Today is World Suicide Prevention Day.
This video produced by Norwich City does a fantastic job of shining a light on how many people suffer in silence when they don’t need to.
If you’re struggling, you can call Samaritans on: 116 123.
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I hate that autism is becoming a scape goat for shitty people to justify their actions. As an autistic person it’s so damaging to our community when we’re already misrepresented enough. Autism does not and will never excuse your awful behaviour, you’re just a horrible person.
Autistic people making jokes about THEIR OWN autism/autistic experiences isn't making light of or making fun of autism
It's often done to help spread awareness. It can also be a coping mechanism. It can also be so other autistics who relate can have a laugh and feel less alone
This is always what it was going to be used for btw. It’s not some great equalizer. It’s a way for already massively wealthy execs to add a few more mil to their annual bonuses by cutting creative teams entirely & having a machine vomit up the most boring slop imaginable instead
Tim Farron, "The unpleasantness about this debate is only matched by the lack of proper information" #BBCQT
"85% of refugees settle in the country next to where they come from"
"The French take 3x more refugees than we do"
"The Germans take 4x more refugees than we do"
"If you put us back in the European Union, we are 19th in the league table when it comes to the number of refugees we take per capita"
"Do we need deterrents? Yes. The best deterrents is competence. If we assess people when they arrive - and they are not illegal immigrants - they are people seeking asylum.. From Sudan.. Afghanistan.. Iran.. Syria.. 90%+ turn out to be genuine refugees"
"If we have a competent government, and we haven't had one, let's see about this one.. And you assess them quickly.. And return the ones that are not refugees"
"That is your deterrent"
"Rwanda was a waste of money.. If they spent that money on case workers we could have processed these people, returned the ones that weren't refugees in a humane way, and let th eones who are genuine refugees, become British, pay their taxes, be part of our country, and we should be proud to admit them"
Very well said @timfarron 👏