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She/her PhD, Professor, School Psychology Program Coordinator, associate editor, clinician, ally, advocate, teacher, learner, human being Dog (and human) mama #autism #research #umanitoba Treaty 1 territory Mostly here for the dogs 🇨🇦🇮🇪🇬🇧🇿🇲 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Reminder today is Indigenous Peoples Day!! Take time to learn about history, organizations, and ongoing issues in your area. If you're in Ontario read up on Bill 5 and the harm it causes. Look for local events and learning opportunities this weekend, and as always support Indigenous artists!

This little bird flew into my balcony window, and the dog tried to eat him, but I rescued him and we had a very nice little chat. I’m a #bird mama now #chickadee

Missing beautiful St. John’s already.

#Dogs are still good

Remember folks, women are too emotional to be president.

Are you a newly identified autistic or wondering if you may be? Are you interested in working with an autistic peer-support specialist? Check out my workshop - open to all, no matter your finances or where you are in the world! www.theautisticcoach.com/newly-diagno...

Shhhh 🤫

You can’t be “addicted” to a human right.

MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen. Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy. She’s lived here 48 years. They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her. She. Is. A. Citizen.

Just a little update on this iconic #WoodyGuthrie image cause we can’t have anyone arrested or deported for this. But the message holds. Creative people and especially the artists terrify #fascists. More artists need to call it out Thank you to #theboss for not backing down

"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What is school psychology? / qu'est-ce que la psychologie scolaire ? 🤔 cpa.ca/sections/edu...

“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”

Michael Gonzales, the ambassador to Zambia, announced at an emotional press conference that the U.S. would cut $50 million in aid due to theft of medications.

RFK Jr. is tasking scientists with finding "the cause" of autism—using Medicare and Medicaid data. Yes, insurance billing records. Let’s discuss why that’s preposterous. 🧵

A Public service announcement from Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli …and Ginger.

Just facts

May the 4th be with you

Well said. Take note clinicians.

Worth the watch to understand how #fascism takes hold by dividing and ‘othering’ people “Somebody’s going to get something out of it , and it isn’t going to be you”

You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

If you are autistic, have a loved one on the spectrum or just care about the welfare of autistic people, I urge you to write your state AG, the ACLU, and your senators about the registry RFK Jr wants to create. If you need help with the letter, I have a template that I can share with you.

"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."

This whole thread is excellent. The US regime’s characterization and misinformation about #autism is #ableist and dangerous disinformation.

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STOP FORCING AI TRASH INTO EVERYTHING. YES I AM YELLING.

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Keep on rocking in the free world. ✌️ m.neilyoungarchives.com/news/4/artic...

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” —Alan Garber

UPDATE: El Salvador’s brutal far-right dictator, Trump and Musk friend Nayib Bukele, has confirmed that he will never return any person sent to him from America. And Trump has confirmed he wants American citizens sent to El Salvador to die in a foreign gulag. This is a five-alarm fire for democracy.

Great video. There’s lots of valid reasons people seek #autism diagnosis, including self knowledge and even for ‘practical’ issues. For example, in Canada, workplace accommodations and tax relief require diagnosis. Also, talking about a ‘cure’ is so problematic. Professionals, Please stop this.