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@liveotherwise.bsky.social
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📝Writer. 🖌️Artist. 📷Photographer. Oliver McGowan co-trainer (they/them) will talk: home ed, autism/adhd, books, gaming, tech, sustainability, craft, blogging, indie music. Blog somewhere at liveotherwise.co.uk

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
if you appreciate my art, design, procedural, or experimental work, or design analysis, please consider supporting me or reposting! i'm /extremely/ good at living frugally but i would like to eat better and get a new computer. i'm aiming to get to $1000 a month. www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
a spread of 16x16, 2 color characters from the post-jam version of my 7drl project. various oracles and mystical beings, some people disguised as devils, some skeletons, a grave digger.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
posting on weds 21st am, post will not be very relevant after that. folks in Felixstowe/Ipswich, for reasons I have a lot of books/toys/yarn/educational resources that need to go urgently. pictures are public on my fb profile, same name.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
So, how many renters are sitting here wondering if they're going to get served section 21 in the next month or so? Pretty sure we will. Help me declutter in advance? www.vinted.co.uk/member/15346...
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One community, thousands of brands, and a whole lot of second-hand style. Ready to get started? Here’s how it works.
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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
All the biggest autism charities in England and Wales use forms of ABA e.g. PBS on autistic people in their care. Their income is more than £325 million a year between them, nearly all of it from Government sources. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... & background research by me on the others.
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Expert organisations with “challenging” and “complex” service users: Representation in English and Welsh autism charity reports and accounts
The language and imagery used in Autism charities’ communications influences societal understanding of, and attitudes towards, Autistic people. This, in turn, shapes perceptions of whether and how the...
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Listed a bunch more stuff on vinted, including books, toys, clothes and educational bits. Like this. Feel free to take a look! Bundle discounts of up to 30% on, and I post quickly. www.vinted.co.uk/items/734625...
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Reading Reflex | Vinted
Reading Reflex - Full method for teaching reading. Used copy, has a name in front cover. Bundle discounts of up to 30% are on and lots to choose from. I post frequently and can often get things desp...
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Today's vinted uploads are from the self help/ psychology section of my book shelf. www.vinted.co.uk/member/15346...
Picture of vinted profile: books listed include Disney Princess, anxiety practical about panic, my age of anxiety and blame my brain.
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Sarah-Jane @porschespider.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Posted on my child's online school portal, I give you: how to respond to a health emergency. Don't forget to read to step 7, the key one there.
In response to: 15.9.25 Can I explain what to do...
What steps do you follow when faced with an emergency?
Step 1. Check for danger.
Step 2. Approach with stealth.
Step 3. Call 999.
Step 4. Stay with the person until ambulance arrives.
Step 5. The person will be took away by the ambulance.
Step 6. The rest is up to the doctors and nurses.
Step 7. Say 'Ta da!' like, really loudly so that creatures inside of a wormhole can hear you.
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Teaching with my eyes shut @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Can I please ask for shares on this? My mother’s lovely retirement cottage on the North Norfolk coast at Cromer has just been reduced to £160k. It’s full of happy memories, has good storage for this type of property & guest bedrooms available to rent. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
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Check out this 2 bedroom retirement property for sale on Rightmove
2 bedroom retirement property for sale in Ashdown Court, Cromer, NR27 for £160,000. Marketed by William H. Brown, Cromer
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Today's thing i bought, hated and need to get rid of. Acupressure insoles with magnets. They were ludicrously expensive, have listed for £20 for 3 pairs, grab yourself a bargain. Will split (into pairs, not split the packets!) if anyone interested. www.vinted.co.uk/items/718919...
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3 pairs acupressure magnetic insoles
3 pairs acupressure magnetic insoles - I didn't get on with these at all, so have 3 pairs brand new in packaging. They are upgraded with extra magnets and antibacterial coating and extra shock absorpt...
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Have discovered if you abandon social media networks, they remove your visibility. I miss text based, pre algorithm twitter.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
My current ambidextrous trackball is failing. It's a kensington orbit, and the replacement is different. Any other comments, recommendations, input? affiliate link to the suggested replacement mainly for information purposes amzn.to/4pHguNB
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Kensington Orbit Wireless Trackball with Scroll Ring - Black-Red (K70990WW),
The Kensington trackball legacy continues with the latest addition to the patented Orbit Trackball with Scroll Ring — the Orbit Wireless Trackball with Scroll Ring. You asked for wireless, and we deli...
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Are there any business networks for non binary/ queer neurodivergent folks? So many of the coaching/ networking etc appears to be aimed at women and in the words of Janet, not a girl.
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a woman is standing next to a man in a suit and tie and says not a girl
Alt: Janet is standing next to a man in a suit and tie and says not a girl
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Listed another bunch of educational kits, all new in box. There's also other bits already on there. Bundle discounts are on and lots there . I post frequently and often get things despatched same day. If you're local, can arrange pickup to save on postage. Eg www.vinted.co.uk/items/679492...
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Salt water fuel cell engine car kit
Brand new and complete. Bundle discounts are on and lots to choose from. I post frequently and can often get things despatched same day.
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Lisa J @choctoothpaste.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This is typical of the battles facing parents trying to access NHS services. Our daughter's specialist nurse referred her to the OT service in the same building. We received a letter from OT saying the referral had been rejected, bc she hadn't included her email address. Make it make sense.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
If summer is reminding you of what you don't like about school and you're wondering if there's a different way to approach education, maybe pop over to my site, subscribe to newsletter, and grab a download on deschooling liveotherwise.co.uk/using-the-su...
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Using the summer to deschool | Making It Up
Right about now, there's a lot of families breathing easy again. The pressure is off. There's no need to make it to the school gates, in uniform, ...
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Locally, there's an ARFID support service. The dietician thinks that my child should be seen by it. But they can't refer, you have to have a paediatrician, so now the dietician has to ask the GP to refer to a paediatrician to refer to the ARFID service. Make it make sense.
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Revy but spoopy @catgirlfingies.quest · 29/07/2025
Anyone know any sponsors that work with small streamers? That can help me out with a desktop gaming PC for streaming?
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
If you're on hold to a service that you're not even sure is the right service, how long do you wait? Asking for me, of course it's for me.... 15 minutes and counting.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Today's absolute bargain, two tubs of lakeshore unifix cubes, 500g each, listed on vinted for £5. Happy to arrange collection or drop off if you're local, lots of educational bits listed, bundle discounts on. www.vinted.co.uk/items/639843...
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Lakeshore unifix connecting blocks
Two tubs, each weighing approx 500g. Ideal manipulative for learning maths, or just fun to play with.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
I would have attended the march against the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, but I couldn't. So here's a petition to count us in. chng.it/DCZxLDCytC
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We Can Make an Impact.
Count us as having attended the London Rally against Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Hi hello, I rarely post here, I miss the text based early days of twitter, nice to see everyone, what are you up to?
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
America, what are you doing? Autism isn't a disease, and autistic people don't need tracking as if they're a public threat. davidkaufer.com/2025/04/21/a...
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Autism Is Not a Disease: A Response to the NIH Autism Registry Initiative
The NIH’s new autism “disease registry” initiative is a dangerous step backward. Autism is not a disease, and tracking autistic people like patients is not progress—it’s surveillance. Here’s why we mu...
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Today's #ADHDtax - forgot i had a webinar at 8, needed v shopping, sprinted b to lidl, round lidl, threw shopping into car, returned trolley, came back home - and realised I left my unused extra shopping bags on the trolley. Free bags for someone there. Dammit.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Was having an absolutely fine day until nearly home, driving on the dual carriageway - and suddenly there was a car heading towards me, in my lane, driving on the wrong carriageway. Got myself safely to next layby and pulled off to call police, but they can't find her :(
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Day 1 of #ADHD med titration. Aware it could be placebo affect, so making some notes for future comparison. My mind is calm. Not empty, not completely quiet, but not chaos. I thought about cleaning the bathroom. Then I cleaned the bathroom. Iykyk. Can easily see I might forget to eat....
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Loads of new people, hey! Curious - where did you all come from, what are you hoping/ expecting/ following for? It's likely to be a scatter gun of all my interests...
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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 21/02/2025
I don't personally think we should give small accounts a terribly hard time about including alt text to make their images accessible: you should be doing it if you can, ask for help if you can't. Organisations with hundreds of thousands of followers not bothering with alt text for images of text?☠️
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
In retrospect, pushing restart was a mistake.
Blurred Reflection of Jax taking a photo of computer club screen, it says

"Working on updates 13%
Please keep your computer on. 

Your computer may restart a few times"
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is on today, in a couple of hours time. Feel free to pop by if you're interested in mentoring for neurodivergent teens/ young adults! #neurodiversity #mentoring
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SSHINE @sshine21.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
📣IT'S GO TIME📣 Our module is OPEN ACCESS! Not a member of the Florence Nightingale Foundation? No fear 👀 🌟You can access for FREE!! 🌟Get your CPD certificate by completing the evaluation form 🌟1 hour to complete academy.florence-nightingale-foundation.org.uk/online/
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Online – Florence Nightingale Foundation
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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Congrats to @kmunday.bsky.social and all of us in autism community who helped to #StopSpectrum10K. Today the S10K team announced study's cancellation. See the report from Hopkins Van Mil and Karen Leneh Buckle, and a reflective blog by Simon Baron-Cohen: www.autismresearchcentre.com/projects/spe...
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Spectrum 10K - Autism Research Centre
Statement from the Spectrum 10K research team, 30th January 2025 Today we are publishing the Spectrum 10K consultation report and announcing the next steps for the project. We know this announcement h...
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SleepSoul @sleepsoul.itch.io · 01/01/2025
hi #gamedev #indiedev- i'm sleep, and since september i've been working on a space survival game called The Planetary Archive. here, i'm going to post highlights of development so far- follow if you're interested!
A screenshot of a monochromatic pixel-art game. A white silhouette character stands aboard a spaceship, with one screen to his left and another to his right. The room is labelled as "The Bridge".
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Lot more people here suddenly! Hi, how did you find me, who are you all? I don't auto follow back but I do if we interact.
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Claire Leach @claireleach.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Sculpture Trail Ferns, 21cm x 14.9cm, pen on paper. claireleach.com/shop
Detailed pen drawing of a woodland scene.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
My day can be best summed up by saying at least the second plate didn't break. And most of the food landed on a handy bit of unimportant paper so could be salvaged. You?
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
So the previous govt has been found to have run an unlawful consultation around benefits, and yet the current govt are just going to keep ploughing on? publiclawproject.org.uk/latest/high-...
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High Court victory for PLP client over DWP consultation on disability benefit reforms - Public Law Project
Misleading and unlawful consultation was held on proposals that would tighten Work Capability Assessment and affect over 400,000 people
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Wheeling this out again today for anyone who needs it
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Started today with a 9.30 interview on sky news about #HomeEducation in response to the new #ChildrensWellbeing Bill. Hard to know where to start, although reiterating that the legal term is elective home education came up pretty early.
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nik is somewhat ia 🕸️🕷️ @madarauchihas.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
mutuals ? — gaming, anime, animanga, youtube, sharks, the ocean, marine biology, language learning, humour, funny, aesthetic — undertale, deltarune, jacksepticeye, naruto shippuden, madara uchiha, kakashi hatake — queer, trans, adhd autistic, adult #promosky #promo
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Queervidual @queervidual.northsky.social · 19/12/2024
YouTube being so kind to the people who for a fraction of their proceeds seed their platform with content. Until they aren’t and just jank adsense for whatever. And nobody figures out WHY. If you’ve enjoyed any “Just stab me now” armor reviews, support Jill if you can. youtu.be/6RZHajVV9PA?...
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I've Been 💲DEMONETISED💲: The Saga So Far
YouTube video by Jill Bearup
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Anyone out shopping in London? Go go go!
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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Are you Autistic/ ADHD/ AuDHD? Are you interested in finding out about a neuro-affirming theory of Autism? Take the Monotropism questionnaire: www.autisticrealms.com/post/monotro... Explore and interpret your results: www.autisticrealms.com/post/interpr... Find out more here: monotropism.org
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Monotropism Questionnaire & Inner Autistic/ADHD Experiences
The results from the Monotropism Questionnaire could help validate people's feelings. Knowing they have a monotropic mind could help people give themselves permission to recharge by engaging in their ...
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Centre for Research in Autism and Education @craeioe.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
@jopavlopoulou.bsky.social along with @lauramaycrane.bsky.social and Damien Milton & Russell Hurn meet irl for the first time having edited: Improving Mental Health Therapies for Autistic Children and Young People Promoting Self-agency, Curiosity and Collaboration #AutRes
Damian, Russell, Laura & Georgia

Book cover on slide in background
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Jack Monroe @jackmonroe.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Someone needs to invent some kind of online calculator whereby we Brits can put in our recent healthcare appointments/meds/experiences and it’ll calculate what it would cost on average in the USA. Just to hammer home how bloody lucky we are to have the NHS and how fiercely we need to protect it.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Introducing my work persona via the actual me account - we're just getting set up over there, and would love for shares, follows, conversation to occur. Also, anyone know of ideal starter packs I could ask to be added to? #autism #adhd #neurodivergency #mentoring #inclusiveEducation
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
How we all doing then? My life feels like I'm tap dancing through a minefield carrying plates spinning on poles, and the only thing to do is keep moving. You?
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Just saw a post about muting spotify wrapped and it made me a little sad, because I want to share that my daughter is my number one artist and top 5 songs, and two of my other top 5 artists are also indies. Feel free to check out Marchant, Jack Schwab and Bebe Barry, plus lots of other indies.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Just saw a post about muting spotify wrapped and it made me a little sad, because I want to share that my daughter is my number one artist and top 5 songs, and two of my other top 5 artists are also indies. Feel free to check out Marchant, Jack Schwab and Bebe Barry, plus lots of other indies.
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Jax @liveotherwise.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Has anyone seen a publishers starter pack? Only just discovered @titanbooks.bsky.social are here and wondering who else I'm missing. #booksky
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