Nikita Adams

27 | She/They | 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Queer Pastel Punk | #ActuallyAutistic | Mental Health Advocate (Mad Movement✨)| Grassroots Activist | • All views are my own •

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

Safe relationships give you a break from fight, flight, freeze or fawn. Your vulnerability is threatened by people who do not see and hear you, especially when you’re in pain. So when you are seen and heard, it is a welcomed break from a tired mind in survival mode.

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Sometimes after we endure trauma, we have to give up activities, hobbies, or interests that we really loved, because they're just too triggering or sad for us now.

It's a loss. It matters. Whether or not it's a permanent loss, you get to be sad-- or mad-- about it.

[Dr. Holly E.A. Sutherland @heasutherland]

#SARG2023 now David Thorpe on autism and employment. Employment is important for everyone, but autistic adults are underemployed. Only 22% of autistic adults are employed! Despite the push for workplace neurodiversity / neurodiversity as strength

[Heather Cook 🦓🖖Autistic Coach @hmm_cook]

🧵 A functional autistic life doesn’t come from imitating a neurotypical life.

#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticTwitter #AuDHD #Neurospicy

[ImROC @ImROC_comms]

What do Peer support relationships look like? 👀

They share power and responsibility. It is not a hierarchical or paternalistic relationship. It is a collaborative and reciprocal relationship, where both people have something to offer and something to gain 🫶

#mentalhealth

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

Many conversations around forgiveness shame the survivor for how they’re coping with being traumatized. To suggest the survivor is unforgiving takes focus away from the abusers horrific actions. To help someone heal, hold their abuser accountable & let the survivor heal in peace.

[Autistic_at_40_Podcast @Autistic_at_40]

Do people realise that autistic adults were once autistic children? That just because we’re alive and communicating doesn’t mean we didn’t develop completely differently to everyone else, haven’t been traumatised at every stage of life and not constantly managing burnout. 🤦🤷‍♀️

[Erin Ekins (she/her) @QueerlyAutistic]

If your neurodivergent inclusive policies only kick in when someone discloses that they're neurodivergent, then these policies are not truly inclusive of neurodivergent people. As much as it can be, accessibility should be inbuilt, not reliant on diagnosis or disclosure.

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

Autistic people may need more rest time than the average NT person. This isn’t because we are lazy, it is because it’s depleting navigating a society that: thinks, communicates and operates differently to you; and isn’t structured to support your needs or give you regular boosts.

[ImROC @ImROC_comms]

*NEW* ImROC briefing paper:

"The Value and Use of Personal Experience in Mental Health Practice" - Rachel Perkins and Julie Repper

👥🔗 https://t.co/oKiwHRWuCY

[Dorset Mental Health Forum @DorsetMHForum]

As we head into the 50th #LondonPride weekend, Nikita our Peer Lead for Young People talks about why #Pride is important in giving people a sense of belonging and identity https://t.co/oXmajqGweQ

#mentalhealth #Dorset #morethanamonth

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

"After assessment, patients are left to wait in the knowledge that intimate details of their life will be discussed by a group of professionals, only one of whom they have met, and who hold their fate in their hands." @docmartin68 on MDTs in mental health
https://t.co/xVTcz2jWXW

[Nikita Adams @BlueHairedHuman]

A brilliant example of listening to the autistic community, acknowledging a mistake and apologising. 👏😊 Looking forward to seeing how this learning will help individuals accessing services.

[Sussex Partnership @SPFT_NHS]

We're sorry for the offence caused by our recent tweet about autism, which we've now removed. Thank you for sharing your feedback. We'll use this as an opportunity to learn

[Dorset Discovery Project @Dorsetdiscovery]

Happy Pride Month! Here is a list of some of the organisations that support LGBTQ+ youth both here in Dorset and across the UK - 

@SpaceDorset
@TheProudTrust
@Mermaids_Gender
@aktcharity 
@stonewalluk 
@OfficialFFLAG

[Dorset Mental Health Forum @DorsetMHForum]

What a day! Fantastic to hear about the amazing work staff have been doing out in the field and also starting a conversation about plans during what is a very special year for the Forum. More to follow.... #awayday #wearetheforum #connection #team

[Dr Jo Billington @MsJoBillington]

@Yogaimmunity @Wincrotty1 @milton_damian For me, the main concern about CBT is that it doesn’t take into account the level of injustice & hostility autistic people face. CBT suggests that wellness comes from shifts in thinking. This locates the ‘problem’ within the individual rather than exploring the impact of inequity