Jess Westcott

Queer psychologist specializing in ADHD. Opinions my own. they/them.

[Jess Westcott @DrGayDHD]

@diannaeanderson Fellow mugs are great. Ceramic on the inside so you don't get any metal taste, and multiple lid options depending on what best fits your needs

[Jess Westcott @DrGayDHD]

@TwoDots Bring back Expeditions.

[Jess Westcott @DrGayDHD]

@NFLFantasy Hunt or Elliott?

[Zachary Sartor, MD, FAAFP @ZachSartor]

https://t.co/PcF6JeRnQu

[Jess Westcott @DrGayDHD]

@ashleyshoo Oof hate that

[Jess Westcott @DrGayDHD]

@real_dan_how My fave Chicks song growing up!

[Chani Nicholas @chaninicholas]

WELCOME TAURUS SEASON! THE MOST LUXURIOUS OPTION ALWAYS! NAPS! FLEXIBILITY IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW HOW TO COMMIT! PLANTS! BUBBLE BATHS! SNACKS! JUST TRY TO RUSH ME LOL! LOYALTY AS AN EXTREME SPORT! SKIN CARE! VACAYS! OVERWORK TO OVERINDULGE PIPELINE! LIFE IS SHORT! HAVE FUN!

[Jess Westcott @DrGayDHD]

@danidonovan HATE BLUE MORE THAN ANYTHING. So wild my ADHD brain has plenty of company with this feeling.

[Disability Alliance @DAatVT]

Thread - Some of you may have seen the recent message message from President Sands: https://t.co/j0x0cTDq7J
Here are some of the questions our community is asking in the wake of this message: (current count 22 Qs) 1/

[Graduate and Professional Student Senate of VT @VTGPSS]

The graduate students of @virginia_tech are calling on the university to do the right thing and move the first 2 weeks of classes online to develop a strategy with so little testing available.

[Jess Westcott @DrGayDHD]

@DrTomFrieden @CMO_England Thoughts on universities?

[S. Bear Bergman @sbearbergman]

Took my kids for a swim and there was a lot of staring and snickering at my fat, tattooed, visibly scarred trans body today. I am feeling tender and angry, and at that complicated crossroads I'm sharing this: https://t.co/k2y9ERDRPf

[Jess Westcott @DrGayDHD]

@joshsusser In our ADHD therapy group we use “ADHDers” as the collective

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

The thing about any American having the audacity to say they “don’t have underlying conditions” and wouldn’t die of covid is that the vast majority of Americans do not see a doctor regularly due to the cost or the time commitment interferes with work.

Are you sure?

[ace 🍓🍃 @adhdace]

“why does twitter keep trying to tell me i have adhd”
80% of adults w adhd are undiagnosed, the likelihood of u being included in that percentage is pretty high considering the fact that u are on social media so much and engage w the kind of content that puts nd topics in ur feed

[Jess Westcott @DrGayDHD]

@lulukewarm

[bijan @bijanstephen]

man it would be so sick to live in precedented times

[NeuroDifferent @Neuro_Different]

That list applies to all autism education in academia.

If you're studying for a career that will put you in specific contact with Autistic people, you have a responsibility to strive to unlearn all of the ableism you've been taught. Even if that takes changing careers entirely.