The fear mongering of this article, and the mental illness shaming in the comments is seriously pissing me off. People saying the kids must have been so scared (they had no idea) and they could have been deranged child killers... www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2562256...

What if you tried experiencing having one first?

Being autistic is hard enough Dont make it worse by gate keeping other people’s experiences

New documentary coming out on how Hitler was probably autistic, but the producers are keen to make sure their findings don't cause stigma for the condition...

This is sort of a myth, but I don't think it's untrue, however I think there are certain traits that make it seem this way. 1. Black and white thinking leading to 'right' or 'wrong'. 2. Experiencing a lot of injustice in life. 3. Not always understanding intentions

Anti-psychiatry professors when confronted with the reality of mental illness:

The autism book i'm reading now, the author says how much she lost not being diagnosed earlier, how much easier school would have been, how much less bullied she'd have been. But i'm not sure. I completely agree earlier diagnosis is essential...

Do you even love you cats if you don't make them their own lounge, knowing they'll never use it?

I hope everyone who donated to David Cartland's "legal fees" are happy to know he spent the money publishing the most poorly written and researched book ever seen 🤦🏼‍♀️

The best part of being here instead of the other place is not having to spend all day discussing and arguing about antidepressants. It seems only one narrative was allowed on there.

One of the reasons I left X. People seem to think they can gatekeep who's allowed in the 'club' and whose diagnosis is accurate and who's isn't. Continual in-wars around levels of support needs too now.

There's a town in the UK with a Reform MP who can't put up Christmas lights because of the flags, and they can't take down the flags because Reform promised they wouldn't... 🤣

'Taking off the Mask' has just had rights sold to a Hungarian publisher 🥳 Think we now have a Italian, Korean, and Hungarian version now! amzn.eu/d/6MfmS9s

you should deactivate your twitter account right now. RIGHT now. go deactivate it now. never log in again. stop giving him traffic!!

A man stabbed multiple people on a train near to where I used to live, and now people are just desperately trying to find a reason to blame it on any minority group they can find he belonged to, as evidence of them being the problem 1/

Being autistic in a capitalist world means you’re constantly asked to prove your humanity by performing productivity. And then they wonder why we burn out.

For Halloween the little devil is pretending to be an angel

Tomorrow I've got an interview for LBC about the motability scheme (2nd one), after an article about reform proposing 'disability carriages' and then ironically, a meeting about motability with a charity straight after! 🚗🚗🚗

Autism and suicide prevention What looks like a “warning sign” to a non-autistic person may be a normal coping mechanism for an Autistic person Dr Moseley explains why change in routine, interests or behaviour is often the most important sign to notice. Thank you @papyrus youtu.be/sEyKflCrric?...

My philosophical thought for the day: sometimes you need to let people think they've won, so eventually they lose

Had to leave X. Someone who threatened me years ago teamed up with someone harassing me now, and started spreading the most absurd lies. Then someone who I thought was once a friend started sharing my private DMs. Tipped me over the edge as already in crisis. Please tell me here is better?!

Really happy to see this wonderful childrens' book on neurodivergence and masking doing so well. I had the pleasure of consulting on the contents of this book, and it's fantastic to see the final product. amzn.eu/d/53E11mV

An important study on the use of oxevision in psychiatric hospitals. If you have ever accessed any mental health services, please take and share! app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/teesside/p...

Sensory issues go underrecognized in part because they are processed internally, but also because autistic people, especially women & girls, often learn to mask them. @drhannahbelcher.bsky.social in the show provides experiential & academic expertise on camouflaging: channel5.com/show/are-you... 3/

AI therapy: Looking for a therapist who knows a bit about AI being used as therapy, as well as someone who has used AI instead of therapy, to just ask a few questions to. Please DM or email me at [email protected].

Chatting Neurodiversity, autism, masking, my book, universities, research, and co-development.@quahrc @JKPBooks @IoPPN_Inclusion @KingsIoPPN @KingsCollegeLon Neurodiversity Matters: Hannah Belcher on (un)masking and mental health research www.podbean.com/ep/pb-wycc5-...

I wrote about the prodromal stage leading up to my experience of psychosis as an adolescent. @medium. medium.com/@anniehickox...

New publication! Our brilliant PhD student has published her first paper, 'Exploring the involvement of people with lived experience of mental disorders in co-developing outcome measures: a systematic review' in the Lancet Psychiatry! kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Hello Niamh Molloy, Imogen Kilcoyne, Hannah Belcher @drhannahbelcher.bsky.social, Til Wykes - congratulations on your new review published today in The Lancet Psychiatry! As if that isn't exciting enough, we've also published a Mental Elf blog on your work. Please let us know what you think.

My review of 'Sedated' by Dr James Davies - you might be suprised that I enjoyed reading this book. I learnt quite a lot around the trends in mental health treatment and the economy, education, political movements etc. 1/ amzn.eu/d/8NTGGaK

Currently watching Patience on Channel 4 about an autistic police investigator. I have mixed reviews. This article sums most up, it's a very stereotypical view of autism that's quite outdated. However, I'm glad to see an autistic actor playing the role. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

@looneyfox.bsky.social confused why you've blocked me when I stood up against your sister and called her out? Nevermind.

111 option 2 would like your feedback... www.engage.england.nhs.uk/survey/1d60f...

“Autistic people should always be involved in research in a meaningful way and should be listened to at every stage of a project. By doing that, researchers can avoid inadvertently doing research that is either harmful to autistic people, or which misinterprets the findings." 🫠

Not to blame everything on ADHD, BUT not properly reading the email whilst booking a red panda experience for my partner that very clearly stated she needed an updated tetanus shot was definitly the ADHD and not at all my fault 🤣🙈🫣😶

“Emergency! Is there a doctor here?” You: Yes. I’m a Doctor in psychology “This person is dying” You: and how do you feel about that?

I was sent to one out of county, not too far but too far for regular visits. It had a huge impact on my mental health and recovery. You can't transition home gradually with leave either.

Really excited to announce the release of the Nice Genes! Podcast 'Slipping through the Spectrum' which I was interviewed for. Hear me talk about my own diagnosis, masking, the gender bias, and other sciency stuff. #ActuallyAutistic @KingsIoPPN www.genomebc.ca/slipping-thr...

Excited to announce the audio version of my book 'Taking off the Mask' will be released on 16th January 2025. Available at Amazon/Audible, Apple, Google Play and Spotify. uk.jkp.com/products/tak...

What a suprise... 😑 #ConservativePartyConference

#ConservativePartyConference

This! 👇🙏 What the tories are doing is against the law, against the equality act. Their response? 'Oh we meant birth sex not gender, we know that can be changed'. Such a devious tactic to get votes from certain groups. #ConservativePartyConference vm.tiktok.com/ZGJcbX2eh/

NICE guidelines recommend the Autism Quotient. However, given the misgivings many of us have on the items used, and with findings from our study that most items are gender biased, is it time to recommend different screening tools? Many may not qualify for assessments based on their AQ scores #autism

NEW PAPER: Our paper examining gender bias on the Autism Quotient is now available #BJPOpen. With over 7,000 participants from the general population, we found all but two items were gender biased. #Autism #AutismSpectrum #AutisticsInAcademic #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness bit.ly/3LKSmrb

I've made it into this new 🟦 land, despite my deep deep hatred of change. So far so good! Who on here is good to follow in the #autism #ADHD #mad #MentalHealth #AuDHD world?