Battle Bonfire (East Sussex) tonight, setting fire to this ...

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The town I live in is obsessed with knitting ..... everything is captured in wool ...... don't know it this happens anywhere else, just wish I could knit ...

Home is a human right (Shelter) Research has found a higher number of autistic people are homeless than the national average (St Mungo's) mungos.org/creating-a-hom….

Vivienne Westwood, a huge reason why I studied fashion, a creative genius, ideas so outside the realm of most fashion, an inspirational artist & tireless campaigner, a rich, imaginative backdrop to my life. So sad to hear she has died.

She took a tank to David Cameron's house to protest against fracking, she protested in a cage about Julian Assange's extradition, she supported Extinction Rebellion; "You have to go faster than the system" (VS). She did.

I went to my son's graduation & a professor commented on discrimination against gender & ethnicity encouraging students to never let this stand in their way. Powerful words but no recognition of how hard uni & employment can be 4 neurodivergent students

there is still so much ignorance about neurodivergence, it is making me so angry & I am getting MAD with people who do not work in this area but tell families their children r not autistic. Sadly stereotypes persist & there is still huge lack of knowledge & understanding.

I am a speech & language therapist, would I tell a dentist how to do their job? No. I don't know any thing about dentistry. Am sick of people telling families out of date, offensive things about autism and the damage they do. Go on a course, read a book, don't make it up grrrrrr

Still fuming about people commenting on validity of diagnoses they know nothing about. Has happened to me, people saying I do not have ADHD. Yes, I do. I might not conform to the stereotype ideas you have of ADHD, I don't care, I do not have to justify neurodivergence to anyone.

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I love this video on emotional regulation and self-control, it's the muppets, makes me laugh so much youtube.com/watch?v=j-LfQC…

Oh oh, falling down a muppets rabbit hole, can't stop watching cookie monster learn self-control, I need to use these strategies, here is another amazing video very funny .... must stop watching them youtube.com/watch?v=SJPnYM…

oh no, I have no self-control I am still watching these videos and still laughing ..... this is my favourite .... so far .... it ends now this is the last one ..... I hope ...youtube.com/watch?v=r-CmSj…

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I just discovered this blog, it is fantastic & has this amazing quote "Trying to be someone else is a waste of the person you are" Kurt Cobain. aisforaoifenotautism.com/blog/

Inside our autistic minds is such an amazing and very important programme, teaching others and getting rid of stereotypes, wow, very moving, Chris Packham is an incredible person bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b…

Double empathy problem runs so deep, it is so hard for people to imagine difference. Inside Our Autistic Minds shows parents surprised by things they learned about their teenage/adult children years after diagnosis. Lesson to all of us.

Horse racing should be banned. I had to turn radio off when a horse racing fan said horses love it and want to do it - he obviously speaks horse ...... but isn't very good at it

autismspectrumteacher.com/online-courses/ Looks great website for parents and teachers