Most people do not understand that some people use enormous amounts of energy just to be normal. #Itakom

Neurodiversity affirmative (NDA) is the new paradigm in the world of autism. NDA assessment NDA supports NDA education NDA healthcare NDA autism research A neurodiversity affirmative approach will transform outcomes for autistic people, particularly wrt mental health #ITAKOM_CONF

Human beings neurotypical or neurodivergent are complex beings and unidimensional compliance based approaches are a violation of our humanness #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek mini🧵 from an #ActuallyAutistic perspective

Identifying autistic adults in general psychiatry is a new concept for many doctors. As a #neurodivergent physician in the audience, I was heartened to see psychiatrists curious, respectful and eager to improve. Well done @bernaharbor for this talk. Igniting change!

The neurotypical art of knowing when they have enough social capital to break the rules… So damn successful. And I am blindsided every time! 🤣 #autistic

Following the crazy Lori Vallow trial- in case parents are listening- another advantage of the autistic mind is that we are least likely to fall for cults #ActuallyAutistic

New paper alert 📣 Autistic SPACE: a novel framework for meeting the needs of autistic people in healthcare settings With Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 & @SueMcCowan1 Graphics by Amanda Mc Guinness Open access with BJHM funded by Autistic Doctors International leads team magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12…

Hi I’m a neurodivergent OT with lived experience of autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, mental health and persistent pain. Due to demand my books are opening to teens 16+ in the uk (OT via video call). Thank you for your ongoing support💛♾️ #ActuallyAutistic #LivedExperience

Me and my co-authors. This is what #disabled and #neurodivergent doctors look like. Read our work in the tweet below.

The mismeasure of Misha bostonglobe.com/2022/11/21/opi… via The Boston Globe

So what do you do about behaviors if not to demand compliance or rewards/consequences? You Connect and Co- Regulate + set boundaries (Kind and Firm) + Model and Transform. #ActuallyAutistic #beyondbehaviors Daniel J. Siegel Dr. Mona Delahooke Amanda Diekman @LMurphySLP

Enormously proud of our Autistic Doctors International Research Lead Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈, winner of University of Sussex ED&I Research Culture Award. We are lucky to have him in ADI, and the whole #autistic community benefits from his leadership & commitment. 👏👏👏 #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticHealthcare

Spoiler alert, those parents are correct. It's not essential to attend school every day. Children can learn and succeed in many ways and school is not essential for this. It's one way to learn, and it doesn't suit everyone.

A story of why school is not for all.. For many years we tried incredibly hard to get our child to school to the point in impacted further on their mental health and resulted in a breakdown. They had wanted to go to school so we had all kept trying. 1/

Let's talk about PDA - as someone with lived experience with it and also secondary experience with my kid, this is how I see it- what do other #autistic #ActuallyAutistic people think? PDA Society The Autistic Educator ND ÂûDHD, PDA, Deaf. Neurodivergent Dr