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Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜

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We will #FlipTheNarrative© 💜 Everyone needs a #seatatthetable #human - a label we all share | TEDx speaker #deaf http://youtu.be/DXBdiGUQ8Lw www.ellychapple.com

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Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · Dec 7

Morning #BlueSky. Ella and I would be really grateful if you might take a moment to watch and share our #TEDx talk.

'It does not matter what package you arrived in. Everyone needs a seat at the table'

Please help us #FlipTheNarrative for all of our fellow humans 💜🙏

www.ted.com/talks/elly_c...

Diversity is the key to our survival: The Shoeness of a Shoe

When her daughter Ella was seven years old, she lost her eyes, and it meant Elly had to look again at everything. Ella taught her to #flipthenarrative around how we 'see' people like Ella. That every ...

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Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · Sep 7

This. 🔥

When 1.6 million pupils are persistently absent, that's not a compliance problem - it's a design failure.
Dr Natasha Holden

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Aniridia Network @aniridianetuk.bsky.social · Jul 27

It's not an isolated case as it is based on official guidance about 'Fabricated or Induced Illness' #FII: bilson.org.uk/home/fii_ope...
#FII

FII – When Safeguarding Harms | FII – When Safeguarding Harms – Professor Andy Bilson

bilson.org.uk

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Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · Jul 27

Thank you so much, for walking with and standing with us 🙏💜💜

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Aniridia Network @aniridianetuk.bsky.social · Jul 27

Truly terrifying to hear the experience of members of our UK community. Elly, mum to Ella who has WAGR, was separated from her daughter for months and had to fight to clear her name of allegations.
podcasts.apple.com/ng/podcast/w...
Our hearts go out to Elly, James, Ella and everyone else involved.

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Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · Jul 22

Really grateful to @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social for shining a light and bringing this issue to the fore.

I hope @rcpch.bsky.social
will now discuss with Professor Andy Bilson, Professor Luke Clements, Dr Fiona Gullon-Scott, Cathie Long amongst many others.

Time for change 🙏💜

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Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Jo Billington @drjobillington.bsky.social · Jul 21

My remarkable friend @ellychapple.bsky.social in The Times speaking about her family’s horrific experience of wrongful care proceedings

“This could happen to anyone & it can happen at speed…with such velocity & force. It’s like a tsunami, you don’t stand a chance”

www.thetimes.com/article/720f...

We demanded help for our sick children. We were accused of abuse

Some of society’s most vulnerable are being torn from their families by officials who claim their parents are fabricating illness

www.thetimes.com

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Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · Jul 2

Sept 2025 🔥

Understanding Parent Blame by Dr Ana Aiello & Prof Luke Clements.

Revealing how parents are wrongly blamed by the systems meant to help them. 👀

www.waterstones.com/book/underst...

#ParentBlame #SocialJustice #DisabilityRights #Safeguarding #Inclusion #Neurodiversity

Book cover for *Understanding Parent Blame* by Luke Clements and Ana Laura Aiello. The title is displayed in bold uppercase text, centered on a stark background. The design features a silhouette of a parent holding a child, surrounded by accusatory pointing fingers from all directions, symbolizing societal blame. The tone is serious and thought-provoking, reflecting the book’s critical themes.

Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · Jun 10

This is a hill I will die on.

It’s on *all* of us to learn & validate all human languages.

Not everyone uses words, but everyone is communicating.

Inclusion means expanding how we listen, lead, and connect.
Make space for every voice.

#Neurodiversity #AAC #DEI #Inclusion #BSL

If someone doesn't use words to communicate, maybe you need to learn their language.

#FlipTheNarrative

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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · May 26

Resharing my starter pack of neuro-affirming Autistic advocates, orgs and charities if you are looking for a good list of people to follow
go.bsky.app/9N5UEUC

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Restraint Reduction Network @restraintreductionnetwork.org · May 22

RRN Trustees Aji Lewis and @ellychapple.bsky.social attended Tuesday’s King’s Garden Party, joined by representatives from our partner charities. We were delighted to have RRN represented at the event, which recognises people and organisations doing good work in their communities.

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Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · May 20

It was an amazing day!

Wonderful to be there with my amazing #Trauma co-trainer Jackie (at RESPOND). I can't believe we've worked together for five years!!! Grateful 🙏

Amazing to see the Prince and Princess of Wales (@walesroyals.bsky.social) too 💝

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Me and my amazing co-trainer Jackie Butler

Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · May 12

Maybe it’s not you. Maybe it’s the system - outdated, out of step, and blaming those within it.

There’s nothing wrong with being different. Every human is.

Diversity isn’t a flaw. It’s our strength.

It’s time the system caught up with the truth.

#FlipTheNarrative 💜
#human

Maybe there's nothing wrong with you - maybe it's just really difficult to exist within a system that was not designed to support a spirit like yours.

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RWBA's Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Programme (HGP) @rwbaholocaust.bsky.social · Apr 23

📢#EYP2CtW25 begins tomorrow.
FREE online CPD w/ local, national & int'l contributors, across summer term.
Have you or colleagues signed up?
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@tomrees.bsky.social @rachtomlinson.bsky.social @sebchapleau.bsky.social @ellychapple.bsky.social @unleashingme.bsky.social

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Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · Apr 22

#HappyTuesday lovely people. Grateful to be sharing space with some awesome educators today.

Here's to a powerfully human day.

#FlipTheNarrative 💜

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Kosjenka @kosjenka.bsky.social · Apr 6

Ovo smo učili i na psihologiji u SŠ ako ste išli u gimnaziju i na učiteljskom faksu.

Zašto se onda disreguliranom djetetu prilazi disregulacijom, beats me.

Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrative©💜 @ellychapple.bsky.social · Apr 6

Why does regulation matter?

💥 Have you ever lost your temper or cool?

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Regulation isn't important just for *some* humans, it's critical to understand for every human.

Then we can share the space far better.

#FlipTheNarrative 💜

Image credit: Nadia Addesi

Why does it matter?

When your nervous system is dysregulated, you lose access to:

Reflection
Logic
Connection
Choice

You shift into survival mode, reacting from instinct, not intention. It makes you feel out of control amd act in ways that don't reflect why you are.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Mar 31

When I thought about launching my new book, Who Wants Normal?, I knew I wanted to put disabled people at the forefront. That’s why any merch or digital graphics you’ll see in the coming weeks will have been made by disabled-led businesses or disabled creatives. (1/3)

My book, Who Wants Normal?, stands upright on a table with a chutney jar, a chocolate bar, and a pair of socks. In the background are dried flowers and a radio.

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You might be the one person that changes someone's entire day, week, year or life - because you extended kindness.

Let's be human kind first and create a world where every human feels at home.

#FlipTheNarrative 💜

#kindness #humanity #beinghuman #empathy #safety #belonging

Kindness is Free. Pass it on.

#FlipTheNarrative

Being an observer. Being humble. Being open. Staying curious.

It all sounds easy - but it's the human work we can really struggle to consistently maintain.

If you do, lives are changed, humans thrive, and we all walk together in a powerful humanised way.

#FlipTheNarrative 💜

Be an observer.
Be humble. Be open.
Learn about the why and how.
Stay curious about being human.
#FlipTheNarrative

Whose behaviour is challenging whose?

#FlipTheNarrative 💜

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Free Webinar: Whose Behaviour is Challenging Who? With Elly Chapple

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To those who I walk with, those I've walked with and those I've yet to meet. I see you, you're phenomenal, you're brave and you stand out like a light in the dark.

Keep being you, despite anyone or anything. 💜 #iwd #iwd2025

Image credit: @femaleentrepreneurassociation

We're not waiting for a seat....
We're building the table.

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Love this.

Be human kind, first.

#FlipTheNarrative 💜

#humanity #humanfirst #empathy #compassion #wisdom

I asked a wise man, "tell me sir, in which field could I make a great career?"

He said with a smile, "Be a good human being. There is a lot of opportunity in this area and very little competition".

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Time with the Hubs #raretreat 💜 #love #timeout #weekendvibes