#ActuallyAutistic PhD autism researcher at @UniOfBath. She/Her. Mostly here to tweet about research, accessibility and my experience as an autistic person!
Joined August 2019
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Was told yesterday that I make great eye contact. I haven't made eye contact with anyone for as long as I can remember.
As long as you're looking vaguely at their face, people generally can't tell the difference though.
#ActuallyAutistic
When you receive feedback from a supervisor, advising you to undo the changes that your other supervisor advised you to make 🙃
Catch me masking my stims in the office whilst writing about how masking stims is bad 😅 #ActuallyAutistic
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It's time to grab a drink because my City Tavern Map Set is here! 🍻
✨Four levels - from the basement to the roof!
✨Day, Night, Winter, and Grid variants!
✨One huge detailed city tavern!
Click the card to get yours today 👇
My first first author paper is out! 🥳
I interviewed 12 autistic adults about their experiences of 'restricted repetitive behaviours' (e.g stimming, routines, interests, sensory issues)
The paper is free online to read until Jan 21!
#ActuallyAutistic #AutisticsInAcademia
Actually ridiculous that putting Asperger's rather than Autism on my travel insurance saves me hundreds of pounds #ActuallyAutistic
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Wishing my autistic friends, colleagues and followers a wonderful #AutisticPrideDay
I made you a meme as a wee gift. Hope you like it!
ALT Anakin Skywalker and Padme meme. Top left corner: Anakin says “I’m promoting autism awareness”. Top right corner: Padme says “so you’re including autistic people right?”, while smiling. Bottom right corner: Padme says “so you’re including autistic people right?”, while looking concerned.
So it's #AutisticPrideDay2021 today so I thought I'd bring this back as a reminder to employers of how they can improve job interviews for autistic people
So I'm #ActuallyAutistic and have been helping out with some interview panels to make them autism (and neurodiverse) friendly ahead of the interviews and um here's a #thread on changes I recommend based on my own experience of interviews! 1/
As an autistic autism researcher I try to take part in other's research. It's so demoralising to fill out the AQ-50 and other standard measures in every single one though. I feel like I answer differently every time and it always feels like I'm having to prove I'm autistic again
I don't think people realise how hard it is to get mental health support. I was referred for therapy by my GP in June 2019. I am still on the waiting list almost two years later #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Our very own Lauren Jones, Ailsa Russell, Emma Collis, and Mark Brosnan have just published an #openaccess review on the impact of digitally-mediated team communication in children’s physical health and mental health services tinyurl.com/fvbrvwe2
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New from CAAR's @KatieMaras1 - evidence-based, practical guide for employers:
'What to do when interviewing an autistic person for a job'
bath.ac.uk/guides/what-to-do…
"You don't look autistic" isn't the compliment you think it is. I am autistic. We look just like everyone else 🤷♀️ #MyAutisticSelfie #ActuallyAutistic
As an #ActuallyAutistic person, I used to really struggle with brushing my teeth. So here's a thread on what barriers I personally faced and the adjustments I made to make tooth brushing much easier 1/
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Now I run a stopwatch on my phone and split up my brushing into ten second increments. I'll do the top side of the teeth in the bottom left half. 10s. Then front side 10s. Then back 10s. Then do the same for the bottom right half, then top left, then top right. 2 mins total. 6/