Nik

TESOL. Person of Determination. CIS she/her

[Damian Milton @milton_damian]

This this this this this this this this this this...(as I said in my talk yesterday this is one area where 'allies' could really help and work with us to help realise project ideas).

[IAR Festival 21 @IARFestival]

#IARF @Sarah_NottsUni now introducing @milton_damian's 'double empathy problem'. Is there evidence to support the idea that autistic people are misperceived by not-autistic people?
Yes, as seen in this slide relating to a study from Crompton et al., 2020

[IAR Festival 21 @IARFestival]

#IARF @Sarah_NottsUni Key points of Sarah's talk

[IAR Festival 21 @IARFestival]

#IARF @AQuinnUnbroken trauma-informed approaches are needed. Ones that are sensitive to the years of disconnection and dehumanisation we have experienced. Rather than approaches that place the problem within us.

[IAR Festival 21 @IARFestival]

#IARF @AQuinnUnbroken Everything written about me did nothing more than present me as a danger to be controlled. We need to ask professionals to stop, step back, and help us find ways to reconnect.

[IAR Festival 21 @IARFestival]

#IARF @AQuinnUnbroken So, of course, this led to masking.

[IAR Festival 21 @IARFestival]

#IARF @AQuinnUnbroken I was taught to hate my autism. I was put at odds with myself.

[IAR Festival 21 @IARFestival]

#IARF @AQuinnUnbroken I used to hear 'don't let autism define you' when autism was my whole identity

[Damian Milton @milton_damian]

Read this tweet and then please read it again...

[Damian Milton @milton_damian]

"We contend that the social self in ASC should not be seen as impaired, but rather as an outcome of atypical niche construction." https://t.co/vKpr2AtWgg

[Prof Ryan @sarasiobhan]

The ‘bring forward social care proposals’ line reminds me of Connor’s responsible (my arse) clinician stating “follow the plan” in his records. There was no plan.

[Damian Milton @milton_damian]

"But it’s only in the past decade or so that autism professionals have begun to recognize the value of these intense interests that emerge in early childhood." Should have listened to Dinah Murray and Wenn Lawson et al. then eh?

[Prof Ryan @sarasiobhan]

Why do NHS Trusts continually obsess over ‘risk of reputational damage’ rather than the preventable deaths of patients?

[Prof Ryan @sarasiobhan]

Coroners' implicated in natural cause death making. Over and over again.

[Damian Milton @milton_damian]

Please read! "Mutual (Mis)understanding: Reframing Autistic Pragmatic “Impairments” Using Relevance Theory" https://t.co/lsctPdbC5o

[Nik @TeacherNikola]

@commaficionado On the plus side, that being how the interview was handled, do you really think they would be a good employer? Better things are ahead!

[Nik @TeacherNikola]

I've just signed the open letter to calling on @MattHancock to meet with #NHS workers to discuss the real pay rise they deserve. Will you add your name? https://t.co/frRoCbZv3F

[Damian Milton @milton_damian]

"Autistic Self-Advocacy and the Neurodiversity Movement: Implications for Autism Early Intervention Research and Practice" https://t.co/VyiRRmjoAL

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

You only have to look at the replies to @DavidLammy’s tweets to understand how this government is not just ignoring the reality of racism in Britain, it’s *actively fuelling it*. Yesterday’s report was a dog whistle to racist trolls. This is not an accident. It’s incitement