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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Brilliant evening thank you for the evening service! And they sold out of your book! I'll be tracking down from my local bookshop 💯

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Because there's an entrenched attitude that once they appear to improve in themselves and behaviourally they no longer need them 🙈 despite the fact they are functioning and hopefully flourishing because the changes are needed!

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🙏 best of luck. It's exhausting 🫠 and always disappointing when the needs can be met. My older one - who turned a massive corner on Y5 - has just taken two steps back from situations that could have been avoided in Y6 🙈 once you get accommodations and adaptations try and keep them as long as poss

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Obviously a different situation to the PCB waste dumping Sheen explores - similar working class community blighted by careless chemical corporation

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

then everyone on the street went outside to try and hear the speakers 🙈, dead birds on the ground on the walk to school, the protest marches, I have an odd memory of wearing a ww2 gas mask on one of the matches. It's surreal: www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/heritage-and...

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Pictures show how worried Derbyshire residents fought pollution battle 25 years ago

It was a battle which united a community.

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Only just got to watching Buried with Michael Sheen - unexpectedly prompting flashbacks of when SARP UK leaked in Killamarsh (where I grew up) I remember the leaks, the village using old air raid sirens, helicopters flying over telling everyone to get inside and close windows

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For sensory support, and OT referral should help. Good luck!!

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As your kid sounds reception age, in my area the council had SENAs for early years where I speak to nice people for advice. They also can class visit and advice teachers

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If school don't help or support as they should ring your local SENDIASS for advice

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of the most triggering things for my youngest is break times and navigating the playground. Classroom doesn't suit him either but there's definitely sensory triggers in the crowds. Try and find out their routine

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Once on the SEN list at school (no need for diagnosis) the teachers should APDR every term to look at support strategies, and depending on what the school is like they may have play therapy available/Lego therapy or ELSA support.

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sure, anytime. I'd reach out for a meeting with teachers plus SENco in first instance. If diagnosis pathways aren't already in progress they need to monitor and record evidence for two terms (I think)

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Tides of History @tidesofhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#OTD 1963. In Scarborough, Harold Wilson delivers first leaders speech to party conference. "The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or out of date methods, on either side of industry"

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Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A Reliable Effect of Alexithymia, but Not Autism, on Placebo Hypoalgesia #SummarisedByHumans crae.ioe.ac.uk/alexi...

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Autism@Manchester @autismmanchester.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are your involved with #autistic children's #speech and language therapy? Or do your children use this service? Come along to this online event to hear the latest research: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-the-r...

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Meet the research team: What We Want from Speech & Language Therapy

Join us for a live online get-together with the researchers behind the NIHR-funded What We Want project!

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This sounds like a fascinating project - good luck recruiting! A random sidenote- I've been increasingly interested in the popularity of stories on my feed linking autism and ADHD variation to neanderthal/human interspecies mixing; I think rooting neurodiversity in deep time would be a good thing 🤔

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨Postdoc job alert: Come work with my paleontology & evolution group in Edinburgh! Researcher in Cognitive Evolution Over Deep Time. You'll study how brains & neurons have evolved over time, and predict neuron count in extinct species! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTC355/p...

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time at The University of Edinburgh

Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey everyone, I currently have availability for freelance writing, researching, and/or teaching work between now and the end of the calendar year. Please see this document for further details, and share with anyone else who you think might be interested.

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AVAILABILITY FOR WORK

Hello everyone, This is just a notice to say I'm available for freelance paid work in the following areas until the end of 2026: WRITING: Whether for academic or public-facing audiences, in the areas ...

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

(despite in legal terms a diagnosis not being necessary, I have found it invaluable)

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Autism NHS waiting lists in the news again, my eldest was referred March 2023, still not near the top of his waiting list, thank goodness we already have his #ADHD diagnosis for advocacy and adjustment purposes. I cannot stress what a difference this makes to accessing services and support ❤️‍🩹

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Autism@Manchester @autismmanchester.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join us 1pm on 7 Oct for Journal Club. Students of every level & ECRs are welcome. In honour of Jason Arday, we'll be discussing Chantelle Jessica Lewis & Jason Arday's "We’ll see things they’ll never see: Sociological reflections on race, neurodiversity and higher education" lnkd.in/edAE5tRi

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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What can objects left behind by conflict teach us about peace? ☮️ As the UN calls on countries to #InvestInPeace this #InternationalDayofPeace, take a closer look at the The University of Manchester's Humanitarian Archive and some of its stories: ow.ly/QkOM50ZPaLX HCRInstitute | #Research

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚨ONE WEEK TODAY!🚨 Come along & find out more about railway life in Crewe in the past! Discover what @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social & our project are doing with Crewe Works accident registers from c.1917-33. Current & former Crewe Works staff particularly welcome! 👇

Image advertising 'Railway workers day' on Thursday 24 September 2026, between 11am and 3pm at the Family History Society of Cheshire's Crewe Research Centre.

Tea, coffee and cake are available at the free drop-in event, which will share some of Crewe's railway heritage, focusing on the railway Works, and allow people the chance to share their stories.

Behind the text is an image of railwaymen gathered around a steam engine at the Crewe railway works.

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Listen to the @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @beamlab.bsky.social's Prof Ellen Poliakoff explain the latest research into Parkinson's & music and how there's ongoing work to see if even imagining music can help improve motor challenges for people with Parkinson's 🎶💜 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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All in the Mind - All in the Mind Awards launch and how music can impact Parkinson’s - BBC Sounds

How can music impact life with Parkinson’s? And the All in the Mind Awards are back.

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Abbi Flint @draflint.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In this #OpenAccess paper we take an archaeological reading of the Lincolnshire folk tales of 'Tiddy Mun' and 'The Dead Hand', with original poetic responses 👇

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Great to see this - BBC News - World War Two Southampton Mulberry Harbour saved by preservation work - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... my great-uncle Fred was a steelworker helping to build Mulberry Harbours whilst his brothers were called up.

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NEW POST: The #EOTAS consultation has shown how little the Government understands about this kind of provision and the children who need it. @sharonlsmith.bsky.social says it shows how vital it is for the DfE to listen to those with lived experience: www.specialneedsjungle.com/eotas-what-f...

a child with ear defenders sat on the ground

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yeah it's quite clever really, in PSHE, and they haven't had proper sex ed yet but have some knowledge of boundaries X

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We've not looked at that! He saw the HP films at his old after school club and now he's a big fan/reading. We've had several awkward author chats 🫠 I had to explain why David Walliams is cancelled but thankfully he'd just learnt about consent at school...

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just a self cringe there at HP reference, Fred's besotted with it but I have explained JKR is now as bad as her villains.

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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We urgently need your help. There are just 40 days left to get the petition to save disabled children’s rights to 100,000. Could you make a post or video or personally ask people to sign? Perhaps share in school or community groups? #StrongerTogether #SaveSENDLegalRights

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Kudos for pissing off the right people!

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A poem I've written for all the beleaguered mums out there, drowning in to do lists 🫶💪 www.instagram.com/reel/DcvPBUE...

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Instagram

Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Back to school nerves hit harder for SEND kids and parents - especially as in July we weren't sure where our youngest would be - but he's back to his mainstream after all

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Once More Unto the Breach: Knight's Call

Alt: Once More Unto the Breach: Knight's Call

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.

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Autism@Manchester @autismmanchester.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We're delighted to share with you our new, free resource: the Autism@Manchester Research Involvement Toolkit, which we co-produced with #autistic contributors and researchers www.autism.manchester.ac.uk/research/pro... Interested in research? Takes a look at any or all of our 4 modules -

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Toolkit2 | University of Manchester

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026

Oooh look! Autism@manchester have released their Research Involvement toolkit! All completely co-produced. Magnificent stuff www.autism.manchester.ac.uk/research/pro...

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Toolkit2 | University of Manchester

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I happen to be at my mum's, there's some great pics and information in Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Google Books www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

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Blackpool Pleasure Beach

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I love this 'my bones are rock with your name through it' 💞

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

(I was also wondering if the Big Dipper was named after American coasters and whether the constellation nickname came from the rides or the other way around?)

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Oh fun! My mum is from Blackpool & with 🌹glasses has every nostalgia-style bygone Blackpool book available so I can probably check 👻

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I was also fascinated by the weaving of created lore by Alton Towers into the fabric of the original buildings and place names in Hex and the Curse of Alton Manor

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I've fallen down a few wiki rabbit holes! There seem to be a few prominent themes spanning mythology (mainly Greek and Norse), astronomy, and variations on haunting tropes & creatures.

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

O.K. folklorists @folkloresociety.bsky.social @nfsengland.bsky.social has anyone audited how many roller coasters/rides at UK attractions are folklore themed?! (Signed a reluctant traveller on the "Wickerman" at Alton Towers) 🎢

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Erin Beeston (she/her) @erinbeeston.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Having to give the ADHD documentary a wide-birth, I'm still so upset about Jason Arday & burnt-out from co-regulating all the school hols 😔

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Interoception and alexithymia make it so hard to understand our own bodies and emotions. It’s not just that we can't explain how we feel - sometimes we don’t even know what we’re feeling in the first place.

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Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

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