Lara Dowd

Founder @ Talent Atypical Represent diverse creators with something to say | RIP Twitter ~ occasionally pop in for the memes and dog content

[Lara Dowd @laradowd]

Dad turns 65 on 21st. We’d usually be first in line to see the latest Bond film, but since Dad’s now in full time care, this is no longer possible. Would love to surprise him & the other residents with a screening of #NoTimeToDie at the home for his bday. Twitter, can you help?🙏

[UB1UB2 West London (Southall) @UB1UB2]

Surendra Chudasama has been missing from Southall since Saturday 16th November.

He is extremely vulnerable and may be disoriented when found. He is 5'1 and in his late 70s.

If found please call the police and reference CAD 4493161124 or Nitin on 07972085744

[8bit_Bonello @AntoniaBonello]

I’m going to playing Gori Cuddly Carnage LIVE over on my TikTok in 12 MINUTES!

I’d love to see you there ✌️🤓

#gorigame #wcc

[Lara Dowd @laradowd]

@AntoniaBonello Poor Anna 😂😂😂

[Armando Iannucci @Aiannucci]

You seeing this, @ElonMusk?

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

When I was a little boy, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor. It was a surprise attack, and thousands of U.S. servicemembers perished. As a nation, we were stunned. And we vowed to strike back. Revenge was understandably on everyone’s mind, including many Americans of Japanese descent who opposed the emperor and were peaceful and law-abiding U.S. citizens and residents.

In its zeal to exact that revenge, however, the U.S. government overreacted, out of fear and bigotry. They targeted everyone who happened to look like the people who had carried out the attack. Those of us who had done nothing wrong were forced to pay the consequences for the decisions of others far away and disconnected from us. We were interned for years, in open-air prisons, while America went off to fight Japan, Germany and Italy.

It’s so important that we carry the lessons of the past through to today. Merely because one group commits atrocities and acts with depravity does not mean vast hundreds of thousands or even millions of others should be lumped together with them and made to suffer. We must never paint with the brush of justice and retaliation too broadly, or the toll of human suffering will rise immeasurably.

[Scott Bryan @scottygb]

The news may be particularly difficult for sexual assault / domestic abuse survivors. Support is always there:

@RefugeCharity 08082000247 (24/7)
@womensaid (website online support)
@SurvivorsUK (website online support)

[merman hellville @seafoamghost]

[ russell brand, SA ]

daniel sloss being one of the very few comedians happy/being safe enough to talk about RB non-anonymously a) doesn’t surprise me, but b) makes me very glad that this clip is truly how he lives his life and it wasn’t all talk https://t.co/DkcP4snKCs

[Patrick Strudwick @PatrickStrud]

As Elton John sings I’m Still Standing all I can think is what a miracle that is, that he’s raised over $600million for HIV/AIDS, and therefore how many people are still alive - still standing - because of him.

[BPAS @BPAS1968]

Tomorrow, a woman in England will be sentenced for ending her own pregnancy.

The maximum sentence she could receive is up to life imprisonment - the harshest penalty in the world.

We need abortion law reform now.

Report from @HannahAlOthman in today’s @thetimes

[Michelle Beckett @MichelleBeckett]

This could be lethal. Please, @BBCPanorama, right this wrong before someone with #ADHD dies because of your irresponsible reporting

[Emily Mckenzie @Emily_Mckenzie]

Let's expose the unethical journalistic practices that went into making #Panorama - ADHD Clinics Exposed.
It appears that @RCars0n1 went undercover in a private group for ADHD women and then messaged people pretending he was doing a piece on #ADHD diagnoses "within the NHS".

[Michelle Beckett @MichelleBeckett]

I haven’t yet watched #Panorama - ADHD Clinics Exposed, so will make a more informed comment when I have done so.

I am, however, initially very concerned about the impact this is already having on the #ADHD community in the UK.

If we are fortunate enough to be able to find the resources, many of us HAVE NO CHOICE but to seek a private diagnosis, given the long waiting times on the NHS.

The majority of diagnostic clinicians for ADHD are incredibly thorough, knowledgeable and careful. Many have worked or still work for the NHS doing exactly the same job, and they do not carry out a different assessment process.

The ADHD Collective sincerely hopes this type of reporting does not add to the stigma of ADHD as a made-up, excuse-based, or insignificant condition - but early responses to the programme are worrying.

We wish more reporting time could be spent highlighting the reality of life with ADHD, furthering it's acceptance in society, and helping those who struggle with this serious, life-long, neurodevelopmental condition on a daily basis.

In the meantime:

YOUR STRUGGLES ARE VALID AND AREN’T YOUR FAULT

ADHD is real and highly stigmatised. Let’s all stick together when under ‘attack’ like this. WE WILL beat stigma and as we do so, there will be inevitable backlashes.

- Michelle

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

This bar chart has attracted the attention of the richest man in the world. Let me walk you through how I would interpret it as a statistician (and a human).

[Fatboy Slim @FatboySlim]

Enough respect #ImWithGary
@GaryLineker

[Eddie Burfi @EddieBurfi]

I would like to buy this wonderful human being a pint. 🔥 #BBCQT

[Lara Dowd @laradowd]

When Bruce Willis’ statement came out in 2022, many people who have been through this journey sadly predicted the “real” diagnosis was to come

I would hope the media notes the importance of ensuring accurate information, which could help so many others now & in the future

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[Lara Dowd @laradowd]

This subject hits hard.. my heart truly goes out to him & his family

Awareness of rare dementias like FTD is so important, but I’m seeing too many reports saying his Aphasia “progressed into” FTD which isn’t fact & isn’t in the statement

Likely FTD caused Aphasia 1/3

[Variety @Variety]

After Bruce Willis’ family announced in March 2022 that the actor had been diagnosed with aphasia and would retire from acting, his condition has now progressed into frontotemporal dementia. https://t.co/ozkHQ4Ytp3

[Lara Dowd @laradowd]

It’s well documented that rare forms of dementia including FTD, PPA and PCA in young(er) onset is harder to diagnose, often because of lack of awareness…

My Dad was told he likely had aphasia at his first GP appointment but 10 months later the true diagnosis was confirmed

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