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ilex (she/they)
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student • psychology • linguistics • public health • education policy • disability advocate • LGBTQ+ and AuDHD • dancer 🧠💃
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">1/3rd didn’t understand explanations from healthcare professions. Nearly half said they weren’t given the choice to say no to having examinations, including vaginal examinations.

This means that many of our participants weren’t able to give informed consent to the treatment they received."
Autistic women face barriers to safe and supportive maternity care – new research
Autistic women report feeling unheard, misunderstood and even unsafe during pregnancy and childbirth, according to new research.
theconversation.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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#Sudan: Background - An estimated 11 million people have been displaced, including nearly 3 million who have sought safety in Chad, Egypt and South Sudan. Displaced people’s camps lack adequate healthcare and humanitarian aid. There are catastrophic levels of malnutrition.
January 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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well all I can say is it's just so great to see how decades of hashtag autism awareness have helped the general public to understand autism and autistic people better, and really recognise what autism is, and is not

time and money well spent everyone, good job
January 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Frankie voting her voice least relevant and then not being listened to was possibly the funniest thing to happen this season #traitors #thetraitors #traitorsUK
January 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM