Mary Russell MD

Autistic family doc. U.S. Family Medicine Lead for Autistic Doctors International. Mom of 4. Pro vaccine. Neurodiversity affirming. Views my own. ADHD vibes.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

Monty Python's Little Red Riding Hood https://t.co/TUjGLgfnY3 via @YouTube. From Live At The Hollywood Bowl- one of their bests.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@secularprolife I did have a medical school professor who said unwanted pregnancies are sexually transmitted diseases. 🙄

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@dilanesper Where would you draw the line between elite and nonelite? NCAA championships IMO would be elite, as would state high school championships.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@ChristianityOn My autistic daughter with high support needs and ID did her first confession with a picture schedule! And she was one of her peers with receiving first communion and confirmation.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@milton_damian Thanks for this! I shared with my leadership team at Dev Peds.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@epballou It tends to get missed, for sure. I ask about it during my visits and point families toward resources. Autistic kids who love water but don’t know how to swim make me nervous. Often the local YMCA or aquatics club hase a grant to teach kids with disabilities.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@RjFisher1998 @neoavatara This is not new. Both lawyers and doctors are allowed to refuse service to people who won’t follow their advice.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@ChristianityOn This is true of almost any topic you could name.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@emzanotti The length is great though. Up until recently it was hard to find skirts and dresses that fell to mid calf or below. And I am not necessarily in the modesty camp, but I am in the comfort and utility camp.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@SecKennedy This is great news!

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@slooterman That is a cryptic response.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@roddreher Allie Beth Stuckey believes it.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@ChristianityOn @MitchUbishi4554 Things are changing slowly, and heading in the right direction. Currently the norm is for 2 year olds to get 40h/wk of ABA and for school aged children to have 4+ hours of therapies after a full day of school.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@ChristianityOn @MitchUbishi4554 In developmental pediatrics we are still rocking like it’s 2010 though. Neurodiversity framing has not penetrated the field at all, and very few fellowship trained pediatricians give any evidence of any exposure to disability rights concerns.

[Emily Paige Ballou @epballou]

Look, I also loathe "autism is a superpower!" rhetoric, but parents... this stuff is by and large not coming from the neurodiversity movement.

It's coming from parents who don't know how to accept their kids as disabled or talk to them about disability...

[Libriscent @libriscent]

Neurotypicals: “Read the room.”
Autistic brain: I read the room. The room is wrong.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@amywelborn2 As a Catholic healthcare worker, I am thankful for churches that followed pandemic precautions. I did not receive the Eucharist for over a year, and considered changing parishes due to the behavior of my parish priests.

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@BackwardsFeet And meanwhile at Costco…

[Mary Russell MD @MaryRusselldoc]

@Scienceofsport @AlastairMcA30 As a former collegiate track and field athlete (shot put and discus) I’m grateful to the IOC for setting clear boundaries around the female category. But, do we have clearly documented data that MOST women support SRY screening? (I hope we do.)