Laura Richmond

On an unrelated note, someone has just explained to me that “adult colouring books” are not sexually explicit.

This! The purpose of debriefing after an event is to process what came up and jot any action points. All of which can be done quietly in solitude or on paper and then collectively a while after.

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This thread!

The number of times I have to remind folks that we aren't all the same and that telling me what I need is infantilizing is way too high (and continues to climb)

What I think I find worst of all with video calls is producing a variety of listening faces and working out when it's my turn to speak.

Sounds like hell on toast, ngl.

Just reading a bit of your book on this train journey and almost snorted my Diet Coke out at one of your many darkly amusing observations. Brilliant stuff! xx

Aw, thanks so much! Sorry I didn't manage to get my great-grandfather in there xx

Cameras on, Jo. Cameras ON.

The idea of forcing me onto a video call for the sake of my own mental well-being is make me belly-laugh

Well, quite.

If you haven't asked what actually works for someone, is it really about their wellbeing or is it about covering your arse?

Do not force me to participate in group 'support' debriefings on Microsoft Teams immediately after something because a) I'm exhausted and what I need is quiet time alone, and b) it will be 3-5 business days before I'm aware of any feelings I may have had about the experience.

Ableist thing that's currently my pet peeve, esp in lived experience contexts: mandatory wellbeing measures that are actually detrimental to my wellbeing because they fail to account for the fact that we are all individuals and care/self-care looks different for all of us. Especially for ND folks.

Autistic woman worried her mugs have realised she has a favourite An autistic woman is facing an ethical dilemma over her preference for drinking out of one particular mug, it has been revealed. Lottie Fitzgerald, 35, from Southsea, has developed a strong…

Lottie Fitzgerald, 35, from Southsea, has developed a strong attachment to a blue studio pottery mug she was given last Christmas. She reports that she is beginning to feel intensely anxious about the effect on other mugs that she owns.

Thread, because you need to join my excitement about this audio sitcom. 👀👇

Episode 1: @laurarichmond.bsky.social's childhood stint as the school playwright-in-residence. Honourable mention to the moment @sararoseg.bsky.social gets briefly kidnapped by a vengeful ghost

Cannot believe we've reached the end of the second series of our podcast! Thank you to everyone who's been tuning in and leaving us comments and reviews, and to all our guest co-hosts for being absolutely iconic. Some personal highlights:

Yes, queen!

Autistic mum fine with breastfeeding in public just likes hiding in cupboard An autistic mum is happy to breastfeed while out and about, but even happier not to be out and about in the first place, sources have revealed.  Krista Shure, 32, believes passionately in a parent’s…

“Sometimes I’m not even feeding the baby,” she confessed. “I pretend that I’m going to, but instead she has a kip and I have a nice rest while staring at the back of a cupboard door.”

Come along and listen to a selection of utterly baffling takes on our pieces, our business and, occasionally, us as people!

Fare dodgers targeted as train ticket refund rules are tightened In a bid to clamp down on ticket fraud that costs the railways millions each year, the government has quietly changed the rules on claiming refunds for unused train tickets.

DON'T BUY TRAIN TICKETS IN ADVANCE!
On 1 April, the government is quietly changing the rules.
Off-Peak & Anytime tickets become non-refundable after 23:59 the day BEFORE you travel.
If you wake up & find your event cancelled, NO REFUNDS, even on £100+ tickets.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/far...

Treat yourself! Autistic woman buys yet more tat from dead people’s houses An autistic woman is living her best life by filling her home with items that other people have thrown away, sources have claimed.  Charity shop menace Beth Hapworth, 35, appears to be enjoying an…

Charity shop menace Beth Hapworth, 35, appears to be enjoying an inexhaustible supply of dopamine, having turned her kitchen into an homage to that moment in 1991 when geese wearing bonnets were a thing.

This is brilliant. @sarahamero.bsky.social at her brilliant best.

Autistic person somehow manages to mishear every song lyric A person has been identified who has never heard the lyrics to a song correctly in their entire lifetime, scientists have discovered. Luca Mignon, 40, is like many other autistic adults in that they…

A person has been identified who has never heard the lyrics to a song correctly in their entire lifetime, scientists have discovered.

Gawain the green knight opening a letter sealed with wax

Little Alex Horne in his studio chair with the caption "so a simple task: land a fair blow anywhere on the green knight. One year later meet him at the green chapel, receive the same blow yourself."

A cut to a wider shot showing Greg Davies in his throne turning to Little Alex Horne subtitled "Well surely no one just ran up and whanged his head clean off."

Cut back to Little Alex Horne subtitled "Let's see Gawain first."

Looks like the original has been swept away by the sands of time.

Yay! Thank you 💜

A round of applause for @laurarichmond.bsky.social for writing this, our highest ever performing piece on Instagram, currently sitting at well over a million views & nearly 45k likes! Smashed it out the park with that.

Don’t look at the sides 😂

My son loves it. It’s got such a positive ethos and community.

A homemade cake designed to look like a golden strawberry.

This year’s birthday cake offering. It’s supposed to be a golden strawberry from Celeste.