This post is from Sammy's mother. It summarises her experiences of dealing with Kent- a council who now have the bottomless gall to blame parents for their own serial, shameless, and sometimes lethal failings inquest.org.uk/sammy-and-the-…

We believe we can do better. Together. We're calling for 3 Asks.

Oue very own Amy Pearson with amazing colleagues has just published a paper on neurodiversity in academia. It discusses the importance of 'talking back to power'. To pioneer kinder, more inclusive and new ways of thinking and learning together. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Simon Baron-Cohen Or how about we look at each individual as the unique human they are and ensure that all recommendations about how to support #Autistics come FROM #ActuallyAutistic experts? Perpetuating this old nonsense is why parents/ educators still think behaviourism & cures are the answer

Simon Baron-Cohen Hard disagree! You might like to read my response, and the excellent articles by European Council of Autistic People @AnnMemmott and @thinkingautism linked within it. medium.com/@suefletcherwa…

A must read for all #socialworkers reminding us that care begins with words: if you don't care about what you write, you show that you don't care about the person you are writing about BASW Rebekah Pierre CamdenLearningDisabilityService basw.co.uk/media/news/202…

1) Why is this such a universal experience 2) How do we change it #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #neurodivergent

Researchers at CRAE are looking for people from the autistic and broader autism communities to take a survey to tell them your thoughts on language interventions for autistic people. The survey can be accessed here: bit.ly/3raK6py and the deadline is 14/11.

Fabulous co-created video, reporting on a fabulous co-created survey on the still-apparently-unresolved topic of the language we use (in the UK) to talk about autism well worth 3 minutes of your time youtube.com/watch?v=KWuMLH…

Read Matthew Keer short 🧵 on more reasons #Kent are *possibly* the cruellest LA in England… (unless you know differently)

Matt Hancock "don't make me sing". Whilst carrying on singing 😂 #ImACeleb #dontmakemesing #SNL youtube.com/watch?v=zSnCjy…

What a day. No School Fines Change.org UK Not Fine in School @heidibangtidy 267k signatures delivered. 🚀 Minerva Virtual Academy Philip Hunt Autistic Girls Network Steph’s Two Girls & all lovely parents & supporters thank you for joining. #strongertogether #3Asks

We’re increasingly hearing reports about ‘inclusion’ hubs / leads / teams being anything but inclusive. Reasonable adjustments, flexibility, understanding wholly absent. Is this Behaviour Management rebranded? SEC_Tweets ASCL National Education Union NAHT National Children's Bureau Special Needs Jungle

Interesting that BBC Newsnight said that Damian Milton was one of a few openly Autistic Autism researchers. There are at least hundreds, and quite possibly thousands of us #ActuallyAutistic researchers. youtube.com/watch?v=FbR3K4… (1/2)

1/6 Only 1min of Dr Farahar's interview could be included. They also discussed during the 45 minutes not aired: * The need for intersectional research to represent Black Autistics & Autistics of Colour

Hundreds of families' lived experiences, in their own words, detail their children's experiences of restraint and seclusion in England's schools and will be released in The upcoming ICARS Report England. It is time for their collective stories to be heard in their own words.

🌟Calling #ActuallyAutistic people - paid opportunity to shape research🌟 Are you: - Autistic (including self-ID) - 16 years+ - Have a womb ('uterus')/ had a hysterectomy in the past 5 years - Live or work in Wales - Not a researcher or PhD student Info: autismmenstruationtomenopause.com/community-coun…

Investors in Applied Behavior Analysis, a form of #autism intervention loathed by many #autistic people, are gathering in W Hollywood today. This grotesque sentence inadvertently functions as a capsule history of ABA. More details in my book #NeuroTribes. autisminvestorsummit.com

👋 #respisbest & other - Clinical research fellow post 👇 University of Leicester Research at Leicester's Hospitals 📢 Last days to apply 🌟 come and work with me & the PHOSP-COVID study team on a multicentre UK RCT testing tocilizumab in Long Covid with an inflammatory phenotype #PhD jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/6898…