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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 31

Exams will never prepare you for life.. Life will.

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 28

Thank you

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 28

Just checking in..

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 27

I went to talk this weekend with Rebecca Solnit, a writer, historian and activist.
She talked about the slowness of change and how we hold steady in uncertain times with hope and it got me thinking..

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 25

We must always be here. Always..x

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 23

Thanks so much for having me

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Jenny Gibson @drjennyg.bsky.social · May 23

It's been such a delight to host @elizafricker.bsky.social and our amazing comics and autism team this week! Looking forward to working with you again in the autumn 🙏

Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 23

My heart and head are full after my stay at Cambridge University.
This week I was invited back to finish our project on comics and autism.
The conversations and explorations were brilliant and mind expanding.

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 23

Their support and encouragement makes my heart swell.
I can’t wait to come back in the autumn.
@drjennyg.bsky.social
@drjuliebailey.bsky.social

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 23

We made plans to make more plans including lectures and more workshops in the near future.
As you know I wasn’t ready or able to take part in further education when I was younger so the opportunities they have given me in the last few years is feels amazing.

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 23

My heart and head are full after my stay at Cambridge University.
This week I was invited back to finish our project on comics and autism.
The conversations and explorations were brilliant and mind expanding.

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Dr Julie Bailey @drjuliebailey.bsky.social · May 17

It was a delight to welcome @elizafricker.bsky.social to the NiES (Neurodiversity in Educational Settings) Master’s Module @camedfac.bsky.social last week, discussing why authentic trust and genuine relationships must be at the heart of inclusion for #neurodivergentlearners

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 12

Ps. Books are and have always been one of my special interests they calm me and help me make sense of the world so I’m chuffed to bits I actually get to contribute to this world myself now!

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 12

I love my work and feel passion and authenticity are so important to the work I do, who I work with and what will best connect with our children.
Over the next week I’ll be sharing videos of each of these books I’ve worked on. 💕

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 12

Here’s the books I’ve worked on so far.
They are all about neurodivergence, education and parenting.

I am a neurodivergent author as well as parent.

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 10

A few days off on a road trip with three teenagers to travel around and visit my editor, @drnaomifisher.bsky.social and a democratic school.
Place, times and experiences that settle and calm as well as inspire. 💕

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · May 5

Really lovely.
Thank you 💕

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thank you

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Emma Sutton @emmalgsutton.bsky.social · Apr 29

I've barely started "Can't Not Won't" by @elizafricker.bsky.social and I wish I'd found her two years ago

"It should be enough for any child to show they are too unwell to go to school and then we should have choices.. without joining waiting lists that stretch for years"

Hear, hear.

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · Apr 28

I was recently asked to talk about PDA for her new podcast.
We talk about the adjustments our children need to thrive.
The episode has a lovely title too: Draw the World Differently.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Draw the World Differently: Eliza Fricker on Raising a Neurodivergent Child

Podcast Episode · Let's Talk Neurodivergent Kids with Izzy Judd · 28/04/2025 · 39m

podcasts.apple.com

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · Apr 24

(Learned a lot as I went)
Took all my time in the end.
To put it right.
To mend it.
Put it back together again.
Repair what we lost for so long through all of that.
Us.x

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · Apr 24

But I want to show you I can do it.
The main thing is it is done with love.
Whatever it looks like, we don’t worry about the end result.
What you will know is I tried my best.
I didn’t rush.

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · Apr 24

I’m not very good at it, never have been.
I’m all fingers and thumbs.
Clumsy.
Impatient.
But it’s important, the most precious thing.
So, I sit take my time.
No idea what I am doing really.

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Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark) @elizafricker.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thank you!

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Dr Naomi Fisher @drnaomifisher.bsky.social · Apr 23

Our new book is OUT NOW. It's an illustrated guide for professionals and it covers how to make schools fit for children, what happens when school goes wrong&working with children outside the school system.Informed by research, professional expertise and lived experience. @elizafricker.bsky.social.

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Max Purpose Psychology @maxpurpose.bsky.social · Apr 23

Just ordered this book, looking forward to reading it. @drnaomifisher.bsky.social @elizafricker.bsky.social #edpsychs

Dr Naomi Fisher @drnaomifisher.bsky.social · Apr 23

Our new book is OUT NOW. It's an illustrated guide for professionals and it covers how to make schools fit for children, what happens when school goes wrong&working with children outside the school system.Informed by research, professional expertise and lived experience. @elizafricker.bsky.social.

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