Did you miss our Medicaid webinar last month? Check out the recording on Youtube! Learn all about Medicaid — how it helps disabled people, how we fought cuts in 2017, and how we can stop them in the future!

Just realised that my free book featuring over 20 activists Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from Frontline has been accessed over a million times! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Good to see it spread through news, policy, social media. Glad so many have benefitted. 🙏

This book is coming out in February. It is a tour de force written by 23 autistic counsellors / psychotherapists and edited by me. All sorts of amazing people have already endorsed it (I am slightly stunned). But actually...it is brilliant and you should buy it.
www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/on-...

Join us for the book launch of
Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic Children and Young People: Promoting Self-Agency, Curiosity and Collaboration.

Thursday, March 27, 6–8pm
at IOE, UCL

📅 Save your spot:
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Commentary by @jtylersyck.bsky.social
Religious freedom has never protected moral barbarism.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/01/10/n...

🧠😴⚡️Relevant for #ptsd and #trauma Good sleep helps with unwanted and possibly intrusive thoughts. They even identified the brain area slacking off ( rDLPFC).
Good argument for working on a good sleep routine with clients. 1/2🧵
#neuroscience #psychotherapy
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-...

Our resources on coverage for autism-related services talk about different services, how to advocate for coverage, and how that differs based on source of coverage – for example, Medicaid or private health insurance.

Just now in presser on SoCal wildfires, FEMA Regional Administrator advises for those affected please register for assistance these ways:

* Go to disasterassistance.gov
* Download the FEMA app
* Call (800) 621-3362

here's a thread of starter packs for marginalized authors across genres! since most of these are opt-in, I linked to the posts from the creators so new-to-bsky authors can request to be added.

feel free to link to any that I've missed and I'll add them to the thread!

🧠🩷⚡️ Title flamboyant but a balanced take on the #vagus #nerve stimulation potential for #mentalhealth ( #depression ), #inflammation
⚡️1) Electrical stimulation of the vagus (not manual/dancing/singing)
⚡️2) Placebo effect
#psychotherapy #TherapistsConnect
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

If you are disabled and impacted by the wildfires and need help, call or text the Disability and Disaster Hotline at 800-626-4959 or email [email protected]

There are better ways to support our communities than ABA. Learn more in our new resource, “Beyond Coercion and Institutionalization: People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Need for Improved Behavior Support Services”:

Publications in the past week built substantially on our knowledge of the brain's waste disposal system—glymphatics—and the implications on sleep and brain aging.
Featuring exceptional work by Nedergaard Lab and @jonykipnis.bsky.social
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-sleep-... open-access

Tell the Department of Labor to #EndSubminimumWage by submitting a public comment on their proposed rule! Comments due 1/17/25. Learn more: