Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
@autisticdoc.bsky.social
•NHS GP.
•Associate Prof in #MedEd, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social.
•Hon Senior Lecturer in #Neurodiversity, @exeter.ac.uk.
•Autistic/ADHD/dyslexic/hEDS.
•Research Lead, Autistic Doctors International.
•Views my own, no medical advice
•Associate Prof in #MedEd, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social.
•Hon Senior Lecturer in #Neurodiversity, @exeter.ac.uk.
•Autistic/ADHD/dyslexic/hEDS.
•Research Lead, Autistic Doctors International.
•Views my own, no medical advice
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Wonder what an analogous study would reveal about the US residency system?
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
Autistic doctors transitioning into practice:
“I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd #Neurodiversity
Autistic doctors transitioning into practice:
“I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd #Neurodiversity
January 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Wonder what an analogous study would reveal about the US residency system?
“You very much feel like a number on a list, just like a piece to move around the board, and not like a human with your own thoughts, feelings, plans.”
“There’s like dissonance between what you want to do and what you feel is right versus what the environment requires at the time.”
“There’s like dissonance between what you want to do and what you feel is right versus what the environment requires at the time.”
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
Autistic doctors transitioning into practice:
“I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd #Neurodiversity
Autistic doctors transitioning into practice:
“I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd #Neurodiversity
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
“You very much feel like a number on a list, just like a piece to move around the board, and not like a human with your own thoughts, feelings, plans.”
“There’s like dissonance between what you want to do and what you feel is right versus what the environment requires at the time.”
“There’s like dissonance between what you want to do and what you feel is right versus what the environment requires at the time.”
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
Autistic doctors transitioning into practice:
“I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd #Neurodiversity
Autistic doctors transitioning into practice:
“I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd #Neurodiversity
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
Autistic doctors transitioning into practice:
“I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd #Neurodiversity
Autistic doctors transitioning into practice:
“I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd #Neurodiversity
“Fat phobia and cruelty towards fat people seems to be something that we somehow think is acceptable.” (Participant)
“there was definitely a kinda freak show element at the end of every discussion of it… I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again” (Participant)
“there was definitely a kinda freak show element at the end of every discussion of it… I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again” (Participant)
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
“I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students
Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd
“I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students
Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd
January 9, 2026 at 11:59 AM
“Fat phobia and cruelty towards fat people seems to be something that we somehow think is acceptable.” (Participant)
“there was definitely a kinda freak show element at the end of every discussion of it… I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again” (Participant)
“there was definitely a kinda freak show element at the end of every discussion of it… I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again” (Participant)
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
“I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students
Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd
“I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students
Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd
January 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
“I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students
Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd
“I think the humanity just gets lost over and over again”: A phenomenological study of the experiences of higher-weight medical students
Read free: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social
#MedEd
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
My team @autisticdoc.bsky.social, @autisticdoctor.bsky.social, Jon Ives, and I did this work which finally got published a little while back: Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Clinicians: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reasonable adjustments for autistic clinicians: A qualitative study
Autistic people experience barriers to accessing healthcare. Autistic clinical professionals may be able to help improve this situation. Previous research, however, has shown that Autistic clinical pr...
journals.plos.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
My team @autisticdoc.bsky.social, @autisticdoctor.bsky.social, Jon Ives, and I did this work which finally got published a little while back: Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Clinicians: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My autistic meltdown: the impact of autistic sensory needs
As an autistic adult, even the word meltdown is humiliating. A shameful part of my
past, no longer relevant to a senior doctor, or so I would like to think. And yet
the reality is different. Some 2 ye...
www.thelancet.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
BSMS’ Prof Claire Smith (@an040my.bsky.social) features in the first of the @ri-science.bsky.social 2024 #XmasLectures today! Claire will explain what happens to your food when it’s in your stomach, how much you can fit inside your stomach & how vomiting works.
📺 Watch on BBC Four and iPlayer
⏰ 9pm
📺 Watch on BBC Four and iPlayer
⏰ 9pm
December 29, 2024 at 9:00 AM
BSMS’ Prof Claire Smith (@an040my.bsky.social) features in the first of the @ri-science.bsky.social 2024 #XmasLectures today! Claire will explain what happens to your food when it’s in your stomach, how much you can fit inside your stomach & how vomiting works.
📺 Watch on BBC Four and iPlayer
⏰ 9pm
📺 Watch on BBC Four and iPlayer
⏰ 9pm
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Wonderful to see Seb, the author of this paper present to neurodevelopmental psychiatrists on the (Nick Walker concepts of) neurodiversity movement & paradigm.
Shifts are coming at last.
Shifts are coming at last.
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Wonderful to see Seb, the author of this paper present to neurodevelopmental psychiatrists on the (Nick Walker concepts of) neurodiversity movement & paradigm.
Shifts are coming at last.
Shifts are coming at last.
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
It’s encouraging to see Autistic researchers who are also doctors making so much progress in identifying and addressing barriers to healthcare @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @autisticdoc.bsky.social
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
Autistic SPACE: a novel framework for meeting the needs of autistic people in healthcare settings | British Journal of Hospital Medicine
Autistic people experience significant health disparities and reduced life expectancy. Barriers to accessing healthcare are associated with adverse health outcomes. Autism training and healthcare prof...
www.magonlinelibrary.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:36 AM
It’s encouraging to see Autistic researchers who are also doctors making so much progress in identifying and addressing barriers to healthcare @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @autisticdoc.bsky.social
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Thank you for sharing such a well written and thought provoking paper - I have lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked the questions at the end. Looking forward to directing people here when I’m next asked.
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Thank you for sharing such a well written and thought provoking paper - I have lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked the questions at the end. Looking forward to directing people here when I’m next asked.
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Such an important paper, thank you for sharing here. Everyone involved in medical education should read this.
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Such an important paper, thank you for sharing here. Everyone involved in medical education should read this.
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Such a useful paper. This really stood out to me and challenged me (in a very good way).
November 23, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Such a useful paper. This really stood out to me and challenged me (in a very good way).
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
This paper requires a pause,a read and a reread. Thank you @autisticdoc.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social et al. So much rich information. Will use in my next workshop.
November 22, 2024 at 8:51 AM
This paper requires a pause,a read and a reread. Thank you @autisticdoc.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social et al. So much rich information. Will use in my next workshop.
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
"Epistemologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that #neurodivergent people should be central to the creation of knowledge around neurodivergence. Research should be grounded in neurodivergent community perspectives and should seek to advance social justice."
November 22, 2024 at 12:37 AM
"Epistemologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that #neurodivergent people should be central to the creation of knowledge around neurodivergence. Research should be grounded in neurodivergent community perspectives and should seek to advance social justice."
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
This looks great:
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
This looks great:
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
A few years ago, @autisticdoctor.bsky.social explained that I was misusing the word 'neurodiversity' to actually mean 'neurodivergence'.
She was right
Since then,I've tried to educate others,
Because language matters.
If nothing else, start with the 1st couple of paragraphs of this article
#MedSky
She was right
Since then,I've tried to educate others,
Because language matters.
If nothing else, start with the 1st couple of paragraphs of this article
#MedSky
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 AM
A few years ago, @autisticdoctor.bsky.social explained that I was misusing the word 'neurodiversity' to actually mean 'neurodivergence'.
She was right
Since then,I've tried to educate others,
Because language matters.
If nothing else, start with the 1st couple of paragraphs of this article
#MedSky
She was right
Since then,I've tried to educate others,
Because language matters.
If nothing else, start with the 1st couple of paragraphs of this article
#MedSky
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
"Ontologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that neurodivergent people are different—not flawed, impaired, or disordered.
Difference does not entail inherent lack of worth, regardless of whether difference is personally experienced as an impairment, a disability, or an advantage."
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Difference does not entail inherent lack of worth, regardless of whether difference is personally experienced as an impairment, a disability, or an advantage."
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 10:37 PM
"Ontologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that neurodivergent people are different—not flawed, impaired, or disordered.
Difference does not entail inherent lack of worth, regardless of whether difference is personally experienced as an impairment, a disability, or an advantage."
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Difference does not entail inherent lack of worth, regardless of whether difference is personally experienced as an impairment, a disability, or an advantage."
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
This is written in such a beautifully straightforward manner. For anyone who is still unsure about what the neurodiversity paradigm is, this is a great (quick) read.
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 6:04 PM
This is written in such a beautifully straightforward manner. For anyone who is still unsure about what the neurodiversity paradigm is, this is a great (quick) read.
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Thanks for sharing and thank you for publishing open access!!!!
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Thanks for sharing and thank you for publishing open access!!!!
💬
"this paradigm promotes critical thinking around things we have previously passively accepted as real. This considers the influence of power on how we constructed such historical ‘truths’ and how these are then maintained as part of the wider status quo"
"this paradigm promotes critical thinking around things we have previously passively accepted as real. This considers the influence of power on how we constructed such historical ‘truths’ and how these are then maintained as part of the wider status quo"
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 1:14 PM
💬
"this paradigm promotes critical thinking around things we have previously passively accepted as real. This considers the influence of power on how we constructed such historical ‘truths’ and how these are then maintained as part of the wider status quo"
"this paradigm promotes critical thinking around things we have previously passively accepted as real. This considers the influence of power on how we constructed such historical ‘truths’ and how these are then maintained as part of the wider status quo"
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Lovely to be able to post our first “new” paper since I started hanging out here rather than the other place 😎
Wonderful to work with such a fabulous team on such a great project, bringing knowledge of neurodivergence to medical education. More to come, watch this space!
Wonderful to work with such a fabulous team on such a great project, bringing knowledge of neurodivergence to medical education. More to come, watch this space!
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Lovely to be able to post our first “new” paper since I started hanging out here rather than the other place 😎
Wonderful to work with such a fabulous team on such a great project, bringing knowledge of neurodivergence to medical education. More to come, watch this space!
Wonderful to work with such a fabulous team on such a great project, bringing knowledge of neurodivergence to medical education. More to come, watch this space!
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Even if you're not interested in medical education this is worth reading for its excellent approach to the neurodiversity paradigm
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Even if you're not interested in medical education this is worth reading for its excellent approach to the neurodiversity paradigm
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Love this - and also possibly the best explanation/utilisation of 'epistemology' and 'ontology' that I've read in years of studying! Thank you!
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Love this - and also possibly the best explanation/utilisation of 'epistemology' and 'ontology' that I've read in years of studying! Thank you!
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 8:23 AM
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social