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Hannah Hill

@hh-petrichor.bsky.social
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Mum. Humanist. Dark chocolate enthusiast. #AuDHD GP Lead #Autistic Doctors International. She/her

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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Excited @at-autism.bsky.social
Agenda for today’s AT Autism’s conference “Autism: The art of the possible”.
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
An unclaimed #buyastrangerabook offer! @kerankaur77.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a novel up to £20! Any novel at all, not just what's on my website. It's #buyastrangerabook day, so if there's something in particular you'd like, just get in touch. UK only
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This #buyastrangerabook offer from @catphoto.bsky.social keeps on rolling. No takers last week. No takers so far this week. A free book to anyone who works in the service industry etc, up to £20. Check the offer out and if you'd like a book, do get in touch. UK only
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Grace Spence Green @gracespencegreen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
On the 25th October 2018, from my hospital bed, I began to write. 1/5
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Just finished listening to #ToExistAsIAm by @gracespencegreen.bsky.social Brilliant writing and I always love it when audiobooks are narrated so authentically by the author.
Front cover image of the book To Exist As I Am by Grace Spence Green. It shows a doctor wearing dark pink scrubs with a stethoscope around her neck, sitting in a wheelchair facing forwards. Her dark brown hair is just visible on her shoulders but her head is out of shot of the photo.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The Afterword of Normally Weird including horror movies and dark angels uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm... #normallyweird
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I finished this book while attending Abertoir: The International Horror Festival of Wales. I added my final adjective and then celebrated by attending a screening of Zombi with live accompaniment by the composer Fabio Frizzi. Love flowed in between the dismemberments and eye-gouging. The union of the frequently neurodivergent horror fans seemed even more empowering than usual, as the festival was one week after Trump's second presidential victory. The absurdity of zombies was not as absurd as the world itself.
I know that many people, including possibly you, have been hit hard by what appears to be a rubber stamp for regression, for a dismissal of anyone who is seen not to be 'normal enough'.
Even though weird' was used by the Democrat campaign to try to insult the Republicans, we know that those who the mainstream most often smears as weird' will suffer more under the new admin-istration. Across issues of ethnicity, gender and neurodivergence, existential despair has been evident.
I write this just to remind you that there are many allies ready to support and fight for you and those you love. And for all those who like to sneer at anything deemed as woke', keep the actor Kathy Burke's words in mind: 'They're calling you "woke" if you call out
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NORMALLY WEIRD AND WEIRDLY NORMAL
bad things, basically. If you're not racist, you're woke. If you're not homophobic, oh, you're woke. Be woke, kids. Be woke. Be wide awake and fucking call it out?'
Or, as she put even more succinctly: T love being woke, it's much better than being an ignorant fucking twat?
Know that there are many people in the world who want more light, more acceptance, more joy and more inclusion for everyone.
While writing this book, I gained a new habit. I have been energetically writing poetry.
It is a good hobby for ADHD people. You see something exciting, your mind fizzes, words pour out, there is just time to finish the poem before your mind gets distracted by a new fascination. One morning, returning from a trip to Slovakia, I was having a hasty* back-and-forth of direct messages with the librarian and author Stuart Hennigan. He mentioned the 'dark angels' that haunt so many of us.
This was my reaction.
Finally
I clipped the wings of the dark angels That had fluttered for so long like moths
In the last lone light of night
Once it was black
They were there.
Invisible
But ever-present
They'd beat their wings against the cooling bulb.
Only I could hear the flapping, But I'd deny there was a sound For fear of showing weakness.
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then, one day Now in middle age I found the way To quieten down their relentlessness.
I exposed them
By speaking up aloud.
Uncowed.
Not unafraid
But less afraid.
Not bold
But bolder:
Speaking out
They tumbled and twirled like maple seeds
Spinning to the woodland floor.
Not banished Or vanished.
But unfed
Underfoot And famished.
So nearly vanquished.
They might still flutter at my heels, But they can't carry me away
Not now.
To all of you, however your minds may fizz and bubble, I wish you a life unmasked, full of kindness, curiosity and adventure. Let us fight the dark angels together.
Care and compassion are seen as weakness, yet our bullying leades always expect to be treated wilt a reverence and respect they would not otte to anyone else
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Well that was awesome, thanks. Teen is ready to devour the signed books. If you haven’t heard @robinince.bsky.social talking about his new book (and lots of other stuff) yet, get yourselves a ticket.
Four books, which are all by Robin Ince. They are entitled “Normally weird and Weirdly Normal, my adventures in neurodiversity”, “biblio maniac, an obsessive’s tour of the bookshops of Britain”, “I’m a joke and so are you. Reflections on humour and humanity”, and “the importance of being interested. Adventures in scientific curiosity”.
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Fantastic podcast
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
😍
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
My new workshop:small museums for mental health, is now live. I'll teach you how creating small museums alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health & we'll make small museums together 24 May,zoom, recording available afterwards Open to anyone,anywhere workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/smal...
Collection of small spring nature findsCollection of spring nature finds in antique typesetter's trayCollection of finds from Old Hunstanton beach made in 2019Collection of small autumnal finds
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Landis Blair @landisblair.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Inking…
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Mary Doherty @autisticdoctor.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
“I call myself disabled so that others with disabilities across a wide spectrum might one day feel comfortable doing the same. Because life is, indeed, too short for someone else’s shame.” @amandaleduc.bsky.social disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/09/16/l...
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Life is Too Short for Someone Else’s Shame
“Life is Too Short for Someone Else’s Shame”: Why I Call Myself a Disabled Writer Amanda Leduc   From 2008 – 2010, I lived for a time in Edinburgh, Scotland. One of the jobs I had while there …
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Familiar..
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Happy Friday! It's #WorldPenguinDay so I thought I'd remind you that penguins do have knees, they just aren't where you think they should be.
An x-ray of a penguin showing the knees much higher up on the body than one would think.
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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Happy #WorldPenguinDay 🐧 🐡
A sketch of a standing Humboldt penguin
...mostly black and white with pink around the eyes
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Lovely morning dog walk to the sound of skylarks
Teasels in the foreground, which are brown and bristly, not in flower yet. Behind them is a green meadow and the sky is bright blue with some fluffy clouds.
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
New #grief research centre - the first of its kind in the UK - launched today. The Centre, led by @goodgrieffest.bsky.social founders @lucyselman.bsky.social & @leseldawson.bsky.social, hopes to change public attitudes towards grief & improve community support for the bereaved. bit.ly/42YCRVi
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New UK Centre hopes to change public attitudes towards grief
Grief affects everyone but is still very much a taboo subject in the UK. A new Centre - the first of its kind in the UK - hopes to shift public attitudes towards grief and create communities that are ...
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Janet Lansbury @janetlansbury.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Sick and despicable
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Treating autism as shameful or blaming environmental factors is a step back to the days when scientists blamed unloving mothers or vaccines. It focuses on blame rather than supports. Focusing on the causes takes away money from lifespan issues and supports and services.
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Hippo #crochet
A little crochet hippo in the palm of my hand.
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Emma @emmbean.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Parkrun is the most inclusive group physical activity I can think of. And the only physical activity my non-binary teen feels comfortable doing. Thank you #parkrun for allowing people of all genders to be who they are at your events 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 20/04/2025
They're going after Parkrun again, you know, that event where lots of people of all ages, abilities and genders run around a local park and it not, in any form, a race?
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Beautiful bluebells and birdsong
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
I think Humphrey enjoyed his share of blueberry & yoghurt pancake for breakfast
A fluffy brown dog looking up at the camera licking his lips. He has those sort of eyes that try to tell you he’s never been fed.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Machine embroidered artwork by Alison Holt, UK textile artist #WomensArt #Spring
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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
An illustrator's happy accident: "Spilled Ink Kittens" by Japanese artist Avagadoo #caturday #art #illustration
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Frieda grosgean @bernaharbor.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Very thankful that the overrepresentation of #autism people (up to 10X more)in #homeless population is studied. It has been my experience, working with homeless population for more than 2 decades. Hopefully more reseach will be done along with solutions presented www.wired-gov.net/wg/news.nsf/...
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Understanding the needs of the homelessness workforce in supporting autistic people experiencing homelessness | Homeless Link
David Bryceland, Project Officer within Transformation Partners in Health and Care, shares the results from their survey which explored the needs of the homelessness workforce in supporting autis
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Love this podcast
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autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social @autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
We are thrilled to announce the launch of The Haven, a brand new online learning centre created with neurodivergent young people (aged 13-17) at its heart! Visit
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Online School for Neurodivergent Learners
Trauma-informed online education for autistic, ADHD and anxious learners
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Here’s a poem about the time I went online to buy an Easter egg and spent an absolute fortune.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real. When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains. Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
A very small (real) flower arrangement in a thimble including forget me nots , lily of the valley, buttercup, geum, chive flower bud, snowberry, green alkanet…
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 18/04/2025
Know what actually destroys families? Children dying of vaccine preventable diseases.
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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Hurrah! The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook is to be released soon (April 21st)! What an honour to work with @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social & team and play a small part in this epic new publication! This will be life-changing for so many people! uk.jkp.com/products/the...
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The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook
Based on new and emerging clinical research, this book is here to guide you through creating a neuro-affirmative child autism assessment process for your practice.Moving away from a deficit-based medi...
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Hannah Hill @hh-petrichor.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Lovely walk today with my teen & our dog.Stopped for a pub meal - loud music, busy, unfamiliar layout. Awesome staff member spotted our overwhelm, sorted us out patiently & without judgement.
A woodland scene with a path down the centre. A woman (me!) with shoulder length brown hair is standing in the distance with a dog - also with fluffy brown hair - standing next to her. They are both unaware they are being photographed. Or maybe the dog knew, I can’t be certain.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 16/04/2025
The Supreme Court ignored trans voices, harming trans people – and the fairness of its ruling. I’m ashamed of what our law has become, says @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social 💬 goodlaw.social/83qa
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The Supreme Court ignored trans voices. I’m ashamed of what our law has become | Good Law Project
The Supreme Court’s decision to exclude trans voices has harmed trans people – and harmed the fairness of their ruling.
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Mary Doherty @autisticdoctor.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Autistic kids need opportunities to grow up confidently autistic, not steeped in shame. This shame is imposed on us by societal messages that we're broken & defective - as autistic adults, we need to discuss it openly, so we can choose to find a pathway out of shame www.linkedin.com/posts/mary-d...
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Insights from Autistic Psychiatrists: Leveraging Insider Perspectives to… | Mary Doherty | 10 comments
This is a talk I gave in late November last year. I haven't shared it before now, for the same reason I hadn't shared my PhD thesis. The talk I was due to give at the Royal College of Psychiat...
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Mary Doherty @autisticdoctor.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Epistemic injustice... being autistic means one’s credibility and capacity to relate an accurate account of one’s own experience is often questioned. How can I be a doctor if I am autistic? Conversely, how can I be autistic if I am a doctor? www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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My autistic meltdown: the impact of autistic sensory needs
As an autistic adult, even the word meltdown is humiliating. A shameful part of my past, no longer relevant to a senior doctor, or so I would like to think. And yet the reality is different. Some 2 ye...
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