KarenA
@karenada59.bsky.social
I am 59 years old autistic person diagnosed late enjoying graphic novels,bird watching, theatre.
Pinned
Have updated pinned .Having seen GP this week, it appears I am nearing the point where I am too complex or challenging for helpful GP. I am now waiting for an appointment with CMHT. Trying to use current resources to look after self in the meantime.
Looks like Hartlepool guy from.big family going to Blackpool.
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Looks like Hartlepool guy from.big family going to Blackpool.
See Karen realise she has autistic burnout
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
See Karen realise she has autistic burnout
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They certainly are disputing the reality of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses when they insist these are normal reactions to life events.
Ignoring genetics and intergenerational mental illness does not help patients who are struggling.
Privilege does not provide immunity.
Ignoring genetics and intergenerational mental illness does not help patients who are struggling.
Privilege does not provide immunity.
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
They certainly are disputing the reality of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses when they insist these are normal reactions to life events.
Ignoring genetics and intergenerational mental illness does not help patients who are struggling.
Privilege does not provide immunity.
Ignoring genetics and intergenerational mental illness does not help patients who are struggling.
Privilege does not provide immunity.
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2025 Gift Recommendations! For fantasy/mystery readers: Who Killed Nessie? by @paulcornell.bsky.social & @rachaelsmith.bsky.social.
“Cornell and Smith have a sparkling creative chemistry... perfect storytelling synthesis.” - @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2326v4kk
“Cornell and Smith have a sparkling creative chemistry... perfect storytelling synthesis.” - @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2326v4kk
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
2025 Gift Recommendations! For fantasy/mystery readers: Who Killed Nessie? by @paulcornell.bsky.social & @rachaelsmith.bsky.social.
“Cornell and Smith have a sparkling creative chemistry... perfect storytelling synthesis.” - @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2326v4kk
“Cornell and Smith have a sparkling creative chemistry... perfect storytelling synthesis.” - @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2326v4kk
Back at EFG London Jazz Festival The Jazz Social.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Back at EFG London Jazz Festival The Jazz Social.
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Council staff visited wrong address day before Sara Sharif’s murder, review finds
Surrey services failed to act on warning signs before Sara Sharif’s murder, finds review
Children’s services did not identify Sara, 10, was at risk of abuse, did not question bruising and overlooked father’s previous violence
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Council staff visited wrong address day before Sara Sharif’s murder, review finds
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Book cover in my actual hands. Love getting to see the physical thing in real life 💚💛 🇮🇪 @paigingbrenna.bsky.social
#chrissycurtin #illustration #irishillustrator #irishartist #bookcovers #bookillustration
#chrissycurtin #illustration #irishillustrator #irishartist #bookcovers #bookillustration
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Book cover in my actual hands. Love getting to see the physical thing in real life 💚💛 🇮🇪 @paigingbrenna.bsky.social
#chrissycurtin #illustration #irishillustrator #irishartist #bookcovers #bookillustration
#chrissycurtin #illustration #irishillustrator #irishartist #bookcovers #bookillustration
As mentioned. Jazz Choir was moved due to capacity issues to another location from Woolwich Works. See Karen take opportunity to audition for Strictly.
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
As mentioned. Jazz Choir was moved due to capacity issues to another location from Woolwich Works. See Karen take opportunity to audition for Strictly.
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New article from team member Naomi Jacobs, sharing findings from research with disabled members of churches on the right to participate in religious institutions, in the light of the Equality Act www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...
“I Just Didn’t Fit into the Way That They Did Church”: Barriers to Access and Participation for Disabled People in UK Churches
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www.scienceopen.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New article from team member Naomi Jacobs, sharing findings from research with disabled members of churches on the right to participate in religious institutions, in the light of the Equality Act www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...
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Autistic unmasking isn’t a single act.
It’s a series of negotiations with your own safety.
The question isn’t “who am I?”
It’s “where can I exist without disappearing?”
It’s a series of negotiations with your own safety.
The question isn’t “who am I?”
It’s “where can I exist without disappearing?”
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Autistic unmasking isn’t a single act.
It’s a series of negotiations with your own safety.
The question isn’t “who am I?”
It’s “where can I exist without disappearing?”
It’s a series of negotiations with your own safety.
The question isn’t “who am I?”
It’s “where can I exist without disappearing?”
Thread some personal ideas about masking as autistic person and response to felt pressure to be what I thought was a "real autistic advocate " on social media.
Thinking about my strategy of last few months having got ideas about not masking from loud articulate autistic voices who have like minded people within a community of support. I thought I should just unmask and be myself.
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thread some personal ideas about masking as autistic person and response to felt pressure to be what I thought was a "real autistic advocate " on social media.
Thinking about my strategy of last few months having got ideas about not masking from loud articulate autistic voices who have like minded people within a community of support. I thought I should just unmask and be myself.
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thinking about my strategy of last few months having got ideas about not masking from loud articulate autistic voices who have like minded people within a community of support. I thought I should just unmask and be myself.
This is a real posh dance space. We had to take shoes off. Picture later.
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is a real posh dance space. We had to take shoes off. Picture later.
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'Neurodiversity-affirming autism assessment and support: a scoping review' includes monotropism in its table of important neurodiversity-affirming theoretical concepts, along with the social model of disability, double empathy, stimming, stigma and camouflaging.
helda.helsinki.fi/items/4e1849...
helda.helsinki.fi/items/4e1849...
DSpace
helda.helsinki.fi
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
'Neurodiversity-affirming autism assessment and support: a scoping review' includes monotropism in its table of important neurodiversity-affirming theoretical concepts, along with the social model of disability, double empathy, stimming, stigma and camouflaging.
helda.helsinki.fi/items/4e1849...
helda.helsinki.fi/items/4e1849...
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When I tell people I am exhausted it's not even the half of it.
I've been out of work for 3 months now and while it's a blessing to not have to blend in anymore, I am still recovering.
The years of trying to "behave" and stay "in line" when it was hurting took an unpayable toll.
I've been out of work for 3 months now and while it's a blessing to not have to blend in anymore, I am still recovering.
The years of trying to "behave" and stay "in line" when it was hurting took an unpayable toll.
Autistic exhaustion is rarely solely about energy.
It’s about compression.
Lack of freedom.
The daily work of holding back physical movement, emotions, thought, and truth - just to be digestible to those around us.
Just to survive.
It’s about compression.
Lack of freedom.
The daily work of holding back physical movement, emotions, thought, and truth - just to be digestible to those around us.
Just to survive.
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
When I tell people I am exhausted it's not even the half of it.
I've been out of work for 3 months now and while it's a blessing to not have to blend in anymore, I am still recovering.
The years of trying to "behave" and stay "in line" when it was hurting took an unpayable toll.
I've been out of work for 3 months now and while it's a blessing to not have to blend in anymore, I am still recovering.
The years of trying to "behave" and stay "in line" when it was hurting took an unpayable toll.
Our over 60s jazz choir venue moved for today to a dance studio. As Woolwich Works has other stuff on.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Our over 60s jazz choir venue moved for today to a dance studio. As Woolwich Works has other stuff on.
My debate re future directions is obvious to see in three recent eBay resale purchases. Formulation in psychology ,Deconstructing psychopathology and Jamie Oliver Eat yourself healthy. 😅
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My debate re future directions is obvious to see in three recent eBay resale purchases. Formulation in psychology ,Deconstructing psychopathology and Jamie Oliver Eat yourself healthy. 😅
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ATTN GLUTTONS: Please savor this mouth-watering review of The Solitary Gourmet, a comic about eating in the age of loneliness (1994-present) by Jirō Taniguchi & Masayuki Kusumi, up today at TCJ (The Chowbell Jouissance)
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
ATTN GLUTTONS: Please savor this mouth-watering review of The Solitary Gourmet, a comic about eating in the age of loneliness (1994-present) by Jirō Taniguchi & Masayuki Kusumi, up today at TCJ (The Chowbell Jouissance)
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“Leave them alone for a few days. Let the sun shine on them, let the rain fall on them. Then your seeds will start to grow.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Leave them alone for a few days. Let the sun shine on them, let the rain fall on them. Then your seeds will start to grow.”
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Another in my series of libraries
Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Rome
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Rome
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Another in my series of libraries
Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Rome
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Biblioteca Vallicelliana, Rome
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
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#Autistic adults (aged 50+) meet up group. Our next online session is 11am-noon on Thursday 13th November. It's an informal peer group chat. All autistic (incl self diagnosed) people aged 50 or over are welcome. It's free, but register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AutisticElders #Autism
#AutisticElders #Autism
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#Autistic adults (aged 50+) meet up group. Our next online session is 11am-noon on Thursday 13th November. It's an informal peer group chat. All autistic (incl self diagnosed) people aged 50 or over are welcome. It's free, but register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#AutisticElders #Autism
#AutisticElders #Autism
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Autism question! Does anyone have any good links/resources for, like, what to *do* when you're diagnosed autistic? How to examine your thinking/beliefs, work out what masking is, learn self compassion etc etc? Broad question, but I really should do something with this knew self knowledge.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Autism question! Does anyone have any good links/resources for, like, what to *do* when you're diagnosed autistic? How to examine your thinking/beliefs, work out what masking is, learn self compassion etc etc? Broad question, but I really should do something with this knew self knowledge.
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Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns