Zoe Townend 💙

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@QueenBx @martinEroberts @Dazzalee127320 This! 👏🏻

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@PicturesFoIder The labyrinth

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

So much smearing & belittling of consultants in the press, but this, from today’s @thetimes letters page, could not have put it more beautifully.

Pls RT if you agree.

#NHS 💙

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@DrP_Principal What sort of running intervention did you employ? My son is 6, suspected autistic and if he runs we obviously chase after him but that makes him run more. Any tips would be good. When he starts running phases it’s like it for 2 weeks or more.

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@christhebarker My cat has a best mate that is twice his size. It’s so lovely to see them play together.

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@pvt_ak Putting them in the burn pile as we have blight across all of our allotment 😩

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@zoeharcombe Yes - I have blight now - no tomato crop for me this year. Climate instability is real.

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@SadieFletcher19 @pvt_ak This is the best part of having an allotment- sharing seedlings and produce if yours don’t develop or bolt etc…it’s such a joy to connect with others and the environment

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@Sarah_Jayne1981 @PookyH What is this?

[Chloe Bellerby @ChloeBellerbyMH]

Based on NHS Data, @YoungMindsUK findings are TERRIFYING. 1.4 million young people were referred to mental health services but there are ZERO services to access. A 2-year waiting time is NOT good enough. When are the government going to act? What are we waiting for? @SteveBarclay

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@CartlinKelly @JerheeW @Michell33650674 Of course it’s uncomfortable, if religion and friendship is only about doing what is comfortable then I don’t want any part of it. I think it’s safe to assume that ‘most’ of his friends haven’t died or else the comment wouldn’t be made

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@PicturesFoIder The labyrinth- and dark crystal. Terrifying both of them

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@IsaLeeWolf @ask_aubry And no reason to have to see him for the next 18 years!

[Square Peg @teamsquarepeg]

Building systems which expect, accept & plan for the variety & diversity of human needs (as opposed to being perpetually surprised higher needs & disabling conditions exist), is not only ethically correct but is part of Government’s duties.

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[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@Sing_SignLewes @ASMU_Sendplight I echo this - I’m ‘lucky’ that everyone is trying but they don’t have the resources or education themselves to do anything. It’s wrong on so many levels, meanwhile ur poor child struggles during what should b the best years of life

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@Miss_Snuffy As much as it might be easy to laugh at this at face value, I wonder how many of these children may be autistic? I have known autistic children who acted as dogs/cats and this may be a coping strategy for school stress.

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@ProfLauraLundy I totally agree - just reinforces the harmful idea that if you aren’t in school your life is literally over. It’s simply not true!

[Canal Boats and Artichokes @NarrowEscapesx]

Tonight, i will be making pizza. I will not be putting pineapple on it because you do not put fruit on pizza 😊

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@MorningGloryVT @ashleyann_atx Emotional education came from a professional with an autistic child themselves. Very challenging

[Zoe Townend 💙 @zoejohnson]

@MorningGloryVT @ashleyann_atx That’s what I came here to say….the ‘anger’ and ‘behavioural problems’ is an emotional difficulty. In my experience I’m not seeing any professional come to examine the root cause of this behaviour but seem to only take a behaviourist approach. Only mention of 1/2