@Autistic_Doc

GP + GPwER ADHD @NHS | Associate Professor @BSMSMedSchool | Research Lead @DoctorsAutistic | Autistic/ADHD/dyslexic/hEDS | Views my own | #Neurodiversity #MedEd

 Brighton, England
profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p287839-sebastian-shaw
Joined July 2021
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🗞️ NEW PAPER 🗞️ Experiences of #ActuallyAutistic adults previously diagnosed with BPD/EUPD "misdiagnosis carried stigma, introduced diagnostic overshadowing, & led to harmful experiences... they felt powerless to challenge it" Read free: journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful… @BSMSMedSchool
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"There is an urgent need to redesign frontline homelessness services to improve accessibility for neurodivergent people. In keeping with our emancipatory approach, we suggest that coproducing these efforts with neurodivergent people is vital"
Seb Shaw@Autistic_Doc
Jun 2
🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️ “Society doesn’t care about you”: a qualitative life-mapping study of neurodivergent people’s experiences of homelessness Read free: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… @BSMSMedSchool @NdtiResearch @ND_Journal
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🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️ “Society doesn’t care about you”: a qualitative life-mapping study of neurodivergent people’s experiences of homelessness Read free: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… @BSMSMedSchool @NdtiResearch @ND_Journal
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Ben Potts@ben_imaging
May 13
Help us improve care in #UK emergency departments (A&E)! The NEEDs Project is researching the experience of #emergency #healthcare. Take our anonymous survey (around 15-20 mins) or choose another way. Link: EDSurvey.link @CityStG_Health @grrand_team @Autistic_Doc
Recruitment flyer titled "Have Your Say: Adult Experiences with Emergency Departments." The survey is open to anyone aged 18 or over who lives in the UK and has needed emergency healthcare, whether or not they attended an emergency department; all neurotypes are welcome and formal diagnosis is not required. Participants can complete an anonymous online survey of approximately 15 minutes or share their experience via an image, voice note, video or discussion. Visit EDSurvey.link or scan the QR code to take part. Funded by a Research at the Frontier of Practice Doctoral Studentship awarded to Ben Potts by City St George's, University of London. Ethics reference ETH2425-1579.

ALT Recruitment flyer titled "Have Your Say: Adult Experiences with Emergency Departments." The survey is open to anyone aged 18 or over who lives in the UK and has needed emergency healthcare, whether or not they attended an emergency department; all neurotypes are welcome and formal diagnosis is not required. Participants can complete an anonymous online survey of approximately 15 minutes or share their experience via an image, voice note, video or discussion. Visit EDSurvey.link or scan the QR code to take part. Funded by a Research at the Frontier of Practice Doctoral Studentship awarded to Ben Potts by City St George's, University of London. Ethics reference ETH2425-1579.

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🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️ Congrats @auti_medic23! The experiences of autistic medical students in relation to seeking and receiving online support “It gave me a lot of courage… I felt a sense of… belonging somewhere” Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… @BSMSMedSchool #MedEd
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“You very much feel like a number on a list, just like a piece to move around the board, and not like a human with your own thoughts, feelings, plans.” “There’s like dissonance between what you want to do and what you feel is right versus what the environment requires...”
Seb Shaw@Autistic_Doc
Jan 17
🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️ Proud of @Joyy_e_keenan! Autistic doctors transitioning into practice “I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see” Read: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @BSMSMedSchool #MedEd #Neurodiversity
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🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️ Proud of @Joyy_e_keenan! Autistic doctors transitioning into practice “I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see” Read: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @BSMSMedSchool #MedEd #Neurodiversity
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“Fat phobia and cruelty towards fat people seems to be something that we somehow think is acceptable.” (Participant) “there was definitely a kinda freak show element at the end of every discussion of it… I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again” (Participant)
Seb Shaw@Autistic_Doc
Jan 8
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️ “I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… @BSMSMedSchool @DrAMeadows #MedEd
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🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️ “I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… @BSMSMedSchool @DrAMeadows #MedEd
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Happy to share that our commentary (with amazing @drharikeerthan), was published y’day in the @MedEd_Journal by @asmeofficial. Since then, we’ve been receiving deeply personal messages—from neuroatypical superspecialists who had to drop out mid-course 1/ asmepublications.onlinelibra…

Unmasking the professional doctor archetype

Neurodivergent doctors challenge a harmful archetype of

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Dr Satendra Singh, MD@drsitu
27 Jun 2025
Thrilled to share that our manuscript 'Unmasking the professional doctor archetype' (by @drharikeerthan & me) will be published in a future issue of @MedEd_Journal. Time to move away from deficit-based models & recognise the strengths of neurodivergent ways of practicing medicine
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Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor? thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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The release of this book snuck up on me! Finally The Neurodiversity Child Autism Assessment Handbook is to be released soon (April 21st), which will take you step by step through a truly neurodiversity affirmative child Autistic identification.
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New paper out from @yellowbicyclist @autisticdoctor @autistic_doc and Jon Ives: Reasonable adjustments for autistic clinicians: A qualitative study.  doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…

Reasonable adjustments for autistic clinicians: A qualitative study

Autistic people experience barriers to accessing healthcare. Autistic clinical professionals may be able to help improve this situation. Previous research, however, has shown that Autistic clinical...

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Huge congrats to @DoctorsAutistic member Dr Samantha @auti_medic23, blazing a trail for #autistic medical students & doctors everywhere🩺🎉 Watch out for her project at @AutismEurope Congress, deepening our knowledge of the experiences & support needs of autistic medical students
Dr Samantha 💙 #LiveableNHSBursary@auti_medic23
13 Mar 2025
Finals Passed 🎉 Officially Dr Samantha ☺️🎉👩🏼‍⚕️ Wheeling to a ward near you Aug 25 ♿️
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I was so delighted to be part of the @rcpsychNDPSIG conference and hear from so many interesting speakers before and during it. Here is a snapshot of some of them and not least @SEDSConnective patron Dr Eccles Chair of NDPSIG who I felt did the most amazing plenary speech. @BendyBrain B Erin, @Autistic_Doc, B Sutton, Dr Evison, Dr Kinnear @PerinatalBirder and more. #unifying #connecting #psychiatry #autonomy
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The last speaker panel of the day from this wonderful conference with various speakers and Chairs @rcpsychNDPSIG #NDPSIG2924 #thinkingDifferently #UlrichMullerSedgewick @BendyBrain #BErin @PerinatalBirder #MKinnear @Autistic_Doc #MEvison
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Really exceptional talk from @benerinerin (@BSMSMedSchool) at @rcpsychNDPSIG this afternoon, exploring his research (with @BendyBrain) on why neurodivergent people may be more creative
NDP SIG@rcpsychNDPSIG
11 Dec 2024
Replying to @rcpsychNDPSIG @MullerSedgwick @BendyBrain @SanaHashmi5 @rcpsychDPSIG @rcpsychNY @SussexUni @BSMSMedSchool @UniOfSurrey @PerinatalBirder @Autistic_Doc
Ben Erin sharing a refreshing perspective on Neurodivergence and Creativity. Researching on this fascinating theme ‘with’ neurodivergent people and how these learnings help us understand NDV in different contexts. @BSMSMedSchool #NDPSIG2024 #RCPsychThinkingDifferently 🧠🔆
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Replying to @rcpsychNDPSIG @MullerSedgwick @BendyBrain @SanaHashmi5 @rcpsychDPSIG @rcpsychNY @SussexUni @BSMSMedSchool @UniOfSurrey @PerinatalBirder @Autistic_Doc
Ben Erin sharing a refreshing perspective on Neurodivergence and Creativity. Researching on this fascinating theme ‘with’ neurodivergent people and how these learnings help us understand NDV in different contexts. @BSMSMedSchool #NDPSIG2024 #RCPsychThinkingDifferently 🧠🔆
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Replying to @rcpsychNDPSIG @MullerSedgwick @BendyBrain
Beyond the neurotype: Dr. Eccles explores complex but ever present brain-body links & overlap across neurodevelopmental conditions,especially hyper-mobility in neurodevelopmental & psychiatric conditions & beyond @SamuelJTromans @SanaHashmi5 @rcpsychDPSIG @rcpsychNY #NDPSIG2024
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Isra@helloimisra
11 Dec 2024
Replying to @helloimisra @BendyBrain
Wowed by @PerinatalBirder speaking the TRUTH about perinatal challenges for women with autism and ADHD. Why are clinicians so reluctant to allow patient autonomy? #NDPSIG2024
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Isra@helloimisra
11 Dec 2024
When your ACF supervisor is researcher goals 🔥🔥🔥 As always, a hugely ‘lightbulb’ and engaging talk from Dr Jess Eccles on the interaction between body and brain! @BendyBrain #NDPSIG2024
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