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Kim Mears @kimmears.bsky.social · Jun 21

Almost a year & almost £3000 raised. This ebooklet is still available. To get it donate to a charity supporting aid in Gaza & send proof of donation to [email protected]. @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social & many more. Minimum donation £8 pls. Thank you

Kim Mears @kimmears.bsky.social · Jan 20

In July last year a wonderful group of people came together to create an ebooklet on neurodiversity to raise money for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Since then we have raised over £2000. Now more than ever the people of Gaza need our help.
To get a copy see below. @commonsenseslt.bsky.social

Front page of booklet called ways of being knowing and doing.

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jun 19

So often we link wellness to adjectives of positivity. Yet, in a neo-liberal, competitive, capitalist society, ‘good’ on its own is actually rarely enough. We are constantly looking for ‘better’ and then ‘best’.
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Exploring wellbeing through the grammar of being well

So often we link wellness to adjectives of positivity. The smiley-face emojis, the sun on the cloud-to-rainbow chart, the inspirational goal...

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Kim Mears @kimmears.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thanks so much. We have raised nearly £3000 so please keep donating. 💜

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jun 1

Hi @autisticbooks.bsky.social thank you for asking. @kimmears.bsky.social & I are very happy to send this ebook out, & there is now an audio version too. To get a copy, please send proof of a donation to a charity supporting the Palestinian people🙏 to [email protected]

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Apr 13

The face of 'emotional wellbeing' and the reality of 'being' well. If the perception and expression of emotions is fluid, what does that mean for wellbeing support?
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The face of 'emotional wellbeing' and the reality of 'being' well.

That a smile means 'happy' and a down-turned mouth means feeling 'upset' would seem on the face of things to be undeniable and objective tru...

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Dr Jane Park 🎻🏳️‍⚧️ @viola-jane.bsky.social · Apr 12

Such a helpful model for thinking about energy, wellbeing & regulation.

Will be incorporating this into our neuro-affirming practice CPD for schools 🤩

#EdPsychs #neuro-affirming

Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Mar 8

After years of trauma for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream & specialist, & for us as a family, we have all benefited from education from home. Recently, he put into words why this was important & shared the idea of his ‘fuel bubble’.
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My Fuel Bubble

After years of traumatic experiences for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream and specialist, and for us as a family, we have ...

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you. He is 100% both of these things. 💞

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Mar 8

After years of trauma for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream & specialist, & for us as a family, we have all benefited from education from home. Recently, he put into words why this was important & shared the idea of his ‘fuel bubble’.
a-labour-of-moles.blogspot.com/2025/03/my-f...

My Fuel Bubble

After years of traumatic experiences for my Autistic teen at physical schools, mainstream and specialist, and for us as a family, we have ...

a-labour-of-moles.blogspot.com

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Mar 7

a-labour-of-moles.blogspot.com/2025/03/defi... Every individual within a community matters to the 'being' of that community. A community that others and excludes one of its members, is not a community at all.

Defining the meaning of community, or when no one should be cast adrift!

Organisations that profess to represent a given community must at all costs work to include all voices within that community. Mattering is a...

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Mar 6

My son is so proud of the first 3d print of his latest blender project. 💕 as am I. What a cool ear phone stand.

Grey Easter Island bust, with black earphones. Sitting on a white bookcase, surrounded by various colourful shelves

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Mar 2

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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit

Stop Trump Coalition

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · Feb 15

Meantime, for those quite convinced that Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is nothing to do with Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), this, from PBS UK, who are promoting ABA and claiming that it's much better than it was. Mmm.
Those following my page(s) get to see the reality of 'Brand New ABA'.

A poster from PBS UK for their conference 2025, promoting an ABA session called "Learning from the history of ABA" and claiming that ABA offers 'effective, ethical interventions that enhance lives...'

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Feb 4

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Kim Mears @kimmears.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you so much to Harriet Richardson, Tigger Pritchard, Julia Tuttle @yesthattoo.bsky.social @endeverstar.bsky.social @commonsenseslt.bsky.social @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social @jo3grace.bsky.social and all the other fabulous people who helped me.

Dr. Alyssa (they/them) (@yesthattoo.bsky.social)

Autistic researcher with too many interests and no real intention of narrowing it down. Mostly AAC research at the moment. Sometimes a math teacher. Not speaking on behalf of any companies/organizat...

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Nov 17

With all things 'change' atm in the world, there are changes we can make, that support our fellow humans, showing we care & value humanity. This ebooklet, coedited with @kimmears.bsky.social, shares grassroots ideas on change, written with l🍉ve. Details below
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“Ways of Being, Knowing and Doing: An Anthology for Neurodivergent Practice” An e-book to raise funds in support of the Palestinian people - The Autistic Advocate

All about the “Ways of Being, Knowing and Doing: An Anthology for Neurodivergent Practice” project I was honoured to be asked by Kim Mears and Lisa Chapman to have my work featuredin a new ebook they ...

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Feb 1

Thank you to @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social for sharing 💕

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Feb 1

Multi-modal communication for all, always available

"Different motor plans & lang. modes come to me in a way that isn't predictable. What helps me the most is always having access to all the ways I could possibly communicate, no matter how ‘advanced’".
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My Presentation for NWACS on Spelling as Communication

Last week, I had the chance to present to the Northwest Augmentative Communication Society, as part of a panel of nonspeaking people who communicate by typing and spelling. It is my goal to bridge …

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jan 27

9/9 "Never again..."

'Yes", we say, "never again", but is never again something we can do?

Let's hope from now on it is, otherwise we risk 'never again' happening not never, but again & again & again to anyone & everyone.

Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jan 27

8/9 "Never again..." for others to turn their backs, hiding behind their definitions, their codes of conduct, their so-called morality, in the defense of evil they are too scared, or too naive, to recognise & name.

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jan 27

7/9 "Never again..." to see the voice of truth, through lived experience journalism, slaughtered day after day, to stop the truth from being heard & seen.

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jan 27

6/9 "Never again..." to see healthcare workers & facilities, care agencies, universities & schools targeted to wipe out human rights from fellow humans.

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jan 27

5/9 "Never again..." to see soldiers desecrate civilian lives, & deaths, a nation's indigenous land, just for amusement.

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jan 27

4/9 "Never again..." to seeing only blood, where bloodlines have been erased, heads gone, bodies halved & souls irreversibly scarred, all under the guise of precision.

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jan 27

3/9 "Never again..." to hear the screams of people buried in rubble or burning in flame, then hearing them fade & finally stop because they lived in the wrong place, in the eyes of another people, professing, 'defence & security".

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Lisa Chapman @commonsenseslt.bsky.social · Jan 27

2/9 "Never again..." to see innocents killed just because of their race & culture.

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