Eliza Fricker (Missing the Mark)
@elizafricker.bsky.social
Sunday Times Bestseller. Illustrator + author + education + autism + childhood + learning + activist + art. Represented by BKS Agency
Exams will never prepare you for life.. Life will.
May 31, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Exams will never prepare you for life.. Life will.
Just checking in..
May 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Just checking in..
I went to talk this weekend with Rebecca Solnit, a writer, historian and activist.
She talked about the slowness of change and how we hold steady in uncertain times with hope and it got me thinking..
She talked about the slowness of change and how we hold steady in uncertain times with hope and it got me thinking..
May 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I went to talk this weekend with Rebecca Solnit, a writer, historian and activist.
She talked about the slowness of change and how we hold steady in uncertain times with hope and it got me thinking..
She talked about the slowness of change and how we hold steady in uncertain times with hope and it got me thinking..
We must always be here. Always..x
May 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We must always be here. Always..x
My heart and head are full after my stay at Cambridge University.
This week I was invited back to finish our project on comics and autism.
The conversations and explorations were brilliant and mind expanding.
This week I was invited back to finish our project on comics and autism.
The conversations and explorations were brilliant and mind expanding.
May 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
My heart and head are full after my stay at Cambridge University.
This week I was invited back to finish our project on comics and autism.
The conversations and explorations were brilliant and mind expanding.
This week I was invited back to finish our project on comics and autism.
The conversations and explorations were brilliant and mind expanding.
Here’s the books I’ve worked on so far.
They are all about neurodivergence, education and parenting.
I am a neurodivergent author as well as parent.
They are all about neurodivergence, education and parenting.
I am a neurodivergent author as well as parent.
May 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Here’s the books I’ve worked on so far.
They are all about neurodivergence, education and parenting.
I am a neurodivergent author as well as parent.
They are all about neurodivergence, education and parenting.
I am a neurodivergent author as well as parent.
A few days off on a road trip with three teenagers to travel around and visit my editor, @drnaomifisher.bsky.social and a democratic school.
Place, times and experiences that settle and calm as well as inspire. 💕
Place, times and experiences that settle and calm as well as inspire. 💕
May 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
A few days off on a road trip with three teenagers to travel around and visit my editor, @drnaomifisher.bsky.social and a democratic school.
Place, times and experiences that settle and calm as well as inspire. 💕
Place, times and experiences that settle and calm as well as inspire. 💕
Really lovely.
Thank you 💕
Thank you 💕
May 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Really lovely.
Thank you 💕
Thank you 💕
(Learned a lot as I went)
Took all my time in the end.
To put it right.
To mend it.
Put it back together again.
Repair what we lost for so long through all of that.
Us.x
Took all my time in the end.
To put it right.
To mend it.
Put it back together again.
Repair what we lost for so long through all of that.
Us.x
April 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
(Learned a lot as I went)
Took all my time in the end.
To put it right.
To mend it.
Put it back together again.
Repair what we lost for so long through all of that.
Us.x
Took all my time in the end.
To put it right.
To mend it.
Put it back together again.
Repair what we lost for so long through all of that.
Us.x
I’m not very good at it, never have been.
I’m all fingers and thumbs.
Clumsy.
Impatient.
But it’s important, the most precious thing.
So, I sit take my time.
No idea what I am doing really.
I’m all fingers and thumbs.
Clumsy.
Impatient.
But it’s important, the most precious thing.
So, I sit take my time.
No idea what I am doing really.
April 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I’m not very good at it, never have been.
I’m all fingers and thumbs.
Clumsy.
Impatient.
But it’s important, the most precious thing.
So, I sit take my time.
No idea what I am doing really.
I’m all fingers and thumbs.
Clumsy.
Impatient.
But it’s important, the most precious thing.
So, I sit take my time.
No idea what I am doing really.
Wow. Thanks everyone ✨
April 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Wow. Thanks everyone ✨
When though?
How long?
How much should I 'push'?
These are the questions we ask ourselves.
Because we know how hard it is.
To imagine them even getting dressed.
To travel in a car.
How long?
How much should I 'push'?
These are the questions we ask ourselves.
Because we know how hard it is.
To imagine them even getting dressed.
To travel in a car.
April 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
When though?
How long?
How much should I 'push'?
These are the questions we ask ourselves.
Because we know how hard it is.
To imagine them even getting dressed.
To travel in a car.
How long?
How much should I 'push'?
These are the questions we ask ourselves.
Because we know how hard it is.
To imagine them even getting dressed.
To travel in a car.
Love seeing my dad’s illustrations at my aunts house.
My dad was a political cartoonist in the 1990/00s for national newspapers both for the left and right wing press.
My aunt and uncle were both teachers and have a wall of his pieces on education.
My dad was a political cartoonist in the 1990/00s for national newspapers both for the left and right wing press.
My aunt and uncle were both teachers and have a wall of his pieces on education.
April 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Love seeing my dad’s illustrations at my aunts house.
My dad was a political cartoonist in the 1990/00s for national newspapers both for the left and right wing press.
My aunt and uncle were both teachers and have a wall of his pieces on education.
My dad was a political cartoonist in the 1990/00s for national newspapers both for the left and right wing press.
My aunt and uncle were both teachers and have a wall of his pieces on education.
🎉🎉🎉Publication Day! 🎉🎉🎉
Very chuffed to have worked on this with @naomicfisher and Abigail Fisher.
And thank you to all the contributors who have shown their courage in sharing how they are making important changes to improve young peoples learning experiences.
Very chuffed to have worked on this with @naomicfisher and Abigail Fisher.
And thank you to all the contributors who have shown their courage in sharing how they are making important changes to improve young peoples learning experiences.
April 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🎉🎉🎉Publication Day! 🎉🎉🎉
Very chuffed to have worked on this with @naomicfisher and Abigail Fisher.
And thank you to all the contributors who have shown their courage in sharing how they are making important changes to improve young peoples learning experiences.
Very chuffed to have worked on this with @naomicfisher and Abigail Fisher.
And thank you to all the contributors who have shown their courage in sharing how they are making important changes to improve young peoples learning experiences.
My favourite 💕
April 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
My favourite 💕
When we are looking for options for other ways to school it can feel hard to know what to look for.
What if nothing feels the right fit?
When is the right time?
What if nothing feels the right fit?
When is the right time?
April 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When we are looking for options for other ways to school it can feel hard to know what to look for.
What if nothing feels the right fit?
When is the right time?
What if nothing feels the right fit?
When is the right time?
Extract from When the Naughty Step Makes Things Worse: Parenting for Children (and Adults) Who Need Something Different by @drnaomifisher.bsky.social and Eliza Fricker
April 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Extract from When the Naughty Step Makes Things Worse: Parenting for Children (and Adults) Who Need Something Different by @drnaomifisher.bsky.social and Eliza Fricker
This is the word that creates arbitrary expectations.
That creeps into our thoughts.
This is the word that breeds guilt and self doubt.
That makes us compare (oh the comparisons that eat us up.)
That creeps into our thoughts.
This is the word that breeds guilt and self doubt.
That makes us compare (oh the comparisons that eat us up.)
April 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This is the word that creates arbitrary expectations.
That creeps into our thoughts.
This is the word that breeds guilt and self doubt.
That makes us compare (oh the comparisons that eat us up.)
That creeps into our thoughts.
This is the word that breeds guilt and self doubt.
That makes us compare (oh the comparisons that eat us up.)
Because you know what every inch of that room looks like in the dark.
Because our search engines are filled with unanswerably questions.
Because you know what that face means.
Because you have gone to bed and woken up with them same pit in the stomach.
Because our search engines are filled with unanswerably questions.
Because you know what that face means.
Because you have gone to bed and woken up with them same pit in the stomach.
March 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Because you know what every inch of that room looks like in the dark.
Because our search engines are filled with unanswerably questions.
Because you know what that face means.
Because you have gone to bed and woken up with them same pit in the stomach.
Because our search engines are filled with unanswerably questions.
Because you know what that face means.
Because you have gone to bed and woken up with them same pit in the stomach.
We’re all equal as long as you meet the standardised targets..
Image from A Different Way to Learn by @drnaomifisher.bsky.social
Image from A Different Way to Learn by @drnaomifisher.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We’re all equal as long as you meet the standardised targets..
Image from A Different Way to Learn by @drnaomifisher.bsky.social
Image from A Different Way to Learn by @drnaomifisher.bsky.social
When the situation is complex and nuanced we won't have the answers but the expectation to is huge.
I was scared not to know.
So I wore myself out, trying to figure it out..
I was scared not to know.
So I wore myself out, trying to figure it out..
March 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
When the situation is complex and nuanced we won't have the answers but the expectation to is huge.
I was scared not to know.
So I wore myself out, trying to figure it out..
I was scared not to know.
So I wore myself out, trying to figure it out..
The world is big and scary.
Risks are everywhere.
Sometimes we fear the worst, want to shut it all down.
But the world is also full and brilliant.
So instead we make it a place to share, explore, connect.
We find ways to make this work.
Risks are everywhere.
Sometimes we fear the worst, want to shut it all down.
But the world is also full and brilliant.
So instead we make it a place to share, explore, connect.
We find ways to make this work.
March 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The world is big and scary.
Risks are everywhere.
Sometimes we fear the worst, want to shut it all down.
But the world is also full and brilliant.
So instead we make it a place to share, explore, connect.
We find ways to make this work.
Risks are everywhere.
Sometimes we fear the worst, want to shut it all down.
But the world is also full and brilliant.
So instead we make it a place to share, explore, connect.
We find ways to make this work.
I’ve mustered the words to write my thoughts on the proposed changes to PIP.. 1/2
March 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’ve mustered the words to write my thoughts on the proposed changes to PIP.. 1/2
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
March 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️