Hayley Morgan

A picture taken from behind rows of other theatre spectators in wooden seats, with backs to the person taking the photo. The stage is empty except for a vintage hospital bed with strip fluorescent lighting.

A white woman with short blonde hair (wig) smiles at the camera on the left, behind her shoulder is an olive skinned white wiman with shoulder length brown hair smiles at the camera wearing a linen coat and gold jewellery, she is around forty. The woman on the right wears sunglasses on her head and is blonde bob haired with a denim jacket and zebra print dress. They all smile happily and genuinely at the camera.

Last Saturday I enjoyed Nye at the Wales Millennium Centre starring @mchshe.bsky.social Extra special as my family friend Karen and I are two Port Talbot women who became doctors in health science to fight for change in the sector. My Mam is fighting incurable cancer via the NHS 💪🏽 #PortTalbotSteel

Hi 👋 I’m Autistic and am completely apathetic about neurotypical acceptance of my existence. The ball is not in your court. Thanks. Cheers.

April Fools’ Day is the ultimate Autism Taster Day where neurotypicals get to know what it’s like to constantly try to gauge if someone’s lying or mocking and constantly getting it wrong. Fun for all the neurotypes (!)

No, you can’t defend the PIP cuts and there’s a chunk raggedly dragged from your soul every time you try

#A2ndVoice Autistic Adults Aged 50+ Years Meet up. Thur 13th March, from 11am-noon. For autistic people aged 50+ years,. The theme is Managing wellbeing. It's free, but you must register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrdeyrrzsoHtH9VUVg37CPtp_fcioUMz4W#/registration

Our #A2ndVoice chat for #AutisticElders is on Thur 13th March, from 11am-noon. If you're #autistic & aged 50+ years, you're welcome. This month we'll chat about Managing wellbeing. It's not a lecture or class, it's an informal chat. It's free, but you must register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

There is a shameful tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Shame on the government
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A woman in her thirties who is white with glasses and brunette hair scraped into a bun, stares blankly into the camera with a gold sheet face mask on

Auditioning for the next Star Wars episode when you’re more CPTSD than C3PO.

Sunshine on my poocher ☀️ 🐶 My solar-powered beagle is hoping I will leave the room, so he can eat the proving hot cross bun dough unattended on the windowsill.

A child’s drawing of red hearts on white paper and cymr am byth written

Child’s handwriting in English and Welsh say happy st Dwynwen’s day u love you two hearts oh desire two souls is but one journey

I love my St Dwynwen’s Day card from my babiest 🧊 ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

My parrotlet Amali appreciating my Morrigan statuette. Mam’s little war bird 🥰 🦜 🏹

A children’s book illustration shows one little boy crying and clinging to his father’s leg in school uniform. There are just legs drawn to suggest the dad is so much taller but the illustration stops at the knees. Other children in uniform of the same age are showing walking in the opposite direction as indicated by a mile sign saying ‘school’ in the direction they are going

“Oh no, he’s crying!”
“Why do you think he’s crying, baby?” (Expecting the reason to be he doesn’t want to go to school or like the other children etc)
“Because that man isn’t his daddy. And he has NO BODY, just legs, Mum 😔that’s why he crying!”

My #ActuallyAutistic child’s perspective > yours ❤️ 🧠

My career goal is to get to a point where I’m interviewed by Philomena Cunk about Neurodiversity. Obviously a reliable salary is also goals but let’s be realistic.

Breastfeeding, Autism & ADHD: Understanding extra support needs and positives for the Autistic or ADHD breastfeeding mother, parent and child Breastfeeding, Autism & ADHD: Understanding extra support needs and positives for the Autistic or ADHD breastfeeding mother, parent and child eBook : Lunny IBCLC, Emily : Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store

Fellow MARG member Emily Lunny, an Autistic lactation consultant, has a wonderful new book! It’s currently free for Kindle users:
Breastfeeding, Autism & ADHD: Understanding extra support needs and positives for the Autistic or ADHD breastfeeding mother, parent and child amzn.asia/d/8cPuCVj

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Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Rewatching Buffy for the nostalgia warm fuzzies. I’ve realised that my love for Giles’ flitting around carting books and being a boffin in tweed ‘n’ glasses has manifested into a very real career.

Services for Autistic Adults We're a global team of ND psychologists & coaches providing support services to the autistic community. We work with newly diagnosed & self-identified autistic adults

Neurodivergent Led supports, advocacy, training, lots of free resources and more....

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Autistic Adults’ Priorities for Future Autism Employment Research In a study of 197 autistic adults, participants stressed the need for research on how to advance in their careers and transition out of work successfully. Despite 22% of autistic adults in the UK b…

Autism employment research often focuses on getting autistics into the workforce but overlooks a crucial aspect: career progression. While autistics "may find jobs, advancing to senior roles or transitioning out of work—such as into retirement—remains underexplored."

crae.ioe.ac.uk/autistic-adu...

Ah, the great ‘unravelling’ 🧐 I’m still working through mine 8 years post-diagnosis and probably always will be.

A “Round, Bruising Sort of Pain”: Autistic Girls’ Social Camouflaging in Inclusive High School Settings - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Although autistic females often “camouflage” their autism, few studies examine the degree to which adolescent females demonstrate these behaviors in inclusive school settings. We examined: (a) the nat...

This is well worth a read.
Autistic girls, & camouflaging/masking, at school.
How friendships with other neurodivergent young people are a lifesaver.
How bullying & exclusion happens from nonautistic pupils.
Who has the behaviour and social skills problems, eh?
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🔓 New level of Autistic masking unlocked 🔓
Neurotypicals asking how your Mum is when they’ve heard the seriousness of her cancer, but they still want you to go through the social play of polite, reciprocated concern. Who are the ones with rigid ways and scripts, again? 🤔

Proud to be serving on the front line of this genre. It’s a battle, for sure, but so worth it.

My pacific parrotlet Amali was named after characters in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, just like her partner Kass. On that basis, you’d think she’d show a little more respect to our Zelda merch 😂

"You don't seem autistic."

*Turns off zoom blur, shows my incredibly visually busy office that looks like a conspiracy den from x-files and begins infodumping about Twin Peaks*

"Oh."

(Also I freaking love my office, it's so much fun to listen to Trent Reznor soundtracks in.)

#ResearchAdvent Day 17 Nourishment, rest and health: not something everyone in academia has access to. Students, ECRs, zero-hour contracts mean many rely on food banks, work themselves into burnout for free or low pay.

When the higher-ups in academia advise ‘don’t apply for that job because X University has done YZ’, it puts many disabled researchers in awful positions. We have to weigh up things like buying waterproof coats for our children, fixing our car or sticking to our principles. It needs to change.

As the first person to finish University in my family, I feel the weight of needing to secure a salary and prospects. The chances of that seem slimmer by the day. Zero-hours contracts and other unfairness against early career researchers keep financial security out of reach and protected.

I feel academia has thinly-veiled exclusionary practices against those with caring responsibilities/children. I can’t feed my children with ‘exposure’ of my PhD.I can’t fuel my car to a conference or arrange care on zero-hours contracts. I have no help as a disabled person #Burnout #ActuallyAutistic

Crae IOE - YouTube The Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) is a unique initiative that has at its heart the ambition to improve the lives of autistic people and ...

You can find our latest webinar 'Tracking & Evaluating Employ Autism: an internship programme for autistic adults" with the amazing Maria Ashworth on our YouTube channel

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Does anyone know of research conducted on the perception or experience of health anxiety behaviours in the Autistic population?