Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
@autisticdoc.bsky.social
•NHS GP.
•Associate Prof in #MedEd, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social.
•Hon Senior Lecturer in #Neurodiversity, @exeter.ac.uk.
•Autistic/ADHD/dyslexic/hEDS.
•Research Lead, Autistic Doctors International.
•Views my own, no medical advice
•Associate Prof in #MedEd, @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social.
•Hon Senior Lecturer in #Neurodiversity, @exeter.ac.uk.
•Autistic/ADHD/dyslexic/hEDS.
•Research Lead, Autistic Doctors International.
•Views my own, no medical advice
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My team @autisticdoc.bsky.social, @autisticdoctor.bsky.social, Jon Ives, and I did this work which finally got published a little while back: Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Clinicians: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reasonable adjustments for autistic clinicians: A qualitative study
Autistic people experience barriers to accessing healthcare. Autistic clinical professionals may be able to help improve this situation. Previous research, however, has shown that Autistic clinical pr...
journals.plos.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
My team @autisticdoc.bsky.social, @autisticdoctor.bsky.social, Jon Ives, and I did this work which finally got published a little while back: Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Clinicians: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
My autistic meltdown: the impact of autistic sensory needs
As an autistic adult, even the word meltdown is humiliating. A shameful part of my
past, no longer relevant to a senior doctor, or so I would like to think. And yet
the reality is different. Some 2 ye...
www.thelancet.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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BSMS’ Prof Claire Smith (@an040my.bsky.social) features in the first of the @ri-science.bsky.social 2024 #XmasLectures today! Claire will explain what happens to your food when it’s in your stomach, how much you can fit inside your stomach & how vomiting works.
📺 Watch on BBC Four and iPlayer
⏰ 9pm
📺 Watch on BBC Four and iPlayer
⏰ 9pm
December 29, 2024 at 9:00 AM
BSMS’ Prof Claire Smith (@an040my.bsky.social) features in the first of the @ri-science.bsky.social 2024 #XmasLectures today! Claire will explain what happens to your food when it’s in your stomach, how much you can fit inside your stomach & how vomiting works.
📺 Watch on BBC Four and iPlayer
⏰ 9pm
📺 Watch on BBC Four and iPlayer
⏰ 9pm
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Wonderful to see Seb, the author of this paper present to neurodevelopmental psychiatrists on the (Nick Walker concepts of) neurodiversity movement & paradigm.
Shifts are coming at last.
Shifts are coming at last.
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Wonderful to see Seb, the author of this paper present to neurodevelopmental psychiatrists on the (Nick Walker concepts of) neurodiversity movement & paradigm.
Shifts are coming at last.
Shifts are coming at last.
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It’s encouraging to see Autistic researchers who are also doctors making so much progress in identifying and addressing barriers to healthcare @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @autisticdoc.bsky.social
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
Autistic SPACE: a novel framework for meeting the needs of autistic people in healthcare settings | British Journal of Hospital Medicine
Autistic people experience significant health disparities and reduced life expectancy. Barriers to accessing healthcare are associated with adverse health outcomes. Autism training and healthcare prof...
www.magonlinelibrary.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:36 AM
It’s encouraging to see Autistic researchers who are also doctors making so much progress in identifying and addressing barriers to healthcare @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @autisticdoc.bsky.social
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
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Thank you for sharing such a well written and thought provoking paper - I have lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked the questions at the end. Looking forward to directing people here when I’m next asked.
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Thank you for sharing such a well written and thought provoking paper - I have lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked the questions at the end. Looking forward to directing people here when I’m next asked.
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Such an important paper, thank you for sharing here. Everyone involved in medical education should read this.
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Such an important paper, thank you for sharing here. Everyone involved in medical education should read this.
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Such a useful paper. This really stood out to me and challenged me (in a very good way).
November 23, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Such a useful paper. This really stood out to me and challenged me (in a very good way).
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This paper requires a pause,a read and a reread. Thank you @autisticdoc.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social et al. So much rich information. Will use in my next workshop.
November 22, 2024 at 8:51 AM
This paper requires a pause,a read and a reread. Thank you @autisticdoc.bsky.social @autisticdoctor.bsky.social et al. So much rich information. Will use in my next workshop.
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"Epistemologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that #neurodivergent people should be central to the creation of knowledge around neurodivergence. Research should be grounded in neurodivergent community perspectives and should seek to advance social justice."
November 22, 2024 at 12:37 AM
"Epistemologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that #neurodivergent people should be central to the creation of knowledge around neurodivergence. Research should be grounded in neurodivergent community perspectives and should seek to advance social justice."
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This looks great:
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
This looks great:
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
A few years ago, @autisticdoctor.bsky.social explained that I was misusing the word 'neurodiversity' to actually mean 'neurodivergence'.
She was right
Since then,I've tried to educate others,
Because language matters.
If nothing else, start with the 1st couple of paragraphs of this article
#MedSky
She was right
Since then,I've tried to educate others,
Because language matters.
If nothing else, start with the 1st couple of paragraphs of this article
#MedSky
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 AM
A few years ago, @autisticdoctor.bsky.social explained that I was misusing the word 'neurodiversity' to actually mean 'neurodivergence'.
She was right
Since then,I've tried to educate others,
Because language matters.
If nothing else, start with the 1st couple of paragraphs of this article
#MedSky
She was right
Since then,I've tried to educate others,
Because language matters.
If nothing else, start with the 1st couple of paragraphs of this article
#MedSky
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"Ontologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that neurodivergent people are different—not flawed, impaired, or disordered.
Difference does not entail inherent lack of worth, regardless of whether difference is personally experienced as an impairment, a disability, or an advantage."
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Difference does not entail inherent lack of worth, regardless of whether difference is personally experienced as an impairment, a disability, or an advantage."
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 10:37 PM
"Ontologically, the neurodiversity paradigm argues that neurodivergent people are different—not flawed, impaired, or disordered.
Difference does not entail inherent lack of worth, regardless of whether difference is personally experienced as an impairment, a disability, or an advantage."
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Difference does not entail inherent lack of worth, regardless of whether difference is personally experienced as an impairment, a disability, or an advantage."
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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This is written in such a beautifully straightforward manner. For anyone who is still unsure about what the neurodiversity paradigm is, this is a great (quick) read.
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 6:04 PM
This is written in such a beautifully straightforward manner. For anyone who is still unsure about what the neurodiversity paradigm is, this is a great (quick) read.
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Thanks for sharing and thank you for publishing open access!!!!
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Thanks for sharing and thank you for publishing open access!!!!
💬
"this paradigm promotes critical thinking around things we have previously passively accepted as real. This considers the influence of power on how we constructed such historical ‘truths’ and how these are then maintained as part of the wider status quo"
"this paradigm promotes critical thinking around things we have previously passively accepted as real. This considers the influence of power on how we constructed such historical ‘truths’ and how these are then maintained as part of the wider status quo"
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 1:14 PM
💬
"this paradigm promotes critical thinking around things we have previously passively accepted as real. This considers the influence of power on how we constructed such historical ‘truths’ and how these are then maintained as part of the wider status quo"
"this paradigm promotes critical thinking around things we have previously passively accepted as real. This considers the influence of power on how we constructed such historical ‘truths’ and how these are then maintained as part of the wider status quo"
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Lovely to be able to post our first “new” paper since I started hanging out here rather than the other place 😎
Wonderful to work with such a fabulous team on such a great project, bringing knowledge of neurodivergence to medical education. More to come, watch this space!
Wonderful to work with such a fabulous team on such a great project, bringing knowledge of neurodivergence to medical education. More to come, watch this space!
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Lovely to be able to post our first “new” paper since I started hanging out here rather than the other place 😎
Wonderful to work with such a fabulous team on such a great project, bringing knowledge of neurodivergence to medical education. More to come, watch this space!
Wonderful to work with such a fabulous team on such a great project, bringing knowledge of neurodivergence to medical education. More to come, watch this space!
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Even if you're not interested in medical education this is worth reading for its excellent approach to the neurodiversity paradigm
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Even if you're not interested in medical education this is worth reading for its excellent approach to the neurodiversity paradigm
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Love this - and also possibly the best explanation/utilisation of 'epistemology' and 'ontology' that I've read in years of studying! Thank you!
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Love this - and also possibly the best explanation/utilisation of 'epistemology' and 'ontology' that I've read in years of studying! Thank you!
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 8:23 AM
🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
"medical education will fundamentally fail in its mission to support neurodivergent learners unless we undergo a significant transformation"
Read free: asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#MedEd
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social @asmeofficial.bsky.social
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Why is health care so inaccessible for autistic people? "Too many autistic people avoid seeking health care for reasons that are straightforward to address—if only they were first recognized, and then enforced." Talking with @autisticdoctor.bsky.social and @autisticdoc.bsky.social, at TPGA.
Why Is Health Care So Inaccessible to Autistic People? — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
How undetected barriers to health care for autistic people can lead to delayed care, serious complications, and sometimes even fatalities.
thinkingautismguide.com
March 2, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Why is health care so inaccessible for autistic people? "Too many autistic people avoid seeking health care for reasons that are straightforward to address—if only they were first recognized, and then enforced." Talking with @autisticdoctor.bsky.social and @autisticdoc.bsky.social, at TPGA.
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Barriers to healthcare and a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults: A qualitative study
journals.sagepub.com...
journals.sagepub.com...
October 25, 2023 at 1:00 PM
Barriers to healthcare and a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults: A qualitative study
journals.sagepub.com...
journals.sagepub.com...
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Very proud to have published this important paper in @journalautism.bsky.social
🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️
Barriers to healthcare & a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults
“It was life threatening and nearly killed me because I was too ill & too disabled to access doctors”
Read free: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social
Barriers to healthcare & a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults
“It was life threatening and nearly killed me because I was too ill & too disabled to access doctors”
Read free: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social
October 18, 2023 at 9:08 AM
Very proud to have published this important paper in @journalautism.bsky.social
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
This paper is really important on several different levels.
It explains barriers to healthcare, expanding on existing #Autistic theories.
It explains complex ideas in accessible language using participants’ own words.
It’s a study by a #research team in which everyone is Autistic.
Ground breaking.
It explains barriers to healthcare, expanding on existing #Autistic theories.
It explains complex ideas in accessible language using participants’ own words.
It’s a study by a #research team in which everyone is Autistic.
Ground breaking.
🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️
Barriers to healthcare & a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults
“It was life threatening and nearly killed me because I was too ill & too disabled to access doctors”
Read free: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social
Barriers to healthcare & a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults
“It was life threatening and nearly killed me because I was too ill & too disabled to access doctors”
Read free: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social
October 18, 2023 at 12:36 AM
Reposted by Seb Shaw (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Autistic researchers talk to autistic people about "triple empathy problem" barriers to healthcare, and why "Autistic people live with more mental and physical health conditions and, on average, die younger than non-autistic people despite widespread commitments to tackling these issues."
🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️
Barriers to healthcare & a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults
“It was life threatening and nearly killed me because I was too ill & too disabled to access doctors”
Read free: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social
Barriers to healthcare & a ‘triple empathy problem’ may lead to adverse outcomes for autistic adults
“It was life threatening and nearly killed me because I was too ill & too disabled to access doctors”
Read free: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@autisticdoctor.bsky.social
October 17, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Autistic researchers talk to autistic people about "triple empathy problem" barriers to healthcare, and why "Autistic people live with more mental and physical health conditions and, on average, die younger than non-autistic people despite widespread commitments to tackling these issues."