KarenA
@karenada59.bsky.social
I am 59 years old autistic person diagnosed late enjoying graphic novels,bird watching, theatre.
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Taking a break from being a campaign person to try to look after me and think about what retired Karen might look like here.
Realising I must be very burned out autistic person.Too burned out to read books about autistic burn out.🤬🤯😅
November 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Realising I must be very burned out autistic person.Too burned out to read books about autistic burn out.🤬🤯😅
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan. A very beautiful book about a lost thing.
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan. A very beautiful book about a lost thing.
It appears GP and CMHT are sufficiently concerned to both be seeing me every three weeks. It also appears I am extremely good at masking both mental health needs and being autistic.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It appears GP and CMHT are sufficiently concerned to both be seeing me every three weeks. It also appears I am extremely good at masking both mental health needs and being autistic.
In a change of plan, it appears Dave ,myself Jazz Choir over 60 might well be singing at houses of Parliament next Wednesday [National Lottery funded project] .So much excitement today and it appears given very supportive friends reasonable enough for me to attend .
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
In a change of plan, it appears Dave ,myself Jazz Choir over 60 might well be singing at houses of Parliament next Wednesday [National Lottery funded project] .So much excitement today and it appears given very supportive friends reasonable enough for me to attend .
Taking a break from being a campaign person to try to look after me and think about what retired Karen might look like here.
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Taking a break from being a campaign person to try to look after me and think about what retired Karen might look like here.
Friends, please send all the brave vibes for me for CMHT appointment that I will be able to say what I want to say and we will be able to put together a plan that is helpful. Tomorrow morning. X
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Friends, please send all the brave vibes for me for CMHT appointment that I will be able to say what I want to say and we will be able to put together a plan that is helpful. Tomorrow morning. X
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🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following:
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people - Committees - UK Parliament
This is the key conclusion reached by the House of Lords special inquiry committee on the Autism Act 2009 in its report ‘Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy’.&...
committees.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following:
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
- Full report
- Easy Read report
- Report summary with conclusions and recommendations
- Shorthand
Our son and partner are meeting up with the friend they found in reception and partner this weekend.
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Our son and partner are meeting up with the friend they found in reception and partner this weekend.
In a surprising turn of events Wednesday Jazz choir have been invited to sing at houses of Parliament in December. Apparently project has National Lottery funding. It looks like we will decide I am not well enough to go
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In a surprising turn of events Wednesday Jazz choir have been invited to sing at houses of Parliament in December. Apparently project has National Lottery funding. It looks like we will decide I am not well enough to go
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The My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Box Set by Emil Ferris is the perfect gift for all your favorite ghouls and beasts--and it's on sale! We're offering free media mail shipping + 30% off our holiday gift guide books now during our Early Black Friday sale at https://ow.ly/oBrJ50XusuR!
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Box Set by Emil Ferris is the perfect gift for all your favorite ghouls and beasts--and it's on sale! We're offering free media mail shipping + 30% off our holiday gift guide books now during our Early Black Friday sale at https://ow.ly/oBrJ50XusuR!
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The questionnaire will close on Monday 1st December at 5pm. I've had an incredible response so far ❤️🙏 Thank you so much. Roughly 50 people have questionnaires still open, and others may still want to share their experiences. I will post several more reminders over the next 10 days. Thank you.
Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The questionnaire will close on Monday 1st December at 5pm. I've had an incredible response so far ❤️🙏 Thank you so much. Roughly 50 people have questionnaires still open, and others may still want to share their experiences. I will post several more reminders over the next 10 days. Thank you.
The Jazz Social part of EFG London Jazz Festival Dave and myself have been very much at home the last 9 days or so.
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Jazz Social part of EFG London Jazz Festival Dave and myself have been very much at home the last 9 days or so.
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I’ve never met an autistic person whose “behaviour” wasn’t completely logical once you understood their needs, their history, and their nervous system.
We’re not confusing.
People just aren’t listening.
We’re not confusing.
People just aren’t listening.
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I’ve never met an autistic person whose “behaviour” wasn’t completely logical once you understood their needs, their history, and their nervous system.
We’re not confusing.
People just aren’t listening.
We’re not confusing.
People just aren’t listening.
@soundcube.bsky.social Good morning. I have been reading your chapter in "Improving mental health therapies for Autistic Children and Young People " I was very interested to read you have found Internal Family Systems Therapy useful. I am in process of trying to use these ideas myself to help with
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
@soundcube.bsky.social Good morning. I have been reading your chapter in "Improving mental health therapies for Autistic Children and Young People " I was very interested to read you have found Internal Family Systems Therapy useful. I am in process of trying to use these ideas myself to help with
I can't retrieve Wes Streeting posts on x that have been flagged for me . Good news perhaps.
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I can't retrieve Wes Streeting posts on x that have been flagged for me . Good news perhaps.
Looks like Hartlepool guy from.big family going to Blackpool.
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Looks like Hartlepool guy from.big family going to Blackpool.
See Karen realise she has autistic burnout
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
See Karen realise she has autistic burnout
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They certainly are disputing the reality of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses when they insist these are normal reactions to life events.
Ignoring genetics and intergenerational mental illness does not help patients who are struggling.
Privilege does not provide immunity.
Ignoring genetics and intergenerational mental illness does not help patients who are struggling.
Privilege does not provide immunity.
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
They certainly are disputing the reality of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses when they insist these are normal reactions to life events.
Ignoring genetics and intergenerational mental illness does not help patients who are struggling.
Privilege does not provide immunity.
Ignoring genetics and intergenerational mental illness does not help patients who are struggling.
Privilege does not provide immunity.
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2025 Gift Recommendations! For fantasy/mystery readers: Who Killed Nessie? by @paulcornell.bsky.social & @rachaelsmith.bsky.social.
“Cornell and Smith have a sparkling creative chemistry... perfect storytelling synthesis.” - @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2326v4kk
“Cornell and Smith have a sparkling creative chemistry... perfect storytelling synthesis.” - @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2326v4kk
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
2025 Gift Recommendations! For fantasy/mystery readers: Who Killed Nessie? by @paulcornell.bsky.social & @rachaelsmith.bsky.social.
“Cornell and Smith have a sparkling creative chemistry... perfect storytelling synthesis.” - @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2326v4kk
“Cornell and Smith have a sparkling creative chemistry... perfect storytelling synthesis.” - @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2326v4kk
Back at EFG London Jazz Festival The Jazz Social.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Back at EFG London Jazz Festival The Jazz Social.
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Council staff visited wrong address day before Sara Sharif’s murder, review finds
Surrey services failed to act on warning signs before Sara Sharif’s murder, finds review
Children’s services did not identify Sara, 10, was at risk of abuse, did not question bruising and overlooked father’s previous violence
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Council staff visited wrong address day before Sara Sharif’s murder, review finds
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Book cover in my actual hands. Love getting to see the physical thing in real life 💚💛 🇮🇪 @paigingbrenna.bsky.social
#chrissycurtin #illustration #irishillustrator #irishartist #bookcovers #bookillustration
#chrissycurtin #illustration #irishillustrator #irishartist #bookcovers #bookillustration
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Book cover in my actual hands. Love getting to see the physical thing in real life 💚💛 🇮🇪 @paigingbrenna.bsky.social
#chrissycurtin #illustration #irishillustrator #irishartist #bookcovers #bookillustration
#chrissycurtin #illustration #irishillustrator #irishartist #bookcovers #bookillustration
As mentioned. Jazz Choir was moved due to capacity issues to another location from Woolwich Works. See Karen take opportunity to audition for Strictly.
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
As mentioned. Jazz Choir was moved due to capacity issues to another location from Woolwich Works. See Karen take opportunity to audition for Strictly.
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New article from team member Naomi Jacobs, sharing findings from research with disabled members of churches on the right to participate in religious institutions, in the light of the Equality Act www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...
“I Just Didn’t Fit into the Way That They Did Church”: Barriers to Access and Participation for Disabled People in UK Churches
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www.scienceopen.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New article from team member Naomi Jacobs, sharing findings from research with disabled members of churches on the right to participate in religious institutions, in the light of the Equality Act www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...