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Encouraging anyone who works in the NHS to watch this powerful video from the mother of Harris, a neurodivergent young man who took his own life after a series of healthcare system failings Incredibly valuable for professional development in multi-disciplinary teams youtu.be/dWomv_b0hlo?...

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Editorial on neurodiveristy frameworks in East Asian cultures: identity vs person-first debates don't make (linguistic) sense in some languages. These cultures may value harmony/cultural tightness over individuality; important to learn from local autistic ppl. 1/ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Final call! Please consider applying to join the editorial team at the journal Autism. journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD... We especially encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including #autistic scholars and researchers from the global South. 1/3

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Why we must fight disinfo, online & IRL: "If there’s no counter-speech, no pushback against rumors or misleading claims, all the algorithms have available to surface is the nonsense." Thanks @noupside.bsky.social for talking with us. New interview up at TPGA: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/05/rene...

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It’s getting real! Available June 5th.

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AT-Autism conference, 8th Oct 2025 📣Announcing the next 3 speakers at this @at-autism.bsky.social event, presenting on: 'Changing Minds: The Art of the Possible' ✳️Dr Catherine Dakin ✳️Heba Al-Jayoosi ✳️Dr Zahilah Filzah Zulkifli Book early bird tickets here: www.atautism.org/at-autism-co...

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New paper alert! Information transfer within and between autistic and non-autistic people is out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com nature.com/articles/s41... THREAD! 🧵⬇️

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So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need? Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law? This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.

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Two speakers at our conference in October, Andrew Reece, and Lucy Dunstan from Changing Our Lives, a rights-based organisation, worked to release Kasibba from long-term segregation. Watch her story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlAX... www.atautism.org/at-autism-co... #AutismArtOfThePossible

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RFK Jr says autism "is an existential disease", demonstrating he knows nothing about autism nor how it is diagnosed, nor the views and experiences of autistic people. Deeply offensive and alarmist.

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“When confronted by such horrors [today], silence is unacceptable. Silence is complicity. To remain silent is to suggest nothing has been learned from the past.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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📣First panel of speakers announced for AT-Autism's conference on 8th October 2025, all of whom will be speaking on the theme of Homes not Hospitals: * Andrew Reece * Lucy Dunstan * Linda Woodcock www.atautism.org/at-autism-co... 📣Early bird tickets now available until 30/06/25

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Our favourite monthly round-up is out from @annmemmott.bsky.social and #neurodiverseconnection ndconnection.co.uk/blog/autism-...

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WFP’s food stocks in Gaza have been depleted. ◾No food has entered Gaza in over 7 weeks — the longest border closure the Strip has ever faced. ◾WFP has more than 116,000 tons of food positioned at aid corridors, ready to enter as soon as borders reopen.

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Trump verhandelt Mega-Deal: Räuber darf Beute behalten, wenn er ab jetzt mit dem Rauben aufhört www.der-postillon.com/2025/04/mega...

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This is a key new paper in the world of school mental health interventions A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y) No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia) (🧵) mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

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📣@at-autism.bsky.social has a new-look newsletter out now: www.atautism.org/news/ This bumper edition covers our main activities in 2024, plus brings you news of our first two confirmed speakers for our Conference in October: 'Autism: the Art of the Possible' #autism

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"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

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Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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🏆 @rollingstone.com wins the Headline of the Day Award This is how it’s done. At least someone understands the assignment. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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This is turning into such an important project by @chrischirp.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/christin...

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This is what £70,000 of taxpayers’ money on ‘de-escalation and restraint’ training gets you. ICARS obtained this data via FOI (2018–2023) and submitted it to the SEND National Crisis Inquiry. Another disabled child restrained. This is systemic. Gov’t must act. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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link.springer.com/article/10.1... Brand New ABA, 2025. The teams recommend how to prepare a room and the staff, before using ABA methods to stop autistic children showing distress/overwhelm. They refer people to another paper by Helvey & team (2024) which shows the recommended stuff. Thread./

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I meet families who search these hashtags looking for information to try and support their loved ones. A lot of the #autismawareness #AutismAcceptanceEveryDay #autismacceptance #AutismAcceptanceMonth #autismawarenessmonth #autismawarenesseveryday #autismawarenessandacceptance

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The White House. The actual White House. This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.

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Want to know why #NationalSiblingsDay2025 is so important? Check out this one minute video #Itsasiblingthing

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F is for Flourishing Lives in our A to Z of #socialwork @sarasiobhan.bsky.social Take 10 minutes every day to find what makes you happy. Since aged 3, mine is a book with dragons in it. What's your 10 minutes? uk.jkp.com/products/the...

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This week, we're hearing the lovely story of how Jamie in Greater Manchester grew a friendship with his neighbour Sandra through their shared love of gardening. What draws your friendships together? www.macintyrecharity.org/news-blogs/a...

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Horrific scenes from Gaza in Secunder Kemani’s report on @channel4news.bsky.social Israeli air strikes killed 100 in the past 24 hours including children. One woman said she had been displaced 10 times. The horror is endless.

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I’m honoured to be joining @richiebrave.bsky.social on @bbcradio1xtrabot.bsky.social live this Sunday 6 April at 9pm to discuss all things Blackness and Autism. Will you be tuning in? 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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A clear war crime, among many. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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And there we have it. And it will be extremely interesting to see whether and if so, how universities respond.

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Five ambulances, a fire truck and a UN vehicle were struck one by one. The bodies of the first responders were then ditched in a mass grave. A war crime. Without anything close to the appropriate level of global outrage.

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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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Remember that there is nothing inevitable about this - it’s a political choice. And the fact that it’s a Labour government making that choice frankly beggars belief. Did Labour voters really vote for this?👇

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Loved talking autism research & @acornsoton.bsky.social with @hannakovshoff.bsky.social for this podcast. ACoRNs meets on a Friday, a place to share ideas, get inspired, laugh, grow, study and reflect, a place where I feel safe & connected. open.spotify.com/episode/7G4O...

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