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BendyBrain : Dr Jessica Eccles
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#hypermobility (and related conditions) brain-body neuro #research @bsmsmedschool UK | Dr Jessica Eccles | http://Linktr.ee/bendybrain | views own | https://www.bsms.ac.uk/about/contact-us/staff/dr-jessica-eccles.aspx
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🎉 Congratulations to @stephennaulls.bsky.social and @bendybrain.bsky.social on being shortlisted for the @rcpsych.bsky.social Awards 2025! Their exceptional contributions to psychiatry and mental health are being recognised at the national level. 👏 (1/2)
October 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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We were proud to be the community patient charity at the “Invisible Impact of COVID-19 on Hypermobility & Neurodivergence” at The Royal Society of Medicine! A special thanks to @bendybrain.bsky.social @jgjanegreenmbe.bsky.social many more & our incredible volunteers! 🙏 #hypermobility #neurodivergent
July 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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This *is* exciting news. Dr. Jessica Eccles researches the crossover between #Autism / #Neurodivergence and #EDS / #Hypermobility .
June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Brilliant presentation. You have given me a part of my jigsaw, that you must have found down the back of the settee, that a couple of doctors couldn't find.
May 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Proud to have been able to speak up for #adhd yesterday and help counter some misinformation - 32 mins in
May 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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@bendybrain.bsky.social president @RCPsychNDSIG, patron @sedsconnective.org statistics on #ADHD
@nhsenglandldn.bsky.social

#BBCWorldTonight
Why ? Late diagnosis, poor education, poor health, poor employment records, substance misuse, prison numbers, #Diagnosis
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May 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Just did an exciting webinar for Additude #hypermobility #eds #adhd #neurodivergence #allthethings. Please subscribe to linktr.ee/bendybrain and my coming soon YouTube channel tr.ee/ay_b7ABI6M
May 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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@bendybrain.bsky.social thanks for presenting on @additudemag.bsky.social! Really interesting to see the connections with ADHD 🧐
May 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Exciting news - I am launching a YouTube Channel. Please subscribe and spread the word far and wide youtube.com/@bendybraindrj…#hypermobiltyt#edsd#neurodivergencec#fibromyalgiai#mecfsf#anxietyt#allthethingsgs
https://youtube.com/@bendybraindrj…
May 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Our Patron Dr Eccles
@bendybrain.bsky.social
was on Radio 4 this morning. There is a current discussion in the media at the moment about the Autism and ADHD diagnosis being overused or over diagnosed. Dr Eccles explains why there is an alternative view
Have a listen www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
All in the Mind - Adult ADHD: Why are waiting lists for diagnoses so long? - BBC Sounds
A special on adult ADHD: Why are waiting lists for diagnoses so long, and what can we do?
www.bbc.co.uk
April 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
1/ Some of you may have noticed I have been rather quiet. I am grappling my own bendy brain-body problem after prolapsing a lumbar disc.

#EDS #hypermobility #allthethings
April 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Listening online from South Africa to an outstanding talk by Dr Eccles at RCPsych meeting. What a privilege to hear her speak. Resonates so much with my clinical practice.
March 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Did you see this podcast with our Patron researcher @bendybrain.bsky.social and host Alex Partridge? The message is now getting through with the past and more recent growing research 😊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNeQ...

You can find out more about us at SEDSConnective.org!
The Breakthrough Science That Proves Link Between ADHD and Hypermobility | Dr. Jessica Eccles PhD
YouTube video by ADHD Chatter Podcast
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March 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Despite this, the connection has been overlooked in healthcare, education & daily life . We are the foremost charity for neurodivergence and hypermobility, grassroutes led and love to connect to all! @jgjanegreenmbe.bsky.social @bendybrain.bsky.social and thanks to all those who took part.
March 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Delighted to have featured on this #adhd podcast featuring our @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social research on #hypermobility and #nd. Thanks @lisaquadt.bsky.social Prof Hugo Critchley youtu.be/iNeQm5atZjg?...
March 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Y'all, co-author Dr. Eccles @bendybrain.bsky.social made it onto the ADHD Chatter podcast last night FTW! Word of the co-occurrence of #Hypermobility and #EDS with #autism and #ADHD is getting out to a wider audience finally! 👊✌️🎉

youtu.be/iNeQm5atZjg?...
The Breakthrough Science That Proves Link Between ADHD and Hypermobility | Dr. Jessica Eccles PhD
YouTube video by ADHD Chatter Podcast
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March 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Check out this podcast featured @bendybrain.bsky.social on #ADHD Chatter we spotted last night, too:

youtu.be/iNeQm5atZjg?...
The Breakthrough Science That Proves Link Between ADHD and Hypermobility | Dr. Jessica Eccles PhD
YouTube video by ADHD Chatter Podcast
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March 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Thanks for the lovely comment, this work was led by the brilliant @bendybrain.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Authors include: Regina Torok, Rena Rudy, @bendybrain.bsky.social, @lisaquadt.bsky.social and me. Appreciate the ongoing collaboration!
March 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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With Long Covid Day coming up on 15th March, have you seen our webinar on hypermobility and Long Covid with @jgjanegreenmbe.bsky.social @bendybrain.bsky.social ?
📺Watch now youtu.be/H9MtnF2-JAI?...
Find the study link here: lnkd.in/enwn_zpi
#LongCovid #Hypermobility #ME #CFS #Fibromyalgia
March 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Have You Listened to This? 🎧

Revisiting this important episode of BBC Radio 4’s Inside Health- featuring @bendybrain.bsky.social
and our chair
@jgjanegreenmbe.bsky.social
Listen here (at 9 mins): 🔗 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#Neurodivergent #hEDS #HSD #Autism #LateDiagnosis #BBC
February 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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The connections SEDSConnective have pioneered on hypermobility & neurodivergence with the help of key researchers like our Patron @Bendybrain.bsky.social and our Chair/ founder Jane Green MBE @JGjanegreenMBE.bsky.social are being more understood🙏 26th Feb
February 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
So pleased to be speaking at this Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This highlights the central role of #neurodivergence to all psychiatry #adhd #autism #tourette through showcasing our BSMS

#research and the wonderful #innovation of the wonderful Sussex Neurodevelopmental Service.
February 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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February 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM