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15 Nov, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Is there any professors/ senior academics in autism studies based in the UK who are sympathetic to autistic perspectives & agenda?
Tangent, off the top of my head many are based in non-Russell Group unis. I admit this is based off the top of my head & could be an unrepresentative sample.
Said sympathetic academics in UK autism studies (some involvement with PARC is a good indicator). Off the top of my head:
@martinbeecher @Palaceedd Dani Ropar, @SheffieldLuke @mitziwaltz @Andylowarousal @Allison66746425
Please add more.
Mitzi is not based in the UK, so might as well add @cnicolaidis @liz_pellicano, tentatively add @SueReviews to the list.
I do not wish thread to devolve into critiquing anyone. Seriously, please can no-one add SBC to it, that is unlikely to go down well.

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17 Nov
@PDASociety As the charity is at present failing to explain how viewing PDA as a "Profile of ASD" conforms to the DSM-5 autism & NICE autism guidelines, I am struggling to see how how this is helping the charity to help others. Some clarification is needed. Image
@PDASociety At present this a literal example of how "PDA Profile of ASD" is being used to control various autism stakeholders.

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Question for autistics: How many of you would have noticed the social politics behind how Boris addressed the Speaker in the letter & signed it off?

“Dear Mr Speaker” + "Yours ever, Boris"
Curious, if many of us would bother with/ care about such non-autistic social intrigue over how you sign a letter/ email communications.
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I would suggest the same thing to those thinking an anxiety based disorder like PDA (supposedly is) is a Profile of ASD.
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So reflecting upon a recent claim The PDA Development Group had no agenda to make PDA as an ASD. So assuming many contradictory evidence which suggests there is such agenda is mistaken...
... Was organised enough to have a chair. See screenshot of page 12.

Link here:
pdaresource.com/files/pda-awar…
... Produced resources like this:
pdasociety.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
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13 Nov
It is seeing things like this said about PDA, which (among many other things) make me concerned about the discourse around PDA. Many CYP need to feel in control in order to feel safe, not only those with PDA.
This goes back to my point, taken from @Andylowarousal book, that most/ all persons benefit from being in control/ having a sense of control in their lives, i.e., it is normal for human beings to have a "need for control".
I make this point here:
researchgate.net/publication/33…
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I think the Scout Mindset is a key part of being a reflective practitioner, researcher & person. Worth a watch/ listen.
Context: I currently listening to the audiobook on the topic as part of my further reading. Rather interesting.

Back to the video, point about self-esteem not being linked to right or wrong is important.
Reflecting on the point about that one tends to have a "scout mindset" is due to emotions, same for "soldier mindset", I would suggest fits in with @mrjamesob work on persons being controlled by right wing media by being made to be angry/ scared at something.
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