Georgia Harper

Failure! Overprepared autistic woman forgets to pack the one thing someone wants to borrow An autistic woman who usually leaves the house with every practical item anyone might ever need has apologised for her lack of foresight after failing to pack the one thing a stranger asked for. …

“I don’t smoke,” Hapworth told us. “But that’s no excuse. You never know when you’re going to need to set something on fire.”

@ftw.bsky.social please advise

I didn't know my week was a "sprint", but here we are

So @ftw.bsky.social has just pointed out that the bullet journal method is very similar to the Agile method he uses at work, and I don't know what to do with this information

I find it really interesting that US autism politics has turned into "it's a terrible epidemic and must be eradicated" at the same time as UK (etc) autism politics has turned into "it's mostly overdiagnosed and must be doubted"

Of course the end result is the same: no need to figure out support 🙃

Happy birthday!!

Hey, it's rough out there.

For years now I've sworn by youfeellikeshit.com on the bad days. It's an interactive flowchart going through a range of self-care needs. Successfully dragged me through combined Hormone Nonsense and Political Nonsense yesterday.

Take care and log off if you need to ❤️

I see the media is still unquestioningly repeating everything Nigel Farage says, and I'm just so goddamn tired

Our joint statement on the US government’s autism announcement Ambitious about Autism is the national charity for autistic children and young people. We stand with autistic children, young people and their families to champion rights, campaign for change and crea...

"There are no proven therapies or drugs that ‘cure’ autism. Most autistic people and families want research to focus on better understanding and support."

Joint statement from the major UK autism charities: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/about-us/med...

Autism isn’t “caused” by Tylenol.

Or vaccines.

Or anything.

It’s inherited.

It’s natural.

It’s human.

The hunt for a “cause” is just the hunt for someone to blame -
and blame only makes sense if you think being autistic is bad.

We’re not.

But if you continue saying this shit, you are.

MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet

Just bizarre and terrifying that this is the world we live in.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Quiet reminder, as exhibit A in this theory, that you can’t tell a disabled person’s support needs from what they look like or their online presence.

Today's various discourses will have to wait until I'm feeling better from a combination of "hormones going haywire again" and "the appropriate emotional response to the likely future Prime Minster wanting to deport your partner".

In the meantime: please do not deport or push away my partner thanks

Of everything I've read for the new job this is the big thing that's stuck with me. I can't get over how ridiculous it is (and of course it's a similar situation for notional SEND budgets in mainstream schools)

*in England; your mileage may vary

Did you know that per-pupil state special school funding hasn't changed since *2013*? Almost all the inflation in my adult life, not covered!

So yeah, of *course* councils have to spend more on top-up funding, and transport because there's no places locally, which families are then demonised for 🙃

first of all how dare you

second of all I'm very sorry the SEND system is still in crisis even though I've been in my new job for four whole weeks and should have fixed it by now

it's my last saved pic and therefore my moral philosophy. hope this helps ❤️

Your last saved pic is your moral philosophy (cc @ftw.bsky.social)

Revealed: MPs’ plan to solve the SEND crisis Ministers urged to keep EHCPs, create national standards, increase funding and ensure that mainstream staff have the training to meet a diverse range of needs

MPs report into Solving the SEND crisis is out:
✏️Urges govt to keep EHCPs and SEND tribunals
✏️Calls for a new national SEND framework
✏️More special school and resourced provision places
✏️An overhaul of National Funding Formula
✏️Urges govt to define an inclusive education
www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Russian MoD video with a partially deflated decoy aircraft in the background. Like a dog receiving a bollocking its tail is tucked away out of sight and its nose is down.

"You've let me down, you've let the squadron down... and worst of of all you've let yourself down."

It’s time to fix the SEND system. Because there’s nothing ‘special’ about an education that works for all of us.

Today parents are taking the #FightForOrdinary to Parliament.

That three major British newspapers jumped on the poorly sourced (ATF to Steven Crowder to WSJ) line about the bullets having ‘trans’ symbols (actually a, wait for it, Helldivers 2 code) is such a tell on what they really care about. They really need to apologise (they won’t)

close up shot of a box of strawberries. a small black cat’s ears, eyes, and nose are visible, peering over the back of the box

the strawberry-wanter has logged on

As an aside: Still annoyed that I had to retain a blank X account because - over a year after Musk made his views on the govt clear - it's still the only place most Parliamentarians publish their announcement letters.

Which I sometimes need for my job but also, y'know, as part of the electorate...

it has been less than two weeks since I started my new job focusing on this policy area

no escape from The Shuffling

Despite how news outlet may try to portray it, Graham Linehan is in court today for *assaulting a child*

The fact they are trans, an activist or anything else is totally irrelevant.

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life.

And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

where did you get this picture of me

Image of a distressed person holding their head in their hands. The background is purple, and text reads: "People with a learning disability are dying nearly 20 years younger than others.

The LeDeR report is out and it shows people with a learning disability are still facing shocking health inequalities and dying 19.5 years younger than the general population. They are also 3 times more likely to die from treatable conditions.

Read the full statement brnw.ch/21wVphy

A word of caution: Reporting of deaths of autistic people without a learning disability remains far too low to extrapolate from.

But the same themes we see elsewhere - lack of understanding, lack of services, diagnostic overshadowing. Even one person falling through these cracks is too many.