Wired~Differently

#autism #actuallyautistic

[Wired~Differently @hometoooften]

1:Imagine feeling overwhelmed & increasingly tense & anxious by the experience of most interactions with other people. Misjudgements, misunderstandings, missed moments of humour happening again & again & again.

[Wired~Differently @hometoooften]

@luo_yuehan I believe you're German, you say this, not me. Should you not know better than to post stuff like this? Guess you're in it for the cash but still...

[Action Mental Health @amhNI]

Good luck to those taking part in London Landmarks Half Marathon tomorrow! Thank you to all that are taking part in support of Action Mental Health 💜#LLHM

[Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick @C_Fitz_]

Another way our people have been failed by politics. Following Brexit and the end of the ESF, my sister with LD lost access to supported employment. Her support worker was incredible - now following a botched job by the UK Gov & NI Exe the whole org is closing.

[Wired~Differently @hometoooften]

I think you're probably unfortunately correct, so sad...

[BBC The View @bbctheview]

"All we see is the NI Executive spending more time trying to blame other people - rather than actually thinking how do we solve this locally."

David Babington, from Action Mental Health NI faces funding cuts from Wednesday.

Read more:
https://t.co/tXwctr0y2P

[Action Mental Health @amhNI]

NI CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THESE SERVICES that provide support to people with long-term health conditions & disabilities back into employment. We’re urging decision makers at Stormont to help us before time runs out. Tag your local MLA & sign our petition at https://t.co/npowyQLkys

[Julie Anderson @drjulespsych]

Our leaders really really do need to step up and start doing things that will make improvements to to health and lives of citizens in NI

[CEO Action Mental Health @CEOamhNI]

This is a local issue requiring a local solution - yet our local leaders remain silent just when leadership is really required. @moneillsf @emmapenggelly @niexecutive @niuse_tweets

[CEO Action Mental Health @CEOamhNI]

Countdown to Crisis - 3 Working Days before key support for 11,000 vulnerable people is withdrawn under the LGF. This will add to the UK's highest levels of Economic Inactivity here.

[Julie Anderson @drjulespsych]

The fall out is going to catastrophic - who is actually responsible and accountable - we really need to start doing a lot better for our people in NI - it feels like a race to the bottom @mikenesbittni @FarrarMike @healthdpt @little_pengelly @moneillsf @rcpsychNI

[Action Mental Health @amhNI]

Westminster isn't listening - we need our own @niexecutive to step up and save vital services for local people. The blame game doesn't help secure skilled jobs or support for people with complex mental health needs, here in NI.

@moneillsf @little_pengelly @BBCNolan

[CEO Action Mental Health @CEOamhNI]

The proposed cut in April means a cumulative 74% reduction in support for the most vulnerable since 2023. Bold and worthy decisions need courage - our local leadership have the chance to show that now. @moneillsf @little_pengelly @NICVA @niuse_tweets

[CEO Action Mental Health @CEOamhNI]

NI Affairs Committee report today confirms tackling Inactivity is key to economic growth. But the Blame Game on funding between Westminster-NIO-NI Executive rages on leading to damaged lives and communities being left further behind.

[CEO Action Mental Health @CEOamhNI]

Countdown to Crisis – 6 Working Days until support for 11,000 disabled and vulnerable people ends with the Local Growth Fund. Over 400 skilled jobs are also at risk.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

You see folks, as far as I can tell, from the outside, this is what it looks like: America has elected a man who talks and behaves like a megalomaniac, and the rest of the planet is supposed to just trust that he won’t completely lose his grip on reality and drag us all into catastrophe.

You want to steal Greenland.
You want Cuba to “make a deal before it’s too late”.
You talk about bombing or invading Mexico.
You kidnap a President and knock off the peoples oil in Venezuela.
You joke about annexing Canada like it should be a shopping centre car park you can just claim because you feel like it.

Do you have any idea how insane that sounds to the rest of us?

This isn’t tough talk. This isn’t strategy. This is a deeply unstable old man threatening sovereign nations like he’s flipping over a Monopoly board because he’s losing. This is not normal behaviour. This is not leadership. This is not strength. This is a walking, talking international crisis.

And Americans, this is where it comes back to you. Not just MAGA, not just the people who voted for him, all of you. Because when the President of the United States starts talking about kidnapping leaders, annexing countries, and issuing ultimatums like a mob boss, the rest of the world doesn’t get a vote. We just get the consequences.

You don’t get to shrug and say, “Well I didn’t vote for him.” That might fly at a dinner party, but it doesn’t fly when nuclear powers are watching this circus and recalculating their own red lines. This is your system. Your presidency. Your responsibility.

From the outside, it looks like America lit the fuse and then wandered off while everyone else stands around the bomb wondering who’s going to cut the wire.

And let’s be brutally honest. This man is nearly 80. He’s frail. He’s clearly deteriorating. He is not some long term visionary playing chess. He’s at the end of his lifespan and acting like nothing matters after him. That is the most dangerous type of leader there is. A man with nothing to lose and an ego that demands constant feeding.

Why should the rest of the world pay for that?

Why should families in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, anywhere, have to worry about war, trade collapse, energy shocks, or global instability because America couldn’t get its own house in order?

This is not about left or right anymore. This is about basic sanity. This is about stopping a psychopath before he does something irreversible. Because once a war starts, once a country gets invaded, once alliances fracture beyond repair, you don’t get a reset button.

So yes, this falls on Americans. You got the world into this mess, and you damn well better roll your sleeves up and get us out of it. Impeach him. Remove him. Contain him. Do whatever your system allows, but do it fast.

Because the rest of us just want to live our lives, raise our families, pay our bills, and not wake up one morning to find out World War Three started because an unhinged old man wanted to feel powerful one last time.

This isn’t funny anymore.
It isn’t theatrical.
It isn’t tolerable.

Get this lunatic under wraps before he ruins it for everyone.

[Action Mental Health @amhNI]

Andrew Muir MLA & Alderman Lewis Boyle heard first-hand today what is at stake if a solution to the funding crisis isn’t found. In 2 weeks, thousands of local people will see their lives turned upside down as jobs & services disappear. Our Executive must act now @AndrewMuirNI

[Emma Little-Pengelly BL @little_pengelly]

Cliff edge on UK Gov Funding under Local Growth Fund

This morning I met with the Prime Minister, the RT Hon Keir Starmer. We discussed a range of issues but I also raised the serious issue of the ending of the UK funding and the limitations of the replacement funding, the Local Growth Fund.

I personally handed this letter to him, on the back of our discussion, re-emphasising the issues I raised, asking him to personally intervene and create stability and funding to allow for further discussions.

There are many excellent organisations currently supported by the funding, coming to an end on 31st March, including the excellent We Are Stepping Stones NI in Lisburn. The removal of this funding will have a profound, negative impact.

The Northern Ireland budget is significant over allocation for next year, limiting any options. After many, many months of negotiations with Treasury, time is running out. I appealed to the Prime Minister to intervene and support this critical work.

[Action Mental Health @amhNI]

Thank you for taking this step to help protect VCS services @little_pengelly in just 12 working days, support for over 11,000 people annually & 400 jobs are at risk. We're urging the Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer, UK Government and @niexecutive to protect vital services in NI.

[Robin Swann MP @RobinSwann_MP]

𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 - 𝐏𝐌 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
I’ve written to the Prime Minister following his comments on direct spending in NI. The current 70:30 capital-to-revenue split doesn't work for NI. Our charities need staff and resources, not just new buildings.

[Action Mental Health @amhNI]

Eamonn is a client at Action Mental Health Foyle. He wrote & performed this rap at the #NICantWait rally in L'Derry, highlighting the severe impact that funding cuts will have on our services and local people. The @niexecutive needs to step in now to save our vital services.