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An unclaimed #buyastrangerabook offer! @kerankaur77.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a novel up to £20! Any novel at all, not just what's on my website. It's #buyastrangerabook day, so if there's something in particular you'd like, just get in touch. UK only

This #buyastrangerabook offer from @catphoto.bsky.social keeps on rolling. No takers last week. No takers so far this week. A free book to anyone who works in the service industry etc, up to £20. Check the offer out and if you'd like a book, do get in touch. UK only

On the 25th October 2018, from my hospital bed, I began to write. 1/5

Just finished listening to #ToExistAsIAm by @gracespencegreen.bsky.social Brilliant writing and I always love it when audiobooks are narrated so authentically by the author.

The Afterword of Normally Weird including horror movies and dark angels uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm... #normallyweird

Well that was awesome, thanks. Teen is ready to devour the signed books. If you haven’t heard @robinince.bsky.social talking about his new book (and lots of other stuff) yet, get yourselves a ticket.

Fantastic podcast

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My new workshop:small museums for mental health, is now live. I'll teach you how creating small museums alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health & we'll make small museums together 24 May,zoom, recording available afterwards Open to anyone,anywhere workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...

Inking…

“I call myself disabled so that others with disabilities across a wide spectrum might one day feel comfortable doing the same. Because life is, indeed, too short for someone else’s shame.” @amandaleduc.bsky.social disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/09/16/l...

Familiar..

Happy Friday! It's #WorldPenguinDay so I thought I'd remind you that penguins do have knees, they just aren't where you think they should be.

Happy #WorldPenguinDay 🐧 🐡

Lovely morning dog walk to the sound of skylarks

New #grief research centre - the first of its kind in the UK - launched today. The Centre, led by @goodgrieffest.bsky.social founders @lucyselman.bsky.social & @leseldawson.bsky.social, hopes to change public attitudes towards grief & improve community support for the bereaved. bit.ly/42YCRVi

Sick and despicable

Treating autism as shameful or blaming environmental factors is a step back to the days when scientists blamed unloving mothers or vaccines. It focuses on blame rather than supports. Focusing on the causes takes away money from lifespan issues and supports and services.

Hippo #crochet

Parkrun is the most inclusive group physical activity I can think of. And the only physical activity my non-binary teen feels comfortable doing. Thank you #parkrun for allowing people of all genders to be who they are at your events 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

They're going after Parkrun again, you know, that event where lots of people of all ages, abilities and genders run around a local park and it not, in any form, a race?

Beautiful bluebells and birdsong

I think Humphrey enjoyed his share of blueberry & yoghurt pancake for breakfast

Machine embroidered artwork by Alison Holt, UK textile artist #WomensArt #Spring

An illustrator's happy accident: "Spilled Ink Kittens" by Japanese artist Avagadoo #caturday #art #illustration

Very thankful that the overrepresentation of #autism people (up to 10X more)in #homeless population is studied. It has been my experience, working with homeless population for more than 2 decades. Hopefully more reseach will be done along with solutions presented www.wired-gov.net/wg/news.nsf/...

Love this podcast

We are thrilled to announce the launch of The Haven, a brand new online learning centre created with neurodivergent young people (aged 13-17) at its heart! Visit

Here’s a poem about the time I went online to buy an Easter egg and spent an absolute fortune.

The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real. When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains. Zoom in if you're strung out🌿

Know what actually destroys families? Children dying of vaccine preventable diseases.

Hurrah! The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook is to be released soon (April 21st)! What an honour to work with @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social & team and play a small part in this epic new publication! This will be life-changing for so many people! uk.jkp.com/products/the...

Lovely walk today with my teen & our dog.Stopped for a pub meal - loud music, busy, unfamiliar layout. Awesome staff member spotted our overwhelm, sorted us out patiently & without judgement.

The Supreme Court ignored trans voices, harming trans people – and the fairness of its ruling. I’m ashamed of what our law has become, says @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social 💬 goodlaw.social/83qa

Autistic kids need opportunities to grow up confidently autistic, not steeped in shame. This shame is imposed on us by societal messages that we're broken & defective - as autistic adults, we need to discuss it openly, so we can choose to find a pathway out of shame www.linkedin.com/posts/mary-d...

Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...