Epilepsy can lead to earlier deaths in people with intellectual disabilities, study shows #LearningDisabilities

We have joined a national campaign to tackle drink and drug driving and ask ‘Are You Mate Enough’ to speak up? Rovers players and staff have joined forces with @SYSaferRoads to spread awareness about the dangers of impaired driving. 🗞️ buff.ly/2Q2h3nk #DRFC

I like this😀 #LearningDisabilities

Deadline approaching - please share! A career changing opportunity for a nurse or midwife (UK-wide) https://buff.ly/4joLoah @susanmasters.bsky.social @cmos1993.bsky.social @louisekeane84.bsky.social @flibbertyj.bsky.social @jbeebee.bsky.social @rmnlizf.bsky.social

Mencap's Campaigns Assistant Vijay shares the differences between a learning disability and learning difficulty Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wQxDv

#OliversCampaign If you work in health,care or education, its vital to document incidents thoughtfully Is your account factual or is it influenced by personal interpretation? Reflect on what could have been done differently Accurate, reflective documentation leads to learning and safer practices.

Autistic #Empathy is demonstrating understanding of the feeling via sharing of a story that reflects that feeling. NTs often call this anything from "self-centering" to "one-upping", et al. Double empathy problem on display, or projection, really.

🎅🏻 Who relates? Might be wishful thinking but here is my Christmas Eve wish… autist edition ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through her space, not a creature was stirring, no demands in her face… #yellowladybugs #actuallyautistic #autism #neurodivergent #autisticgirls #autisticwomen

More than 50,000 UK workers homeless this Christmas: 'No guarantee that work means a home'

MOAR BOOKS: @stevesilberman.bsky.social's NeuroTribes "is essential reading for anyone with a clinical, professional, or personal interest in autism & the human mind. [This] journey through the timeline of autism reveals a hidden, often shocking history." salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources-an...

“It's not for us to have shame, it's for them.” Gisèle Pelicot 2024. Respect.

Have a look at my list of RNLDs and student learning disability nurses you might like to follow. If you are not on there and want to be let me know bsky.app/profile/did:...

👇👇👇👇❤️🙏🙌 #chooseldnursing #bestcareerchoice #LDnurses

Day one of trauma-focussed CBT complete, really interesting, looking forward to the next 2 :-)

All behaviour is communication. Look beyond the behaviour for your answers! #SupportDontPunish

That's it, probation period passed and lots of exciting future plans! Time flies when you're having fun!!! #prisonnursing #rnld

How I Communicate explores the communication of minimally/non-speaking autistic young people aged 13 - 21. We need: ✅ Parents/carers of minimally/non-speaking autistic people 13 - 21 who ✅ Attend a UK education setting to ✅Take part in an online focus group Info below 👇 #Autismresearch Please share!

Words matter. theatypicaladvocate.substack.com/p/neurodiver... #disabilityawareness #neurodiversity #neuroaffirming #atypical

The future of learning disability nursing: what needs to change? I really hope that the NMC & other authorities take action, like RNLDs are www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/health...

Language is so important - why we don't use the terms high or low functioning autism, it's a spectrum. health.clevelandclinic.org/high-functio...

Many autistic people have intellectual disability. It's important to remember that, for them, "Support is not about deciding things for someone; it’s about empowering them to do what they want to do. It’s giving them the tools to build their own best life." From John Marble et al: a.co/47EA3cl

On interoception difficulties, which are common in autistic people: "What if you noticed feelings on the inside of your body but had no idea what the feelings meant? Or your internal sensations were so overwhelming that your body feels unsafe on a daily basis?" www.kelly-mahler.com/what-is-inte...

New resource on #autism from RCPsych (who I can’t find here yet…) www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-healt...