Hurrah! What an honour to join @thrivingautistic.bsky.social's Discovery Celebration event last night! Read the Discovery report: www.thrivingautistic.org/discovery-ev... Watch the 2 new animations about Autistic experiences: www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...

I am SO EXCITED to be able to finally launch the animations I have been working on with @thrivingautistic.bsky.social and our team including @fergus.oolong.co.uk , @scrappapertiger.bsky.social @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social, @somebodysomeone.bsky.social and others! (image from animation!)

Created by animator Iara Abigalil, @autisticrealms.bsky.social , @fergus.oolong.co.uk , @scrappapertiger.bsky.social , @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social , Laura Buckland Mason and music by @somebodysomeone.bsky.social Join us for our launch: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/discovery-...

@jessicakdoyle.bsky.social @taraodk.bsky.social @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @autisticrealms.bsky.social

Read this extract from 'The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook' in @bpsofficial.bsky.social on moving away from deficit-based models and towards truly #neuroaffirmative child #autismassessment www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... Get your copy here: uk.jkp.com/products/the...

Surprise celebration 💐 🎉 💐 (for me too!)— our Neurodiversity-Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook is out this Monday, April 21st! Proud to co-author with an amazing team and brilliant contributors. Packed with tools for #NeuroAffirmative child autism assessment. Pre-order: bit.ly/4lFhMXc

New interest path: "having increased perceptual capacity can allow more effective processing of the necessary information and, consequently, superior task performance (Remington, Swettenham, and Lavie 2012). 1/2

Head into next week with the confidence of a crow. 🪶

I've spent over 3 months researching #catfountains, with the question of whether it's really necessary always floating near by. Only to now order one with nearly no research on the spot. I wonter is this a common #Audhd battle or just a Jess thing. I've repeated this pattern many times before.

I told my family that I will need to take 2hrs on my own this Christmas day. I hope it is accepted on the day as well as it was when I said it. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ Cat walks will be need for my sanity and their happiness.

Thank you for sharing this, 😊 I'm currently trying to think of everyday examples that would help explain this in simple ways. So if anyone has any idea of ways, examples or metaphors that might help explain the difference in perception, id live to hear them. #Autistic #Perception #Neurodiversity

The book’s deep dive into autistic perception is available as a free download: hachette-extras.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/prod/4358426... This section was written by @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social who also made this video summing up some key things to know about autism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBjW...

Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work. I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.

📌 There is also a version on my profile of my Film "When I grow up I want to be" which has no music for those who would like to watch it but find background music a barrier to #accessibility. I am the opposite and find music helps me explain and explore better. youtube.com/@jessicakdoy...

Trains by Jessica K Doyle Here is a poem which I wrote while waiting for the train after my first day of being back in college.

This short film 📽️ that I made, is an artistic, #Autistic, self-reflection of my #MH journey, #synesthesia cognition, the gamble of #suicide & growth from 11years to late 20s in finding space to be Real Me & the battle with “the mask/fake jess” to survive & thrive. youtu.be/2C85JfflixY?...