Julia Skelding
@flibbertyj.bsky.social
NHS Nurse Consultant (RNLD) in HMP MH team, MA Autism, PGCert MH law and professional practice. Interests in Neurodiversity and quality of care. Also love fitness, #DRFC and reading lots of books!
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Deadline approaching - please share!
A career changing opportunity for a nurse or midwife (UK-wide)
https://buff.ly/4joLoah
@susanmasters.bsky.social @cmos1993.bsky.social @louisekeane84.bsky.social @flibbertyj.bsky.social @jbeebee.bsky.social @rmnlizf.bsky.social
A career changing opportunity for a nurse or midwife (UK-wide)
https://buff.ly/4joLoah
@susanmasters.bsky.social @cmos1993.bsky.social @louisekeane84.bsky.social @flibbertyj.bsky.social @jbeebee.bsky.social @rmnlizf.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Deadline approaching - please share!
A career changing opportunity for a nurse or midwife (UK-wide)
https://buff.ly/4joLoah
@susanmasters.bsky.social @cmos1993.bsky.social @louisekeane84.bsky.social @flibbertyj.bsky.social @jbeebee.bsky.social @rmnlizf.bsky.social
A career changing opportunity for a nurse or midwife (UK-wide)
https://buff.ly/4joLoah
@susanmasters.bsky.social @cmos1993.bsky.social @louisekeane84.bsky.social @flibbertyj.bsky.social @jbeebee.bsky.social @rmnlizf.bsky.social
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Mencap's Campaigns Assistant Vijay shares the differences between a learning disability and learning difficulty
Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wQxDv
Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wQxDv
February 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Mencap's Campaigns Assistant Vijay shares the differences between a learning disability and learning difficulty
Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wQxDv
Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wQxDv
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#OliversCampaign
If you work in health,care or education, its vital to document incidents thoughtfully Is your account factual or is it influenced by personal interpretation?
Reflect on what could have been done differently
Accurate, reflective documentation leads to learning and safer practices.
If you work in health,care or education, its vital to document incidents thoughtfully Is your account factual or is it influenced by personal interpretation?
Reflect on what could have been done differently
Accurate, reflective documentation leads to learning and safer practices.
December 9, 2024 at 7:14 AM
#OliversCampaign
If you work in health,care or education, its vital to document incidents thoughtfully Is your account factual or is it influenced by personal interpretation?
Reflect on what could have been done differently
Accurate, reflective documentation leads to learning and safer practices.
If you work in health,care or education, its vital to document incidents thoughtfully Is your account factual or is it influenced by personal interpretation?
Reflect on what could have been done differently
Accurate, reflective documentation leads to learning and safer practices.
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Autistic #Empathy is demonstrating understanding of the feeling via sharing of a story that reflects that feeling.
NTs often call this anything from "self-centering" to "one-upping", et al.
Double empathy problem on display, or projection, really.
NTs often call this anything from "self-centering" to "one-upping", et al.
Double empathy problem on display, or projection, really.
December 10, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Autistic #Empathy is demonstrating understanding of the feeling via sharing of a story that reflects that feeling.
NTs often call this anything from "self-centering" to "one-upping", et al.
Double empathy problem on display, or projection, really.
NTs often call this anything from "self-centering" to "one-upping", et al.
Double empathy problem on display, or projection, really.
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🎅🏻 Who relates? Might be wishful thinking but here is my Christmas Eve wish… autist edition
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through her space, not a creature was stirring, no demands in her face…
#yellowladybugs #actuallyautistic #autism #neurodivergent #autisticgirls #autisticwomen
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through her space, not a creature was stirring, no demands in her face…
#yellowladybugs #actuallyautistic #autism #neurodivergent #autisticgirls #autisticwomen
December 11, 2024 at 5:16 AM
🎅🏻 Who relates? Might be wishful thinking but here is my Christmas Eve wish… autist edition
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through her space, not a creature was stirring, no demands in her face…
#yellowladybugs #actuallyautistic #autism #neurodivergent #autisticgirls #autisticwomen
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through her space, not a creature was stirring, no demands in her face…
#yellowladybugs #actuallyautistic #autism #neurodivergent #autisticgirls #autisticwomen
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More than 50,000 UK workers homeless this Christmas: 'No guarantee that work means a home'
More than 50,000 UK workers homeless this Christmas
More than 50,000 workers will be homeless this Christmas. The Salvation Army said the statistics "shatter assumptions" a job means a home.
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December 9, 2024 at 1:39 PM
More than 50,000 UK workers homeless this Christmas: 'No guarantee that work means a home'
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MOAR BOOKS: @stevesilberman.bsky.social's NeuroTribes "is essential reading for anyone with a clinical, professional, or personal interest in autism & the human mind. [This] journey through the timeline of autism reveals a hidden, often shocking history."
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources-an...
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources-an...
Book review: NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman. Reviewed by the Salvesen Mindroom Centre team.
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk
November 30, 2024 at 2:54 AM
MOAR BOOKS: @stevesilberman.bsky.social's NeuroTribes "is essential reading for anyone with a clinical, professional, or personal interest in autism & the human mind. [This] journey through the timeline of autism reveals a hidden, often shocking history."
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources-an...
salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources-an...
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“It's not for us to have shame, it's for them.” Gisèle Pelicot 2024. Respect.
November 29, 2024 at 8:58 AM
“It's not for us to have shame, it's for them.” Gisèle Pelicot 2024. Respect.
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Have a look at my list of RNLDs and student learning disability nurses you might like to follow. If you are not on there and want to be let me know bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 29, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Have a look at my list of RNLDs and student learning disability nurses you might like to follow. If you are not on there and want to be let me know bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Here's a video we made at Memorial Hospital back in 2018 to promote #learningdisability nursing ##chooseldnursing
youtu.be/LBsajnMjaT8?...
youtu.be/LBsajnMjaT8?...
November 28, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Day one of trauma-focussed CBT complete, really interesting, looking forward to the next 2 :-)
November 26, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Day one of trauma-focussed CBT complete, really interesting, looking forward to the next 2 :-)
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All behaviour is communication. Look beyond the behaviour for your answers! #SupportDontPunish
November 25, 2024 at 11:32 AM
All behaviour is communication. Look beyond the behaviour for your answers! #SupportDontPunish
That's it, probation period passed and lots of exciting future plans! Time flies when you're having fun!!! #prisonnursing #rnld
November 26, 2024 at 8:03 AM
That's it, probation period passed and lots of exciting future plans! Time flies when you're having fun!!! #prisonnursing #rnld
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How I Communicate explores the communication of minimally/non-speaking autistic young people aged 13 - 21. We need:
✅ Parents/carers of minimally/non-speaking autistic people 13 - 21 who
✅ Attend a UK education setting to
✅Take part in an online focus group
Info below 👇 #Autismresearch
Please share!
✅ Parents/carers of minimally/non-speaking autistic people 13 - 21 who
✅ Attend a UK education setting to
✅Take part in an online focus group
Info below 👇 #Autismresearch
Please share!
November 23, 2024 at 9:35 AM
How I Communicate explores the communication of minimally/non-speaking autistic young people aged 13 - 21. We need:
✅ Parents/carers of minimally/non-speaking autistic people 13 - 21 who
✅ Attend a UK education setting to
✅Take part in an online focus group
Info below 👇 #Autismresearch
Please share!
✅ Parents/carers of minimally/non-speaking autistic people 13 - 21 who
✅ Attend a UK education setting to
✅Take part in an online focus group
Info below 👇 #Autismresearch
Please share!
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The future of learning disability nursing: what needs to change? I really hope that the NMC & other authorities take action, like RNLDs are
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/health...
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/health...
The future of learning disability nursing: what needs to change?
Sheila Sobrany is President of the Royal College of Nursing and a course leader in adult nursing at the University of East London. At the LDT and Kingston conference, Sheila spoke about the future of ...
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 8:42 AM
The future of learning disability nursing: what needs to change? I really hope that the NMC & other authorities take action, like RNLDs are
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/health...
www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/topic/health...
Language is so important - why we don't use the terms high or low functioning autism, it's a spectrum. health.clevelandclinic.org/high-functio...
What ‘High-Functioning Autism’ Means (and Why You Shouldn’t Call It That)
A developmental pediatrician explains why it’s best not to describe an autistic person as “high-functioning” — and what to say instead.
health.clevelandclinic.org
November 23, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Language is so important - why we don't use the terms high or low functioning autism, it's a spectrum. health.clevelandclinic.org/high-functio...
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Many autistic people have intellectual disability. It's important to remember that, for them, "Support is not about deciding things for someone; it’s about empowering them to do what they want to do. It’s giving them the tools to build their own best life." From John Marble et al:
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a.co/47EA3cl
November 19, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Many autistic people have intellectual disability. It's important to remember that, for them, "Support is not about deciding things for someone; it’s about empowering them to do what they want to do. It’s giving them the tools to build their own best life." From John Marble et al:
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a.co/47EA3cl
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On interoception difficulties, which are common in autistic people: "What if you noticed feelings on the inside of your body but had no idea what the feelings meant? Or your internal sensations were so overwhelming that your body feels unsafe on a daily basis?"
www.kelly-mahler.com/what-is-inte...
www.kelly-mahler.com/what-is-inte...
What is Interoception? - Kelly Mahler
Have you ever felt your stomach growl? Your head pound? Your heart race? Your palms sweat? Your eyes grow heavy? If so, do you know how you are able to feel ...
www.kelly-mahler.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
On interoception difficulties, which are common in autistic people: "What if you noticed feelings on the inside of your body but had no idea what the feelings meant? Or your internal sensations were so overwhelming that your body feels unsafe on a daily basis?"
www.kelly-mahler.com/what-is-inte...
www.kelly-mahler.com/what-is-inte...
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