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Another amazing spoken word response to the Warwickshire SEND Scandal. This one from glenn_advocate_of_hope on TikTok

April is #AutismAwarenessMonth. Can we trade all that awareness for more curiosity, listening, generosity, love, compassion action and connection?

LOVE the River of Directness!

I LOVE this guide to The Land of Autistic Communication 🗺️ it’s a great collection of simple and visual explanations of some of the differences between autistic and non-autistic communication styles. Thank you AssistiveWare ! assistiveware.com/autism-accepta…

"With a growing understanding of neurodiversity, parents and professionals are looking for more information to break this down into practical info that can be applied to their everyday contexts." Elaine Mcgreevy Presenting 25th April at Minding Autistic Minds Conference

Highly recommend #TheAssembly BBC please commission more of these bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Allowing time and space for someone to speak when they are struggling is vitally important but can be very hard to do. michael sheen 💙 gives a masterclass here. And what an interesting question! #TheAssembly #Autism

If anyone was confused by Leo in #TheAssembly being intelligent & articulate, yet unable to speak, this is a very common experience for autistic people for lots of reasons. This blog explains it beautifully AssistiveWare #autism

We are looking to appoint a new external examiner for the MSc Speech and Language Therapy SLT at BCU, ideally someone with experience in psychology, phonetics, linguistics and health research. Please share to help us spread the word and get in touch if you might be interested!

For those who loved #TheAssembly this week, it’s on #Gogglebox tonight!

Tonight. Tickets still available

If you provide or receive support, these 5 tests might just make you see that support differently. This is wonderful, human, life-enhancing stuff ❤️

What a very sad and shaming day for our country. This is NOT who we are #RefugeesWelcome

Tears and goosebumps in the first 10 minutes of the AUsome training #MindingAutisticMinds conference

I heard TheAutisticAdvocate use the term Communication Identity today, the first time I’ve heard this used and I like it. The way we communicate is so individual and so central to who we are

I’m so proud to have played a small part in bringing the message in this book to the world. But the kudos goes to Eliza Missing The Mark #CantNotWont

I delivered some affirming SALT training yesterday to an EOTAS team that was massively enhanced by hard work shared online by @Autistic Realms Spectrum Gaming Stimpunks Foundation Jamie + Lion AssistiveWare Emily Price (she/her) Sonny Hallett 🙏 & this blog gloriouslyordinarylives.co.uk/the-five-tests

I am working with TheAutisticAdvocate and fantastic colleagues at Anna Freud to understand enablers, barriers & adaptations of Interpersonal Therapy for autistic adults with experience of depression. Funded by UCL Can you help us? Register and/or share widely. neurodiversity-research.org/take-part-in-o…

I’ll be sharing this with my college students who can vote so they have a grasp on the vocabulary associated with the general election - if anyone wants a PDF copy let me know 🫡 ✍️#generalelection