A wee🧵about a boy, a bowl and a year gone by. Feel free to RT. You may recall that a year ago my son Gabriel 12yrs raised, with your incredible support & prolific RT-ing, over £250,000 for Save the Children UK with his #BowlforUkraine. In so doing you changed his little life. 1/13

If an autistic person is expressing their autistic joy or authentic self, please don’t tell them they are being too loud, too much or need it tone it down if there is no need to. Each time they are shamed for their unmasked self, a little bit of them breaks. #AutsimAcceptanceDay

Really excited about this public lecture. We’ve all been given so much support to develop something really entertaining for the audience. I can guarantee a fascinating and fun afternoon!

Despite government promises to reduce numbers of people with a #LearningDisability or autistic people locked up in inpatient units, the number has increased again to at least 2,045. 🔒 People should live in #HomesNotHospitals. Take action with us: secure.mencap.org.uk/homes_not_hosp… 👈

OVER £7,OOO in last 15hrs!!! You glorious, lovely twitter people RT-ing the hell out of ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Gabriel so grateful - he's on sky news & 5live tomorrow. instagram.com/clarkie_woodwo… justgiving.com/page/thehopebo… Please donate if you can 🙏 & keep RT-ing #TheHopeBowl

Bye, bye Blue tick. I got you whilst at Eastenders when it was discovered that young people were arranging to meet up with “cast members” via DM’s only to find they weren’t the real people, they were dirty old men with sinister ideas…. It was for safety, not my ego…

Well... After 2 exams and a research proposal finally completed, all I can say is bloody ******* ****** *@*@**@* ing technology!!! It's been fighting me for the past 2 weeks. After an epic battle with my laptop, today I won 😂😆 All assignments submitted, time for summer 😎 🍹

#NeuroDevDis Dr Natalie Butcher thinkingautismguide.com/neurodiversity…

This week 18,234 people urged Rishi Sunak to reform the #MentalHealthAct to stop people with a #LearningDisability and Autistic people from being sectioned if they do not have a mental health condition. Read our letter signed with National Autistic Society, @voiceability, and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation here in full.

Very important and sad thread where justice prevails in the end but after much cruelty and suffering from 'caregivers'? Many of us have loved ones going through the same..we are all ignored and everyone that COULD and SHOULD intervene and HELP to stop this regretfully do nothing

The only people who can change this are politicians. I spoke with a Member of the House of Lords a few weeks ago and asked their view... "Its only 2000 odd people..it's not a big enough number for them to be bothered about." So that's why nothing changes.

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Do you want to be Transport Minister?

Word of the day is ‘blutterbunged’ (19th-century English dialect): confounded, bemused, or totally overcome by surprise.

Evidence from Jessie's mum @EastlandKate on the first day of her inquest. Simply devastating. georgejulian.co.uk/2023/11/20/day…

I was one of these £38,000 they took from me , bankrupted myself and my wife and destroyed our business and life . Share with anyone and everyone #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates Please also read the book by Nick Wallis who has played a massive part

In 2001 this was my investment for the future . In 2007 after paying over £35,000 to Post Office dodgy system. I had suspension , nervous breakdown, lost business , bankruptcy and no option but to sell home. 2 subsequent spm had the same . Did they not notice. #MrBates

What a beautiful photograph Sarah

This White Ribbon Day, #ItStartswithMen. Preventing #vawg it not only a women’s issue. We need men to stand up to ‘every day’ sexism & misogyny. Wherever you are, you can be an ally to women by refusing to stay silent. This is how we affect real change this #WhiteRibbonDay.

Cut benefits for Disabled people and people will die. That’s the truth. This Government has NO idea of how Disabled & mentally unwell people live. NONE. It’s beyond offensive & inhumane to go down this economic route just to appease the right. Hands are dirty & souls are cold.