ADHD Tip: Time-based Goals Don’t use outcome-based goals: finish the paper, clean the office, file my taxes Instead, use time-based goals: write for 30m, clean for 10m, work on taxes until 8pm Gives you positive reinforcement—you feel success even if time estimation is off.

A 'successful' PECS user might end up with a book of nouns (food, toys, places, ppl, things) few adj (big, small, colour) few pronouns (e.g. I) few verbs (want, like, see, hear, feel). So limited! Watch Jordyn Zimmerman explain how useless this was to her thisisnotaboutme.film 5/11

Sharing this for a fellow PhD student Hannah Viner who doesn't use twitter, who is looking for #ActuallyAutistic participants aged 40+, their caregivers and professionals. Please retweet.

And here is a "brief" note on "Infodumping"

This is why it is so important for mental health services to understand autism. #Autism

Today is the semi-anniversary of my free paper "Profound Concerns about 'Profound Autism': Dangers of Severity Scales and Functioning Labels for Support Needs". It's on pace for my most citations in 1st calendar year online. Thanks for sharing. reading 🙏 mdpi.com/2227-7102/13/2…

The US "Dept of Defense continues to assert that “ABA services do not meet the TRICARE hierarchy of evidence standard for medical and proven care.”" US Congressional research report March 23. #ABAresearch #ABAworks to do what? crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF…

@BearyMaryC @AnnMemmott Laura Crane Autism Matters Well here you go, we’ve been doing this in bristol for ages ( since 2018 ) it’s a social group called diverse diverseuk.org it’s independent and has some funding from #NationalLottery . Its run by autistic adults and for autistic adults to do lots of things

“The goal should not be to reduce Tribunal appeals per se. Instead, the focus should be on identifying how LA decision-making can be improved, to achieve decisions which more frequently comply with the law.” It can’t happen soon enough.

🚨Call for Papers! Autism in Adulthood is looking for publications for an upcoming special issue on Autism and Aging: A Lifespan Approach Deadline for manuscript submission is January 15th, 2024. Check out the full call for papers 👇: home.liebertpub.com/cfp/autism-and… #CallForPapers

New blog for Autistic Parents UK from the "Autistic Pregnancy Birth and Beyond: your questions answered" project which also included @AutisticUK MARG & Autistic Doctors International We created 100+ videos answering Autistic parents questions - available Sept '23 autisticparentsuk.org/post/autistic-…

The proper use of ABA. Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence. By Autball.

Starting a #PhD soon? A mature PhD student showed me their screen saver. It said: You're not too old and It's not too late. Stop wondering about might have beens. Jump in and give it a go. #PhDchat #PhDForum

A paper describing autistic burnout and how it differs from occupational burnout or depression - “Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice - ARCAP liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/au…

Please retweet to HELP FIND THE OWNER OF THIS FOUND #BORDERTERRIER FOUND #MeltonMowbray #LEICESTER Found female 16 August, now in a council pound, she could be missing from another region. Please share widely🌟🌟🌟 DETAILS or APPLY👇 doglost.co.uk/dog-blog.php?d… #dogs #Lost

Two ADHD UK events coming up today! Free tickets available to both, donations hugely appreciated. Book here: store.adhduk.co.uk/events/ Thrive with #ADHDUK

For everyone, but especially medical colleagues: you can’t be “diagnosed with a neurodiversity” That’s just not how it works. See thread 👇 x.com/autisticdoctor…

One important implication we mention in the paper: “Clinicians, educators, and other professionals encouraging, instilling, or training non-autistic social value systems should consider whether routes to social well-being may differ for autistic people”

Very important piece of research if you are a UK-based Autistic mother and have experienced burnout.