Sarah O'Brien
@sarahobrien.bsky.social
👩🏼🏫 autism trainer across North Central London
🎓 inclusive public involvement PhD @kcl.ac.uk
📚 So, I'm Autistic out now
she/her - autistic and disabled
generally funny, views + typos own
@SarahMarieOB on Twitter
🎓 inclusive public involvement PhD @kcl.ac.uk
📚 So, I'm Autistic out now
she/her - autistic and disabled
generally funny, views + typos own
@SarahMarieOB on Twitter
Dan is always so generous with his praise of others, an exceptional person whether he’s uplifting my work or others!
I wish there had been a book like So, I'm autistic by @sarahobrien.bsky.social when I was younger, or even when I was just first diagnosed. It is a wonderful book for those coming to grips with their diagnosis. 5/
April 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Dan is always so generous with his praise of others, an exceptional person whether he’s uplifting my work or others!
Reposted by Sarah O'Brien
SMK is hiring? Could it be you?
📣Head of Programmes (£50-55K full time)
📣Grant Programme Manager (£33-35K part time)
Deadline for applications is Tuesday 22 April by 11pm
Find out more here 👉 smk.org.uk/get-involved...
📣Head of Programmes (£50-55K full time)
📣Grant Programme Manager (£33-35K part time)
Deadline for applications is Tuesday 22 April by 11pm
Find out more here 👉 smk.org.uk/get-involved...
April 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
SMK is hiring? Could it be you?
📣Head of Programmes (£50-55K full time)
📣Grant Programme Manager (£33-35K part time)
Deadline for applications is Tuesday 22 April by 11pm
Find out more here 👉 smk.org.uk/get-involved...
📣Head of Programmes (£50-55K full time)
📣Grant Programme Manager (£33-35K part time)
Deadline for applications is Tuesday 22 April by 11pm
Find out more here 👉 smk.org.uk/get-involved...
Simply having one of those days where things are hard and I'm repeatedly told that I'm rubbish at inclusive practice, which is a hard one to sit with when I know all the effort I put in to try to make things inclusive and accessible despite exclusionary, often immovable systems.
April 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Simply having one of those days where things are hard and I'm repeatedly told that I'm rubbish at inclusive practice, which is a hard one to sit with when I know all the effort I put in to try to make things inclusive and accessible despite exclusionary, often immovable systems.
Accidentally forgot to take my POTS meds yesterday so I ended up accidentally fainting today, which serves as a useful barometer of 48 hours between meds means a complete return to business as (unmedicated) usual.
My life revolves around silly heart-shaped tablets.
My life revolves around silly heart-shaped tablets.
March 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Accidentally forgot to take my POTS meds yesterday so I ended up accidentally fainting today, which serves as a useful barometer of 48 hours between meds means a complete return to business as (unmedicated) usual.
My life revolves around silly heart-shaped tablets.
My life revolves around silly heart-shaped tablets.
The rhetoric around welfare benefits and social security being handouts was and will always be incredibly dangerous and downright insidious.
Supporting all members of society is never a handout, it’s a safety net, a social contract of support for all.
Supporting all members of society is never a handout, it’s a safety net, a social contract of support for all.
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The rhetoric around welfare benefits and social security being handouts was and will always be incredibly dangerous and downright insidious.
Supporting all members of society is never a handout, it’s a safety net, a social contract of support for all.
Supporting all members of society is never a handout, it’s a safety net, a social contract of support for all.
Reposted by Sarah O'Brien
Diagnostic overshadowing in PTSD & autism: what do we know about trauma in ASD? buff.ly/0c0Hz5V
Sofiia Karnatska blogs a systematic review of PTSD in autistic individuals, which provides some useful insights about effective assessment & treatment of #PTSD in #Autism.
🧵 THREAD
Sofiia Karnatska blogs a systematic review of PTSD in autistic individuals, which provides some useful insights about effective assessment & treatment of #PTSD in #Autism.
🧵 THREAD
March 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Diagnostic overshadowing in PTSD & autism: what do we know about trauma in ASD? buff.ly/0c0Hz5V
Sofiia Karnatska blogs a systematic review of PTSD in autistic individuals, which provides some useful insights about effective assessment & treatment of #PTSD in #Autism.
🧵 THREAD
Sofiia Karnatska blogs a systematic review of PTSD in autistic individuals, which provides some useful insights about effective assessment & treatment of #PTSD in #Autism.
🧵 THREAD
Watching someone pick their nose, look at their find and then wrap their hand around the train’s grab rail on this morning’s commute pretty much sums it up.
It’s the lesson that just keeps giving, don’t trust other peoples hygiene 🥲
It’s the lesson that just keeps giving, don’t trust other peoples hygiene 🥲
March 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Watching someone pick their nose, look at their find and then wrap their hand around the train’s grab rail on this morning’s commute pretty much sums it up.
It’s the lesson that just keeps giving, don’t trust other peoples hygiene 🥲
It’s the lesson that just keeps giving, don’t trust other peoples hygiene 🥲
Unexpected barrier to accessible and inclusive recruitment?
Application and recruitment platforms simply do not allocate enough storage space for Easy Read job information, and NHS cloud storage is restrictive, so we have to find a workaround.
Application and recruitment platforms simply do not allocate enough storage space for Easy Read job information, and NHS cloud storage is restrictive, so we have to find a workaround.
March 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Unexpected barrier to accessible and inclusive recruitment?
Application and recruitment platforms simply do not allocate enough storage space for Easy Read job information, and NHS cloud storage is restrictive, so we have to find a workaround.
Application and recruitment platforms simply do not allocate enough storage space for Easy Read job information, and NHS cloud storage is restrictive, so we have to find a workaround.
Either I look like I’m visually impaired or need emotional support today because I’ve had so many people remark on “that dog is working”
The dog in question
The dog in question
March 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Either I look like I’m visually impaired or need emotional support today because I’ve had so many people remark on “that dog is working”
The dog in question
The dog in question
Celebrating Neurodiversity Celebration week with not just one but two migraines from working less accessible than ideal work environments certainly feels like some sort of message to be decoded.
March 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Celebrating Neurodiversity Celebration week with not just one but two migraines from working less accessible than ideal work environments certainly feels like some sort of message to be decoded.
LinkedIn is such an odd place, a role I was rejected from (applied in Aug '24) is now recruiting again, so either it was a lucky escape/bad role and it's a terrible place to work or whomever they hired instead of me wasn't a good fit.
Either way, a great escape.
Either way, a great escape.
March 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
LinkedIn is such an odd place, a role I was rejected from (applied in Aug '24) is now recruiting again, so either it was a lucky escape/bad role and it's a terrible place to work or whomever they hired instead of me wasn't a good fit.
Either way, a great escape.
Either way, a great escape.
Celebrating st paddy’s day just as my ancestors would have wanted, withering the evening away with a migraine.
I am in fact not the craic after a day of cracking people up 🥲
I am in fact not the craic after a day of cracking people up 🥲
March 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Celebrating st paddy’s day just as my ancestors would have wanted, withering the evening away with a migraine.
I am in fact not the craic after a day of cracking people up 🥲
I am in fact not the craic after a day of cracking people up 🥲
One of my ‘auras’ of an incoming shutdown is a drip that starts from my nose, almost as if my body thinks I need to cry with the impending level of overwhelm but it’s so confused that instead of tears it’s just a drip elsewhere in the ENT cavity.
March 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
One of my ‘auras’ of an incoming shutdown is a drip that starts from my nose, almost as if my body thinks I need to cry with the impending level of overwhelm but it’s so confused that instead of tears it’s just a drip elsewhere in the ENT cavity.
I got woken up in the night recently by something/someone breathing on my neck, which was a worry as my husband was working in central Europe at the time.
Turn around, and it turned out Monty, my not very petite golden retriever, had snuggled his way onto my pillow and we were now sharing.
Turn around, and it turned out Monty, my not very petite golden retriever, had snuggled his way onto my pillow and we were now sharing.
March 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I got woken up in the night recently by something/someone breathing on my neck, which was a worry as my husband was working in central Europe at the time.
Turn around, and it turned out Monty, my not very petite golden retriever, had snuggled his way onto my pillow and we were now sharing.
Turn around, and it turned out Monty, my not very petite golden retriever, had snuggled his way onto my pillow and we were now sharing.
With all of the news of changing the structures around health and care, I'm sure the team at @thekingsfund.bsky.social will be there to guide us through with animations of how everything works once the dust settles down.
Their animation team are always kept on their toes.
Their animation team are always kept on their toes.
March 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
With all of the news of changing the structures around health and care, I'm sure the team at @thekingsfund.bsky.social will be there to guide us through with animations of how everything works once the dust settles down.
Their animation team are always kept on their toes.
Their animation team are always kept on their toes.
One thing I’d overlooked about delivering autism and learning disability training across health and social care was just how much I’d be defending my right to define and view myself in ways that don’t make me want to kill myself or see myself as a burden or packed with deficits!
Fun really! 🫠
Fun really! 🫠
March 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
One thing I’d overlooked about delivering autism and learning disability training across health and social care was just how much I’d be defending my right to define and view myself in ways that don’t make me want to kill myself or see myself as a burden or packed with deficits!
Fun really! 🫠
Fun really! 🫠
Is there potential for inefficiency in NHS England? I mean of course but so can any organisation.
Is it fair to drop this news publicly without due consideration to staff? Absolutely not.
Either way, join a union.
Is it fair to drop this news publicly without due consideration to staff? Absolutely not.
Either way, join a union.
March 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Is there potential for inefficiency in NHS England? I mean of course but so can any organisation.
Is it fair to drop this news publicly without due consideration to staff? Absolutely not.
Either way, join a union.
Is it fair to drop this news publicly without due consideration to staff? Absolutely not.
Either way, join a union.
My Outlook app updated which means there has been a minor change to the display of my calendar, just something to process the change of for the next 3-5 business days.
UI changes always throw me, whether it be a tiny shift or a monumental change, most of the time completely unnecesary.
UI changes always throw me, whether it be a tiny shift or a monumental change, most of the time completely unnecesary.
March 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
My Outlook app updated which means there has been a minor change to the display of my calendar, just something to process the change of for the next 3-5 business days.
UI changes always throw me, whether it be a tiny shift or a monumental change, most of the time completely unnecesary.
UI changes always throw me, whether it be a tiny shift or a monumental change, most of the time completely unnecesary.
My stomach at exactly 10:59 this morning
a man with his eyes closed says we 've had one yes but what about second breakfast ?
Alt: A hobbit says we 've had one yes but what about second breakfast ?”
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My stomach at exactly 10:59 this morning
Reposted by Sarah O'Brien
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
An early birthday present from PLR letting me know that a whopping (to me) 515 people borrowed So, I'm Autistic from their local library in its first year of publication.
That's huge, sometimes I forget I've written something people might actually see, read or care about.
That's huge, sometimes I forget I've written something people might actually see, read or care about.
January 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An early birthday present from PLR letting me know that a whopping (to me) 515 people borrowed So, I'm Autistic from their local library in its first year of publication.
That's huge, sometimes I forget I've written something people might actually see, read or care about.
That's huge, sometimes I forget I've written something people might actually see, read or care about.
Hello!
My team are hiring two facilitating trainers to co-deliver Oliver McGowan autism and learning disability training across north London.
⏰ 20 hours per week, 9-month fixed term contract
💷 NHS band 6 with outer HCAS
📆 Apply by 26th January 2025
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Londo...
My team are hiring two facilitating trainers to co-deliver Oliver McGowan autism and learning disability training across north London.
⏰ 20 hours per week, 9-month fixed term contract
💷 NHS band 6 with outer HCAS
📆 Apply by 26th January 2025
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Londo...
Job vacancy: Oliver McGowan Facilitating Trainer, 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust, London | trac.jobs
www.nhsjobs.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hello!
My team are hiring two facilitating trainers to co-deliver Oliver McGowan autism and learning disability training across north London.
⏰ 20 hours per week, 9-month fixed term contract
💷 NHS band 6 with outer HCAS
📆 Apply by 26th January 2025
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Londo...
My team are hiring two facilitating trainers to co-deliver Oliver McGowan autism and learning disability training across north London.
⏰ 20 hours per week, 9-month fixed term contract
💷 NHS band 6 with outer HCAS
📆 Apply by 26th January 2025
www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Londo...
The mind is strong but the body is weak and I've pulled a muscle in my back from sneezing 🙃
January 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The mind is strong but the body is weak and I've pulled a muscle in my back from sneezing 🙃
Alexithymia and poor interoception as key aspects of autism you say?
idk what you mean aside from the eczema I developed while not realising I was actually quite stressed. 🫠
idk what you mean aside from the eczema I developed while not realising I was actually quite stressed. 🫠
January 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Alexithymia and poor interoception as key aspects of autism you say?
idk what you mean aside from the eczema I developed while not realising I was actually quite stressed. 🫠
idk what you mean aside from the eczema I developed while not realising I was actually quite stressed. 🫠