Mother of autists

I'm an #ActuallyAutistic academically minded Expert by Experience for the NHS. #AutisticParent of 3. See me spindling at a conference near you. Stance = my own.

[AUTSCAPE @autscape]

Booking is now open for Autscape: An autistic conference
8-11 August 2022, The Hayes Conference Centre, Derbyshire, DE55 1AU, UK

Enjoy a fully catered retreat to autistic space exploring the theme of interdependence.

Booking: https://t.co/0L6vbCPDnb

[Damian Milton @milton_damian]

Clear article with good examples. Also very relevant to participation generally and the design of practice models.

[George Watts @autgeek]

Please RT and donate if you can!
And please also spread the word to anyone who might be interested in applying for this funding!

[Mother of autists @JoTheSpinner]

@deanbeadleuk Same. Can't stand the smell or taste of it.

[Mother of autists @JoTheSpinner]

@autgeek Sign me up, I'll take a case load. The gin in particular!

[George Watts @autgeek]

Top tip for NTs: If an autistic person tells you the language you're using is considered offensive you should apologise, learn more about why this matters and update your language*
You should NOT say "but I know an autistic person who uses this term so I'm going to keep using it"

[Damian Milton @milton_damian]

Call for abstracts for this conference is now open (may be of interest to some here): https://t.co/bBsOiff4Ms

[Marianthi Kourti @MarianthiKourti]

#ActuallyAutistic #AskingAutistics

Looking to recruit a few more autistic women in our sex-positive study about autism, sexuality and relationships. If you are interested, please get in touch asap, focus groups start this Friday!

[Seb Shaw @Autistic_Doc]

So happy to have contributed to this important pre-print on the future of clinical autism research alongside @hetakaarina @jornbettin @Kabieuk @autimodo @WennLawson @JoTheSpinner @HeiniMNatri @milton_damian @WalkerSensei @AutisticDoctor @SueMcCowan1 & so many wonderful others! 🙂

[Rightful Lives @RightfulLives]

If the parent of someone in an ATU believes their son or daughter needs an autism assessment, how can they make that happen?
Especially when the hospital is refusing to do so…which of course keeps their patient away from CTRs and S&W reviews?
@ClaireCNWL @CahillT1 @tim_nicholls

[Mother of autists @JoTheSpinner]

The Lancet Commission on the future of care and clinical research in autism https://t.co/ul8QexiRh6
#OpenAccess but you do need to register with the Lancet first. #GlobalAutism #LongRead There is also a webinar if you only have a couple of hours to spare.

[Тania Melnyczuk @ekverstania]

[THREAD]

I'm seeing something happen and I wonder how common it is: Students at a masters level wanting to do research on something autism related are told by their supervisors to focus on parent perspectives.

[Тania Melnyczuk @ekverstania]

BAD AUTISM STUDY

Thank you for your interest in our Bad Autism Study. This study is based on previous bad autism studies, but with some enhancements and extra questions to make it worse. If you're a veteran participant in bad autism studies, you'll recognise some old questions.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

If everyone who has been grateful for NHS staff over the last two years followed and retweeted, we would reach a million in no time.

It will only take a few seconds, and your support would really mean a lot to a huge number of people who continue to fight Covid-19.

[Mother of autists @JoTheSpinner]

@Kabieuk The bigger the whiteboard, the better! 😁👍

[Mother of autists @JoTheSpinner]

@EL_Heath No, not especially. Your picture is tremendously atmospheric. I just wanted to contrast it.