Sign the Petition Stop redundancies at Ulster University

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Share Your Story: Raising an Autistic Child as a Global Majority (Black, Asian or Mixed Heritage) Parent Thank you for your willingness to share your story. I’m writing a book to amplify the voices of global majority parents raising autistic children around the world. Many parents feel isolated, particul...

GLOBAL MAJORITY PARENTS OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN

I'm sharing this on behalf of Reena Anand.
Reena is writing a book for the Global Majority Parents of Autistic Children. It's well underway and will be published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd.

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Go you! Doing a PhD application nearly ended me.... interview next week excitedly dreading it 😂

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She could have stayed relevant by owning her own bias and leaning into new schools of thought.. benefit of hindsight etc Genuinely baffled me! I thought thats what research does? Asks questions and builds on that 😅

That article annoyed me immensely yesterday. Especially that it was in TES as well. Totally agree, it gaslighted women and their experiences. Also thinking and science moves on as we learn..very strange take 🤔

I wasn't sure either initially but glad I stuck with it. It is very funny (and a bit dark). Just finished it and as a Belfast woman living in Donegal near Derry the humour definitely tracks 😄

I miss the time before privacy disappeared. Have teens now and feel so sorry for how they dont have the same freedom to make mistakes in the same way as previous generations without the threat of someone having a recording device at hand.

Surely the job of Justice Minister requires you to be pretty sensitive to people, given a lot of people you may meet will often be in the middle of the worst experience of their lives. Proving how deeply unqualified he is for the job.

Autism Central is England's Peer Education Programme, commissioned by the NHS and delivered by Anna Freud. There is a photo of a Black mother and child hugging and laughing. The text says one of the services of Autism Central is free one-to-one sessions with a peer guide, for anyone supporting an autistic person.

Looking for trusted support and practical resources for those who live with, work with or love an autistic person?

Visit #AutismCentral for information, guidance, and tools to support autistic people of all ages and their families.

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Finished it this wknd it was sooo good. As a Belfast woman living in Donegal near Derry the humour and stereotypes all tracked 😂

Stares in "Karen" 😭

Love this Robert. Thank you for sharing.

Please share✨

Great opportunities for young people in Ireland.

This work experience could bring your to new places, new spaces with people from so many cultures & could change the trajectory of your life 🤩💪🏾 Give it a go!

#spéirghorm #EU #Disabled #ChronicIllness #MS #JobFairy

Couldn't agree more. Kids enjoy great stories from actual writers, just like the rest of us. Not really sure why they need celebrity? Pretty sure none of mine would even know who Rob Brydon is.

Picked up your Halloween book recently, kids loved it!

NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK

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Say no to Palantir in the NHS NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

Mandelsons fingerprints seem to be all over this questionable deal with a very problematic company. More scrutiny is needed as concerns from BMA and GPs appear to be dismissed or minimised. Where is the governance?

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Ah right, I thought Turnit in was just for plagiarism didn't realise it looked at AI too.

Huge implications for students etc though if true. Other half is in academia dont think a lot of unis are using any programmes to spot it yet like they do for plagiarism.

Sorry Aslynn, I don't know anything about this. Interesting though 🤔. I'm more of a only use AI to try and find out how to get rid of AI on my devices kinda person 😆

Ah sure it wasn't your fault. Knew it wasn't you so thankfully no hassle came my way. Sorry you and others were targeted x

Ah jeez that's awful. Saw your lovely face on the awful bio when they followed me. Blocked and reported. Glad to see you back 💚

We have availability on our Discovery Programme starting 18th Feb for 18-24 yr olds.
6 weeks
Neuro-affirming exploration of Autistic identity.
Online 7-8.45pm (UK)
Funded spaces available thanks to Rethink Ireland
Hope to see some of you there!
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#IrishGovernment close the loophole so that our country is not complicit in these breaches of #HumanRights

Use of Irish airport for US deportation flights to Israel called ‘reprehensible’ Irish politicians condemn use of Shannon airport by private jet en route to Israel, owned by Trump donor Gil Dezer

Turning a blind eye to US shenanigans at Shannon Airport cannot be permitted to continue. Rendition flights were such a dark and shameful part of our history. #spéìrgorm

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Springboard Neurodivergent Arts Network: Launch Event Join Mainspring Arts online to celebrate the launch of Springboard Neurodivergent Arts Network

For #neurodivergent #artists #writers #theatremakers based in the UK, this looks fascinating.

#actuallyautistic

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Sign the Petition Hidden Disabilities Still Need Support: Change The Ride Access Pass System Immediately

Petition to sign, if you so wish:
Merlin, who operate theme parks such as Alton Towers, apparently decided that autistic and ADHD people don't count as having real needs, and are no longer eligible for their usual ride passes if they find queues impossible.

What?!
Please share.

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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

Time trends in the male to female ratio for autism incidence: population based, prospectively collected, birth cohort study Objectives To examine changes in the male to female ratio in diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) over a 35 year period, providing temporal trends in diagnosis (incidence rate), the male to fem...

www.bmj.com/content/392/... Autistic girls & women: By age 20, they were diagnosing pretty much equal numbers of men & women.
Huge study, whole population of Sweden born 1985-2020.
Not 1 in 10.
Not 1 in 4.
Not 1 in 3.
Equal numbers, just about.

100 years of research, most based on the wrong info.