutely thrilled with the card my daughter made me for Mother’s Day! ITAKOM #ITAKOM

Can’t believe it’s been a week since the start of ITAKOM 🤯 Missing it…but we will continue the awareness raising and connections we all made those 2 days I’m sure! 💪💜💚❤️ #itakom

This time last week we were mid-way through ITAKOM. We would like to thank everyone involved for making it such a success! What were your highlights or key take-aways?! #ItTakesAllKindsOfMinds #NoMindLeftBehind #Neurodiversity #Neuroinclusion #Neurodivergent

We missed Paul Isaacs in person. Some of the attendees left to listen online. Unfortunately, technical issues. Recording to be shared with those who attended and those who booked for Paul Isaacs session.. Great discussion and new dates soon with PDA Society Paul Isaacs

My main highlight Mindroom ITAKOM was seeing a community of people coming together to talk openly and honestly about the challenges they face. More importantly however, a community that will now demand change and I was very proud of that 👍❤️

Inspired by everyone ITAKOM MxOolong, Nick Walker / Bluesky: @dr-nicky.bsky.social Luke Beardon Damian Milton #Autism is fluid, we need #compassion #understanding #connections Embrace fluidity of difference, so everyone feels understood & can thrive,'so the magic happens' autisticrealms.com/post/autism-is…

Sue Fletcher-Watson closing statement for ITAKOM "I want to be that safe person" and now I'm ugly crying

🧵1/3 - A huge thank you to neuropoint, our young people’s stakeholder group, for their contributions to ITAKOM.

I am so very happy and so grateful to be a part of neuropoint. I had an absolute blast being a part of our session ITAKOM and really getting to share our lived experience(s) in such an experiential way.

I had the pleasure of sharing my research on autistic adults' views on commonly-used measures for assessing loneliness ITAKOM earlier this month. I made my poster available for anyone who is interested in this research⬇︎ #itakom wix.to/IN6HYNV

There’s a wee update on our home page with a few snippets of simply LOVELY delegate feedback. If you’ve yet to complete the feedback form we sent out, please do so! We really want to learn from this event, and share that learning with others. ITAKOM.org

As it is #AutismAcceptanceWeek we have a bonus blog! Ann Memmott PgC MA (Autism) reflects on some of the presentations from ITAKOM earlier this month. Have a read here: ndconnection.co.uk/blog/bonus-ita…

I'm happy to share this summary-to-date of the Special Issue on autistic women's health Laura Hull and I are guest editing: perspectivesblog.sagepub.com/blog/research/… There are some really interesting and important bits of work coming through, even though much more is needed! Women's Health Journal