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Rosemary Richings
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Writer, editor, speaker #Neurodiversity. Author (2 #Dyspraxia books): “Stumbling Through Space & Time: Living Life With Dyspraxia” & “Studying with Dyspraxia”. #Neurodivergent & living without a #Thyroid. https://linktr.ee/rosemary_richings
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Something I just found out I am writing for @thismagazine.bsky.social #neurodivergence #ADHD #Canada
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Found a quote from my first book in a thesis on #Accessible architecture, and I am honestly quite happy to see it used in this context, mainly because the point is to teach people about sensory processing differences and #Neurodivergence.
When my sensory processing issues happen, functions like sleep, focus and ability to react to the limitations of my environment are disrupted or non-existent. Retreating to a quiet environment for a while, dimming the lights, and resting make a huge difference.” Stumbling through Space and Time: Living life with dyspraxia. Rosemary Richings. 2022.
October 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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It feels very fitting to be winding down the busyness I had early in the week of #DyspraxiaAwarenessWeek, with news that my editor wants me to review my manuscript one last time before it's sent to the production stage (copyediting, proofreading, then design and layout, followed by actual printing).
Screenshot of a manuscript marked final typescript October
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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I also got a virtual speaking gig this afternoon, where I will be teaching a company called RailPen about #Dyspraxia. The image below highlights what it's all about:
An image of a head with a question mark. The slide says understanding dyspraxia: how to support dyspraxic colleagues and clients in a meaningful way.
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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It's day one of #DyspraxiaAwarenessWeek. See all who plan to attend my virtual event I'm doing for Awareness Week later today. Wore my Celebrate #Neurodiversity shirt to mark the occasion.

Still time to register for the event itself if you want to attend: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dyspraxia-...
Rosemary Richings is wearing a celebrate neurodiversity shirt with a brain and rainbow image shaped like a brain.
October 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Nothing quite like hanging your own past published writing on the wall of your new apartment to tell your harsh inner critic “but I can write things people like though.”
Three magazine clippings are on the wall of articles Rosemary Richings wrote for outlets like Spacing Magazine, Broken Pencil, and Happiful Magazine.
September 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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My favourite reading nook right now, the one with all my book collection. #AmReading
Book case filled with books next to a hammock.
September 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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I am currently preparing for a #Dyspraxia Awareness virtual speaking gig I am doing for a London-based workplace. This is not a public event, unfortunately, but I'm thrilled to have secured it anyway.
Caption says: "Signs of Dyspraxia: practice and coping mechanisms make a difference, but not when experiencing stress and/or multitasking." The caption is next to a black and white image of a children's hopscotch game.
August 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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My next YouTube video will go live on Tuesday at 9 AM UK time. The video will offer my honest feedback & explanation of the Hidden Sunflower Lanyard program & what it takes to get something valuable out of it. Check out #dyspraxic Rosie Writes on YouTube if you're interested in watching.
Rosemary Richings looking perplexed while looking at a sunflower lanyard. She has a short bob cut and is wearing a yellow scarf and a short-sleeved shirt. She is a white woman with freckles and blue eyes, and has blue nail polish and her wedding ring on her hand in view of the camera.
August 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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So happy with the promising start to my YouTube Channel, which launched yesterday. See the lanyard around my neck for a bit of a clue as to what I will be talking about in the next video.
Rosemary Richings is wearing a purple wool sweater with a black and white polka dot collar. She has a blonde bob cut and freckles. There is a sunflower lanyard around her neck, earrings that are a silhouette shape of women's faces, and she is holding a purple fidget toy.
August 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Really been enjoying this book by motorbike travel youtuber, Itchy Boots. I am a long term viewer of her channel and it was a joy to hear the full story of all those videos I have watched. Incredible woman with some really incredible stories of her adventures.
Cover of book called Free Ride by: Noraly Schoenmaker. A photo of a Dutch blonde woman in motorcycle gear beside a motorbike is on the cover. It’s a photo of the author in a desert landscape.
July 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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In case people have forgotten what #Toronto neighbourhood I was born in, I literally just bought a cool t-shirt that gives that fact away…
Rosemary richings in a shirt that says parkdale on it in bold letters.
June 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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With the 1st of May being today, the countdown is on for when my book manuscript has to be submitted to the publisher for editorial review and feedback. #AmWriting #WIP
A sticky note says: Bloomsbury deadline May 30th, with the date highlighted in yellow. Google search result says 29 days with today’s date straight though to May 30th below it.
May 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Got my first fidget spinner as swag at a conference I was at this week and it is basically one of my new favourite things. Finally get the hype and why it’s recommended so often to #Neurodivergent people like myself.
White and black plastic fidget spinner on a grey couch.
March 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Day 2 of naidex: caught everything from a chat on inclusive language and the updates on the UK’s medically assisted dying bill to a podcast broadcast.
The tech stage set up for the medically assisted dying chat. The hosts of Iabled talking in a microphone. Pippa stacey starting her inclusive language chat. Tech set up, let’s talk about inclusive language.
March 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Been a good day at #Naidex. Didn’t go to as many of the speeches as I thought I would, but basically feel like I have been chatting non-stop to people in the #Neurodivergence and #Disability communities alike, some which I hardly ever see in person. Also: great fidgets haul👇
Rosemary richings in a purple jumper, polka dot dress, and sunflower lanyard holding up a fidget toy shaped like a salamander Two fidgets: a salamander and a circular ball. A crowd of people listening to two guest speakers at a youth disability event
March 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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It is #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek & I wanted to share a photo from my #Dyspraxia diagnosis era. I watched my parents work towards getting me the support I needed to thrive then, with no charities or resources & it's why I have given a damn about creating a better world for #Neurodivergent people
Polaroid photo of Rosemary Richings when she was a child. She wears a white T-shirt and black trousers with metallic, shiny, button-like pockets. She is holding a plastic bottle of some kind in one of her hands and standing in front of a red truck with a bunch of trees and a white square building behind the truck.
March 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Printed out a draft of my manuscript (#WIP). Going to get my spouse to read and revise it & be the first ever reader.
Navigating university as a dyspraxic student Rosemary Richings manuscript above folder it came in.
February 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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My most non-negotiable value as a #Disabled creative. The only real exceptions I have these days are a select number of independent advocacy groups I help out because they're either friends from the ND community I have built relationships with or projects affiliated with my trustee work.
For generations, disabled people have had their work devalued. We should be the generation standing firm in getting paid what we're owed.
February 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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A timely text on #Disability justice in a strange time for politics in the western world, but perhaps even the globe: @thellpsx.bsky.social’s Care Work: Dreams of Disability Justice
Rosemary Richings in a purple jumper reading Leah Samarasinha’s care work on a wood bench with cobblestone streets below.
January 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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I love books and reading. Most of what I have learned about the world has happened through reading. Attending the Marrakech Book Festival was a real treat. Although I have spent so much time in this city, that was my first taste of its literary bubble. Below is what I bought from the book fair.
Rosemary Richings with a reddish blondish bob cut, blue eyes, and freckles. She wears a blue and green scarf around her neck, a grey jumper, a black jacket, and black trousers. She is standing on a cobblestone road in Marrakech and holding a white and red tote bag. She is smiling in front of a Marrakech English Book Festival sign. Two books sit on a table: Sister Stardust by Jane Green and Old Babes In The Wood by Margaret Atwood. The table is white, and on it is a circular pattern vase with yellow marigold flowers.
January 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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An answer to the question: what do I do? I am also the author of Stumbling Through Space & Time: Living Life With #Dyspraxia. I am currently writing my second book, a guide to navigating university as a #dyspraxic student, for Bloomsbury Books. For more info, visit www.rosemaryrichings.com.
The title says services at the top, followed by a briefcase illustration.Below it are three service offerings: writing, editing, and speaking. The writing one says writing articles and resources on neurodiversity and chronic illness-related subject matter. To the left of that caption is a photo of Rosemary in a grey sweater looking down at her laptop in front of a brown background with a plant below it.The editing one says editing resources designed for and/ or about disabled people and subjects that affect their lives for web friendliness, social media friendliness, inclusive language, and accessibility. To the left of that caption is a photo of Rosemary sitting on a wooden chair on a cobblestone street, looking at her phone.The speaking one says speaking engagements (usually virtual but open to non-virtual with plenty of advanced notice and travel expenses covered by your organisation). To the left of the caption is a photo of Rosemary smiling directly at the camera.
January 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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The latest issue of @dyspraxiamagazine.bsky.social just released. I am proud to be one of multiple #dyspraxia advocacy nominees featured in the magazine.
The letters "DM" are in large, bolded gold text. A circle is around the letters DM in gold. Dyspraxia Magazine is also in gold bold text. To the side of the graphic is issue 15, winter 2024. Dyspraxia Celebration December Advocate nominees is also written in gold text on a black background. Rosemary Richings is written in gold text. Then, below it is a bio of her work in the same font: "Rosemary Richings is a dyspraxic author whose work includes her book Stumbling Through Space and Time: Living Life With Dyspraxia. She's a long-serving board member of the charity Dyspraxic Me. Rosemary dismantles prejudices that women with dyspraxia face through her writing, speaking, and advocacy." A picture of Rosemary is beside the bio. She has white, freckly skin and blue eyes. She has a short bob haircut and blondish-red hair. She has a pink dress on and is smiling at the camera. A wooden kitchen table is behind her.
December 21, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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I like this ideal home concept. It's more achievable than narrow societal notions of independence. Also, I recommend The Future Is Disabled if you're interested in anything related to #Disability justice from the viewpoint of a #Disabled activist in the US disability justice bubble.
In their book The Future Is Disabled, Leah Samarasinha describes the ideal home as “a place where we get to be ourselves, on our terms, without translation or negotiation.”
November 23, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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It was great being an invited to give a virtual talk on #Dyspraxia last night for an Irish toastmasters group making a genuine effort to be more inclusive towards #Neurodivergent members & guests. Had to stay up a bit late for it & still tired from my session but totally worth it🙂!
Slide on screen says dyspraxia (DCD) strengths, challenges, and being supportive. The slide is displayed on a grey laptop screen with a black keyboard and a sticker of a white squirrel illustration holding a tree nut below it.
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM