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Autistic ADHDer, mental/physical illness, iatrogenic harm, co-production, MSc Psychology & Learning Disability student. Views own.

Brighton, England
Joined February 2012
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Please share 🙏 Does anyone have any recommendations for UK (online) support groups for family members of drug addicts - and please god no fucking 12 step programmes or religion. Just like a peer space to talk.
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We need to rewrite the narrative of "remember to take your meds". Some of us are in a category where we relapse regardless. It's not about medication, just a bad combination of things.
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
My student @ChloeSApter is recruiting autistic adults in the UK who have been assigned a label like “challenging behaviour” as she has. Would you consider sharing your experience with her or retweeting so others may have more opportunity to do so? Thank you.
Are you a UK-based autistic adult who has - like me - been assigned the "challenging behaviour" label or similar? If so, I'm looking to hear more about your experiences for my MSc Psychology & Learning Disability research. 📧 [email protected] Supervisor: @drstevenkapp
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
Until we stop struggling with the idea that some health setting cultures are rotten and some practitioners do not practice with compassion and dignity, we will never improve them
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So many broken promises and missed targets - so 15 years after the ‘watershed’ of Winterbourne View, autistic people & citizens with learning disabilities still suffer state-sanctioned abuse. My @theipaper column on a scandal dragging on in plain sight inews.co.uk/opinion/autistic…
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
Are you Autistic and have you been given the ‘challenging behaviour’ label? If yes, and you have the spoons, please consider participating in our wonderful Chloe’s study. #ActuallyAutistic
How do autistic adults make sense of being assigned the "challenging behaviour" label? *RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS* I am autistic & I have been assigned the "challenging behaviour" label Supervisor: @drstevenkapp Email [email protected] to express interest/for more info
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
A NHS Trust was ordered to pay compensation to a patient over use of Oxevision (LIO) - what does this mean for other Trusts? What does the guidance from NHSE and CQC say? Plus, read our letter to NHS England asking them to take action stopoxevision.com/2026/04/29…
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As a trauma survivor, I am always sceptical of someone when they deem something to be a "safe space". It's paternalistic - who decides what constitutes a "safe space"? Professionals. How can everyone feel safe in the same conditions? I believe in more nuanced "safer spaces".
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TW: suicide attempt, self-harm Once, I was in A&E after a suicide attempt. A man (who was there for a suicide attempt too) hugged me without consent whilst I was hurting myself. I screamed & began to cry & shake. Healthcare professionals chastised me for being "mean" to him.
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
As an autistic ADHDer, I often prefer phone calls to written communication. This is because: a) I'm painfully impatient. b) Written communication involves waiting for a response. I cannot cope with the uncertainty about what the response will be. Communication is nuanced.
Some autistic people find making phone calls extremely stressful and unpleasant and will avoid them at all costs. Please don’t try and force your communication preferences on others. image: anon
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
TW: restraint, physical assault What DID NOT make it into my healthcare record: being physically assaulted & restrained in A&E. What DID make it into my healthcare record: when there was an empty Nando's bag in my flat during a Mental Health Act assessment. Laugh or cry.
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Once, upon discharge from a psychiatric crisis assessment unit, I was reprimanded for my "non-engagement". My crime - I was told - was politely saying "no thanks" each time an overzealous support worker asked me if I wanted to do some colouring in with her or play a boardgame.
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
I've written articles on my experiences of mental illness & iatrogenic harm. Despite these articles being in the public realm, I hugely appreciate people reaching out for consent to use my writing for training purposes. This consent means more to me than they probably know.
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
TW: abuse 🧵Some thoughts on dissociative identity disorder not being perceived as "relatable", "palatable", or "the right" response to complex trauma: 1/20
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
Fellow late-diagnosed autistics... Let's remember that a childhood autism diagnosis does not necessarily mean someone received good, neuroaffirmative support. Listen to those who say their childhood diagnosis facilitated mistreatment, diagnostic overshadowing, discrimination.
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
All autistic people have the right to self-define how they experience being autistic. For me, autism is a different - not lesser - way of being. I do not describe it as a condition or a disorder, but as an "often disabling difference". This is how I interpret my autisticness.
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
Short🧵on a psychiatric hospital admission where I acquired the label of "challenging behaviour", experienced highly restrictive practice, & and had an unsafe discharge.
🧵2 years ago today, I arrived at a psychiatric hospital: detained under the Mental Health Act. The hospital was new, with double beds & TVs in bedrooms. But I acquired the label of "challenging behaviour" & was subjected to a cruel regime of extensive restrictive practice. 1/8
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Reason 64783 why the Mental State Examination (MSE) is problematic: Today, a GP wrote in my appointment notes that I was "appropriately dressed". I was wearing pyjamas.
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Chloe (she/her) retweeted
The weaponisation & misapplication of the Mental Capacity Act is one of the biggest issues facing mentally ill folk, in my opinion. The dreaded words, "you have capacity" haunt so many of us. Reminder: capacity is time & decision specific.
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