Learning Disability Awareness Week, lots of positives flying around and talk of changing attitudes but not a lot of substance IMO. So, what can you, as a professional in non specialist services learn/do? A thread.🧵

#LaughDontLeak research says about 60% of women wet themselves and 3/4 of us with stress incontinence get dry with #DoYourPelvicFloorExercises. So you’d think someone would have told you about it, right? They didn’t, so that’s why I’m doing #DryByChristmas. Like follow share!

🧵 Had PEG check up & care plan form proved again how much the NHS has let G.I poison it. 1st Q ‘are you female or male?’ 2. ‘do you identify as either?’. I don’t identify as either, I’m a woman. No mention of sex which is what matters. Why is this important with PEGs? 1/5

Scotland's Hate Crime Act comes into effect today. Women gain no additional protections, of course, but well-known trans activist Beth Douglas, darling of prominent Scottish politicians, falls within a protected category. Phew! 1/11