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YouTube video by Essex Ham Team Is it time to introduce a new beginners UK amateur radio licence?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYGA...

So, RAIBC has nothing to help people with my disabilities. The HAM exam is an unnecessary hurdle that is preventing me from enjoying my hobby. I support licenses, but not these archaic exams. #HamRadio I've been a shortwave listener and CB operator since 1981.

Labour’s attacks on rights ‘have led to massive resurgence’ in disability movement, protest hears The Labour government’s attack on disabled people’s support has led to a “massive resurgence” in the disabled people’s movement in the last year, a protest outside the party’s annual conference has…

The Labour government’s attack on disabled people’s support has led to a “massive resurgence” in the disabled people’s movement in the last year, a protest outside the party’s annual conference has heard.
#LabConf25
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labours-atta...

I want to take my HAM radio license, but I am terrible at maths and electronics, and my brain doesn't work in the way that taking an exam requires. I've found nothing that supports people like me. I'm hoping raibc.org.uk can help.

Autistic people are made to think that survival is an achievement. Something to be grateful for and even proud of.

But when survival means keeping your body alive while all of your other needs are neglected...

Walking that autistic tightrope trying to communicate with medical providers about symptoms.

Say too much, docs think you're lying or overreacting, say too little, docs think you're fine.

Have to give just the right amount of breadcrumbs for them to believe you and want to help solve the problem.

Working with people with long term medical conditions, a common theme I hear about is a sense of isolation- an absence of social support or 'village' that understands & helps out.

It's another layer of struggle, & isn't a 'psychological problem', it's a social one. But it really magnifies distress.

600,000 disabled people at risk of Labour's next round of benefit cuts

Campaigners have warned that nearly 600,000 disabled people could be at risk from the next round of the government’s benefit cuts.

You are unintentionally gaslighting those of us who KNOW we would be disabled in ANY version of the world no matter how many changes might hypothetically be made to accommodate our differences.

And please... PLEASE believe us.

Thank you.

THIS is what "autism is a disability" means.

If you have ever said to an autistic person that their autism wouldn't be a disability if the world were built for autistic people... I implore you... please don't.

I don't. I support a cure for autism.

Anger and frustration after DWP’s latest jobcentre announcement and McFadden’s ‘incentives’ comment Sick and disabled people have raised serious concerns about the latest Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announcement on its strategy to persuade more claimants receiving out-of-work sickness …

Sick and disabled people have raised serious concerns about the latest #DWP announcement on its strategy to persuade more claimants receiving out-of-work sickness and disability benefits to consider moving towards employment.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-and-fr...

Cooking with #ADHD makes your brain hurt.

I firmly oppose the government’s plans for compulsory digital ID cards.

This is an affront to our civil liberties, and will make the lives of minorities even more difficult and dangerous.

It is excessive state interference — and must be resisted.

Emergency Press Conference: Protect the Flotilla YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com/live/Eebhv11...

Spain joins Italy and will also send a navy ship to "assist" (whatever that means) the #GlobalSumudFlotilla

Liberals hate Trump so much that they can't look at Science and consider the data. I don't like the guy, but Harvard?

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the public health school at Harvard University, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the eight Ivy League schools, widely regarded for high academic standards.

Tylenol in pregnancy linked to higher autism risk, Harvard scientists report Researchers reviewing 46 studies found evidence linking prenatal acetaminophen (Tylenol) exposure with higher risks of autism and ADHD. The FDA has since urged caution, echoing scientists’ advice that...

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

What about a thickshake?

This was 12 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tzB...

Government report casts doubt on political rhetoric over ‘spiralling’ inactivity among disabled people The proportion of working-age disabled people in England who are “economically inactive” is not “spiralling” and may even have fallen over the last nine years, new official government statistics su…

The proportion of working-age disabled people in England who are “economically inactive” is not “spiralling” and may even have fallen over the last nine years, new official government statistics suggest.
#DWP
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-r...

I hate those kind of things.

Autism: 'I felt broken before being diagnosed at 70' An estimated 90% of autistic people over 50 have not received a diagnosis, research suggests.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Useful BBC article about #AutisticElders

Snip showing the numbers diagnosed/not diagnosed, by age and male/female.

This is a snip from the paper linked above, which shows the amount of people diagnosed, in each age group, split into basic male/female groups. Well...er....we're absolute rubbish at finding older people, aren't we. Makes a mess of all we think we 'know' about autism, too.
#AutisticElders

I wish I could filter my timeline by the age of users.

I wish more people understood that not all autism is visible, but all autism is disabling.

If you don't see it, it's because we're actively hiding it. (Not for us, for others.)

But hiding our autism means our needs are also invisible. And unmet needs = inner turmoil. 😣

Hyperactive-Impulsive ADHD Type: Symptoms, Causes, & Treatment Hyperactive-impulsive ADHD encompasses symptoms of impulsiveness and hyperactivity. Those with this type of ADHD struggle with impulse control and restlessness, and signs may include trouble sitting s...

www.choosingtherapy.com/hyperactive-...

Do you have the link to the study?

After completing the DIVA 5.0 semi-structured interview, I am satisfied **** meets the DSM-5 criteria for a diagnosis of
ADHD.