Mandy Craven

Mum to 2. Auntie to many others through all of the voluntary work I do. Passions: helping people help themselves and reach their potential + shaping change

[DEAL LEEDS @DEAL_Leeds]

Start of term has not gone smoothly for parents as disability transport in Leeds is in chaos. No comms re times before hand, buses not turning up, turning up on the wrong day. @FionaVenner @Jonathan_Pryor when this will be sorted?
#wedeservebetter #SENDtransport

[@[email protected] @AutSciPerson]

Controversial tweet:

ABA therapists could learn a lot from watching My Cat From Hell.

Yes, the main guy is a cat behaviorist, and yet he still takes into account the cat's well-being, emotional state, and safety all at once.

#SayNoToABA

[Bolay Buss she/her @buss_patriarchy]

Thinking more abt the whole CBT as glorified gaslighting issue & how one of the supposed “thought distortions” is “catastrophizing” but I haven’t seen the reverse “minimizing” labeled as a “thought distortion”. Why is that? 1/

[Leeds Autism AIM @leedsautismAIM]

Our next twice-monthly #ActuallyAutistic #PeerSupport session on Zoom is next Tuesday! For more info on how to join it or any of our other sessions, please check out our news post here: https://t.co/VzIh85YCD4

[Mandy Craven @MandyCraven]

@casdontoysuk @SusanMcDonagh58

[CasdonToysUK @casdontoysuk]

It’s Day 2 of our Christmas advent! Today you can win a Casdon Flymo Lawn Mower! Simply RT&FLW & tag a friend who would like to #win! Ends 03.12.19 at 10am. All winners will be contacted directly. T&C’s apply. #Advent #Christmas #Countdown #Prizes #Win #Giveaway #Comp

[@[email protected] @AutSciPerson]

Clarifying note - in school I silently angrily accepted authority because I was too anxious to -not- do what someone said. But I hated every second of it when it made no sense (for example, waiting 5 minutes so everyone could "form a line" to go down the hallway for 30 seconds).

[Leeds Autism AIM @leedsautismAIM]

We have a survey asking for your views on the #ActuallyAutistic Reference Group in #Leeds! You can share your views on the group and help to make it better.
You can find it online here at https://t.co/uDRhUqn9Mb; there's a paper copy available here: https://t.co/Loc3S0M5tm

[Leeds ABC Group @LeedsABCGroup]

Our vice chair @MandyCraven was interviewed live on air yesterday. She’s at 1hr36min https://t.co/rGX6D0KxDN

[Keila Alex Echakowitz @InfiniteEcho97]

I feel like people don’t understand why or how ABA was actually traumatizing for me. Because no, it has nothing to do with my individual practitioner. No, it has nothing to do with the fact that my treatment started a decade ago. It’s because operant conditioning is manipulative.

[The Independent @Independent]

Opinion: Ivanka Trump's behaviour at the G20 is only acceptable if she's playing a secret feminist takeover long game https://t.co/5UwAPPKLoi

[Restraint, seclusion & segregation- your stories @LSegregation]

Still time to register for our events this Friday at Leeds Town Hall @AdvonetUK @changepeople_ #safeguarding #CQCRestraintReview #safecare #respectincare #Leeds

[Rebecca Hainsworth @RebeccaHainswo2]

Leep1 members out protesting today 👍👍@CafeLeep @able_together @Leep1leeds @ConnectintNorth @ABCD_in_Leeds

[Leeds Autism AIM @leedsautismAIM]

Thanks to everyone who came to and helped organise this year's @BigBetterLeeds #Autism information event this year. It was an absolute pleasure as usual!

[The Advonet Group @AdvonetUK]

Next Friday, we're holding a free event to launch work around #Safeguarding and improving it based on people's feedback. If you would like to attend, please book at https://t.co/9ygnkPcyU2 #LeedsSafeguardingWeek @LeedsSAB @LeedsSCP

[Leeds Autism AIM @leedsautismAIM]

Everyone in the Leeds Autism AIM team wishes you a happy #AutisticPrideDay! Come see us, @LeedsABCGroup and @getmebetter in the Clarendon Wing of the @LeedsHospitals LGI from 10am-1pm!

[Leeds Autism AIM @leedsautismAIM]

Looking forward to starting our #AutisticPrideDay stall with @LeedsABCGroup and @getmebetter :)

[@[email protected] @AutSciPerson]

This is REALLY not a good take on the anti-vaxxer situation. You're basically leveraging anti-vaxxers' hate of autistic people to argue against them. How about.. being autistic is not equivalent to being dead? How about..autistic lives are worthwhile? Autistic people are human?

[Mandy Craven @MandyCraven]

On the way to meet an artist. Too anxcited, but hoping it’s the start of a BIG chapter in this #ActuallyAutistic life that will change the outcomes of others

[Steve Silberman @stevesilberman]

Today’s celebration in Manchester UK of 10 years of autistic-led disability rights activism, “The Future is Gold,” was an utterly thrilling and extraordinary event. Thanks so much to @KatHumble and @AutisticUK for inviting me. (This is @QueerlyAutistic’s wonderful tattoo.)