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#actuallyautistic ADHD, Semi-speaking Speech & Language Therapist 🗣 Neurodiversity advocate 🌈🧠 Part-time AAC User 📲 All views are my own.

Yorkshire and The Humber
Joined January 2021
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Are you an Autistic adult who is engaged in therapy? Or are you a therapist working with Autistic adults? Our Therapy Passport helps therapists support autistic people's unique needs. Download our free Therapy Passport here: thrivingautistic.org/therapy…
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We are back and open for appointments! We also have a new number. Call us on 01803 362075 or email [email protected]
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Sick notes save lives #SavedByASickNote
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#listentononspeakers Max Whelan shared some of his experiences with us at our recent conference and how he advocates for all non-speakers to get access to AAC youtube.com/watch?v=5bnssbJl…
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This is extremely worrying. Important for those working with children and families to be aware of. Thank you @Jess_Warren_ @BBCNews for reporting on it. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo…
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The #WhitewashAutism Campaign is discussing about the image problem in the autism community which show white autistic people or white autism parents talking about autism. The narrative keeps enforcing the narrative that you have to be white to be autistic and along with other /1
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Newsflash: there are NOT more neurodivergent people. There are more of us finally being identified. Why are we not celebrating that fact 🤦🏻‍♀️
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"When I saw you were a therapist of colour it made me so pleased and relieved". The highlight of my SLT career so far and the reason why representation is so important. #MySLTday
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#AERA2024 join me at this panel on Sunday, so excited to share the stage & learn from all the amazing speakers & a BIG thank you to the wonderful @mildredboveda for creating this space & encouraging me to share my work with others 💜💜💜
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In that first tweet, I used the puzzle piece, described the ‘symptoms’ of autism and used person-first language. We LEARN!!! Let’s always remember some people are at the start of their journey of understanding and it can take time to learn! 💜
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It's the first day of Autism Acceptance Month So let's start the month off with this message! This also works the alternative way. If someone tells you their preference is "with autism," likewise don't refer to them as an "autistic person." How we identify is key 🔑 respect it
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Standardised assessments will always label a % of the population as failing or even disordered. Yet assessments like this assume there is a standard way of being a human. That's clearly absurd. It's society's push for order that causes disorder. Diversity is not something to fix.
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It’s important to remember that the current diagnostic criteria for autism describe distressed autistic people, yet it’s perfectly possible to be autistic & thrive.
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Therapists trained within a system that perpetuates racist, ableist ideologies will reinforce these biases in their assessment practices
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This #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek please don’t refer to my disability (AuDHD) as a “superpower” 🌈🧠
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