Marie Alkan 🏳️‍🌈 🐿

Developmental psychologist interested in episodic memory and neurodiversity
She/her

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

Sometimes I honestly cannot believe the government is seriously proposing people could be convicted and sent to prison for TWO YEARS (two years?!?) by the Magistrates’ Court with the automatic right of appeal safeguard removed.

You read direct research like this 👇🏼 and shudder.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

David Lammy MP has been hammering home that his proposed jury restrictions are for victims of crime.

Yesterday, over THIRTY organisations across the VAWG sector wrote David a letter.

And it was clear:

They do not support the restriction of jury trial.

https://t.co/XrGXTGlP7x

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

Hello, there 👋

Have you heard David Lammy MP and Sarah Sackman MP talking about people stealing bottles of whisky and swiping mobile telephones as examples of people who should not get jury trials?

Well. I’d like to tell you a story.

🪡 🧵

[Marie Alkan 🏳️‍🌈 🐿 @Dr_MarieAlkan]

https://t.co/14l8lWf5Ww

[Rob Rinder @RobbieRinder]

I’ve written to every Member of Parliament today.

Proposals before Parliament would remove jury trials from offences carrying up to three years in prison.

Freedoms rarely vanish overnight. They are chipped away in the name of efficiency.

Juries did not cause the crisis in our courts. Removing them will not fix it.

When the state seeks to take someone’s liberty for serious offences, the judgment of ordinary citizens should never be optional.

This is close to becoming law.

Please read the letter. Contact your MP now.

[Strawfie Challenge @strawfie]

@RobbieRinder Perhaps you can share this petition @RobbieRinder?

Do not remove trial by jury for certain cases

https://t.co/F5ehyTluRk

[Marie Alkan 🏳️‍🌈 🐿 @Dr_MarieAlkan]

@EddieBurfi His sense of entitlement is well known

[Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @JoPavlopoulou]

New paper out!
57 #autistic & #ADHD adolescents described upsetting experiences.
1️⃣ Social dislocation/conflict
2️⃣ Masking emotions
3️⃣ Self-doubt
4️⃣ Overstimulation
Their nuances missed by adult observations+vital for shaping supportive interventions.
https://t.co/7krNtEEW2w

[Thriving Autistic @thriving_autist]

Read this extract from our 'The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook' in @BPSOfficial on moving away from deficit-based models and towards truly #neuroaffirmative child #autismassessment.

https://t.co/LNoBYqh84k

[Dr Sinéad Mullally @SineadMullally4]

Delighted to share our publication on the wider impacts of #SchoolDistress. This research sheds light on the systemic trauma parents endure, the impact of this trauma, and the urgent need for more compassionate, supportive systems. See 👉 https://t.co/jRT3fLai8x @NotFineinSchool

[Dr Sinéad Mullally @SineadMullally4]

Please read and share so we can change this narrative and work towards real change for children and families👇 @teamsquarepeg @NotFineinSchool @bphillipsonMP @educationgovuk @IPSEAcharity @SENDinfoBucks @autisticrealms @Autism @bestofannamm @naomicfisher https://t.co/pQn9za1m1w

[EPIC Think Learn @EPICThinkLearn]

Please do consider your neurodivergent teen plus yourself taking part in this study about depression

[Marie Alkan 🏳️‍🌈 🐿 @Dr_MarieAlkan]

@GeeTheExplorer Why ask them how you can help if you're going to negatively criticise their responses.

[North East Autism Society @NEAutismSociety]

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has donated, shared, and supported our Little Stars Appeal so far. Reaching this £1,000 milestone is fantastic and brings us closer to our goal of £5,000 to fund essential parent and toddler groups.

🌟 Find out more:
https://t.co/oM1lMJsn2Q

[Marie Alkan 🏳️‍🌈 🐿 @Dr_MarieAlkan]

@BBCNews Good start. They also need to restrict the amount of available flavours to make them less appealing to children and young people.

[Marie Alkan 🏳️‍🌈 🐿 @Dr_MarieAlkan]

@PHeadgirl @FeedingAlliance @acadofideas Me too 😬

[Sarah Cassidy @Sarah_NottsUni]

My amazing PhD student @victorianewell_ has developed a new #selfharm with and for #autistic adults. We need help from #autistic adults (diagnosed and self-identifying) to develop and refine this new tool! Further info on how to take part in the tweet below ...

[Marie Alkan 🏳️‍🌈 🐿 @Dr_MarieAlkan]

@JoPavlopoulou Looks fabulous. Wondering if there are plans for an e-book version of this as well?

[BBC Woman's Hour @BBCWomansHour]

‘Fighting every step is so hard'

Katie, 17, is autistic and has barely been to school since she was 13.

She joined @BBCNuala to discuss her experience as a child navigating England’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system, and how it has impacted her.