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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#TheArchers In a village set-up like Ambridge you can’t really ban children from a wedding, especially when some of them are relatives, and your own child is attending.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#TheArchers Sad episode tonight but superbly written and acted. 👏🏻

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#TheArchers At least Carol wasn’t lying in a hospital corridor for several hours/days. The Ambridge NHS fairy strikes again.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oh - very sad news about Dolly Parton. She was an amazing song-writer and a lot more besides. #RIPDolly

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#TheArchers I’m glad Alastair made the point that any dog can be a risk to livestock. We had a wonderful dog, highly trained with a fabulous personality, zero aggression. But in the countryside she would go completely feral, and we always kept her on the lead around farm animals.

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 17/07/2026

Did you know that @autismspectrumnews.bsky.social has an entire issue dedicated to the nonspeaking autistic people who, for too long, “have been underestimated, misunderstood, and denied the tools and opportunities they need to communicate”? autismspectrumnews.org/asn-summer-2... #neurodiversity

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ASN Summer 2026 Issue

“Giving Voice to Nonspeakers: Communication, Advocacy, and Inclusion Across Life”

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If you can't think of what to do in the heat 🥵 - do consider attending our webinar 4 - 6.30pm ➡️today⬅️on multi-modal communication, particularly in relation to autism. Free to attend, online, bring a cool drink 🍹@uofgsocsci.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-i-comm...

Poster advertising the How I Communicate event. Featuring Dr Rebecca Wood, Professor Vikram Jaswal, Dr Ashlea Cromby and Jessica Lofthouse.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#TheArchers The idea that Kate - whose idea of hard work is lounging in a yurt listening to whale music - would somehow make a good chambermaid, is laughable. Or that she would seguey from business owner to skivvy without complaint. I doubt she ever makes the bed at home 😝

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Nigel Farage Listens to the News

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📢 The How I Communicate project will be holding an online webinar focusing on supporting & valuing the communication of minimally/non-speaking autistic young people 🙌 ➡️ 25th June, 4 - 7pm ➡️ Free ⬇️ Register below

Poster of the How I Communicate project, including photos of Dr Rebecca Wood, Professor Vikram Jaswal and Dr Ashlea Cromby.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Sad news. Also played Robin Fairbrother in #TheArchers (in which he appeared only occasionally but brilliantly, I thought). Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies aged 72 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Anthony Head, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso actor, dies aged 72

British actor starred on the West End before finding international fame in the 90s on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#TheArchers Utterly clueless of Helen to ask Akram about doing extra work in the dairy when she’s just crushed his care farm plans 😠 I genuinely thought she was going to make a positive suggestion about his idea 🙁

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

There’s so much ageism in #TheArchers at the moment - Carol, Bert, Brian - all being treated like they are devoid of agency 🤷‍♀️

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 08/04/2026

How to motivate autistic students: Let them access their strongly held interests! School staff won't need to prompt them much—or even at all, plus the students will be more motivated, independent, & relaxed than when given repetitive tasks. By @thewoodbug.bsky.social: woodbug.blog/2019/03/27/a...

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Autistic children and intense interests: the key to their educational inclusion?

Autistic children and adults are often described as ‘obsessive’ or as having ‘narrow’, ‘restricted’ or ‘circumscribed’ interests. And when this trait…

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

➡️ What are the experiences, strengths & needs of autistic teachers? ➡️ How should we re-think the teacher role to be neurodiversity-inclusive? Summary of research from the Autistic School Staff Project, with links to open access resources 👇🏻 #Autres

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Just published, with powerful writing by lead author Dr Jason Lang, our article about core focus of the Neurodiversity in Scottish Schools project. What do neurodivergent young people, school staff, parents & policy-makers think about inclusion? Open access 👇 journals.uclpress.co.uk/lre/article/...

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Ahead of World Autism Acceptance Day* - I've published an article in The Conversation summarising some key points from our research into autistic teachers 👇 Including barriers, strengths & suggestions for better futures. *If that's still a thing 🙂 theconversation.com/learning-fro...

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Learning from autistic teachers could change schools for the better

Autistic teachers felt they were making a significant contribution to supporting inclusion in school.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A real mishmash of research, factoids and blatant prejudice. A report about how families bring up their children without asking a single family for their view. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Teachers are being forced to parent children as Britain f...

As more pupils join reception lacking motor, speech and hygiene skills, charity calls for urgent action to avert an educational crisis

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Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics @semascot.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

We are pleased to see the positive response to our Autistic Ramadan E-book! We would like to thank our service users for the learning, our partner organisations and fellow Autistic advocates for the continued love and support over the years & the team who put this together. 🧵👇

Poster promoting a book titled “Ramadan Through Autistic Lens – 2nd Ed, March 2026” by SEMA (Scottish Ethnic Minority Autistics). The design features warm beige tones with hanging Ramadan lanterns. At the bottom are two images of the book cover showing an illustrated Muslim woman wearing a hijab. Colorful shapes around her list topics such as executive dysfunction, sensory overload, meltdown moments, routine changes, fasting challenges, prayer, social anxiety, and sleep struggles. The subtitle reads “An Autistic Guide to Ramadan.”

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre. She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s. Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

From the Guardian website - so glad to hear about the coat! #mountbattenwindsor

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The Queen has arrived for an engagement in Westminster just hours after police confirmed Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Wearing a velvet, navy coat, Camilla was greeted by representatives of Sinfonia Smith Square where she will attend a lunchtime orchestral concert, PA reports.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

#TheArchers Message on the other place that Eric Allan, who played Bert Fry for 25 years, has died. Loved Bert! 🫶

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Very much enjoying reading 'Understanding Others in a Neurodiverse World' by Dr Gemma Williams. Scholarly but written in an accessible and conversational style. Some good important arguments, underpinned by research, on autism and communication. 🙌🏻

Photo of book cover of 'Understanding Others in a Neurodiverse World' by Dr Gemma Williams. Yellow cover with bee and honeycomb imagery.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#TheArchers I’m seeing George as the Brooklyn Beckham of the Grundy clan.

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#TheArchers I’m so bored with Esme’s endless angst 😠

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Seb Shaw @autisticdoc.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

🗞️🗞️NEW PAPER🗞️🗞️ Autistic doctors transitioning into practice: “I think medicine is really bad at times for insinuating that a certain sort of person is what they’re expecting to see” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @autisticdoctor.bsky.social @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social #MedEd #Neurodiversity

A screenshot of the top of the article, showing the title ("The Experiences of Autistic Doctors Transitioning into Clinical Practice in the UK: A Phenomenological Study"), authors, and abstract.

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Isabelle Finn-Kelcey @isabellefk.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Segueing back to @didau.bsky.social’s OP, I recommend @thewoodbug.bsky.social’s excellent ‘Learning From Autistic Teachers’ ✨ www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...

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Learning From Autistic Teachers

In this strikingly honest collection, developed from a …

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Wow - what an episode. Can’t help thinking that Ed is being too nice in the face of George’s violence. What if he does something worse? Yes, get him help, but establish some boundaries #TheArchers

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Alison Mitchell @alisonjmitchell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

School Leaders: Find out more about Scotland’s new Centre for Teaching Excellence (CfTE) and how you can signpost teachers to access CfTE’s resources and opportunities. Thursday 4th December 16:00 – 17:00 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/QnGWr3n72d @uofgheadship.bsky.social @margery25.bsky.social

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

#TheArchers Is there a different actor playing Amber now? Voice sounds completely different. 🤔

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

#TheArchers Has it ever happened before that the first time we meet a silent character he’s dead? 💀

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

@brianbilston.bsky.social When you said "Alexa stop" on Radio 4 Loose Ends, it turned my radio (smart speaker) off.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Don't read this headline please, it spoils the comic! Please click the link, read the comic, visit the Guardian! But don't read the headline! Nnnnnng! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Ryan Gosling’s pasty looks nice – but how did it get on my phone screen? The Stephen Collins cartoon

We are so advanced yet so basic

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Max Antony-Newman @max-antony-newman.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Mark your calendars for October 23 webinar with Dr. Ulana Pidzamecky organized by CIES Europe and Central Asia SIG. The talk is titled Flourishing or floundering? Exploring Ukrainian elementary schoolteacher understandings of their professional experience lnkd.in/gEk4u-vS

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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

#TheArchers Quite extraordinary that Brian’s big offer to Stella is for her to expertly manage the farm and get it ready for his kids to inherit. Is that really the best he can do? He should make her a part owner, rather than an employee.

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