Ruth Connolly

Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Conference Bridging the gap between knowing better and doing better. CPS - Where empathy meets action.

Join us on October 14th for the inaugural Irish CPS Conference. Registration is free and open now. www.eventbrite.com/e/collaborat...

Irish Gerontological Society Public Lecture series presents Neurodivergence in Older Adults YouTube video by Conference Irish Gerontology

‘Neurodivergent Older Adults’- public lecture and panel discussion.
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A Neuro-Affirmative introductory course to supporting neurodivergent people with intellectual disabilities

Delivered by @ruthieconnolly.bsky.social , @jessicakdoyle.bsky.social & Oana Marion.

Support & resources from @elainemcgreevy.bsky.social & @kieranrose.bsky.social amongst others

Amazing- thank you.

I didn't mean to become a counsellor How I became a therapist, and the barriers that can come up in therapy training when you are different

Thanks so much for the overwhelming feedback and responses to my BACP AGM keynote talk this afternoon. I need a bit of time to come down from the adrenaline but looking forward to catching up on everyone’s comments on the train

In the meantime here’s the text to my talk:

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It’s a wonderful book Pete. I read it in two sittings and have been recommending it widely.

The de-stigmatisation of Autism requires a balanced assessment of strengths, skills and interests, not just problems and challenges.
This important new paper justifies and explains steps to be taken in refining diagnostic evaluations, and reconceptualizing Autism. www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

We have a new open-access paper out in Neurodiversity comparing how autistic and non-autistic adults view their own personalities and their personality preferences in other people. Descriptors like “awkward” are not socially undesirable for all people! t.co/Z78VWXP5Cn