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Schools and teachers if there are children getting 20 plus detention per half term are the children really the problem?

Why do activities for autistic people have to be framed as 'therapy'?

New open access commentary arguing that without learning about social contexts, we won't learn much about autistic people or how to better support them 1/3 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Peter Stefanovic Why do journalists let Sunak away with this nonsense that the ECHR is a 'foreign' court? It is an international court. There is even a UK judge serving on the court.

Today I am sharing a deeply personal update with you all. Over the past few years, I've been going through some unexpected challenges regarding my health. It hasn't been easy, and I've had to come to terms with a reality that I never imagined facing.

👉It's the turn for the upcoming FREE courses in High Wycombe!
Check out this list and visit our website for all the details and courses in other areas 🔽
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eucap.eu/2024/04/02/aba… Lots to like in the European Council of Autistic People statement about use of ABA. Basically, no, don't do it - and based on firm evidence.

Hi Gabor,

How are you doing back there in the 1950s?

I don't know why the ADHD world embraces him either, when he thinks ADHD is solely a trauma response

Stop validating outdated and ableist viewpoints. Be critical.

Julia on BBC Breakfast this morning with Naga Munchetty, outlining the thinking behind her speech to the NEU today and the need for collaboration between the unions to present a unified opposition and alternative to the Ofsted system. Let’s work together to make things better…

VIP NEW STUDY:

✔️1 in 4 autistic patients received what they believed was a psychiatric misdiagnosis prior to being diagnosed.
✔️The most common misdiagnosis was personality disorders.
✔️Previous misdiagnosis was more common in women.

= #AutismNotPD

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share.transistor.fm/s/2a612512?fbc… Good to hear colleagues discussing theology and disabled people. So many excellent people bringing a depth of insight and good challenge to this field, now. Dr Naomi Lawson Jacobs Krysia Waldock @[email protected] Emily Richardson @[email protected] 🇺🇦 🌻

I couldn’t watch all of this Mishal Husain BBC Radio 4 Today
“Neurodiverse”
“Golden Ticket”
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When you use language like that you show a huge lack of really quite basic understanding.

You can’t fix an issue when you don’t understand the scope and actual factors involved.

🔗 This #AutismAcceptanceWeek we (Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ TheAutisticAdvocate Sarah Douglas Dr Felicity Sedgewick are thrilled to launch our Autistic Guide to Healthy Relationships, as part of our work on autistic experiences of intimate partner violence, funded by the Violence Abuse and Mental Health Network

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I am deeply, deeply proud to have been involved in this project.

Relationships are the embodiment of human connection, & identifying healthy relationships in the midst of a life that involves consistent invalidation, dehumanisation & internalised stigma is that much harder

Rob Autism and ADHD Journey Aoife Price Eilionóir Flynn Sinéad McGarry Never heard it called PBS before, but I've encountered ABA more times than enough. A big problem (in UK) is that a large number of parents buy into it and have successfully used tribunals to secure funding for it

'Gosh, we are totally surprised that there are so many autistic people!' (paraphrased), etc.
Perhaps if the Government had not spent the last 13 yrs pretending the figures were low, we wouldn't have a 'surprise' eh? They were advised. Repeatedly. For years.