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Another absolutely surreal moment waking up to this! Thank you Charlie Jones BBC News (UK). 🥹

Emily Katy: ‘Finding out I was autistic saved my life’. Full article link below!! ✍🏻

GIRL UNMASKED is OUT NOW!! 💜🧡💛🩷

How are things like this still happening????

Great opportunity! rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk/Grants-and-fun…

It’s important to remember that the current diagnostic criteria for autism describe distressed autistic people, yet it’s perfectly possible to be autistic & thrive.

Come, meet, listen, learn! 20 June conference: Our colleagues and advisors with a learning disability will present the new toolkit for end of life care planning. Lots of amazing speakers. Book now! Registration open 👉bit.ly/4aozRCs

Due to be released soon: the 2nd video in this series. PERSONALITY DISORDER IN LEARNING DISABILITY.
A view on
1. Personality and personality disorder
2. Objections to the diagnosis
3. Reliability, validity and utility
4. Diagnosis
5. Treatment outcomes
6. STAFF TRAINING

Another paper published from my PhD ✍️ - we used the Social Ecological Model to explore the inequalities of women with learning disabilities deciding to attend and then accessing #cervical and #breast #cancerscreening ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bl…

Get your brightest and boldest socks ready for @WorldDSday.
We want to see your sock selfies! 👀
Use the hashtag #LotsOfSocks .

#WorldDownSyndromeDay #EndTheStereotypes

This course, tailored for professionals working with SEND/LD, equips you with practical tools for supporting children returning to school after loss.

Book now and positively impact a grieving child:
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#SpecialNeeds #SEND #Grief

NHS England “Lived Experience” Policy Officer Katie Matthews describes what her role means to her, the difference she makes and how she got there with “No special treatment, just equal opportunity”.

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#WorldDownSyndromeWeek #WDSD24
Down's Syndrome Association

YES TEAM!!! Last week we had the opportunity to thank staff at RichmondRoadMC for making things more accessible for local residents! You can find out about some reasonable adjustments richmondroadmedicalcentre.nhs.uk/disability-acc… HHFT Hackney Council Mayor of Hackney

This !!

Would recommend anyone working in healthcare to read

Reminder of how simple changes to our practice can have a massive impact 👍

A team from the University of Surrey want to know what people who have Down's syndrome think researchers should be working on.

If you are 10+ years old & want to have your say on future research priorities, they would love to hear from you: loom.ly/TL1Gyxs
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😏 #ff @timrbuck Christine Hutchinson RNLD QN Wendy Ewins amanda mckie UKLDCNN Joann Kiernan LD&A_ACP #HelloWeAre LD Nurse Educators LDNursingHull Neil Jameson💚 Amanda Glennon MakatonLDND Ian Penfold Sally Hardy 💙🌑 Sarah Bernard💙 Ruth Wyn Williams RNLD🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Seb Mark Topps 💚💙 KarliStorm

We need to talk more about this

Another great meeting between our people participation group and HHFT’s palliative care team. Looking at how we can develop our own easy read resources 🙌 Homerton Learning Disability and Autism

“Clear guidelines are needed on monitoring, detecting and treating constipation in people with intellectual disabilities, emphasising the greater vulnerability of those with severe physical disabilities.”

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