I feel like a cornerstone sign of autism that isn't talked about much is stubbornness... or what LOOKS like stubbornness because it's really an unmet need. And what it FEELS like is an entire day ruined because of one specific thing that wasn't the exact way we needed it to be.

Why does some NHS mandatory training insist on testing recall of information that makes little to no difference in how you might respond in the clinical context? For example testing your ability to recall section numbers of a parliamentary act? What does testing this add?

So many times

If paying people a living wage for their labor is going to break the system, maybe the system needs to be broken.

"Everyone is autistic." Not with fluorescent lights in nearly every building they're not.

Supernumerary period finished, had my first shift on my ‘own’ today, managed the resus bay and had an amazing day. I am so grateful to my colleagues and I love my job!

Student nurses in England spend more time on placements than almost all other developed nations - and yet when you qualify you cannot give a paracetamol tablet or flush a cannula without significant additional trust-level training. The whole system needs complete reform...

Cervical cancer could disappear from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Because of one thing and one thing alone VACCINES WOW!

How true is this though? I was made to sit next to a boy who was extremely disruptive in order to ‘help’ him and he did nothing but distract me and get me in trouble for months. I was expected to change his behaviour, keep him quiet, influence him to concentrate, and

Christmas coal

i personally love pasteurization and vaccines. i love modern medicine. i love the world that allowed my mom to have children that all lived to adulthood. i love how we eradicated polio and measles and fucking hpv

“if you sleep in the afternoon, you won't sleep at night” me in the afternoon and night: