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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In my line of work I hear a lot more of the latter - and I'm not saying there's *no* problem there, but people don't seem to realise that in many places the NHS diagnosis would be literally the same assessment by the same people

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It isn't helpful to just finger-wag at people who had no other choice but to go private (or use Right To Choose) for many reasons, but *especially* not when the alternative would have got them exactly the same standard of assessment!

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wish more reporting on private ADHD/autism assessment providers mentioned that many NHS pathways - as in, the default local not-Right-To-Choose ones - are outsourced to those same providers. If there are quality concerns, the Government should be investing in high-quality NHS pathways.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

With the final report of the autism, ADHD and mental health review expected soon, here's a reminder of what their interim report actually said. We, as a community, helped bury this by giving all our attention to a misleading Times headline on publication day instead. Let's not do that again.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Every few months women are expected to publicly pour out the details of their trauma on the internet and then nothing changes and when the next big story breaks everyone still acts like they're just now learning that male violence against women is an issue

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It feels so bleakly absurd that every few months there's a shocking story about some large group of men enacting violent harm on women and girls, and in the gaps everyone just goes back to arguing about whether immigrants or trans people in general might somehow be a threat to women and girls.

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 26/09/2026

Friends - we are soft launching our It’s a Superpower?? season 2 Crowdfunder on here before we release it into the wild next week so our most dedicated listeners have a chance to make us look a lil popular first. If you have the means, we can’t overstate how helpful your pledges are.

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It's a Superpower?? Season Two

To fund season 2 of It's a Superpower?? the first audio sitcom by & for autistic people - & pay our amazing team an industry rate

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Dr Keren MacLennan @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Take part in our study on live music experiences! Please complete this ~30min online survey: redcap-2.bath.ac.uk/surveys/?s=A... We would especially like more representation in our sample from: - Neurotypical people - People who are global majority #neurodiversity #music #inclusion

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When the final report comes out, please consider reading at least the exec summary if you can. Don't rely on publications that have already drawn their own conclusions and benefit from your outrage-sharing. You are no more immune to clickbait and misinformation than anybody else.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Welcome to Bluesky: a regional ITV franchise will be assigned to you shortly, please stay in line.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have had to reassure at least one friend that Sophie isn't *actually* somehow a parody of me specifically

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Jo Hutchinson @jojohutchinson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

<TAPS THE SIGN> <AGAIN> if the government wants fewer young people out of work on disability benefits with ADHD, autism, anxiety, depression, it will have to provide actual meaningful NHS care for them, not just in theory, but in practice. Not just guidelines, but commissioned services in every ICB.

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moogal @moogal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Very much enjoyed the group listen of the final episode of @thedailytism.com 's brilliant "It's a Superpower?" If you haven't already listened to it, why the hell not? It's bloody good. It's on podcast things and the like, as well as their Patreon.

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Hare LockwoOoOoOod @harelockwood.com · 13/09/2026

Friends fear she may yet have some unexpressed thoughts

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Another Angry Woman @stavvers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

the odyssey, except odysseus is a woman trying to get to the toilet in a wetherspoons

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 11/09/2026

#ROBOTcar gang - which deeply ironic monster finished you off and why was it Sophie’s inner child? Catch up with It’s a Superpower?? before our finale live listen party on Sunday (and come to that too, bring wine and cheese) www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism...

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I used this and I fully forgot it existed

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

‘Masked paramilitary group occupies crucial port’ is the headline the media would go for if it wasn’t happening in Britain.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Political discussion of Dover never seems to be about the town itself but about small boats, which have had no impact on my life whatsoever. Unlike the far-right constantly treating my home like their playground.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Next time I promote the podcast on social media I should probably check with @ftw.bsky.social, who edits them, that the line I'm referencing actually made the cut. Listen to our latest Breaking Through Circuits - guaranteed 100% free from mortgage chat!

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I STILL have the Lay All Your Love On Me earworm (this is not a complaint)

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Matthew Kilburn @matthewkilburn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In which I join @ftw.bsky.social and @mindtheflap.bsky.social as their guest on Breaking Through Circuits, where I (with hesitations, but hopefully entertaining deviations) and my kind hosts discuss Doctor Who Magazine's contribution to Circuit Breaker, comic strip The Honourable Society.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Buried in the final, paywalled, paragraph of the latest Times article about autism: Uta Frith "very much regrets" her comments on Chris Packham. Those comments (while inexcusable) were a response to a direct question about Packham's autism. Almost like it's been deliberately stoked up for clicks...

Text reads: "An enterprising documentary maker, I think, might ask [Uta] Frith to go along next year and record what conversations ensued. They might not all be confrontational. Both sides of the argument certainly mean well, and Frith has since written to me to say that she now realises she crossed a line by discussing Chris Packham: "I very much regret what I said." And, [Mary] Doherty, who has exchanged emails with Frith, says she would love to chat to her. "I do have compassion for her. I do understand where she's coming from. But, ultimately, I think she's completely wrong."

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today's earworm is brought to you by...

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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 30/08/2026

One area where a substantial amount of really good autism research has been done is on the question of *what autism research ought to get done*. They've systematically asked autistic people and others with a reason to care, and keep coming back with the same answers. 🧵⬇️... bsky.app/profile/oolo...

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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am stating the obvious to trans folks, but for the cis amongst us - A surgery on the NHS has the exact same protocols as any other surgery. It is done with a consultant, various other doctors and the patient and their referring department. These booked surgeries involved the only experts needed.

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This show is responsible for me getting through longer Couch to 5K runs *and* having an existential crisis every time Sophie says or does anything at all. Give it a listen! #ROBOTcar

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thank you for making a joke with a target audience of me specifically

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I missed this discourse entirely until now. It's beautiful. Every sentence of this article takes a new wild twist. Well done everyone

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Brilliant as ever by @jackwelch.bsky.social on the rolling back of attitudes to ND people, including how That Channel 4 Show and their defence of it stands in contrast to our Ambitious Youth Patron days when we got to shape a different C4 project quite a lot... jack-welch.medium.com/autism-a-for...

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Autism: A Fork in the Road

There appears to be the stirring of resistance in the air. Although this time, it is perhaps the makings of a resistance which is seeking…

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Laurie Penny @pennyred.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The British press bullied a vulnerable person to death, and they had fun doing it. Jason Arday made mistakes. He was publicly humiliate and mobbed for those mistakes purely because he was Black and autistic. Anti-woke ghouls decided to make an example of him. It’s not a ‘tragedy’. It’s a travesty.

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Filip @ftw.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

But if you close your eyes, how am I gonna be an optometrist about this?

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Georgia Harper @mindtheflap.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The crucial step I was missing all along

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