Co-director ACT Now Purposeful Living. Co-author “The Power of Small”. Psychologist. Trauma-informed therapy. #actuallyautistic #actuallyadhd
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined December 2012
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Learning day by day what it means to be #ActuallyAutistic. Hoping this piece I wrote also helps others with similar experiences. Living My Life More Authentically Autistic by Dr Trish Leonard-Curtin - spectrumwomen.com/general/li…
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The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. themarginalian.org/2022/01/3…
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4/4 To celebrate this & a huge website revamp I've got *10%* off all my online trainings
You can use the code: REVAMP at checkout for 10% off anything, valid until 30 September 2023
You can find out about The Inside of Autism & other training here:
theautisticadvocate.com/onli…
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Are you working with adults with ADHD looking for more resources you can signpost? You might be interested in attending @adhdireland's info evening about UMAAP, a psychoed and ACT programme for adults with ADHD
eventbrite.ie/e/unlocking-po…
@UCDPsychology @PsychSocIreland
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Autistic Meltdowns are not… #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
ALT All slides have a light blue background with black text. All slides have my username @neurodivergent_lou in the bottom left hand corner. Slide 1: Text reads - Autistic Meltdowns are not…
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Come see some fantastic speakers including our own John Pendal #Alexithymia & our founder/CeO @killen_tara #NeuroaffirmativePractice & Post-Identification Support
Speaking at the 4th Autism & Systemic Practice conference tomorrow & Fri
Tickets here:
bit.ly/44w9vvz
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Why on earth do professional bodies develop guidelines on autism without consulting their OWN members WHO ARE OPENLY AUTISTIC ???
Do they not realise how lucky they are to have members who are safe to disclose?
Then they’re surprised when their guidelines are slammed 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
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ABA is incompatible with a neurodivergent-affirming, human rights based approach.
No amount of appropriating of the ND movement language changes this fundamental fact.
The rigidity with which the industry refuses to grapple honestly w its existential crisis is breathtaking
The Disability Matters committee found ABA/PBS does not align with human rights. In response, ABA practitioners say "that was old bad ABA, we are good ABA, we align with Neurodiversity Paradigm." (paraphrasing).
Old ABA is the same as new ABA.
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The ADHD tendency to multitask during TV and miss a crucial scene and rewind too far and get bored while waiting for the missed scene and multitask again and miss said scene, again. AND again.
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Hope I wont be the Grinch who spoilt #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek2023 but there's such an avalanche of well-meaning but misguided definitions of #Neurodiversity out there that I've decided Enough is Enough. So here's my Jeremiad on How NOT To! Pls RT neurodiversity2.blogspot.com…
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Irish-Australian actor Chloé Hayden says her autism diagnosis only made her feel more understood and accepted. newstalk.com/news/autistic-a…
Really looking forward to buying my copy and diving in. Well done and thank you @thriving_autist & @adult_autism. This is so necessary.
📢Delighted to announce #training by @adult_autism & @thriving_autist to accompany our soon to be published 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 Adult #Autism Assessment Handbook @JKPAutism & @Amy_jkp
Register & Get 20% off the book📙: bit.ly/3YfL5TU
#NeuroAffirmativeAssessments
ALT Image of the front cover of the book, a cream background with the golden infinity symbol on the lower third of the book with the title: The Adult Autism Assessment Handbook: A Neurodiversity Affirmative Approach above the symbol and the author names below: Davida Hartman, Tara O'Donnell-Killen, Jessica K. Doyle, Dr Maeve Kavanagh, Dr Anna Day, Dr Juliana Azevedo
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I'm excited to be helping to organise this free online conference on May 25 & 26, with a fabulous line up of inspirational speakers to be announced soon.
"Neurodiversity – Shifting Paradigms in Mental Health" eventbrite.ie/e/neurodiversi… @Eventbrite
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Many autistic people proofread and edit a text/email/message 5-10 times before sending it, to make sure they don’t send anything that might be misread as: rude, cold, condescending, critical, angry, ill-informed and/or sarcastic. If we ever take long to reply, this might be why.
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If an autistic person asks you to buy a particular brand of food, clothing or product, please listen. The brand is often important to us, not because we are shallow, but because each brand has their own idiosyncrasies, resulting in some meeting our specific needs and others not.
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Rise up survivors of the UK. We stand with you! Calling on our global network to support this group and share this survey. @ParisHilton @unsilenced_now @WeWarnedThem @NeuroClastic #SICAA #AgainstRestraint #WeStandWithSurvivors
📢CALL FOR RESPONDENTS📢
Have you experienced being admitted to an adult psychiatric unit whilst under the age of 18?
Could you spare 10-15 minutes to fill out our survey?
If so please follow this link - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Many Autists tend to personify the objects around them.
This is understood to be a form of synesthesia where the sense of Empathy bleeds into our perception of objects.
Autists can develop complex relationships with objects they have known for long periods of time.
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📣 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
Boys are not four times more likely to be autistic than girls.
Boys are four times more likely to be DIAGNOSED as autistic than girls.
The imbalance is in diagnosis, not in prevalence.
It's human-made bias, not a natural difference.
