Calling all polyglots!!! I have an #autistic student (6 years old) who has suddenly wrote his own new language. The family and I (his piano teacher) are looking for gifted people who want to decipher it and see if there are traceable roots to existing language codes. #enrichment

Share your views on education staff being mandated to receive autism, and I would add neurodivergent, training here : ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/cet-autism-tra…

Please sign our letter to ask Royal College of Occupational Therapists to demand an immediate & permanent ceasefire. The contrast with Ukraine is stark. RCOT said ‘War is never the solution, and we support the actions being taken to end it.’ Surely we can say the same of Palestine? forms.gle/VJa5iG4qU6MGae…

Summary of the waiting list crisis for transgender healthcare in the UK. 🔴Tavistock - 17y, 2m, 18d 🔴Leeds - 12y, 1m, 23d 🔴Northampton - 10y, 7m, 11d 🔴Northern - 17y, 3m, 3d 🔴Nottingham - 1y, 10m, 2d 🔴Porterbrook - 22y, 0m, 22d 🔴The Laurels - 17y, 3m, 15d 🧵

this Tuesday OTs !! You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Nov 28, 2023 08:00 PM Kuwait Topic: How trauma impact negatively, mental health and functionality... How to help? Register in advance for this webinar:

Emily Paige Ballou I have a free pre-print of a relevant paper here on the strengths of speech delay in autistic people authorea.com/users/619171/a…

Would love to see this in more universities

Check out this brilliant explanation about autism

Purchase this book to read my poetry! :)

Therapist twitter is normally drowning in love and reposts of Gabor Mate. Oddly quiet with this,and indeed on the ongoing genocide. Every one of my clients regardless of background hax been affected and brought it into the space. I can't be alone.Why the silence from Therapists?

Seeing so many wonderful diverse OT jobs in London and nothing similar in Hampshire or other smaller areas. It's a bit of a bummer :(

UoS Occupational Therapy OxfordBrookesOT University of Winchester Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy Writing Group Bournemouth Uni OT BAMEOTUK LGBTQIA+OT UK AbleOTUK UEA Occupational Therapy Alan Mathew Open to new OT grads as well as students! Please continue to share with ur ed, research & practice communities! Your voice is needed! 💚 [email protected]

Do you have lived experience of disability and are interested in undertaking a PhD on accessible transport design, policy or practice? If so, message or email me. At UoW we have an opportunity to apply for a fully funded PhD fellowship. #PhD #DisabilityTwitter Please RT

2023 REFLECTIONS If I am being honest, one of the main emotions I have felt through my time at SG is sadness – because there are so many young people who are struggling so much. We hear stories from young people whose lives have been completely changed by burnout and young 1/13

Starting salaries for doctors: 🇦🇺: £44,000 🇨🇦: £46,000 🇫🇷: £43,700 🇺🇸: £41,900 🇮🇪: £53,000 Meanwhile in 🇬🇧: £29,384 Junior doctors aren't holding the NHS to ransom. They're holding the NHS together. Pay them what they deserve. #JuniorDoctorsStrike

In loving memory of نور رائد ابو لحيه Nour Raed AbuHaia, an occupational therapist from Gaza. We continue to call for a permanent and immediate ceasefire so that no more lives are stolen, and humanitarian aid can enter. Calls to action to take today: tinyurl.com/HCWToolkit

Occupational Therapy isn’t fitting key safes and pendant alarms. It isn’t giving bits of equipment and organising care. And if that’s what you think when you think OT, then do some homework.

You can't be Neurodivergent-affirming if you use the puzzle piece. @nhs #SLT RCSLT 💙 #autism

They are playing chequers and Anthony is playing CHESS #TheTraitorsUK #TheTraitors