Sally Baker
sallybakertc.bsky.social
Sally Baker
@sallybakertc.bsky.social
Year 3 Trent Trainee Clinical Psychologist. Experienced practitioner and trainer in CYPF safeguarding issues. Interests include technology-assisted harmful sexual behaviour, online harms and contextual safeguarding.
🚨 RESEARCH ALERT! 🚨

Are you a professional in the UK working with autistic children and young people who display technology-assisted harmful sexual behaviour? Please see the attached research advert for my project, aiming to develop professional guidelines! Email or DM me for more info! 🙂 #autres
September 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Absolutely shocking statistics from The Internet Watch foundation on the ongoing increase in child sexual abuse material online.
New data from the Internet Watch Foundation has revealed that 2024 was the worst year on record for online child sexual abuse material with current levels marking an 830% increase since 2014.

Read more: www.iwf.org.uk/news-media/n...
2024: Record Highs in Online Child Sexual Abuse | IWF Urge Action
IWF calls Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer to strengthen the Online Safety Act and close regulatory loopholes to protect children worldwide.
www.iwf.org.uk
January 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Reposted by Sally Baker
New paper: autistic ppl found stimming to be positive when not self-injurious nor stigmatized (latter led to masking). Most felt stimming helped their friendships w/ & connections to other autistics, in part through inferring others’ emotions from their stimming.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Beyond self-regulation: Autistic experiences and perceptions of stimming - Isabelle F Morris, Jesica R Sykes, Emilie R Paulus, Alharith Dameh, Aysha Razzaque, Lauren Vander Esch, Jenna Gruenig, Philip...
Repetitive, self-stimulatory behaviors (“stimming”) are a hallmark characteristic of autism. Stimming is thought to aid in self-regulation, but autistic perspec...
journals.sagepub.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM