Lisa Chapman

Almost a year & almost £3000 raised. This ebooklet is still available. To get it donate to a charity supporting aid in Gaza & send proof of donation to ndebooklet@outlook.com. @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social & many more. Minimum donation £8 pls. Thank you

Exploring wellbeing through the grammar of being well So often we link wellness to adjectives of positivity. The smiley-face emojis, the sun on the cloud-to-rainbow chart, the inspirational goal...

So often we link wellness to adjectives of positivity. Yet, in a neo-liberal, competitive, capitalist society, ‘good’ on its own is actually rarely enough. We are constantly looking for ‘better’ and then ‘best’.
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Thanks so much. We have raised nearly £3000 so please keep donating. 💜

Hi @autisticbooks.bsky.social thank you for asking. @kimmears.bsky.social & I are very happy to send this ebook out, & there is now an audio version too. To get a copy, please send proof of a donation to a charity supporting the Palestinian people🙏 to NDebooklet@outlook.com

The face of 'emotional wellbeing' and the reality of 'being' well. That a smile means 'happy' and a down-turned mouth means feeling 'upset' would seem on the face of things to be undeniable and objective tru...

The face of 'emotional wellbeing' and the reality of 'being' well. If the perception and expression of emotions is fluid, what does that mean for wellbeing support?
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Such a helpful model for thinking about energy, wellbeing & regulation.

Will be incorporating this into our neuro-affirming practice CPD for schools 🤩

#EdPsychs #neuro-affirming

Thank you. He is 100% both of these things. 💞

My Fuel Bubble After years of traumatic experiences for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream and specialist, and for us as a family, we have ...

After years of trauma for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream & specialist, & for us as a family, we have all benefited from education from home. Recently, he put into words why this was important & shared the idea of his ‘fuel bubble’.
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Defining the meaning of community, or when no one should be cast adrift! Organisations that profess to represent a given community must at all costs work to include all voices within that community. Mattering is a...

a-labour-of-moles.blogspot.com/2025/03/defi... Every individual within a community matters to the 'being' of that community. A community that others and excludes one of its members, is not a community at all.

Grey Easter Island bust, with black earphones. Sitting on a white bookcase, surrounded by various colourful shelves

My son is so proud of the first 3d print of his latest blender project. 💕 as am I. What a cool ear phone stand.

Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

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A poster from PBS UK for their conference 2025, promoting an ABA session called "Learning from the history of ABA" and claiming that ABA offers 'effective, ethical interventions that enhance lives...'

Meantime, for those quite convinced that Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is nothing to do with Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), this, from PBS UK, who are promoting ABA and claiming that it's much better than it was. Mmm.
Those following my page(s) get to see the reality of 'Brand New ABA'.

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Thank you so much to Harriet Richardson, Tigger Pritchard, Julia Tuttle @yesthattoo.bsky.social @endeverstar.bsky.social @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @jo3grace.bsky.social and all the other fabulous people who helped me.

“Ways of Being, Knowing and Doing: An Anthology for Neurodivergent Practice” An e-book to raise funds in support of the Palestinian people - The Autistic Advocate All about the “Ways of Being, Knowing and Doing: An Anthology for Neurodivergent Practice” project I was honoured to be asked by Kim Mears and Lisa Chapman to have my work featuredin a new ebook they ...

With all things 'change' atm in the world, there are changes we can make, that support our fellow humans, showing we care & value humanity. This ebooklet, coedited with @kimmears.bsky.social, shares grassroots ideas on change, written with l🍉ve. Details below
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Thank you to @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social for sharing 💕

My Presentation for NWACS on Spelling as Communication Last week, I had the chance to present to the Northwest Augmentative Communication Society, as part of a panel of nonspeaking people who communicate by typing and spelling. It is my goal to bridge …

Multi-modal communication for all, always available

"Different motor plans & lang. modes come to me in a way that isn't predictable. What helps me the most is always having access to all the ways I could possibly communicate, no matter how ‘advanced’".
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9/9 "Never again..."

'Yes", we say, "never again", but is never again something we can do?

Let's hope from now on it is, otherwise we risk 'never again' happening not never, but again & again & again to anyone & everyone.

8/9 "Never again..." for others to turn their backs, hiding behind their definitions, their codes of conduct, their so-called morality, in the defense of evil they are too scared, or too naive, to recognise & name.

7/9 "Never again..." to see the voice of truth, through lived experience journalism, slaughtered day after day, to stop the truth from being heard & seen.

6/9 "Never again..." to see healthcare workers & facilities, care agencies, universities & schools targeted to wipe out human rights from fellow humans.

5/9 "Never again..." to see soldiers desecrate civilian lives, & deaths, a nation's indigenous land, just for amusement.

4/9 "Never again..." to seeing only blood, where bloodlines have been erased, heads gone, bodies halved & souls irreversibly scarred, all under the guise of precision.

3/9 "Never again..." to hear the screams of people buried in rubble or burning in flame, then hearing them fade & finally stop because they lived in the wrong place, in the eyes of another people, professing, 'defence & security".

2/9 "Never again..." to see innocents killed just because of their race & culture.

1/9 "Never again..."

Lest we forget

A thread of reflection & remembering, drawing parallels that many of us see, but few in power are ready to voice publicly

Front page of booklet called ways of being knowing and doing.

In July last year a wonderful group of people came together to create an ebooklet on neurodiversity to raise money for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Since then we have raised over £2000. Now more than ever the people of Gaza need our help.
To get a copy see below. @commonsenseslt.bsky.social

Always worth remembering how much harder it is to attain #WeirdPride and acceptance if you come from a position of less privilege.

Partly, any deviation from the 'default human' (male, white, straight, abled, etc etc) is automatically seen as weird, among the groups with the most cultural power.

18 NGOs demand UK Government ensure Gaza cessation of hostilities leads to justice and accountability 18 NGOs demand UK Government ensure Gaza cessation of hostilities leads to justice and accountability.

"To continue shielding Israel from accountability is to abandon the principles of justice & human rights. The UK must not be an ally to Israel’s atrocities, must act decisively to end its complicity, demonstrate genuine leadership in peace & justice for Palestinians"
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3/3 Busy is not always best. Busy might mean we miss out on what makes life meaningful.

Being doesn't have to be busy, as simply being is often what matters more.