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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 21/08/2025

Ha, for me it was potato waffles. I'd eat the end line of squares off first to make the rectangle into a square and then eat each corner square individually until I was left with a centre cross of five squares, eat the surrounding four, then the centre one. Took me 35 years to realise why...

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Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Read our NEW paper @uclpals.bsky.social to find out what young neurodivergent young people report as key dysregulation triggers. Their accounts can change how define, measure and support emotion regulation in schools. MRC/UKRI funded acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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JCPP Advances | ACAMH Child Development Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background Accounts of emotional dysregulation in autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are typically based on external adult observations anchored in neurotypical notions of em...

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 21/08/2025

I haven't found one but am following because I'd like this as well.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 30/03/2025

I’m Autistic, And Believe Me, It’s A Lot Better Than Measles. (Vaccines don’t cause autism. But even if they did, is being like me really a fate worse than death?) A thread drawn from @fodderfigure.bsky.social's recent TPGA article: thinkingautismguide.com/2025/03/im-a... #VaccinesSaveLives 1/

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I’m Autistic, And Believe Me, It’s A Lot Better Than Measles — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM

Vaccines like the MMR (measles, mumps & rubella) don’t cause autism. But even if they did, is being like me really a fate worse than death?

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 27/03/2025

Are you a professional supporting individuals with co-occurring eating disorders/disordered eating & ADHD in any healthcare setting? We need your valuable insights for our research project to improve outcomes for this population! ➡️ Take the confidential survey: bit.ly/adhd-ed-research (10–15 min)

White text on dark blue background saying "Adapting eating disorder treatment for adults with ADHD: Co-designing clinical guidelines"

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Emma Curry @emmaecurry.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

New research project ☺️ Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early? Please expand the poster below for more information-

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 23/01/2025

These findings sadly don't surprise me in the least. In my current research (adapting eating disorder treatment for adults with ADHD) I've so far found no existing guidelines for supporting people with ADHD to engage in mental health treatment. If you know of any papers on this, please share!

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Today, I'd like to talk about neurodiversity. We've had a few scientists wandering about on social media platforms, claiming that neurodiversity academics and fans are 'anti-science'. Yesterday, I said this is like claiming that biodiversity academics are anti-science. I want to explain more/

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 24/12/2024

Every year I promise myself that this time I won’t be, and every year I’m up till 2am on Christmas Eve 👀

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 21/12/2024

I’d also love to be added when you create a new one ☺️

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Useful research by well known team, though be advised of some use of 'medical model' language re autistic ppl. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... The co-occurrence of FND, autism, trauma & hypermobility etc. Moving towards holistic approaches. Yes indeed. Keep thinking. Getting there...

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Functional Neurological Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Complex and Potentially Significant Relationship

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 13/12/2024

"We really need to help each person discover the way their body feels when it needs food, when it needs hydration, et cetera, instead of teaching 'hunger is when your stomach is growling,' because that’s not the case for every single person." By Kelly Mahler: www.kelly-mahler.com/resources/bl...

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An Affirming Approach to Supporting Interoception, Feeding Challenges & ARFID

Follow along this month as we talk about the links between interoception, feeding challenges, and ARFID, and how we can implement affirming supports.

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EDCRN (Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network) @edcrn.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We’ve created a Starter Pack for UK-based eating disorders research to connect & support those in the field! 🧠📊✨ Follow the pack to stay updated & get involved: go.bsky.app/9Qgb1HZ If you would like to be included, send us a DM! 💌

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Jacki Liddle @jacki-liddle.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Sharing our latest editorial for about inclusive research approaches. Written with living experience experts. #OccupationalTherapy #Codesign #Participatory @otaust.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Inclusive research: Making more impact through accessibility and collaboration

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Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Our team is collecting data on autistic wellbeing, masking and social media- if you are #autistic pls consider taking part redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=9...

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Exploring potential benefits of social media in an autistic adult population.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 27/11/2024

Interesting assumption to make. I’m not a medical professional of any kind. My role is supporting people in doing the things that are important to them, whether everyday self care tasks or engaging in meaningful activities and connecting with others and their own sense of identity.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 27/11/2024

I’m sorry to hear you’ve had such a painful experience. I have friends who have had a very different experience and for whom the pain and exclusion comes when they’re not able to be seen for who they are. It sounds as though gender affirming care means something different to you than it does to me.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 26/11/2024

It was a *lot* 😂 Ulysses is fab, I don’t think I could have completed my MSc without it. Breaks everything down into little chunks (I had a “sheet” per paragraph) and removes procrastinatory font and margin tweaking. It’s only on Apple but Scrivener is a great alternative for cross platform use.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 26/11/2024

Ahhh, flashbacks to uni the first time around! Chopped up an entire essay to rearrange on a balcony floor. This memory made so much more sense once ADHD appeared on my radar a decade later. Still can’t work in Word, I use the Ulysses word processor to work with long documents now, makes it a dream.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 26/11/2024

Oh look, a new angle to seek attention. I hope it didn’t take you that long to try and come up with something clever. Both hypotheticals you describe would in reality involve in depth highly specialised assessment and multidisciplinary professional intervention so this “example” is a non-starter.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 25/11/2024

It’s so hard to feel like this! There’s often such a huge “us and them” hierarchical divide between a service and service users that with all the back patting about neuroaffirmative practice for our clients no one realises it’s just as essential for the team supporting them.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 25/11/2024

I had training like that last year. Awful. It was meant to be about supporting autistic team members but was incredibly disrespectful and deficit-based. I had to leave early because I was so angry and sickened by it. Where possible, I now avoid ND training that has no lived experience elements.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 25/11/2024

Ah yes, this too. I find the Window of Tolerance helpful for demonstrating how our sensitivities can change even within the same day depending on how we’re feeling and what’s going on. Also how there can be differences between things like predictable background sound and unexpected loud noises.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 24/11/2024

I fell into this twisty, winding rabbit hole while exploring disaffiliation from high demand religion for my MSc research (doi.org/10.1080/1442...). Most of my saved papers are about conspiracy theories and extremist views rather than politics specifically but happy to share if you’re interested ☺️

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Between worlds: Experiences of doing, being, becoming, and belonging for second generation adults who disaffiliate from a new religious movement

Religion and spirituality are under-explored in occupational science and no research to date has addressed religious disaffiliation from an occupational perspective. This research explores the subj...

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 24/11/2024

I prefer to talk about “needs and preferences” and being “highly sensitive” or “not at all sensitive” to different sensory inputs. I also explain that every person has their own unique sensory profile, like a fingerprint, and that we can all benefit from understanding ourselves better.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 24/11/2024

You’re clearly listening to the wrong audiobooks. It’s been years since I’ve come across one like that. The ones I listen to are very highly produced, well narrated and don’t have any music at all.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 24/11/2024

Yep, this is why there’s such a strong crossover between high demand religion, extremist politics and conspiracy theories. The thing they all have in common is a need to “know” what’s “right”. Neat black and white thinking vs less defined grey areas. This literature is a fascinating and scary read.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 23/11/2024

I prefer to listen to podcasts where the host doesn’t have an American accent. Go for it!

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Viv Dawes Autistic Advocate @vivdawes.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

ND adults, please help me with some research for my next book. I want to hear about your experiences of burnout as a neurodivergent adult (esp when autistic, ADHD, PDA, AuDHD) docs.google.com/forms/d/1OyE...

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Experiences of neurodivergent burnout

Every ND individual’s experience of burnout can be different and that is linked to your personal profile, neurotype, differences, etc. Please use this form to anonymously describe your experiences of...

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 23/11/2024

Hmm, and you don’t have anything more constructive to do than trying to get a rise out of me? Seems a sad, lonely way to spend your time 🤷🏻

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 23/11/2024

Excited for this coming out. Can’t wait to read and learn ☺️

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Dr Elizabeth H. Evans @dr-liz-evans.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Our recent paper (led by Phaedra Longhurst) argues that eating disorder measures lack validity for Autistic folks: leads to pathologising Autistic people's eating & missing EDs that don't present neurotypically. Validated, Autistic-led measures urgently needed! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Measuring eating disorders in Autistic people: a proposal for future research

While diagnostic pathways for identifying Autism in eating disorder (ED) populations have been developed, the field continues to lack validated psychometric tools to measure EDs for use in the Auti...

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 22/11/2024

I’d love to see the stats on this! Is there a source I can dip into?

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Shaun @sconner.net · 22/11/2024

Ellie Middleton posted this on LinkedIn, and it's so true. Generations of people live without knowing or understanding their differences, and many are still slipping through the net.

Text that reads "Oh my god. Everyone has ADHD/autism now. How did we let so many people down?" The "everyone has ADHD/Autism now" part is struck out.

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Cara Lisette @caralisette.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

We should all be more like the moomins

Ooh, is that me?
Look at my nice ears!
I think l look wonderful, even though my legs are a little short.
And I'm so soft and round.
No sharp edges anywhere.

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Eva Eastman (she/her) @evaeastman.com · 21/11/2024

I’d love to be added please ☺️

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